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Owner of Villa’s Tacos said the rapper loved their restaurant and asked the business to join his Super Bowl performanceA beloved Los Angeles taqueria made its primetime debut during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX half-time show, delighting and surprising its legion of faithful patrons.Bad Bunny’s 13-minute performance was a love letter to the culture, history and legacy of Puerto Rico, with sets depicting sugarcane fields, a house party and even […]

Lawyer for Epstein associate says Trump and Clinton are ‘innocent of any wrongdoing’ and Maxwell ‘alone’ can explain why, in exchange for freedomGhislaine Maxwell criticised for refusal to answer Congress’s questionsCalls for Trump ally Howard Lutnick to quit over Epstein filesGhislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and longtime accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is set to attend a virtual deposition for the House oversight committee at 10am ET today.This is part […]

Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the doorThe most senior civil servant in Downing Street is negotiating his exit as part of a wider shake-up of Keir Starmer’s operation after one of the most dramatic 48 hours of the prime minister’s time in office, sources have told the Guardian.Chris Wormald, the cabinet secretary, is understood to be negotiating the terms of […]

Judges, including Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, praise Georgina Duncan’s play as the kind ‘producers dream of and audiences yearn to watch’A work that explores what happens when trauma is left to fester, set in Troubles-era Belfast, has been named the winner of the Women’s prize for playwriting 2025.Judges praised what they described as unflinching and moving writing in Sapling by Georgina Duncan, a working-class playwright from Lancashire. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead […]

Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priorityReform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above the standard 5% cap from April […]

Allies of leading candidates keen to tout credentials but others despair at options at top of Labour party• Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January• Explainer: political leadership campaigns that launched too soon• UK politics live – latest updatesAs Keir Starmer fights for his political life, the contest to replace him has already begun.The prime minister was already under pressure when the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, […]

Prime minister addresses parliamentary Labour party amid Mandelson scandal falloutScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand downTim Allan said he was standing down to allow Keir Starmer the opportunity to build a new team.In a statement, he said:I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built.I wish the PM and his team every success. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Fallout begins after tumultuous scenes in Sydney and Melbourne. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW premier, Chris Minns, is making the first of multiple appearances across the media this morning following the violent clashes between police and protesters yesterday evening.He has told Channel Nine’s Today program that police were “put in an impossible situation last night”:It’s worth remembering they did […]

Pakistan's government orders cricket team to take the field against India on Sunday in Colombo.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article