1 hour ago Iran poses ‘persistent’ threat to UK, warns intelligence committee

Parliamentary report finds there has been a ‘significant increase’ in risk faced by dissidents and Jewish people in Britain

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22 h. ago Met Office issues 'red flag' warning to Brits visiting UK beaches this weekend

People planning trips to the seaside this weekend should take note of this warning

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53 h. ago Inside Kondengui prison: ground zero of Cameroon’s war on dissent

Thousands have been detained and tortured in the Yaoundé jail as Paul Biya, 92, seeks to keep his grip on powerIn the visitors’ area in the courtyard of Kondengui maximum security prison, French-dubbed Nollywood films play on a TV as inmates and their guests hug each other and laugh. The green, red and yellow flag of Cameroon flutters above.The happy picture in this corner of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, belies the prison’s dark status as ground zero of Paul Biya’s five-decade crackdown on dissent in the central African country. Thousands of people have been detained and tortured here as Biya, who turned 92 this year, seeks to keep Cameroon under his grip. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago I spent six years locked in a haze of antidepressants after my first marriage broke down. This is the red flag I ignored

The mental health nurse started rooting through my wardrobe. She found the £2,000 Christiana Couture dress I had worn for my country house wedding, 14 years earlier.

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68 h. ago Skin cancer doctor shares shocking video of 'worst melanoma' he's ever seen: 'They don't always look like moles'

Don't ignore new bumps on the skin even if they do not look like typical red-flag warning signs of skin cancer, a leading GP has warned.

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3 d. ago Nicola Peltz 'reaches out' to Beckhams as she dons David's football shorts

Has Nicola Peltz sent a message back to the Beckhams in Britain? She was wearing something significant as she posed up a storm with a selfie on her family yacht this weekend

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4 d. ago F1 British Grand Prix: qualifying updates from Silverstone – live

Formula One latest (qualifying begins at 3pm BST)Sign up for The Recap | And you can drop Billy a mailHaas’s Ollie Bearman has received a 10-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s race for a ‘red flag infringement’ after spinning out and hitting the barriers by the pit lane while a red flag was being flown after Gabriel Bortoleto had himself spun offHere’s what the lap times looked like at the end of that chaotic third practice session earlier: Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ollie Bearman handed severe penalty for British GP after crash in pit

The British 20-year-old incomprehensibly lost control of his car in red flag conditions in practice

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4 d. ago Oliver Bearman slapped with massive British GP grid penalty for dangerous Silverstone act

British Grand Prix stewards at Silverstone have given a heavy punishment to Oliver Bearman after the Haas driver span in the pit entry while under red flag conditions during practice

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7 d. ago Dementia warning for rugby players as quarter show red flag signs

Former rugby players show a higher prevalence of brain changes linked to dementia

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7 d. ago Households told to sprinkle £1.10 item around red flag plants immediately

A seasoning you probably have in your kitchen already is said to be a perfect remedy to plants who attract endless pests, especially during the summer months

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9 d. ago I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?

A biopic of Frantz Fanon and other remarkable new movies are finding success via social media, yet remain invisible at the big film festivalsFrance’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was historically among the most significant in Europe. After Britain, France had the second biggest colonial empire. We know that 1.38 million people were deported in at least 4,220 documented French slave trade expeditions. Yet the stories of the lives of those people are almost entirely absent from the French collective imagination.Growing up in France, the only images of this crime against humanity I ever saw on screen were in US-made films. I learned about it from the 1970s TV series Roots and from Steven Spielberg’s movie Amistad. Today in France, Hollywood films such as 12 Years a Slave or Django Unchained are still the references when it comes to depicting the horrors experienced by enslaved people.Rokhaya Diallo is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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9 d. ago I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes? | Rokhaya Diallo

A biopic of Frantz Fanon and other remarkable new movies are finding success via social media, yet remain invisible at the big film festivalsFrance’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was historically among the most significant in Europe. After Britain, France had the second biggest colonial empire. We know that 1.38 million people were deported in at least 4,220 documented French slave trade expeditions. Yet the stories of the lives of those people are almost entirely absent from the French collective imagination.Growing up in France, the only images of this crime against humanity I ever saw on screen were in US-made films. I learned about it from the 1970s TV series Roots and from Steven Spielberg’s movie Amistad. Today in France, Hollywood films such as 12 Years a Slave or Django Unchained are still the references when it comes to depicting the horrors experienced by enslaved people.Rokhaya Diallo is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago F1 Austrian GP Qualifying red flagged as Lewis Hamilton involved in incident

Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix was red flagged in Q2 after a patch of grass caught fire by the side of the track between the main grandstand and the pit wall

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1 week ago Glastonbury star Lola Young says 'red flag' in men is also 'hot' and admits to Nike rule

Lola Young could be set to find the right fella at Glastonbury as she like a bit of rough as we're sure a few of the lads will be feeling after a long weekend at Worthy Farm

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1 week ago Housing red flag: Data show increase in cancellations of home purchase agreements versus a year ago

The latest sign of trouble in the U.S. housing market: A pickup in home purchase agreements falling through before they’re finalized

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1 week ago William and Kate named ‘most socially significant people in Britain’

William and Kate were named number one in the society bible's annual list and hailed as "the most influential in the land", ahead of Sir David Attenborough and the Beckhams.

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2 w. ago William and Kate named ‘most socially significant people in Britain’ by Tatler

The royal couple were praised for their passions, with the magazine highlighting the princess’s ‘grace and grit’ after her cancer diagnosis.

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2 w. ago London train stations to get 4G and 5G upgrade in project to eliminate mobile blackspots on rail network

Deal signed to improve mobile coverage for passengers using Britain’s major train routes

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2 w. ago London train stations to get 4G and 5G upgrade in project to eliminate mobile blackspots on Britain's train lines

Deal signed to improve mobile coverage for passengers using Britain’s major train routes

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