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Andy Burnham has thrown the future of legalising assisted dying into doubt. After telling Sam Coates that he does not want legislation to proceed until social care and palliative care are “fixed”.Supporters of the bill insist they are pressing ahead. But has the Prime Minister’s intervention made its passage through Parliament far less likely? Sam and Anne examine what Burnham’s comments mean for MPs ahead of the crucial September vote. Plus, new polling from POLITICO shows again the ‘Burnham bounce’ as his approval rating goes up in every demographic, except one – Reform voters. What will this mean in the…
Inflation picked up again in Spain in July and reached 3.5% year on year, three tenths of a point higher than in June, driven by the rise in fuel prices and electricity, according to the flash estimate published on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The statistics office attributes the rebound to the fact that both fuels and lubricants for private vehicles and electricity rose more sharply than in the same month last year. With this increase, inflation has reached its highest level since May 2024 and has now been above 3% for five consecutive months. Underlying inflation, which…
When you think about street food, you probably picture bánh mì in Vietnam, tacos in Mexico, or even pizza al taglio in Italy. Certain countries and cities are well known for their offerings, with foodies heading specifically to a destination to grab miscellaneous meat on sticks on-the-go and the like. But a new study has revealed the best street food city in the world, and it’s not where you would expect at all. Paris in France came out on top in the research conducted by Radical Storage, which looked at 6,897 street food vendors in the 100 most-visited cities around…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 10:18 GMT+2 K-pop superstars BTS will not submit their music for consideration for 2027 Grammy Awards. Writing on Instagram, each member of the South Korean band said: “We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year.” A translation of the message continued: “I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.” That last segment of the posts seemingly refers to the addition of a new award for Best Asian Pop Music performance. According to Academy president Harvey Mason Jr, the new category was…
Authorities have not yet determined whether the object was a drone or missile, or established its origin. No casualties were reported. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is on his way to the site, said government spokesperson Adam Szłapka. “I have convened a coordination team with the participation of the Minister of Defense and the relevant services, which have been working on-site for many hours and are systematically providing me with information about all the circumstances of the incident,” wrote Tusk on social media. Russia’s strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine overnight, Reuters reported. In the aftermath of the crash, Poland…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 9:07 GMT+2 Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, has been ordered to pay almost £1 million (approx. €1.16m) to two of the singer’s friends after losing a High Court case over the sale of the singer’s belongings. Mitch Winehouse must make payments to Amy’s former stylist Naomi Parry and her friend Catriona Gourlay within the next two weeks. He has also been ordered to cover their legal costs on an indemnity basis. The order follows the dismissal of his claim against the two women in April. Acting as the personal representative of his daughter’s estate, Mitch Winehouse…
In the next iteration of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, applicable from 2028, the Commission wants to see a “transition payment” for farmers that could be used for this purpose to support a move into shepherding, Bogey added. The EU is also working on a financial scheme with the European Investment Bank for investments in the livestock sector Gonna need a lot of goats In Madrid, one of the regions hardest hit by the fires, the local government is also looking to livestock grazing as fire prevention. Local farms would deploy animals to a forested area of 3,700 hectares, they…
Published on 30/07/2026 – 8:47 GMT+2 Reports in Poland claim an unidentified object was detected in Polish airspace at about 3:40am CETon Thursday as helicopter crews discovered a crater near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia after what is believed to be a missile dropped off radar. No casualties were reported from the site, which is 70 kilometres inside the Polish border. It coincided with a night of Russian strikes on Ukraine that killed at least eight people and left more than a dozen wounded. Four adults and two girls aged five and 12 were killed by a ballistic missile that detonated…
Video shows dozens of migrants, including families with young children, walking into the sea from Gravelines beach in northern France as they attempt to board a small rigid-inflatable boat heading towards England. Rescue teams monitor the scene and hand out life jackets. Some migrants are seen carrying babies and children as they wait in the water for the overcrowded dinghy. The small vessel fills with passengers before leaving the French coast, while those unable to board return to the beach. The English Channel crossing from France to the UK remains a dangerous journey for people hoping to reach British shores.…
NB: This is a spoiler-free review. It’s no hot take to state that Marvel’s MCU has been on an almighty downslide since the 2021 start of Phase Four and the laborious Phase 5, collectively known as “The Multiverse Saga”. What started as a well-orchestrated superhero saga has unraveled with patience testing and increasingly underpowered movies which have strayed away from original relatability of the stories, which featured crazy superhero antics set inside the real world. The mostly filler multiverse stories not only required extensive homework to keep up but squandered too many plotlines and characters, which directly fed a state…