Kirsty Blake Knox: There&s a good reason for criticising Leonardo DiCaprio escaping the LA fires on a private jet

The wildfires in LA have turned what we would normally associate with some of the glossiest enclaves of celebrity-world into rows of smouldering and smoking ashes.

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Mysterious black hole starts sending out flashes

A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said.

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European Commission denies cover-up over health of its president Ursula von der Leyen

The European Commission has denied that it had tried to cover up the state of health of its president, Ursula von der Leyen, after the head of the EU's executive branch was admitted to hospital with severe pneumonia.

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Just Stop Oil protesters spray-paint Charles Darwin&s grave at Westminster Abbey

Two Just Stop Oil protesters have sprayed paint on Charles Darwin&s grave at Westminster Abbey.

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LA wildfires: Firefighters prepare for return of dangerous winds as death toll rises to 24

After making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters prepared for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the flames.

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Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, famed for Benetton adverts, dies aged 82

Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind Benetton's provocative ad campaigns of the 1990s who later broke with the Italian knitwear brand under controversy, has died aged 82.

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