11 h. ago Thirty years of devastation on Britain's most eroded coastline: Dramatic aerial footage shows how much of a clifftop Norfolk village has been lost to the North Sea over three decades

Footage taken in 1998 and again this weekend showing the devastation cliff falls have caused, just as the local council demolishes more houses before they plummet over the precipice.

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22 h. ago Aerial footage shows scale of major Australian bush fire at national park

Aerial footage shows the scale of a major Australian bush fire at Wadbilliga National Park on Monday (12 January).

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24 h. ago Seven racehorses die as bushfires destroy 90 per cent of famous racing stables

The Hayes family’s 1,500 acre Lindsay Park property has been left devastated by the blazes that have ravaged a large area of Victoria, Australia

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30 h. ago Bushfires burn 350,000 hectares and leave one person dead as Australia says crisis far from over

Premier says 10 of 30 fires still burning across Victoria considered of particular concern

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50 h. ago Human remains found as bushfires continue to ravage Australia

That fire, one of the largest burning on Sunday, has already destroyed properties, vineyards and agricultural land

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3 d. ago Paris Hilton, Anna Faris and Anthony Hopkins' homes pictured one year after catastrophic LA fires left them in ruins

A slew of A-list stars saw their homes reduced to rubble in the Los Angeles wildfires last year.

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4 d. ago Australia bushfires: Aerial footage shows charred landscape after ‘catastrophic’ fires

Aerial footage shows the extent of damage caused by “catastrophic” bushfires in Australia’s Victoria state, which has forced communities to evacuate and hundreds of schools to close.

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4 d. ago Three missing as ‘catastrophic’ bushfires cut power to 90,000 Australian homes in 46C heat

Firefighters were battling around 30 active blazes across the state on Friday, with Victoria under the highest possible fire danger rating

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4 d. ago Australia bushfires latest: Three missing as ‘catastrophic’ fires cut power to 90,000 homes in 46C heat

Several properties have been destroyed, and police said a man, woman and child remain unaccounted for

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4 d. ago Australia bushfires latest: Three missing as ‘catastrophic’ wildfires hit Victoria town ‘like a bomb’

Several properties have been destroyed, and police said a man, woman and child remain unaccounted for

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4 d. ago ‘Pack what’s precious’: Victorians bracing for catastrophic fire danger hunker down with caravans, kelpies and litres of water

The black summer bushfires cast a dark shadow as people seek shelter at the Seymour disaster relief centreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen 82-year-old Jan Sporry and her husband had to pack up and leave their home in regional Victoria – possibly for the last time – they struggled to choose what to take with them.On Thursday, the couple and their kelpie Ruby moved to a disaster relief centre in Seymour as firefighters fought blazes in the worst heatwave since the 2019-20 black summer bushfire season and the state braced for a day of catastrophic fire danger on Friday. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham review – are Russia’s forests the key to its identity?

How billions of trees left their mark on an empire’s psyche – shaping ideological and literal battles up to the present dayWhen Sophie Pinkham opens her fascinating book with the claim that “Russia has more trees than there are stars in our galaxy”, it might seem as though she is merely using a poetic turn of phrase. But the statistic is correct: while the Milky Way is estimated to have roughly 200bn stars, Russia has something in the region of 642bn trees. Stretching from the Arctic tundra to central Asia to the Pacific Ocean, the Russian forest is vast, mighty and inhospitable. Yet while it is a source of potential danger, it is also a place of great beauty and potential riches, providing furs, minerals and rivers overflowing with salmon.Pinkham, a professor of comparative literature at Cornell University whose last book explored the intricacies of post-Soviet Ukraine, here charts the landscape’s influence on the Russian psyche, and its imprint on history, society and literat...

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6 d. ago Australia heatwave: Residents told to ‘leave now’ as wildfire heads for town amid 45C heat

Victoria’s emergency management agency says homes could be at risk if the fire continues to advance

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6 d. ago Shock moment sparklers nearly set Swiss bar on fire 6 YEARS before NYE blaze killed 40 as waiter screams ‘watch out!’

THIS is the shocking moment sparklers nearly set a Swiss bar on fire six years before the catastrophic New Year's Eve blaze that killed 40 people and left 116 injured. Newly emerged footage shows a staff member at a packed ski bar desperately shouting for revellers to move sparklers away from the ceiling. The warning...

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7 d. ago Extreme bushfire warnings in Australia as temperatures soar to 45C in worst heatwave for years

Meteorologists say midweek will be most critical period as multiple states likely to experience consecutive days of extreme heat

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1 week ago London rings in 2026 with thousands of fireworks shown in aerial footage

London rings in 2026 with thousands of fireworks shown in aerial footage  The Independent

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2 w. ago Russian cavalry hit by drone attack as Putin resorts to horseback assaults

Aerial footage shows the moment Russian soldiers on horseback were struck down by Ukrainian drones.

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3 w. ago Dogs, drones and tight trunks: LensCulture Street Photography awards – in pictures

From aerial footage of an Indian pilgrimage to portraits of Romanians in bear costumes, this year’s awards featured stunning images from the streets of 23 countries Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Four arrested for allegedly plotting New Year’s Eve terror attacks near LA, say officials

Federal officials charged four suspects who they allege were planning to bomb multiple sites across southern CaliforniaFederal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two US companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California after arresting members of an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group.The four suspects were arrested Friday in the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles as they were rehearsing their plot, Bill Essayli, first assistant US attorney, said during a news conference. Officials showed reporters surveillance aerial footage of the suspects moving a large black object in the desert to a table. Officials said they were able to make the arrests before the suspects assembled a functional explosive device. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Weather tracker: Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar

Extreme heat follows blazes in New South Wales, while winds plunge Brazil’s largest city into darknessExtreme heat and bushfires have ravaged the parched landscape of Western Australia. With temperatures expected to continue soaring above 40C (104F) over the coming days, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe heatwave warning across much of the south-west.The conditions follow bushfires in New South Wales this month, which resulted in the destruction of homes and loss of life. Severe heatwave warnings have also been issued for later this week in parts of South Australia and New South Wales, as a ridge of high pressure moves eastward, bringing blazing sunshine to much of the region. Continue reading...

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