27 minutes ago Man United star Bruno Fernandes fires Ruben Amorim clear instruction before first game

Ruben Amorim will take charge for the first time on Sunday afternoon as Manchester United take on newly-promoted Ipswich Town.

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29 minutes ago Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia

Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour It is Friday night on a forested military base in western Finland. A group of women dressed in camouflage with matching purple beanie hats are sat in a dark tent discussing how their perspectives have changed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.“I didn’t think it was a real threat that Russia would attack us,” says Sari, 42, who works in sales and lives in a nearby town. But then, she adds: “They attacked Ukraine. I saw that it is possible that we are next.” Continue reading...

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77 minutes ago Where Storm Bert will strike next: Terrifying weather map issued after killer storm leaves three people dead and kids are saved from landslide as 16 inches of snow and

Eight yellow weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office , covering the entirety of Wales, the south west and the south coast of England.

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1 hour ago The Observer view: ICC’s Israel arrest warrants are a test the world must not fail

International criminal court’s intervention must be supported if global rules-based order is to have a meaningful futureThe decision by the international criminal court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yoav Gallant, Israel’s former defence minister, for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza has huge implications for Israel and Palestine, for international justice and the rules-based global order that the UK and its allies are pledged to uphold. This unprecedented, necessary and impartial supranational attempt to prosecute democratically elected western politicians accused of grievous wrongdoing is a test the international community dare not fail.Netanyahu’s reaction to the charges was to dismiss them as “absurd” and “antisemitic” and the...

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1 hour ago The moment I knew: a huge water balloon hurtled towards me – and he jumped in front of it

In her first year of university Chantelle Van Niekerk didn’t want a relationship. But then she met Rico, her intellectual and emotional equalFind more stories from The moment I knew series hereIt was January 2003 and I was about to start my studies at the University of Johannesburg – and had officially sworn off relationships. I’d had two serious relationships in high school, both with older boys, where I felt I needed to change who I was in order to be with them. I was done trying to please others and saw university as my fresh start to be truly me.The university had a start-of-the-year tradition – the campus residences would create and parade their floats for charity. My group was tasked with folding blommetjies vou (polystyrene-filled cellophane flowers) for our float, which was base...

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2 hours ago Hearts vs Celtic LIVE team news and build up ahead of the Premiership clash

It's the final game of a day dominated by weather-related drama and it's set to be a corker

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2 hours ago Hearts 0 Celtic 0 LIVE goal updates from the Premiership clash at Tynecastle

It's the final game of a day dominated by weather-related drama and it's set to be a corker

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2 hours ago Hearts 0 Celtic 0 LIVE as Tynecastle heat cranked up with Kyogo testing Gordon

It's the final game of a day dominated by weather-related drama and it's set to be a corker

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3 hours ago Vang Vieng methanol poisonings: Laos government breaks silence on party town tourist deaths

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng last week

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