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Getty ImagesFirefighters are battling to contain wildfires burning near to the city of Bordeaux as tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the surrounding region. Speaking on Sunday, the city’s Mayor, Thomas Cazenave, said the fire was about 15km (9 miles) from the outskirts of the city’s wider region, and 25 to 30km (15 and 19 miles) from its centre, although downplayed the possibility of Bordeaux being evacuated. Overnight into Sunday about 55,000 people were evacuated from villages to the south of the city in the Gironde region, famed for its vineyards. Wildfires have raged across Europe over…
Getty ImagesAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders cast El-Sayed as the future of the Democratic Party at a rally in Detroit last SaturdayOn a Saturday evening in Michigan, the skies still hazy from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke, hundreds of voters packed into Detroit’s opulent 104-year-old Opera House, rising from their seats to cheer loudly as Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez took the stage. As two of the leading figures on the American left, Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders were there to champion Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed – a doctor running on a platform of universal healthcare.His supporters carried signs with…
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Andy Burnham rules out early election in exclusive BBC interviewThe new prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that people “voted for a manifesto” that he would honour, when pressed on whether there will be an early general election.1 hr agoPolitics
BBCAndy Burnham spoke exclusively to Laura Kuenssberg this week in his first major interview as prime minister Andy Burnham says he would be prepared to call out Donald Trump to defend Britain’s “national interest before anything else” if it is the right thing to do, in his first major interview as prime minister.Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Burnham said he had had a good first exchange with Trump, finding him to be “really warm”.But asked twice if he would trust the US president, he did not say, answering, “it’s a changing world isn’t it, and you just obviously have to…
BBCOn the fourth series of Love Island UK in 2018, Megan Barton-Hanson pulled fellow Islander, Wes Nelson, for a chat.Just moments earlier, she had ended her relationship with Eyal Booker after admitting the pair had little more than physical chemistry. Now, sitting opposite Wes, who had been coupled up with Laura Anderson since the start of the competition, she decided not to wait for him to make the first move.”I think it’s pretty obvious that I do really fancy you,” she told him. “And I just felt like, if I didn’t say something, I’d regret it massively.”By the end of…
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Courtesy of The Flatiron BuildingThe Flatiron Building – with its unique triangular shape, narrow prow, ornamental columns and intricate decorative details – has been one of the most recognisable structures in New York City for more than a century.But for the last seven years, the Flatiron has been shrouded in scaffolding, its Beaux-Arts exterior hidden from throngs of tourists who came to view it.It has been undergoing a large-scale renovation, both internal and external, from an awkwardly laid-out office building into ultra-luxury apartments – with new units going for up to $58.5m (£43.9m). Only 21 residences currently on the public…