51 m. ago Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimismIt has been five years since George Floyd, a Black man who lived in Minneapolis, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. The killing, captured in a distressing 10-minute video that quickly flooded social media timelines, sparked something that felt like an international revolution: protests took place across the world, forcing countries and cities to reckon with their present and historical treatment of Black people.In Britain, protests reached fever pitch when activists in Bristol toppled a statue of Edward Colston, the slave trader and deputy governor of the Royal African Company, and hurled it into the harbour. Bristol, once a major slave-trading port, had maintained a veneration of Colston that was increasingly divisive. The statue in particular had been a key focus of tensions: attempts to add a s...

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10 h. ago Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

The death of the esteemed black-and-white photographer leaves behind a rich library of over 500,000 images showing Earth in all its beauty and darkness‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in picturesIt’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California. Salgado, who in his lifetime produced more than 500,000 images while meticulously documenting every continent on Earth and many of the major geopolitical events since the second world war, will be remembered as one of the world’s most prodigious and relentlessly empathetic chroniclers of the human condition.An economist by training, Salgado only began photographing at age 29 after picking up the camera of his wife, Lélia. He began working as a photojournalist in the 1970s, quickly building an impressive reputation that led him to the pres...

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41 h. ago Passengers scream as flight suffers severe turbulence flying through deadly Delhi storm

Over 200 passengers faced a harrowing mid-air experience when the aircraft was caught in the violent storm

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42 h. ago Three killed after torrential rain and flash flooding hits Australia

50,000 people have been asked to prepare to evacuate the area after four months of rainfall in just two days

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58 h. ago NSW floods: one dead and thousands stranded as BoM warns of ‘intense’ rain and flash flooding

With 48,000 already isolated, forecasters say ‘heavy, intense rainfall’ has spread north bringing life-threatening riskAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDevastating floods along Australia’s east coast have killed at least one man, after a body was found on a flooded property.Emergency services were called to Moto, on the New South Wales mid-north coast, on Wednesday afternoon and located the body of the 63-year-old.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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66 h. ago What is going on with the floods in southern France? Everything we know

Three people have been killed as severe weather swept through southeastern regions of France

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68 h. ago ‘There is nothing left’: Seaside town destroyed by violent storm as flooding kills three in southern France

Three pensioners died after becoming swept away by floodwater while in their cars

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68 h. ago ‘There is nothing left’: Seaside town devastated by violent storm as flooding kills three in southern France

Three pensioners died after becoming swept away by floodwater while in their cars

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68 h. ago Three dead and two missing as violent storms spark flooding in southern France

The floods were compared to ‘scenes of war’ by one regional mayor

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3 d. ago ‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

The Sicilian fishing village is watching the salvage of Mike Lynch’s superyacht for answers to the causes of the tragedy Some say that the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank because it was vulnerable to high winds that drove the vessel past its point of stability. Others insist that a chain of human errors led to the incident that claimed seven lives, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.But in the quiet Sicilian fishing village of Porticello – where on 19 August 2024 the Bayesian was caught shortly before dawn in a violent storm while anchored off coast – everyone knows the truth lies 50 metres below the surface, in the wreckage of a yacht that divers, floating cranes and underwater drones are still struggling to bring back from the depths of the ocean. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Our seaside town was once a paradise, but it is being destroyed by feral youths on e

Lifelong Bournemouth residents say their seaside town has been turned into a lawless society with antisocial behaviour, knife crime , and drug deals happening in plain sight.

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3 d. ago At least three dead as 'truly violent' rainstorms and floods ravage the French Riviera in 'natural disaster'

The floods reportedly caused cars to be swept away by waters, roads and bridged destroyed which one official described as 'scenes of war' in southern France .

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5 d. ago Family of chef who died alongside six others on the doomed Bayesian superyacht could be in line for massive £40MILLION compensation

Recaldo Thomas was among seven people who drowned when the yacht owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch went down in a violent storm off the coast of Sicily last summer.

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7 d. ago Pictured: hero firefighters killed in Bicester Motion fire as tributes flood in

Jennie Logan, 30, and Martyn Sadler, 38, were among the crew tackling the blaze at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire on Thursday and they lost their lives along with 57-year-old David Chester

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7 d. ago Scientists reveal new 'worst case scenario' solar storm that could end modern life

The most violent solar storm ever recorded hit our planet at the end of the Ice Age, scientists have revealed

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1 week ago Operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht suspended after diver dies

Work to raise the Bayesian is put on hold as investigators seek to establish the cause of the 39-year-old Dutchman’s deathRecovery operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily have been suspended after a diver died during underwater work.Rob Cornelis Maria Huijben, a 39-year-old Dutch diver, died on Friday while doing preparation work to cut the ship’s mainmast. He was employed by the maritime company Hebo, whose barge arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo. The luxury vessel was anchored just off Porticello when it was struck shortly before dawn by a violent storm on 19 August 2024. It sank within seconds, killing seven people, including Lynch and his daughter Hannah. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How a humble Chicago schoolboy Robert Prevost with a veteran father rose to become America's first Pope

Newly elected American Pope Robert Francis Prevost came from humble beginnings in southern Chicago suburbs, where he was regarded as an integral part of the local Catholic community.

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2 w. ago April storms that killed 24 in US made more severe by burning fossil fuels – study

Study finds human-caused climate change made four-day rainfall across central Mississippi valley 40% more likelyThe four-day historic storm that caused death and destruction across the central Mississippi valley in early April was made significantly more likely and more severe by burning fossil fuels, rapid analysis by a coalition of leading climate scientists has found.Record quantities of rain were dumped across eight southern and midwestern states between 3 and 6 April, causing widespread catastrophic flooding that killed at least 15 people, inundated crops, wrecked homes, swept away vehicles and caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of households. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mother and son killed after flash flooding hits Middle East tourist site

The pair were part of a group of 18 tourists on an adventure trip

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2 w. ago 'I visited European seaside resort that's been left to rot for 50 years'

Once a playground for the rich and famous, the city's glamorous resorts, skyscrapers and shopping areas have been left to rot for decades. It looks very different nowadays

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