No need to calm down: how Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement broke the internet

Surprise Instagram announcement has caused online chaos with everyone from Donald Trump to Shrek weighing in

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dropped news of their engagement on a Tuesday afternoon, interrupting work meetings, lighting up group chats and prompting ESPN to send a push notification about the announcement.

As with everything about Swift, who curates her image with such calculation that there are college courses and newspaper beats dedicated to her, this was more than just an Instagram post. Her good news prompted reactions from fans, brands and a few politicians looking to mine engagement off of the superstar.

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Celtic miss out on Champions League after penalty shootout defeat by Kairat Almaty

Beyond midnight, many miles beyond the borders of Europe, Temirlan Anarbekov was writing his name into Celtic infamy. The 21‑year‑old rookie goalkeeper had made the penalty shootout saves that guided Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty into the Champions League group stage.

Adam Idah, Luke McCowan and Daizen Maeda each saw attempts saved by a keeper turned to in emergency. Kasper Schmeichel, his opposite number, could only offer congratulations as Celtic incurred the heavy cost of a poor performance over 210 goalless minutes before their lack of composure from the spot.

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Radiohead’s Let Down enters US Billboard charts 28 years after its release

Song from 1997 album OK Computer scores band their fourth spot in the chart after going viral on TikTok

Radiohead have entered the US singles chart with a song from their album OK Computer that has gone viral on social media 28 years after its release.

Let Down, the third single from the British band’s 1997 album, entered at No 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week after rising in popularity on TikTok.

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‘He loved his work deeply’: the five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza airstrike

Israel has been widely condemned for ‘double-tap’ strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on Monday

Five Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on Monday.

Israel first struck a building at the hospital, killing Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Journalists and rescue workers then ran to the scene to help their colleagues, when a second bomb hit the same spot, 15 minutes later.

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The unlikeliest of tactical chameleons: how Howe is holding Newcastle together

The manager, once regarded as a purist, unsettled Liverpool with his team’s direct style amid the Alexander Isak stand-off

Yasir al-Rumayyan will not have to step very far from the front door of his magnificent Riyadh villa to encounter a chameleon. The kaleidoscopically coated members of the lizard family can be found almost everywhere across the Arabian peninsula and the wider Middle East but Newcastle’s chair probably did not expect to meet one at St James’ Park on Monday night.

Given Eddie Howe’s preference for wearing the same black club tracksuit at almost every opportunity he initially seems an unlikely northern European offshoot of the species. Yet in responding to a series of setbacks by, sometimes quite radically, adjusting his tactical colours, Newcastle’s manager has proved himself the cleverest of chameleons.

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KPop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix’s most-watched film with 236m views

Animated hit breaks record held by 2021 action movie Red Notice and has also had box office and music chart success

An animated caper about singing teenagers who secretly battle the forces of evil has confirmed its status as the breakout hit of the summer after becoming Netflix’s most-watched film in its history.

KPop Demon Hunters, which tells the story of a world-famous all-female K-pop group tasked with protecting the world in their spare time, has become a surprise sensation since its launch in June.

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