64 m. ago ‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures

Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina NayeriIn 2009, Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer set out to document the people suffering the first shocks of the climate crisis. They had just returned from China, where rapid, unregulated development has ravaged the natural landscapes. Back home, though, the debate still felt strangely theoretical. “In 2009, you still had people who denied climate change,” Braschler recalls. “People said, ‘This is media hype.’” So the couple, working with the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva and supported by Kofi Annan, began The Human Face of Climate Change, a portrait series that showed the people on the frontline of a warming world.Sixteen years later, climate change is no longer up for debate; the urgent discussions now revolve around solutions. Braschler an...

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2 h. ago Jess Glynne forced to miss Alex Scott I'm A Celeb exit for heartbreaking reason

Singer Jess Glynne was unable to fly to Australia to meet girlfriend Alex Scott after she was voted out of the I'm A Celebrity jungle due to a family health crisis

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3 h. ago Self Esteem: ‘How often do I have sex? Oh, often. That is one thing I don’t compromise on’

The singer on going solo, bringing back George Michael, and why a dog made her rethink motherhoodBorn in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, 39, was in the duo Slow Club. After 10 years, she went solo as Self Esteem and received Mercury prize, NME and Brit nominations for her second album, 2021’s Prioritise Pleasure. This year, she won the Ivor Novello Visionary award and released a book and album, both called A Complicated Woman. In March, she stars in David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles at the Duke of York’s theatre, London. She lives in London with her partner.When were you happiest? Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Woman branded 'inappropriate' for wearing 'boob towel' to Disney hits back at trolls

Emily Rainey, 25, sparked controversy after posting a TikTok video showing her risqué Cinderella-inspired outfit in a Disney car park – with critics deeming it 'inappropriate'

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3 h. ago Man Utd star who 'liked' social media post ridiculing Ruben Amorim faces ban

One Manchester United defender recently reacted to a social media post criticising Ruben Amorim

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3 h. ago Alex Scott in emotional reunion after I'm A Celeb exit as Jess Glynne in family crisis

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'s first evictee Alex Scott has been snapped reuniting with her family at the Marriott hotel in Surfers Paradise, Australia

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4 h. ago ‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more

Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary authorAfter the ­phenomenal global success, not to mention timeliness, of the TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017, Margaret Atwood has been regarded as “a combination of figurehead, prophet and saint”, the author writes in her new memoir Book of Lives. Over 600 pages this “memoir of sorts” ranges from her childhood growing up in the Canadian backwoods to her grief at the death of her partner of 48 years, the writer Graeme Gibson, in 2019, with many friendships, the occasional spat and more than 50 books (including Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace and the Booker prizewinning The Blind Assassin and The Testaments) in between.The author, who turned 86 last week, always likes to take the long view, often from a couple of centuries’ distance. As Rebecca Solnit notes below, she now has a long view of our times. Age and the freedom of being a writer (as she says, she can’t get sacked) make her fearless in...

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4 h. ago Rachel Reeves faces calls to quit after watchdog contradicts her £30bn ‘black hole’ warning

The Chancellor faces cross-party anger after revelations that the UK’s supposed £30bn fiscal gap was actually just £2.5bn, fuelling claims she misled voters to justify tax rises

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4 h. ago Arne Slot admits it's 'almost impossible' to change things for Liverpool vs West Ham

Liverpool manager faces intense scrutiny after ninth defeat in 12 games as Reds slump to bottom half of Premier League table in worst run of form for 72 years

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4 h. ago Politician says he 'only cares about looking at porn' when confronted by angered locals

A small-town politician in Russia blew up the internet when he made a revealing admission while dismissing criticism regarding work carried out by the department he leads

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4 h. ago UK's most depressing Christmas town with 'Jesus crib by KFC' and decoration shambles

Residents in Litherland and Ford wards have criticised Sefton Council's management of Christmas decorations, saying the town has never looked so unloved

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4 h. ago Zelensky’s top ally reveals he’s ‘going to the front’ after quitting as corruption scandal plunges Kyiv into crisis

VOLODYMYR Zelensky’s top ally has announced he will head to the frontlines - just hours after storming out of the Ukrainian government. Andriy Yermak quit as chief of staff under Zelensky on Friday amid an anti-corruption probe and a shock dawn raid on his house. Yermak - a key player in peace talks in recent...

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5 h. ago Heartbreaking reason Alex Scott’s girlfriend Jess Glynne didn’t meet her after she was voted out of I’m A Celeb jungle

JESS Glynne has revealed the heartbreaking reason she was unable to greet Alex Scott after she was voted out of the iconic jungle. Alex Scott was the first star to be evicted from I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on Friday, with the sports star seen walking across the bridge on her own...

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6 h. ago UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by stormBritish MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanitarian visas for Jamaicans to enter the UK after Hurricane Melissa demolished parts of the country, plunging hundreds of thousands of people into a humanitarian crisis.The UK has pledged £7.5m emergency funds to Jamaica and other islands affected by the hurricane, but many argue that the country has a moral obligation to do more for former Caribbean colonies. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Pressure mounts for Government inquiry into 'internal civil war' at crisis

Tory MSP Stephen Kerr is calling for Holyrood culture committee to push the Scottish Government for an inquiry into Historic Environment Scotland

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7 h. ago Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown

Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implicationsVast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across southern and central Europe, from Spain and Italy to Poland and parts of the UK.Scientists at University College London (UCL), working with Watershed Investigations and the Guardian, analysed 2002–24 data from satellites, which track changes in Earth’s gravitational field. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Don’t worry, Rachel Reeves – you’re not the only one with embarrassing relatives

Rachel Reeves’ Budget week from hell has just got worse, as her own uncle Terry has publicly criticised her policies. But she’s far from the only public figure with an embarrassingly vocal family member, as Katie Rosseinsky discovers

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7 h. ago US halts all asylum decisions as suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge

The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports in the wake of a shooting that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition near the White House

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8 h. ago John Swinney promises SNP will do "everything in our power" to protect kids from epidemic of youth suicide

The First Minister has made the pledge as he backs the Record's Save Young Lives campaign, which was set up in response to a mental health crisis among kids.

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10 h. ago Hospitality industry facing huge 'stealth tax' as Chancellor Rachel Reeves is accused of delivering 'smoke and mirrors' Budget

On Wednesday, the Chancellor announced a reform of business rates, which critics have claimed is a 'stealth tax' on the high street which could trigger mass shop closures early next year.

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