29 m. ago Imran Khan’s supporters set for standoff with police as concerns grow for jailed leader

Former prime minister’s party vows to go ahead with protests even after authorities ban public gatherings in Rawalpindi

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89 m. ago A third Russian tanker attacked in the Black Sea, Turkish authority says

The Turkish maritime authority reports a tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea

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1 hour ago David Lammy to unveil major justice reforms to tackle 'courts emergency'

The Deputy Prime Minister will lay out his plan in parliament today to tackle the 'courts emergency' over a backlog of cases totalling more than 78,000.

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1 hour ago How to watch Fulham vs Man City: TV channel and live stream for Premier League today

Cottagers eye another upset after sinking Tottenham

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1 hour ago How to watch Newcastle vs Tottenham: TV channel and live stream for Premier League today

Spurs desperate to get back to winning ways

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1 hour ago How to watch Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid: TV channel and live stream for La Liga match today

League leaders could be knocked off top spot

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1 hour ago ‘I kept smelling a horrible nasty smell’: the risks of England’s old dumping grounds

For some, the smell brings on nausea and headaches. Others fear ‘forever chemicals’ seeping into the waterUK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies“I just kept smelling this horrible, nasty smell like animal excrement, and I was wondering what it was,” says Jess Brown, from Fleetwood, Lancashire.Brown’s mother suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and she believes the smells make it worse. She also worries for her eight-year-old daughter, whose asthma worsens when the odour seeps indoors. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee

It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reformsThe wall of sound shouting “liar” at the chancellor is a bizarre Westminster frenzy. Stand back from the hysteria and ask this question: how can Rachel Reeves be accused of raising more money than necessary when there is still pitifully little to go round in every department at her cabinet table? It’s a weird Tory ramp that she lied about a black hole when we can see it everywhere in the real world. She could have raised more.As the prime minister, Keir Starmer, pleads the case for all that was Labour-flavoured in the budget, the week also brought a breakthrough for Labour’s flagship employment rights bill. Shamelessly stymied by the Lords’ Tory majority, the government watered down a clause on so-called day-one rights that would have given workers protection from unfair dismissal from the day they walked into a job. That legal right will now kick in at six m...

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3 h. ago AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions

Students applying to college know they're not supposed to use AI chatbots to write their essays

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5 h. ago Labour MP Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh prison sentence is ‘Kafka

Dhaka court finds Siddiq guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt – the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina – to help her mother acquire a piece of land in suburbs of Bangladeshi capital

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7 h. ago Simon Cowell's Netflix show The Next Act will document his relationship with fiancée Lauren Silverman 'warts and all' after she was 'initially reluctant' to be a part of it

The show, which will be released on Wednesday 10 December, will follow the music mogul, 65, and Lauren 48, as he tries to make a band.

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8 h. ago Starmer: We have to work with China – even if it threatens national security

The prime minister used his Mansion House speech to defend a ‘thawing’ of relations with Beijing – potentially laying the groundwork for a controversial new super embassy to be given approval

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8 h. ago ‘Was it a woman who bit off his ear?’: the wild life and serene photography of Tom Sandberg

Norway’s most celebrated photographer made his name with calm, reflective images that sit at odds with his reckless life. Friends and family remember a paradoxical manNorway has never looked as wet as in the photographs of the late Tom Sandberg. There are shots of drizzle and puddles, of asphalt slick with mizzle. A ripple of water appears to have a hole in it, a figure looms behind a rain-dappled window, a gutter glows after a downpour.Shot in either bold chiaroscuro or gentle orchestrations of greys, these are pictures with the power to make the everyday seem dreamlike. But they are also uplifting, in a confusing kind of way, like being told to dress for sun even when the clouds are black. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Britain's Budget betrayal: Sir Keir Starmer vows to curb handouts...just days after £16billion welfare spending boost

The Prime Minister said the Government would make attempt to 'reform' welfare, with the current system having 'trapped people in poverty' - days after boosting handouts by £16billion a year..

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9 h. ago US and Russian demands for Ukrainian territory is ‘toughest part of peace negotiations’, says President Zelensky

US and Russian demands to give Moscow swathes of Ukrainian territory are “the most difficult” part of peace talks, President Zelensky revealed yesterday. He was speaking after marathon meetings with France's President Macron, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US envoy Steve Witkoff – who is due to meet Putin in Moscow today. Zelensky said: “The...

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9 h. ago We’re alcohol experts – how to do a booze cruise for cheap wine and spirits in time for Christmas saving £630

WITH Christmas around the corner, could a Calais booze cruise still save you money in this post-Brexit era? Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham – alcohol experts known as The Thinking Drinkers – went on a trip to find out . . .   The booze cruise has long been a British tradition – we’ve been benefiting from lower French alcohol...

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9 h. ago China is a ‘real national security threat’ to UK, Starmer warns – in wake of spying concerns

SIR Keir Starmer has warned that China poses “real national security threats to the United Kingdom”, tightening his stance as tensions rise over alleged espionage attempts targeting Westminster. Speaking at the historic Guildhall, the Prime Minister said Britain could no longer afford years of “blowing hot and cold” on China, urging a clearer and more...

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9 h. ago I'm A Celeb's Vogue Williams becomes THIRD contestant voted out of the jungle after landing in the bottom with fellow model Kelly Brook

The mother-of-three, 40, who arrived six days after the rest of the campmates as a surprise late entry alongside Tom Read Wilson , got the boot after landing in the bottom two with Kelly Brook .

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer defends China stance as he claims UK must not shrink back from 'chaotic world'

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Britain must not duck out of engaging with China, and referenced Brexit, saying the way it had been 'sold and delivered' was 'simply wrong'

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10 h. ago I'm A Celeb's Vogue Willians becomes THIRD contestant voted out of the jungle after landing in the bottom with fellow model Kelly Brook

The mother-of-three arrived six days after the rest of the campmates two weeks ago as a surprise late entry alongside Tom Read Wilson.

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