52 minutes ago Flash floods in Britain: The moment raging floodwaters envelop a town in seconds as Storm Bert causes travel chaos and death toll rises to five

Storm Bert has killed five people while causing havoc across the UK amid major flooding following 82mph winds, heavy snow and close to a month's worth of rain.

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58 minutes ago Jaguar's director for woke hypocrisy! He's been accused of destroying one of Britain's most iconic brands in all

A social media photo shared by the executive's husband shows the iconic vehicle - which costs up to £150,000 new - parked on the drive of their £925,000 house in Milton Keynes.

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79 minutes ago Who is really escalating the war in Ukraine? It certainly isn’t the west | James Nixey

The policy of the US and Europe remains the same: drip-feeding resources while never giving Ukraine the chance to push Russia outJames Nixey leads the Russia-Eurasia programme at Chatham HouseEven for a country that has been at war for more than 1,000 days, the past month has been rough for Ukraine: its nemesis, Russia, has acquired 11,000 troops from North Korea and mercenaries from Yemen to assist in its project to delete Ukraine. Russia has also pulverised Ukraine’s energy grid with renewed ferocity as temperatures fall below freezing and fired off experimental intermediate-range weaponry, and it continues to make gains in the east. As if that weren’t enough, Russia’s preferred candidate has been elected as the American president, promising to end the war in “24 hours” – and not in U...

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79 minutes ago The surreal deal: the exhibitions celebrating the revolutionary, illogical art of the absurd

Rising as a rebuttal to fascism, sexism and war in the 1920s and 30s, surrealism was a response to ‘a world gone mad’. As the movement marks its centenary, two new shows are celebrating its past and futureOne hundred years ago last month, the 28-year-old poet André Breton penned the Surrealist Manifesto, shucking off “the reign of logic”, calling out “the pretence of civilisation and progress” and heralding “the omnipotence of dream”. Breton wanted nothing less than a new reality – one that might overturn a world shaped by religion, schools and governments – by seeking truths within the self: “The future resolution of these two states, dream and reality [ ] into a kind of absolute reality, a surreality.” To create it, he and his evolving gang of Parisian writers and artists turned to th...

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79 minutes ago Royal Mail shares address and final date to receive free letter from Santa

Every year, many kids write out their letter to Santa to give him requests for what they want him to bring down the chimney. To keep the magic alive for your kids though, it's important not to miss the deadline

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80 minutes ago Father of former British soldier captured in Russia fears son will be tortured

Scott Anderson said he and other family members had tried to convince the 22-year-old not to fight for Ukraine

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2 hours ago If I start taking my NHS pension at 60 will it affect Universal Credit payments? STEVE WEBB replies

I will be 60 in a few months, and I'm living just on Carer's Allowance and Universal Credit, which I've been receiving for a few years while caring for a family member.

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2 hours ago Palestinian artists plan Gaza Biennale as ‘act of resistance and survival’

Project involves showing work in Gaza but also sending works across Israeli siege lines for exhibiting worldwidePalestinian artists in Gaza plan to stage a “biennale” exhibition as an act of defiance against Israel’s military onslaught and to focus attention on the plight of the territory’s 2.3 million people under more than 13 months of bombardment.About 50 artists from Gaza will exhibit their work within the besieged coastal strip, and are looking for art galleries to host exhibitions overseas. But in order to hold their work to the eyes of the rest of the world, the artists are facing a unique challenge: how to get their art across Israeli siege lines. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Multilateralism faces a toxic brew of debt, climate crisis and war. It’s time for a reboot | Mo Ibrahim

The stakes are high for donors at next month’s IDA summit in Seoul, but not investing in development means more instability globallyMultilateralism is under attack. A toxic brew of multiplying conflicts, worsening climate impact, new pandemics and spiralling debt has brought the system to its knees, appearing almost incapable of properly addressing these converging crises. Adding the unknowns of a Trump administration into the mix will do little to allay concerns.My own critiques of the current multilateral system are well documented, but I do not subscribe to the view that it has no future. What’s needed is a total reboot. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Peter Andre shares 'pain' over brother's heartbreaking cancer death with tear

EXCLUSIVE: In his weekly column, Peter Andre has opened up on his brother's heartbreaking death, his family’s Christmas plans and reminisces on memories of I’m A Celebrity

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