Pål Enger, Norwegian art thief behind famed 1994 heist of Munch's 'The Scream,' dead at 57
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More than 110 are members of left-wing New Popular Front with more than 70 from Macron camp
The National Rally’s Jordan Bardella is debating on social media with France’s economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, about the far right’s plan to scrap nationality rights for children born and raised in France by foreign parents.
Gabriel Attal, the prime minister and a Macron ally, said that “from the first round, we made the choice in more than sixty constituencies not to present a candidate.”
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Whether slung over one shoulder, transformed into an asymmetrical wrap or twisted into a hoodie, scarves give any outfit an instant lift
Although the shortest day of winter is behind us, we’re still in the thick of the coldest months of the year and adding warmth to outfits is a necessity.
At the moment my go-to is a fine merino turtleneck that I wear beneath everything from shirts to three-ply cable-knit jumpers. But that’s only because last winter I lost my all-time favourite scarf. It was an enormous brown-grey yak wool that managed to be dense and light. The other scarves in my wardrobe, while beautiful, don’t compare.
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Hit show’s British host Graham Hancock has been criticized for promoting fringe beliefs about advanced lost civilization
Controversial British writer Graham Hancock has abandoned plans to film a new season of his hit Netflix show Ancient Apocalypse in the US following an outcry from Indigenous groups over his depiction of their history and culture.
Hancock is a former journalist who has been criticized by experts for his promotion of fringe beliefs in the show which presents theories about an advanced lost civilization active during the last ice age.
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PM says he ‘loves this party dearly’ and would always put himself at the service of it’
Rishi Sunak is speaking at a campaign event in Staffordshire. As the advance briefing predicted, he has just told his audience.
I tell you this: once you have handed Keir Starmer and Labour a blank cheque, you won’t be able to get it back.
We’ve had a strategy in place and we’ll try to keep to it, which is to carve out really protected time for the kids, so on a Friday – I’ve been doing this for years – I will not do a work-related thing after six o’clock, pretty well come what may.
There are a few exceptions, but that’s what we do.
[In politics] some people think, if you fill your diary 24/7 and don’t do anything else, that makes you a much better decision maker. I don’t agree with that, I think you’ve got to make space, so we do it …
Actually, it helps me, it takes me away from the pressure, it relaxes me, and I think, actually, not only is it what I want to do as a dad, it is better.
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Key players are leaving, agents are wary and Ratcliffe’s comments do not help – United risk squandering opportunity
A player exodus, a temporary building downgrade to make way for the men’s team, the players’ union on alert and disappointing comments coming from the top. It has been a busy few days for all invested in the future of Manchester United’s women’s team.
Since the side’s relaunch in 2018 there have been questions about the intent and commitment of the club. Did the hierarchy really want a women’s team, or were they just responding to criticism? Did the opportune timing, with the Football Association having restructured the pyramid to allow teams to skip having to rise through the leagues, play a part?
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Itamar Ben-Gvir, far-right internal security minister, describes release of 50 Palestinian detainees as ‘security recklessness’
Palestinian news agency Wafa has spoken to a detainee released by Israel, who told the agency those from Gaza being held by Israeli forces suffer from tragic and unbearable conditions and circumstances.
He said he had been detained on 16 November, had been held in a tent with 30 inmates, and that Israeli prisoners were subject to various types of torture, abuse, and assaults.
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Prime minister says he’s ‘fighting very hard’ as campaigning reaches final days with Labour retaining the lead in polling for the Observer
Rishi Sunak said the slur used about him by a Reform UK canvasser was “deeply inappropriate and racist”.
The prime minister told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg show that anyone becoming a politician expects a degree of criticism because it “comes with the territory”.
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