David Beckham and Paris Saint-Germain celebrate league title in Lyon | David Beckham

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  499 words  |  Brenda Moya

David Beckham This article is more than 10 years oldDavid Beckham and Paris Saint-Germain celebrate league title in LyonThis article is more than 10 years old Lyon 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain PSG claim title but club must await disciplinary panel resultDavid Beckham won yet another league title, in his fourth country, as Paris Saint-Germain celebrated their first championship in 19 years following a 1-0 win at Lyon. The former England captain has won titles with Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy and now PSG and is hoping to be offered another year's contract at the French club. [Read More]

Hamas says two Israeli hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikes | Israel-Gaza war

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1330 words  |  Delta Gatti

Israel-Gaza warHamas says two Israeli hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikesIn unverified video, woman also held captive and speaking under duress says two men have been killed Middle East crisis – latest news updates Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The video showed a female hostage named in Israeli media as Noa Argamani, 26, speaking under duress, revealing that two men she was held captive with had been killed in captivity. [Read More]

Libertines unite

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  651 words  |  Brenda Moya

Higher educationReviewJohn Mullan reads David Stevenson's The Beggar's Benison: Sex Clubs of Enlightenment Scotland and Their Rituals and finds a lot of masturbation amongst the intellectuals The Beggar's Benison: Sex Clubs of Enlightenment Scotland and Their Rituals David Stevenson 265pp, Tuckwell Press, £18.99 Clubs were one of the 18th century's great inventions. "Clubbable", a word invented by Dr Johnson, was a coinage for the age. For men, the club promised a new form of sociability. [Read More]

This pristine lake has endured for 2m years. Why are its fish in crisis? | Climate crisis

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1106 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Endangered Hovsgol grayling are endemic to Lake Hovsgol, which is known as Blue Pearl for its crystal clear water. Photograph: Anne ReadelIn one of the world’s oldest lakes, Hovsgol grayling, a species found only in these azure waters in Mongolia, are struggling to survive Words and photos by Anne Readel Pine-studded mountains and snow-capped hills fringe Mongolia’s ancient Lake Hovsgol. Wild flowers cascade down its steep banks, and its forests harbour wolves, moose and elk. [Read More]

We have not had sex since the dog came into our lives: when pets affect human relationships

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2039 words  |  Christie Applegate

Intimate detailsLife and styleFrom prophetic pooches to clingy cats, Guardian readers share tales of how pets have influenced their love lives, for better and worse While humans have kept domesticated animals for tens of thousands of years, there’s no evidence that anyone was ever driven out of a cave to make room for a pampered pup. But these days the connections we, and our partners, have with pets can make or break intimate relationships. [Read More]

Georgia prosecutors oppose plea deals for Trump, Meadows and Giuliani | Donald Trump

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  884 words  |  Christie Applegate

Donald Trump This article is more than 1 month oldGeorgia prosecutors oppose plea deals for Trump, Meadows and GiulianiThis article is more than 1 month oldExclusive: sources say Fulton county prosecutors unwilling to offer deals to key trio, preferring instead to force them to trial Fulton county prosecutors do not intend to offer plea deals to Donald Trump and at least two high-level co-defendants charged in connection with their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, according to two people familiar with the matter, preferring instead to force them to trial. [Read More]

Harry Styles stalker told to keep away from ex-One Direction singer | Harry Styles

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  645 words  |  Delta Gatti

Harry Styles This article is more than 4 years oldHarry Styles stalker told to keep away from ex-One Direction singerThis article is more than 4 years oldPablo Tarazaga-Orero sentenced after leaving pop star scared in his own home A man convicted of stalking Harry Styles after spending months camped outside his house has been barred from going within 250 metres of the singer. Pablo Tarazaga-Orero, 26, left the former One Direction singer feeling scared and “very uncomfortable” after sleeping outside his house and posting notes and money through his letterbox. [Read More]

Line of Duty recap: series three, episode four was that a masonic handshake?

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1344 words  |  Brenda Moya

Fallen idol? Superintendent Ted Hastings. Photograph: Mark Bourdillon/BBC/World ProductionsFallen idol? Superintendent Ted Hastings. Photograph: Mark Bourdillon/BBC/World ProductionsLine of Duty: episode-by-episodeTelevisionA terrible loss of trust in AC-12 this week, with everyone suspected of corruption, being a criminal mastermind – or being a Freemason It was a week when no one was prepared to trust anyone, as Kate became estranged from Steve who began to suspect Hastings, who in turn now suspects Steve. [Read More]

Rickie Lee Jones: I had lived volumes long before I was famous | Rickie Lee Jones

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3605 words  |  Christie Applegate

The ObserverRickie Lee JonesInterviewRickie Lee Jones: ‘I had lived volumes long before I was famous’Sean O’HaganA fractured childhood, years as a hippy drifter… the musician’s new memoir tells of her incredible adventures before she found fame – and of her intense relationship with Tom Waits in the 1970s Scroll down for an extract from Last Chance Texaco by Rickie Lee JonesRickie Lee Jones was just three years old when she made her debut as a performer, appearing briefly as a snowflake in a ballet recital of Bambi. [Read More]

The f-word that's suddenly everywhere

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  401 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

ShortcutsUK newsIt's been used to describe rioters, the media and the global financial sector. But what does 'feral' actually mean?Feral: there's a lot of it about, lately. The term has, of course, been a mainstay of Daily Mail headline writers for at least the past five years, prefaced in the early days by the fig-leaf "almost" but invariably followed by "youths" or, better still, "yobs". Ken Clarke, the justice secretary, caused a bit of a Twitterstorm today by pairing it with the term " [Read More]