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Saltburn film review: ‘Lurid’ comedy skewers Britain’s super-rich
Emerald Fennell, the director of Promising Young Woman is back with a ‘stickily sensual’ black comedy full of one-liners and stand-out performances from Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike. Two years ago, Emerald Fennell won the best original screenplay Oscar for her debut film as a writer-director, Promising Young Woman. Now she’s back with another gleefully…
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Crossbow intruder who wanted to ‘kill Queen’ to be sentenced for treason
Metropolitan PoliceCopyright: Metropolitan Police Chail was found by a royal protection police officer in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas morning 2021. He was carrying a loaded crossbow and was wearing a sinister-looking face mask. Chail had climbed into the grounds using a nylon rope ladder and had already been there for about two…
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France’s highest mountain Mont Blanc is shrinking
The tallest mountain in France has shrunk over the last two years, according to researchers. Mont Blanc’s peak has been measured at 4,805.59m (15,766ft 4 in), which is 2.22m shorter than in 2021. Chief geometer Jean des Garets said the shrinking could have been caused by less rain this summer. The mountain in south east…
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Abkhazia: Russia to build naval base in Georgian separatist region, says local leader
By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News Russia will set up a naval base in the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia, its leader has told Russian media. Aslan Bzhania told the Izvestia tabloid his Moscow-backed region would soon host a “permanent point of deployment” for Russia on the Black Sea coast. It comes as Ukraine increases its…
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Egypt’s early presidential election campaign off to eventful start
By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem Egyptians have been gripped by the dramatic start to their country’s unexpectedly early presidential election campaign. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s re-election – now for a six-year term – seems virtually guaranteed even as his government grapples with record inflation and massive debt. Yet an outspoken critic, the left-wing politician…
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Bedbugs: How to deal with an infestation
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Oliver Slow and Bonnie McLaren BBC News Panic is said to be sweeping Paris and other French cities as infestations of bedbugs have apparently soared in recent weeks. While experts say the upward trend goes back…
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Jon Fosse: Norwegian author and playwright wins Nobel Literature Prize
By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter Norwegian author, playwright and poet Jon Fosse has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy said on Thursday it was for his “innovative plays and prose which gives voice to the unsayable”. As well as the prize, Fosse receives 11 million Swedish kronor (£822,000).…
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Climate change: Warmest September on record as global temperatures soar
By Matt McGrath & Mark Poynting BBC Climate & Science team The world’s September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU climate service. Last month was 0.93C warmer than the average September temperature between 1991-2020, and 0.5C hotter than the previous record set in…
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Nobel Prize in Literature: Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Can Xue, among possible contenders
The Nobel Prize in Literature is notoriously difficult to predict. Although some names are tipped more often, there are at least a couple of dozen authors who could realistically win. The judges start with a list of about 220 names, then narrow that down to about 20, before eventually reaching a shortlist of five. None…
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Israelis accused of raping British tourist go on trial in Cyprus
By Andria Kades & Raffi Berg BBC News, Famagusta and London Five Israeli men have gone on trial in Cyprus, charged with the gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman last month. The alleged attack is said to have taken place at a hotel in Ayia Napa, a popular tourist resort. A packed courtroom in…