Gas prices spike amid fears of Middle East supply shock
European gas prices have skyrocketed as traders fear the escalation in the Middle East could hit shipments via the Strait of Hormuz Read Full Article at RT.com
European gas prices have skyrocketed as traders fear the escalation in the Middle East could hit shipments via the Strait of Hormuz Read Full Article at RT.com
A pilot flying a commercial passenger flight from Delhi to the United Kingdom on February 28, 2026, said he saw what he believes was a missile launch approximately 50km from Iran's northern border near Turkmenistan
17th-century Dutch master’s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple to go on display this week It hung unrecognised on the wall of a private home for decades but now a 17th-century painting has been revealed as a Rembrandt, taking its potential value from thousands to millions of pounds. The Rijksmuseum announced on Monday that it had rediscovered an early biblical scene by the Dutch master that was once thought lost, thanks to hi-tech scanning and two years of expert analysis. Continue reading...
Soho theatre, London Fearlessly provocative and covered in gunk, Garland delivers a wild and elusive show about queerness and carnality ‘It’s divisive.” Well, you’d think so, a “kink performance art” clown show with nudity, bodily fluids, worms and, er, Gwyneth Paltrow. And yet Primal Bog left last year’s Edinburgh fringe with praise ringing in the ears of its creator Rosa Garland. To the degree that Garland is a winning and fearlessly provocative performer, I’m happy to join the chorus. But – hey, it’s divisive – I didn’t find the show as thrilling as some in the audience. A gross-out address to queerness and carnality, it’s vivid in its image-making, cheerfully elusive when it comes to making sense – and more inclined to celebrate than offer insight into misbehaving bodies and idiosyncratic desire. Garland shows her hand from the opening moments, urinating into a vase, then smearing herself head-to-toe in orange gunge. This she does in the supposed persona of Paltrow, proprietor of “wellness brand” Goop – against whose airbrushed vision of feminine grace the show styles itself. Here is Garland with slime dripping from chin, her breasts, the tip of her nose. Here she is thrusting into a folding chair, or making out with an earthworm. In another set piece, she narrates a dream about joining a community of masochists in their mountain hideaway. Continue reading...
Michael Carrick is in a strong position to land the Man Utd job on a full-time basis, and there is one question that should be on the minds of Old Trafford decision makers.
Will Jacks has been England’s star performer at the T20 World Cup, picking up four player of the match awards
A young British couple were travelling home from a holiday in Sri Lanka, when they were hit by disaster while on their flight back home.
Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will bring in Ukrainian “experts” to help shoot down Iranian drones Read Full Article at RT.com
Salli Oliver from Grimsby is on holiday in Dubai with her two children, fiancé and best friend when Iran launched missile strikes - now they're stuck with flights cancelled and explosions around them
“Speeding towards an all-out war with Iran would make the wars that we’ve seen in Iraq and Afghanistan look like a picnic,” the future Director of National Intelligence warned at the time.
FCDO has changed advice for Cyprus, Turkey, Greece
FCDO has changed advice for Cyprus, Turkey, Greece
DJ Admin, whose real name is Rick Jansen, has announced he will miss the opening three Grand Prix weekends in Australia, China and Japan due to safety concerns
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Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisation Her ordeal began with stomach cramps; 19 years old and training to be a nurse, she knew something was wrong. At the hospital she waited for hours in the emergency department. She had suffered an obstetric emergency. Under El Salvador’s legal framework, emergencies including miscarriages and stillbirths, place women under criminal suspicion. She lost the baby and doctors alerted the police. She was arrested and handcuffed. Continue reading...
The cost of oil spiralled on global markets amid the crisis in the Middle East