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28 minutes agoBy Robert Greenall, BBC NewsDefiance, slip-ups and high stakes: Biden spars with mediaWestern leaders have rallied round Joe Biden at the Nato summit, amid concerns about the US president’s age and ability to serve another term.Calls are growing for Mr Biden to drop out of the presidential race this November, and his attempts to diminish fears about his re-election bid at the summit were marred by two serious gaffes.French President Emmanuel Macron said Mr Biden was “in charge” and “clear on the issues he knows well”, while UK PM Sir Keir Starmer said he was “on good form”.But Mr Biden’s…

Wireless festival has announced it will end early on Sunday to give fans “plenty of time to travel home” to watch the Euro 2024 final.The three-day rap, R&B and hip-hop festival in Finsbury Park, London, opens later, with Nicki Minaj due to top Friday’s line-up.But organisers announced in an Instagram post that Sunday headliner Doja Cat’s set had been brought forward to allow the event to finish at 19:00 BST. The football clash between England and Spain kicks off an hour later at 20:00.Friday headliner Nicki will finish at 22:20, while on Saturday rapper 21 Savage’s set will end at…

15 minutes agoBy Ana Faguy, BBC News, WashingtonGetty ImagesA number of Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign after his botched debate against Republican challenger Donald Trump.Two weeks later, more than a dozen House representatives, one senator and leading donors including actor George Clooney have joined the growing chorus. A series of opinion polls since the debate suggest Trump may be edging ahead in key states.President Biden has continued to insist he’s staying in the race, using an hour-long news conference to try to make his case. As the pressure builds, attention has turned to who…

Narcissistic people get more empathetic, generous and agreeable with age, according to new research into the personality trait. But although their unreasonably high sense of self-importance may mellow, they do not fully grow out of it, the study involving more than 37,000 people suggests. Those who were more narcissistic than their peers as children tended to remain that way as adults, investigators found.And there are at least three types of narcissistic behaviour to look for, they say.Narcissist has become an insult often hurled at people who are perceived as difficult or diagreeable. We all may show some narcissistic traits at…

Actor Michael Douglas has said it would be “hard to imagine” President Biden serving his full term as president if he is re-elected.Mr Douglas, who has previously fundraised for the president, said he was disappointed at his “inability” to “challenge all the lies” of Donald Trump during the first debate.His comments follow an op-ed written in the New York Times by George Clooney, who is a major fundraiser for the Democratic party, calling for President Biden to stand aside.

2 hours agoBy Zoya Mateen, BBC News, Delhi • Meryl Sebastian, BBC News, KochiReutersAnant Ambani is marrying his long-time girlfriend Radhika MerchantReality TV star Kim Kardashian and former UK PM Tony Blair are among the international guests that have arrived in Mumbai for the wedding ceremony of the son of Asia’s richest man on Friday.Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, will tie the knot with Radhika Merchant, daughter of pharma tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant.The four-day wedding extravaganza in Mumbai city is the final stop in a string of lavish parties the family has hosted since March. Key roads in the city…

Scientists have launched their first in-human vaccine trial for a highly fatal virus.The Marburg virus is in the same family as Ebola and was discovered in 1967.There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for the virus, which is listed as a ‘high consequence’ infectious disease by the UK Health Security Agency.Now, 46 people have received doses of the ChAdOx1 Marburg vaccine for the first time at the University of Oxford.The Oxford Vaccine Group has administered the vaccine to people aged between 18 and 55. The trial is being funded by the Department of Health and Social Care as part…

The wife of broadcaster Dr Michael Mosley said she has been overwhelmed by the “extraordinary” response from the public following his death. The TV presenter and science journalist died of natural causes aged 67 after going missing on the Greek island of Symi. Dr Clare Bailey Mosley told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she had been left “breath-taken” by the public’s reaction, adding that it showed people had “really loved him”.It comes as the BBC honours Dr Mosley across radio and TV on Friday and encourages audiences to do “just one thing” to improve their wellbeing. Asked how she and…

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at Nato’s “groundless accusations” that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine.He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation.Mr Wang’s comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of Nato member states gathered in Washington DC and issued a declaration that mentioned the war.They accused China of being a “decisive enabler” of Russia through its “large-scale support for Russia’s defence industrial base”, in some of their harshest remarks yet about Beijing. They called on China to stop “all material and political support”…

1 hour agoBy Jonathan Geddes, BBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesAfter every gig on Garbage’s current tour, Shirley Manson says farewell to the city she’s in – as she doesn’t know if she’ll ever play there again.The frontwoman has been one of rock music’s most dynamic performers for more than 30 years, but the Edinburgh native is aware of the passing of time.”Life is so precious,” she says, speaking from her band’s latest stop in Barcelona. “The older I get the more I enjoy life, I understand time is running out on me and it has allowed me to enjoy a sense of urgency,…