45 minutes ago Mark Cuban uses Elon Musk’s own AI chatbot to shoot down his praise of far

Musk said that ‘only the AfD can save Germany’ in a post on X on Friday night that provoked widespread backlash from politicians at home and overseas

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71 minutes ago The Don, London: ‘The expectation was for something warmer’ – restaurant review

The menu here was overseen by Rowley Leigh, but his generous touch in the kitchen is missingThe Don, 20 St Swithin’s Lane, London EC4N 8AD. Starters £14.50–£19.50, mains £22.50–£47.50, desserts £11.50–£12.50, wines from £35The Don in London’s Square Mile is a chilly restaurant. It’s not simply that on this grey November lunchtime, the vent to our left is pumping frigid air into the room, as if they failed to notice the clocks went back weeks ago. It’s also the hard-lined space with the slab-like picture windows looking out on to St Swithin’s Lane. It’s the parquet and the bright lights, the hefty chairs upholstered in a frosty shade of cadet blue, and the desperate attempt to soften everything with a large fern imprint on a taupe wall. The tables are set just far enough apart so diners can plot against their rivals and mutter “your shout or mine” at each other without being overheard. It feels like an overworked TV production designer’s idea of a City restaurant, from which at any m...

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2 hours ago ‘She should have a bit of me’: the Dutch mothers fighting for their children to carry their surname

Women are challenging the law that prevents them giving their kids both family names without father’s consentWhen 43-year-old Rebecca Lee took her birth mother’s Korean surname, it was a revelation. “I was adopted and got a Dutch name but I never felt completely Dutch,” she says. “When, a few years ago, I first went to Korea, things fell into place. You don’t just go ‘one, two, three’ and change your name, but now I feel more whole.”The entrepreneur from Groningen split from her husband and wants to give her five-year-old daughter “Lee” as part of a double-barrelled surname – but she cannot, under a Dutch law that some women, a leftwing MP and legal experts believe is unfair. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Exclusive: photographs reveal first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon community

Automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest show images of the Massaco people, who are flourishing despite environmental threatsRead more on this story: New images show Brazil’s uncontacted people are thriving – but with success comes a new threatRemarkable images taken by automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest reveal an isolated community that appears to be thriving despite pressure from ranchers and illegal encroachment into the Amazon.The pictures, of a group of men, offer the outside world its first glimpse of the community – and give further evidence the population is growing. The group is known as the Massaco after the river that runs through their lands, but no one knows what they call themselves, while their language, social fabric and beliefs remain a mystery. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Cardiff Bay is going to change beyond recognition over the next few years

Cardiff Bay as we know it could look completely different in the coming years

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5 hours ago You're a genius if you spot the inaccuracy in this picture in 8 seconds

Discover whether you're a modern day Albert Einstein with this deceptively difficult brainteaser that you need to solve in just eight seconds or less. And no, we can't give away any clues on this one

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7 hours ago Proud Prince William and Princess Kate pictured beside all three children at Christmas concert

The royals were joined at Westminster Abbey by 1600 guests including celebrities GMB’s Ben Shephard, actress Giovanna Fletcher, singer Mollie King and cricketer Stuart Broad

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8 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood apologises for accidental insult which left him 'speechless'

Strictly Come Dancing: 20 Fabulous Years looked back at the most memorable moments from the past two decades - and one involving Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood had viewers in stitches.

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8 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood 'very sorry' for five

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left in hysterics this evening as they watched a throwback clip of Craig Revel Horwood being left "speechless" after making a blunder.

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9 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood apologises to Anton Du Beke for 'embarrassing' blunder five years ago

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left in hysterics as they took a look back at a blunder that Craig Revel Horwood made following a performance from fellow judge Anton Du Beke.

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