6 h. ago Christmas is a season for forgiveness. But is saying ‘sorry’ enough? | Fatma Aydemir

In Germany, the neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe has made a public display of her remorse – but remains silent on key aspects of her crimesIt’s a strange season to talk about forgiveness. While streets glow with fairy lights and shop windows promise that compassion is only a gift-box away, Germany is once again confronted with the unresolved wounds of its recent past. The trap of the season is this: believing that every gesture of regret must be met with mercy. As if forgiveness was a resource available to anyone who is reasonable enough to move on, no matter how atrociously they have been treated.It is certainly not that simple for the families of the victims of the National Socialist Underground (NSU). During the 2000s, the neo-Nazi terror organisation killed 10 people, nine of them immigrants, mostly small business owners, and one policewoman. Because investigators focused on probing the victims’ families and communities rather than on Nazis, the NSU was able to continue murderin...

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11 h. ago UK seas in 2025: ‘Incredible’ octopuses, pollution and some puffin good news

Conservationists have described 2025 as year of the octopus after enormous numbers were seen in the south west.

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20 h. ago Is Drake London playing today for Falcons vs Cardinals in Week 16 of 2025 NFL season?

Is Drake London playing today for Falcons vs Cardinals in Week 16 of 2025 NFL season?  Bolavip

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38 h. ago F1 2025 awards as Lando Norris denied best driver and Lewis Hamilton wins for wrong reasons

Formula 1 correspondent Daniel Moxon was on duty for all 24 F1 race weekends in 2025 and has now confirmed his awards, from the best driver and team to 'numpty of the year'

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49 h. ago Le Carré with a cocktail, not a cuppa: the glamour and escapism of The Night Manager

The second series of the Tom Hiddleston-fronted drama is first le Carré adaptation not based on author’s own workIt was in a market square in the Colombian city of Cartagena when Georgi Banks-Davies wondered if she had bitten off more than she could chew.The director of The Night Manager’s second series was shooting a scene in the bustling location, with just a few minutes to capture the action. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing 2025 winner 'sealed' as audience vote 'exposed'

Former Lioness Karen Carney, YouTuber creator George Clark, and Love Islander Amber Davies will battle it out to lift Strictly Come Dancing's Glitterball Trophy later today

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52 h. ago Strictly judge Anton Du Beke exposes audience vote as 2025 winner 'sealed'

Former Lioness Karen Carney, YouTuber creator George Clark, and Love Islander Amber Davies will battle it out to lift Strictly Come Dancing's Glitterball Trophy

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53 h. ago Strictly 2025 winner 'sealed' as judge Anton Du Beke exposes audience vote

Former Lioness Karen Carney, YouTuber creator George Clark, and Love Islander Amber Davies will battle it out to lift Strictly Come Dancing's Glitterball Trophy later today

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2 d. ago No more French ‘fashion police’: Emily in Paris costume designer relishes move to Rome

Costume designer Marylin Fitoussi says Italy understands the show’s wardrobe is ‘about breaking rules and having fun’Netflix’s famously frothy romcom Emily in Paris has long divided critics and Parisians alike, but as it returns for its fifth season it seems to have won a presidential seal of approval. On Monday, Emmanuel Macron named the series’ creator, Darren Star (best known for Sex and The City), a knight of the legion of honour for boosting France’s cultural prominence and soft power through the show’s global success.It is a long way from the initial backlash, which partly centred on the brash wardrobe of Emily Cooper, the American in Paris played by Lily Collins. Brightly coloured, print-heavy and over the top, the outre outfits were received as a personal affront by many Parisians, who even objected to her embrace of archetypal French chic. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago BBC Gardeners' World announces Monty Don's 'last show of the year' leaving fans 'crying'

BBC Gardeners' World wraps up its 2025 season this week

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3 d. ago Drake London itching to finish out 2025 season: 'I want to get back out there'

Drake London itching to finish out 2025 season: 'I want to get back out there'  Atlanta Falcons

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3 d. ago The World Cup is about places and people. In Seattle, it should be about Pride | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The US host city’s resolve in maintaining its ‘Pride Match’ should be commended as exactly the sort of thing this tournament is forThere are two World Cups. The product, marketed and monetized for all it will yield, and the experience.Only one of those is the real thing. And in one case, it’s holding strong. In Seattle, the local organizing committee long ago designated the 26 June game slated for Lumen Field as the “Pride Match” to mark the city’s LGBTQ+ pride weekend celebration. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Emily in Paris season five review – Minnie Driver is just what this campy masterpiece needed

TV’s greatest guilty pleasure is back – and it’s still a total hoot! Prepare to gorge yourself silly on it over the holidays along with the mince pies. You know you want to ‘Turn off your brain and jump!” So says London geezer Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) to ex-girlfriend Emily’s best pal Mindy (Ashley Park), as they flirt their way through a racy dance scene. It could, of course, be an instruction to viewers of season five of Emily in Paris, too. Once pilloried for its Anglophile tendencies and surface-level commitment to la culture française, the fluffy dramedy about an American in Paris helmed by Lily Collins has – over the past five years – become one of TV’s greatest guilty pleasures: a fancy fever dream of great clothes, strapping love interests and a constant karaoke soundtrack courtesy of Park, a Broadway star whose contract clearly dictates that she sing at least five times per episode. The clothes are less outlandish this time around, but still aspirational – lending the show...

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4 d. ago Hackers access Pornhub’s premium users’ viewing habits and search history

ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021Hackers have accessed the search history and viewing habits of premium users of Pornhub, one of the world’s most popular pornography websites.A gang has reportedly accessed more than 200m data records, including Pornhub premium members’ email addresses, search and viewing activities and locations. Pornhub is a heavily used site and says it has more than 100m daily visits globally. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Fallout season two review – this post apocalyptic thriller is absolutely hilarious

The video game derived thriller series should be terrifying, but it’s often side-splitting. Its second outing adds excellent guest spots from Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani and Macaulay CulkinThe west doesn’t get much wilder than in Fallout. The show takes place 200 years into a post-nuclear apocalypse where most humans are scratching out an existence in a stricken wasteland California of sand dunes, outlaw gangs and mutated monsters. Resources are scarce. Life is cruel. Death is a constant. It should be terrifying. Instead, it’s often hilarious.A wicked sense of humour elevated the first season of Prime Video’s well-received, no-expense-spared adaptation of the long-running video game franchise. An early episode opened with one faction dumping newborn pups into an incinerator – in case you were wondering who the bad guys were – and those flashes of satirical glee gave Fallout an edge over gloomier post-apocalyptic shows such as The Walking Dead or The Last of Us. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Fallout season two review – this postapocalyptic thriller is absolutely hilarious

The video game-derived thriller series should be terrifying, but it’s often side-splitting. Its second outing adds excellent guest spots from Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani and Macaulay CulkinThe west doesn’t get much wilder than in Fallout. The show takes place 200 years into a post-nuclear apocalypse where most humans are scratching out an existence in a stricken wasteland California of sand dunes, outlaw gangs and mutated monsters. Resources are scarce. Life is cruel. Death is a constant. It should be terrifying. Instead, it’s often hilarious.A wicked sense of humour elevated the first season of Prime Video’s well-received, no-expense-spared adaptation of the long-running video game franchise. An early episode opened with one faction dumping newborn pups into an incinerator – in case you were wondering who the bad guys were – and those flashes of satirical glee gave Fallout an edge over gloomier post-apocalyptic shows such as The Walking Dead or The Last of Us. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live: Carey passes fifty as England search for more wickets in evening session

The third Test begins at the Adelaide Oval with England 2-0 down to Australia in the series

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5 d. ago Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’

Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts sayThe Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported.From October 2024 to September 2025, temperatures across the entire Arctic region were the hottest in 125 years of modern record keeping, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said, with the last 10 years being the 10 warmest on record in the Arctic. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Netflix fans' 'day ruined' as the 'best show of 2025' cancelled after first season

Netflix has cancelled a popular coming-of-age drama despite a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score and 9.4 million first-week views

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6 d. ago Netflix fans fuming as ‘the best show of 2025’ cancelled after just one season

Subscribers were devastated as one of their favourite new Netflix series has been axed after just one season despite strong reviews

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