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âAny strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,â says former PM
Severin Carrell is the Guardianâs Scotland editor.
Keir Starmer is not expected to campaign in the Hamilton byelection, a critical contest for Scottish Labour which takes place in early June, Anas Sarwar has confirmed.
I wouldnât expect Keir to be campaigning in the byelection. Thatâs not to say he wonât, but Iâm not expecting Kier to campaign in the byelection.
Iâll be on the stump campaigning for a Labour win. Iâm the candidate for first minister next year. Iâm the one that wants to remove the SNP from government.
Next year, weâve got to demonstrate to people that for all Nigel Farage might want to come here with his easy answers and create a bit of a circus, the reality is a vote for Reform only helps the SNP. If you want to get rid of the SNP, only Scottish Labour can beat them.
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Actor makes major dramatic bid as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in biopic also starring his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt aim for awards glory with the first trailer for fact-based sports drama The Smashing Machine.
The wrestler-turned-actor plays the MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the film inspired by the 2002 documentary with the same name. Kerr won multiple awards and medals in his career and also struggled with substance abuse.
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Š Photograph: A24
Faye Carruthers is joined by Sophie Downey, AmeĂŠ Ruszkai and Marva Kreel to discuss Arsenalâs win, Chelseaâs loss and latest action across the WSL and the Championship
On this weekâs Guardian Womenâs Football Weekly, Faye is joined by Sophie Downey, AmeĂŠ Ruszkai and Marva Kreel. The panel discuss Arsenalâs 4-1 second-leg victory over Lyon, the north London side knocking out the eight-time European champions and securing their place in the final. However, it wonât be a full English affair after Chelseaâs dreams were dashed by a rampant Barcelona.
The panel review the latest action across the Womenâs Super League and the Championship as the season nears its conclusion and relegation spots are confirmed.
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Š Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images
Donmar Warehouse, London
Patrick Marberâs debut play about a group of poker players brims with banter, but this pallid 30th-anniversary revival exposes its weaknesses
In 1995, two British playwrights made their debuts with all-male, six-character chamber-pieces strongly influenced by Pinter and Mamet, and set over one long, tense night in London. Jez Butterworthâs Mojo and Patrick Marberâs Dealerâs Choice proved to be superficially dazzling calling cards rather than enduring classics. Now a pallid 30th-anniversary revival of the latter reveals its weaknesses.
Set in a restaurant where the manager Stephen (the Paul Bettany-esque Daniel Lapaine) and his employees Frankie (Alfie Allen), Sweeney (Theo Barklem-Biggs) and Mugsy (Hammed Animashaun) are gearing up for a late-night card game, the play brims with bants.
At Donmar Warehouse, London, until 7 June
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Joshua Bonnetta spent 8,760 hours recording a pine â then honed it down into a four-hour album full of creatures, cracking branches and quite possibly the sound of leaves growing
What does a landscape sound like when itâs not being listened to? This philosophical question was a catalyst for film-maker and artist Joshua Bonnetta, who has distilled a year of recordings from a single tree in upstate New York â thatâs 8,760 hours â into a four-hour album, The Pines. As Robert Macfarlane writes in his accompanying essay, The Pines is a reminder of the natural worldâs âsheer, miraculous busynessâ, its âfroth of signals and noiseâ. It is rich with poetic meaning, and resonant amid the climate emergency.
âIt started as a personal thing,â Bonnetta explains from his studio in Munich, where he relocated from the US in 2022. For over 20 years he has made sonic records of places as private mementos, but recent experiments with long-form field recording led him to push himself âto document this place in the deepest way I couldâ. On a residency in the Outer Hebrides between 2017 and 2019, Bonnetta made the sound installation Brackish, a month-long continuous radio broadcast from a weather-resistant hydrophone â an underwater mic â by a loch. âI started to leave the recorder for a day or two, then it just got longer,â he says. âAmazing things happen when youâre not there to interfere ⌠This allows you a different, very privileged window into the space.â
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Š Photograph: David Gasca
Federal funding was critical to Teslaâs survival, yet the Doge boss now derides subsidies as government overreach
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No criminal charges will be brought against an ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death of Adam Johnson with the crown prosecution service deciding there was no realistic chance of a conviction.
The Nottingham Panthers player died of a neck injury from a skate after a collision with Sheffield Steelersâ Matt Petgrave in a match in October 2023. The Panthers described the incident at the time as a âfreak accidentâ. CPR was administered on the ice at the Sheffield Arena, but Johnson died from his injuries.
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SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
The singer delivers a rousing, seven-act spectacle as she performs many of her country songs on stage for the first time while also harking back to her previous dance-leaning era
BeyoncĂŠ doesnât just take the stage â she takes the narrative back. On opening night of her Cowboy Carter world tour at the four-year-old SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, she brings forth a sweeping, theatrical spectacle that reclaims country music, reframes American identity and reminds everyone whoâs still driving popâs evolution after all these years. Her nearly three-hour, seven-act performance draws heavily from Cowboy Carter â her Grammy-winning country epic â and threads in nods to Renaissance, the ballroom-infused predecessor that lit up stadiums barely two years ago. Rather than stake a claim in country, BeyoncĂŠ goes deeper: celebrating the Black roots of the genre and exploding its boundaries with precision, power and polish.
Outside SoFi, vendors hawk more cowboy hats than youâd see at a Los Tigres del Norte show. Inside, anticipation sizzles. Projected across the massive stage-length screen: CHITLINâ CIRCUIT â a nod to the historic Black music venues where blues, country and rock took shape. The show begins with American Requiem â the Sign oâ the Times-drizzled opener from Cowboy Carter â followed by a haunting Blackbiird. Then comes a defining moment: a Hendrix-inspired Star-Spangled Banner, laced with the thunder of Freedom, flashing red, white and blue. The screen reads: âNever ask permission for something that already belongs to you.â
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Š Photograph: Parkwood Entertainment