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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay, Jeff Rueter and Jonathan Wilson as the World Cup kicks off in Mexico Continue reading...
From Goop to ‘Gwynocide’: why is Gwyneth Paltrow starring in a luxury Israeli real estate ad? | Arwa Mahdawi
Paltrow went viral this week for her commercial for 51 Park – a building just miles from where Palestinians are being killed and displaced Gwyneth Paltrow has built a wellness empire by encouraging people to put questionable things in their mouths and up their orifices. Over the years the Goop founder has promoted parasite-busting goat milk cleanses, urged women to stick $66 jade eggs into their vaginas, and waxed lyrical about the powerful benefits of rectal ozone therapy. Now, however, it seems that Paltrow’s brand is pivoting from colon cleansing to ethnic cleansing. The actor and businessperson went viral this week for promoting a luxury real estate development in Israel. Paltrow, who has been nicknamed “Gwynocide”, stars in a new commercial and marketing materials for 51 Park, two 51-story towers in Herzliya, just north of Tel Aviv. (The ad was filmed in New York.) The towers boast a swimming pool, a pilates pool, a wine room and gym, among other luxuries. It’s unclear how much they cost, but similar apartments in the area have gone for millions. Continue reading...
Pussy Riot: CYKA review – debut album from iconic Russian agitators is let down by blunt-force EDM
(Pussy Riot) On a disappointing record helmed by co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, corny guitars and generically moody synths undermine the activist group’s political acuity Great music rarely makes for great activism, and the reverse is true on Pussy Riot’s official debut album. A scattergun mix of icy electronics, pumping EDM and whispered rap, CYKA (“bitch” in Russian) follows a decade of musical protest performances from the activist collective. Made by co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova (she and Maria Alyokhina were imprisoned in separate penal colonies between 2012 and 2013), CYKA’s powerful point of view is diluted by weak delivery. Lead single Candy Dopamine, with metal band Avenged Sevenfold, disguises its critique of big pharma with cutesy lyrics, corny electric guitar and inconsequential key changes. Generically moody synths and cliched siren sounds run through much of the record, as does blunt-force EDM: Nothing to Lose is both a cluttered trance track, and about being hated by Russia’s “liberal intelligentsia” for supporting Ukraine. Continue reading...
They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Zazie Beetz kicks ass in a relentlessly gory horror thriller, while Paul Mescal will absolutely break your heart. Plus: Wonka! Coming from a director whose first feature was Why Don’t You Just Die!, the title of this rampantly bloody, defiantly silly horror caper suggests Kirill Sokolov has a bit of a one-track mind. An unholy stew of Rosemary’s Baby and the zaniest bits of The Evil Dead, the film follows Asia (a kickass Zazie Beetz) as she visits exclusive New York apartment block the Virgil in search of her younger sister, Maria (Myha’la), who is a maid there. But she realises there is something very wrong with the place, particularly after the residents try to kill her. The undead comic action comes thick and fast (the roaming eyeball is a standout), while Patricia Arquette’s accent is a thing of mystery and wonder all by itself. Saturday 13 June, 9.30am, 6.15pm, Sky Cinema Premiere/HBO Max Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: Iran says no final peace agreement reached, after Trump claims deal could be signed soon
US president says ‘great settlement’ reached but Iranian spokesman says there has been no final conclusion Full report: Trump claims US and Iran on verge of signing peace agreement American news outlet Axios reported that four US air force planes departed for Europe to prepare for a possible signing ceremony between the US and Iran on a deal to end the war. The planes are reportedly heading to Geneva where US vice-president JD Vance is expected to sign on Washington’s behalf, according to Axios, citing sources familiar with the preparations. Trump said he was cancelling a third day of US airstrikes and bombings that he had earlier said would happen because “discussions” with Iran “have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved”. He also said on social media: “Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others.” Continue reading...
Goblin shark with face ‘not even a mother would love’ seen alive in natural habitat for first time
Elusive creatures have previously only been seen on fishing lines and experts know ‘virtually nothing about them’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Rare and eccentric-looking goblin sharks have been seen alive in their deep ocean habitat for the first time ever. Prof Alan Jamieson, director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, said goblin sharks were a bit like the colossal squid – creatures with an almost mythological quality. They were almost never seen alive, he said, and previously only when they were accidentally hooked on a fishing line. Continue reading...
Brown Wimpenny: Long Live Brown Wimpenny review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month
(Broadside Hacks) Named after a 19th-century relative, this sprawling group foreground folk’s rough edges, but are best in the emotional, less showy moments Brown Wimpenny arrive with a name suggesting the softness of a twee indie band, before you discover it belonged to a fourth great-uncle of banjo player Seth Lockwood, who emigrated from a West Yorkshire farm to the 19th-century US. Then you hear the exploratory, hour-long debut album of this sprawling young collective, formed in Sunday sessions in Lockwood’s Manchester living room. A band happy to show their music’s muddy roots, these expansive eight tracks nonetheless pulse with ambition. The album begins with a high-reaching medley, building from an atmospheric fiddle-led instrumental over a low cello drone. Dusty live production makes a feature of the music’s cracks and creaks, but when Lockwood’s athletic banjo takes the lead, it carries the rest of the group with arresting dynamism. Continue reading...
World Cup 2026: Mexico off to winning start; empty seats in Guadalajara; USA and Canada enter fray – live
⚽️ Canada tightens in anticipation | What is enough for US? ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail David Let’s start with the two match reports. More red cards than goals in the first game and a stirring fightback from South Korea in the second. Mexico 2-0 South Africa – Jonathan Wilson was in the Azteca. Continue reading...
‘Spy turtles’ and ‘spy fish’ being used to monitor Chinese waters, Beijing claims
Ministry says on WeChat that animals fitted with sensors by foreign agencies are ‘collecting sensitive marine data’ China’s ministry of state security has claimed that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies are using innovative new methods to monitor the country’s waters, including deploying “spy” animals fitted with sensors. In a post on the Chinese platform WeChat on Friday, the ministry warned that an “invisible secret war” was quietly playing out in the seas around China as foreign agencies were collecting sensitive data “through a variety of new spying devices” to produce underwater maps that pose a “serious threat to our national security”. Continue reading...
Paddy Power owner Flutter to scrap listing on London Stock Exchange
Gambling business, which also owns Betfair, to focus on New York in latest high-profile blow to UK stock market Business live – latest updates The gambling group that owns Paddy Power and Betfair is to scrap its listing on the London Stock Exchange, in yet another blow for the UK’s shrinking stock market. Flutter Entertainment, the world’s largest online betting company, told investors that it will cancel its London shares on 3 August, blaming low levels of trading in the stock and high costs. Continue reading...
Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces An AI model trained on data collected from users of Pokémon Go will potentially help military drones find their location in war zones. Pokémon Go, a 2016 augmented reality mobile game, allowed players to find and catch Pokémon in the real world using the cameras on their mobile phones, and exploded in popularity. In 2018, the company reported having more than 800m downloads worldwide. Continue reading...
Proud review – the gorgeous tale of a hard-partying model who ends up a dad
This Polish drama is beautifully shot, darkly funny and full of social commentary about the difficulty of being a gay father in Poland. Even the toddler seems like an accomplished actor Filip Raczyński (Ignacy Liss) is really enjoying his late 20s. We meet him on a modelling assignment, this vocation having been handed to him by his sparkling eyes and soft jawline, good looks he accentuates with a biker jacket and bleached hair. He has vodka and Diet Coke for breakfast and a bump of powder in an Uber on the way to his next job. At night we follow him through the backrooms of a club, until he finds one where the naked men are almost as beautiful as he is. He loses himself in them and worries about nothing. It’s less fun to be in Filip’s immediate social orbit. His agent’s nervy assistant, Olek (Kamil Studnicki), has to cover for Filip’s perpetual lateness and, on the night after the club odyssey, is obliged to look after his badly behaved dog, because Filip has only just rescued it from a drug dealer who resorted to dognapping to force him to pay moneys owed. Filip’s decision to bring four of the guys from the club home with him, meanwhile, goes down poorly with his sister Anka (Sylwia Boroń), the single mum of a one-year-old girl, Tosia. Filip is crashing at their flat, and he’s not keeping to his promise to help with the bins and laundry. Continue reading...
Has the US really carried out a secret mission to get oil through Hormuz?
Trump says hundreds of tankers have escaped Iran’s blockade. Data suggests shipments are increasing but many questions remain Donald Trump has claimed that the US has been conducting a “secret mission” in the strait of Hormuz to help Gulf petrostates bypass Iran’s chokehold on oil flows – which has roiled global energy markets for months. In televised comments from the Oval Office on Wednesday, the president claimed Iran was unaware that dozens of tankers had been escorted out of the blockaded channel at night with their transmitters off. Continue reading...
Sports quiz of the week: World Cup, Knicks, T20, Giro and Serena Williams
Have you followed the big stories in football, cricket, cycling, tennis, motor sport, basketball, rugby and athletics? Continue reading...
Chess: Carlsen heads for Hong Kong while Russia unveils the next Botvinnik
The world No 1’s setback in Oslo and reduced participation coincides with the emergence of a new star Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, had his worst tournament result since 2015 last week when the 35-year-old ended up fourth of six in the $178,000 Norway Chess event at Oslo, losing four games out of 10. There were reasons for his disappointing showing. Previous editions of the event were in distant Stavanger, far from the hometown pressures of Oslo, while Carlsen is the father of a baby son, and he arrived at several games seemingly unprepared. Continue reading...
Week in wildlife: a squirrel with a splint, hungry hyenas and a great white shark
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Julen Lopetegui: ‘Going to the World Cup just for the sake of going is stupid’
Eight years on from being sacked by Spain on the eve of the World Cup, Julen Lopetegui will get his chance on the big stage as head coach of Qatar When the Qatari national team’s flight from Dublin touched down in Los Angeles at 2.12pm on 30 May there was applause on board the Boeing 777‑300ER. For the 26 players arriving in America, this represents the first time they have qualified for a World Cup. For the coach who has led them there it is the third, but this time is different; this time he will get a game. “Football didn’t owe me anything,” says Julen Lopetegui in the dining room at the team hotel in Montecito, Santa Barbara, yet maybe he owed himself a moment like this. And, he says, if there were many reasons to answer the call from Doha 12 months ago, the simplest stood out most of all: this is the World Cup. Continue reading...
Left, right and centre – I see all strands of the Labour tribe pulling together in Makerfield. This is bigger than Burnham | Polly Toynbee
Everyone here knows this is a sliding doors moment. A win could be a new beginning for the party, a loss an unimaginable calamity They flock to Makerfield from everywhere: canvassers and camera crews, MPs, peers and volunteers, from Swansea to Gateshead, 700 a day to help the Labour campaign. Every door has already been knocked four times, boasts the Burnham team. How does it feel for voters to be the most important constituency in living memory? Most are quite pleased, bar the usual “we only see them round here when they want our votes”. But with a chance to choose a prime minister, never was a vote so valuable. Continue reading...
Nigerian man unable to claim Italian lottery win gains residency permit
Former street seller celebrates newfound rights after debacle in claiming €500,000 scratchcard prize while undocumented A Nigerian man who won €500,000 in an Italian lottery – but was barred from collecting his windfall because he was undocumented – said the hardship of his more than decade-long immigration journey had been eased after he was finally granted a residency permit. “I’ve been praying for this moment ever since I arrived in Italy,” said Imagbe Ehizomwengie, 36. “It’s a huge relief. You might think it’s incredible, but receiving the permit means more to me than winning the money. I want to work and contribute to society.” Continue reading...
Entertaining, even educational: Mexico’s World Cup opening ceremony delivers
The show featuring a host of Latin American talent raced along and was over in a flash, leaving those at the Estadio Azteca wanting more ITV’s Mark Pougatch could barely contain his excitement. “Let’s be honest, opening ceremonies aren’t very memorable,” he offered, clearly intent on whipping up viewers into a frenzy of anticipation before events in the Estadio Azteca got under way. A few minutes later, he was at it again. “Nothing is happening,” he shrugged, when the opening ceremony didn’t kick off bang on time. “This is why they don’t live long in the memory.” No one was going to accuse him of overselling Mexico’s big night, but then perhaps he was underwhelmed by the lineup. With the global star power reserved for the final’s half-time show – which features Madonna, Coldplay and BTS – the Mexican ceremony stuck fast to relatively local talent. It kicked off with Maná, the most successful Latin American rock band of all time, who – to judge by the 1992 hit they performed, Oye Mi Amor – have sold 45m records by sounding not unlike The Police. They were pretty good, as was Venezuela’s Danny Ocean and the Mexican singer-songwriter Belinda, both of whom broke out one of the 18 (eighteen!) official World Cup songs: Ocean’s Partidazo was a nippy bit of reggaeton, Belinda’s Por Ella a sweet collaboration with veteran cumbia band Los Ángeles Azules, the latter a disconcerting sight for British viewers on account of the fact that their bass player looked as if he was being impersonated by Paul Whitehouse. Continue reading...
SpaceX to list on US stock market today after raising $75bn in largest IPO ever – business live
Rolling coverage of SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering Today may go down in history as the day Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire, and the day SpaceX blasted off into the public markets, says Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote: The company already made history yesterday by selling 555.6 million shares priced at $135 each, raising the $75 billion that it was looking for and giving the company nearly the $1.8 trillion valuation that it was targeting. It equals the combined value of the 29 biggest IPOs in US history since 2000 – adjusted for inflation – including Meta, Google, Hilton, Airbnb, DoorDash, Uber, Snowflake and GM. Yes, it’s huge. So today, everyone will be watching SpaceX leave the launchpad. In yesterday’s note, I discussed in detail what to expect from this IPO today, and in the coming weeks and months, for those who are interested in what the future could hold for the company and for the rest of the market. Continue reading...
Sally Beamish: House of Wonder album review
Beamish/Corbett/Whitehead/Havlat/ Irvine/Thomson/Ventris (Delphian) The British composer’s celebratory album is a family affair Sally Beamish celebrates 70 years on planet Earth with an eclectic and profoundly personal album featuring friends and members of her talented musical family. At the centre of it all is Beamish herself, a musical shapeshifter, at home in classical, jazz or folk fiddle, performing on her own instrument, the viola. It opens with April, a luminous chaconne for viola and accordion memorialising her friend, jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. Equally poignant is Gerropaedie for viola and harp, a Satie-inspired birthday gift for an elderly patron. Continue reading...