Former transport secretary said she was one of several victims of ‘sexist and unpleasant’ press briefs

Louise Haigh has accused Keir Starmer’s allies of briefing “consistently and viciously” against her after she resigned as transport secretary as she spoke openly about her departure from the cabinet in 2024 and her reasons for backing Andy Burnham.

She has helped mastermind Burnham’s likely ascent to power, with the former Greater Manchester mayor expected to be confirmed as prime minister in days.

• Czech 10th seed clinched a 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10) victory

• Faces compatriot Noskova or Ukraine’s Kostyuk next

Coco Gauff blew a golden chance to reach a first Wimbledon final as she lost a dramatic deciding set tie-break against Karolina Muchova.

The 22-year-old came from a set down to take a tense semi-final the distance on Centre Court. But, on match point, Gauff dumped a simple winner into the net, a shot that will surely keep her awake at night for some time.

Relatives describe ‘unimaginable loss’ as police seek father who is suspected of killing them before fleeing to Zimbabwe

Tributes have been paid to three members of the same family who were found dead in their home in Bedfordshire on Monday. Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and her daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were described as much-loved members of their community who brought joy to those around them.

An international manhunt is under way for their husband and father, 45-year-old Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, who is suspected of killing them before leaving the UK for Zimbabwe.

We Are Losing the Ability to Discover What We Didn’t Know to Ask. “Scientific breakthroughs, artistic leaps, technological innovation — these rarely emerge from efficient retrieval of known information.”

Inside info uit de krochten van het Kremlinternet: Twitterlord Isa Yusibov is naar eigen zeggen NIET de bron dan wel verantwoordelijk voor de bronnen waardoor AIVD en MIVD tot het laatste moment dachten dat Rusland Oekraïne niet zou binnenvallen. Isa Yusibov heeft Twitter jarenlang ondergescheten met 'insider info uit het Kremlin' en 'bronnen in het Kremlin' maar nu is het plots: "Ik heb, in tegenstelling tot onze diensten, geen bronnen in het Kremlin (ook al beweren sommige shitposters dat ik het wel zou hebben.)" Gelukkig heeft 'een bekende journalist' inzake AIVD-gate zijn naam gezuiverd in een opvallend helder en ontlastend verhaal. Voor een Eurasia Geopolitical Risk Analyst/ Former Senior Foreign Affairs & Defense Policy Adviser @ Dutch Parliament met heel veel gekwaak moeten hij en z'n bronnen opvallend vaak gissen en gokken trouwens, maar HEY, het waren in ieder geval NIET. ZIJN. BRONNEN.

TEHERAN (ANP/AFP/RTR) - Iran voert diplomatiek overleg over de jongste Amerikaanse aanvallen op de kust van het land, die minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Abbas Araqchi Amerikaans "avonturisme" noemt. Hij spreekt daarover met de legerleider van Pakistan, veldmaarschalk Asim Munir. Pakistan staat op de voorgrond bij bemiddelingen tussen Iran en de VS.

Araqchi heeft ook gebeld over de situatie met zijn collega's in Oman en Turkije. Daarbij ging het in het bijzonder over de Straat van Hormuz.

Iran heeft volgens president Donald Trump deze week drie vrachtschepen beschoten in de zeestraat. De VS hebben opnieuw gereageerd met luchtaanvallen op Iran.

For more than three decades, Rob Hann has pursued the inimitable and notable, turning his lens toward public figures like Tom Hanks, David Byrne, Chloe Sevigny, Ray Lotta, Willem Dafoe, and many others. He also ranges across the breadth and length of the U.S., traversing storied highways like U.S. 89 in Arizona, a popular route to the Grand Canyon, or U.S. 90 in Texas, which passes through the artistic enclave of Marfa. Not unlike the way he captures portraits of people, his characterizations of the country’s endearingly quirky and remote places highlight individuality, presence, and the passage of time.

Hann’s subjects range from handmade road signs and vintage buildings to peculiar local attractions like trees completely covered in shoes. He sometimes captures site-specific artworks such as Nancy Holt’s “Sun Tunnels” (1973-76) in Utah’s Great Basin Desert or Magda Sayeg’s crocheted retro camper trailer at El Cosmico in Marfa. There’s often a tinge of tongue-in-cheek humor, too, such as a sign reading “ICY” amid an arid desert landscape in southeastern California or a half-buried car.

“Although my photos are usually very simple, I often like it when the viewer is not quite sure what it is that they’re seeing, when they have questions,” Hann tells Colossal. “I’m often attracted to things that are amusing, unintentionally funny, or things that are puzzling.”

For the vast majority of his career, Hann has shot with an analog Mamiya 7, only recently adding a digital camera to his routine: a Hasselblad X2D. One of the major differences is that the Mamiya takes a roll of film with only 10 frames, so there’s a more disciplined approach to avoid wasting rolls. With digital cameras, the number of images is only limited by the space on an SD card. “I try to make good decisions as I shoot and avoid wading through huge amounts of images on my computer when I get home,” Hann says. “With both cameras, I only use one fixed lens, and when shooting film, I just use one film stock.”

Color images have also emerged as an important tenet of Hann’s practice despite an earlier preference for black-and-white photography. “I was required to also shoot colour when working for magazines and record companies,” he says. “I could do it but struggled to make the colour photos special or make them feel like my own. It took me many years to get my head around making consistently good colour images.” Today, the emotive potential of color, explored through different levels of saturation and warmth, plays a significant role.

Hann is currently working with The Artist Edition toward the publication of a new book titled Wonder Valley, which is slated for release sometime later this year. Follow updates on Instagram.

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