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index.feed.received.today — 15 mars 2025

Actor Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts; Marina Hyde on ‘grotesque’ JD Vance; and ‘how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice’ – podcast

Marina Hyde on 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance – they’re all more likable than the real thing. The actor Michael Sheen grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. When John Harris first started noticing that his baby had some unusual quirks, he wasn’t too worried. Then came an autism diagnosis – and a fear of the future. Could a shared passion for music give James a way to shine?

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© Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Guardian

© Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Guardian

index.feed.received.yesterday — 14 mars 2025

Extreme weather and powerful winds predicted for 100 million Americans

14 mars 2025 à 23:02

Sprawling storm system to affect vast swath of territory from Canada to Texas with tornadoes threatening in south

The National Weather Service has predicted extreme weather across a vast swath of the US encompassing more than 100 million people, with powerful winds gusts up to 80mph (130km/h) being forecast from the border with Canada to Texas.

A sprawling storm system crossing the US on Friday overturned semitrucks on highways and fanned wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma, where officials called for evacuations in at least one town. Tornado threats loomed for the Mississippi valley into the night and the deep south on Saturday.

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© Photograph: Nick Oxford/Reuters

Trump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say

14 mars 2025 à 22:28

Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’

Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders sounded an alarm on Friday, saying rollbacks proposed by the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s dual mission to protect the environment and human health.

Zeldin said on Wednesday he planned to roll back 31 key environmental rules on everything from clean air to clean water and climate change. The former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy called Zeldin’s announcement “the most disastrous day in EPA history”.

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© Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

© Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Pakistan accuses India of sponsoring militant terror group after train hijacking

14 mars 2025 à 19:40

A spokesperson offered no evidence for the claim after 26 people were killed on a train that was hijacked in Balochistan province on Tuesday

Pakistan’s military has accused neighbouring India of sponsoring militant groups in the south-west of the country as survivors recounted their ordeal from an unprecedented attack that killed 26 passengers on a hijacked train.

The scope of the attack in Balochistan province underscores the struggles that Pakistan faces to rein in militant groups.

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© Photograph: Sami Khan/EPA

Will Putin derail Trump’s peace plan? – Today in Focus Extra

Donald Trump has shown he can get Ukraine to back a deal, but what about Russia? Patrick Wintour and Pjotr Sauer report

After weeks of diplomatic tension, on Tuesday the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced that Ukraine had signed up to a 30-day ceasefire agreement. As the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, explains to Michael Safi, this deal would cover the whole of Ukraine and by accepting it, Ukraine will again receive military aid and intelligence sharing from the US. However, issues such as borders, elections and Ukrainian membership of Nato or the EU are not a part of this deal and will need to be finalised at a later stage.

Having followed Russian negotiations during the Syrian civil war, Wintour describes the Russians as ‘masters at delay’, and on Thursday night Vladimir Putin made it clear that while he supported the US attempt to reach a deal he could not sign up to it as it stood.

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© Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Gene Hackman estate goes to court to prevent release of autopsy pictures

14 mars 2025 à 14:01

Fearing release of distressing material, lawyers have petitioned a Santa Fe court to seal records to protect the family’s right to privacy

A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports, especially photographs and police body-camera video, related to the recent deaths of Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, after their partially mummified bodies were discovered at their New Mexico home in February.

Authorities last week announced Hackman died at age 95 of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease as much as a week after Arakawa, 65, died from a rare rodent-borne disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Hackman’s pacemaker last showed signs of activity on 18 February, indicating an abnormal heart rhythm on the day he probably died. The couple’s bodies weren’t discovered until 26 February.

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© Photograph: Andrew Hay/Reuters

Baroness Sue Campbell on changing the game – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

Baroness Sue Campbell joins Suzy Wrack and Sophie Downey to discuss her journey and her recent book, The Game Changer

On today’s podcast, Suzy Wrack and Sophie Downey sit down with Baroness Sue Campbell to talk about her new book, The Game Changer, and her remarkable career in sport. From kicking a ball around in the school playground to leading the transformation of women’s football as the FA’s Director of Women’s Football, Campbell shares the challenges and triumphs of her journey. She discusses her role in the London 2012 Olympics, the importance of grassroots development, and the impact of England’s historic Euro 2022 victory. Plus, Baroness Sue Campbell shares her thoughts on the future of the game and what still needs to be done to ensure lasting progress.

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© Photograph: Fabio de Paolo/The Guardian

Has Trump broken the US economy? – podcast

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Heather Boushey, an economist and former adviser to Joe Biden, about what Donald Trump’s long game is with his trade war, and how voters will view his handling of the economy should there be a ‘Trumpcession’

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Listen to Science Weekly’s episode on the chaos Trump has unleashed on science

Archive: ABC News, Bloomberg, CBS News, CNN, CNN News 18, NBC News, PBS Newshour, Reuters

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© Photograph: AP

index.feed.received.before_yesterday

Judge temporarily blocks parts of ‘chilling’ Executive Order aimed at punishing Washington law firm

13 mars 2025 à 17:14
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration Wednesday from enforcing portions of an Executive Order designed to punish a prominent law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into ties between the Republican candidate and Russia. Read More
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