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Study finds global increase in hot, dry days ideal for wildfires

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The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy – ideal to spark extreme wildfires – has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the gl...

Avalanche risks remain high in California after deaths of skiers

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Avalanche risks remain high in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern California this week, following the deadliest snowslide the region has seen in ...

Nottingham Forest dominate Fenerbahce to give Vítor Pereira perfect start

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For Nottingham Forest, and particularly Vítor Pereira and the 1,200 supporters who signed up to this trip, an evening in Istanbul they will not forget...

MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts

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Ed Miliband is under pressure from MPs to suspend subsidies worth £2m a day paid to the owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire after court d...

USA roar back from brink to beat Canada in overtime and claim Olympic women’s ice hockey gold

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Rescued from the brink of defeat by a deft touch from their captain in her final Olympics, the US beat Canada in Milan on Thursday to claim the women’...

Macron defends EU AI rules and vows crackdown on child ‘digital abuse’

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Emmanuel Macron has hit back at US criticism of Europe’s efforts to regulate AI, vowing to protect children from “digital abuse” during France’s presi...

TV set is most popular way to watch YouTube in UK, study finds

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The television has replaced laptops, tablets and smartphones as the most common device for UK viewers to watch YouTube at home, according to data conf...

Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health

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The Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified at a landmark trial of social media companies on Wednesday. Plaintiffs’ lawyers grilled Zuckerberg about inte...

Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

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Deepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has...

Airbus suggests split solution for Europe’s faltering fighter jet programme

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Airbus has suggested splitting Europe’s faltering future fighter jet programme into two separate warplanes, amid a dispute between manufacturers over ...

Ebay buys Depop for $1.2bn in effort to lure younger shoppers

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The online retailer eBay has agreed to buy the British secondhand fashion resale app Depop from Etsy for about $1.2bn (£890m) in cash, as eBay targets...

Global Counsel calls in administrators, blaming Peter Mandelson ‘maelstrom’

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Global Counsel, the advisory firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson, is to collapse into administration, blaming the “maelstrom” caused by revelations abo...

UK manufacturing still beset by low orders and price pressure, says CBI

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British manufacturing orders remain well below average and price pressure continues to persist, according to a closely watched survey. The CBI industr...

Made in Europe’ EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns

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A British minister has warned that the EU’s “Made in Europe” industrial strategy could hit supply chains, increase costs and create unnecessary trade ...

LIV Golf tour hits out at decision to only award ranking points to top-10 finishers

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The Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Tour has hit out at what it regards as victimisation from those presiding over the sport’s world rankings process, de...

Cadel: Lungs on Legs review – a heart-pumping, hilarious portrait of an Australian cycling champion

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It’s been 15 years since Cadel Evans rode into Paris in the yellow jersey, becoming the first Australian to win the Tour de France and one of only thr...

Itoje warns against ‘corrosive’ social media after racist abuse of Edogbo

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The England captain, Maro Itoje, has warned of the corrosive effect of social media on professional athletes and wider society before the crucial Six ...

Salman Rushdie among 170 figures to sign open letter over Barbican arts lead departure

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Salman Rushdie, John Akomfrah and Pankaj Mishra are among more than 170 cultural figures who have signed an open letter to the Barbican expressing con...

Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne

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The former chancellor George Osborne has said countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risk “Fo...

Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them

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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) and other media corporatio...

Stripped of finery, detained by police as an ordinary citizen: now Andrew enters a new era – and Britain too

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The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is a seismic moment for the royal family as well as for himself. On one hand, it is hard to believe any great...

Italian broadcaster’s sports chief resigns after gaffe-strewn Olympic commentary

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The head of the sports division of the Italian public broadcaster Rai has resigned after his gaffe-strewn commentary of the Winter Olympics opening ce...

Top-four seeding of Women’s FA Cup would kill the magic and widen money gap

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As so much of the modern game increasingly sucks the joy out of football, there remains something pure and precious about the sight of those famous bl...

Controversial Women’s FA Cup plans on hold after pushback from clubs, players and fans

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Proposals to make radical changes to the Women’s FA Cup, including seeding the top four teams from the WSL, have been put on hold, the Guardian can re...

Clubs frustrated over wait for Fifa to share £185m of Club World Cup money

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Frustration is growing among clubs globally at the extended wait for £185m of solidarity payments promised by Fifa on the back of last summer’s Club W...

The Disappearing Act by Maria Stepanova review – a poetic exploration of Russian guilt

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M, a 50-year-old novelist living in an idyllic place by a lake, is travelling to a literary festival to give a talk. A sequence of events, mostly beyo...

Watson season two review – a Sherlock Holmes spinoff full of naughty wit

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Go to 221B Baker Street and the Sherlock Holmes fans you meet there will be American, not British – and while the BBC’s Sherlock might be the most fam...

Summer is coming!’: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel

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A new prequel to George RR Martin’s blockbuster fantasy saga Game of Thrones is to be staged this summer by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford...

From Stranger Things to Killing Eve: why TV shows should only be one season long

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Though it aired almost two months ago, fans are still angry about the Stranger Things finale. So disappointing was the wrap to the five-season sci-fi ...

Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints

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The art world has a real issue with making things overly conceptual, too complicated and using wanky jargon,” says Trackie McLeod. “It alienates peopl...