48 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Crimea oil refinery burns as Russia feels effects on fuel supply

Glide bombs knock out power supply and hit hospital in Kharkiv; Zelenskyy lining up Trump meeting with Tomahawks hot topic. What we know on day 1,329An oil terminal at Feodosia in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula was burning on Monday after an attack by Ukrainian drones. A Ukrainian security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the drones, launched by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service and military special forces, hit at least five reservoirs. The source said drones also hit at least two Russian electrical substations on the peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014.Large heat signatures around the Feodosia terminal were visible on Nasa’s satellite fire monitoring service, Firms, and Crimea’s Moscow-installed governor confirmed the fire. The Feodosia terminal also came under attack last week. Ukraine has launched more than 30 strikes on Russian energy sites since the beginning of August, aiming to hamper funding of the Kremlin’s war machine and also tri...

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49 h. ago Woman 'poured hot oil on husband as he slept then sprinkled chili powder on burns'

Dinesh Kumar, 28, suddenly woke up with pain across his face and torso, and told police he found his wife Sadhna standing over him with a tub of hot oil and threatening to 'pour more' if he failed to stay quiet

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8 d. ago Woman who 'stabbed husband to death as he slept' confessed her anger to AI chatbot

Police said 41-year-old personal trainer and bodybuilder Valter de Vargas Aita was attacked by his wife, Andrea Carvalho Aita, who later told officers she had acted in self-defence in Chapeco, Brazil, on Sunday 7 September

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9 d. ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy gunpowder paneer and potato skewers with lime

These Indian-spice-coated skewers are a vegetarian treat that’ll go down a storm whenever shish kebab is called for, with a superb tangy dip alongsideI was delighted to discover that the south Indian spice mix podi – a rubble of searingly hot, roughly ground spices, which you mix with a little oil and use as a dip for dosa or idli – is also known as “gunpowder” spice mix. That’s not a misnomer if you were using my grandmother’s home-dried chillies, but it would be charitable to say that I’m far less adventurous with chilli, so here I suggest chilli flakes instead. It’s an extraordinarily good marinade for these paneer and potato skewers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman pours drain cleaner into her eyes to blind herself and 'feel more comfortable'

From an early age, Jewel Shuping 'knew she was meant to be blind', even staring at the sun in the hope of ruining her healthy eyes. Then, when she reached adulthood, she took dangerous action to ensure she would never see again

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2 w. ago Tributes pour in as beloved Stockport woman dubbed 'Queen of Chestergate' dies aged 87

Molly Webb was a regular at the pub famous on Facebook for its lively karaoke nights

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3 w. ago I had sex with another man while my husband slept. Is he right to be furious?

We recently began exploring group sex. But he insists I crossed a line one morning, and is punishing me with silence and distanceMy husband and I are in an open relationship (both male, married for eight years) and on a recent holiday we started to explore group sex. We had a wonderful threesome where we both felt great afterwards and had a mutual attraction to the other man – which is rare for us. However, our latest endeavour wasn’t as successful. We invited a couple and a single man back to our hotel room. Everything was great during the fivesome, and afterwards the couple left. We invited the other man to stay the night (mostly led by me). In the morning, things between me and this man started to heat up. He went to the bathroom and I asked my husband if he wanted to partake, to which he said no and that he’d rather sleep. Regardless, I carried on with the man for a short period until we climaxed. Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist who specialises in treati...

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