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Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played Sam in Richard Curtis’s film, thinks streaming ushered in genre’s decline If modern romcoms aren’t sweeping you off your feet anymore, you’re not the only one wondering where the magic went. Romantic comedies are not as good as they used to be, according to one of the stars of Love Actually. Continue reading...

River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’ Water companies have issued a fifth of the UK’s “green bonds” since 2017, despite a consistently poor record of sewage pollution during that time, research has shown. Privately owned water companies in England have together issued £10.5bn in bonds tied to projects that offer “environmental benefi…

Kernewek to have same protections as Welsh, Irish and Scots Gaelic so it can be used in education and legal hearings The Cornish language is due to be given the same status as Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic after the government submitted it for greater protections under a European charter. Kernewek, spoken as a first language by 563 people according to the last census, has been recommended by t…

Homeland security secretary also blamed ‘activist’ judges for defying court order to halt deportation flights Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the US and blamed the Biden administration, though the suspect’s asylum was approved under Donald Trump. The shooting suspect, 29-year-old …

US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neck Hondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses. Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftwing rule. Continue reading…

Ludwig Minelli, whose work had a lasting influence on Swiss law, founded the group in 1998 The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas chose to end his life through an assisted death, the group has said. Ludwig Minelli, who founded the group in 1998, died on Saturday, days before his 93rd birthday, Dignitas said. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Long waiting times affected 386,849 patients in England during September, data analysis shows Hundreds of thousands of people in England are not getting tests for killer diseases because of widespread delays that doctors fear will harm patients. A total of 386,849 people in September had been waiting more than six weeks for a diagnostic test for cancer, heart problems and other serious…

David Gentile had just begun to serve a seven-year sentence for role in $1.6bn scheme that defrauded thousands Donald Trump granted clemency to private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6bn fraud scheme, reported the New York Times. The founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GPB Capital, 59 year old …

Heavy monsoon rains strike across south-east Asia leaving thousands of people without shelter or critical supplies Indonesian and Thai authorities are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people as they said more than 600 people had died in devastating floods and landslides across south-east Asia. Heavy monsoon rains have overwhelmed parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in rec…

Exclusive : Separate research also shows number of young children having suicidal thoughts has risen at ‘alarming’ rate Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Young Australians aged 16 to 25 are attempting to kill themselves, self-harming and experiencing suicidal thoughts in greater numbers and at earlier ages than previous generations, a landmark study has found. It comes …

Documents reveal comments by Det Insp Mark Thompson were attempt to flush out killer’s supporters Police made potentially critical mistakes in Hannah Clarke murders , new evidence reveals Read more from Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation here Senior Queensland police officers gave a presentation that explained controversial comments made by a detective in the wake of the Hannah Clarke mu…

Pressure grows on Pedro Sánchez amid series of corruption claims involving family, party and administration Tens of thousands of people have attended an anti-government demonstration in Madrid to demand a snap general election as the country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, tries to weather a series of corruption allegations involving his family, his party and his administration. Sunday…

Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims A new legal petition filed by a dozen public health and farm worker groups demands the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stop allowing farms to spray antibiotics on food crops in the US because they are probably causing superbugs to flourish and sickening farm workers. The agricu…

Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner expected to meet Kyiv delegation, after another weekend of deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine Ukrainian negotiators are preparing to meet US officials in Florida to thrash out details of Washington’s proposed framework to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv faces pressure on military and political fronts. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, special en…

Request submitted weeks after Donald Trump called on Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president for a pardon for bribery and fraud charges and an end to a five-year corruption trial, arguing that it would be in the “public interest”. Isaac Herzog’s office acknowledged receipt of the 111-page submission from the prime minister’s lawyer, and said i…