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guardianworldnews_feedFormer BBC head of music and arts brought the joy of classical music to the general public over decades
Sir Humphrey Burton, one of the most influential figures in arts broadcasting, has died at the age of 94.
The award-wining film-maker and director, who revolutionised classical music programming, died at home with his family by his side.
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Soaring demand has caused a major shortage of flu jab appointments across England, the Guardian can reveal.
NHS leaders have issued urgent pleas to the public to get their flu jabs and help the health service cope with a crippling “flu-nami”, which last week led to hospitals in England treating record numbers of seriously ill patients with flu.
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feedTrump has ordered a ‘total and complete’ blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from the country
The Donald Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr will soon make his first appearance before Congress since sparking an uproar with comments seen as pressuring ABC to temporarily pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel from the air.
ABC indefinitely suspended Kimmel’s show over statements he made following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which prompted Carr to say that he wanted broadcasters to “take action” on Kimmel, and: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feedWith a blend of retro-futurism, moral ambiguity and monster-filled wastelands, Fallout season 2 became an unlikely prestige television favourite. Now there is something a bigger, stranger and funnier journey ahead
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The Fallout TV series returns to Prime Video today, and it’s fair to say that everyone was pleasantly surprised by how good the first season was. By portraying Fallout’s retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic US through three different characters, it managed to capture different aspects of the game player’s experience, too. There was vault-dweller Lucy, trying to do the right thing and finding that the wasteland made that very difficult; Max, the Brotherhood of Steel rookie, who starts to question his cult’s authority and causes a lot of havoc in robotic power armour; and the Ghoul, Walton Goggins’s breakout character, who has long since lost any sense of morality out in the irradiated wilderness.
The show’s first season ended with a revelation about who helped cause the nuclear war that trapped a group of people in underground vaults for a couple of centuries. It also left plenty of questions open for the second season – and, this time, expectations are higher. Even being “not terrible” was a win for a video game adaptation until quite recently. How are the Fallout TV show’s creators feeling now that the first season has been a success?
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feedKeir Starmer says oligarch must commit funds from sale of Chelsea football club or face court action
The UK has given its final warning to Roman Abramovich to release £2.5bn from the oligarch’s sale of Chelsea FC to give to Ukraine, telling the billionaire to release the funds within 90 days or face court action.
Keir Starmer told the House of Commons the funds from Abramovich, who is subject to UK sanctions, would be converted into a new foundation for humanitarian causes in Ukraine and that the issuing of a licence for the transfer was the last chance Abramovich would have to comply.
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feedIsrael military chief, Eyal Zamir, announced on Monday that the 'yellow line', drawn up by the October ceasefire plan, was a 'new border' for Israel. This line has become a lethal boundary, preventing Palestinians entering an area representing 58% of their territory. The Guardian's chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison, describes life on the ground for those forced on an ever-smaller part of their land. Israeli officials claim forces are being 'deployed in Gaza in accordance with the ceasefire outline'
‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
guardianworldnews_feedNick Thomas-Symonds says a 30% discount for the UK’s participation in EU scheme has been agreed
Streeting says he does not want people to stay away from hospitals today if they need emergency medical help.
The most important message that I want us all to convey collectively as, as parliament and the NHS, is to the public’ I do not want people who need to access health care to think [they’d] better not try.
So if it’s an accident or an emergency, people should have access.
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feedPhilippine police dismiss speculation Naveed and Sajid Akram underwent training during four-week stay in Davao City
The Bondi terror attacks suspects spent their entire four-week visit to the Philippines in Davao City, rarely leaving their hotel expect for an hour or so at a time, and never talking to any other guests or receiving visitors, according to Philippine police and hotel staff.
The initial police investigation casts more light on the four-week trip by the alleged gunmen, the father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, amid speculation that they went to the Philippines to receive military training from Islamist groups believed to operate in the country.
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feedAll 48 competing nations to get minimum of $10.5m
Fifa Council approval comes amid ticket price row
Fifa has announced a 50% increase in World Cup prize money for next year’s tournament, with the champions set to take home $50m (£37.5m) as a reward for their success.
The news comes days after there was widespread public outrage over the price of seats at the tournament, to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Fifa this week announced a limited number of discount tickets for fans of participating countries.
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nancylebovguardianworldnews_feedDirectors blame ‘challenging market conditions’ as losses widen from £25m in 2024 to £33m
Sales at Stella McCartney’s fashion label sank by more than a quarter last year tipping it further into the red and adding to fears it could run out of money by 2028.
Pre-tax losses at the British brand led by the daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney widened to £33.6m in 2024 from £25m the year before, while sales fell 27% to £16m, according to accounts filed at Companies House.
Continue reading...guardianworldnews_feed‘I wanted to make a perfect square with my body. My back hurt for days afterwards. People often want to know if the kitten is real’
I’ve thought a lot about the time I made this image. In my 20s, I was living in New York. Then I broke up with my long-term partner in 2019 and I sort of didn’t really know how to cope any more. I didn’t feel creative – my whole experience of living in New York was tied to that relationship, and I felt I needed to go somewhere else and start over. I moved to Austin, Texas – I thought I’d give it a go for a bit.
I was doing a lot of tinkering at home, and I started doing a lot more self-portraits and let my psyche run wild. At this point, in 2021, one of my friends, Mike, was living in a 1940s building in East Austin, with old popcorn ceilings, really cool mouldings and outlet covers and original details, including the fireplace. It was inspiring to be there.
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