Author: Olivia Carter

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said she will proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror law.It comes days after activists from the group broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and spray-painted two military planes red – an incident Cooper called “disgraceful”.The move effectively brands the group a terrorist organisation and, if passed in Parliament, would make membership of and support of the group illegal. Palestine Action called the government’s action “unhinged”.Cooper’s announcement came as Palestine Action held a protest in central London, with hundreds in attendance and a number of people being arrested as scuffles broke out.Announcing her intention to ban…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe race to decide the next Democratic candidate to be mayor of New York is going down to the wire and there are more than a few Wall Street titans sweating over the outcome.Polling for the lead contenders — former mayor Andrew Cuomo and a 33-year-old assembly member Zohran Mamdani — has suggested the outcome will be close. For prominent Wall Street figures, the prospect of a socialist Mamdani taking the helm of the world’s largest financial capital has provoked…

Two U.S. senators have requested that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate Spotify due to allegations that the company bundled its music streaming and audiobook services into a more expensive subscription without obtaining user consent, while also reducing royalty payments to creators in the process. On Friday, June 20, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Ben Ray Luján wrote a letter to the FTC, claiming that Spotify converted standard premium subscriptions into higher-cost bundled subscriptions without informing consumers. They also highlighted that existing U.S. regulations permit digital music providers to pay a reduced music royalty rate if the subscription is bundled…

When season two of Squid Game dropped, fans were split in their response to Netflix’s hit Korean drama. While some viewers loved the dialled-up-to-11 intensity of everything – more characters, more drama, more staggering brutality – others found the tone relentlessly bleak. And this was a show whose original concept – a cabal of rich benefactors recruit poor people to compete in bloodsports for cash – was already plenty dark. Anyone hoping the show’s third and final season, arriving this week, will provide a reprieve should probably just rewatch Emily in Paris instead.“The tone is going to be more dark…

We asked you for your top festival packing tips, and many of you – seasoned attenders of Glastonbury, Womad, Primavera and Download, to name a few – had a lot to say. You shared your hard-won advice, occasionally taking us to task, and it turns out many of your tips are sustainable as well as savvy.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.So to help you make greener choices this summer, we’ve rounded up some of your best eco-friendly tricks, from solar-powered lights to an interesting way to reuse…

Mexico drew 0-0 with Costa Rica on Sunday night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to win Group A of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and will play Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals.Mexico’s Santiago Gimenez appeared to score on a bicycle kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, but the goal was disallowed by Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar following a video review. Giménez appeared to be offside when Carlos Rodríguez lofted the ball into the penalty area following a free kick. Orlando Galo’s headed clearance attempt went in front of the goal to Giménez.Mexico, unbeaten in 10 Gold Cup matches against…

I used to find airports stressful. I mean, I still do – I’m the sort of person who glides mindlessly through security only to be swiftly apprehended (“Er, madam, why is there a litre of water and four bottles of sun cream in your bag?”). But I find them a little less stressful these days. I put it down to the fact that I mostly travel alone. I can arrive as early or as late as I want, drink as many overpriced coffees as I fancy and not go into total unadulterated panic mode when I grossly underestimate the distance…

A cargo ship cruises toward the Strait of Hormuz off the shores of Khasab in Oman on Jan. 15, 2011.Marwan Naamani | Afp | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The recent flare-up in Middle East tensions isn’t denting Chinese business optimism about opportunities in the region.Chinese shipments to Dubai’s logistics hub have risen by 20% this month from a year ago, as locals stock up on batteries and daily necessities, according to estimates from Bear Huo, China general manager at FundPark, a fintech startup that lends money to small Chinese businesses selling overseas via internet platforms.”Overall, Chinese merchants are relatively optimistic,” he…

In the bottle processing plant in Reidsville, North Carolina, drifts of plastic particles, like snow banks, are piled in every nook of the machinery that chops the bottles into flake. When I ask our tour guide, a floor manager, if he worries about breathing it in, he says he doesn’t. “We do a good job of cleaning it up,” he says, adding that the bags of dust that are vacuumed up are sold off, and the wastewater is filtered.But I’m concerned. A 2023 study of a UK plastics recycling plant found that even after the installation of state-of-the-art filters, around…

More than 500 directors, actors and other notable movie fans — including Julianne Moore and Pedro Almodóvar, Mel Brooks and Barry Jenkins — submitted their ballots for the Best Movies of the 21st Century. Now it’s your turn to vote.In the space below, please list up to 10 titles that you consider to be the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000. Each movie should be feature length and released commercially. If you need a starting point, we have compiled our critics’ favorites from the last 25 years on one handy page. But you’re not limited to those and you…