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‘The Sopranos’ Creator David Chase Wants to Make a Project About Italian Americans Moving to Italy ‘Because Things in Our Country Are Questionable’
Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, “The Sopranos” creator David Chase said he is considering a film or television project about Italian Americans who relocate to Italy, remarking that people are leaving “because things in our country are questionable”. The seven-time Emmy winner, who was giving an industry talk on the impact of his…
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Apple loses legal fight over its App Store ‘gatekeeper’ status in Europe
Apple has lost its legal challenge against European Union rules that classify the company as a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), according to a ruling from the European Court of Justice. The decision means Apple must continue allowing rival services and hardware to interoperate with its five app stores and cannot favour its…
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Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress
Trades unions across Europe are pushing for new, legally binding laws to protect workers from heat stress, which is linked to an estimated 230 workplace deaths each year. The campaign, gathering pace during the sweltering summer of 2026, matters because global heating is intensifying — Europe is warming at twice the global average — leaving…
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Starmer warned his EU love-in is bugging farmers as red tape cuts allowing them to feed livestock eco-friendly insects and human food waste are held up while Labour woos Brussels
The Conservative Environment Network has warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s push for closer alignment with the European Union is harming British farming by delaying planned cuts to red tape. Proposals that would let farmers feed livestock with insects and human food waste — measures intended to reduce costs and free up farmland — have been…
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Trump demands end to trade with key US ally, calls it a ‘wasted cause’
US President Donald Trump has threatened to end all trade with Spain after the country declined to commit fully to NATO’s new defence spending target, branding the ally a “wasted cause”. Speaking at the NATO summit, he singled Spain out repeatedly, urging that trade — and even visits — be cut off, marking a sharp…
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World Cup 2026 team power rankings: England on the rise as last eight are set
The Guardian has published its team power rankings for the last eight of the 2026 World Cup, assessing the sides that came through the last-16 round before the quarter-finals. England are the biggest climbers among the leading nations, rising four places to fourth after a dramatic victory at the Azteca Stadium, while France, Spain and…
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Fights break out at Russian fuel stations as Ukraine continues to hit Putin’s oil refineries and state TV declares ‘There is no petrol’
Fights have reportedly been breaking out at petrol stations across Russia as sustained Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and logistics hubs disrupt fuel supplies, with Russian state television acknowledging that parts of the country are running short of petrol. The disruption matters because it points to growing strain on Russia’s domestic energy system and…
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Brits travelling to European airports face five-hour queues due to new border controls which could bring terminals to a ‘complete standstill’, aviation chiefs warn
British holidaymakers have been warned they could face queues of up to five hours at European airport border controls this summer, with aviation chiefs cautioning that terminals risk grinding to a “complete standstill”. The disruption is being blamed on the EU’s new Entry-Exit System (EES), which requires non-EU visitors to provide biometric data, and industry…
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ROBERT MAGINNIS: Trump’s Ankara remarks reveal a grand strategy hiding in plain sight
In an opinion piece for Fox News, former Pentagon strategist Robert Maginnis argues that remarks made by President Donald Trump alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on the eve of a NATO summit in Ankara, reveal a coherent American “grand strategy” rather than the freewheeling exchange most commentators perceived. Maginnis contends that such strategies rarely…
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Port of Dover faces ‘utter chaos’ under struggling EU entry system, MPs warn
MPs have warned that the Port of Dover faces “utter chaos and miles of tailbacks” as a result of the EU’s entry/exit system (EES), unless the technology is fixed or the checks suspended within a week. The chair of the home affairs select committee, Karen Bradley, has urged the UK government to apply “maximum pressure”…