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X stands to benefit if UK pulls digital services tax in trade deal with US

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/24/elon-musk-x-stands-to-benefit-if-uk-pulls-digital-services-tax-in-trade-deal-with-us

Published: March 24, 2025 19:52

Prominent campaigner says Elon Musk’s platform qualifies for the levy, which is on the block in negotiationsElon Musk’s X stands to benefit financially if the government pulls an £800m tax on US tech tech firms as part of an economic deal with Donald


White House adds journalist to top-secret Yemen war group chat by mistake

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/journalist-trump-yemen-war-chat

Published: March 24, 2025 19:02

Senior Trump cabinet members copied Atlantic journalist into chat used to discuss secret strikes against HouthisSenior members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have been involved in a serious security breach while discussing secret military plans for recent US


Noel Clarke said he kept explicit photos of women to use as ‘collateral’, court told

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/24/noel-clarke-said-he-kept-explicit-photos-of-women-to-use-as-collateral-court-told

Published: March 24, 2025 18:47

Actor had pictures of women’s vaginas to use in case they ever wanted to speak about him or tell his wife, witness saysNoel Clarke told an actor that he kept explicit photos of women he had sex with to use as “collateral” in case they ever wanted to speak


The Guardian view on social networks: the friendships that can change your life | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/the-guardian-view-on-social-networks-the-friendships-that-can-change-your-life

Published: March 24, 2025 18:38

Whether forged in neighbourhoods, clubs or universities, cross-class links can boost social mobility and break down dividesSocial capital is a key concept in the social sciences and – even though most people don’t use the term – also in common sense. Who


Were the Friends even human? Watching the old shows again, they certainly don’t breed like the rest of us | Nell Frizzell

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/were-friends-even-human-watching-old-shows-again-they-dont-breed-like-rest-of-us

Published: March 24, 2025 17:26

One minute Rachel and Phoebe are giving birth, the next they’re perfectly groomed and having coffee with their mates. That’s not a picture I recogniseI’ve started watching this great fantasy series from the mid-90s and early 00s – it’s called Friends. It


Snow White’s sleepy start at US box office buoyed by Republican voters

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/24/snow-whites-sleepy-start-at-us-box-office-buoyed-by-republican-voters

Published: March 24, 2025 17:10

Disney’s controversial live-action remake was proportionally more successful in ‘red’ states that vote Republican than those voting DemocratDogged by politically inspired controversy for months, Disney’s new version of Snow White recorded a disappointing


No adults allowed! Crongton, the joyous show for teens that does what Adolescence can’t

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/24/crongton-bbc-the-joyous-show-for-teens-that-does-what-adolescence-cant

Published: March 24, 2025 15:20

The cast of the new BBC show explain how they have given hard-hitting content a fun, relatable and colourful spin to actively encourage teenagers to make good life choicesIn a modern academy secondary school in a deprived part of Leeds, adults wrangle a


Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: ‘I’ve had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one’

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/24/samuel-l-jackson-shark-deep-blue-sea-deaths-big-ass-waves

Published: March 24, 2025 15:12

‘I had no idea I’d get so wet. I was in water for a month. It was kind of wild. For the storm scenes, they were dumping it down on us from towers. There were big-ass waves flying everywhere’I’d always wanted to be killed in a movie by something big that


Farewell pooping elephants! Goodbye Shep on the spoons! It’s the sad end of an era for Blue Peter

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/24/end-of-an-era-for-blue-peter-live

Published: March 24, 2025 14:05

After 67 years and many wild incidents etched on Britain’s collective memory, the world’s longest-running children’s TV show will stop going out live. Will it ever go viral again?Life has changed beyond all recognition over the last 67 years. The way we


Andy Peebles obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/24/andy-peebles-obituary

Published: March 24, 2025 13:09

Pop radio DJ and presenter who recorded the last interview with John Lennon in December 1980Andy Peebles, who has died suddenly aged 76, was for 14 years a disc jockey on BBC Radio 1, where he presented shows across the schedule, switching between


GĂ©rard Depardieu arrives at Paris court for trial over sexual assault allegations

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/24/gerard-depardieu-arrives-at-paris-court-for-trial-over-sexual-assault-allegations

Published: March 24, 2025 12:54

Actor, 76, is accused of groping two women on set during the filming of The Green Shutters in 2021GĂ©rard Depardieu arrived at a Paris court on Monday for his trial over alleged sexual assaults on a film set, a case that places one of France’s best-known


‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/24/i-feel-really-really-cross-at-incredibly-dumb-decisions-stephen-sackur-on-the-end-of-hardtalk-and-leaving-the-bbc

Published: March 24, 2025 05:00

For 19 years he has held the powerful to account on a show that attracts huge audiences around the world. Now it is over. He discusses his anger with management, his pride in his team – and what he’ll do nextStephen Sackur makes no bones about it: he is


Press freedom in Serbia is facing a dangerous turning point, editors warn

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/press-freedom-in-serbia-is-facing-a-dangerous-turning-point-warn-editors

Published: March 23, 2025 15:28

Group says reporters at independent outlets suffer ‘constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns’Press freedom in Serbia is facing a “dangerous turning point” after mounting pressure on independent outlets from ministers and state-backed


The New Yorker at 100: ‘We live in a world of misinformation ... a lack of verification. Our readers want what we do’

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/23/the-new-yorker-at-100-we-live-in-a-world-of-misinformation-a-lack-of-verification-our-readers-want-what-we-do

Published: March 23, 2025 10:00

The venerable magazine is thriving and its long-time editor David Remnick tells us why a dedication to literate, conversation-provoking and veracious reportage has never been more vitalLast month the New Yorker celebrated its 100th anniversary. It’s an


#YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A-listers | Barbara Ellen

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/22/gwyneth-palltrow-intimacy-coordinators-sex-scenes

Published: March 22, 2025 18:00

The film star is among those undermining a role that was created out of the #MeToo movement to protect the powerlessHow instructive to hear Gwyneth Paltrow’s views on intimacy coordinators, the people hired to supervise intimate scenes in film and


‘We need to set the terms or we’re all screwed’: how newsrooms are tackling AI’s uncertainties and opportunities

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/22/we-need-to-set-the-terms-or-were-all-screwed-how-newsrooms-are-tackling-ais-uncertainties-and-opportunities

Published: March 22, 2025 12:00

Amid angst over the technology, a consensus is emerging about its capabilities – but there is an elephant in the roomIn early March, a job advert was doing the rounds among sports journalists. It was for an “AI-assisted sports reporter” at USA Today’s


Noel Clarke sent ‘full frontal’ photos of woman without consent, court hears

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/21/noel-clarke-guardian-media-group-consent-court

Published: March 21, 2025 18:28

Davie Fairbanks says he received intimate images from former Doctor Who star of woman he had sex withNoel Clarke secretly sent a friend “full frontal” naked photographs of a woman he had sex with after they met when she was doing work experience on a film


Jane Reed obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/21/jane-reed-obituary

Published: March 21, 2025 17:02

Editor of Women’s Own magazine who went on to become a senior national newspaper executive at Today and the TimesThe journalist Jane Reed, who has died aged 84, exerted as great an influence over the lives of women in the UK during the emergence of the


‘More are published than could ever succeed’: are there too many books?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/21/more-are-published-than-could-ever-succeed-are-there-too-many-books

Published: March 21, 2025 16:05

While some say the rise of the self-publishing model is damaging the industry, others feel it gives authors a fairer dealThe complaint that there are too many books is not a new one. “My son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end,” reads


‘Prank shows are normally done by thick people or jocks’: Dom Joly on the return of Trigger Happy TV

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/21/dom-joly-return-trigger-happy-tv-pranks

Published: March 21, 2025 13:00

The 00s star has spent decades trying to escape the legacy of his beloved hidden camera show – only to realise it’s time to bring it back on stage. He talks about fooling a Python, hating Noel Edmonds 
 and why he can’t escape the giant phoneThe first


Quill Awards 2025: Guardian journalist wins Melbourne Press Club award for reporting on disability

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/21/quill-awards-2025-guardian-journalist-wins-melbourne-press-club-award-for-reporting-on-disability

Published: March 21, 2025 12:10

Nino Bucci highly commended in feature writing, investigations and news reporting, while Petra Stock highly commended in science, medical and health reportingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia journalists have


‘Do we love each other? Of course’: Men Behaving Badly’s Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes reunite

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/21/neil-morrissey-martin-clunes-bon-voyage-men-behaving-badly

Published: March 21, 2025 10:00

A quarter of a century on from their beloved 90s sitcom, the pair are teaming up for a travel series where they meander around France. They discuss being an odd fit in ‘lad’ culture and why getting back together took so longMartin Clunes and Neil Morrissey


How did Snow White become the year’s most cursed movie?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/21/snow-white-disney-controversy

Published: March 21, 2025 08:01

Disney’s latest live-action adventure has been at the centre of various controversies over casting, alleged feuds and delaysOnce upon a time, Disney made a business decision: if it was going to adapt its library of animated movies into live-action features


Big stars, little shine: is anyone actually watching Apple TV+ shows?

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/21/apple-show-audience

Published: March 21, 2025 07:12

The service might boast A-listers like Natalie Portman and Colin Farrell but in a competitive streaming landscape, it’s struggling to be heardNext week Apple TV+ launches The Studio, a Seth Rogen comedy about the rapidly changing landscape of the film


Justice Lee finally exits Lehrmann proceedings as Wilkinson fails in last-ditch costs claim | Weekly Beast

https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2025/mar/21/weekly-beast-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-trial-wilkinson-costs-justice-lee-ntwnfb

Published: March 21, 2025 03:12

Federal court justice says now hopefully ‘some element of common sense can break out’ after end to long-running case. Plus: AFL viewers cop an eyefulWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereIt’s been


Two men convicted of murder-for-hire plot against Iranian American journalist in New York

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/masih-alinejad-murder-case-conviction-iran

Published: March 20, 2025 21:34

Masih Alinejad had incurred the wrath of Tehran by campaigning for Iranian women to reject strict dress codesTwo men have been found guilty of plotting to assassinate the Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a


X sues Modi's government over content removal in new India censorship fight

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/20/x-india-censorship-lawsuit-modi-musk

Published: March 20, 2025 21:12

Elon Musk’s company is arguing against the government’s expanded powers to allow easier removal of online contentIndia’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless”


Meta exposĂ© tops bestseller chart despite company’s attempt to ban its promotion

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/20/meta-expose-tops-bestseller-chart-despite-companys-attempt-to-ban-its-promotion

Published: March 20, 2025 19:32

Sarah Wynn-Williams’s account of her seven years as a Facebook executive is number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has flown off the shelves in the UKAn exposĂ© by a former employee of Meta has become a bestseller despite the social media


Stephen Jessel obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/20/stephen-jessel-obituary

Published: March 20, 2025 17:53

BBC correspondent who reported on the Iranian revolution, Olof Palme’s assassination and Mobutu’s last days in Zaire“Incandescent with rage”, was a recurring self-description by Stephen Jessel, the former BBC foreign correspondent, as he encountered the


Actor tells court Noel Clarke directed her to adopt ‘exposing and vulnerable position’

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/20/actor-tells-court-noel-clarke-directed-her-to-adopt-exposing-and-vulnerable-position

Published: March 20, 2025 17:21

Witness to defamation claim against the Guardian says the director requested she bend over till genitalia were visibleAn actor was embarrassed and horrified after Noel Clarke pressed her into an “exposing and vulnerable position” in a film scene and then


Exiled Russian journalists left ‘high and dry’ after US cuts radio funding

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/exiled-russian-journalists-us-cuts-radio-free-europe-radio-liberty

Published: March 20, 2025 13:55

Journalists working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at risk of being stranded without legal status after Trump administration decisionExiled Russian journalists are being left “high and dry” and at risk of being stranded overseas without any legal


Eddie Jordan, former F1 team owner and TV pundit, dies aged 76

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/20/eddie-jordan-former-f1-team-owner-dies

Published: March 20, 2025 09:01

Irishman had revealed his cancer diagnosis in December‘We all have a huge hole missing without his presence’The former Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan has died aged 76, his family have announced. The Irishman revealed in December he had been diagnosed


UK watchdog bans ‘shocking’ ads in mobile games that objectified women

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/20/uk-watchdog-bans-ads-mobile-gaming-apps-asa

Published: March 20, 2025 00:01

Investigation uncovered eight adverts that portrayed women in a harmful or degrading way, says ASAAn investigation by the UK advertising watchdog has found a number of shocking ads in mobile gaming apps that depict women as sexual objects, use pornographic


Woman ‘carried shame’ for years after Noel Clarke made sexual contact with her, court told

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/19/woman-carried-shame-for-years-after-noel-clarke-made-sexual-contact-with-her-court-told

Published: March 19, 2025 19:03

Actor says former Doctor Who star made unwanted sexual contact with her while filming sceneAn actor carried a “deep sense of shame” for years after Noel Clarke made unwanted sexual contact with her while filming an intimate scene, the high court has


For great stories, we need people, not AI | Letters

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/19/for-great-stories-we-need-people-not-ai

Published: March 19, 2025 18:09

Readers respond to a piece by the author Jeanette Winterson in which she praises OpenAI’s metafictional short storyJeanette Winterson asserts that “humans will always want to read what other humans have to say” (OpenAI’s metafictional short story about


Value of Elon Musk’s X ‘rebounds to $44bn purchase price’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/19/value-elon-musk-x-rebounds-purchase-price

Published: March 19, 2025 11:33

Dramatic reversal of fortune for platform since billionaire owner became key ally of Donald TrumpBusiness live – latest updatesThe value of Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has reportedly soared back to the $44bn he paid for it, in a dramatic reversal


Gareth Southgate rails against ‘callous toxic influencers’ in Dimbleby Lecture

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/19/gareth-southgate-rails-against-callous-toxic-influencers-in-dimbleby-lecture

Published: March 19, 2025 06:00

Ex-England manager worried by impact on young menSouthgate: ‘We need leaders to set the right tone’Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed his concern that “callous, manipulative and toxic influencers” are taking the place of traditional father figures in


Italian newspaper says it has published world’s first AI-generated edition

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/18/italian-newspaper-says-it-has-published-worlds-first-ai-generated-edition

Published: March 18, 2025 14:02

Il Foglio says artificial intelligence used ‘for everything – the writing, the headlines, the quotes 
 even the irony’ An Italian newspaper has said it is the first in the world to publish an edition entirely produced by artificial intelligence.The


Performing arts leaders issue copyright warning over UK government’s AI plans

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/18/performing-arts-leaders-issue-copyright-warning-over-uk-governments-ai-plans

Published: March 18, 2025 05:00

In a statement, 35 signatories from dance, theatre and music industries express concern about ‘fragile ecosystem’More than 30 performing arts leaders in the UK, including the bosses of the National Theatre, Opera North and the Royal Albert Hall, have