1 hour ago ‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition

Short boat ride from Cop30 host, Afro-descendant residents of Menino Jesus say their voices are not being heardWalk through the conference centre where the recent UN climate talks were held and representations of Indigenous people and culture were everywhere, from the spear-carrying, fiery-headed Cop30 mascot Curupira to huge mural-sized photos of people navigating the Amazon in dugout canoes and the many protests demanding dialogue outside.Yet a short boat ride down the river from Belém, into the forest itself, takes you to another forest-dwelling community also fighting for further recognition within the Cop process. The quilombola community of Menino Jesus has existed for six generations. Quilombolas are the descendants of former enslaved people who fled into the forest as a site of refuge. Over hundreds of years, they established a unique way of life separate from mainstream Brazilian society, living in harmony with nature as fugitives protected by the jungle. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Moment drunk driver three times the limit crashes his van into a house, narrowly missing three children

Mike Turner drove his van through Gloucester despite being three times the drink-drive limit, before hitting and destroying a home with a family inside.

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3 h. ago Pictures show devastating scale of damage after major fire hits Welsh rugby club

Emergency services were called to reports of a serious fire at Penarth RFC early on Monday morning

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3 h. ago Devastating fire burns historic rugby club's clubhouse to the ground leaving members in 'state of shock'

The blaze engulfed Penarth Athletic Club near Cardiff, Wales, in the early hours of Monday morning.

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4 h. ago Amazon shoppers have hours left to buy newest Echo Dot for £14 in deal stack offer

The Echo Dot latest generation is £29.99 in Amazon's Black Friday sale which ends tonight, but there's a way to get it cheaper

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4 h. ago Devastating 5am fire rips through famous Welsh rugby club in tragic scenes

Penarth RFC are in a "state of shock" after a fire destroyed their clubhouse on Monday morning

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4 h. ago Penarth Rugby Club ravaged by flames as firefighters battle 'devastating' inferno

Fire crews and emergency services swooped to tackle the inferno at Penarth Rugby Club near Cardiff, Wales at around 5am this morning

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4 h. ago Penarth Rugby Club fire: Blaze rips through sport ground as crews tackle inferno

A huge fire has devastated the historic Penarth Rugby Club near Cardiff, Wales, which is also the headquarters for the seaside town’s cricket and hockey teams.

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5 h. ago Fire destroys Penarth RFC clubhouse with generations of memories up in smoke

"We are in a state of shock as it's such a hub of the community for so many people of all ages

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5 h. ago No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets

In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arrivals are not even given shelterThe light of a single lightbulb powered by a backup generator lasts just long enough for Noor and Sowkat to see the faces of their newborn babies for the first time. The two children were born on the same night on a crumbling foam mattress, its corners ripped to shreds by the thousands of women who have gone into labour here in Camp 22’s makeshift delivery room.The newborns have just become the youngest residents of the world’s largest refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, which is struggling to operate in the face of a 63% deficit in humanitarian aid funding. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Welsh rugby club in 'state of shock' after 'devastating' fire

Penarth RFC said 'so many memories' had been lost after the huge blaze broke out on Monday morning

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6 h. ago ‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI

In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy itOn the 8.49am train through Silicon Valley, the tables are packed with young people glued to laptops, earbuds in, rattling out code.As the northern California hills scroll past, instructions flash up on screens from bosses: fix this bug; add new script. There is no time to enjoy the view. These commuters are foot soldiers in the global race towards artificial general intelligence – when AI systems become as or more capable than highly qualified humans. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago How Chrissy Teigen, 40, would REALLY look if she never had any cosmetic enhancements

Dramatic new computer-generated images have revealed what the reality star might have looked like had she not gone under the knife.

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18 h. ago European football: ‘Utterly outrageous’ fireworks cause Ajax abandonment

Pyrotechnics in stands cause referee to call haltReal Madrid’s Mbappé levels in 1-1 draw at GironaAjax have strongly criticised an “utterly outrageous” firework display that caused their Eredivisie match against Groningen at the Johan Cruyff Arena to be abandoned.Referee Bas Nijhuis took the players off the field within five minutes of the start after fireworks and flares were ignited behind one of the goals, and the stadium filled with smoke. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Reciting the names of the dead: how Australia’s response to HIV/Aids was emotionally – and politically – powerful | Leigh Boucher

Researchers now describe it as both historical phenomenon and public health model. Its success was remarkablePast/Present is a column which places current events in historical contextAids has always been laden with political and emotional volatilities. The possibility of blood or sex based transmission combined with its first emergence among marginalised and criminalised populations created a potent mix of primal terror and terrifying prejudice.It can sometimes be difficult to remember just how potently misinformation, fear and outright hostility framed the knowledge and experience of Aids in the first decade or so of the pandemic. In this period, a positive result on an HIV test was a terminal diagnosis and medical knowledge about transmission and treatment was still cloudy.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Gary Lineker 'destroys' Tommy Robinson after Mexico holiday video goes viral

England football legend Gary Lineker was forced to comment after a video shared by far-right activist Tommy Robinson clocked up more than six million views on social media

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21 h. ago Princess Royal announced as patron of appeal to create new Saltire monument

The memorial is now in a state of serious structural decline and it is hoped £300,000 can be raised to replace it

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22 h. ago Best personalised photo books for preserving your precious memories

Create chic, personalised photo books from Papier, Vistaprint and more

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23 h. ago The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial

Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewalWhen Swiss tycoons handed Donald Trump a gold bar and a Rolex watch – gifts that were followed by a cut in US tariffs – it was no diplomatic nicety. It was a reminder of how concentrated wealth seems to buy access and bend policy. It may, alarmingly, become the norm if the global “inequality emergency” continues. That’s the message of the most recent work by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. The economist sees the yawning gap between rich and poor as a human-made crisis which is destroying politics, society and the planet. He’s not wrong.The problem is no longer confined to a few fragile states. It is a global harm, with 90% of the world’s population living under the World Bank’s definition of “high income inequality”. The US sits just below that threshold and is the most unequal country in the G7, followed by the UK. Prof Stiglit...

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29 h. ago Strictly's Alex Kingston's famous neighbour and 'village behind her' as sweet ritual revealed

Alex Kingston, who is competing alongside Strictly pro Johannes Radebe on the latest season, can reportedly count a famous neighbour as one of the fans she's generated in the local community

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