As Maria Balshaw steps down after nine years, her successor at the gallery needs to forge a fresh financial and cultural path

Roland Rudd, the chair of Tate, is in a bullish mood when we meet at his offices in the Adelphi Building, which sits on the Thames between the art institution’s two London sites. “Things have never been better,” he says.

It’s a rebuff to any suggestion that the organisation is in flux – and, as if he were expecting the question to arise, Rudd produces a piece of paper from his suit pocket with notes to prove his point. The recent wins, he says, are so numerous that he has written them down so as not to forget any.

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As AI erases the bottom rungs of the corporate ladder, some gen Z workers skip the entry level to become their own CEOs

When Ashley Terrell graduated from the University of Hawaii in 2024, she planned to find a job in marketing, maybe for a tech company. She had a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a college résumé that included a student marketing job for Red Bull. But after months of applying, her only offer was to work in the power tools section at Home Depot. “It was quite a shock,” she told the Guardian. “I searched for jobs every single day in that Home Depot bathroom.”

Terrell’s generation is entering the workforce in a particularly unlucky moment. Hiring in the United States has slumped to its lowest rate since 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While workers of all ages are feeling the pressure of an uncertain economy, it’s gen Z who is the most pessimistic about their job prospects: entry-level jobs are the most vulnerable to impacts from artificial intelligence, and some younger workers are seeing their careers stall before they have even started. Terrell felt she was not just competing with other people for jobs. “Especially with marketing, a lot of people think it can be replaced with AI,” she said.

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Anti-war, anti-ICE, anti-authoritarian Christians and Catholics are organizing around their faith in opposition to the version claimed by Trump and Hegseth

The Trump administration has long tried to wrap itself in Christianity, with Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, invoking warfare “in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ”. Trump even recently posted an AI image of himself as a Christ-like figure (later claiming he thought it was a doctor) and streamed himself reading the Bible.

But in reality, faith leaders have been some of the loudest and most consistent voices organizing against the administration’s policies.

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Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris Johnson

The lexicon of a British parliamentary scandal is arcane.

As Keir Starmer fights to remain prime minister, he has had to respond to a “humble address”, had his judgment picked over during an “emergency opposition day debate” and now faces the ignominy of a “privilege motion”.

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De rechtbank oordeelt dat Faber de bed-bad-broodopvang voor zestien ongedocumenteerden in Rotterdam niet had mogen beëindigen. „Je mag mensen niet dakloos maken.”

DE MEERN (ANP) - De politie is zaterdag begonnen met het ontruimen van een deel van de A12, dat door klimaatactivisten van XR is bezet. Die liepen zaterdagochtend de snelweg op ter hoogte van De Meern, vlakbij Utrecht.

De politie heeft de actievoerders gevraagd te vertrekken en gewaarschuwd dat geweld gebruikt kan worden als daaraan geen gehoor wordt gegeven.

Kort daarvoor arriveerden touringcars onder begeleiding van de politie. Die zijn bedoeld om de actievoerders in af te voeren.

Enkele actievoerders hebben zich vastgeketend aan de vangrail, ziet een ANP-verslaggever.

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