17 m. ago Ukraine summons US embassy after Washington halts some arms supplies

Reduction in weapons shipments makes Kyiv more vulnerable to Russia’s escalating attacks

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42 m. ago Hymn of Babylon is pieced together after 2,100 YEARS: Scientists use AI to reconstruct ancient song

Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and 'bathed priests' in stunning detail.

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60 m. ago Aldi's brutal M&S takedown as it 'launches' strawberry sandwich equivalent

M&S's viral strawberry sandwich has had a second spin in the spotlight thanks to budget supermarket Aldi, which has mock-launched a random alternative

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62 m. ago Mel B refuses to invite two Spice Girls members to her wedding this weekend amid drama

Melanie Brown’s upcoming wedding at St Paul’s Cathedral will see notable absences from two fellow Spice Girls as she ties the knot with Rory McPhee

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80 m. ago Eiffel Tower summit closed and parks open overnight as heatwave persists in France

Tourists and locals alike are struggling to contend with spiralling temperatures in France and beyond

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85 m. ago Killer nurse Lucy Letby could face more baby death charges in light of new evidence

The allegations are now being considered by lawyers at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after receiving the new evidence from Cheshire Police in recent days

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90 m. ago Who will be the next Dalai Lama and how will they be chosen?

The spiritual leader has announced plans for his succession

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96 m. ago Who WILL pay for Labour's benefits farce? Tax rises on the menu as Rachel Reeves faces finding 'tens of billions of pounds' in Budget as rebels urge her to squeeze the rich

The PM effectively tore up his benefits reforms, which had been due to shave £5billion a year off spirallling costs by the end of the Parliament - but will now actually increase spending by £100million.

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97 m. ago Prime Video's Ballard release date, cast, trailer and what to expect from Bosch spin

Ballard is set in the same universe as author Michael Connelly’s Bosch and The Lincoln Lawyer

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1 hour ago Glasgow teenager, 18, charged with 'attempted murder' after pedestrian hit by car

An 18-year-old has been charged in connection with alleged attempted murder.

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1 hour ago More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza

Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle tiesMore than 400 stars and media figures including Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle, Juliet Stevenson and Mike Leigh have signed a letter to BBC management calling for the removal of a board member, Robbie Gibb, over claims of conflict of interest regarding the Middle East.The signatories also include 111 BBC journalists and Zawe Ashton, Khalid Abdalla, Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and the historian William Dalrymple, who express “concerns over opaque editorial decisions and censorship at the BBC on the reporting of Israel/Palestine”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Schoolboy, 12, steals numerous cars and flogs them for £25 in 'GTA heist gone wrong'

After weeks of investigations, officers have now apprehended a 12-year-old suspected car thief, who allegedly flogged multiple pinched vehicles for less than £25 each

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2 h. ago Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell by Michael Haag review – a Mediterranean life

This unfinished biography evokes Corfu and Alexandria – but leaves disturbing questions unansweredSpirit of Place is a collection of minor travel pieces published by Lawrence Durrell in 1969. “Spirit of Place”, though, could easily serve as a descriptor for the entire arc of Durrell’s literary output: Prospero’s Cell (1945), an account of three years spent on Corfu before the second world war, the Cypriot memoir Bitter Lemons (1957), and the career-making Alexandria Quartet (1957-60). The islands and littorals of the Mediterranean gave Durrell his subject, remade by him into a theatre in which men and women, displaced by the political and social violence of the mid-20th century, stumbled towards each other amid the ruins of ancient civilisations.It feels right, then, that this biography of Lawrence Durrell, only the second major one since his death in 1990, is by Michael Haag, who spent his career writing about the eastern Mediterranean. Haag’s best book was Alex...

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2 h. ago Many Germans believe Frederick the Great brought potatoes to the country. It’s not true

The potato is part of the German cultural identity

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3 h. ago Men accused of shooting prison officer dead in 'revenge' for exposing affair with guard are pictured at Glastonbury

Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary allegedly murdered father-of-four Lenny Scott who was fatally injured outside a West Lancashire gym in February last year.

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4 h. ago Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought potatoes to Germany. It's a myth

Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany

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4 h. ago Iran hackers 'to release Donald Trump aides emails' as WW3 warning issued

Donald Trump's top aides have allegedly been hacked by an Iranian cyber group - as an expert warns 'a cyber war' may be brewing, with the emails set to be released to the public

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4 h. ago Dalai Lama says there will be search for his successor after his death, ending years of speculation

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader releases video statement in run-up to 90th birthday celebrationsThe Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role.Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his 90th birthday on Sunday, the Nobel peace prize-winning spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism said in a recorded statement that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognised as per past Buddhist traditions. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Men accused of murdering prison officer pictured at Glastonbury Festival

Elias Morgan and co-defendant Anthony Cleary deny the murder of Lenny Scott, who was allegedly shot in a 'revenge attack'

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5 h. ago Victoria Beckham and Geri Halliwell will NOT be at Mel B's star

The fashion designer and Geri are both absent from the guest list for Scary Spice 's big day.

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