10 h. ago Met Police arrest nearly 900 Palestine Action supporters in London protest

Some 890 protesters at a Palestine Action rally have been arrested in Parliament Square, central London, the vast majority of whom have been cuffed for Terrorism Act Offences

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39 h. ago LIZ JONES: He drunk texted me by mistake on a Thursday night

In which I get an unexpected message

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62 h. ago Parents left stumped by the 21 questions toddlers ask every day

A poll of 500 parents with children aged two to four found the vast majority (94%) believe their little one's curiosity has no limits - with 'where does the sun go at night?' and 'do animals have friends?' among the questions leaving parents stumped

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64 h. ago Nature has a remarkable way of recovering from human catastrophe

We might picture nature as being better off without us. On the ground the story is more murky• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in fullIf I ask you to conjure up a vision of “nature”, what comes to you? For most of us, I think our minds go to the pristine. Untouched rainforests, vast savanna grasslands, deep thickets, inaccessible mountains. Somewhere remote, somewhere uncontaminated, somewhere free of the touch of humans.But those visions only represent a tiny fragment of the world’s biomes. The vast majority of the natural world – including more than 90% of temperate forest – has now been occupied by humans for thousands of years. We’ve radically reshaped nature with our presence, often in catastrophic ways.In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ Continue reading...

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3 d. ago LIZ JONES: There's so many similar comments about Kate's hair. No one else will confront it

We all had a tantalising glimpse of Kate's new hair colour at the end of last month when she was being driven to church near Balmoral. The eagle-eyed among us blew up the photo on our phones.

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3 d. ago Fears over Online Safety Act as vast majority of Brits worry what their kids are watching

Plenty of British parents aren't sure about the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, and worry about just what their kids are consuming on the internet

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3 d. ago Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters

Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians heldOnly one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.Those jailed for long periods without charge or trial include medical workers, teachers, civil servants, media workers, writers, sick and disabled people and children. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Met Office issues urgent thunderstorm warnings across entire UK – see full list

The UK is about to be hit by a deluge of rain and thunderstorms, with the Met Office issuing urgent yellow weather warnings spanning the vast majority of the UK

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8 d. ago LIZ JONES: I don't understand why people are so mean to me. I'm always the one who is ostracised. I have no one

Watching an archive documentary on BBC iPlayer, there, in the background, was my beautiful Georgian house on Gibson Square. How could I have been so stupid to leave it?

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8 d. ago LIZ JONES: I'm always the one who is ostracised. I don't understand why people are so mean to me

In which I rethink my choices

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8 d. ago PIP assessment explained as majority of consultations conducted over phone

The DWP has confirmed that the vast majority of assessments are being carried out over the phone, this is what it means for claimants

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1 week ago Newsom and Pritzker tell Trump crime is under control but vast majority of Americans see it as ‘major problem’

‘You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is,’ the president has said

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1 week ago LIZ JONES: It's staged, fake and dull... but this is what EVERY other reviewer has missed about the new series of With Love, Meghan

While many people will be hate-watching the second series of Meghan's Netflix show, I actually found it more entertaining than the first.

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1 week ago LIZ JONES: It's staged, fake and dull... but this is what EVERY other reviewer has missed about Meghan's new series of As Ever

While many people will be hate-watching the second series of Meghan's Netflix show, I actually found it more entertaining than the first.

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1 week ago Fossil fuel extractors bend the world to their will – help fund the journalism that exposes them

Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we reveal their full impactToday the Guardian launches its annual environment support campaign. To back our vital climate journalism, please click hereWhy does capital love fossil fuels? It’s not hard to explain. They exist in a small number of discrete locations, where the right to exploit them can be owned and monopolised. Most can be extracted commercially only at scale, excluding small competitors. They can be stored and traded all over the world, allowing prices to be optimised across time and space. Renewable energy, by contrast, can be generated almost anywhere, by almost anyone with a small amount of money to invest.Renewables might now be cheaper than fossil fuel in the vast majority of cases, but this makes them less attractive to capital, not more. Fossil fuels are uncompetitive ...

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2 w. ago LIZ JONES: He called me an old hag, a paedophile and a racist with no friends... then said something so disrespectful I'll NEVER let it go

I have been manifesting. Tirelessly. Every day I take a deep breath and recite: 'I always have more money than I need. I always have money coming into my life.' Well, that hasn't worked

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2 w. ago Moscow demands veto over support for Ukraine under any peace deal and questions Zelenskyy’s legitimacy – Ukraine war live

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, says European proposals to deploy troops in Ukraine after a settlement would amount to ‘foreign intervention’We have just heard from the European Commission, confirming that the EU and the US have now agreed on the much-awaited “joint statement” advancing the political commitments on trade agreed by Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump in Scotland last month.The commission’s press release says the statement “lays out in detail the new US tariff regime towards the EU, with a clear maximum, all-inclusive, tariff rate of 15% for the vast majority of EU exports, including strategic sectors such as cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and lumber.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moscow must have effective veto over any measures to support Ukraine after potential peace deal, says minister – Ukraine war live

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, says European proposals to deploy troops in Ukraine after a settlement would amount to ‘foreign intervention’We have just heard from the European Commission, confirming that the EU and the US have now agreed on the much-awaited “joint statement” advancing the political commitments on trade agreed by Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump in Scotland last month.The commission’s press release says the statement “lays out in detail the new US tariff regime towards the EU, with a clear maximum, all-inclusive, tariff rate of 15% for the vast majority of EU exports, including strategic sectors such as cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and lumber.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy says he wants to see an agreement on security guarantees before meeting Vladimir Putin – Ukraine war live

Amid US offering minimal security a group of allies led by Britain and France are putting together a military coalitionWe have just heard from the European Commission, confirming that the EU and the US have now agreed on the much-awaited “joint statement” advancing the political commitments on trade agreed by Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump in Scotland last month.The commission’s press release says the statement “lays out in detail the new US tariff regime towards the EU, with a clear maximum, all-inclusive, tariff rate of 15% for the vast majority of EU exports, including strategic sectors such as cars, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and lumber.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Careful, William... I've always supported you but now your behaviour's left me cold and I'm not alone: LIZ JONES

We've all got the message: the three children of William and Kate lead lives of wholesome, old-fashioned, Enid Blyton ordinariness.

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