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State Department raises travel warning for part of Spain as migrant surge sparks military deployment
The US State Department has raised its travel advisory for the Spanish enclave of Ceuta to Level 3, “Reconsider Travel”, after tens of thousands of migrants crossed into the North African territory from Morocco. The surge prompted Spain to deploy its military to the border area, reflecting the scale of the emergency and the strain…
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3 Futuristic Songs From the 80s That Proved Artists Were Visionaries
Prince, american singer, pictured at the British Phonographic Industry, BPI Awards, aka Brit Awards, at Grosvenor House, London, 12th February 1985. He collected two awards, Best International Solo Artist and Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording for Purple Rain. (Photo by Peter Stone/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) Here are a few songs from the 80s that were ahead of their time.…
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“I live with the dead”: the bandmates Bruce Springsteen thinks about every day
Bruce Springsteen has said he thinks every day about former E Street Band members Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici, whose deaths continue to shape his life and music. He describes the dead as still accompanying him through their spirit, energy and lasting influence, framing grief as a continuing relationship rather than a disappearance. Clemons, the…
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Shattered dad reveals how his daughter’s new lover carved up her face in a frenzied knife attack after she brought him home to meet her family – before the crazed attacker killed a nurse as he died in a fireball crash
A man launched a frenzied knife attack on his girlfriend, slashing her face, shortly after she had brought him home in Tasmania to meet her family, according to her father’s account of the incident. The attacker then fled the scene and was killed in a fiery car crash, which also claimed the life of a…
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PSA: Cowabunga! It’s Turtle Time In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds This Week
Reminder: Get a slice of the new TMNT paid DLC and festival. : Since racing onto the Switch and Switch 2 last year, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has received multiple paid and free DLC updates. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Sawyers puts heartbreak behind her to claim gold
England’s Jazmin Sawyers won gold in the women’s long jump at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, overcoming years of setbacks including a ruptured Achilles tendon that forced her to miss the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 32-year-old, who had finished fourth in Birmingham four years earlier and failed to reach the 2023 World Championships final,…
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The Story Behind the Song That Saved Patsy Cline and Put Willie Nelson on the Map
“Crazy,” written by Willie Nelson and made famous by Patsy Cline, became a career-defining hit that rescued both artists at pivotal moments in the early 1960s. Nelson, then struggling to place songs in Nashville, wrote the track as a last resort after failing to sell it to other artists, including Larry Butler. Its slow, vulnerable…
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Avalanche in Pakistan kills famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his fellow climbers
An avalanche struck a mountaineering expedition on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan on 1 August 2026, killing all ten members of the climbing team. Among the dead was Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, a British-Nepali climber famed for becoming the first person to summit all 14 of the world’s mountains above 8,000 metres in just six months…
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TALK OF THE TOWN: Sir Rod Stewart gets trapped in lift at Prada store with son Alastair
Sir Rod Stewart became briefly trapped in a lift at a Prada store along with his son Alastair, in an incident described as the latest in a string of minor mishaps for the 81-year-old singer. Rather than panicking, the pair reportedly sat on the floor to wait it out and turned to social media for…
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Sunday shows preview: Hamas deal, Iran tensions test Trump administration
The article previews Sunday political programmes expected to focus on the Trump administration’s handling of Middle East diplomacy, particularly efforts involving Hamas and rising tensions with Iran. It frames these issues as a test of whether the administration can balance pressure, negotiations and regional security concerns. Discussion is likely to examine prospects for an agreement…