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Donald Trump lands in Dublin Airport at start of two-day trip to Ireland amid massive security operation
US President Donald Trump has landed at Dublin Airport at the start of a two-day visit to Ireland, prompting one of the largest security operations ever mounted by the Irish police service. The trip includes meetings with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Taoiseach Micheál Martin, alongside engagements in Dublin and at his Doonbeg golf resort,…
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Football lends voice to message worth relaying: men should talk about their pain | Barney Ronay
Barney Ronay’s Guardian column praises the Premier League for backing the Together Against Suicide campaign, running from 4 to 14 September, which promotes the simple message that men should talk about their pain. He argues football has unmatched reach to deliver this message to middle-aged men, who are statistically more likely to die by suicide…
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Calls mount to scrap state pension triple lock over costs
With the autumn budget approaching, pressure is mounting on the government to consider scrapping the state pension “triple lock”, as debate intensifies over whether the policy is still affordable. The British Chambers of Commerce has called for it to be axed, with savings redirected towards tackling youth unemployment, while the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)…
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Ukraine faces ‘toughest winter’ since Russia’s full-scale invasion, UN official tells BBC
A senior United Nations official has warned that Ukraine is facing its “toughest winter” since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022, with a risk of “humanitarian catastrophe” if attacks knock out power and water supplies. Alexander De Croo, head of the UN Development Programme and the UN’s third most senior official, accused Russia of systematically…
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Hong Kong jails democracy activists as Green Party rocked by exodus, Chelsea cash nets £175m
Vigil organisers get up to seven years in a Tiananmen crackdown case; Green Party women quit citing misogyny while Gove offers Holyrood schools advice; frozen Abramovich Chelsea funds earn record interest, plus FBI, Meta and Hogwarts Legacy news.
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Sydney Sweeney Faces Backlash for Sexualized Novig Ad: “Exactly Why Women in Sports Aren’t Taken Seriously”
Sydney Sweeney is facing renewed criticism, this time over an advert for sports trading app Novig, in which she appears mostly naked with sports balls and uniforms positioned over her body while repeating the word “sports.” The actress, who also joined Novig as a strategic partner and equity holder, has been accused by critics, including…
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Osama Bin Laden wanted to attack Britain years before 9/11, top secret document reveals
Newly declassified CIA documents show that Osama Bin Laden was considering attacks on Britain as early as 1998, three years before the 9/11 attacks. The papers, released by CIA director John Ratcliffe to mark the atrocity’s 25th anniversary, form part of a wider trove of President’s Daily Brief material that reveals how US intelligence analysts…
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The 8 Most Fun Movies of the 1990s, Ranked
Collider presents a ranked countdown of the eight most fun films released during the 1990s, arguing that while the decade produced some genuinely dark titles, it also delivered a wave of joyous, high-energy entertainment that built on the excess of 1980s cinema. The list spans multiple genres, from teen comedy to action to slapstick, and…
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Meddling Miliband is wrong about his West Bank sanctions… that’s the view of Palestinians who fear having to face the fallout
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced UK sanctions banning goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, targeting what he called “illegal settlements and settlement expansion” and citing allegations of “ethnic cleansing” perpetrated by settler extremists. However, Palestinian and Israeli-Arab workers and business owners in the area have told the Daily Mail the measures could…