2 h. ago Incredible moment Chile residents emerge from devastating nationwide blackout

Stunning video footage captured the moment electricity returned after a mass blackout plunged millions across the country into darkness.

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2 h. ago Chagos deal will not go ahead if Trump rejects it, Lammy says

The Foreign Secretary said he still believed the agreement to cede the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius was the ‘best deal’.

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2 h. ago Ankhs for the memories! Inside TUI's first Nile river cruise ship for a round

Jo Kessel boards TUI's new river cruise ship, the 141-passenger, adult-only Al Horeya for a seven-night, round-trip voyage from Luxor. A visit to Tutankhamun's tomb is one of several highlights.

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3 h. ago Chilling 999 call of art dealer's son after he brutally stabbed his maid

Audio of Maximillian Bourne’s call to emergency services released after he is detained indefinitely for the attack on his housekeeper

Economics

4 h. ago Bus station to remain closed following huge fire at derelict bingo hall

The building went up in flames at the start of the week, prompting emergency services to close off the area

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4 h. ago Divers stumble across ghost navy ship wreckage as it emerges from depths of ocean

This is the moment divers accidentally stumble across a ghostly navy ship wreckage as it emerges from the depths of ocean.

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4 h. ago Below Deck star Gary King 'accused of sexual battery' in explosive lawsuit

Gary King is a star of reality series Below Deck Sailing Yacht where he is shown working as the First Officer of a luxury ship. A colleague has taken legal action against him.

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4 h. ago What would really happen if the Gulf Stream collapsed? Scientists warn major global current is WEAKENING

Scientists at the Met Office warn that Earth's system of ocean currents is 'weakening' - with devastating consequences felt around the world.

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4 h. ago Computer simulations show nightmare Atlantic current shutdown less likely this century

A new study reassures people that the nightmare disaster movie scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century thanks to a rescue from around Antarctica

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4 h. ago B&M stabbing: Man suffers horror knife attack in front of customers at Preston store

Local emergency services have swarmed the scene in Preston at Carlisle Street, close to B&M Bargains, following reports of an assault, and police have launched an investigation

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4 h. ago Britain's disappearing armed forces: How UK's military has shrunk by nearly 200,000 since the height of the Cold War

The RAF now has one of the smallest combat fleets in history, while the British Army looks set to drop below 70,000 for the first time since the Napoleonic era.

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5 h. ago A whale caught in fishing nets has been freed off Poland's Baltic coast

Teams of sea rescuers and wildlife experts have successfully freed a whale that got caught in fishing nets near a popular Baltic Sea resort in Poland

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5 h. ago Critical ocean circulation won’t entirely collapse because of climate crisis

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key engine of world’s weather patterns, is under threat of dangerous weakening

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5 h. ago Total collapse of vital Atlantic currents unlikely this century, study finds

Climate scientists caution, however, that even weakened currents would cause profound harm to humanityVital Atlantic Ocean currents are unlikely to completely collapse this century, according to a study, but scientists say a severe weakening remains probable and would still have disastrous impacts on billions of people.The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a system of currents that plays a crucial role in the global climate. The climate crisis is weakening the complex system, but determining if and when it will collapse is difficult. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago British firms not swayed by US push to scrap diversity goals, says minister

Labour MP Justin Madders said UK firms had their ‘own approach’ to equality, amid pressure from the American government to scale back initiatives.

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5 h. ago A Hutterite chicken butcher covered in blood Tim Smith’s best photograph

‘The community had 11,000 chickens and every able-bodied person helped out during the two days of butchering’The Hutterites are an Anabaptist movement – they believe in adult baptism and pacifism. Like the Mennonites and the Amish, they emerged from the Radical Reformation in central Europe in the 1500s, but unlike them they live communally, with all goods and property shared among members of the community. Today, Hutterite colonies mostly exist on either side of the US-Canada border, where there are more than 500 of them.In 2009, I was driving through Canada’s Manitoba prairies in search of interesting photos for the newspaper I work for, the Brandon Sun, when I spotted some women working in the garden at Deerboine Colony. I knew a little about the Hutterites but not a lot, and pulled over to ask if I could make some pictures. The women were friendly and agreed, and I spent the afternoon chatting and photographing them. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Donald and Melania Trump's romance – and reason she 'turned him down' at first

A TikTok video has recently emerged online revealing how President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, first met. It was all down to being in the right place at the right time

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7 h. ago Emergency fundraisers offer a lifeline to groups who've lost foreign aid

Several nonprofit groups launched fundraising campaigns last week to help organizations who have lost funding because of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance

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7 h. ago Deep sea fisherman pulls up net and people are convinced he found 'alien'

Deep sea fisherman Roman Fedortsov reeled in an alien-like creature from the northern part of the Pacific Ocean and posted the spine-tingling footage online

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7 h. ago Dundee explosion: Firefighters sent to busy Scotland shopping centre as wall collapses

A wall has collapsed next to the Overgate Shopping Centre following an explosion

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