2 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Drones hit Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery

Russian attacks kill four on Saturday; Serbian government faces deadline to oust Russian owners from state oil company. What we know on day 1,362 Ukraine’s army said on Saturday it struck a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region near Moscow, as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”. Explosions and a large fire were observed at the site, said the military. Ryazan is located about 200km (125 miles) south-east of Moscow.Russian officials often do not admit such attacks have succeeded, and the Ryazan governor, Pavel Malkov, adopted the standard line that Ukrainian drones were shot down but debris happened to hit the target. “Falling debris caused a fire on the premises of one enterprise,” Malkov said. A wave of 25 Ukrainian drones attacked the region, Malkov said.Officials in southern Ukraine said four people were killed by Russian attacks on Saturday. Prosecutors in the Kherson region said “three civilians are known to have been killed” i...

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4 h. ago Mosque that blocked women over 12 from taking part in charity run forced to lift 'regressive' ban

The 5km event held in East London last month was billed as 'inclusive' and 'family-friendly' but organisers insisted that female teenagers and women were forbidden from joining in

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6 h. ago What's REALLY happening in the race to unseat Starmer amid Labour mounting panic at Budget 'omnishambles'

After a week which has veered from farce to tragedy - for Britain's economy and its standing in the world - the field of 'stalking horses' behind the PM has now widened to Grand National levels.

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7 h. ago Ireland v Australia: Autumn Nations Series rugby union – as it happened

Hansen a revelation at fullback as Ireland dismantled the Wallabies8 mins. A clumsy breakdown effort from Ireland on the restart allows the Wallabies to win the ball back. However, their attack on the 22 is in about three minds and none of them have a discernible plan, which leads to O’Connor spilling the ball after a big hit from Prendergast. Yes, Prendergast, you read that right.6 mins. Ireland work back into the 22 and the pressure coming from the pace of the recycling forces Williams to drift offside. The ball is tapped by Gibson-Park and some quick hands find Hansen free under the posts to walk in. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Liverpool told transfer 'should have never happened' after £65.5m decision

Liverpool allowed Luis Diaz to leave the club during the summer transfer window with the Colombia international joining Bayern Munich

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10 h. ago Female trophy hunter offering Brits discount price to kill endangered leopards

An advert that was sent out by Unleashed Global Adventures - run by US hunter Larysa Switlyk - offering people the opportunity to kill endangered leopards has been met with outrage by a number of animal rights groups

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12 h. ago Driver in Sweden released after questioning over crash into Stockholm bus stop that killed 3

Swedish authorities have released the driver of a double-decker bus who had been detained after the vehicle slammed into a bus stop in Stockholm, killing three people

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14 h. ago 'I'm a female backpacker and you won't believe what I happened on sleeper bus'

Eden Kelly, 26, from Australia, was left gobsmacked by the situation she found herself in after she boarded a sleeper bus in Cambodia. She went online to share the awkward travelling tale

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14 h. ago Solo female backpacker takes overnight bus in Cambodia and gets awkward surprise

A solo female backpacker boarded a sleeper bus in Cambodia only to be greeted with an awkward surprise. She shared details about the uncomfortable situation online

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15 h. ago The young married couple wrongly jailed for Female Genital Mutilation of their baby daughter

The only two people ever to be jailed for female genital mutilation in Ireland had their convictions quashed and are seeking to obtain a certificate of miscarriage of justice.

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15 h. ago Bonnie Blue vows to ship 'Bang Bus' overseas as controversial Down Under ban continues

Controversial adult star Bonnie Blue is planning on shipping her notorious 'Bang Bus' overseas as he plans to go back Down Under seem more unrealistic each day

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16 h. ago This is what happens to your body when you stop drinking alcohol

Some of alcohol’s negative effects on health may surprise you

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17 h. ago Stranger Things fan convinced 'clue' predicts which characters will die in season 5

Stranger Things is set to be released on November 27 with viewers itching to know what happens to Eleven and her pals in Hawkins, now one fan reckons he's spotted a major clue

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17 h. ago She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?There was a moment in the summer of 2022 when 26-year-old Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington, a female prison officer in a men’s jail, had to make a choice. She was on her wing at HMP The Verne in Dorset, in the day room where inmates go to read books and newspapers, when a prisoner called Bradley Trengrove handed her a magazine. Concealed within its pages was a slip of paper with a number written on it – the number of his secret, illicit mobile phone. Under the watchful eye of the prison’s security cameras, Austin-Saddington had to decide what to do next.“I was thinking, do I report it? Do I not report it?” she says. “I wasn’t thinking, I’ll text him – that wasn’t in my head.” But she did not throw the piece of paper away. She kept it, and in the end decid...

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19 h. ago 'I went from NHS nurse to TikTok award winner because of my love for red buses'

Bemi Orojuogun, 56, known on TikTok as 'Bus Aunty' started filming red buses as she travelled across London and has turned her love for the buses into a global movement, inspiring millions with her smile.

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19 h. ago I've been to 101 countries as a solo female traveller. The one that I loved and surprised me the most is Afghanistan

British solo traveller Astrid Sieber is on a quest to visit every nation on Earth - and she told The Daily Mail that it was surprisingly Afghanistan that 'changed her life'.

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20 h. ago Don’t argue with strangers and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis

Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data stormWe all live in history. A lot of the problems that face us, and the opportunities that present themselves, are defined not by our own choices or even the specific place or government we’re living under, but by the particular epoch of human events that our lives happen to coincide with.The Industrial Revolution, for example, presented opportunities for certain kinds of business success – it made some people very rich while others were exploited. If you’d known that was the name of your era, it would have given you a clue about what kinds of events to prepare for. So I’m suggesting a name for the era we’re living through: the Information Crisis. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago ‘They inspire me’: Alessia Russo on empowering young girls and giving back

The Arsenal and England forward has a new foundation designed to boost girls’ participation in sport and promote female health“She’s just so cool.” “Is that her? Is that really her? I didn’t think she was that blonde.” “Even her clothes are cool.” Alessia Russo is a footballing Pied Piper and the teenage girls following her down the path from the five-a-side pitches to the full-size one at Haringey’s New River Leisure Centre can’t contain their excitement.Russo has just watched the final of the Alessia Cup, an evolution of an annual girls’ tournament organised by the London-based charity Goals 4 Girls. This year it was staged in partnership with Russo’s newly launched Alessia Russo Foundation and Sky. The broadcaster’s involvement comes in the wake of its Public First report, which found that girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago After I burned out, physics helped me understand what had happened to me – and to move on | Zahaan Bharmal

I thought hard work equalled success. I had to realise that’s not always how it works, in science or in lifeIf the words “force equals mass times acceleration” are mildly triggering, I apologise. Newton’s second law of motion will be familiar to anyone who’s ever studied physics. For some who struggled with that course, it may bring back painful memories. But for me, as an awkward teenager, it was oddly comforting – proof of an ordered, structured universe where cause always led to predictable effect. I carried that belief into university, where I studied physics, and even into my career. If I just worked hard enough, success would be mine.But nine months into my first job, I got made redundant. It turns out that life doesn’t always obey Newton’s laws.Zahaan Bharmal works for Google and is a recipient of Nasa’s Exceptional Public Achievement medal for YouTube Space Lab Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Witnesses of Neymar’s sad decline hope for one final twist in his career’s brutal narrative arc | Barney Ronay

World Cup could still be in reach for the last genius of Brazilian football who has faded to a shadow of his former selfWhat’s your favourite Neymar advert? This is a tough question to answer. The body of work is huge and varied. The foot deodorant ad perhaps, which depicts Neymar’s feet literally on fire, ablaze with some kind of divine eau de toenail.Or the new one for a brand of açaí berry death-gloop sorbet product, which shows Neymar holding up twin cones, like phials of luminous unicorn-sperm, and looking as though he’s just been hit over the head with a rock and it’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to him. Continue reading...

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