THE draw for tonight’s National Lottery EuroMillions (May 6, 2025) has taken place, with life-changing cash prizes at stake.

Check the results to see if you have just won a fortune and bagged enough to start that jet-set lifestyle you always dreamed of.

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Every EuroMillions ticket also bags you an automatic entry into the UK Millionaire Maker, which guarantees at least one player will pocket £1million in every draw.

You can find out if you’re a winner by checking your ticket against tonight’s numbers below.

Tonight’s National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers are: 08, 23, 24, 47, 48 and the Lucky Stars are: 04, 09.

The UK Millionaire Maker Selection winners is: one UK millionaire has been created

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Tonight’s National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 02, 03, 08, 20, 37 and the Thunderball is 07.

The first EuroMillions draw took place on February 7, 2004, by three organisations: France’s Française des Jeux, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado in Spain and the Camelot in the UK.

One of the UK’s biggest prizes was up for grabs on December, 4, 2020 with a whopping £175million EuroMillions jackpot, which would make a winner richer than Adele.

Another previous UK winner who’s whole life was altered with their jackpot was a player who wanted to remain anonymous on October 8, 2019. They walked off with a cool £170,221,000.

Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Scotland, netted a huge £161,653,000 in the July 12, 2011.

Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill, Suffolk, picked up £148,656,000 after they played the draw on August, 10, 2012, while Jane Park became Britain’s youngest lottery winner when she scooped up £1 million in 2013.

The odds of winning any EuroMillions prize are 1 in 13.

Could tonight’s jackpot of £84million see you handing in your notice and swapping the daily commute for slurping champagne on a super yacht or lying back on a private beach in the Bahamas?

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WASHINGTON — A proposal by the Trump administration to reorganize the Environmental Protection Agency targets divisions that house its climate change offices as well as Energy Star, a widely popular program designed to help lower energy costs for American households.

A chart of the proposed reorganization reviewed by The Times on Tuesday showed plans for vast changes to the Office of Air and Radiation, where the programs are currently held, among several other divisions. “EPA is delivering organizational improvements to the personnel structure that will directly benefit the American people and better advance the agency’s core mission, while Powering the Great American Comeback,” the agency said.

Energy Star was at risk during the first Trump administration, when the EPA last faced an exodus of scientific talent, but ultimately survived. The program sets energy efficiency guidelines for the manufacturers of household products such as refrigerators, heat pumps and dishwashers, which then display the program’s logo if they meet its standards.

Earlier Tuesday, CNN and the Washington Post reported that the proposed restructuring would specifically eliminate Energy Star.

“Trump’s plan to end the Energy Star program is a blow to American families and businesses everywhere,” Ed Markey, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, said on social media in response to the news. “This program has saved $500 billion in energy costs over the past 30 years. Energy efficiency isn’t just an environmental solution — it’s an economic one.”

Plans to eliminate the program could pose political challenges to a president who ran for office, in part, on lowering energy costs. “We intend to slash prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months,” Donald Trump said on the campaign trail last year about Americans’ energy bills.

EPA staff members are undergoing a second round of deferred resignation offers, similar to buyouts, alongside their colleagues across several other government agencies. It is likely the last chance for career staff to leave willingly. A reorganization will allow for the government to implement layoffs with greater discretion.

Changes at the Office of Air and Radiation could alter or compromise other critical programs within the division, such as the agency’s efforts to monitor trends in air pollution throughout the country and provide energy resources to state, local and tribal governments, helping them improve local air quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

But Lee Zeldin, President Trump’s EPA administrator, said in a video released May 2 that a new office to be formed in its place is intended to work “with — not against — state, local and tribal air permitting agencies to improve processing of state implementation plans and resolving air permitting concerns.”

The energy star logo is displayed on a freezer box.

(Joshua A. Bickel / Associated Press)

“We owe it to the American taxpayer to be as efficient as possible,” said Zeldin, who characterized the restructuring proposal as an effort to bring the EPA down to Reagan-era staffing levels, saving $300 million a year by 2026. “With these organizational improvements, we can assure the American people that we are dedicated to EPA’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment.”

The Air and Radiation division also maintains the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, the primary body that monitors vehicle emissions throughout the country and sets national fuel efficiency standards — an office that often finds itself at odds with the California Air Resources Board.

And yet, perhaps the most dramatic cuts may be to the agency’s main office devoted to understanding, tracking and combating climate change, which is housed under the same division set for a shuffle.

The restructuring, if implemented, would go further in rolling back the U.S. fight against climate change than Trump did in his first term, when his EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, cast doubt on the threats posed by a warming planet.

In April, the Trump administration fired a large group of scientists producing a major quadrennial U.S. report on climate change, called the National Climate Assessment, and moved to slash research funding at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House last week.

(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)

Zeldin has previously said he plans to cut “at least” 65% of the agency’s total spending, after cutting back its travel costs and office space, and placing the majority of its Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights staff on leave.

“We will pursue efficiencies,” Zeldin said. “The American people can rest assured knowing that, with our EPA team, there will be zero tolerance for wasting even a penny of your taxpayer dollars.”

Bruno Fernandes attracting interest from Saudi Arabia, Harvey Elliott wanted by several Premier League clubs, and Arsenal renew interest in Mohammed Kudus.

Al-Hilal are preparing a bid for Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, but the Red Devils have no plans to sell the 30-year-old Portugal midfielder. (Mail), external

Newcastle are monitoring 29-year-old Bayer Leverkusen and Germany defender Jonathan Tah, who will leave the club when his contract expires in the summer. (Sun), external

Liverpool’s English midfielder Harvey Elliott, 22, is attracting interest from several Premier League clubs, including Wolves. (Talksport), external

Real Madrid are not planning to make a move for Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi as they do not think they need the Spain international, who has a release clause of €60m (£51m). (OK Diario – in Spanish), external

Italy midfielder Jorginho, 33, is in advanced talks with Brazilian club Flamengo about joining on a free transfer when his deal at Arsenal expires at the end of the season. (Mail), external

Arsenal are considering another move for Paris St-Germain midfielder Lee Kang-in, 24, after failing to strike a deal for the South Korea international in January. (Sun), external

Bayer Leverkusen and Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, 22, is set to snub interest from Manchester City and Real Madrid to join Bayern Munich. (Bild – in German), external

RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko’s release clause is more than €80m (£68m) but clubs will be able to sign him for less if a suitable offer for the 21-year-old Slovenia international is made. (Sky Sports Germany), external

West Ham and Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, 24, is the subject of fresh interest from Arsenal. (Talksport), external

Federico Chiesa, 27, could be on his way out of Liverpool this summer with AC Milan and Napoli interested in the Italy winger. (Calciomercato – in Italian), external

Manchester United added Torino’s 28-year-old Serbia goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to their summer transfer shortlist. (Givemesport), external

Video captured the moment of an Indian military strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The Indian Ministry of Defence says it struck multiple sites in what it calls “Operation Sindoor.” Pakistan’s military says at least 2 people were killed in the strikes. India has blamed Pakistan for an attack that killed 26 people last month in Pahalgam.

TWO of Britain’s oldest and best-known bread brands reckon they might make more dough if they combine their bakeries. 

Kingsmill owner Associated British Foods yesterday confirmed it was in talks with the owner of Hovis. 

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Hovis, which is still known for its classic boy on a bike advert, traces its roots to 1886. 

It was bought by Endless, a turnaround firm, from Bisto-maker Premier Foods five years ago. 

The talks come a week after ABF said that it had launched a strategic review of its Allied Bakeries business, which includes Kingsmill, amid slowing sales and a squeeze on profits. 

Bakeries have been struggling for the past decade as health- conscious Brits are eating less white bread, opting for breakfast cereals instead of toast. Non-gluten diets have also been on the rise. 

Brits now eat half the amount of bread they did 50 years ago, according to recent research. 

A combination between Kingsmill and Hovis would see the combined company overtake current market leader Warburtons, which has boosted its sales with crumpets, wraps and muffins as loaf sales falter across the industry. 

Meanwhile, intense competition in supermarkets has also limited the ability for bread-makers to increase prices as shoppers often use the price of a loaf of as an indicator for whether or not a supermarket is more expensive than a rival. 

ABF said: “Allied Bakeries continues to face a very challenging market. We are evaluating strategic options for Allied Bakeries against this backdrop and we remain committed to increasing long-term shareholder value.” 

The potential deal has been called “survival through scale” by Anubhav Malhotra, an analyst at Panmure Liberum, who said that the two companies may “struggle to remain viable independently”. 

He said: “Allied Bakeries has faced ongoing challenges amid a highly competitive UK bakery market, characterised by competition for volumes, a price-sensitive consumer and retail landscape conditions under which Hovis also reported an operating loss last year.” 

Allied Bakeries, founded in 1935, makes around £400million in sales a year, but is thought to have made a loss of £30million in 2023. 

By comparison, Hovis made revenues of £478million and an operating loss of £3.5million. 

Meanwhile, rival Warburtons made a £34.3million profit on £711million of sales during the same period. 

However, a combination of Kingsmill and Hovis would likely attract scrutiny from the Competition and Markets Authority. 

Deliveroo swallowed up 

THE boss of Deliveroo yesterday shrugged off the takeaway company’s bumpy ride on the London stock market as it was swallowed by a much larger American rival. 

Doordash bought the firm for £2.9billion — just over a third of what investors paid to back its £7.6billion London listing four years ago. 

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Will Shu, who founded Deliveroo in 2013, told The Sun “shares go up and shares go down”, adding: “I’m proud of what we have achieved as a company.” 

Shares in Deliveroo crashed after its stock market debut in 2021. Despite expanding its business into delivering goods for supermarkets, the firm has never clawed back to its listing price. 

Mr Shu, an ex-banker, will make around £185million from cashing in his shares in the takeover and could stay with the business. 

Staff, who own 36million shares, will share a £65million windfall. 

But up to 800 jobs may be at risk as a result of the takeover. 

Amazon, which bought a 13 per cent stake in Deliveroo when it was valued at £5.2billion, declined to comment. 

The shelf hackers 

THE CO-OP said it was “working around the clock” to battle a cyber attack that has left gaps on shelves and payment problems in stores. 

It has been hit by the same hackers as M&S, which has been impacted since Easter and cannot take online orders. 

The Co-op admitted a “small number of stores” could only accept cash after problems with contactless payments on Monday and yesterday.

Some have missing items, because deliveries have not arrived as stock ordering systems have been taken offline. 

Services in slump 

THE UK’s service sector has shrunk for the first time in a year and a half as uncertainty from Trump’s tariffs triggered overseas firms to halve orders. 

The purchasing managers index (PMI) hit 49.0 in April, down from 52.5 in March. Under 50 shows contraction. 

New work from abroad fell at its fastest rate since February 2021. And smaller services firms also highlighted higher costs and staff reductions caused by the Budget. 

More than a fifth expect activity to fall in the next year. 

Tim Moore at S&P Global Market Intelligence said: “Heightened uncertainty weighed on order books.” 

Car sale nosedive 

SALES of new cars slumped by more than 10 per cent last month on the back of changes to tax rules for electric cars. 

According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 120,331 new vehicles were registered in April. 

The industry blamed the fall on people rushing to buy electric vehicles earlier in the year before a tax deadline that added £425 a year to the cost of “expensive cars” from April 1. 

Electric car registrations still rose by 8 per cent in April, but their market share is significantly below the Government’s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate. 

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India has launched missiles at several locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administred Kashmir, the government said, and Pakistan promised to respond to the attacks.

Several explosions were heard in the city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.

“A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed,” the Indian government said in a statement.

“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” it said.

A Pakistani military spokesman told broadcaster Geo that Pakistan’s response was under way, without providing details. The spokesman said five places were hit including two mosques.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s military said two people have been killed and 12 others injured.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said among the targets that were hit were the cities of Muzaffarabad and Kotli.

Pakistan has said that if it is attacked, that it will “respond in force”, Hyder said, adding that the situation remains “quite fluid”.

The development comes amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours in the aftermath of an attack on Hindu tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir last month.

India blamed Pakistan for the violence in which 26 men were killed and vowed to respond. Pakistan denied that it had anything to do with the killings.

After India’s strikes, the Indian army said in a post on X early on Wednesday: “Justice is served.”

Nitasha Kaul, the director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, said the strikes are “very concerning”.

“Once again, the worst affected are going to be the people in the region, the Kashmiris, who are caught between the competing and proprietorial and rival postures and attitudes of India and Pakistan,” Kaul told Al Jazeera.

Still, she said, the escalation is “not that surprising, because within India … there has been a domestic pressure building up for a more militarist response, given the fact that there is a particularly hyper-nationalist government in power.

“In that sense, sadly, this was a countdown to a greater escalation, and hopefully it won’t proceed much further beyond what has already happened with these strikes,” Kaul added.

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NEW YORK — Columbia University said Tuesday that it will be laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Trump’s decision to cancel $400 million in funding over the Manhattan college’s handling of student protests against the war in Gaza.

Those receiving nonrenewal or termination notices Tuesday represent about 20% of the employees funded in some manner by the terminated federal grants, the university said in a statement Tuesday.

“We have had to make deliberate, considered decisions about the allocation of our financial resources,” the university said. “Those decisions also impact our greatest resource, our people. We understand this news will be hard.”

Officials are working with the Trump administration in the hope of getting the funding restored, they said, but the university will still pull back spending because of uncertainty and strain on its budget.

Officials said the university will be scaling back research, with some departments winding down activities and others maintaining some level of research while pursuing alternate funding.

In March, the Trump administration pulled the funding over what it described as the Ivy League school’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus during the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.

Within weeks, Columbia capitulated to a series of demands laid out by the Republican administration as a starting point for restoring the funding.

Among the requirements was overhauling the university’s student disciplinary process, banning campus protesters from wearing masks, barring demonstrations from academic buildings, adopting a new definition of antisemitism and putting the Middle Eastern studies program under the supervision of a vice provost who would have a say over curriculum and hiring.

After Columbia announced the changes, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the university was “on the right track,” but declined to say when or if Columbia’s funding would be restored. Spokespersons for the Education Department didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Tuesday.

Columbia was at the forefront of U.S. campus protests over the war last spring. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up an encampment and seized a campus building in April, leading to dozens of arrests and inspiring a wave of similar protests nationally.

Trump, when he retook the White House in January, moved swiftly to cut federal money to colleges and universities he viewed as too tolerant of antisemitism.

MIAMI — The Dodgers put outfielder Teoscar Hernández on the injured list Tuesday with a left groin strain, a day after Hernández injured himself chasing down a fly ball in right field and left the game early.

James Outman was called up from triple-A Oklahoma City to replace Hernández on the roster.

In the third inning of Monday’s win over the Miami Marlins, Hernández broke hard for a line drive in the gap and stretched at full sprint to make the catch.

After returning to the dugout between innings, Hernández was removed from the game, reporting tightness in both his hamstring and adductor to the team’s training staff. He was sent for an MRI exam on Tuesday.

“He’s a guy that just doesn’t come out of games by way of injury,” manager Dave Roberts said afterward. “That’s a little concerning given the person.”

Back with the Dodgers this season after re-signing with the club on a three-year, $66 million contract as a free agent this winter, Hernández had been one of the lineup’s most consistent run producers early this year.

He was batting .315, well above his career .264 average. He had nine home runs, tied with Shohei Ohtani for most on the team. He’d collected 34 RBIs in just 33 games, most in the majors.

Now the Dodgers, who were already playing without Tommy Edman this trip due to an ankle injury, will have another lineup hole to fill.

Outman, who finished third in National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2023 but has struggled in brief stints in the majors since, was one of three triple-A players who arrived in Miami on Tuesday.

Reliever JP Feyereisen was called up, with fellow right-hander Yoendrys Gómez getting designated for assignment.

Starting pitcher Landon Knack also joined the big-league club, and is likely to pitch in the series finale against the Marlins on Wednesday.

May 6 (UPI) — The Trump administration does not have to await the outcome of a federal appellate court challenge to enforce its ban on transgender military members, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

“The preliminary injunction … is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought,” the one-page ruling says.

“Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically,” the unattributed ruling says.

The ruling notes Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson would deny the application.

Seven transgender military members filed a federal lawsuit to block the enforcement of President Donald Trump‘s executive order banning transgender service members.

Navy Commander Emily Shilling is the lead plaintiff in the federal case challenging the ban’s legality.

“Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a devastating blow to transgender service members who have demonstrated their capabilities and commitment to our nation’s defense,” officials with the Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign Foundation said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

The joint statement says the ban “has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with prejudice.”

U.S. District Court for Western Washington State Judge Benjamin Settle on March 27 ordered a temporary nationwide injunction stopping the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on transgender members in the U.S. military.

Solicitor General John Sauer on April 24 filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to overrule Settle and end the injunction.

Former President George W. Bush appointed Settle to the federal district court.

Trump during his first term banned transgender members in the U.S. military, which eventually was ended after President Joe Biden entered office in 2021.

The latest ban applies to “service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria” and requires their removal from military service, CNN reported.

A senior defense official previously told CNN the military has 4,240 active-duty, reserve and National Guard members who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Gender dysphoria is defined as “psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and gender identity,” according to Psychiatry.org.

The Department of Defense discharged active duty personnel and banned transgender individuals from enlisting shortly after Trump banned their inclusion in the military, NPR reported.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has made his much-anticipated first visit to the White House, as his country and the United States continue to spar over trade, tariffs and the prospect of reimagining their shared borders.

Seated across from Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump continued to advocate for Canada becoming part of its southern neighbour.

But Carney reiterated his firm commitment to defending Canadian sovereignty, though he spoke only briefly during his half-hour appearance with Trump in the Oval Office.

“As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale,” Carney told Trump, in a gesture to the president’s background as a real-estate developer.

He then referenced his mandate from Canada’s recent federal elections, which reflected growing anti-Trump sentiment among Canadian voters.

“Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign these last several months, it’s not for sale — won’t be for sale — ever,” Carney said of his country.

Overall, however, the meeting was cordial, with the two leaders exchanging warm words and Trump teasing a breakthrough with the Houthis, an armed group in Yemen.

Here are five key takeaways from their meeting.

Trump weighs in on Canada’s election

Carney’s appearance at the White House comes just over a week after his country’s federal elections on April 28, which saw Trump emerge as a defining force.

While the research firm Ipsos found that affordability and the cost of living topped the list of voter concerns in Canada, 24 percent of respondents identified Canada’s increasingly fractious relationship with the US as a leading issue as well.

A separate Ipsos poll found that more voters trusted Carney to handle Trump than any other candidate.

The centre-left Liberals ultimately won 169 seats out of 343, enough to form a minority government — and enough for Carney, the Liberal leader, to remain Canada’s prime minister.

But that was a stark reversal from the Liberal Party’s sagging poll numbers at the start of the year. Experts believe Trump’s second term, which began on January 20, helped propel the Liberal Party’s comeback.

His remarks about Canada becoming a US state and his aggressive tariff policy alienated many Canadians, who felt their country’s close ties with the US had soured.

And some voters feared that Canada’s Conservative Party — which had previously been the frontrunner in the elections — might capitulate to Trump’s demands.

As Trump opened his sit-down on Tuesday with Carney, he gave a nod to the Liberals’ come-from-behind victory, joking that he took partial credit for the party’s electoral success.

“I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him,” Trump said of Carney.

“But I can’t take full credit. His party was losing by a lot. And he ended up winning. So I really want to congratulate him. It was probably one of the greatest comebacks in the history of politics. Maybe even greater than mine.”

Trump and Carney exchange praise

Trump proceeded to shower Carney with praise, calling him a “very good” and “very talented person” with whom he had “a lot of things in common”.

By contrast, the US president launched barbs at Carney’s predecessor, fellow Liberal Justin Trudeau, who served as Canada’s prime minister from 2015 until March of this year.

“I didn’t like his predecessor,” Trump said shortly. He also hinted at other tense relationships with other world leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with whom he had an Oval Office shouting match in February.

“ This is very friendly. This is not gonna be like we had another little blow-up with somebody else. It was a much different. This is a very friendly conversation,” Trump said.

Carney, for his part, responded with compliments of his own for Trump.

“You’re a transformational president,” Carney said at the outset, praising the US president’s “relentless focus on the American worker”. He also drew a parallel between Trump’s leadership and his own, saying he had been elected “to transform Canada, with a similar focus on the economy” and “securing our borders”.

“The history of Canada and the US is we’re stronger when we work together, and there are many opportunities to work together,” Carney said. “I look forward to addressing some of those issues that we have, but also finding those areas of mutual cooperation so we can go forward.”

Carney: Canada is ‘not for sale’

The two leaders’ conversation, however, quickly shifted to one of the most contentious issues facing their countries’ ties: Trump’s threats to make Canada part of the US.

Since December, Trump has made regular remarks that Canada should be absorbed into the US as a 51st state, owing to an imbalance of trade.

According to the US government, Canada is the largest destination for US exports and one of its top three sources for imports. But Canada exports more to the US than it imports, creating a deficit of $63.3bn in Canada’s favour.

Experts say trade deficits are not necessarily a bad thing: They can indicate a stronger consumer base or differences in currency value. But Trump has repeatedly framed the US’s trade deficit with Canada as a “subsidy” that keeps the country’s economy afloat.

In the lead-up to Tuesday’s meeting, the US president pledged to broach the issue of statehood with Carney. “I’ll always talk about that,” he told the TV news programme Meet the Press on Saturday.

But during the public portion of their meeting, Trump took a more subdued approach, saying that, while he believed statehood to be a boon for Canada, he would not force the issue.

“I still believe that, but it takes two to tango, right?” Trump told reporters. He later added, “I do feel it’s much better for Canada. But we’re not gonna be discussing that unless somebody wants to discuss it.”

He nevertheless revisited familiar arguments for combining the two countries, including that statehood would allow Canada to avoid the steep 25-percent tariffs the US has placed on many of its exports, including steel and aluminium.

“I believe it would be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens. You get free military, you get tremendous medical care and other things. There would be a lot of advantages, but it would be a massive tax cut,” he said.

When Carney responded that Canada was “not for sale”, Trump doubled down, saying, “Never say never.”

But Carney scrunched up his face with a cheeky look and appeared to mouth the word “never” multiple times to the journalists circled around them.

He also attempted to steer the discussion to more neutral ground, praising Trump for pushing Western powers to invest more in military defence.

Still, reporters continued to press the two leaders about the controversial remarks. One asked Trump whether he would accept the will of the Canadian people not to become a 51st state.

“Sure, I would,” Trump replied. “But this is not necessarily a one-day deal. This is over a period of time they have to make that decision.”

Carney once again chimed in with a brief but blunt response. “Respectfully, Canadians’ view on this is not going to change.”

Later, outside the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC, Carney described the Oval Office meeting as a turning point for their bilateral ties.

“ Today marked the end of the beginning of a process of the United States and Canada redefining that relationship of working together,” Carney said. “The question is how we will cooperate in the future.”

Trump stands firm on US tariffs

In the Oval Office, Trump was unwavering in his commitment to imposing tariffs on Canada, describing the import taxes as essential to protecting US industries from competition.

“Is there anything he can say to you in the course of your meeting with him today that can get you to lift tariffs on Canada?” a reporter in the Oval Office asked.

Trump responded with uncharacteristic brevity: “No.”

He later explained that it was his hope to create US industries that relied on no outside support, not even from close allies like Canada, whose economy is intimately interwoven with that of its southern neighbour.

Trump referenced the decline of the American auto and steel industries as motives for his tariffs.

“We want to make our own cars. We don’t really want cars from Canada, and we put tariffs on cars from Canada. At a certain point, it won’t make economic sense for Canada to build those cars,” Trump said. “And we don’t want steel from Canada because we’re making our own steel, and we’re having massive steel plants being built right now as we speak.”

He also repeated his false assertion that the US trade deficit with Canada amounted to a “subsidy” — and he appeared to cast doubt about whether Canada’s economy would survive without US support.

“They have a surplus with us, and there’s no reason for us to be subsidising Canada,” Trump said. “Canada will have to be able to take care of itself economically. I assume they can.”

Carney, meanwhile, highlighted the close relations the US and Canada have enjoyed in the past, arguing that cross-border trade has made both of their economies stronger.

“We are the largest client of the United States in the totality of all the goods. So we are the largest client in the United States,” he said. “Fifty percent of a car that comes from Canada is American. That’s not like anywhere else in the world.”

Both leaders agreed that the current United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) needed to be renegotiated. Canada has framed Trump’s tariffs as a violation of the free-trade agreement, which was signed under the US president’s first term in 2019.

“ The USMCA is great for all countries,” Trump said during Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting. But he added that the deal was a “transitional step” that would “get renegotiated very shortly”.

Carney echoed that assessment, saying that the USMCA would be a launchpad for broader discussions.

“It is a basis for a broader negotiation. Some things about it are going to have to change,” he said, offering measured criticism of Trump’s tariff policy. “Part of the way you’ve conducted these tariffs has taken advantage of existing aspects of USMCA, so it’s going to have to change.”

Trump touts breakthrough with Houthis

While much of the Oval Office discussion revolved around trade, Trump briefly veered into the topic of international conflicts, saying that the war in Ukraine would feature heavily in his closed-door discussions with Carney.

He also announced his administration would end its nearly two-month-long bombing campaign in Yemen, where the US military has been attacking Houthi strongholds.

The US Central Command has said more than 800 targets have been bombed since Trump began the US’s latest round of strikes on March 15, known as Operation Rough Rider.

But the effort has been riddled with controversy. Aid groups have warned of civilian casualties, including the suspected bombing of a migrant centre in Saada, in Yemen’s north. And details of the initial strikes were accidentally leaked to a journalist on the messaging app Signal, spurring questions about mismanagement within the Trump White House.

But on Tuesday, Trump announced a shift in the ongoing fight with the Houthis.

“We had some very good news last night,” Trump said. “They’ve announced — to us, at least — that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight. And we will honour that. And we will stop the bombings.”

The Houthis had been launching attacks against commercial vessels and naval ships in the Red Sea, as part of the group’s opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza, which has killed more than 52,615 Palestinians.

“They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore. And that’s the purpose of what we were doing,” Trump added. “We are going to stop the bombing of the Houthis effective immediately.”

Shortly thereafter, a senior Houthi official posted on social media that the deal still needed to be “evaluated on the ground first”.

Doechii in Louis Vuitton

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The Met Gala is always something of a performance art spectacle. The 2025 edition was no different. What was unique was that it sought to celebrate not just clothes or ideas, but an entire culture. The Met Gala stepped outside the typical focus on couture womenswear to highlight men’s tailoring and the Black dandy as a historical figure.

But what is a dandy, exactly? A dandy is, simply, someone with an all-encompassing devotion to fashion, style and tidiness. Society has called these people fussy, or in more recent times, metrosexual. But the crucial element of dandyism is its antagonism toward class, race and sexual boundaries. This is especially crucial for Black people, who have and continue to use the trappings of fashion to signal success, self-worth and pride. That pride is, at many times throughout history, a subversive act.

Actor and Met Gala co-chair Colman Domingo in Valentino.

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Jeremy O. Harris in Balmain, tailored by Lionel Nichols.

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In the introduction to her book “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity,” Monica L. Miller (who was a guest curator for the accompanying exhibition at the Costume Institute) says that “Black dandyism has always been practiced by those interested in much more than materialism and the latest style.” She goes on to say that dandyism is a “truly radical kind of freedom, accessible perhaps only through a constant, playful, yet studied change of clothes.” It is, as she says, both appropriation of the trappings of the upper class and a challenge to the order they’ve subjected the world to.

“Slaves to Fashion” is a dense book, filled with history and reference. It looks back at the novelty of slaves wearing finely tailored clothes, which it connects to the explosion of Blackness and queerness in the Harlem Renaissance. The thesis (and ultimate challenge) of the book is drawing a straight line between an enslaved Black child in elaborate clothes far beyond his station in life to a modern hip-hop celebrity like Andre 3000. To Miller, both the slave and the star are examples of Black identity and masculinity transcending the boundaries and barriers set up around them by society. Blackness itself becomes a performance, a concept invented by those who sought to turn Africans into an other. And a performance almost always requires the appropriate uniform.

Rihanna in Marc Jacobs.

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Tessa Thompson wearing Prabal Gurung.

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While the theme of this Gala might have leaned more toward men, that didn’t prevent women from finding a way to creatively connect to it, as the dandy’s role is to perform an exaggerated form of masculinity — twisted, contorted and pumped. Zendaya’s creamy white Louis Vuitton suit popped for its elegant, understated tailoring. Doechii, also rocking Vuitton, went for a more outre LV-monogrammed suit and trouser shorts with a maroon bow tie. Wide shoulder pads on Alton Mason, Doja Cat, Lupita N’yongo and Teyana Taylor recalled the broad, hyper-male suits one might see on a Sunday trip to church.

Alton Mason in custom Boss ensemble.

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Doja Cat wearing Marc Jacobs.

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Lupita Nyong’o wearing Chanel.

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Zendaya in Louis Vuitton.

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And then there were the hats. Whoopi Goldberg’s Thom Browne outfit was punctuated by a hat that wouldn’t have been out of place on a Victorian-era dandy intellectual. Singer and actor Janelle Monáe’s Thom Browne fit included a contrasting color suit, hat, monocle and cape adorned with the outline of a totally different suit splashed across it. Multiple suits, to be exact — a pinstripe and a plain navy blazer with white piping. It was a Russian nesting doll of menswear, with allusions to every tool in Browne’s prodigious toolbox of suiting. This is masculinity as posturing, as provocation and as protection. Presenting masculine symbols while tweaking them or reappropriating them is a potent subversion of the norm.

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Whoopi Goldberg in Thom Browne

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Janelle Monáe wears Thom Browne.

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Tracee Ellis Ross wears Marc Jacobs.

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The Met Gala — a lavish, invite-only party that gathers the most famous people in the world for one night to raise money for the arts — is far from subversive. Instead, it’s a worldwide announcement about who matters most, who is affecting society most deeply, and who has the money to attend. It is inherently about the establishment. The men wearing the luxurious suits Monday were not breaking class barriers. The clothes on display were not accessible to the masses. In many cases, the outfits were bespoke, custom and never to be replicated.

But it would be too easy to dismiss the Met as some sort of “Hunger Games”-like spectacle of wealth. The idea of Black dandyism goes beyond extreme displays of status. It means that you care — about how you look, but also about yourself. In an interview with GQ about the Met, legendary designer Dapper Dan described how he became a dandy. “I’m from the poorest neighborhood in Harlem, right by the banks of the Harlem River. Everybody in my little enclave was all poor. We had rats and roaches. Goodwill was our Macy’s. Whenever I was lucky and fortunate enough to have something to wear, I went to 125th Street. Nobody went there who wasn’t dressed. At 125th Street, nobody knew I had rats, nobody knew I had roaches, and that for me was the birth of dandyism because I saw the power of transformation that could take place with your clothes.”

Brian Tyree Henry

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Angela Bassett

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Alicia Keys, left, and Swizz Beatz, both wearing Moncler.

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Colman Domingo wearing Valentino.

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This year’s Met Gala theme allowed the spectator to think not just of the clothes, but what those clothes mean to them and to the wearer. To dress up is to project power, possibility and preeminence. A Black person dressing up for church can reclaim their place in the cultural hierarchy as much as a hip-hop star uses clothes to signal their wealth. The table sponsored by Jerry Lorenzo’s Fear of God label spotlighted Black celebrities as disparate as filmmaker Ryan Coogler and artists Amy Sherald and Lauren Halsey. Their outfits, many of them custom by the house, were as challenging and avant-garde as anything the fashion establishment has to offer. Coogler and actor Adrien Brody both wore broad-shouldered suits paired with T-shirts and more formalist cummerbunds — a house style of Fear of God. As always, Lorenzo is more than happy to muss up the expected, to push the boundaries while still respecting the core traditions of the art form.

Artist Lauren Halsey wearing Fear of God.

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What defines dandyism is a willingness to play by a set of rules, whatever those might be for the time and temperature of the world around it. While the celebrities in these clothes aren’t explicitly transgressive figures, their presence in this world of high status is in a sense a form of transgression. Their mere existence in a place like the Met Gala signals that there is a sliver of an opening to greatness, no matter how small it might look in the moment. There will always be that spirit of Dapper Dan at Goodwill to hold on to, and that style is not about how much the clothes cost, but what it says about the person wearing them.

Lauryn Hill wears Jude Dontoh.

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Khaby Lame wearing Boss.

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Myha’la Herrold, left, and Raul Lopez of LUAR.

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Bad Bunny wears Prada.

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Laura Harrier wearing Ecru Gap, left, and Zac Posen.

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Paloma Elsesser wearing Ferragamo.

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Maluma, left, and Willy Chavarria

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Jodie Turner-Smith

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Rihanna

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When it comes to pastries, it seems many people are opting for a taste of France, as pains au chocolat fly off the shelves in supermarkets.

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Buttery, flaking and traditionally filled with two tunnels of dark cocoa, chocolate croissants have enjoyed an eight per cent rise in sales.

But whether you enjoy them for breakfast, brunch, or simply with a cup of coffee as a treat, which own-brand versions give you the best taste for your dough?

Laura Stott tastes a selection and rates them.

Pains Au Chocolat (4) Morrisons, £1.80 (45p each)

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AN all-butter packet of pains au choc for this price means you are getting super quality for your money – and they did not disappoint on flavour.

The high-grade ingredients are similar to those in costlier packets.

Made in the traditional French style, these pastries look inviting, with thick wodges of dark chocolate running through the middle that ooze out of each end.

The outer layers are lovely, flaky and dark golden.

The dough crumbles as you bite in to enjoy the rich and yummy taste.

There is loads of choccie in every mouthful, which is incredibly satisfying.

Good warmed up, or tasty munched cold.

You might even fool yourself that you bought them at a bakery in France.

Rating: 5/5

Pains Au Chocolat (6) Sainsbury’s, £1.60 (27p each)

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THE pastries in this multi-pack are individually wrapped, which makes them ideal for popping into bags to eat on the go.

Enjoy them for brekkie on your commute or just saving a bit of cash when you pop out for coffee.

The flavour is good, especially for the price.

Made with proper butter and 14 per cent chocolate, they looked a bit squashed and sad but tasted better than I expected.

The pastry is quite dense and very filling owing to a heavier texture.

But it’s not too stodgy, and on the plus side this did make them more substantial.

A nice soft dough means these also tasted good even when eaten cold.

Ideal for tucking into with a cup of coffee while sitting in the sunshine.

Rating: 3/5

Finest Pains Au Chocolat (4) Tesco, £2.40 (60p each)

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TRES bon, Tesco.

These tasty treats had the best dark chocolate inside of all those I tried.

With 18 per cent per pastry, it’s a decadent and delicious dark filling that would be good enough to eat on its own if it came as a bar.

Encase it in crumbling, flaky, all-butter pastry and it tastes even better.

Nice, fluffy dough with lots of pastry layers and not dry at all.

These are so moist and rich they taste fine if munched straight from the packet.

But I’d still warm them for a few minutes in the oven or air fryer to get the gorgeous aroma and golden crispiness.

Very generous pastries.

Divine with a cup of coffee, and the perfect way to start a lazy weekend.

Rating: 4/5

Bon Appetit Pains Au Chocolat (8) Aldi, £1.49 (19p each)

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THE packet says these were baked in France – and while they might have lost a bit of their je ne sais quoi on the journey across the Channel, they don’t taste bad at all for a supermarket effort.

The chocolate is very good, considering what great value for money they offer with eight per pack.

You get 12 per cent cocoa, which has an intense flavour.

The two smooth runs of dark choc are evenly distributed through each croissant, so there is plenty to keep you happy.

Lovely once warmed up, and the aroma is very appetising.

The pastry, while golden and crumbly, tasted extremely sweet, and there is no butter listed in the ingredients, which does affect the texture.

Rather oily when heated, too.

Perfect for snacking, or as an anytime treat, and super value for money.

Rating: 4/5

Pains Au Chocolat (4) M&S or ocado.com, £3 (75p each)

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WITH only four in the packet, they might be a bit pricier per croissant.

But these are absolute whoppers, easily the biggest and bounciest pastries of those I tried.

They are delicious, made with all-butter pastry that gives them a flaking, rich outer.

It crumbles all over your chin when you bite in.

The genuine French dark chocolate inside is top notch.

It is thick and chunky and there is plenty of it packed into the middle, so you get the taste on every bite and don’t feel short-changed.

Warm these up and they taste so good you could have bought them from a Paris boulangerie. A shame they are so expensive.

Rating: 3/5

Rowan Hill Pains Au Chocolat (8) Lidl, £1.29 (16p each)

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WHILE unbeatable on price, these were not the most enjoyable pastries I tried.

The ingredients say each one contains 12 per cent chocolate, but the filling seems very mean.

You do get two strips layered though the pastry but these were very thin.

I found the pastry dry, chewy and unpleasantly soft, with an odd vanilla scent and flavour.

Tasted more like a soft bread roll than a traditional French treat.

They are a bargain, and being individually wrapped makes them useful for a grab-and-go eat.

But I’d rather spend a few pence more for a better pain, or just have a piece of chocolate with my cuppa.

Rating: 1/5

Bakery Pains Au Chocolat (4) Co-Op, £2.35 (59p each)

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THESE are somewhat smaller croissants and their ratios overall seem rather unbalanced.

Despite being more compact, they were generous on the chocolate filling, with double portions of tasty cocoa that’s bitter and authentically French tasting, not overly sweet.

Very thick pieces, too, which were satisfying to scoff.

The chocolate adds good moisture to the pastry, which is needed as, despite containing 17 per cent butter, the dough outers were pale and tasted rather dry.

Also, the bottoms were thick and bread-like.

Better once warmed up but be careful not to burn your mouth as there’s so much liquid filling inside they get oozy.

Rating: 2/5

Bakery Pains Au Chocolat (8) Asda, £1.98 (25p each)

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SUPER value for money, and the pains au choc in this packet looked and smelled deliciously fresh.

Like the Sainsbury’s croissants, these offerings from Asda have a denser-tasting pastry outer, probably due to the inclusion of some rye flour, which also gives them a darker colour.

Made with butter so they taste nice and rich, this also gives the flakes a lovely softness when you bite in, which I really enjoyed.

A nice hint of sweetness that’s not overdone. Lovely chocolate, and plenty of it.

A little flat to look at and not the biggest pains on the block, but they puffed up beautifully in the oven, so you don’t feel disappointed.

Very tasty and a super price. Would pair well with a hot chocolate.

Rating: 4/5

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SACRAMENTO — Assembly Democrats walked back opposition to a controversial bill that would increase the penalty for soliciting a minor aged 16 or 17, a change that comes after they faced a barrage of criticism from Republicans and a rebuke from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The new amendments to the legislation, AB 379, would allow prosecutors to file felony charges against adults who solicit sex from a 16- or 17-year-old. If the accused is three years older than the minor, they can be charged with a felony. If the offender is within three years of the minor, the charge is a misdemeanor.

The bill will now include a state grant program to help streamline prosecution in human trafficking and sex trafficking cases, and a support fund for survivors, partially funded by increased fines for businesses that ignore or aid in human trafficking.

Current law allows the offense of soliciting a minor under 16 for sex to be punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony on the first offense and as a felony on subsequent offenses.

Assemblymember Maggy Krell (D-Sacramento), authored AB 379 to extend the same punishment to those who solicited 16- and 17- year-olds. Last week, the Democratic-led Assembly approved an amendment that removed that provision, which Krell opposed.

On Tuesday, Krell released a statement supporting the Democratic leadership’s new changes.

“I’m looking at this from a prosecutor’s standpoint — this bill strengthens California law and gives us the felony hammer to prosecute the creeps that are preying on teenagers,” she said in a statement.

Krell temporarily allied herself with Republicans last week when she was given two options — amend the bill without the increased felony charges, or let it die in committee. Democrats defended the amendment despite comments from Newsom, who said that anyone who solicits a minor should be charged with a felony.

The bill, in its amended form, is still under consideration in the Assembly.

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has left the team less than a year after being appointed to the role.

A statement by Alpine on Tuesday said Oakes had resigned and that the team had “accepted his resignation with immediate effect”.

The team said Flavio Briatore would continue in his role as executive adviser and would now also cover the duties Oakes had performed.

No explanation was given for Oakes’ departure. The team said no further comment would be made and Oakes declined to comment when contacted.

A source told BBC Sport that it was Oakes’ decision to leave. Others said that it came as a surprise inside the team.

Oakes, who moved to Alpine from his Hitech team that competes in the junior categories, was widely considered within F1 to have little power at the team, with former Renault team boss Briatore the real controlling force.

Briatore’s controversial return to F1 as a team leader 15 years after he was found guilty of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix as Renault team boss was orchestrated by Renault Group chief executive officer Luca de Meo in July last year.

Oakes’ departure comes just a day after it emerged that Alpine were poised to drop Australian Jack Doohan after just six races this season and replace him with Argentine former Williams driver Franco Colapinto.

Oakes was appointed in July last year after Alpine, who are owned by Renault, removed their previous team principal Bruno Famin and placed him elsewhere in the company.

And it continues a turbulent few years at the team that have seen a continuous flux in senior management amid a run of disappointing results for Renault’s factory team.

Renault also decided last year to end their F1 engine programme, which had been involved since 1977 with only a couple of brief breaks. Alpine will use Mercedes engines next season.

Famin also lasted less than a year in his role as team boss after replacing Otmar Szafnauer in July 2023. The American lasted just 17 months.

Shortly before Szafnauer’s departure, Alpine chief executive officer Laurent Rossi was also dismissed. He had been with the company for just two and a half years.

Alpine finished sixth in the constructors’ championship last year.

Israel’s military unleashed a second wave of attacks on Yemen, claiming to have “fully disabled” Sanaa’s airport in response to a Houthi missile that targeted Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday.

The papal conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor begins Wednesday in Vatican City. 133 cardinals from around the world will vote in secret until one secures a two-thirds majority. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull explains the process.

The One Show host Clara Amfo was forced to quickly change the subject on Tuesday’s instalment of the BBC show, after guest Natalie Portman branded the moment ’embarrassing’.

During Tuesday’s episode of The One Show, Clara Amfo was on the ball, swiftly shifting gears after an awkward moment.

The show featured star-studded guests such as Natalie Portman, Millie Gibson, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis.

As things kicked off, Alex Jones revealed how thrilled Romesh and Tom were to be on set with the Hollywood star.

Alex prompted Romesh saying:”You were talking about Natalie’s films and you couldn’t really decide on which was your favourite. So, you’ve got different opinions, Romesh let’s hear yours.”

Romesh dished his thoughts to the movie star, adding: “Well listen, I loved your work in the Thor movies, I thought it was exceptional. I’m a big fan-“

Natalie’s reaction to the praise was modest, perhaps a bit uneasy as she responded: “Thank you, this is very embarrassing. It’s like live reviews.”

Undeterred, Romesh continued to speak highly of her Thor performances, declaring her portrayal added a layer of complexity, reports the Express.

He complimented her, stating: “The work you did in it, it elevated the film.”

Natalie humbly replied: “I appreciate that, thank you. They were all very fun to make.”

Yet Tom wanted in on the commendation session, voicing his admiration for Natalie’s role in Black Swan as his top pick.

Then came Millie Gibson’s turn, who aligned with Tom but didn’t miss a chance to sing Natalie’s praises for her stellar performance in Leon the Professional.

Romesh Ranganathan cheekily asked Natalie on the show: “Natalie, what’s your favourite thing that I’ve done?”

The panel burst into laughter and Clara Amfo swiftly moved things along with a playful: “Moving on!”

Later on, Millie Gibson chatted about the latest adventures in Doctor Who and didn’t miss the chance to mention Alex Jones’ appearance, saying: “You were amazing in it!”

As they watched her on-screen moment, Alex quipped back jokingly about her cameo, commenting: “I was just like me, it’s unbelievable. I mean, it’s just lovely to be in it, isn’t it?”

Millie Gibson piped up again, praising Alex: “It’s a really fun atmosphere, but honestly I was like I’m going to have to congratulate you on your performance when I’m here.”

The One Show is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.