2 hours ago Cristiano Ronaldo and Francis Ngannou share heartfelt moment before PFL fight vs Renan Ferreira

Francis Ngannou made his MMA return and PFL debut against Renan Ferreira after leaving the UFC last year, and even former Man United forward Cristiano Ronaldo attended the event in Riyadh

Politics

2 hours ago Scarce food and stifling homes: sputtering grid pushes Cuba nearer collapse

Three power cuts in a weekend born of state’s penury have caused nationwide struggles and shortagesDusk has become a particularly frenetic time in Havana, as Cuba prepared for a third night potentially without electricity after repeated failed attempts to restart the national grid.Long queues formed for bread in the capital earlier in the day. The previous night, people had emerged from humid homes to search for food, drink, news. “What’s the point of staying at home?” asked Alejandro Hernandez outside a bar in the neighbourhood of Vedado. Continue reading...

Society

3 hours ago Martin Brundle blanked by F1 star on US Grand Prix grid walk who was 'having none of it'

Martin Brundle is famous for his pre-race grid walk and there was another memorable moment before the United States Grand Prix when he tried to speak with Williams driver Franco Colapinto

Politics

3 hours ago Gen Z youngsters like Billie Eilish taking fashion inspo from unlikely Only Fools icon

Gen Z are going mad for knitwear – just like Lennard Pearce's Only Fools and Horses character was known for wearing. Stars like Billie Eilish are big fans too

Politics

4 hours ago The Guardian view on North Koreans in Ukraine: a Russian war is using foreign labour | Editorial

Moscow is relying on soldiers and workers enlisted from abroad to keep its war goingAround 1 million soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war in Ukraine. In addition to the vast Ukrainian civilian and military toll, average Russian casualties reportedly rose to a new height of more than 1,200 soldiers a day in September. Russia has four times as many men, but a war described by its own fighters as a “meat grinder” is rapidly diminishing the ranks, and using conscripts has a political cost. On some estimates, seven times more Russian soldiers have died since the invasion than Soviet troops died in Afghanistan in a decade.Valerii Zaluzhnyi, formerly Ukraine’s commander in chief and now its ambassador to the UK, remarked recently that in war “the only thing that...

Events

5 hours ago Russia only country waging war in Europe, says Healey, after ‘proxy war’ claim

The Defence Secretary rejected the Russian ambassador’s claim the UK was waging a ‘proxy war’ against Moscow in Ukraine.

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6 hours ago Police probe two staff members at Liam Payne's Buenos Aires hotel for supplying the star with drugs hidden inside a soap bar box

Staff at the Buenos Aires hotel where Liam Payne, 31, fell to his death are being investigated for supplying the star with hard drugs in the days leading up to the tragedy.

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6 hours ago Rick Astley breaks down on stage as he opens up about 'traumatic' childhood

Rick Astley was performing at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool when he became visibly emotional as he spoke about the traumas of his childhood and the moment that changed everything

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6 hours ago Jeremy Clarkson opens up on terrifying moment doctors said he could be 'days' from death

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was told he was just "days away from death" after he was rushed to hospital when he felt "clammy" and had a "tightness in his chest"

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