12 h. ago Gabby Logan's daughter leaves people in tears after Terry Yorath made request before death

Wales and Leeds United legend Yorath was laid to rest on Monday after passing away earlier this month

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23 h. ago ‘For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy’: Salman Rushdie talks recovery and resilience at Sundance

Sundance film festival: a new documentary explores the author’s physical and spiritual healing from the 2022 knife attack that almost killed himOn 12 August 2022, as Salman Rushdie was about to launch into a lecture on the importance of protecting writers from harm at New York’s Chautauqua Institution, a man in a black mask rushed the stage with a knife. To the horror of the packed amphitheater, the man stabbed the Indian-born British-American author – once the subject of an infamous fatwa from the leader of Iran in the 1980s – 15 times in the face, neck and torso, before members of the audience rushed the stage and disarmed him. Rushdie survived, narrowly; the stabbing left him on a ventilator, severed tendons in his left hand, and cost him his right eye.A full recreation of that attack from Rushdie’s perspective — 27 seconds of struggle, the mysterious man’s face, several sickening punches of blade — opens a new documentary on Rushdie’s recovery and resilience, which drew a standi...

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30 h. ago US winter storm leaves seven people dead as more than 1 million lose power

Snow, sleet and perilously cold temperatures sweep eastern two-thirds of country as thousands of flights groundedSnowstorms strike the US: in picturesAt least seven people are dead as the result of a monster winter storm in the US that has brought heavy snowfall and ice from the Gulf coast to the north-east, leaving more than one million in the south without power and cancelling more than 10,000 flights.The Louisiana department of health confirmed two deaths related to the winter storm in Caddo parish. According to the agency, two men of unknown ages died of hypothermia. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago US winter storm leaves seven people dead as more than 700,000 lose power

Snow, sleet and perilously cold temperatures sweep eastern two-thirds of country as thousands of flights groundedSnowstorms strike the US: in picturesAt least seven people are dead as the result of a monster winter storm that has brought heavy snowfall and ice from the Gulf coast to the north-east, leaving more than 700,000 in the US without power and cancelling more than 10,000 flights.The Louisiana department of health confirmed two deaths related to the winter storm in Caddo parish. According to the agency, two men of unknown ages died of hypothermia. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Protesters petrol bomb Albanian PM's office as several police officers are injured

Several police officers have been injured after protestors used petrol bombs

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61 h. ago They survived conquistadors and settlers. Now the Arhuaco are facing an even greater threat

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’Around a fire in a ceremonial hut in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the Arhuaco people make a pledge. Tying traditional cotton threads around their wrists, they promise to guard the land beneath them – and then they ask for protection.“Our culture has been preserved for thousands of years,” says Ati Quigua, an Indigenous leader. “We are a peaceful community, but now violence is coming to our land.” Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Scotland issued 11 flood warnings after heavy rainfall leaves people trapped in cars

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) had 11 flood warnings and four flood alerts active as of this morning.

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64 h. ago China probes last two military leaders to have survived previous purges

Investigation leaves Xi Jinping in sole operational control of the People’s Liberation Army

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65 h. ago A landslide on Indonesia's Java island kills at least 8 people and leaves more than 80 missing

A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed at least eight people and left more than 80 missing

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3 d. ago Bus stop horror as man kills 'heart of family' gran after stabbing her 18 times

Jala Debella, 24, attacked medical secretary Anita Mukhey, 66, stabbing her 18 times in before "casually" walking away

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3 d. ago Gran stabbed 18 times at London bus stop in horror attack by 'gore video fanatic'

Jala Debella, 24, repeatedly stabbed 66-year-old Anita Mukhey with a hunting knife while she waited for a bus in north London before 'casually walking away,' the Old Bailey heard

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3 d. ago Weather tracker: Record snowfall in eastern Russia leaves people stranded

Town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky gets 1.8 metres of snow in places, burying cars and cutting off roads and buildingsA record-breaking snowfall event unfolded in far eastern Russia last week when the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located on the Kamchatka peninsula’s east coast, received more than 1.8 metres (6 feet) of lying snow in places.Strong winds accompanying the snowfall caused extreme drifting of more than 3 metres against buildings and cars. Two key ingredients combined to cause such an extreme snowfall event. Strong Pacific low pressures dragged moist air from the tropics northwards, which clashed with cold Arctic air already over the region. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago BREAKING: People urged to 'leave Kyiv' over mass outages after attacks as situation 'may worsen'

Kyiv's mayor has urged residents of the Ukrainian capital to leave the city, warning that the "extremely difficult situation" may worsen - this is a breaking story

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3 d. ago Klitschko urges people 'to leave Kyiv' after recent Russian attacks as 'it can get worse'

Former world champion boxer and current Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko has said he is 'does not reject the option' of people leaving the Ukrainian capital after Russia's attacks have caused chaos on the city's infrastructure

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3 d. ago Mass stabbing in Antwerp where six are wounded including two now fighting for life as Kurdish protest is attacked

The attack unfolded near the busy square of Operaplein at around 7.20pm on Thursday evening.

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3 d. ago Manhunt for alleged gunman after three shot dead as police confirm links to pregnant woman killed

Police are frantically searching for Julian Ingram as local residents are told not to leave houses following a shooting that killed three people in a small town

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4 d. ago Antwerp mass stabbing horror leaves six people injured as police swarm

The attack took place in Antwerp, Belgium, during a Kurdish demonstration near the busy square of Operaplein - police say they have since arrested two suspects

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4 d. ago Antwerp mass stabbing with 6 casualties as victims left fighting for their lives

Two suspects have been arrested following the attack which has left six people injured in Antwerp, Belgium - with two victims in a critical condition in hospital

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4 d. ago Bootle 'axe attack' horror with 'blood everywhere' as police hunt suspects

Emergency services rushed to a shopping centre in Bootle, Liverpool, tonight with a police cordon now in place after a man suffered injuries to his head and face from a 'bladed weapon'

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4 d. ago Dog walker stabbed 76 times as family slams 'horror film' failures

Roger Leadbeater, 74, was walking his dog when he was killed by a woman who had absconded from a mental health ward two days earlier

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