38 h. ago ‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide

1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillsideThe mayor of a hilltop town on Sicily said “the situation is dire” after a powerful storm brought down a long section of hillside, leaving houses perched perilously on a cliff edge.About 1,500 people have so far been evacuated from their homes because of the landslide, which began to show signs of movement on Sunday before developing a 4km-long front. The chasm continues to widen, raising fears it could swallow the town’s historic centre. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago ‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop

Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina Lucas Chiappe had known for a long time that the fire was coming. For decades, the environmentalist had warned that replacing native trees in the Andes mountain range with highly flammable foreign pine was a recipe for disaster.In early January, flames raced down the Pirque hill and edged closer to his home in the Patagonian town of Epuyén, Argentina, where he had lived since the 1970s. Thirty people with six motor pumps fought for hours, hoses stretched for kilometres, but “there was no way”. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Know the score? I don’t read music, but that’s no hindrance to reimagining great classical works

Folk duo Pound & Stevens have transformed, and added to, Holst’s The Planets Suite and tour the new work this week with Britten Sinfonia. Will Pound explains why playing by ear is his greatest strengthI’m a harmonica and accordion player and one half of folk-classical duo Stevens & Pound. As a multi-instrumentalist I am rooted in a folk tradition that is oral, aural and communal. Music and song are passed down by ear, either through recordings or – more fun – traditional music sessions. Here, players and singers get together to share, swap and play tunes, drawing from a repertoire that is always evolving. While collections of tunes are certainly notated, their scores act as a skeleton – providing the basic architecture of pitch and rhythm but rarely offering explicit guidance on how the music should be played.Delia Stevens and I are about to head out on tour, performing with the Britten Sinfonia and Robert Macfarlane in a new work called The Silent Planet, a recomposition of...

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42 h. ago 'Edge of the world cliffs' offer some of the most breathtaking views

The hike in County Donegal features some of Europe's highest marine cliffs, reaching over 600 metres, and makes up a spectacular part of Ireland's coastal touring route

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42 h. ago Ouyen may have hit the highest recorded temperature in Victoria’s history – and some fear it could get even hotter

As the temperature nears 49C in the Mallee region, residents take refuge in air-conditioned rooms Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn the slanting, late-afternoon summer sun, the fields around the small Australian town of Ouyen – almost 450km north-west of Melbourne – turn the colour of honey. The edges shimmer with silver, that old cruel trick of feigning water where it hasn’t rained for weeks.Summer is always hot out here in the sparse, flat Mallee, but this year is shaping up to be particularly harsh. Just two weeks ago, on Thursday 8 January, Ouyen got to 47.5C. On Monday it reached 44.3C. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago I live INSIDE Disney World in a Beauty & the Beast home, we get bonus access to the parks & a bus to pick us up

A WOMAN has given the internet a look into her Disney World home and it's left people stunned. Cristie Anne Cabrera and her family own Belle's cottage, inspired by “Beauty and the Beast.” Cristie's home is situated on the edge of Disney World in Florida, there is a 980-acre housing estate featuring hundreds of homes named Golden...

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42 h. ago Katy Perry and Pedro Pascal among celebrities calling for citizen action after Minnesota shootings

Singer Billie Eilish called Alex Pretti ‘a real American hero’ while the NBA Players Association says they ‘can no longer remain silent’

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53 h. ago Venezuela releases dozens of prisoners in 2 days, hundreds more still detained

Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization says that dozens of prisoners were released over the weekend

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53 h. ago Trump in hot water with gun rights base after White House abandons Second Amendment to defend ICE killing of Alex Pretti

Aftermath of shooting prompts bizarre role reversal as White House assails victim for carrying pistol with permit

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56 h. ago Terrifying vid shows houses teetering on edge of cliff after 4km

OVER 1,000 people have been forced to evacuate an idyllic Sicilian town after a terrifying 4km-long landslide. A shocking aerial view shows the southern hill town Niscemi perched precariously on a cliff edge with several buildings dangerously close to falling off. Deep chasms in the surrounding fields and large chunks of earth shorn off the...

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56 h. ago Alex Pretti shooting aftermath horror as new clip shows federal agent clapping

A video of the moment Alex Pretti was shot and killed shows a Department of Homeland Security member clapping nearby - Pretti’s family has described his death as a 'murder'

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56 h. ago Trump’s team turns on gun lobby as they target Second Amendment rights in defense of ICE killing of Alex Pretti

Aftermath of shooting prompts bizarre role reversal as White House assails victim for carrying pistol with permit

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56 h. ago Sky Sports must take Roy Keane off Man United matches. His lazy, personal, bitter agenda over Michael Carrick is embarrassing

In the aftermath of the 3-2 win over Arsenal on Sunday, Keane was dismissing the prospect of Carrick becoming the next permanent United boss, even if they finish in the top four this season.

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60 h. ago Appliance 'takes the edge off cold' as Storm Chandra thrashes Scotland with strong winds

The plug-in heater is said to "heat spaces quickly" as Storm Chandra sees UK temperatures drop with heavy winds, rain, and snow

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61 h. ago The walk on the edge of Greater Manchester named among UK’s best for spring

It features "acres of wondrous woodland and picturesque gardens"

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64 h. ago Where is Bush? Bill Clinton joins Obama to condemn Minneapolis shooting prompting calls for Republican ex

With his statement, Bill Clinton became the most recent former president to address the deadly Minneapolis shooting of a US citizen, while Republican George W. Bush has remained silent.

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3 d. ago UK tourists warned of 'extraordinary danger' as three days of red alerts issued in Spain in Storm Ingrid aftermath

Red, amber and yellow warnings are in force across Spain over the next few days

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3 d. ago BREAKING: Patrick Dorgu suffers injury blow as Man United goalscorer forced off vs Arsenal

Patrick Dorgu was the man of the moment in the second-half of Manchester United's clash with Arsenal on Sunday afternoon - giving his side the lead with a thunderous volley from the edge of the area

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3 d. ago Patrick Dorgu suffers injury blow as Man United goalscorer forced off vs Arsenal

Patrick Dorgu was the man of the moment in the second-half of Manchester United's clash with Arsenal on Sunday afternoon - giving his side the lead with a thunderous volley from the edge of the area

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3 d. ago King Charles and Queen Camilla seen for the first time in their new electric £160,000 Lotus Eletre sportscar that he jokes is 'silent but deadly'

The 77-year-old monarch and Camilla were driven in the Royal Claret motor for the Sunday Church service in Sandringham this morning.

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