2 hours ago 2024 was a year of triumphs and setbacks for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Here's how it unfolded

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine

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12 hours ago Beaches, beer and a rare suspended lake why can’t Nigeria attract more tourists?

Visitor numbers to the African country lag far behind its neighbours due to lack of infrastructure and national planning. Now some are starting to demand changesAt the top of the Ado-Awaye hills lies a lake suspended 433 metres above sea level. Local people say the lake is named Iyake (Yoruba for “crying woman”) after a weeping, barren woman who fell in the water hundreds of years ago, conferring on it powers of fertility.This belief in the divine is evident in the foothills, where a huge boulder is emblazoned with the words, written in golden letters: “Here we come: African Jerusalem.” Continue reading...

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7 hours ago All I want for Christmas is $1.22bn: Mega Millions ticket matches all six numbers

Circle K in Cottonwood, California, where ticket was sold celebrates $1m bonus as winner remains unknownThe new year will ring in brightly for a lucky Mega Millions winner in California: after three months of the top lottery prize rolling over, a ticket worth $1.22bn matched all six numbers in Friday night’s drawing, according to the lottery’s website.The winning ticket was sold at the Circle K in Cottonwood, a rural town of about 6,000 people roughly 145 miles (233km) north of Sacramento just off Interstate 5 in Shasta county. The winning numbers, including the Mega, were 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and 6. Continue reading...

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87 minutes ago How to watch Leicester vs Man City: TV channel and live stream for Premier League game today

Both struggling sides will be desperate to end 2024 on a positive note at the King Power Stadium

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68 minutes ago South Korea plane crash latest: Miracle two survivors pulled out alive after 179 presumed dead

At least 28 people have been killed after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at a South Korean airport.

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5 hours ago INSIDE SHOWBIZ: Why 'uncool' Simon Cowell is defying Liam Payne's grieving bandmates to press on with his televised search for a new One Direction, by KATIE HIND

Liam Payne's membership of One Direction tragically put him on the road to destruction. And it is for that reason that music industry executives had been expecting Simon, 65, to ditch the project.

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6 hours ago Taylor Swift fans spot secret message in Travis Kelce date night outfit

The power couple enjoyed a double date in New York City with music producer Jack Antonoff, whom Taylor often works with, and his wife Margaret Qualley this Friday night.

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13 hours ago Amazon slashes £300 off Samsung cordless vacuum cleaner with 'excellent' power

The Samsung Jet 95 Pro 210W Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner is currently on sale at Amazon for a huge £300 off

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75 minutes ago Plane crash kills 120 in South Korea as Jeju Air flight veers off runway

Preliminary reports suggest the Jeju Air passenger plane’s front landing gear failed to deploy

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13 hours ago Young Outnumbered stars hope show returns after filming Christmas special reunion

Daniel Roche, Tyger Drew-Honey and Ramona Marquez loved reuniting to make this year’s Christmas special, so they’re keen to do more episodes - now they are hoping people power can make it happen

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7 hours ago Election ‘difficult’ for some MPs as Lucy Powell expresses ‘abuse’ concerns

A committee of MPs led by the Speaker has been established to examine threats against MPs and candidates.

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17 hours ago Tom Hardy and Guy Ritchie's luxury cars worth £300k as they drive onto Fixer set

Friends and executive producers of new Paramount+ series Fixer Tom Hardy and Guy Ritchie were seen filming in luxury cars, worth a staggering £300,000 together

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89 minutes ago South Korea plane crash tragedy as 179 people are killed as Jeju Air aircraft explodes at Muan Airport

Fire authorities in South Korea fear all people on board the Boeing 737 bar two have been killed

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15 hours ago Sheffield’s museums show how art comes to life when it is connected to place | Rowan Moore

Institutions in and around the city combine great works with humdrum relics of local life, to fantastic effectI’ve been living partly in Sheffield for the past month or so, which has given me the chance to catch up on some of the great monuments of industry and power in and near the city – the model miners’ village and the fantastical Jacobean castle in Bolsover, the stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse with its battleship-length Palladian facade, the buildings of the subtle modernist Peter Womersley in Huddersfield.Also the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield and the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, both of which combine world-class art with humdrum relics of local life. In one, a large John Singer Sargent portrait of three young Yorkshire women shares the premises with the plastic car roof sign of a 1970s driving school. In the other, there is a gallery full of the illuminated tableaux of science and humanity by Joseph Wright of Derby and another room with a collection of stuffed animals,...

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8 hours ago Extraordinary size and staying power: the unlikely origin of a mighty Australian avocado

A chance planting 30 years ago produced an avocado three times the size of other varieties. From March, Jala trees will be sold nationallyMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThirty years ago, Ken Spackman cut down an avocado tree planted by his father on the family’s Palmwoods property on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. He planted a seed from the tree in a different spot on the farm, with no expectation it would flourish.“That seed did it pretty tough – no water, no fertiliser,” recalls neighbour John Mongan. “But a tree grew from nothing, alone and out of the way, so it must have been lucky.” Continue reading...

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99 minutes ago Cause of South Korea plane crash that killed 179 revealed after thunderous bangs heard

The passenger plane was engulfed in flames after it veered off the runway at Muan International Airport, with the Boeing aircraft carrying 181 people

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9 hours ago Kemi Badenoch's feud with Reform escalates as Tory leader urges GB News boss to cut airtime for rival Nigel Farage after complaining broadcaster was 'offering a haven for my critics'

Sources told The Mail on Sunday that the broadcaster's chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos was called in to Westminster before Christmas for a chat with Mrs Badenoch.

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2 hours ago South Korea plane crash: all except two are presumed dead on Jeju Air flight carrying 181 people, say authorities – live updates

South Korea facing its worst domestic civil aviation disaster after Boeing 737-800 with 175 passengers and six crews skidded off runway and hit wall at Muan airportReport: South Korea plane with 181 onboard veers off runway and hits fenceDozens are feared dead after a plane skidded off the runway while attempting a landing without landing gear at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday morningThe exact casualty figures have not yet been tallied, though authorities are provisionally reporting that 28 people are believed to have died, according to news agency Newsis. Fire officials have warned that given the severe damage to the aircraft, the number of casualties could rise.Jeju Air flight 2216 from Bangkok to Muan was carrying 181 people – 175 passengers and six crew – when it came down, skidded along the runway and hit fencing and a wall around the perimeter before catching fire.Rescues are underway, with two people brought out of the wreckage so far. Emergency services ...

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11 hours ago Putin already plans to 'reject Trump's peace deal proposal as he will not compromise'

Vladimir Putin has already turned down Trump's deal to end the war, saying he will not back down on previous demands which include dismantling the Ukrainian government

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2 hours ago South Korea plane crash latest: All but two presumed dead as airplane carrying 181 crashes at Muan airport

Jeju Air’s passenger plane rams into a concrete wall in South Korea as landing gear fails to deploy

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12 hours ago WHO ‘appalled’ by Israel attack on northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital

Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia was partially destroyed and critical patients are at grave risk, the UN body saysThe World Health Organization says it is “appalled” by an Israeli raid which it said had shut down and partly destroyed the last major hospital still functioning in northern Gaza.Israel’s “systematic dismantling of the health system” combined with a siege of the population in the north of the coastal strip over the past 80 days “puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk”, the WHO said. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia must give clearer explanation of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, Zelenskyy says

Moscow has confirmed its air defences were repelling Ukrainian drones at the time of plane’s flight but has not admitted it shot it down. What we know on day 1,040Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has called on Russia to provide a clearer explanation of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash as he expressed condolences to his Azeri counterpart. “The key priority now is a thorough investigation to provide answers to all questions about what really happened. Russia must provide clear explanations and stop spreading disinformation,” Zelenskyy said on X after the call with Ilham Aliyev. On Friday, the White House spokesperson John Kirby said the US had seen “early indications” that Russia might have been responsible for the crash that killed 38 people. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s leader for what the Kremlin called a “tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace”. Although the Kremlin statement did not say Russia had shot down t...

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12 hours ago Snow way! UK Weather map reveals where snow will fall on New Year's Eve

The weather warning is in place from midnight on Monday to 12am on Wednesday January 1 with those affected warned that it could cause significant disruption including flooding and power cuts.

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3 hours ago At least 62 people killed as plane veers off runway and catches fire at South Korean airport

Jeju Air’s Boeing 737 passenger plane with 180 people on it caught fire at the airport in the South Korean city of Muan

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14 hours ago Heavy snow forecast for parts of the UK as new snow maps reveal January weather patterns

Weather maps show the worst of the snowfall will occur north of the border as chilly flurries dump several cm worth of snow. The HRES model shows between 24cm to 80cm of snow falling in the Highlands and western Scotland on January 6.

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4 hours ago South Korea plane crash horror: 62 dead after aircraft carrying 175 passengers and six crew crashes off runway and erupts into ball of flames

At least 62 people are dead after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at a South Korean airport.

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16 hours ago Snails on ‘edge of extinction’ released into wild after UK breeding success

More than 1,300 pea-sized Desertas Island land snails have been released after a successful breeding programme by Chester Zoo.

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4 hours ago South Korea plane crash: death toll reaches 47 after Jeju Air flight skids off runway at Muan airport – live updates

Authorities warn that provisional death toll could rise after Boeing 737-800 with 175 passengers and six crews hit airport fenceReport: South Korea plane with 181 onboard veers off runway and hits fenceDozens are feared dead after a plane skidded off the runway while attempting a landing without landing gear at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday morningThe exact casualty figures have not yet been tallied, though authorities are provisionally reporting that 28 people are believed to have died, according to news agency Newsis. Fire officials have warned that given the severe damage to the aircraft, the number of casualties could rise.Jeju Air flight 2216 from Bangkok to Muan was carrying 181 people – 175 passengers and six crew – when it came down, skidded along the runway and hit fencing and a wall around the perimeter before catching fire.Rescues are underway, with two people brought out of the wreckage so far. Emergency services are continuing their search operatio...

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16 hours ago North Koreans being used as 'human wave' by Russia and 'their own side finishes wounded off'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed some troubling information in his nightly address to the nation, which claimed a wave of North Korean soldiers are being supposedly sacrificed

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4 hours ago South Korea plane crash horror: 29 dead after aircraft carrying 175 passengers and six crew crashes off runway and erupts into ball of flames

At least 28 people are dead after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at a South Korean airport.

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16 hours ago ‘They’re stuck’: Cape Cod seeing more whale, turtle and dolphin strandings

Changing tides have led to an increase of beached marine life, whom rescuers scramble to save before they dieWhile Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is known as a popular vacation destination in the north-east US, it has built a reputation for an entirely different reason this year: animal strandings.Dolphins, whales, sea lions and turtles are turning up in large numbers on the beaches of the famous peninsula in a phenomenon that has experts scrambling to execute more rescue operations than ever before. The cause? Changing tides. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago At least 28 people killed as plane veers off runway and catches fire at South Korea airport

Jeju Air’s Boeing 737 passenger plane with 180 people on it caught fire at the airport in the South Korean city of Muan

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18 hours ago Man City XI vs Leicester City: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injury latest for Premier League

The champions are counting their wounded

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5 hours ago South Korea plane crash sees 28 people killed as aircraft with 175 passengers explodes in fireball

A flight from Thailand crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Sunday morning, causing a huge fireball and fears of many fatalities

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21 hours ago North London incinerator debate heats up as campaigners urge government to halt £1.5bn project

North London incinerator debate heats up as campaigners urge government to halt £1.5bn project  Harrow Online

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5 hours ago South Korea plane crash leaves 62 dead as aircraft with 175 passengers explodes in fireball

A flight from Thailand crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Sunday morning, causing a huge fireball and fears of many fatalities

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22 hours ago World Darts Championship order of play: full Saturday schedule and start times including Luke Littler

It's Day 11 at Ally Pally as the heat turns up at the Paddy Power World Championships - and we've got all the info you need

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5 hours ago South Korea plane crash leaves 179 people dead after fireball explosion on the runway

A flight from Thailand crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport on Sunday morning, causing a huge fireball and mass casualties

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23 hours ago Princess Charlotte revealed as world's richest child with incredible net worth

Princess Charlotte has a whopping estimated net worth, making her the richest child in the world and beating the likes of superstar children like Blue Ivy Carter and North West

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5 hours ago South Korea plane crash: dozens feared dead after Jeju Air flight skids off runway at Muan airport – live updates

Authorities provisionally reporting 28 dead after Boeing 737-800 with 175 passengers and six crews hits airport fenceReport: South Korea plane with 181 onboard veers off runway and hits fence Dozens are feared dead after a plane skidded off the runway while attempting a landing without landing gear at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday morningThe exact casualty figures have not yet been tallied, though authorities are provisionally reporting that 28 people are believed to have died, according to news agency Newsis. Fire officials have warned that given the severe damage to the aircraft, the number of casualties could rise.Jeju Air flight 2216 from Bangkok to Muan was carrying 181 people – 175 passengers and six crew – when it came down, skidded along the runway and hit fencing and a wall around the perimeter before catching fire.Rescues are underway, with two people brought out of the wreckage so far. Emergency services are continuing their search operation.The Boei...

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23 hours ago Underrated seaside town with huge pier and 'best fish and chips in the UK'

Cromer in North Norfolk was once a retreat for affluent Victorian beach-goers. Today, this delightful seaside town has retained much of its original charm and its world-famous crab is worth the visit alone.

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5 hours ago Plane carrying 175 explodes in huge fireball after smashing into airport wall as multiple killed

A plane carrying 175 passengers has crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Korea, with at least 28 people reported to be dead

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24 hours ago McCarthyism stalked my family. Its paranoia contains a lesson for Trump’s second term | Richard Sennett

Trump’s eerily familiar evocations of the ‘enemy within’ may be harder to shake off than the man who targeted my parentsThe rise of Donald Trump aroused in me an old fear of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Both McCarthy and Trump rose to power as demagogues who fed on the American public’s fear of “enemies within”. My family had cause to fear on the biggest of these counts: my parents were communists from an early age, although they had quit the party in 1939 after Hitler’s pact with Stalin. In the heyday of US power, families such as mine were persecuted for a cause in which they no longer believed. We developed ways to avoid or resist persecution that worked pretty well, and I think these help to illuminate the combat that is to come with Trumpism.Some connections between McCarthy and Trump are straightforward, both having been charismatic performers with a base of willing believers, both exploiting patriotism, both making up “facts” on the spur of the moment. There is a personal bridge ...

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5 hours ago Plane carrying 181 explodes in airport fireball as all bar two presumed dead after smashing into wall

A plane carrying 181 passengers has crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Korea, causing mass fatalities

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24 hours ago Former world’s tallest man calls for more compassion for vulnerable in UK

Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illnessWhen Hussain Bisad first settled in north London as an asylum seeker after fleeing from war in Somalia 23 years ago, he did so in the hope of a new and more settled life. Little did he know that shortly after arriving he would be at the centre of the media spotlight, not for his story of escaping conflict but for something altogether different: his height.Bisad had been in the UK for five months when Guinness World Records measured his height as 2.3 metres (7ft 6.5in), making him then the world’s tallest living man. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago South Korea plane crash: casualties reported after Jeju Air flight veers off runway at Muan airport – live updates

At least 20 casualties reported by Yonhap news agency, after plane with 174 passengers and six crews hits airport fenceReport: South Korea plane with 181 onboard veers off runway and hits fence, local media reportSouth Korean news agency Yonhap is reporting that a bird strike may have affected the plane’s landing gear.Footage circulating online appears to show a Jeju Air plane attempting to land without its landing gear down. The footage has not yet been verified. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago ‘I’ve played for every Spurs boss since Mauricio Pochettino – this is what they’re like'

There have been five permanent Tottenham Hotspur managers since 2019, and one footballer managed to play under all five throughout his time in north London

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5 hours ago South Korea plane crash horror: At least 28 dead after aircraft carrying 175 passengers and six crew crashes off runway and erupts into ball of flames

An aircraft carrying 175 passengers has driven off a runway and crashed into a wall at an airport.

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