2 h. ago Russians hoping for peace talks and ‘universal joy’ – but will western brands return?

Following last week’s US-Russia talks, the mood in Moscow suggests many are beginning to think about what a post-war reality might look likeAfter three years of war and western isolation, Russians are starting to hope that the recent flurry of US-Russia diplomacy could offer a path to peace in Ukraine – and restore the sense of normality lost when their leader sent tanks across the Ukrainian border.Last Tuesday’s US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia have sent the country’s propagandists and political establishment into euphoria, celebrating what they see as a real chance of achieving Russia’s goals in the war at the expense of Ukraine and its European allies, which have been sidelined from discussing the future of the invaded country. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Nostradamus's eerie prediction about the future of Pope Francis is unearthed after Vatican revealed he was in a 'critical' condition

Michel de Nostredame, the 16th-century astrologer known as Nostradamus, supposedly predicted the fate of the pope in an unearthed quote from his book 'Les Propheties'

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3 h. ago Grangemouth: Sir Keir Starmer announces £200m from wealth fund to kickstart Scottish hub's future

The Prime Minister has announced funding for the future of Grangemouth.

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4 h. ago Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee

For the US president’s cheerleaders, the whitewashing of the deaths of ten of thousands of Ukrainians is a small price to pay for sticking it to the wokeratiWas it really only a month ago that the pole-dancer patron, fridge explorer, Brexit get-doer, model bus maker, sofa-strainer, wall-spaffer, current Daily Mail columnist and former British prime minister Boris Johnson eulogised the inauguration of Donald Trump in the Mail, recounting how, as the “invisible pulse of power surged” from the battered bible into the hand of Trump: “I saw the moment the world’s wokerati had worked so hard to prevent.”I hope Johnson is pleased with the way things have worked out. Because now the foolish wokerati have been schooled beyond Johnson’s wettest dreams. It’s the Trump-Putin-bin Salman party! An adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster, and a man who sanctioned a chemical warfare hit, killing a British citizen on British soil, have met at the luxury Saudia Arabian hotel of another man, ...

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4 h. ago New York City’s Ukrainian community ‘disappointed’ after Trump’s ‘betrayal’

As the US upends decades of foreign policy, those watching the war unfold from miles away resolve to stand strongMembers of New York’s large Ukrainian community expressed a mix of disillusionment, betrayal, defiance and acute uncertainty about what the future holds for Ukraine after tensions escalated this week between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Geopolitical events in the last week have shocked Ukrainians at home and overseas as well as US lawmakers and allies, as the US president appeared to heavily favor the Russian president Vladimir Putin to dictate peace terms on the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago George Clooney shares initial concerns he had about wife Amal after realising one thing

George Clooney swiftly realised he didn't need to be doubtful after all, with the actor going on to marry human rights lawyer Amal Clooney in 2014

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5 h. ago Human remains found on motorway as police launch investigation

Several motorists called 999 from 6.40pm on Saturday to report an object on the road

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5 h. ago There is a bleak horizon for the economy, but still a glimmer of hope

Persistent pessimism prevails when thinking about the economy.

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5 h. ago Police probe launched as human remains found on motorway and major road closed

Police have issued an investigation after human remains – believed to be those of a man in his 40s – were found on a stretch of the M4, prompting the closure of the road

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5 h. ago Nostradamus issued eerie Pope Francis prediction as Catholic Church's fate questioned

Conspiracy theorists have stumbled across the predictions of 16th-century French prophet Nostradamus, which contain a chilling warning about the future of Pope Francis and the Catholic Church

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5 h. ago Everyone who pays energy bills faces big change from Tuesday

Customers will be given news about the future state of bills this week

Economics

6 h. ago Woman blasted over 'silly' baby name that 'sound completely made

One woman though she might be unfairly judging her mum's baby name suggestions for her future grandchild, but she's been told her mum needs a 'reality check' after posting about the situation on Reddit

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6 h. ago M4 closed in both directions after human remains found on the carriageway

A stretch of the M4 near the River Severn was closed for several hours until early Sunday morning.

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7 h. ago One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – Gaza and the sound of silence

This powerful new book examines the moral contradictions of the west and asks what liberal values mean in the face of such brutal and sustained obliteration of human lifeLike many people, I have followed the unrelenting horror that has unfolded in Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 mainly through the medium of social media. The Instagram reels of citizen journalists on the ground have become for me and countless others the most powerful testimony to the slaughter, destruction and trauma visited on the already beleaguered Palestinian population. Recorded at great risk, they are often heartbreaking and enraging: so many dead infants; so many maimed and traumatised children; so many obliterated families and communities.Some of these witnesses have achieved heroic status among their millions of followers, the likes of Motaz Azaiza, a photojournalist who was evacuated to Qatar after 108 days covering the carnage at close hand; Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Al Jazeer...

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8 h. ago Voices: Why I support The Independent’s campaign to oppose Donald Trump’s assault on democracy and liberty

Keir Starmer must stand up on behalf of Britain in the face of Trump’s attempt to dismantle the post-Second World War security architecture of our continent, writes Sir Ed Davey

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8 h. ago I saw the devastation of homes burned and a school destroyed in Gaza

When the news of the October 7 attacks broke, I could never have imagined the devastating consequences of that Hamas attack and the subsequent war, and the horror that continues to unfold in the region.

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8 h. ago 'Human remains' found on M4 and M48 was that of man in his 40s, police say as they launch probe

The human remains were found on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol, with the body believed to be that of a man in his 40s, police said. The man's family have been informed

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8 h. ago Police issue update after human remains found on M4 and M48 motorways

The human remains were found on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol, with the body believed to be that of a man in his 40s, police said. The man's family have been informed

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9 h. ago M4 and M48 human remains: Police reveal body found was that of man in his 40s

The body was found between junction 20 at the Almondsbury Interchange with the M5 and junction 21, near Awkley, in south Gloucestershire - the M4 and M48 were originally closed but they have now reopened

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9 h. ago Discontented Germany votes in an election with economy, migration and far

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States

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