Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel tells the story of how a group of Jewish-American baseball players became the breakout team in the World Baseball Classic. The sequel revives that underdog narrative as the players come together in hopes of securing a spot in the 2020 Olympics In 2017, Team Israel — made up of […]

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Netflix has always been secretive about its viewership statistics — until now Netflix disclosed staggering audience growth in its fourth-quarter 2018 earnings letter, with hits like Bird Box watched by over 80 million households in the first four weeks of its release. The streaming service says its accounts for 10% of TV viewing time in the […]

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A BBC subtitle gaffe showed Michael Gove ruling out Batman as the UK’s prime minister during his speech against Jeremy Corbyn A subtitle error during the BBC broadcast of the vote of no confidence debate displayed Gove saying “Batman should never be prime minister”. The environment secretary actually said: “This country should never allow that […]

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Ant McPartlin is going to be back on ITV Ant McPartlin will return to Britain’s Got Talent on Friday as auditions get underway, the first time he has appeared on the show since he was convicted of drink-driving last year. The TV presenter, 43, spent a year out of the spotlight after his arrest in […]

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It’s been really hot in Australia this week An Australian cafe worker has shared images showing how a raw steak left in a car cooked in just hours as the country experiences an extreme heat wave. Mildura Dockside Café posted before and after images of the steak on their Facebook page last night. The pub […]

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Pro-Brexiteers are having their words permanently scrawled across England, thanks to a billboard campaign exposing politicians’ hypocrisy Statements from pro-Brexit politicians have been blown up into posters and plastered around Dover. The campaign escalated overnight after Theresa May’s proposed deal failed in Parliament with new posters unveiled overnight on Tuesday. Targets include Brexit secretary Dominic […]

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Labour MPs released a statement on Tuesday calling for a second referendum if support for a general election fails Just hours before Jeremy Corbyn is due to move a vote of no confidence in the prime minister, 71 Labour MPs and 13 MEPs signed a letter backing a People’s Vote – calling it the “only […]

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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s self-described “right-hand man” alleged that the drug kingpin paid a $100 million (£77m) bribe to Mexico’s former president. The shocking testimony came about during a New York trial on Tuesday Alex Cifuentes, a Colombian trafficker who once served as Guzman’s close personal aide and secretary, said Guzman accepted a bribe from President […]

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YouTub has banned dangerous pranks after a string of controversial challenges went viral and resulted in people being killed and seriously injured YouTube has announced that videos posted to its platform that show people participating in dangerous viral “challenges” will now be removed. The announcement comes after a slew of harmful challenges ended in injury – […]

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Extreme weather conditions took the lives of 15 children in Syria – including 13 babies – the United Nations says Eight children died due to the cold at Rukban camp in southeastern Syria at the border of Jordan, and seven during the displacement of extremist bastion of Hajin located north of the camp. The UN […]

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The richest students at England’s universities are escaping the high cost of education by paying their fees up front, researchers say Around 10 per cent of students avoid racking up £6000 of interest – unlike their classmates who pay interest rates of 6.3 per cent. This charge is more than four times the government’s borrowing […]

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Speaker John Bercow rejected an amendment that may have minimised the severity of her expected Brexit defeat A Tory amendment that could have could have reduced May’s losses over the Brexit deal was rejected by Speaker John Bercow on Tuesday ahead of the crunch parliamentary vote. The amendment, tabled by Conservative MP Andrew Murrison, advocated for […]

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A box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts was delivered to 10 Downing Street on Tuesday morning Footage posted to Twitter shows an armed police officer delivering two boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to Downing Street ahead of Theresa May’s crunch parliamentary vote on Brexit. BBC social producer Andy Silke filmed the video, captioning it: “It’s a ‘snacks arriving […]

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Michael Gove used the famous “Game of Thrones” tagline to warn what would happen if Theresa May’s Brexit deal fails in Parliament tonight In an interview this morning on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the Environment Secretary said “winter is coming” if MPs reject the Prime Minister’s deal. “I think if we don’t vote for […]

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The Strokes have confirmed they will headline one of Europe’s biggest festivals next summer The Strokes will begin a “global comeback” by headlining at Bilbao BBK Live in Bilbao, Spain, it has been confirmed. The event also boasts Thom Yorke, Weezer, Princess Nokia, Vince Staples, Nils Frahm and Hot Chip among other acts and marks the […]

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Theresa May’s predecessor wants to help her to avoid a no deal Brexit David Cameron is believed to be advising Theresa May on how to get her proposed Brexit deal through parliament and weighing the possible options if MPs reject it. Sources told ITV journalist Robert Peston that the former prime minister is pressuring May […]

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Thousands have protested against Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s government’s “slave law” Demonstrators hurled smoke grenades and authorities responded with tear gas as protests in Budapest against Hungary’s right-wing government continued into their fourth day, with dozens arrested and 14 police injured so far. Protesters marched from Heroes’ Square to parliament and later to the state television […]

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Jeremy Corbyn expects Theresa May’s Brexit deal will fail in Parliament and thinks his party can negotiate a “better” deal with the EU Jeremy Corbyn has defended his plans to vote down Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal when it comes before parliament, saying that “nobody’s going to allow” a no deal EU withdrawal. Corbyn predicted […]

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