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Trump envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Black Sea shipping toll mounts
NHS England abolition plan reportedly in disarray, Bayeux Tapestry goes on show for King Charles and Macron, and Tesla’s Cybercab faces a US safety probe.
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Kenneth Branagh Hosts Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Gary Oldman & Helen Mirren In Telluride-Bound Doc ‘Into The Breach’
Kenneth Branagh has produced *Into the Breach*, a new documentary co-created by Freddie Fox and Richard Fullerton that brings together some of British theatre’s most celebrated performers, including Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Gary Oldman and Helen Mirren. The film explores the postwar golden age of British stage acting and its enduring influence on…
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DOJ ordered to freeze antitrust work with Canada as trade tensions intensify
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division was reportedly told this week to suspend all cooperation with Canadian authorities, as trade tensions between the two countries escalate. According to internal emails seen by The Wall Street Journal, the division’s international section chief, Lynda Marshall, ordered staff on Wednesday to halt joint casework and policy engagement…
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Two beavers released into the wild on Exmoor appear to have coupled up and may start their own family
Two beavers released into the wild on the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Exmoor earlier this year have paired up, raising hopes they will start a family and help re-establish a breeding population in the area. Trail-camera footage captured the pair grooming each other and spending time together, behaviour conservationists say shows they are settling…
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Forget the arrow in the eye, it was worse than that! A gripping minute-by-minute guide to 1066 – as the Bayeux Tapestry is unveiled at the British Museum
The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on display in the UK for the first time since it was created, with King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron visiting the British Museum this week to view it ahead of its public opening on 10 September. The 230ft embroidered frieze, made by needlewomen in Kent nearly 1,000 years…
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‘It’s practically impossible for this to happen’: Final hours of high-flying couple found dead near hot tub of their luxury Spanish holiday villa… as firm who sold hot tub insist they aren’t to blame
A British couple, Patrick and Thomasina Tobin from Greenwich, south-east London, were found dead naked beside the hot tub of a luxury cliff-top villa in Cullera, near Valencia, in the early hours of 25 August, while on a two-week family holiday. The case has attracted widespread attention because the couple’s two teenage children, both of…
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From A-Z: The Best Labor Day Deals to Shop in 2026
Billboard’s ShopBillboard has compiled an A-to-Z guide to Labor Day 2026 discounts, as US shoppers look to save money against a backdrop of continuing inflation worries and squeezed household budgets. Retailers ranging from Amazon and Best Buy to Coach Outlet, Dick’s Sporting Goods and IKEA are offering steep markdowns across categories including fashion, footwear, technology,…
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Reform UK Leader Pledges Major Tax Cuts as Party Grapples with Funding Scandal
Reform UK’s Birmingham conference concluded with the party’s tax-cutting agenda overshadowed by a widening row over political donations. Economic spokesman Robert Jenrick used his conference speech to pledge that a Reform government would raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000 within its first 100 days in office, staking his job on the promise,…
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Germany’s far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote
Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is aiming to win an outright majority in Sunday’s regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, a result that would make it the first far-right party to hold state-level power in the country since 1945. The vote is seen as a major test for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose…