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Werk Room Weekly: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ season 7 finale recap: winner, Miss Congeniality revealed

It’s the “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” Season 7 Grand Finale, and the queens are leaving it all on the stage: vocals, choreo, drama, and enough sequins to blind the BBC. “Werk Room Weekly” hosts Jason Cerin and Brian Faas break down the top four’s original verses for “Money Shot,” where Bones, Elle Vosque, Catrin Feelings,...

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Werk Room Weekly: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ season 7 finale recap: winner, miss congeniality revealed

It’s the “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” Season 7 Grand Finale, and the queens are leaving it all on the stage: vocals, choreo, drama, and enough sequins to blind the BBC. “Werk Room Weekly” hosts Jason Cerin and Brian Faas break down the top four’s original verses for “Money Shot,” where Bones, Elle Vosque, Catrin Feelings,...

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Zohran Mamdani slams critics of his plan to end homeless camp sweeps – but fails to address quality of life concerns

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani hit back Tuesday at criticism over his plan to stop clearing homeless camps — but still came up short on concrete alternatives and failed to address quality of life concerns. The Democratic socialist pol slammed the current policy for policing street encampments under Mayor Eric Adams, noting the city had failed to...

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Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize

Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’

Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner prize for her colourful drawings and sculptures made from found fabric and VHS tape, becoming the first artist with a learning disability to take home the £25,000 prize.

Alex Farquharson, chair of the jury and director of Tate Britain, said the win by the British-Nigerian represented a watershed moment for the international art world.

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© Photograph: Courtesy of the Artist and ActionSpace

© Photograph: Courtesy of the Artist and ActionSpace

© Photograph: Courtesy of the Artist and ActionSpace

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Chris Selley: When Jean Chrétien doesn’t want to talk about himself, eyebrows should rise

There are certain phrases that properly arouse immediate suspicion. “The dog did it,” for example. “Trump apologizes.” Or, “Jean Chrétien declines to talk about himself.” The latter is in play because the former Liberal prime minister has declined to appear before a parliamentary committee to discuss certain rather unsavoury directives he might have given his immigration minister in 1995 with an eye to winning the Quebec independence referendum. Read More
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Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ under way amid Trump ‘interference’

Xiomara Castro alleges US manipulation and blackmail as preliminary count shows two rightwing candidates closely tied

Honduras’s president, Xiomara Castro, has alleged that an “electoral coup” is under way in the country’s presidential election, which she says has been marked by “interference from the president of the United States, Donald Trump”.

The leftist president also said that “The Honduran people must never accept elections marked by interference, manipulation and blackmail … Sovereignty is not negotiable, democracy is not surrendered.”

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© Photograph: Honduras Presidency/Reuters

© Photograph: Honduras Presidency/Reuters

© Photograph: Honduras Presidency/Reuters

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