Watch live as Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore are among the stars arriving at the Venice Film Festival on Monday (2 September). Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returns to the Venice Film Festival with stars Swinton and Moore as his film The Room Next Door has its world premiere on theContinue Reading
He celebrated by recreating the dead fish move, inspired by FIFA. Medvedev is known for his unusual celebrations – he has previously danced and lifted up his shorts to show off his muscles. He also gave a famous on-court interview at the 2019 US Open where he told a booingContinue Reading
Amadou Onana has shown his sense of humour while digging out the journalist who called him ‘Andre’ during Euro 2024. On Monday, Onana reported for international duty with Belgium, and did so wearing a comical sleeveless t-shirt. Onana, 23, wore a top with the slogan ‘Andre is not even byContinue Reading
A business network has called for an independent task force to examine the plans for North Sea energy transition and to safeguard about 200,000 jobs. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) made the plea after publishing a report on Monday in which they said there must be a balance thatContinue Reading
Robert Jenrick has hit back at claims from his rivals that he is looking for “easy answers” in saying he would call for leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). The former home office minister, who resigned from Rishi Sunak’s government because he thought that the prime minister wasContinue Reading
Normal voters who are not regularly engaged in politics struggle to recognise the six candidates vying to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader, despite the party being in government for 14 years. Only former home secretary Priti Patel was recognisable to more than half of people on 10 focus groupsContinue Reading
A new Bill will allow the Crown Estate to invest more in green energy and help the UK achieve net zero, a Treasury minister has told Parliament. The Crown Estate is a huge collection of assets owned by the British monarchy, which includes vast swathes of urban, coastal and maritimeContinue Reading
Foreign secretary David Lammy has announced that the UK government is to suspend 30 of the 350 arms export licences to Israel. Mr Lammy made the announcement as he updated MPs in the Commons on the first day after recess. The decision has been made after the new Labour governmentContinue Reading
UK stock markets have started the month on the back foot, with a spike in Rightmove shares failing to lift the FTSE 100 into positive territory. The blue chip index was down 12.79 points, or 0.15%, to close at 8,363.84 on Monday. The dip was despite shares in property portalContinue Reading
Department store business Harrods handed its Qatari owners £180 million in dividends for the past year after it bucked weakness in luxury spending. The Knightsbridge retailer is owned by the state of Qatar through its sovereign wealth fund – the Qatar Investment Authority – which bought the business in 2010.Continue Reading
