29 h. ago Greta Thunberg compared to Shrek character and cult superhero with dodgy haircut

The 22-year-old eco-warrior was pictured speaking at the launch of another freedom flotilla mission to provide aid to Gaza in Barcelona on Sunday when he looks became a talking point

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29 h. ago Storm forces flotilla back to Barcelona port, delaying its journey to Gaza

A flotilla headed to Gaza that departed Barcelona Sunday under much fanfare has been forced back to port after a storm hit parts of Spain overnight

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51 h. ago Ships carrying aid, activists, and celebrities to set sail from Barcelona to Gaza

A flotilla of ships has prepared to set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid, activists, and celebrities on board

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1 week ago Bank holiday getaway sees delays of nearly two hours at Port of Dover

Operator DFDS warned customers shortly before 1pm that waiting times were up to one hour and 15 minutes at border control and 40 minutes at check-in.

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1 week ago Terrifying moment passengers scream as turbulence jolts Wizz Air flight from Spain during storm before jet is forced to abandon landing

Terrified passengers could be heard loudly screeching as the airplane grappled with heavy turbulence while trying to make its way from Alicante to Fiumicino Airport in Rome.

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1 week ago From Katrina: Come Hell and High Water to KPopped: the seven best shows to stream this week

Spike Lee’s revisiting of the Katrina tragedy 20 years on is not afraid to call out the incompetence behind its handling. Plus, the likes of Kylie are tutored by South Korean music stars in a high-energy battle of the bandsSpike Lee executive produces a part elegy, part polemic commemoration of one of 2025’s saddest anniversaries: two decades have now passed since the brutal Hurricane Katrina laid waste to both the physical reality and also, somehow, the soul of New Orleans. The first part of this tragedy may have been unavoidable, given the force of the storm; the second element certainly wasn’t. Via some beautiful footage of pre-Katrina New Orleans at Mardi Gras time, this documentary series remembers the city as it once was. It also doesn’t hesitate to call out the trail of mendacity, negligence and incompetence that made the disaster – and its aftermath – so much worse than it needed to be.Netflix, from Wednesday 27 August Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hurricane Erin updates: Storm strengthens as North Carolina’s Outer Banks conditions ‘deteriorate’

Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and portions of coastal Virginia throughout Wednesday

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1 week ago Hurricane Erin updates: More than 2,000 evacuated in North Carolina as storm churns up East Coast

Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and portions of coastal Virginia throughout Wednesday

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1 week ago Hurricane Erin live updates: More than 2,000 evacuated in North Carolina as storm churns up East Coast

Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and portions of coastal Virginia throughout Wednesday

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1 week ago Hurricane Erin live updates: North Carolina under state of emergency as beaches close in Northeast

Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and portions of coastal Virginia throughout Wednesday

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1 week ago Hurricane Erin live updates: Storm to bring ‘powerful’ 20 foot waves and flooding risk along US East Coast

Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and portions of coastal Virginia throughout Wednesday

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1 week ago Terrifying moment tornado sweeps through Spanish town sending tables and chairs flying as country continues to battle wildfires amid freak heatwave weather

A 'Satan's Storm' hit the Costa Tropical south of Granada on Sunday, forcing holidaymakers and locals to evacuate beaches in resorts like Motril east of Malaga.

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2 w. ago Texas Democrats shadowed by law enforcement officers to stop them repeating protest over redrawing congressional districts – US politics live

Democratic representative Nicole Collier of Fort Worth remained on House floor on Monday after refusing to sign ‘permission slip’ agreeing to round-the-clock surveillanceHurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds. Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern U.S. and won’t make landfall, but they predict it will churn up dangerous rip currents along North Carolina’s barrier islands and could swamp roads with waves of up to 15 feet.Coastal flooding is expected to begin today and continue through Thursday on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Erin was a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds early Tuesday.Donald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European allies visited the White House to push for US-backed security guarantees as part of any long-term peace deal. The US president, who only last week warned Russia of “very severe consequences...

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2 w. ago UK weather maps show how Storm Erin could smash Britain with fierce winds and torrential rain

The Met Office has warned that Storm Erin could impact UK weather in the coming days as the tropical storm has already forced 1,500 people to evacuate their homes

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2 w. ago Dramatic moment tourists run from 'Satan's Storm' as Spain beaches evacuated

The 'Satan's Storm' weather phenomenon caused near-hurricane force winds and pushed temperatures to unbearable highs, forcing tourists in Costa Tropical to take cover

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2 w. ago Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as storm lashes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 diminishes but tropical storm warnings issued for Turks and CaicosHurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the storm’s overall size grew and forecasters issued tropical storm warnings for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a watch for the south-east Bahamas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What REALLY happened to the supposedly 'unsinkable' Bayesian: One year since tragedy struck off coast of Sicily, how a freak storm capsized £30m superyacht owned by 'Britain's Bill Gates'

Anchored off the coast of Sicily on August 19, 2024, Bayesian was battered by a freak storm. Hurricane-force winds capsized the 184ft vessel in minutes, causing it to heel violently to a 90-degree angle.

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3 w. ago Last of 72,000 homes in Scotland which lost power in Storm Floris reconnected

SSEN said record wind speeds and widespread storm-force gusts caused ‘considerable network damage’.

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4 w. ago 'The weather has beaten us this time': riders forced to turn back as storm batters top UK ultra

'The weather has beaten us this time': riders forced to turn back as storm batters top UK ultra-cycling event London-Edinburgh-London  Cycling Weekly

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4 w. ago Storm Floris forces shutdown at Donald Trump's course in Aberdeen

Preparations for Nexo Championship hit by high winds sweeping across Scotland

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