8 hours ago Release of Meghan Markle’s Netflix show postponed due to Los Angeles wildfires

Wildfires have killed at least 16 people in Los Angeles.

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6 hours ago California fires live: LA fire chief says ‘we are ready’ ahead of ‘critical fire weather’ and heavy winds forecast

At least 16 people have been killed so far as death toll expected to rise, Los Angeles county sheriff says Full story: stronger winds threaten further destruction, officials warnPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsA video shows a fire tornado spotted in the Palisades blaze:As is noted in our news report on the California wildfires, at least 20 arrests have been made for looting. Officials have imposed a mandatory curfew in evacuation zones as well as in the city of Santa Monica, which is next to Pacific Palisades. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Football stadiums that never were including stunning Liverpool and Chelsea concept designs

These stunning grounds unfortunately never saw the light of day, including a strange Liverpool and Everton hybrid stadium, and Chelsea’s grand Battersea Power Station design

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2 hours ago Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 24 people

The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday

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11 hours ago The Guardian view on capital punishment: an upsurge in executions should concern us all | Editorial

The vast majority of countries have outlawed the death penalty. Yet the annual toll is growing – and Donald Trump wants to increase its useThe good news: Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to be declared, the decision is another welcome step in the global journey towards abolition: 113 states have now banned executions.The bad news is that fewer countries have been killing more people in the last few years. Last May, Amnesty International recorded 1,153 executions in 2023, a 31% increase from the previous year and the highest level for almost a decade. (The figure is an underestimate since countries including China, believed to be the world’s largest executioner, do not publish data on the death penalty.) There was no letup in 2024. Iran reportedly executed more than 900 people. Saudi Arabia is believed to have killed another 330, compared with 172 in...

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9 hours ago California fires live: Governor Newsom suspends environmental laws to allow rebuilding in fire zones

At least 16 people have been killed so far as death toll expected to rise, Los Angeles county sheriff says Full story: stronger winds threaten further destruction, officials warnPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsA video shows a fire tornado spotted in the Palisades blaze:As is noted in our news report on the California wildfires, at least 20 arrests have been made for looting. Officials have imposed a mandatory curfew in evacuation zones as well as in the city of Santa Monica, which is next to Pacific Palisades. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Descendants of Jack the Ripper's victims want new inquest after DNA breakthrough on killer's identity

It is a mystery which has endured for more than 130 years. Now the descendants of Jack the Ripper's victims hope to finally establish the truth.

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11 hours ago No Trousers Tube Ride returns in colourful fashion on London Underground

People stripped down to their underwear and hopped on the Tube on Sunday afternoon.

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14 hours ago LA cops rush to 'burglary' at Kamala Harris' Brentwood home as fires spark looting chaos: Live updates

DAILY MAIL LIVE BLOG: The wildfires ravaging California have killed at least 16 people and destroyed over 10,000 structures.

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3 hours ago Iran confirms man 'who provided material used in a drone attack to kill three US soldiers' who was detained in Italy has returned home: 'Swap deal' comes as Italian journalist is freed

Mohammad Abedini, 38, was arrested on an US warrant on December 16 over allegations he had supplied the sophisticated drone navigation technology used in the lethal attack.

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13 hours ago Ukraine’s capture of North Koreans offers rare insight into Russian alliance, says Zelenskyy

Kyiv keen to emphasise that Ukraine is fighting an unprecedented coalition of malign autocratic statesUkraine’s capture of two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield has provided a rare glimpse into their role and Pyongyang’s participation in the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.The two soldiers were taken prisoner in Kursk oblast, the scene of intense fighting since Ukraine launched a cross-border raid five months ago. Video showed special forces soldiers carrying one of the wounded North Koreans across a snowy forest. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Chuck D pleads for people to stop using Public Enemy’s Burn Hollywood Burn on videos of LA fires

The 1990 protest track ‘has nothing to do with families losing everything they have’ says the rapper, hitting out at TikTok and Instagram videosFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPublic Enemy’s Chuck D has asked people to stop using the rap group’s song Burn Hollywood Burn as a soundtrack on videos of the California wildfires, saying it has “nothing to do with families losing everything they have”.The rapper issued the statement on the weekend in response to several videos uploaded to TikTok and Instagram that use the 1990 Public Enemy song over footage of the wildfires, which have killed at least 24 people, destroyed more than 12,300 buildings and displaced more than 200,000 people so far.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Inside Love Island Scott Thomas’ love affair with Kady McDermott as he returns to villa

Scott Thomas and Kady McDermott got together after meeting on the second series of Love Island back in 2016, and fans will recall their explosive relationship.

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3 hours ago I'm the TV fitness guru accused trying to KILL my allergic boss with a deliberately planted chocolate bar... I've been cut off by friends but I will rebuild my life

EXCLUSIVE: Friends of Jody Bunting were urged to 'cut him off' after the fitness guru was accused trying to murder his allergic boss with chocolate.

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18 hours ago Dream journey: a nostalgic trip aboard the sleeper train from Amsterdam to Berlin

Taking the overnight train between the capital cities and on to Dresden is all about slow travel and the romance of life on the trackOn the evening of our overnight train journey from Amsterdam to Berlin and on to Dresden aboard the European Sleeper, we enjoy a restorative plate of oysters and steak tartare on the decks of Amsterdam’s BrasserieMarie overlooking the Amstel. Then, after a nightcap in the adjoining Freddy’s Bar, a legendary spot in the Hotel De L’Europe, we make the short stroll to Amsterdam Centraal Station for the so-called Good Night Train.At 22.20 we board the train to Berlin, the bunks are swiftly made up and the blinds part pulled down for sleep. You can open the window for fresh air, brush your teeth in your own basin and there is crisp, clean linen. This slow journey is all about the romance of life on the track – and, for me, a lingering nostalgia. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 16 people

The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday

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19 hours ago Welcome to hell! The 5 locations around the globe that scientists believe could be the gates to the underworld

From the nightmarish location that inspired Jesus' account of hell to the cave that mysteriously kills anyone who enters, these locations are as close to hell on Earth as you can get.

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4 hours ago Schoolboy, eight, among the dead after landslide sweeps through Brazil

Rescue services in the Minas Gerais state said Sunday that nine people died in the city of Ipatinga, where 3.1 inches of rain fell in the space of one hour on Saturday night.

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21 hours ago Britain is a weak link in Donald Trump’s new world order, so it needs to find friends fast | Will Hutton

Amid deepening debt and an onslaught by the president-elect, Labour must calm the markets, then think big economicallyIt’s certainly not 2008, nor even Truss 2022, but the men and women who move the financial markets are suddenly darkly pessimistic. Some of the private emails and WhatsApp messages circulating last week matched any efforts by Cassandra. The mood has turned against Britain.It is not one single thing, but a toxic mix. There is the prospect of a long period of stagflation, the consequence, as even the markets recognise, of 14 years of epic misgovernment. The problem now is partly that Labour does not have a plausible growth story, partly that the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is painted as having an economic tin ear that douses capitalist animal spirits, and partly because Trump’s arrival has exposed just how dependent an indebted, economically wounded Britain is on the kindness of strangers. It’s not yet a crisis – the stock market has held up – but without some skilful e...

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6 hours ago Paul Hogan's troubled son Chance sparks major concern as he posts video of himself drinking wine and slurring his words while pleading for someone to 'please kill me'

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan's troubled son Chance has sparked major concerns online as he drunkenly begs someone to 'please kill me'.

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7 hours ago Avalanche horror as three skiers die after being dragged several hundred metres

An avalanche hit a group of five skiers today in Italy, killing three of them.

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7 hours ago Pedestrian tragically killed after horrific lorry crash on M6 sparks huge emergency response

The fatal incident closed the motorway near Wigan on Sunday (January 12)

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8 hours ago Hackney shooting: Two men left with gunshot wounds and one stabbed as attackers on the run

Police are investigating a shooting in Hackney, where two men were found with gunshot wounds and where another was stabbed, with the attackers believed to still be on the run

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8 hours ago Iran confirms man 'who provided material used in a drone attack to kill three US soldiers' who was detained in Italy has returned home: 'Swap deal' comes as Italian journalist is free

Mohammad Abedini, 38, was arrested on an US warrant on December 16 over allegations he had supplied the sophisticated drone navigation technology used in the lethal attack.

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9 hours ago Italy avalanche horror as three skiers die after being dragged several hundred metres in Piedmont

Five skiers were hit by a sudden avalanche in Italy's northern Piedmont region, with three killed and the remaining two severely injured - We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story

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10 hours ago Pictured: 'Amazing' man, 35, killed when he was hit by a car in the early hours of the morning

Alex Connor, 35, was killed in a road traffic collision on the Upper Gransha Road, Bangor, Co Down, on January 11.

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11 hours ago Northern Irish nun killed in Ecuador earthquake takes step towards sainthood

Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to MadridA nun from Northern Ireland who was killed in an earthquake while she was teaching music in Ecuador has taken a step closer to sainthood.A ceremony on Sunday afternoon started the process of beatification for Clare Crockett, who died in the Portoviejo, Ecuador during an earthquake in April 2016. The 33-year-old had been working in the country as part of her work as a nun, which had also taken in placements in Spain and the US. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago California fires live: Los Angeles prepared for severe winds expected in coming days, mayor says

At least 16 people have been killed so far as death toll expected to rise, Los Angeles county sheriff says Full story: stronger winds threaten further destruction, officials warnPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsA video shows a fire tornado spotted in the Palisades blaze:As is noted in our news report on the California wildfires, at least 20 arrests have been made for looting. Officials have imposed a mandatory curfew in evacuation zones as well as in the city of Santa Monica, which is next to Pacific Palisades. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago California fires live: Los Angeles mayor says city prepared for severe winds expected in coming days

At least 16 people have been killed so far as Los Angeles county sheriff says death toll expected to riseInternational crews arrive to battle raging wildfires as evacuations spreadPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsA video shows a fire tornado spotted in the Palisades blaze:As is noted in our news report on the California wildfires, at least 20 arrests have been made for looting. Officials have imposed a mandatory curfew in evacuation zones as well as in the city of Santa Monica, which is next to Pacific Palisades. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Three teens are charged with murder after Thomas Taylor, 17, stabbed to death near Bedford bus station

Three teenagers have been charged with murder following the death of Thomas Taylor, 17, who was stabbed near a bus station in Bedford.

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13 hours ago Thomas Taylor: Three teenagers charged with murder after boy, 17, stabbed near bus station

Three teenagers charged as detectives make further arrests in connection with Thomas Taylor’s death

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