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Premier League set for crunch weekend, European reaction, and more – football live
17 April 2026
⚽ Fixtures | Latest tables | Premier League top scorers⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail DavidLet’s start with Aston Villa cruising past Bologna. Ollie Watkins reached a couple of landmarks in the 4-0 win and perhaps gave Thomas Tuchel a nudge.Good morning! Aside from Liverpool’s…
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey to Despicable Me: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
17 April 2026
Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell go on a magical quest to save their heartbroken souls. And before its return this summer, go back to the start of the super-fun franchise that gave the world the Minions Kogonada’s beguiling fable pushes two damaged people together through a fantastical meet-cute, then traces…
Couture review – Angelina Jolie’s courageously personal turn adds depth to fashion-world drama
17 April 2026
Jolie has star power as an American film-maker who gets diagnosed with breast cancer while filming in a blandly drawn Paris fashion showAs this film’s producer-star, Angelina Jolie shows honesty and courage in tackling a story that so closely mirrors her own experience of having a double mastectomy to prevent…
Lucy Liyou: Mr Cobra review – an arresting trip through the volatile emotions of a predatory relationship
17 April 2026
(Orange Milk)The Korean American musician explores the unease and alarm of power imbalance using skittish melodies, nursery rhymes – and an unexpected Taylor Swift sample Mr Cobra opens with Korean American experimental musician Lucy Liyou’s central character, Babygirl, eerily beckoning her lover while piano shrapnel assaults a barren canvas. Over…
Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock
17 April 2026
Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major pollutersEverybody knows fossil fuels cause climate breakdown, but until recently, mention of them was all but erased from the annual UN climate summits. Last year, two weeks of discussions ended without fossil…
Pop star boyfriend posting from Coachella, celebrity statesman, global brand: Justin Trudeau’s offbeat political afterlife
17 April 2026
While Canadian prime ministers have taken staid routes after leaving office, Trudeau has tread a different pathThe downfall of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán prompted a flurry of reaction from progressive leaders around the world celebrating the end to an authoritarian regime. One statement stood out – not so much for the…
Minister defends Starmer amid Mandelson revelations, saying vetting decision ‘utterly unacceptable’ – UK politics live
17 April 2026
Darren Jones says he has ordered an urgent review into news that the Foreign Office ignored security vetting adviceOlly Robbins forced out in Mandelson vetting rowJones repeatedly denied that the prime minister had given a misleading impression about what has happened and had “lost grip” of the situation. He told…
Middle East crisis live: UN chief calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be ‘fully’ respected as it comes into effect
17 April 2026
António Guterres welcomes truce and says he hopes halt in fighting will ‘pave the way for negotiations’In case you’re just joining us, here are the latest developments in the Middle East to bring you up to speed. It’s 9am in Beirut and Jerusalem, 9.30am in Tehran and 2am in Washington…
Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool
17 April 2026
Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too dangerous to be released to the public, as a series of senior finance…
Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own
17 April 2026
PC, Xbox; Sad Cat StudiosThis pulpy sci-fi thriller is a beautiful, if deferential, homage to the genre greats, with a poignant real-world echoFor all of cyberpunk’s cautionary tales of shady corporations and transhumanist folly, it is the genre’s arresting imagery that looms largest in the pop culture imagination. Petroleum flares…