56 minutes ago Unai Emery issues warning to Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins: "They have to accept that"

Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins has not yet matched his efforts from last season, despite England success, and has competition from Jhon Duran for his position up front at Villa Park

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60 minutes ago Murder arrest after man dies and another critically injured in Birmingham shooting

One man, in his 20s, was found in a car but was pronounced dead at the scene, West Midlands Police said.

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73 minutes ago Islamic State is primed to be thorn in the side of incoming Trump administration

The terrorist group has been looking to be active this holiday season, with online chatter about attacks increasingAmid a presidential campaign with foreign policy discussions more focused on the wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, the Islamic State stayed under the radar while calling on supporters and operatives to attack Americans on election day.The FBI thwarted a serious plot in Oklahoma City only weeks before the vote, prompting a similar public reaction to news involving the terror group that has become customary of late: is the Islamic State a renewed threat? Continue reading...

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74 minutes ago ‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown

We are used to seasonal droughts in the Karoo. But this did not stop. This is Sybil’s storyLocation Sutherland, South AfricaDisaster Southern Africa drought, 2015-2023Isabella Visagie, known to everyone in her life as Sybil, is a 57-year-old sheep farmer, wife and mother from the Karoo, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. In 2015 a drought began that would bring the community in which she lived to its knees. The province has been locked in a drought since then. The climate crisis intensified flash droughts across southern Africa in 2015-16, increased the probability of the 2015-17 drought in the south-west of neighbouring Western Cape, and is increasing temperatures in the Northern Cape, as well as decreasing rainfall in parts of that province. Continue reading...

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74 minutes ago Primark encourages customers to spread festive cheer with Bring the Joy campaign

The UK's favourite fashion retailer, Primark is donating £250,000 worth of Christmas packs to local charities to make sure people don't go without this festive season

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79 minutes ago Tim Robbins: ‘You’re telling me Netflix is the future of cinema? We’re in big trouble’

With Silo, the actor – known for his strong political stances – is still choosing roles he truly believes in that echo real life. But he’s now concerned about the wider future of his own industry, tooBefore I speak to Tim Robbins, the publicist for the series that he’s promoting, Apple TV+’s dystopian drama Silo, politely requests that our conversation sticks to the show and his wider career. No politics please. It’s a brave attempt at reputation management, and also a completely doomed one. Because, well this is Tim Robbins! Has there ever been a Hollywood star more associated with the free mixing of performance and politics?This is the man, after all, who was banned, along with his then partner Susan Sarandon, from presenting at the Oscars after using their hosting stint at the 1993 c...

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80 minutes ago Kremlin warns 'a collision between the nuclear powers' is imminent now the West is firing missiles into Russia in latest threat of WW3

Russia suggested this week it was 'entitled' to fire upon 'the military targets of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities' in a threat to the West

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1 hour ago Storm Bert strikes: Passengers 'stranded on flight for hours' when airports close and travel chaos hits with blizzards bringing up to 16 inches of snow as Met Office map shows worst

Holidaymakers have shared images showing snow-covered runways at both Newcastle and Yorkshire airport, with some even claiming there are 'seven hour delays'.

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1 hour ago Ianis Hagi needs a Rangers manager who loves him as dad Gheorghe calls on Philippe Clement yet again

Hagi has barely featured for Gers this season after being reintroduced to the first team following a contract dispute last month

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2 hours 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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