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The couple had an array of celebrity guests, including Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper, and Adam Sandler officiated their nuptials Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially wed. The couple hosted their wedding celebration on Friday in New York City, nearly three years after first meeting. The wedding was held at Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan, where screens outside the venue displaye…

Singer and fiance Travis Kelce have been coy but festivities are getting under way at Madison Square Garden The streets of New York City and the first-class lounges of Heathrow and JFK airports were crawling on Friday with celebrities on their way to attend the wedding of the year. Taylor Swift had kept fans guessing about whether it was her nuptials that had caused the closure of 11 streets in m…

Prime minister also speaks of his ‘intensely personal decision’ to step down in first interview since resigning Keir Starmer has warned his likely successor Andy Burnham that it will not be possible to spend less time focusing on international affairs. Speaking during a BBC interview, he also spoke of his “intensely personal” decision to announce his resignation last month after two years as prim…

A fight between two groups of young people who knew each other escalated into gunfire, police said A shooting altercation between two groups of young people at a shopping mall in Dearborn, Michigan, left two people dead and a third injured over what is typically the most violent weekend of the year in the US, police said. The shooting occurred as the US began celebrating the Fourth of July, histo…

Parasite cyclospora spreads through produce and water contaminated with feces and causes the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis The US Centers for Disease Prevention has been working to find the source of a parasitic illness that causes “explosive”, watery diarrhea, with more than 400 cases of the sickness reported across 18 states. The parasite, cyclospora, spreads through raw produce and water c…

People gather outside Madison Square Garden despite security keeping them from seeing anything noteworthy Taylor Swift ’s fans gathered in the heat outside New York’s Madison Square Garden on Friday for her wedding – or at least the celebration of it – to Travis Kelce, and the sense of being close to the superstar singer-songwriter and her NFL champion groom on their big day. Whether or not Swift…

Judge says Pouria Zeraati was targeted outside Wimbledon home because of his criticism of Tehran regime Two Romanians who took part in a “targeted” knife attack on a television journalist in London “on behalf of the Iranian state” have been jailed. Pouria Zeraati, who worked for the Persian language channel Iran International, which is critical of the Tehran regime, was left bleeding in the stree…

Party had justified plan to hang flags in Nottinghamshire on basis that local businesses would foot £75,000 bill A £75,000 scheme by a Reform-led council to hang union flags at sites across the county, which the party said would “not cost the taxpayer a single penny” as it would be sponsored by local businesses, has failed to attract a single sponsor, it has emerged. The plan to attach the flags …

Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps Parents should not put photos of their children on public display online, according to landmark guidance issued to tackle the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material. The recommendation has come from the …

Pope Leo urges Americans to live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence in his first major address to the US Pope Leo has used his first major address to his home country to praise the US history of ⁠welcoming migrants, urging Americans to live up to the ideals put forward in the ⁠Declaration of Independence. In his latest implicit rebuke to Donald Trump, the first US leader of the R…

Zoe Watts and Amanda Stanhope launched network after being repeatedly assaulted by partners while unconscious Two women who were drugged and raped by their partners while they were unconscious have said hundreds of people – including about 80 in the UK – have come forward to an international support group for victims of the crime. Zoe Watts and Amanda Stanhope, who were both repeatedly assaulted …

Port expansion and protections for whales part of BC and Alberta plan to expand country’s presence overseas The governments of Canada and the province of Alberta will move forward on a major new oil pipeline after the pair announced a plan to ease concerns of British Columbia and First Nations on the Pacific coast. Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, shuttled between British Columbia and Albert…

Exclusive: Data shows buyers are not rushing to get into the market, despite lower prices and less competition Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast First home buyers are starting to step back and investor demand is slumping in all areas except new property, as Australia’s housing market enters a downturn. Research shows the market is transforming, nearly two months on from…

Avoiding traditional questions and stilted broadcast clips, PM-in-waiting has evolved his style of media management He is due to become prime minister in just over a fortnight as parliament begins its six-week summer break. But at a marquee speech this week , he took precisely zero questions. So is Andy Burnham, as opposition leader Kemi Badenoch claims, dodging scrutiny? His allies say no: he is…

Anti-abortion policies may have appeal, but with one in three Australian churchgoers born overseas, talk of a monoculture may put them off Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce addressed anti-abortion campaigners at a Sydney rally in early June, the former deputy prime minister told the audience he could see “about 1,500 people who can …