Cruz Beckham is set to release his debut EP, Wear & Tear, in August, with one of its songs already breaking the internet.
Loneliest Boy is that one song from the six-track EP that many believe is about Cruz’s family rift with his older brother, Brooklyn Beckham.
Fans are already familiar with the track as Cruz performed the ballad during his live shows in London earlier this year.
During one performance, he became emotional while singing and was comforted by his bandmates. His parents, David and Victoria Beckham, were also in the audience.
The lyrics go, “Loneliest boy, mama don’t talk too much, it’s breaking her heart,” and “Tell me how do you live, when you’ve got nobody to lose?”
The EP was recorded with Cruz’s band, The Breakers. A cover of the Spice Girls hit Wannabe is also part of the album, marking the original song’s 30th anniversary.
Cruz, 21, has already released the title track, Wear & Tear, along with its music video.
The EP was made with live performances in mind ahead of Cruz’s first US tour later this summer. He also has performances at major festivals including Reading & Leeds, Rock N Roll Circus, and Lollapalooza.
Cruz’s debut EP, Wear & Tear, will officially release on August 21.
Ariana Grande’s life takes a new turn after Ethan Slater breakup
Ariana Grande is keeping herself busy with work after her reported breakup with Ethan Slater.
The singer is stepping into a busy new chapter with new music, a concert tour and some acting projects.
According to E! News, Grande and Slater ended their relationship a few months before the news became public.
Sources shared that the breakup was friendly, though neither of them talked about it.
Grande is currently on her Eternal Sunshine Tour, which is her first tour in seven years.
The 7 Rings hitmaker recently started the tour in Oakland, California, where she thanked fans for showing her so much love.
Her family and close friends, including Demi Lovato, Liz Gillies, Matt Bennett, Joan Grande and Frankie Grande, have also attended different shows to support her.
She, however, is also getting ready to release her new album, Petal, on July 31.
The album is about eternal sunshine and is about growing as a person, healing from difficult times and moving on.
Its first single, Hate That I Made You Love Me, has already created excitement among fans.
At the same time, Grande is continuing to build her acting career.
The singer and actress will return as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, appear in the next season of American Horror Story and star in the comedy Focker in Law.
As she celebrates her 33rd birthday, Ariana Grande appears focused on her future.
A court document released by the White House revealed that the National Park Service (NPS) plans to drain the reflecting pool again after Independence Day to conduct repairs after it was allegedly vandalized.
In the document, which was filed in federal court on Thursday, NPS Deputy Director for Operations Frank Lands states that on June 9, U.S. Park Police responded to a report of damage to the reflecting pool.
Lands stated that the damage to the pool included caulk over the foam sealant that was cut with a “sharp knife or razor” and “destruction of delaminating surface material.” He also said approximately 70 fence post tops were thrown into the pool.
Lands said NPS plans to drain the reflecting pool to conduct repairs, including “assessing and repairing any damage to the lining,” and will begin “following the Independence Day celebration.”
National Park Service employees and contractors use vacuums to remove green algae from the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The damage comes after more than two months of renovations on the reflecting pool ordered by President Donald Trump.
Washington, D.C., is expected to host massive crowds for Independence Day celebrations marking America’s 250th anniversary. Preparations have been set back by additional incidents, including the National Mall being marked with “8647” and a blood-written message on the Washington Monument.
Among the incidents cited by the Department of the Interior unfolding on the National Mall were multiple “8647” markings. The administration has previously interpreted the number “86” as a political threat, pointing to its common use in the restaurant industry to mean removing or refusing service, while 47 appears to refer to Trump as the 47th president.
“It wasn’t until several days thereafter that there were recurring cases and videos of people ripping at the coating began to circulate.” (Department of the Interior)(Department of Interior)
In a separate case, an individual used their own blood to write “I’ve come” on the Washington Monument, according to a police report reviewed by Fox News Digital.
According to the White House, seven individuals have been arrested in connection with the alleged vandalism to the reflecting pool, seven others have been issued federal citations, and 18 police reports have been filed.
This week, U.S. Park Police asked for the public’s help identifying a person captured on camera during an investigation into damage to the reflecting pool and alleged destruction of government property in Washington, D.C. Video released by police shows what appears to be a person kneeling next to the pool and reaching an arm into the water.
The White House released a statement on Thursday, positing “this isn’t random mischief – it’s targeted sabotage by anti-American crackpots who despise a strong, proud, and beautiful country.”
The White House called the alleged vandals “crazed and deranged lunatics [who] have once again exposed their hatred for America with a cowardly, deliberate attack on one of our nation’s most iconic landmarks.”
Fox News Digital’s Ashley J. DiMella and Landon Mion contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin Tyler Robinson is expected to learn whether a Utah judge will grant his defense team’s request to have the potential death penalty taken off the table in response to alleged gag order violations by the prosecution Friday.
Judge Tony Graf Jr. is expected to rule on whether prosecutors violated his gag order or state court rules and, if so, what the possible sanctions should be.
Robinson’s defense team has said the only appropriate remedy is to remove the potential death penalty — which Utah County prosecutors say would be a disproportionate response, if the judge sides with the defense.
“The only way that this Court can demonstrate that its orders, and the ethical rules that counsel must obey, are not optional when it comes to the State’s attorneys, even in this case, is to impose the sanction undersigned counsel have urged upon this Court: striking the State’s death notice,” reads the filing, signed by defense attorneys Kathryn Nester, Richard Novak, Michael Burt and Staci Visser.
Tyler Robinson is accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a public speaking event at Utah Valley University in September.(Bethany Baker/Pool via REUTERS, Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Prosecutors have countered that they did not violate the gag order or any other court rules when they “set the record straight” after what they call a misleading statement from a defense filing led to viral news coverage suggesting that the ATF could not match the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk to the suspected murder weapon, Robinson’s grandfather’s rifle.
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The ATF could neither identify nor exclude Robinson’s grandfather’s rifle as the source of the bullet fragment recovered from Kirk, describing the tool mark analysis as inconclusive, according to court records. But the caliber was consistent, and a spent casing was also a match.
Charlie Kirk throws a “Make America Great Again” hat to the crowd at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his “American Comeback Tour” when he was shot in the neck and killed.(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Neither the gag order on Robinson’s case nor state court rules prohibited prosecutors from correcting what they saw as the defense’s misleading court filing, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted of assassinating Kirk during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025.
Investigators search a taped-off area in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 11, 2025, related to the hunt for evidence in the assassination of Charlie Kirk during a rally at UVU.(Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
The back-and-forth has evolved into a war of words, with prosecutors accusing the defense of releasing misleading information through court filings, and the defense accusing prosecutors of “hubris” when responding in a string of media interviews they claim violate a gag order.
Robinson will attend remotely from jail. He has not yet entered a plea and is not expected to until after his preliminary hearing, which is scheduled to take place over a week in early July.
The federal government on Friday kept the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel unchanged from the current level for the next week.
According to a press release from the Petroleum Division, the petrol price remains Rs299.5 per litre while HSD is Rs311.47.
This is despite continuously falling oil prices in the international markets. Crude prices sank 2% today and were headed for steep weekly losses amid easing supply concerns as more stranded oil tankers exited the Strait of Hormuz, even though a cargo vessel was hit near Oman on Thursday.
Last week, the government announced a reduction in petroleum prices, saying the price of petrol had been cut by Rs74 per litre, while HSD was reduced by Rs67 per litre.
The premier had said the government was immediately passing on the benefit of improved regional economic conditions and lower global oil prices to the public, adding that, “Whatever promise was made to the nation, Alhamdulillah, we are about to fulfil it.”
The prime minister had said that the reductions in global oil prices were being directly passed on to the people and that the government would continue efforts to maintain economic stability and reduce inflation.
As global oil prices surged after the US-Iran war, the government had raised domestic fuel prices by more than 50%. Petroleum product rates were increased twice during the first week of March, with the government stating that the hikes exceeded the increase in international market prices. The sharpest increase, however, was witnessed in April.
In April, the government raised the petrol price by Rs137 per litre, taking it to a record Rs458.4 per litre. Days later, the premier had announced an Rs80 per litre reduction in the petroleum levy on petrol, bringing its price down to Rs378 per litre.
On June 12, the government cut the price of petrol by Rs4 per litre and that of high-speed diesel by Rs2 per litre for the next week. Earlier on June 5, the government reduced the price of petrol by Rs4 per litre. Before that, the government reduced the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs22 per litre, describing the move as an “Eid gift” for the public.
Nancy Guthrie case update: FBI explains why the ‘Porch Guy’ suspect has not been arrested after five months
According to a former FBI agent who has been tracking the case, official investigations looking into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona may be inching closer to identifying the masked “porch guy” suspect caught on her home security camera.
Investigators are getting close to locating the man seen in Guthrie’s home security footage in the early hours of February 1, triggering fresh questions about why the FBI has taken five months to move in.
On the Megyn Kelly Show, O’ Connell’s told listeners that investigators were “ getting close to” the individual captured on Guthrie’s camera.
Earlier, a critical ransom note received shortly after the February 2026 disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84, claimed that she had died. The note was one of two planned for Nancy Guthrie’s family and sent to news media in the days following her kidnapping.
Authorities and Guthrie’s family had previously released community alerts that Nancy Guthrie was in poor health and lacked her necessary emergency medications.
Savannah Guthrie has been one of the few consistent voices, campaigning for ongoing coverage of the case, to ensure that her mother’s name does not fade from the news cycle.
Last week, she addressed viewers in an emotional segment, saying, “ Her family cannot be at peace, no matter how much I try to come out here every day and smile and find that joy.”
Nonetheless, no arrest has been announced despite the images being repeatedly broadcast on television and social media, and despite a local reward notice making the rounds for months.
Government plans to impose a 22 per cent tax charge on cash interest held within stocks and shares ISAs have been criticised by wealth managers, banks and consumer groups.
Ministers argue the changes are intended to encourage more people to move money out of cash and into productive investments, supporting economic growth and boosting long-term returns.
But critics say the proposals risk undermining one of the key attractions of the ISA system which is simplicity, and could deter cautious savers from entering the market.
The Treasury says the new tax levee is to avoid people circumnavigating rules by putting a full £20,000 into their ISA, keeping it as cash and earning interest – despite some industry experts suggesting there’s little evidence this is how people behave.
Several industry figures warned that the reforms could amount to a stealth tax on savers who use cash holdings as part of a sensible investment strategy.
Yael Ossowski, deputy director of the Consumer Choice Centre, argued that the move fundamentally changes the purpose of ISAs as a tax-free savings vehicle.
He said ministers were effectively asking savers to pay tax on the safest assets held within an account specifically designed to shelter savings from the taxman, describing the measure as a “stealth tax on cautious savers” that could push risk-averse households into investments they may not otherwise choose.
The criticism was echoed by Ian Rand, chief executive of Monument Bank, who argued that policymakers misunderstand how many people invest.
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Rather than moving directly from cash into shares, investors often hold cash temporarily while deciding where to allocate money, gradually building positions over time. Penalising cash holdings during that process risks discouraging responsible investing rather than encouraging it, he suggested.
“The government says it wants to push people into investing, but this charge misreads how responsible investing works,” Mr Rand said, adding that cash accounts form an essential part of the investment journey for both experienced and novice investors.
Rachael Griffin, tax and financial planning expert at Quilter, warned that taxing cash interest within Stocks and Shares ISAs, alongside new rules governing money market funds and restrictions on transfers, “risks making the product feel more complicated at precisely the point policymakers want cautious savers to take their first steps into investing.”
That view was shared by Claire Trott, head of advice at St James’s Place. “Holding cash is often a normal part of the investment journey,” she said. “Investors may temporarily hold cash while deciding where to invest, when switching investments, or while waiting for money to be reinvested.”
Introducing additional tax considerations risks adding another layer of complexity to a product that has historically been valued for its simplicity.
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Industry figures also questioned whether the reforms are targeting a problem that actually exists.
Andrew Prosser, head of investments at InvestEngine, said cash balances, money market funds and overnight-rate exchange traded funds are widely used by ordinary investors to manage risk or hold money between investment decisions rather than to circumvent ISA rules.
“The issue is that these rules seem to assume investors will actively try to get around the cash ISA limits,” he said, arguing there is little evidence that most savers behave in that way.
Operational concerns are also beginning to emerge.
“Not only is this new tax a burden for investors, it’s a complete headache for platforms too,” pointed out George Sweeney, investing expert at comparison site Finder. “It’s unclear exactly yet how the tax will be taken, whether ISA holders are going to have to start filing self-assessment tax returns going forward or if platforms will attempt to build some sort of withholding system. A big selling point of ISAs was supposed to be the simplicity and lack of paperwork.
“And the irony is, all this is happening under measures the government has comically named ‘Simplifying and modernising the tax system’,” he added.
Other advisers pointed to the potential consequences for people saving towards specific financial goals.
“The proposals also fail to recognise that holding cash temporarily can be a sensible part of financial planning, particularly when investors are approaching major life events, such as a new property purchase, and are looking to reduce risk,” said Jennifer Crichton, senior wealth planner at Killik & Co.
Nouran Moustafa, an independent financial adviser at Roxton Wealth, added that another big concern was “the proposed ban on moving money from a stocks-and-shares First Time Buyer ISA into cash close to purchase.
“Buyers need to de-risk when exchange is approaching, not gamble with their deposit. Simpler is good. Simpler but rigid is not,” she said.
Michelle Holgate, director and wealth manager at RBC Brewin Dolphin, similarly warned that restrictions on transferring funds from Stocks and Shares ISAs into cash could limit flexibility for savers whose circumstances change.
Taken together, the reaction from across the industry suggests broad support for the government’s ambition to encourage greater participation in investing, but deep scepticism about whether taxing cash held within ISAs is the right way to achieve it.
For critics, the risk is that a policy designed to modernise the ISA system ends up making it more complicated, less flexible and ultimately less attractive to the very savers ministers are hoping to persuade.
As HMT spokesperson said: “Parking cash long term in a non-cash ISA to earn tax-free interest isn’t investing. These changes will push more people towards investments that actually grow their money, and industry leaders including Nationwide and the Building Societies Association back us on this.
“Savers can still hold up to £12,000 in a Cash ISA, and those 65 and over keep the full £20,000 allowance.”
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Piyush Goyal on Friday urged Indian and British businesses to look beyond incremental gains from the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), saying the pact should become a catalyst for “transformational growth” when it comes into force on July 15.
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged Indian and British businesses to look beyond incremental gains from the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), saying the pact should become a catalyst for “transformational growth” when it comes into force on July 15, TI reported.Goyal, who is on a three-day visit to the UK to review preparations for implementing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), interacted with business leaders at a plenary organised by the High Commission of India in London.“Transformational growth and entry into hitherto uncharted territory should also be a prime focus of this team (of businesses), and the message you take back home, and the message my British brothers and sisters in this room take to your companies and your colleagues here is going to be very important,” PTI quoted Piyush Goyal as saying.He said businesses from both countries should actively explore partnerships to maximise opportunities created by the trade pact.“Collaborations, cooperations, partnerships will be, in my humble opinion, the right way to come in quickly for both British businesses and Indian businesses.”“It will wedge your way faster; not compulsory, of course, your choice. If you are confident, you can do it on your own, that’s great. But that could also be one pathway which will make your journey faster.”Goyal said India should not limit its ambitions to the pace at which global trade traditionally grows.“International trade normally grows at 4 to 6 or 5 per cent. If that is the level of ambition that we will keep as a nation, it will be completely a betrayal of the trust that the world has on us today… the world’s trust that India can deliver, that India must deliver,” he said.
DCC to benefit temporary workers
Highlighting the Double Contribution Convention (DCC), which also comes into force on July 15 alongside the FTA, Goyal said it would benefit professionals on temporary assignments of up to five years in either country.“Indians who come to work here on temporary work permits up to five years can save 25 per cent straight into their savings. (Currently) 12.5 per cent that the employee used to pay, 12.5 per cent that the company used to pay was otherwise just going lost. It can now be paid into your Provident Fund account in India, and of course it earns 8.25 per cent interest tax free; not a bad return on sales and also provides for your family’s social security,” he said.The minister reiterated that the CETA extends well beyond tariff reductions and rules of origin, describing it as a comprehensive framework to deepen a bilateral economic partnership currently valued at around £48 billion annually.
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During the event, Goyal also praised Indian ratings agency CareEdge, while criticising global rating agencies for their assessment of India.“So far, we only had Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor, and I can say on record that they have been unfair to India. They have not recognised the India growth story, the strong India fundamentals, and the Indian capability and future, and captured it as much as a rating agency should have done. I will not cast any motives to it, but I do express surprise.”“I think what CareEdge has done is do their job extremely objectively. They have assessed much weaker economies than India, with absolutely no future, to whom other agencies have given better ratings than India, for reasons best known to them,” he added.
Tourism, SMEs and trade
Pitching India as a global tourism destination, Goyal said the government was willing to support public-private partnerships to attract more international visitors.“We really need to work on boosting numbers. And, on how we can attract high-value tourism… getting board meetings (of global companies) to see the evolution of India. Seeing is believing,” he said.He also encouraged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to participate in overseas trade delegations, noting that the government plans to organise 500 such initiatives for Indian businesses across the world.Earlier in the day, Goyal said he had “meaningful discussions” with UK Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle to review progress on expanding bilateral economic ties.“The conversation reflected the warmth, trust and forward-looking vision that continue to define our bilateral partnership… we remain committed to fostering an ecosystem that promotes innovation, investment, and holistic growth for both nations,” he said.
The RAC says it now costs £83.59 to fill up a 55-litre family car with petrol and £92.75 for diesel, However, this is still £10.50 and £14.40 respectively more than it did at the end of February before the conflict began.
The RAC’s head of policy, Simon Williams, said: “Fuel prices are falling steadily in reaction to the drop in the price of oil and wholesale petrol and diesel costs which is good news for drivers who’ve had a torrid time at the pumps this year.
“But our analysis of wholesale data shows the reduction should be faster and greater, particularly for diesel. Drivers really ought to see average prices of below 150p for unleaded and below 160p for diesel in the next week or so.”
Despite the conflict, petrol and diesel prices remained below the levels reached in the summer of 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when petrol reached 191.5p a litre and diesel hit 199p.
Because transporting oil is a slow process, price movements in the wholesale markets take about a fortnight to show at the pump.
Fuel retailers have denied accusations of price gouging during the conflict. The official markets regulator said it had “not seen evidence of retailers actively changing their pricing strategies to take advantage of the crisis”.
