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Ivar Giaever, Nobel Winner in Quantum Physics, Dies at 96

9 July 2025 at 00:31
A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory about superconductivity.

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Ivar Giaever at work at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., which he joined in 1956. His work there was recognized with a Nobel Prize.

Diogo Jota's car was likely speeding before fatal crash, Spanish police say

8 July 2025 at 22:21
EPA/Shutterstock A Spanish worker wearing fluorescent yellow stands at the scene of the crash in Spain where Diogo Jota was killedEPA/Shutterstock
Tyre marks were analysed some distance from where the Lamborghini's tyre blew out

All the evidence so far suggests Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota was driving when his car crashed on a Spanish motorway, and he was likely speeding, say police.

The 28-year-old Liverpool player was killed with his brother André Silva, 25, when their Lamborghini car had a suspected tyre blowout in northwestern Zamora province early last Thursday.

Spain's Guardia Civil police force said at the time the car had apparently been overtaking on the A52 motorway near Palacios de Sanabria when it left the road and burst into flames.

"Everything also points to a possible excessive speed beyond the speed limit of the road [highway]," said Zamora's local traffic police.

Police said they had studied the marks left by one of the Lamborghini's tyres and that "all the tests carried out so far indicate that the driver of the crashed vehicle was Diogo Jota".

The expert report is being prepared for the courts on the accident, and their investigation is understood to have been made more complex by the intensity of the fire that almost completely destroyed the car.

The accident happened 11 days after Jota had married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso in Portugal. The couple had three children.

The brothers had been heading to the Spanish port of Santander so Jota could return to Liverpool for pre-season training.

Their funeral took place in their hometown of Gondomar, near Porto at the weekend.

Tyre marks were reportedly visible about 100m (330ft) from the moment of impact.

Although there had been suggestions that the asphalt on the road was uneven where the crash took place, police told Spanish media it was not an accident "black spot" and the road should have been driveable beyond the speed limit of 120km/h (75mph).

Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK on loan after 900 years

8 July 2025 at 23:01
Bayeux Museum A scene showing men in horses from the 70-metre Bayeux Tapestry depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings, and is due to go on display in the Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery at the British Museum Bayeux Museum
It will be the first time that the tapestry has been shown in the UK since it was made, almost 1000 years ago

The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK more than 900 years after its creation, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed.

The 70m-long masterpiece, which tells the story of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, will be loaned in a historic agreement to be signed between the French and British governments.

The huge embroidery - which is widely believed to have been created in Kent - will go on display at the British Museum in London.

In exchange, treasures including artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds at Sutton Hoo and the 12th Century Lewis chess pieces will travel to museums in Normandy.

George Osborne, the British Museum's chair of trustees, told the BBC the exhibition "will be the blockbuster show of our generation" - like Tutankhamun and the Terracotta Warriors in the past.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to make the official announcement of the deal on Tuesday evening at Windsor Castle.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called the loan "a symbol of our shared history with our friends in France, a relationship built over centuries and one that continues to endure".

The Trustees of the British Museum picture show an ornate iron helmet, dating to the early AD 600s, this outstanding burial clearly commemorated a leading figure of East Anglia, the local Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It may even have belonged to a king.
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An ornate iron helmet is among the Sutton Hoo artefacts that will be loaned by the British Museum to museums in Normandy
The Trustees of the British Museum Images shows Lewis chess pieces, made of ivory from the 12th Century - on red & beige boardThe Trustees of the British Museum
The agreement will see the British Museum lend Lewis chess pieces to museums in Normandy

The Bayeux Tapestry will be displayed from September 2026 until July 2027, while its current home, the Bayeux Museum, is being renovated. The 1000th anniversary of the birth of William the Conqueror is also in 2027.

A loan was first suggested in 2018 between President Macron and then-Prime Minister Theresa May. It's taken until 2025 for it to become a reality.

Bayeux Museum Photo shows A long section of the Bayeux Tapestry  which is shown in a darkened space in which only the artefact itself is lit.Bayeux Museum
The 70m-long Bayeux Tapestry depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings

The Bayeux Tapestry, which dates back to the 11th Century, charts a more contested time in Anglo-French relations, as Anglo Saxon dominance was replaced by Norman rule.

Although the final part of the embroidery is missing, it ends with the Anglo Saxons fleeing at the end of the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Its 58 scenes, 626 characters and 202 horses give an account of the medieval period in Normandy and England like no other, offering up not just information about military traditions but also the precious details of everyday life.

The work has inspired many through the centuries, including artist David Hockney whose Frieze depicting the cycle of the seasons in Normandy was influenced by the Bayeux Tapestry.

David Hockney/Getty Images David Hockney in checked suit and hat posing in front of his painting "A year in Normandy" -- colourful work showing landscape of Normandy in seasonsDavid Hockney/Getty Images
A Year in Normandy by David Hockney, pictured in 2021, was inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry

The British Museum's director, Nicholas Cullinan, said: "This is exactly the kind of international partnership that I want us to champion and take part in: sharing the best of our collection as widely as possible - and in return displaying global treasures never seen here before."

Eagle-eyed watchers of the British Museum may view this latest announcement as offering a template for the ongoing discussions with the Greek government about the future of the Parthenon Sculptures.

The Parthenon Project, a group which lobbies for the return of the classical marble sculptures to Greece, have suggested what they term a "win-win" solution, with never before seen items from Greece brought to the British Museum in exchange for the Parthenon works.

Jeff Overs/BBC Picture shows section of contested Parthenon Sculptures, which were removed from Ottoman Greece to Britain by the seventh Earl of Elgin, and are now in the British MuseumJeff Overs/BBC
The contested Parthenon Sculptures are currently on display in the British Museum

Today's focus is closer to home and an exhibition that the British Museum expects will be one of its most popular ever, a once-in-a-generation show.

Every British schoolchild learns about King Harold, William the Conqueror and 1066.

As Osborne put it: "There is no other single item in British history that is so familiar, so studied in schools, so copied in art as the Bayeux Tapestry.

"Yet in almost 1,000 years it has never returned to these shores.

"Next year it will and many, many thousands of visitors, especially schoolchildren, will see it with their own eyes."

Monzo fined £21m after customers faked PM and King's addresses

8 July 2025 at 21:07
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Monzo did not check the "implausible" addresses of applications

Digital bank Monzo accepted customers claiming to live at 10 Downing Street, Buckingham Palace and even its own premises, an investigation has found.

A lack of address verification meant it failed to spot the "implausible" use of London landmarks on applications to open accounts.

Monzo was fined £21m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its failures regarding anti-financial crime measures.

The bank said the regulator's findings related to problems of more than three years ago and vast improvements had since been made to its systems.

The FCA's investigation, which has taken a number of years, found Monzo took on customers using using PO boxes, foreign addresses with UK postcodes or "obviously implausible UK addresses, such as well-known London landmarks".

They included home of the UK Prime Minister 10 Downing Street, the Royal residence Buckingham Palace and its own business premises.

Getty Images General view of the front of Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial with a crowd of people on the steps in front.Getty Images
Buckingham Palace was one address used in an application

The lack of verification meant it took on risky customers who were based outside of the UK, and illustrated "how lacking Monzo's financial crime controls were", the regulator said.

It was one of a number of areas in which it failed to mitigate the risk of financial crime.

Monzo had grown rapidly, with the number of customers increasing almost tenfold from around 600,000 in 2018 to over 5.8 million in 2022. Many were attracted by its claims to be a digital pioneer. It has no physical branches.

However, the FCA said that Monzo's financial crime controls failed to keep pace with its customer and product growth.

Therese Chambers, FCA joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, said that banks were a vital line of defence in the fight against financial crime.

"They must have the systems in place to prevent the flow of ill-gotten gains into the financial system," she said.

"Monzo fell far short of what we, and society, expect."

'In the past'

TS Anil, chief executive of Monzo, said the FCA's findings "draw a line under issues that have been resolved and are firmly in the past" as improvements had now been made.

The bank was fined for its inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls between October 2018 and August 2020.

The FCA said it also repeatedly breached a requirement preventing it from opening accounts for high-risk customers between August 2020 and June 2022.

Mr Anil said that financial crime was an issue that affected the whole banking sector, but Monzo was "doing all that we can to stop it in its tracks".

Norman Tebbit, outspoken hero of the Conservative political right, dies aged 94

8 July 2025 at 16:17
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Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher's political revolution.

He was a man whose philosophy of self-reliance formed the core of his political beliefs.

An able and conscientious politician, his plain speaking on immigration and Europe endeared him to the Tory faithful, and he was once spoken of as a possible party leader.

And while Lord Tebbit's uncompromising views often enraged his political opponents, he was unmoved by the less-than-flattering names they bestowed upon him.

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Norman Tebbit was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher's political revolution in the 1980s.

Norman Beresford Tebbit was born on 29 March 1931 in the working-class suburb of Ponders End in north London.

His father, a manager in a jewellery and pawnbroker's business, had progressed sufficiently in life to be buying his own house.

However, prosperity was not to last.

The manager's job disappeared in the economic depression, and the family moved to what became a series of short-term lets in Edmonton.

Tebbit's father found employment as a painter, although not before he had travelled the streets looking for work on a bicycle that was later became to become famous.

Norman Tebbitt Norman and Margaret Tebbit on their wedding day in 1956Norman Tebbitt
Norman and Margaret Tebbit on their wedding day in 1956

By the time the young Norman arrived at Edmonton County Grammar School, he had already developed his interest in Conservative politics.

"I felt you should be able to make your own fortune," he said. "You should be master of your own fate."

Leaving school at 16, he joined the Financial Times where, much to his annoyance, the operation of the closed shop forced him to join the print union, Natsopa.

After two years, he went to do his National Service with the RAF where he gained a commission as a Pilot Officer.

However, he decided that his political ambitions were not compatible with a service career so he left to sell advertising with a company run by a family friend.

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As a pilots' union activist he was a thorn in the side of BOAC management

He had not lost his love of flying and he signed up with the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as a part-time pilot.

He narrowly escaped death when his Meteor jet failed to take off and ploughed off the end of a runway in Cambridgeshire.

Trapped in the burning plane, Tebbit managed to force open the cockpit canopy. His aircraft was completely destroyed.

Sixty years later, doctors told him that he'd lived with a cardiac arrhythmia for most of his life. It was possible that he had slipped unconcious on the runway.

In 1953, he joined the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) as a pilot and, three years later, married a nurse called Margaret Daines.

For the next 17 years, he juggled his flying with a career as an activist for the British Airline Pilots' Association.

The man who would later be instrumental in tackling Britain's trade unions became a scourge of the airline's management.

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Norman Tebbit first became an MP in 1970

The election of a Labour government in 1964 spurred him towards politics.

He was eventually selected as the Conservative candidate for Epping, a seat once held by Sir Winston Churchill.

He won his chance after giving a characteristically robust Tebbit speech.

It advocated selling off state-owned industries, trade union reform, immigration control and an attack on the so-called permissive society.

The seat then contained the Labour stronghold of Harlow, but an energetic campaign, coupled with the overconfidence of the sitting Labour MP, saw Tebbit victorious in 1970.

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Norman Tebbit rapidly became disillusioned with Sir Edward Heath's style of leadership

He quickly became disillusioned with Ted Heath's leadership.

Tebbit felt that the radical platform on which the Conservatives had won the election was being ignored, in favour of a more consensus style of politics.

But in 1972, he accepted a job as parliamentary private secretary to the minister of state for employment, the first rung on the ladder to ministerial office.

His new post was not to last long.

Angered by Heath's adoption of a prices and incomes policy - a clear breach of a manifesto promise - and his failure to curb union influence, Tebbit resigned from the government.

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Norman Tebbit's appointment as Employment Secretary signalled a tougher approach to the Trade Unions

Three months later, the Conservatives were out of office.

Tebbit, now the member for the newly created seat of Chingford, would gain a reputation as a thorn in the side of Labour ministers.

In 1975, he clashed with the Employment Secretary Michael Foot over the government's failure to condemn the dismissal of six power station workers.

The men had refused to join a trade union following the imposition of a new closed shop agreement at the plant.

Tebbit revelled in his ability to get under the government's skin.

"I was quite amused to find that, as a maverick backbencher with no formal standing, I could lure ministers into wasting their time, and fire power, on such an unimportant target," he said.

Foot fired back, famously comparing Tebbit to a "semi-house-trained polecat" during a debate on parliamentary business.

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He became a favourite at Conservative Party conferences

When the Conservatives won the 1979 election, Margaret Thatcher appointed Tebbit as an under secretary of state at the Department of Trade.

Within 18 months, he was employment secretary, a move that signalled the government's intention to take a tough line on industrial relations.

In the autumn of 1981, with three million unemployed and with riots blighting a number of inner city areas, Tebbit made the speech for which he will always be remembered.

Addressing the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, he strayed from his prepared text to remember how his father had reacted to his own unemployment.

"I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking till he found it."

The trade unions and the labour movement were outraged, claiming that Tebbit had told the unemployed to "get on your bike".

But the education secretary insisted his emphasis had been on condemning the riots.

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Norman and Margaret Tebbit at the 1983 Conservative party conference. A year later, they were both badly injured in a terrorist attack

His 1982 Employment Act raised the level of compensation for workers dismissed for refusing to join a union.

It also made any closed shop agreement subject to regular ballots and removed the immunity of trade unions from civil action if they authorised illegal industrial action.

Tebbit later claimed that this was "my finest achievement in government".

In 1983, he became trade and industry secretary, following the resignation of Cecil Parkinson over an extra-marital affair.

During his tenure, he presided over the Thatcher government's privatisation programme and was instrumental in encouraging foreign investors to Britain, not least the establishment of a Nissan car plant.

But the IRA bomb which exploded in Brighton's Grand Hotel during the 1984 Conservative conference changed his life forever.

The Grand Hotel Brighton after the 1984 bomb
He and his wife were badly injured in the 1984 Brighton bombing

The attack killed five people and injured more than 30 others. He and his wife were trapped under tons of debris.

They laid together, holding hands, waiting for help. Tebbit gave Margaret a message to give to their children, in case he died.

He was left with a broken shoulder blade, fractured vertebrae, a cracked collar bone and needing plastic surgery - but was back at his desk within three months.

Margaret was less fortunate.

As a result of her injuries, she remained paralysed and faced months of hospital treatment. She returned home in a wheelchair and the Tebbits' domestic life had to adapt accordingly.

Getty Images Norman Tebbit celebrates the Conservative party's 1987 election victory, watched by Margaret and Denis ThatcherGetty Images
Norman Tebbit celebrates the Conservative party's 1987 election victory, watched by Margaret and Denis Thatcher

Following a cabinet reshuffle in the autumn of 1985, he left the DTI to become Conservative Party chairman.

He threw himself into rebuilding a moribund organisation, launching a membership drive and preparing the party for the next election.

Tebbit used the 1986 Conservative conference to launch an election campaign in all but name, under the slogan, The Next Move Forward.

Margaret Thatcher's popularity rating was beginning to slide, and some commentators began talking about the succession.

Polls suggested that Norman Tebbit might be a popular choice in a future leadership contest, which made relations with the prime minister difficult.

In the end, the 1987 election resulted in a Conservative landslide.

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Lord Tebbit became a powerful voice of euro-scepticism from outside the House of Commons

Tebbit left the cabinet after the election to look after his wife. But his ability to create controversy had not deserted him.

In 1990, he suggested that a test of the willingness of ethic minorities in Britain to assimilate was to see if they supported the England cricket team or the side from their country of origin.

He turned down an invitation from Thatcher to return to the government as education secretary, but steadfastly supported her when her leadership was challenged and she was eventually forced from office.

He decided not to seek election in 1992, and was created a life peer as Baron Tebbit of Chingford.

Norman & Margaret Tebbit
He devoted many years to looking after his wife

He was not content to sit quietly in the Lords.

He embarrassed new Prime Minister John Major with a show-stopping appearance during the 1992 party conference debate on Europe, when he lambasted the decision to sign the Maastricht Treaty.

He later criticised the Conservative Party's move to a moderate, right of centre position, saying this allowed UKIP to hoover up the political right.

In 2009, he published The Game Cook which instructed readers on the best way to cook game, after his local butcher told him that none of his customers knew how to prepare a pheasant.

Having campaigned for Brexit, he grew impatient with Theresa May's negotiations with Brussels - accusing the government of "thinking of nothing but the rights of foreigners".

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Lord Tebbit calls to somebody in the crowd after Lady Thatcher's funeral in 2013

In 2020, his wife Margaret died, having suffered from Lewy Body Dementia.

Two years later, he made his final appearance in the House of Lords, after a 52-year parliamentary career.

Lord Tebbit's working-class credentials and dry Conservative ideology made him an influential figure throughout the Thatcher years and beyond.

The satirical puppet show, Spitting Image, portrayed him as a leather-clad bovver boy, the enforcer of the Iron Lady's doctrine.

He believed that homosexuals should not have senior cabinet posts, thought foreign aid fuelled corruption, and that too many immigrants fail to integrate.

He helped move the Conservative party from one-nation centrism under Sir Edward Heath, to a position where it favours a small state, controlled immigration and life outside the European Union.

One academic commented: "Although Thatcherism was the political creed of Essex Man, it was Norman Tebbit who was perhaps the public face or voice of Essex Man, and articulated his views and prejudices."

Best pictures from French President Macron's UK state visit

8 July 2025 at 20:34
PA Media King Charles III and French President Emmanuel Macron talk during a carriage procession to Windsor Castle.PA Media
King Charles III and President Emmanuel Macron were seen chatting during a carriage procession to Windsor Castle

The French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are visiting the UK on a three-day state.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are hosting the Macrons in Windsor, where crowds have cheered a carriage procession and there have been other displays of pageantry.

The French couple were earlier greeted by Prince William and Catherine as they touched down at RAF Northolt.

Later, the president will address Parliament and meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, with the pair expected to discuss how to stop small boats crossing the Channel.

Below are some of the best pictures from the first day of the visit.

You can also follow events live here.

PA Media French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are welcomed by the Prince and Princess of Wales.PA Media
President Macron (left) and his wife Brigitte (centre right) were welcomed by the Prince and Princess of Wales after flying to RAF Northolt in London
Reuters The French presidential couple is greeted by King Charles and Queen Camilla in Windsor.Reuters
In Windsor, the French presidential couple were later greeted by the King and Queen
WPA Pool/Getty Images Queen Camilla (right) and Brigitte Macron are seen during a carriage procession to Windsor Castle.WPA Pool/Getty Images
The Queen (right) and Brigitte Macron were riding in a separate carriage to their partners
Reuters Queen Camilla, King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte stand in a white gazebo as they watch the Guard of Honour, made up of men dressed in red tunics and black bearskin caps, in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Reuters
The King and Queen and their guests then reviewed the Guard of Honour at the historic grounds of Windsor Castle
Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron and King Charles inspect the Guard of Honour at Windsor Castle.Reuters
President Macron and King Charles then personally inspected the guardsmen
Anadolu via Getty Images Princess of Wales Catherine and Prince of Wales William wave to crowds as they sit in a carriage.Anadolu via Getty Images
Princess of Wales Catherine and Prince of Wales William also took part in the welcoming procession in Windsor Castle
Reuters Members of the Scots Guards, men dressed in red tunics and black bearskin caps, march while holding ceremonial black rifles to their shoulders.Reuters
Preparations were in full swing since early morning in Windsor, where the main events are taking place on day one of the state visit
AFP via Getty Images A young boy is seen behind a window which has his hands and the hands of other young people sticking out of a gap at the bottom of it while waving the red, white and blue flag of France.AFP via Getty Images
Well-wishers in Windsor greeted the French presidential couple by waving tricolour flags
Reuters UK and French flags draped on posts straddle a road which dozens of police officers walk down.Reuters
UK and French flags have been flying around Windsor for the occasion
PA Media Queen Camilla, King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte view items laid out on a table that are obscured from view by two open cases which contain the items.PA Media
The two couples viewed items on display at the Royal Collection exhibition at Windsor Castle
PA Media Two cases which lay open on a table contain volumes of books while on book is left opened with the title "The Tempest" clearly seen on one page.PA Media
The items included a copy of Comedies, histories and tragedies, London 1632, by William Shakespeare

Lorde: Obsessing about my weight stopped my creativity

8 July 2025 at 18:10
Getty Images Lorde on stage at Glastonbury. The singer, lit in a red light, wears a white T-shirt, her arms by her side. Her dark hair is worn loose and messy. She looks over her left shoulder towards the crowd. Getty Images
Lorde debuted her new album Virgin with a surprise set at Glastonbury the day it was released

With her new album going straight to number one in the UK, it's difficult to imagine that just two years ago Lorde was thinking about never making music again.

"At the beginning of 2023 I was not in a great way on a lot of levels," the singer says.

"I'd never felt more disconnected from my creativity."

Speaking to Radio 1's Jack Saunders, Lorde, real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, says an eating disorder took over her life.

"All I was thinking about was trying to weigh as little as possible," she says.

"Going to sleep thinking about food, waking up thinking about food and exercise - that was my creative pursuit."

But after a period of recovery, she says, her creativity came flooding back.

Virgin, which the New Zealander released on 27 June, is Lorde's fourth album and her most personal to date.

"It was hard, it was scary," she says about writing it. "Some songs aren't easy."

"I made a lot of changes and really put my artistry front and centre and made that my full-time job and I got a lot of stuff out of the way."

'You don't have time to faff in pop'

Lorde debuted the album with a surprise set at Glastonbury on the day of its release.

"I hadn't been on a stage on my own like that for years," she says, adding that she was "a bag of dust" after her appearance.

The Green Light singer previously told Radio 1 how her collab with Charli XCX last year had encouraged her to be more vulnerable in her music.

As well as eating and body image, Virgin tackles her relationship with her mum, the end of a long-term relationship and gender identity.

"These subjects are not the easiest to shoehorn into a three-and-a-half minute song," says Lorde.

"The cool challenge about pop songs is you don't have time to faff – you've got to cut out all but the strongest nuggets of a story.

"You're just forced to go no filler.

"Some songs I had to keep rewriting to be brave enough to say it."

Getty Images Lorde at the Met Gala in New York. The singer wears a grey-blue silk blazer over a backless bandeau top and tight skirt. Her dark hair is pulled back in a plait and she wears a simple make-up. Getty Images
The singer-songwriter says exploring gender identity has "really changed things" for her

On exploring her gender identity, Lorde says she felt "so trapped and so tight in this very kind of straight-ahead femininity."

Her journey "started pretty basic," she says, "just realising I can't just have women's clothes on a photo shoot – I need everything so I can choose".

"Because some days that will feel so tight and I'll feel so trapped.

"The same with my make-up. I say to people now just treat it like male grooming – don't overcook it.

"Because the same thing happens, I get all stuck and tight and I can't express myself."

Lorde previously said her Met Gala look - inspired by a cummerbund, or waistband, traditionally worn by men - was a hint to where she was "gender-wise".

While she hasn't "landed anywhere" in terms of defining her gender identity, exploring it "has really, really, changed things," she says.

"I feel a lot more expansive, a lot bigger and my definition of what's beautiful is really different now.

"I think it will just keep unfurling and I'm down for that."

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The teenage wildcard fuelling England's Euro 2025 hopes

8 July 2025 at 16:05

Agyemang can 'bring something different' to help England

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Michelle Agyemang spent this season on loan at Brighton from Arsenal

England teenager Michelle Agyemang has only played 14 minutes of senior international football - but has already made an impression.

It took her just 41 seconds to score a stunning volley on her debut in April, before being voted the best performing player by BBC Sport readers after coming on in the 86th minute in England's Euro 2025 defeat by France on Saturday.

"It's easy to look at the time and think there's not enough left. That's the beauty of the game. It only takes 10 seconds to make an impact," said Agyemang.

No England player had more touches in the opposition box (five) than Agyemang in her four-minute cameo on Saturday.

The 19-year-old was Sarina Wiegman's wildcard for Euro 2025 and despite a damaging start in that 2-1 loss to France, Agyemang has provided a spark.

"Going into any game, most players will say they get nervous and I do feel that sometimes," said Agyemang.

"But when there's not much going your way, it can actually be more beneficial. You can just take the game by the scruff of the neck.

"That's how I felt the other day and on another day it could have been three points for us.

"To be here in the first place is more than enough for me. Everyone wants to do the best they can, whether they are starting or not. As long as I'm helping the team, that's my main ambition."

'She's got something about her'

When Wiegman named Agyemang in the squad, she said the Arsenal forward could "bring something different" and she hoped she could show it in Switzerland.

She impressed on loan at Brighton this season and Agyemang has been on Wiegman's radar for a few years, having progressed through England's youth teams.

Agyemang appears calm in front of the cameras and mature beyond her years - but on the pitch she causes chaos.

"I remember the first time she played because she flattened me in training. I was too slow on [the ball]," England captain Leah Williamson said last month.

"I gave her a bit of stick about it, but in my head I thought: 'You need to move the ball quicker, because she's got something about her.'

"My first impression was that she let me know she was there, which I love."

Agyemang wants to be a "unique player" and is striving for consistency, wanting to make an impact "from minute one to the end".

She takes inspiration from club-mate Alessia Russo and Chelsea forward Lauren James, who is "one of the most technically gifted players" she has seen.

But there is one trait Agyemang is already becoming known for - her strength.

"She just runs into people and bodies them because she's so strong," said Chelsea defender Lucy Bronze.

"She's so sweet and unassuming as a person, but then on the pitch she's probably one of my favourites to play against because I can run into her dead hard!

"She likes to give it back. She's been told [by Wiegman] that she needs to go a little bit easier but I said: 'No, just keep it up Micha, I prefer it, it makes it harder for us.'"

'There's fire in the belly'

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Stanway wants to 'put things right'

Agyemang's rise has been so rapid she has had to adapt to increased scrutiny and settle in quickly to life as a senior international.

She is embracing media duties, learning how to "engage" but also understanding "what message I'm putting across".

Agyemang concedes the step up from youth football has been a "big shock" but she vows to be ready when called up if England need her again at Euro 2025.

"Most of the pressure comes from myself. I don't try to listen to the noise. I appreciate the support from everyone," she added.

"Just focusing on how I can improve my game and how I can help the team is my most important thing.

"All of us on the bench know that we could be called upon any time and we have gone through scenarios. It could be anyone at any time."

England may need her on Wednesday as they fight to stay in the competition when they face 2017 champions the Netherlands at 17:00 BST, live on BBC One.

The Netherlands have won two of the last three meetings with England - but the Lionesses have never lost back-to-back matches under Wiegman.

There may be "no crisis", according to midfielder Georgia Stanway, but pressure is on after England's disappointing display against France.

"There's fire in the belly. You can see [in training] that everyone's willing to go and get the result that we need in the next game," said Agyemang.

"We still want to win the tournament and that result doesn't necessarily change anything. There's still something that we're going after, which is the trophy."

PM making progress with France on small boats, says No 10

8 July 2025 at 22:59
PA Media A French rescue boat with crew members in orange uniforms and life jackets escorts a small, overcrowded inflatable boat. The inflatable boat is filled with people wearing life jackets, believed to be migrants, as it moves away from the French coast.PA Media

Downing Street has said it expects to "make good progress" on tackling small boats crossing the Channel during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Britain.

The issue is a key point of discussion during Macron's state visit, and on Tuesday the government said it expects new powers allowing French police to act before boats reach open water to be "operationalised soon".

The prime minister's spokesperson refused to say if a "one in, one out" migrant returns deal would be agreed during the French president's visit.

But the spokesperson said months of negotiations between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Macron were "bearing fruit".

"We continually talk, and remain in constant contact with the French on how our joint action can go further to end the misery that these gangs are inflicting across our borders," the spokesperson added.

The prime minister is pressing to make a "one in, one out" deal the centrepiece of a new agreement with France.

The arrangement would allow Britain to return migrants who arrive by small boat to France in exchange for accepting asylum seekers with a family connection in the UK.

The purpose would be to demonstrate to those considering the perilous crossing that they could plausibly end up straight back in France, in the hope that this would deter them.

But any such exchanges would have to happen in large enough numbers to become an effective deterrent.

Getting a deal of this sort would be a big breakthrough as it would be the first clear sign of French willingness to take back migrants who have crossed the Channel.

But the optimism on the UK side of a deal being agreed this week is heavily qualified.

Downing Street is in separate talks with the European Commission to overcome opposition to the deal from a group of five Mediterranean countries who have complained they may be forced to accept people deported from the UK.

Sir Keir has also been pushing for France to revise its rules to allow police to intervene when boats are in shallow water, rather than requiring them still to be on land.

Last week the BBC witnessed French officers use a knife to puncture an inflatable boat after it had launched in an apparent change of tactics.

Asked about the tactics, a Downing Street spokesman said: "The French are now looking to bring in important new tactics to stop boats that are in the water, and we're expecting that to be operationalised soon.

"We are the first government to have secured agreement from the French to review their maritime tactics so their border enforcement teams can intervene in shallow waters.

"This is operationally and legally complex, but we're working closely with the French."

Since coming to power in July last year, Labour has announced a series of measures to tackle people-smuggling, including a new criminal offence of endangering the lives of others at sea.

Legislation going through Parliament sets out plans to use counter-terror powers against people smugglers - with suspects facing travel bans, social-media blackouts and phone restrictions.

But the latest figures show 2025 has already set a new record for small boat arrivals in the first six months of the year, since the data was first collected in 2018.

Between January and June nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats - up 48% compared to the same period over 2024.

The UK has repeatedly pushed France to tighten patrols along its northern coast. Since 2018 the UK has pledged more than £700m to France to boost coastal patrols and buy surveillance gear.

The majority of this came from a 2023 deal struck under the previous Conservative government to give France almost £500m over three years to go towards extra officers to help stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats.

Asked whether the UK, as the Conservatives have suggested, should demand a refund, a Downing Street spokesperson said "under this government, we've secured a significant ramping up of the operational capabilities from French law enforcement".

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Against Illegal Immigration, but Married to Someone Here Illegally

9 July 2025 at 00:41
Chris Allred’s views were shaped by economic changes. Now, facing an immigration crackdown, where do he and his wife go from here?

© Chase Castor for The New York Times

Gely Allred is from a small town in Ecuador. Chris Allred grew up on a farm in western Arkansas.

Trump’s Nobel Prize Nomination is an Act of Strategic Flattery From Netanyahu

9 July 2025 at 00:30
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel handed a letter to President Trump nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s not clear whether stroking the president’s ego has long-lasting effects.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents President Donald Trump a letter nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize as they meet for dinner at the White House on Monday.

Attack on Cargo Ship in the Red Sea Kills 2 Crew Members

The incident occurred a day after Houthi militants in Yemen targeted another vessel, their first assault on shipping since President Trump announced a truce with them.

© Sinisa Aljinovic, via Associated Press

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C in Split, Croatia, in 2023. It was attacked on Monday.

What to Know About the Collapse of the F.D.A.

8 July 2025 at 17:01
The regulatory agency confronts a future determined by a health secretary hostile to its mission.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, has vowed to loosen F.D.A. standards to allow consumers to access more — often unproven and even harmful — alternative therapies.

求职,开发 转 软件实施或软件技术支持

8 July 2025 at 21:02
123woodenpeople:

大家好,我是一名 10 多年开发老鸟,前后端经验各一半吧,去年年初整个 Team 被一锅端了,躺平了大半年,年底的时候去了一个前辈的公司做了几个连锁餐饮业务系统的实施工作,算是项目制吧,主要是基于低代码平台、BI 平台和 AI 工作流平台设计和搭建业务系统和报表,几个项目做完后就暂停了。

前辈 2 个多月前有个项目,找我负责前端部分的开发我也拒绝了,真心是不想只写代码了,还是想基于这些年的技术积累去做业务、产品相关的工作。

所以我想找一份 软件实施 或 软件系统技术支持 的工作,方向不限于 ERP 、MES 、CRM 、数据中台、低代码平台等等企业及应用系统。

以下是我的一些背景和优势,希望能与合适的团队产生联系,也欢迎朋友们帮忙内推或转发推荐:

个人优势

  • 拥有 10 年以上软件开发经验,熟悉从项目启动、需求调研、系统设计、开发实现,到交付上线的完整流程;
  • 擅长需求分析与原型设计,能快速理解客户业务并转化为清晰的功能实现;
  • 多年与甲方沟通与现场实施经验,能提供可靠的 技术支持与用户培训,帮助客户顺利落地系统;
  • 精通 SQL ,熟练使用 MySQL 、SQL Server 、PostgreSQL 等主流数据库;
  • 熟练掌握 JavaScript 、C#、Python 等语言,具备扎实的技术实现能力;
  • 熟悉 Nocobase 、简道云等 低代码平台,能快速搭建系统原型,加速上线;
  • 性格稳重、责任心强,乐于沟通与协作,适应远程或现场工作模式。

工作经历

实施顾问 - 某网络科技公司( 2024 年 10 月 ~ 至今)

  • 为连锁餐饮集团搭建对账系统,支持供应链、营收、收入等多维度分析;
  • 为高端餐饮客户开发客户评价 AI 分析系统、门店体检与考核系统;
  • 基于衡石 BI 实现多套数据可视化报表,并开发 RPA 脚本完成自动化办公任务;
  • 基于 Nocobase 搭建制造业解决方案,支持业务流程建模与数据管理。

前端工程师 - 美国 SaaS 团队(远程,2021.11 ~ 2024.02 )

  • 负责企业内联网产品多个核心模块开发(如群组、词汇表、通讯录);
  • 参与管理控制台与官网功能模块开发及移动端适配;
  • 维护通用组件库,提升整体 UI/UX 一致性。

软件工程师 - MES 项目 - 半导体软件公司( 2021 年)

  • 参与半导体制造行业 MES 系统的建设,主导前端与手持终端系统开发;
  • 为客户筛选 PDA 设备,完成客户端上线及现场对接。

软件工程师 - 供应链与景区系统 - 软件公司( 2020 年)

  • 主导公司供应链后台系统前端重构;
  • 独立开发普陀山景区微信端门票、咨询等核心功能模块;
  • 开发多个移动端微应用并现场实施测试。

技术经理 - 在线教育公司( 2016 年 ~ 2020 年)

  • 主导系统架构升级、部署迁移、微服务探索;
  • 建设 CI/CD 流程、上线微信端与移动端应用。

.NET 工程师 - 政府军工项目( 2014 年 ~ 2016 年)

  • 开发多套军工与政府监控平台,参与现场部署与支持;
  • 实现离线运行、自动部署与数据同步等关键功能。

求职意向

  • 岗位方向:软件实施顾问 / 技术支持工程师
  • 工作内容:ERP/MES/CRM 项目实施,低代码平台实施,数据库与系统运维,客户支持、数据报表自动化等
  • 工作形式:全职优先,远程或驻场皆可,稳定为主
  • 工作地点:支持远程办公或驻点项目型工作(可配合短期出差)

我的微信:eml5dTIwMTUwMjA5 (需 base64 解码)

一个分享文件可以赚钱的 ipfs 网盘

By: img2ipfs
8 July 2025 at 19:44
img2ipfs:

ipfs 的去中心化技术非常先进,但是却很少有人在日常中使用,我们做了一个 ipfs 盘,目标的帮助普通人在日常中使用 ipfs ,并且这个项目要实现商业化盈利,这样才能保证这个项目长期发展。

现在这个网盘处于启动阶段,我们将会进行现金奖励的方式推广我们的 ipfs 网盘。

🧧 活动规则: 📦 每分享一个文件,只要被下载 1000 次,你就能获得 ¥1 元现金奖励!

💰 累计满 ¥70 即可提现( usdt )!

🚀 为什么选择 IPFS 盘? ✅ 真正的去中心化网盘,稳定、不限速

✅ IPFS 技术保障,全球数千 ipfs 节点

✅ 支持小文件分享、页面整洁

✅ 下载无需注册,体验极佳

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工作 5 周年,一些经验分享给大家~

By: debuginn
8 July 2025 at 19:44
debuginn:

原文链接:《入职 5 周年,我和小米的 5 周年》

这是我第一个职业生涯的 5 年,也是在小米的 5 年,是我从学生到职场人的蜕变的历程,也是从职场小白到高级工程师的修炼之旅,5 年的时间也在积累着很多的职场经验,在这里与大家共勉。

时刻准备迎接着变化,引用《凡人歌》中那隽的一句话就是“这个世界唯一不变的就是时刻在变化着”(杂谈:戏剧的是那隽上班的地方就在我公司隔壁)。无论是在工作还是生活,我们永远都不可能知道明天会发生什么,会给我们带来怎样的变化,这些变化有可能对我们来说非常有利,同样也可能让我们陷入困境。就如股市一样,我们无法预知市场明天的走向是对我们利空还是利多。我们只能是做到未雨绸缪,就像我们准备知识技能来应对职场的变化、购买保险来应对未来未知的风险、存储资金来应对可能需要用到钱的地方、扩展交际圈来丰富自己的认知与眼界等等。

身体才是革命的本钱,拥有一个健壮的身体才是奋斗的基石,适当的锻炼与时不时外出旅行或者徒步或者公园遛弯或者冥想,对于我们的健康来说是非常重要的,同时,由于食品安全问题,学会严选食物和水也变得非常重要,对于我而言,周末时间我可以自己做饭就不会选择去吃外卖,少吃或者尽量不吃带有食品添加剂的食品。同时,要找到一件可以使自己变得开心快乐的事情,无论是需要付费体验也好还是免费就可以得到的,一定要让自己的身体有向上的活力,才可以维持自己的健康,稳固好自己的基石。

保持终身学习的习惯,作为互联网行业中一员的我,再也没有比互联网相关技术迭代快的行业了,给非这个行业的人带来最直观的就是自己手机的操作系统和安装应用软件的更新频率,快则一天几个版本、慢则一两个月一个版本迭代。这背后带来的不仅是功能的更新还有底层依赖的创新和迭代。从大学时开始接触到的大数据、到现在的 AI ,每年都会有新的知识和领域颠覆我们现在的行业的发展,只有我们主动去拥抱去学习对应的知识,学会使用与利用这些工具,才可以让我们在这个不断更新迭代变化的社会有自己的一席之地。

对工作保持敬畏与认真的态度,大家在互联网上经常调侃到某些系统或者 APP 配置素材错误而称之为“世界是一个巨大的草台班子”,很多的事故的背后大多数源自于负责的人不认真不细致,对上线不存在敬畏之心,从而造成巨大的损失。5 年时间里,除了有几次由于全局把控没到位遇到了不可预知的问题,除此外近上千次的上线操作,我都是保持高度集中,别人检查 1 遍的内容,我要求自己检查 3 遍,从而确保上线没有问题,同时每次操作上线之后对应的业务的页面或者核心购物流程都会去下单校验下是否有问题,同时也会开启日志或者 grafana 监控来避免报错波动。

多参加技术分享与多阅读优秀的博客,我们在当今知识爆炸的年代,要学会站在巨人的肩膀上去做事情。很多时候别人的思维或者创新点在我们工作中都是有借鉴或者参考意义的。只有不断的去汲取优秀的思想、技巧或者经验,才可以让自己得到持续的提升。寻找和发现优秀的博客也非常重要,因为你发现并开发 follow 了一些优秀的人或者团队之后,你会发现自己的思想或者行为也逐渐跟着趋同化了,所谓“近朱者赤,近墨者黑”应该就是这样了。

以上,5 年时间,总结了 5 点小经验,与大家分享和共勉,屏幕前的你可能已经工作了 5 年 10 年可能还没有 5 年时间,也欢迎你把你的经验在评论区分享给大家。

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