6 h. ago Brit marathon swimmer survives double shark attack by fighting off 'pure muscle' Great White which started biting him off California coast

Chris Murray, 50, was attempting to swim the 20 miles between Catalina Island and the Los Angeles County coast before the terrifying encounter took place..

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8 h. ago 'Never wrestle with a pig': Kemi Badenoch launches farmyard attack on Nigel Farage as she warns Tories must fight clever against Reform

The Conservative leader said her party had to offer a better alternative to Reform and Labour rather than simply attacking them on their turf.

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13 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘13 times’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the attack which happened just days after the mayor was elected

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21 h. ago John Swinney to unveil another white paper on Scottish independence and urge voters to choose 'fresh start'

The SNP Government previously shelved its long-running series of white papers on independence after the public lost interest.

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28 h. ago ‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new show?Andreas Gursky started out shooting mostly black and white landscapes on a handheld camera, but in the 1990s he switched, taking the pictures that he has now become famous for. Out went analogue and in came epic panoramas that were digitally stitched together, capturing in intricate detail and colour stock exchanges, factories, Amazon warehouses, 99 cent stores, Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna concert.“My works,” he recalls, “were selling for more and more.” In fact, his rising status in the art world was reflected in his photographs inside Prada and Gucci stores – the former was taken while he was waiting for his wife, who was shopping there. Then, in 2011, Gursky’s 1999 colour photograph Rhein II, a horizontal vista of the river flowing across flat fields near Dusseldorf...

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28 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed ‘by several men’ in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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30 h. ago German mayor fighting for life after being stabbed in ‘abhorrent attack’

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the ‘terrible deed’ just days after the mayor’s election

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32 h. ago German mayor Iris Stalzer stabbed by ‘multiple men’ near home leaving her fighting for life as cops issue major alert

A NEWLY elected German mayor is reportedly fighting for her life after a brutal knife attack outside her home. Iris Stalzer, 57, was allegedly stabbed multiple times in the stomach and back by "several men" in North Rhine-Westphalia. Her son is said to have found the SPD politician seriously wounded inside her flat after Tuesday's...

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38 h. ago This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine | Raja Shehadeh

Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our wayBeing an eternal optimist, I hoped that the events of 7 October 2023 – Hamas’s attack on southern Israel and breaking of the Israeli siege of Gaza – might precipitate a reappraisal of Israeli strategy towards the Palestinians. I hoped Israeli leaders would come to realise the futility of protecting their country by building walls, however impregnable.Instead, the attack did the opposite. It led to a war of revenge that has now lasted for close to two years, killing more than 65,000 Palestinians and causing the widespread devastation of Gaza, including destroying 92% of its residential buildings. Initially, I was shocked by this, and the dehumanisation of the people of Gaza which immediately came from Israeli leaders – Yoav Gallant, who was defence minister at the time of the attack, justified the war by declaring: “We are fighting human animals and are acting...

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3 d. ago 'We won't be defined by that monster': The village fighting to reclaim its identity after Southport attack

"A lot of people in the village feel it's been tainted by what's happened, understandably, but we want to show the other side of it."

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3 d. ago Five people killed after Russian missile and drone attack hits Lviv

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched more than 50 missiles and around 500 attack drones overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning.

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5 d. ago Brit grandad fighting for life in Tenerife after heart attack leaves family with £31,000 medical bill

John Lockyer Drury, 55, was in his 'favourite place' with his wife Lisa when he suffered a heart attack in September - he is still in a coma weeks later

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6 d. ago Manchester synagogue attack suspect shot dead by armed police

A member of the public has also died while another is fighting for their life following this morning's suspected terror attack

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8 d. ago Labour conference: Keir Starmer will say he is fighting for Britain's 'soul' in new attack on Nigel Farage as PM aims to boost ailing premiership

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest developments from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool where Sir Keir Starmer will make his keynote address as he bids to boost his ailing premiership.

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1 week ago Teen who lost leg in double shark attack horror threw punches at beast while being savaged

Annabelle Carlson had been scuba diving on a family holiday when she was ripped apart by two sharks, with the odds of such an unimaginable encounter being one in 11.5 million

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2 w. ago White Stuff's £150 quilted coat that's 'very toasty' on autumn walks is now down to £75

White Stuff has launched a huge sale to mark the start of autumn and it's slashed up to 50% off some great pieces for the new season - including the Sloane Quilted Coat

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2 w. ago The White Lotus favourites gives major season 4 update as return rumours ramp up

The White Lotus season four isn't set to start production until next year, but already speculation about what could happen or who might appear are ramping up

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2 w. ago Teen loses leg after horror double shark attack during dream scuba diving holiday

Annabelle Carlson, 16, was bitten by two sharks almost immediately after entering the water near Half Moon Caye in Belize - and tragically lost her leg in the attack

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2 w. ago Terrifying new footage shows yacht spinning out of control off Portugal as orcas attack it before crew fight them off by pouring vinegar on them... only for the killer whales to then SINK nearby boat

Lisa Festervoll, among the crew, said the whole boat shook, 'hit hard and quickly'. Orcas rocked the helm and the rudder, and the boat began turning in circles

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2 w. ago Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military

The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologiesMassive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing.In June, Ek’s venture capital firm Prima Materia led the defence tech firm’s latest funding round. Helsing’s software uses AI technology to analyse sensor and weapons system data from battlefields to inform real-time military decisions. It also makes its own military drone, the HX-2. Ek is also chairman of Helsing.Unconnected to this initiative and in light of the (reported) significant investments by its CEO in a company producing military munition drones and AI technology integrated into fighter aircraft, Massive Attack have made a separate request to our label that our music be removed from the Spotify streaming service in all territories.In our view, the his...

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