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• Max Dowman has inspired Arsenal in hunt for silverware, says Mikel Arteta

  16-03-2026 23:30
  ‘To be that precise, that’s something difficult to imagine’Riccardo Calafiori praises 16-year-old but asks for patienceMikel Arteta believes Max Dowman’s emergence has inspired the rest of Arsenal’s players and will benefit their quest for silverware this season.Dowman became the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history after coming on as a substitute in the 2‑0 win against Everton on Saturday. Arsenal stretched their lead at the top of the table over Man
  
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• Thousands of flights canceled as winter storm marches across US

  16-03-2026 23:23
  Storm system dumps snow in midwest and threatens east coast with high winds and possible ‘long-track tornadoes’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA late winter storm continued a destructive, elemental march across the eastern US, with thousands of flights canceled or delayed as powerful winds combined with a partial government shutdown delayed travelers passing through airport security scanners.Flight delays and cancellations mounted at some
  
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• Brentford’s European hopes take a hit as Arokodare caps Wolves’ comeback

  16-03-2026 23:05
  When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad, scored his fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. By full-time, the quest to reach European football for the first time in club history had received a severe jolt. And it could have been worse.Wolves have gone 330 days without an away win, to remain the last of the 92 league clubs to not break that duck, but showed continued signs of l
  
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• Inside the Rage Machine review – we’re all doomed, totally doomed

  16-03-2026 23:00
  Whistleblowers who once worked at Meta and X (until the guilt got too much) reveal the truth about the companies that increasingly rule our free time – and it’s even worse than you may have feared. Prep those bunkers nowSometimes it’s a real problem not being able to swear unreservedly in a national newspaper. I mean, I understand social convention and propriety ’n’ all that should be preserved and that, generally, as our parents and teachers told us, swearing is no
  
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• Meningitis outbreak LIVE: Vaccine message sent to Brits as symptoms warning issued in Kent

  16-03-2026 22:11 via express.co.uk
  A meningitis outbreak has led to two deaths in Kent.
  
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• Tour veterans offer timely challenge to big two era of Sinner and Alcaraz | Tumaini Carayol

  16-03-2026 22:04
  Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina served up a classic in latest chapter of their exciting rivalryIn the uncertain early stages of his Indian Wells semi-final contest with Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev swiftly made his intentions clear. Having established a 3-1 lead, he chased down a trademark Alcaraz drop shot, then a lob, before slamming the door shut on the point by firing an ultra-flat inside-out backhand winner on to the edge of the line.This was a statement point and it formed
  
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• Heartbreak as A-level student, 18, dies from meningitis - 'beyond devastated'

  16-03-2026 22:03 via express.co.uk
  "She was a genuinely caring and attentive listener, a true friend."
  
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• ‘The Premier League is surprisingly lenient’: did Chelsea get off lightly?

  16-03-2026 21:31
  Experts believe club would be lucky to escape with fine and suspended transfer ban but further penalties may followThe Premier League’s judgment against Chelsea for breaking football’s rules – during an eight-year trophy spree under Roman Abramovich – concludes that the club engaged in “deception and concealment”.The breaches, more than 30 of them, relate to at least £47m in off-book payments linked to landmark deals for star players, including Eden
  
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• Gulf states may be covertly encouraging attacks by US, Iran foreign minister says

  16-03-2026 21:27
  Abbas Araghchi demands clarification on reports Saudi crown prince urged Donald Trump to ‘hit the Iranians hard’Middle East crisis – live updatesSome Gulf states hosting US forces may be covertly encouraging the slaughter of Iranians, Iran’s foreign minister has claimed in a thinly-veiled attack on Saudi Arabia.Abbas Araghchi demanded clarification on reports that Mohammed bin Salman was in regular private conversations with Donald Trump, urging the US president “to
  
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• Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed first three guest hosts of UK Saturday Night Live

  16-03-2026 21:18
  British version of the topical US comedy show will air live on Sky One and will be written in the week before broadcastTina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed have been named as the first three guest hosts of the UK spin-off of Saturday Night Live.The first episode of the long-awaited British version of the US late-night comedy show will air live on Sky on 21 March. Continue reading...
  
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• Dad guilty of murdering baby girl who had 'catastrophic' brain injury and 47 rib fractures

  16-03-2026 21:14 via express.co.uk
  DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: The baby's father, 35-year-old Sean Jefferson, as found guilty of murder and two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
  
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• Cuba’s electrical grid collapses amid US oil blockade

  16-03-2026 20:41
  Ten million people left without power in latest of outages that sparked violent protest last weekendCuba’s national electric grid has collapsed, the country’s grid operator has said, leaving approximately 10 million people without power amid a US-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island’s already obsolete generation system.The grid operator, UNE, said on social media on Monday that it was investigating the causes of the blackout, the latest in a series of widespread ou
  
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• EU calls for urgent reboot in talks with UK to stop reset deal failing

  16-03-2026 20:40
  Time is running out to find agreement on areas such as tuition fees EU citizens would pay in Britain and rules for food safetyThe EU is hoping to urgently reboot talks on the “reset” of relations with the UK as negotiations are in danger of foundering before a planned July summit.At a public meeting of the EU-UK parliamentary partnership assembly in Brussels, the European Commission vice-president and trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, said both sides had to
  
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• Morrisons announces major new change in supermarket car parks

  16-03-2026 20:39 via express.co.uk
  Shoppers driving to Morrisons will enjoy a new reward if they have one type of car, the supermarket has announced.
  
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• 'My daughter caught meningitis from sharing a vape on a night out'

  16-03-2026 20:36 via express.co.uk
  A mum has warned about the dangers of sharing vapes after her daughter was rushed to hospital with Meningitis B following a night out in Canterbury.
  
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• And the winner is ... all of us? How the Oscars have changed for the better

  16-03-2026 20:35
  The diversified Academy and a mutating industry have changed what many had come to expect from the stuffy, rule-following OscarsLast year, as the major fall film festivals took place around the world, it was hard to make out the sound of audience applause. It wasn’t an attendance issue or that booing was heard instead (that’s solely a Cannes response), it was that, for many, hands were too busy wringing to find time to clap.The trifecta of Venice, Telluride and Toronto was once seen
  
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• Guardiola says Manchester City need ‘perfect game’ to get past Real Madrid

  16-03-2026 20:30
  ‘We can create many chances in minutes’Rüdiger believes he can keep Haaland quietPep Guardiola has admitted that Manchester City require a “perfect game” to overturn Real Madrid’s 3-0 lead in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.Álvaro Arbeloa’s team are firm favourites to progress to the quarter-finals after their victory at the Bernabéu last week when Madrid’s captain, Federico Valverde, scored a first-half
  
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• Starmer distances UK from Iran war as EU leaders rule out sending warships

  16-03-2026 20:29
  PM refuses to be drawn into wider conflict as Germany and Italy defy Trump’s call to help reopen strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer has insisted that the UK will not be drawn into the wider war in the Middle East as European leaders ruled out sending warships to the strait of Hormuz.In his clearest signal yet of the UK’s divergence from Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, the prime minister said he would stand firm in the face of US pressure despite
  
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• Meningitis outbreak at University of Kent and three schools kills two young people with 11 in hospital

  16-03-2026 20:21
  Deaths of student and sixth-former named as Juliette announced as long queues for antibiotics form at Canterbury campusA university and three schools have been struck by an outbreak of invasive meningitis that has killed two young people and left 11 others in hospital.One of the young people to have died was a student at the University of Kent, while the second was a sixth-former at Queen Elizabeth’s grammar school (QEGS) in Faversham. Continue reading...
  
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• Thames Water rescue deal talks rumble on interminably but its future remains unclear | Nils Pratley

  16-03-2026 19:56
  As negotiations enter a ninth month, an outcome is thought to be weeks away and the devil is still in the detailIt is two years since the shareholders of Thames Water threw in the towel, declared the company “uninvestible” and accepted their shares were worthless. Yet the water torture goes on and on. We are now in the ninth month of negotiations between Thames’s senior creditors and the regulator, Ofwat, on a rescue deal – and still an outcome is thought to be weeks away
  
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• Sri Lanka brings in four-day week to eke out stocks of oil and gas hit by Iran war

  16-03-2026 19:52
  Effective closure of strait of Hormuz also affecting Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, which have brought in crisis measuresSri Lanka is introducing a shorter four-day working week to preserve its shrinking fuel and gas reserves, as the Middle East conflict continues to severely disrupt energy supplies in the region.Countries across south Asia are facing crippling shortages of fuel and LPG gas, which are used for everything from home cooking to cremating bodies, as most supplies have been held up
  
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• Trump says UK should 'enthusiastically' join efforts to reopen Strait of Hormuz

  16-03-2026 19:45 via bbc.com
  It comes after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was working with allies on a plan to protect the channel.
  
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• High street giant opening 4 new stores with £3m investment - full list

  16-03-2026 19:45 via express.co.uk
  A high street chain with more than 450 stores across the UK has announced an expansion with new stores in major towns and cities.
  
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• ‘Worst experience’: Liam Livingstone criticises Key and McCullum regime

  16-03-2026 19:42
  ‘No one cares about you,’ says Lancashire all-rounderThe 32-year-old alleges England group is too cliqueyLiam Livingstone has given a scathing account of his handling by the current England regime, claiming “no one cares about you”. The Lancashire all-rounder has exactly 100 caps for his country across all three formats but has not featured in more than a year and seems resigned to things staying that way.In an interview with Cricinfo, the 32-year-old was highly critical
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump’s war with Iran: if the US is winning, why ask Nato for help? | Editorial

  16-03-2026 19:41
  The US has overwhelming military power. Yet the battle has moved to oil routes, alliances and domestic politics – where Tehran is testing western unityDonald Trump would like you to know that he is winning the war with Iran. So comprehensively, in fact, that he now needs Nato’s help. The western alliance, he warns, will have a “very bad” future if its members refuse. Germany’s defence minister had a brisk reply: this is not our war. Meanwhile, ta
  
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• The Guardian view on SUVs: London’s mayor is right to push back on supersize cars | Editorial

  16-03-2026 19:40
  Huge vehicles are popular with drivers, but their wider impacts on road safety and the environment must be tackledNo one who walks, cycles or drives around London, or many of the world’s big cities, could fail to notice the vastly increased size of the typical car. A type of vehicle once associated with rural settings and outdoor lifestyles is now ubiquitous. Heavily marketed as sports utility vehicles (SUVs), supersize cars are among the key consumer trends of recent decade
  
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• Bank of America settles Epstein survivors’ lawsuit

  16-03-2026 19:36
  Lawyer for women who accused bank of facilitating their sexual abuse calls settlement ‘one more step’ to justiceSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBank of America has settled a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, court records showed on Monday.Lawyers for the bank and the women told Manhattan-based US district judge Jed Rakoff in a 12 March telephone call that they had rea
  
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• UK restaurant of the year winner suddenly closes - in business 6 years

  16-03-2026 19:35 via express.co.uk
  One of the UK's top-rated restaurants has shut its doors without explanation. It became well-known for its praise from food critics.
  
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• ‘I just wish they’d let me feed my cats’: how council ban made one woman an animal welfare icon

  16-03-2026 19:32
  When Collette Boler was ordered to stop feeding a colony of feral cats in Thurnscoe, other animal lovers stepped in“Two ladies from York have just been in,” said Collette Boler at the till of her small cafe in Thurnscoe, near Barnsley. Her voice began to choke up.“They came in with a box of chocolates and a card, a box of cat food, a bag of cat biscuits and just said ‘carry on doing what you’re doing, you’re absolutely fabulous’. And a man’s just g
  
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• Laporta shrugs off the flak and cruises to re-election as Barcelona president | Sid Lowe

  16-03-2026 19:25
  Spaniard had backing of the players and Johan Cruyff’s widow, celebrating with a cigar in his favourite nightclubJoan Laporta accompanied his players from the football pitch to the polling station, singing and winning all the way. From his seat high in tribuna, Barcelona’s outgoing president – who was about to become their incoming president – watched them beat Sevilla 5-2 and then headed back down to his place in the 995-capacity marquee outside the new Camp Nou. There,
  
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• Father guilty of murdering baby daughter

  16-03-2026 19:25 via bbc.com
  Sean Jefferson, 35, and Amy Leigh Clark, 34, from Staffordshire, faced multiple charges.
  
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• One day Keir Starmer might say what he really thinks of Trump. But not today | John Crace

  16-03-2026 19:19
  The PM’s natural instinct to stay out of the Iran war has been a good one, but he is left speaking in code about US relations It was a message that could just as easily have been given via a ministerial statement in the Commons. But Keir Starmer needs every break he can get at the moment and he wasn’t going to pass up the chance to look like a world leader at a press conference in Downing Street. The advantages were obvious. No need to have to listen to Kemi Badenoch drone on for fiv
  
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• Tucker Carlson expresses fear that he may face federal charges for talking to Iranians

  16-03-2026 19:10
  Carlson in video claims the CIA is preparing a ‘crime report’ against him and alleges US agencies have read his textsTucker Carlson, the conservative US political commentator, has publicly expressed fear that he may be facing criminal charges for “acting as an agent of a foreign power” by communicating with people in Iran.The former CNN and Fox News host, who has established an alternative media career as online talking head and interviewer, claimed in a video posted on X
  
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• Trump’s war is bringing economic calamity to the UK – and another shock to our politics | Gaby Hinsliff

  16-03-2026 19:08
  Hard choices lie ahead for Downing Street if higher fuel prices spark resentment and trigger a renewed cost of living crisisSeventy years ago this winter, the streets of Britain fell eerily quiet. After one last panic buying spree, many garages shut, and traffic even in the heart of London dwindled away. The formal introduction of petrol rationing had begun, limiting drivers to 200 miles’ worth a month – with exceptions for farmers, doctors and vicars – after the Suez crisis bl
  
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• £17m support for heating oil costs in NI is 'not enough', woman says

  16-03-2026 19:05 via bbc.com
  The funding is part of a £53m UK-wide support package for households "most exposed" to rising prices.
  
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• Trump’s threats to Nato reveal glaring absence of any strategy on Iran

  16-03-2026 19:04
  White House seems to have failed to anticipate that Tehran would fight back by trying to impose costs on the westMiddle East crisis – live updatesIf there was a moment when the absence of a US strategy on Iran was exposed, then this was it. Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that the UK, China, France, Japan and others participate in a naval escort for oil tankers through the strait of Hormuz.Despite launching the attack on Iran, with Israel, the White House does not seem to have fully anti
  
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• Car park firm NCP falls into administration, putting nearly 700 jobs at risk

  16-03-2026 19:01
  PwC called in as administrators after company runs out of cash, leaving it unable to pay landlords and creditorsNational Car Parks, the UK’s biggest car park operator, has fallen into administration, putting nearly 700 jobs at risk.NCP’s board of directors called in PwC as administrators after it ran out of cash, leaving it unable to pay its landlords and creditors, with significant rent payments due at the end of March. Continue reading...
  
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• Tesco and Asda in Easter egg price war - Cadbury's Creme Eggs cheaper than in 2025

  16-03-2026 18:47 via express.co.uk
  It's good news for Brits on a budget this eater as the price of chocolate eggs is lower than last year.
  
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• Eddie Jones says RFU would be ‘foolhardy’ to sack Borthwick before World Cup

  16-03-2026 18:46
  ‘He is the right man, they should support him’England finished fifth in the Six NationsEddie Jones believes the Rugby Football Union should not replace Steve Borthwick as England head coach before the World Cup in Australia next year. England went into the Six Nations on a run of 11 wins and extended that to 12 in the opening game against Wales.They then lost four matches – the first time England had been beaten in four games in a Six Nations campaign – including a first
  
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• Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s plea for European support for his war on Iran – cartoon

  16-03-2026 18:45
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• ‘Happy as can be!’ My Neighbour Totoro toasts first birthday in London’s West End

  16-03-2026 18:33
  The spectacular stage version of Studio Ghibli’s much-loved film has spent a year at the Gillian Lynne theatre in London. To celebrate, photographer Tristram Kenton was granted backstage access Continue reading...
  
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• F1 LIVE: Ferrari's protest fears as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen disagree - Express.co.uk

  16-03-2026 18:30 via news.google.com
  F1 LIVE: Ferrari's protest fears as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen disagree  Express.co.ukChinese Grand Prix 2026: Kimi Antonelli wins ahead of Russell  BBCCould Ferrari have stayed in touch with Mercedes in China?  Formula 1Antonelli, Ferrari give F1 feel-good race, but critics remain  ESPNKimi Antonelli comes of age with Chinese GP win, but is he ready to battle Mercedes team-mate George Russell for 2026 F1 title?  Sky Sports
  
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• Doctor accused of sex offences against dozens of patients including child under 13

  16-03-2026 18:22 via express.co.uk
  Nathaniel Spencer, 38, was charged in December last year following a complex investigation by Staffordshire Police.
  
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• BBC asks US court to throw out Trump’s $10bn lawsuit and avoid ‘chilling effect’

  16-03-2026 18:22
  Corporation’s lawyers argue expensive but ‘groundless’ litigation restricts ability to cover public figuresThe BBC has asked a US court to throw out Donald Trump’s $10bn (£7.5bn) lawsuit over the way a documentary edited one of his speeches, warning that proceeding with the case would have a “chilling effect” on its reporting on the president.In papers filed to the Florida court dealing with the case, the BBC’s US lawyers claimed Trump’s repu
  
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• Omission impossible: why the Oscars can never get their In Memoriam tribute right

  16-03-2026 18:19
  Why did Brigitte Bardot, Farrah Fawcett and James Van Der Beek not warrant a mention when Michael Jackson did? The history of the Oscars tribute snubs says a lot about why some stars are gone but not forgottenThe Oscars in memoriam segment is a firmly lodged Academy tradition – albeit one that is not as longstanding as you might think, having only been introduced in 1994. Almost as established a tradition is that of the outcry following a major film industry figure being omitted from the s
  
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• Mike Vernon obituary

  16-03-2026 18:15
  Producer, musician and record label executive who worked with artists such as John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Fleetwood MacFor the young generation that grew up in Britain in the 1940s and 50s, a country of grey skies and mostly grey music, to hear the voices of original African-American R&B artists such as Chuck Berry , Bo Diddley, Little Richard and James Brown was to be shown a land of gold. From Bolton to Bexhill-on-Sea, teenagers went prospecting for it: haunting specialist record shops,
  
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• Car park firm NCP collapses with nearly 700 jobs at risk

  16-03-2026 18:13 via bbc.com
  The car park operator says demand for parking has not recovered to pre-Covid levels, as its administrators look to sell the business.
  
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• The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983

  16-03-2026 18:11
  Swift leads with 1.6m vinyl sales of The Life of a Showgirl in 2025 while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the LP chartsFor the first time in over four decades, US vinyl sales have topped $1bn in annual revenue.Vinyl purchases reached $1.04bn in 2025, per a new report by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) published on 16 March. It marks the 19th consecutive year of growth for the format that was once considered a niche interest. Continue reading...
  
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• Are fuel price increases making you cut back? We would like to hear from you

  16-03-2026 18:08
  Perhaps you are limiting car journeys or reducing the amount of cooking you do. Tell usThe conflict in the Middle East has disrupted global shipping routes and caused a surge in global oil market prices.The strait of Hormuz, one of the most important waterways in the world, through which about a fifth of international oil supplies usually travel, has been all but closed since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. Continue reading...
  
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• Oscars 2026: Everything You Didn't See on TV - E! News

  16-03-2026 18:07 via news.google.com
  Oscars 2026: Everything You Didn't See on TV  E! NewsInside the Oscars winners' room: Standing ovations, party plans, and media bingo  Sky NewsInside the 2026 Oscars: The Best Candid Celebrity Photos from Behind the Scenes  VogueExhilaration, relief and good sportsmanship: What you didn’t see on TV at Oscars 2026  Los Angeles TimesOscars 2026: The Biggest Moments You Didn’t See On TV – Timothée Chalamet, Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Kimmel
  
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