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Congress scrambles to avoid shutdown; California’s Feinstein dies at 90 – US politics live

With less than 48 hours before a potential shutdown, there’s no sign of a deal to keep the government open; Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in US history, has died at age 90Dianne Feinstein was on the Senate floor... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/sep/29/government-shutdown-diane-feinstein-mccarthy-republican-politics-live-updates?utm_source=press.coop

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Prix Prictet Human at the V&A review: an exhilarating, scary photographic journey

V&A, LondonThe Indian photographer Gauri Gill took the top prize with some indelible desert images, but there’s a lot to savour, and to mourn, in the work of her fellow contendersHumans have done a lot of horrifying things. But now the tables have turned, and... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/29/prix-pictet-review-v-and-a-london-gauri-gill-wins-photography-award?utm_source=press.coop

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Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess review – cartoonishly confident comedy

Soho theatre, LondonThe standup’s loud and proud show about female self-sufficiency presents her as an attention-hogging misfit parading her indignities for our delightAged 32, Helen Bauer has never had a boyfriend and her “empath” friends think they know why. Men like to... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/29/helen-bauer-grand-supreme-darling-princess-review-soho-theatre?utm_source=press.coop

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Transactions involving Bernard Arnault investigated over suspected money laundering

Paris public prosecutor’s office examining ski resort deal but Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov denies personal involvementThe Paris public prosecutor’s office is investigating financial transactions allegedly involving the French billionaire Bernard Arnault and a Russian businessman.The... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/29/bernard-arnault-lvmh-nikolai-sarkisov?utm_source=press.coop

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UK economy makes stronger recovery from pandemic than first thought

Revisions to figures show stronger performance than Germany and France but momentum starts to stallBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy made a faster recovery from the Covid pandemic than previously estimated, according to revisions to official figures... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/29/uk-economy-makes-stronger-recovery-from-pandemic-than-first-thought-germany-france?utm_source=press.coop

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Villa-Lobos: Suite Floresta do Amazonas review | Andrew Clements’s classical album of the week

Provenzale/Philharmonia Zurich/Menezes(Alpha)Villa-Lobos’s last major work is a vivid and exuberant evocation of the Amazon filled with moments of intense beautyIn 1958 Heitor Villa-Lobos was commissioned by MGM to provide the music for Green Mansions, a film version of the 1904... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/28/villa-lobos-suite-floresta-do-amazonas-review?utm_source=press.coop

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Every time a project like HS2 becomes a costly fiasco, we wonder why. So let me tell you: it’s clientelism

The relationship between those profiting from these big projects and those in power is such that no one truly costs or controls them In 2010, when a high-speed rail line from London to the north – HS2 – was proposed by the outgoing Labour government, I wrote an... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/28/hs2-fiasco-clientelism-profit-big-projects?utm_source=press.coop

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Demetri Mitchell stuns Luton to fire Exeter to shock victory in Carabao Cup

With just over 83 minutes on the clock, the Big Bank terrace was a motion picture. Supporters piled to the front of the stand to mob Demetri Mitchell after the winger, who was sent off five minutes later after picking up a second yellow card, blasted third-tier Exeter City into the Carabao... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/sep/26/exeter-luton-carabao-cup-third-round-match-report?utm_source=press.coop

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‘I taught Johnny Depp how to paint!’ Superstar artist Julian Schnabel on his new works – and most famous pupil

As the irascible New Yorker unveils his new velvet paintings, he talks about global disasters, sending Trump a resignation speech via Ivanka – and why what happened to Depp was a tragedyJulian Schnabel is agitated. The artist and director has just walked into his... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/26/julian-schnabel-ivanka-trump-johnny-depp?utm_source=press.coop

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UK ban on American XL bully dogs boosts demand for muzzles

Owners also taking up training classes in readiness for rules requiring breed to be kept muzzled in publicDemand for muzzles and training classes for American XL bully dogs has soared since Rishi Sunak announced the breed would be banned by the end of the year.Businesses that sell dog muzzles said... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/26/uk-ban-on-american-xl-bully-dogs-boosts-demand-for-muzzles?utm_source=press.coop

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Met chief says anxiety led firearms police to refuse to carry weapons

Force says some of the officers have started to return to duties but others are still refusing to carry firearmsThe head of Scotland Yard has said anxiety led scores of firearms officers to refuse to carry their weapons after a colleague was charged with murder, with... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/26/met-chief-says-anxiety-led-firearms-police-to-refuse-to-carry-weapons?utm_source=press.coop

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Slime, supermodels and swansongs: highlights from Milan fashion week spring/summer 2024 - in pictures

From the hyped debuts at Tom Ford and Gucci to experienced stalwarts Giorgio Armani, Prada and Versace, the Milan fashion cohort leant into the codes of their brands more than ever Continue reading... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2023/sep/26/slime-supermodels-and-swansongs-highlights-from-milan-fashion-week-springsummer-2024-in-pictures?utm_source=press.coop

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The TikTok mouth-taping trend may not be as beneficial as you’re told

The social media fad championed by Gwyneth Paltrow is said to have multiple health benefits – but experts aren’t convincedIt’s a TikTok trend, has been championed by Gwyneth Paltrow, and was recently revealed as a habit of the former Countryfile presenter, Julia Bradbury. But... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/25/the-tiktok-mouth-taping-trend-may-not-be-as-beneficial-as-youre-told?utm_source=press.coop

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Russian Black Sea fleet commander killed in Crimea, Ukraine claims

Ukrainian military says attack that apparently killed Viktor Sokolov was timed to coincide with meeting of naval officialsRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine has claimed it killed Adm Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, along with 33 other officers, in... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/russian-black-sea-fleet-commander-killed-in-crimea-ukraine-claims?utm_source=press.coop

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China drastically cuts seafood imports from Japan in wake of Fukushima water release

Imports fell by 67% in August from the same month a year earlier, to about ¥3bn ($20.2m)Chinese seafood imports from Japan have plummeted following Beijing’s ban on marine products from its neighbour in response to the discharge of wastewater from... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/china-drastically-cuts-seafood-imports-from-japan-in-wake-of-fukushima-water-release?utm_source=press.coop

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The week in theatre: Pygmalion; King Stakh’s Wild Hunt; It’s Headed Straight Towards Us – review

Old Vic; Barbican; Park theatre, LondonPatsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel are delightfully word-perfect in... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/24/pygmalion-shaw-old-vic-review-patsy-ferran-bertie-carvel-richard-jones-king-stakhs-wild-hunt-belarus-free-theatre-barbican-its-headed-straight-towards-us-park-theatre-adrian-edmondson-nigel-planer-samuel-west-rufus-hound?utm_source=press.coop

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Put away your earplugs … UK children are ditching screeching recorders for mellifluous melodicas

We’ve all suffered through cacophonous school assemblies. Now the rise of the melodica, as recently adopted by 20 Yorkshire primaries, could turn discord to harmonyA recorder at the mercy of a small child has often been... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/24/put-away-your-earplugs-children-are-ditching-screeching-recorders-for-mellifluous-melodicas?utm_source=press.coop

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An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted

US ruling on works created through artificial intelligence gives boost to creative workers fighting for livelihoodsThe use of AI in art is facing a setback after a ruling that an award-winning image could not be copyrighted because it was not made... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/24/an-old-master-no-its-an-image-ai-just-knocked-up-and-it-cant-be-copyrighted?utm_source=press.coop

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Is it white? Is it red? Is that coffee? Wines that are mixing things up | David Williams

Rosorage, chillable reds and wine with a shot of espresso… These fun wines are challenging the way we drinkDomaines Paul Mas Rosorange, Vin de France 2022, from £12.48, Gazegill Organics; vintageroots.co.uk; planetorganic.com This is a rather clever idea from... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/sep/24/is-it-white-is-it-red-is-that-coffee-wines-that-are-mixing-things-up?utm_source=press.coop

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‘This can only end badly’: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail

The prime minister has reset his party’s agenda with a wave of new initiatives. But is it a coherent strategy or a blind panic?As world leaders gathered at the UN climate summit in New York last Tuesday, a topic that was sparking lively discussion on the margins was... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/24/this-can-only-end-badly-tories-fear-sunak-policy-blitz-is-bound-to-fail?utm_source=press.coop

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