16 h. ago Unhappy Messi and Napoleon’s Battle of Austerlitz: photos of the weekend

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47 h. ago These are the 13 best kebab shops in Wales 2025 and there's a battle for number one

The 14th British Kebab Awards will take place in February and the Welsh finalists have been announced

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7 d. ago UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight

Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chiefThe world is not winning the fight against the climate crisis but it is still in that fight, the UN climate chief has said in Belém, Brazil, after a bitterly contested Cop30 reached a deal.Countries at Cop30 failed to bring the curtain down on the fossil fuel age amid opposition from some countries led by Saudi Arabia, and they underdelivered on a flagship hope – at a conference held in the Amazon – to chart an end to deforestation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago NWSL Championship: key battles to decide Washington Spirit v Gotham FC final | Megan Swanick

Gotham are underdogs against a potent Spirit side but they have the talent and resilience to cause another upsetAt the close of quintessential NWSL playoffs rife with last-minute goals and upsets, the eighth-placed underdogs Gotham FC play second-placed Spirit for the ultimate trophy. Both teams have won the NWSL Championship once before: the Spirit in 2021 and Gotham two years later. Washington are the likely favourites, but Gotham’s talent cannot be discounted.As we look forward to Saturday night in San Jose, here are a few key battles that could decide the game. Continue reading...

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1 week ago An existential battle of interests: what the Sudanese war is actually about

A bitter race to claim economic and political power has divided the country and the human cost can no longer be ignored• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAlmost everywhere I go, I am asked about Sudan. The questions are partly from concern for family and my birth country, and partly from a genuine desire to understand how the conflict there has turned into something so intense and seemingly unstoppable. This week, I break down what is happening in the country, and why it has escalated to catastrophic proportions.*** Continue reading...

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1 week ago Curaçao complete fairytale with battling draw in Jamaica to qualify for World Cup

Tiny Caribbean nation hold on for crucial point in KingstonHaiti also book improbably place at next year’s tournamentThe tiny Caribbean nation of Curaçao became the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup as Haiti booked their return to the tournament for the first time in 52 years along with Panama.A nerve-shredding finale to the Concacaf qualifying campaign saw Curaçao – with a population of just 156,000 – squeeze into next year’s finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico with a 0-0 draw against Jamaica in Kingston. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oscar Piastri explains true state of Lando Norris relationship amid F1 title fight

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have been team-mates at McLaren for three years and are now battling it out for the 2025 F1 World Championship with three races to go

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Flamingo flies into battle, Zelenskyy defers to commanders over Pokrovsk

President suggests leaders on the ground will decide whether holding city is costing too many lives; Kyiv apartments hit in ‘massive’ attack. What we know on day 1,360 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: battle for Pokrovsk ‘raging on’ as Russia claims advance on town to east

Kyiv says Moscow’s forces carrying out ‘fast manoeuvres’ in push for key city, while sides give conflicting reports of combat around Myrnohrad. What we know on day 1,357See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Andrew Robertson admits Liverpool face ‘huge uphill battle’ to retain title

Defender urges Liverpool to ‘get back to’ previous levelsHe feels Van Dijk’s disallowed goal should have stoodAndrew Robertson admits Liverpool have a “huge uphill battle” to defend the title after Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, which leaves Arne Slot’s team eighth.The reverse was a fifth in six league matches, with Liverpool eight points behind the leaders, Arsenal, after 11 matches. Robertson said: “Obviously, we’ve given ourselves a huge uphill battle, but I don’t think any of the teams will really look at the league table until we’re halfway through. That’s what we’ve got to do but we’ve got to pick up points on a more consistent basis. Then let’s see where we are after Christmas time or whatever. We’ve just got to focus on ourselves and focus on performance levels. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Army reservist retraces family’s footsteps to Dutch battlefield

Colour Sergeant James Gould has visited the site where his grandfather fought to liberate Europe from the Nazis

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3 w. ago Violent scenes as rival kebab shop families brawl in the street with metal poles and sticks

The vicious fight, which took place in August this year in the busy city centre of Newport, Wales, saw the men using kebab shop tools and a walking stick against their business opponents.

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3 w. ago Families at rival kebab shops brawl in the street with weapons

They swung metal poles and sticks at each in the middle of the street while shocked onlookers couldn't believe what they were seeing

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3 w. ago ‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood

Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantationsRazor-straight rows of eucalyptus clones flank the Baixa Verde settlement in north-eastern Brazil. The genetically identical trees are in marked contrast to the patches of wild Atlantic forest – one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth – that remain scattered across the region.Surrounded by nearly 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of eucalyptus plantations, Baixa Verde is a rare example of a local victory over a multinational in Brazil. The rural settlement owes its existence to nearly two decades of legal battles over land rights – but the fight is not over yet. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fifa heats up battle with players’ union Fifpro by sidelining it from welfare talks

Union not invited to key meeting in Rabat Fifpro represents 65,000 players including PFAFifa is to press ahead with plans to develop new proposals for protecting player welfare without consulting the international trade union Fifpro, in a move that will intensify a long-simmering dispute between the two bodies.A meeting of the Fifa professional players consultation forum has been scheduled in Rabat, Morocco, for this Saturday, with the player unions of several nations invited, but not Fifpro, which represents more than 65,000 members and 72 national unions, including England’s Professional Footballers’ Association. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nick Kyrgios to play women’s No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Battle of the Sexes clash

Australian tennis star to meet Belarusian in December in Dubai‘I’m not just here to play, I’m here to entertain,’ says KyrgiosNick Kyrgios, Australian former Wimbledon finalist, is to play women’s world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in an exhibition match in Dubai.The clash evokes memories of the 1973 Battle of the Sexes match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs – which King won in straight sets in the Houston Astrodome and was later the subject of a Hollywood movie. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago M&S Christmas advert 2025: Christmas travel chaos sees canapés do battle with Ozempic

Enjoy your GLP-1 injections, suckers, all the more party snacks for me

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