55 m. ago Ashes 2025 live: England strike with two wickets in first over after lunch

The third Test begins at the Adelaide Oval with England 2-0 down to Australia in the series

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78 m. ago Avatar: Fire And Ash reviews: £300million third film is panned by critics who slam 'three hour hunk of nonsense' and urge director James Cameron to 'quit while he's ahead'

The third film in James Cameron's record breaking Avatar franchise has been widely panned by critics, ahead of its UK release on Friday.

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96 m. ago Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela

Move against all sanctioned vessels comes amid escalating campaign against authoritarian leader Nicolás MaduroDonald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.The move comes amid an escalating campaign by the Trump administration against Maduro that has included a ramped-up military presence in the region and more than two dozen military strikes on vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, which have killed dozens of people. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Donald Trump orders complete blockade of Venezuela oil tankers with 'largest armada ever'

Donald Trump has announced a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and exiting Venezuela, accusing the Maduro regime of stealing US assets and designating it a terrorist organisation

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1 hour ago Trump orders total blockade of oil tankers into Venezuela as he makes 'completely surrounded' claim

Trump announced his order to block "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela in a post on his social media platform as he alleges the country use oil to fund crimes

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1 hour ago Trump orders 'total and complete' blockade of all oil tankers bound for Venezuela while warning Maduro with 'largest Armada ever assembled'

Donald Trump has declared Venezuelan leadership a foreign terrorist organization and ordered 'a total and complete blockade' of oil tankers headed to and from the country.

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2 h. ago Late Zappos CEO’s family calls mystery will produced after his death a ‘scam’ targeting his $500M estate

Tony Hsieh’s family claims a ‘complete stranger’ with no ties to the entrepreneur has ‘forged’ a will

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2 h. ago Mother who survived Bondi Beach terror attack with their daughter tells how she fled in high heels before sheltering with others in storage unit

The gunmen were just 10 or 20 metres away from the 57-year-old therapist who previously lived in London for nine years, she told the Daily Mail.

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2 h. ago Trump orders blockade of oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela

Move against all sanctioned vessels comes amid escalating campaign against authoritarian leader Nicolás MaduroDonald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.The move comes amid an escalating campaign by the Trump administration against Maduro that has included a ramped-up military presence in the region and more than two dozen military strikes on vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, which have killed dozens of people. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Peacekeepers could repel Russian forces under ceasefire plan, says Merz

German Chancellor says this remains a far-off prospect; Zelenskyy says negotiations on peace deal could soon be finalised. What we know on day 1,393Under post-ceasefire guarantees provided by the United States and Europe to Ukraine, peacekeepers could in certain circumstances repel Russian forces, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told ZDF public television in an interview, adding that this remained a far-off prospect. Pressed by interviewers for details on the possible security guarantees floated by the United States in Monday’s Berlin talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Merz said the guarantors would need to repel Russian forces should there be a violation of any ceasefire terms.“We would secure a demilitarized zone between the warring parties and, to be very specific, we would also act against corresponding Russian incursions and attacks. We’re not there yet,” he said. “The fact that the Americans have made such a commitment – to protect Ukraine in the event of a c...

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2 h. ago Trump calls for ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela in escalation of tensions

The Trump administration has placed hundreds of American troops and ships near Venezuela’s coastline

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3 h. ago Trump orders ‘complete’ blockade of ALL sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela – piling pressure on Maduro

DONALD Trump has ordered a "total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of Venezuela - as the US president continues to pile pressure on Nicolas Maduro's regime. Trump's latest power play comes as Washington and Caracas teeter on the brink of all-out war - with tyrant Maduro seemingly running...

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3 h. ago London faces record number of homeless children this Christmas as numbers in temporary accommodation surge

London Councils estimates there is at least one homeless child in every classroom across the city

Society

3 h. ago Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief as five

The industrial action, from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22, comes as hospitals are already under pressure from an unprecedented wave of super flu

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3 h. ago The NHS is in the middle of a flu catastrophe – but my daughter’s doctors still threw her a party

As the NHS creaks under the strain of the superflu, Charlotte Cripps wasn’t even certain that her daughter’s foot operation would go ahead last week. But not only did she get treated as planned, but she was also given an unforgettable sleepover complete with gold glitter

Science

3 h. ago Generation Snus: One in 25 Gen Z's now use highly addictive nicotine pouches figures show

Half a million Britons overall, now use the pillow-shaped packages containing synthetic nicotine powder, scientists at University College London found.

Politics

3 h. ago UK insists US tech deal not dead as Trump threatens penalties against European firms

Keir Starmer’s office claims UK still in ‘active conversations’ about deal for tech industries in both countries to cooperateDowning Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on Tuesday evening that the prime minister’s office claimed that the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about the wide-ranging deal for the technology industries in both countries to cooperate.The agreement, previously billed as historic, was paused after the US accused the UK of failing to lower trade barriers, including a digital services tax on US tech companies and food safety rules that limit the export of some agricultural products. The New York Times first reported British confirmation that negotiations had stalled. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago London mayor says he’ll be forced to fire the entire fire department come 2026

London mayor says he’ll be forced to fire the entire fire department come 2026  FOX 56 News

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4 h. ago London’s Barbican Will Shutter for a Year During $320 Million Renovation

London’s Barbican Will Shutter for a Year During $320 Million Renovation  Artforum

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5 h. ago Video: Lesley Manville Shares the Difference Between London and New York Audiences

Video: Lesley Manville Shares the Difference Between London and New York Audiences  BroadwayWorld.com

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