44 minutes ago Britain to hold urgent Nato talks as Putin vows more hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a ‘serious’ response from the West after Russia deployed its new Oreshnik weaponry

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53 minutes ago India reap the rewards of patience after Australia hit the brakes | Geoff Lemon

Visitors ease away to a commanding lead as Australia fade to the point of missing small moments on day two of the first Test in PerthImagine you’re doing the Keanu Reeves bit in Speed. You’re on a bus that can’t drop below 50 miles an hour or it will explode. It’s high-octane stuff, even if the bus is running on diesel. You have to avoid collisions, do sick jumps, kindle a romance with Sandra Bullock. But then imagine there’s a change in script. Dennis Hopper rings up with a different idea. Now, the bus has a maximum speed. And that speed is 10 miles an hour. Chill.It was this sort of change that came over the first Test between Australia and India on its second day. On the first day, Australia had taken all 10 India wickets for 150, then lost seven of their own by stumps for 67. But af...

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1 hour ago Fundraiser launched after death of 'angel' East Kilbride woman found dead in flat

Tragic Phoenix Spencer-Horn was found dead at a property in Glen Lee, St Leonards, earlier this week.

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1 hour ago What is the International Criminal Court and what does an arrest warrant mean for Israel’s Netanyahu?

Hague prosecutors have accused Israeli and Hamas leaders of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity

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1 hour ago Unseen Barbara Hepworth letters reveal ‘recipes’ for sculptures – and her high standards

A cache of notes that will be auctioned this week include the artist’s instructions to her bronze foundry and show how deeply involved she was with the casting process Barbara Hepworth’s stone and bronze sculptures are recognised around the world for their distinct, curved forms. The oval alabasters and gleaming bronzes, punctured with holes and lozenge-like gaps, were all made in contrasting tones and surfaces, creating a new aesthetic.Now, Hepworth’s unseen letters to the London foundry owner who made many of her bronze pieces offer a revelatory new guide to her work. The bundle of letters and draft sketches, which cover a decade of work and will be sold for the first time this week, also reveal the exacting standards of this pioneering woman, hailed as one of Britain’s most important...

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2 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: As Russia's threats grow more chilling, my three radical steps to make us PUTIN

Even for this government there was something particularly cack-handed about announcing cuts to our defence capabilities on the same day British-made missiles hit Russia.

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2 hours ago Amanda Holden flashes toned midriff in dazzling crop top as she wows on red carpet

Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden strutted her stuff at the Royal Variety Performance, looking exceptional in a glittering mint green-coloured ensemble

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2 hours ago Ronan Farrow on surveillance spyware: ‘It threatens democracy and freedom’

The investigative journalist takes on the shadowy world of invasive surveillance technology in frightening new documentary SurveilledIn 2017, while reporting a story on Harvey Weinstein that would, along with a New York Times report, kick off the #MeToo movement, the investigative journalist Ronan Farrow found himself the target of covert surveillance.The efforts to suppress investigations into Weinstein’s history of sexual abuse, for which the Hollywood mogul paid the Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube, were mostly old-school: front companies and false identities, hired subcontractors staking out buildings or tailing targets, gumshoes eavesdropping on meetings. Black Cube was able to obtain some of Farrow’s geolocation data from his phone, thus tracking his movements, but the...

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2 hours ago Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans• Read about the rise of Japanese fiction in BritainThe City and Its Uncertain Walls is based on a novella you wrote in 1980. Why was it important to give it a new audience now? That work is the only one I’ve ever written that I never allowed to be reprinted in book form. To put it another way, I just wasn’t satisfied with the story. I thought its theme was very important but unfortunately I lacked the writing skills at the time to convey it in the way I’d hoped to. I decided to bide my time, until I’d acquired the necessary skill set as a writer, and only then do a complete rewrite of the story.In the interim, though, I had lots of other work I wanted to undertake and...

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2 hours ago I'm A Celebrity's Tulisa’s sex tape hell with infuriating reason her ex was never prosecuted

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star Tulisa Contostavlos took her ex-boyfriend Justin Edwards to court after a sex tape of the former couple was released

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