Jean Castex made the incendiary comments in a letter to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday.

In a highly significant plea ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, Prince Charles will tell participants, including President Joe Biden, immediate action is now crucial.

AMANDA PLATELL: Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has finally said sorry a month on from the day she described Tories as 'a bunch of scum. Too late Angela.

This comes after it was revealed that the 28-year-old singer had split from model Gigi Hadid, 26, after denying claims that he had struck her mother Yolanda Hadid.

During the trial at Bristol Crown Court, Jackson admitted that she had 'driven' her previous husband to suicide by cheating on him.

EXCLUSIVE: The two-bedroom home in Berrow near Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset has been sold for just over £450,000.

The TV presenter, 33, and professional dancer Widdrington, 26, did nothing to dispel the rumours of romance as they embraced at the end of a training session this week.

ALICE EVANS: There was a ten-second silence, that seemed to go on for ever. And then my world changed for ever. 'I'm sorry, Alice, but I'm afraid I don't. I don't love you any more.'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have penned an open letter asking the leaders of the 'wealthiest' nations at the G20 summit in Rome to send more vaccines to low-income countries.

The 95-year-old will not undertake any official visits and will be confined to 'light, desk-based' duties only, a Buckingham Palace statement said on Friday.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: An undercover reporter exposed drug barons targeting small children. Their aim: to turn them into addicts for super-strength cannabis disguised as harmless sweets.

Prince Andrew has fired back at a Virginia Giuffre's sex-assault lawsuit claiming she's out for 'payday'. Giuffre, 38, accused him of sexually abusing her three times back in 2001.

Despite the mother-of-three's attempt to paint herself as a victim, the jury's verdict was clear; Penny Jackson murdered her husband in cold blood.

Penelope Jackson was arrested in her pyjamas outside their £450,000 bungalow calmly telling police her husband David, 78, was lying bleeding on the kitchen floor.

Close friends were among the first to join a search party just hours after news had broken that Cleo SMith had vanished from the Blowholes campground on October 16.

Residents were warned to be careful of dangerous 'fast flowing and deep floodwaters' after an astonishing 16 inches of rain fell on Cumbria since Wednesday morning.

Northern leaders and the rail industry are braced for a downsizing of the UK's biggest infrastructure project in a report on HS2 expected to be published during or after the Cop26 summit.

The British Medical Association last night said it will ballot practices to see if they support taking action to reduce their 'unmanageable workload' amid a row over face-to-face appointments.

In only two years, the number supporting the right for the terminally ill with less than six months to live to be allowed help to end their life has soared from 35 per cent to 58 per cent.

At present, a total of 104 out of the 309 council tax districts present families with Band D bills exceeding £2,000. This could increase by 50 to 154 out of 309 districts charging excess of £2,000.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: I downloaded the NHS app and had a look. There is plenty of sensible advice, and I am a fan of its free exercise programmes, but I was disappointed by the recipes.

Among the group are students and activists who had repeatedly stood up for equality for the LGBT community in Afghanistan. Pictured: Afghans arrive in the UK in August (file photo).

According to Amanda Owen's stepdaughter Rosie, mother-of-nine Amanda - who found fame on TV show Our Yorkshire Farm - is the reason why she and her father have been estranged 16 years.

Bulb, which has around 1.7million customers, is the latest to be pushed to the brink by soaring energy prices which have already forced the closure of 14 suppliers in the UK.

England is set to become the first country to prescribe e-cigarettes to help smokers quit, it was announced. But one in six nurses and doctors would never recommend e-cigarettes to smokers.

The couple were spotted in the Vermont town where they have been bunkering down with their six kids since Baldwin left Santa Fe last week after accidentally shooting Halyna Hutchins.

The PM, who has famously struggled with his weight, made the quip as he was asked about Sir Patrick Vallance saying he had opted to eat less meat en route to the G20 summit in Rome.

Barclays, Halifax, HSBC, NatWest and Virgin Money have all increased rates since the Budget was announced - and, after the weekend, there will no longer be any five-year loans at under 1 per cent.

Officers from Leicestershire Police were called to an address in Desford, Leicestershire, on Thursday after neighbours raised concerns about the welfare of the couple who lived there.

This week Bel answers a question from a woman who asks whether she should fuss and nag over her picky grandchild's eating habits.

Viral, a gripping new book by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley, probes at the heart of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19 and the question preoccupying scientists around the world.

This is only the third time an Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or 'penis plant,' has flowered in Europe, according to the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. After it wilted, staff cut the plant open to reveal its innards.

Officers and paramedics were called on Thursday to the scene after receiving reports over concerns for the welfare of a person at the property in Redditch, Worcestershire.

Greta Thunberg, 18, is expected to catch a train to Glasgow to join striking binmen on a march through Glasgow during Cop26.

Musk's net worth hit $302billion as of Thursday. The increase was due to a rise in Tesla shares Thursday, after the electric car firm inked a deal with Hertz.

The torrential rain which has blighted the half-term school holidays so far will continue into the weekend, with another weather front arriving from the West today amid furrther Met Office warnings.

Although they had at one time owned assets worth millions, warring couple Paul Anthony Crowther and Caroline blew more than £2.3m in fighting a bitter divorce case through 34 separate hearings.

Thomas Hughes, 29, told police he was 'accountable for the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, whom he allegedly killed with his new partner Emma Tustin, 32, Coventry Crown Court heard.

Mark Smith, 55, was found dead at his home in Grimsby on Tuesday hours after a pair of burglars ransacked his home, stealing cash, tools, his phone, a frying pan and even some orange juice.

The woman has challenged decisions made by the family court judge that the man should have contact and that she should share costs of meeting arrangements. Above: The High Court.

Facebook will now go by the name Meta, the company announced Thursday by pulling down a curtain draped over its iconic 'Like' sign outside its Silicon Valley headquarters Thursday.   

Scottish seafood giant Macduff Shellfish, which owns the vessel, confirmed it has advised its workers (pictured today) to remain on the boat and was trying to get them safe passage home.

McDonald's was branded 'psycho' and 'out of order' by customers online after they were unable to purchase a Chicken Legend burger. The fast food giant blamed supply chain issues.

Edward Vines - a former university friend of Maitlis - is alleged to have attempted to breach a restraining order against her six further times by writing letters from Nottingham prison.

The former Top Gear host, 61, had submitted a planning application to open a 70-space car park at a 60-seater café at his farm in in Chadlington, Oxfordshire.

Sir Jonathan Cohen had ruled in May that Lady Hiroko Barclay (pictured this week leaving the High Court) should receive lump sums totalling £100 million following the breakdown of a 34-year marriage.

Department of Health bosses posted 43,467 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, down 12 per cent on the 49,298 recorded last Friday. Covid deaths rose 3.3 per cent today.

The BBC has unveiled plans for what it says is its 'biggest and most significant push' to ensure its content is fair, accurate and unbiased - warning stars again they could get sack for 'impartial' Tweets.

The lawsuit was submitted today against the Commission for its 'failure to apply the Conditionality Regulation to the Court of Justice', allowing the EU to suspend payments over rule of law disputes.

A C17 military jet kicked up clouds of vapour as it touched down on the runway before disgorging the president's Marine One helicopter and scores of security personnel.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Star Hobson, 16 months, suffered 'catastrophic' abdominal injuries at her home in Keighley West Yorkshire on September 22, 2020.

The company's site at Liddington in Wiltshire, along with Marchants Hill in Surrey, Osmington Bay in Dorset and Windmill Hill in East Sussex have all been impacted.

A BMW 3-series swerved into the path of a cyclist on a narrow road after trying to overtake and coming within inches of hitting an oncoming HGV. The video was released by Avon and Somerset Police.

Experts told FEMAIL the Duke and Duchess of York's eldest daughter, 33, looked 'more confident than ever' as she stepped out in Athens for a wedding last weekend.

Rishi Sunak's plan to hike prices by 88p to around £13.60 per pack will blow holes in the wallets of those worst hit by the pandemic in the UK, smokers' group Forest warned.

Francois Olwage, 51,appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today where he denied four child sex offences. His plea hearing will be at Winchester Crown Court in December.

European Affairs Minister Clément Beaune and maritime minister Annick Girardin are two of the key figures in the French camp.

Mike Sadler, 101, one of the original members of the SAS (Special Air Service), has been in contact with the show creators and writers about his own experiences as a Major in the force.

Residents in leafy Richmond say their local recycling centre has been sucked into the ultra-low emission zone following its expansion on Monday, meaning they now face a £12.50 charge.

Avanti West Coast - which runs services between London Euston and Glasgow, where the climate conference begins on Sunday - said Network Rail had imposed a series of speed restrictions.

Father-of-two Bartosz Sokolowski, 37, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison at Warwick Crown Court after filming himself raping a woman in her home in Rugby, Warwickshire, in 2019.

The clock is ticking for Prince Andrew, who must today respond to a lawsuit by Virginia Roberts which claims the Duke of York sexually abused her on multiple occasions in 2001 when she was 17.

The winning player bought the ticket in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire but the six month deadline to claim it - or lose it - is up on Tuesday (file photo).

Pub lovers across the UK bemoaned the lack of available sachets in the latest supply chain crisis to strike at the popular chain after Wetherspoon bosses apologised after running low on beer last month.

The former health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said delays in rolling out boosters and jabs for pupils have left the UK with higher case rates than other Western nations.

The species homo rhodesiensis, named after Rhodesia - which in turn took the name of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes - should be called homo bodoensis, scientists say.

Current rules do not allow for effective public scrutiny and there has been 'legitimate media and public concern' about the way the courts operate, Sir Andrew McFarlane said.

After a year and a half in which Glaswegians have spent most of their time locked indoors, the city is coming to terms with the fact that the world is about to barge its way through the front door.

The actor and broadcaster, who was known to millions of children for hosting the beloved series in the late 1970s, passed away in Australia after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Elias, 22, based in London, added that he had a 'great childhood' in an interview with the British society bible as he appeared on its December cover.

The man told a regional court in Munich that he castrated, or partially amputated the genitals of, eight men between July 2018 and March 2020 - but said he did so at the men's request.

The Northumberland woman in her 70s took the diamond to be valued along with costume jewellery she had bought at car boot sales over many years.

The country hardest-hit in Europe by the pandemic, Russia on Thursday recorded 1,159 fatalities in a single day. An official government tally also reported a record 40,096 new infections.

John Leyland, the Environment Agency's chief of staff, said rivers in Britain were 'not there for human swimming' and were instead 'for the wildlife and the fish that live within them'.

A man has been caught sexually assaulting a woman and filming himself while doing it on residential CCTV footage from a home in Southall, west London before running away.

Gagandeep Sharman, 37, sexually assaulted a woman in her 60s after treating her disabled husband. He later sexually assaulted a nurse. He was jailed for 26 months at Warwick Crown Court.

The AA has announced its 2021 Rosette Award winners with rustic forest-side restaurant in the Lake District named among the best in the country.

NHS Digital's monthly report found around 11.1million out of 28.5m appointments (39 per cent) in England in September were not in-person, with most being done over the phone or online.

The black swans are being bred on an industrial scale at a new breeding centre at the Kwangpho Duck farm on the east coast of Korea, state media said.

The Plymouth MP slammed military bosses for 'dodging' and 'blaming commanding officers and ministers' for blocking the request of the late Troubles veteran and his family.

One of the three men due to be considered for release is Parviz Khan, 50, from Birmingham, the ringleader of a gang who plotted to kidnap and behead a British soldier in 2008.

Warrant Officer Norrell, who has died aged 87 from undisclosed causes, was a yachtsman who gave abundant loyalty and dedicated service to the Royal Family.

A mum has unleashed her anger on an 'insensitive' neighbour who asked her to stop drying her clothes outside on the washing line because it 'looks tacky'.

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Boris Johnson warned world leaders 'the future of civilisation is at stake' and compared climate change to the fall of the Roman Empire as he arrived in the Italian capital yesterday.

Thousands of party-goers descended on Birmingham last night (pictured) for the Halloween weekend wearing costumes from creepy clowns to skimpily-clad playboy bunnies.

The festivities on Saturday marked one of the first celebrations for many who had spent countless weeks confined to their homes due to Covid-19 ripping through both NSW and Victoria.

'Trust is like love, declarations are good, but proof is better,' said President Emanuel Macron after meeting with President Biden for the first time since the AUKUS ruckus.

Premier Foods, which also owns brands including Bisto and Ambrosia, already makes around £78million each year from plant-based foods. But they want to up that to £250million by 2030.

Tim Davie, the BBC's Director General, has decided to handle accusations of bias at the broadcaster. External experts will review content to ensure impartiality is sustained.

Criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro said police could be close to cracking the case of Cleo Smith, who vanished two weeks ago at campgrounds near Carnarvon, WA.

The Queen, 95, will miss the traditional Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on November 13, but has vowed to attend the service at the Cenotaph the following day.

In a powerful new book, MAX HASTINGS has collected first-person accounts that illustrate in searing detail all the violence, grief, pathos, black humour and courage of conflict.

A class of sixth-graders in Charlotte, North Carolina were assigned to study an image that depicted a sexually explicit act as part of an assignment for art class, the middle school parents are outraged.

Professor Kathleen Stock, 48, an expert in gender and sexual orientation, quit her job at the University of Sussex this week after a 'bullying and harassment' campaign labelled her a 'transphobe'.

In 2018, Kirat Assi, 42, discovered that she had been the victim of a decade-long 'catfishing' deception that was so shocking she collapsed when she found out the truth.

The PM gave an apocalyptic vision of the future as he arrived at the G20 in the Italian capital, where he will desperately try to build momentum ahead of the COP26 summit next week.

Around 400 climate activists sized up potential loopholes during a meeting promoted by Extinction Rebellion (XR) earlier this week ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.

Valery Rashkin, 66, was found with an elk's carcass in a car near Saratov, Russia. The anti-Putin Communist Party MP told rangers that he was going to report it and denied allegations he was drunk.

Lola Wies, 93, was in the bedroom of her home in the bayside Melbourne suburb of Chelsea when winds of up to 120km/h demolished the property on Friday morning.

The leaked Facebook Papers revealed the social media giant was actively working to target children as young as 6-years-old to expand all of its products to a wider consumer base.

Western Australia woman Michelle Hepworth has been overseeing the multi-million dollar company for the last six months after former boss Raju Vuppalapati resigned from the role.

The BBC newsreader, 60, was said to have been in talks with ITV bosses about fillling Piers Morgan's empty seat on the show but the talks did not materialise into a job offer.

An alleged thief caught red-handed stealing numerous items from letterboxes has been filmed arguing with two of her victims. The footage shocked many viewers online.

The fourth husband of Ivana Trump, Italian actor and model, Rossano Rubicondi has died.. News of the 49-year-olds death was announced on Twitter by a Italian television presenter.

Hundreds of NYC firefighters have protested Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate with a sneaky loophole - paid sick leave. So many called out that some firehouses were out of service.

A powerful storm drenched parts of the eastern US with heavy rain, gusty winds and coastal flooding on Friday and Saturday morning. After the rain stopped, flooding is now a concern.

A scuba diver has died in Sydney after being pulled from the water unconscious.

Five people holding tiki torches appeared at a rally in Charlottesville held by Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin on Friday. The Lincoln Project has now admitted to orchestrating the stunt.

Valerie Cincinelli, 37, from New York, was sentenced to 48 months after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with a plot to have her husband, Isaiah Carvalho, killed.

New York realtor Curtis Goldstein filmed himself chasing mask-wearing school children. Goldstein used a bullhorn to tell the kids they were being 'abused' by parents as they left their school.

A Nazi flag seen displayed in a building neighbouring a Brisbane synagogue has prompted the Jewish community to again call for stronger laws banning the symbol.

A man who grabbed a free beer when out on the water recently was left embarrassed after almost falling in the water. Seconds after catching the beverage, his day took a turn for the worse.

Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden's plan to pay migrant families separated at the border after crossing illegally $450,000 per person insisting his immigration policy was 'so successful.'

Sree Aravapalli, 54, was shot multiple times inside his Plainsboro, New Jersey home during an attempted robbery after he was spotted winning $10,000 at Parx Casino near Philadelphia.

Glasgow is expecting some 30,000 delegates - and 120 world leaders - to attend earnest debates on cutting carbon emissions at this 26th session of the Conference of the Parties.

The 18-year-old from Belgium was last seen leaving the Cheeky Monkeys nightclub in the coastal northern NSW town on May 31, 2019 at about 11pm. He was never seen again.

Eager punters made their way through the gates at Flemington for Derby Day in Melbourne on Saturday. An even bigger crowd will watch the Golden Eagle at Sydney's Rosehill Gardens.

Dierdre Wolownick, 70, celebrated her birthday by scaling deadly 3,200ft rock face El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. She is now the oldest woman to scale the rock which has claimed lives.

The Australian cricket community is in mourning after the death of Alan Davidson.

Cops in Northern Virginia have been warned by ISIS of a potential threat at malls and shopping centers, according to Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis.

Angry demonstrators waved placards calling for the resignation of premier Daniel Andrews as they marched towards Parliament House in East Melbourne on Saturday.

Dr. Brittney Cooper said in an interview last year that American conservatives were trying to 'kill black people' and wrote in a 2012 blog post Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was 'white rage personified.'

American Airlines' CEO called Wednesday's attack on a female flight attendant 'one of the worst' in airline's history after a male passenger punched her, causing the plane to divert to Denver.

Two transgender Netflix employees filed labor charges against the company claiming they were retaliated against after raising complaints about Dave Chappelle's special, The Closer.

Communications director Celia Richardson wrote to staff ahead of today's vote to elect members to the charity's governing council. Above: Sir Winston Churchill's home Chartwell.

Emma Robinson was blasted in Westerhope, Newcastle by gunmen Thomas Lee, 21, and James Lee, 27, in an apparent revenge attack after a fall-out between the Lees and her son.

The singer, who died of cancer in 2016, could join Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan and Neil Young who have all sold their back catalogues for large sums in recent years. The deal could be done in weeks.

The shop - a favourite of the Queen - is selling its Regal Crackers for the princely sum of £5,000 despite the prizes inside only amounting to £2,740, including vouchers for the stores hampers.

Workers at the RMT union in London and Leeds stopped work yesterday following the outcome of a recent internal appeal. It came after members were reportedly called 'scabs' after a vote.

Dave Halls, the assistant director on Alec Baldwin's film Rust, has previously been the subject of complaints about lax safety procedures, according to reports.

Sigrid McCawley, an attorney for Roberts, said she and her team have looked over the infamous 2019 interview Prince Andrew, 61, gave to Emily Maitlis for inconsistencies.

Tenured Rutgers professor Brittney Cooper is facing backlash on social media after making a slew of disparaging comments against white people over the course of several years

Lady Anne Glenconner - friend and confidante of Princess Margaret - grew up at Holkham Hall in Norfolk where the family and their staff lived cheek-by-jowl with a very persistent ghost.

Health officials say more than 77,000 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday, while 93.5 per cent of NSW residents aged 16 or over have now received at least one vaccine dose.

Britain is set to donate half of the 100million AstraZeneca doses it ordered to poorer nations. Boris Johnson will today urge fellow leaders to follow the UK's example.

Bo Bruce, 36, is locked in a row with her older brother over their late mother's £2million Wiltshire estate. The Voice star is applying to have her brother removed as the estate executor.

As Britain's social care system teeters perilously close to collapse - Ed Balls (right) has donned an apron to work at Saint Cecilia's Care Homes in Scarborough, working with residents like Phyllis (left).

Gladys Berejiklian has been spotted working out with her lawyer boyfriend at a local gym ahead of her second ICAC hearing.

Last night, on a damp, grey evening, Mohammad, 30, and his wife Rohina Wardak, 22, stepped off an RAF plane on to English soil, their excitement matched only by relief.

The health department on Saturday confirmed the figures, which bring the total number of active cases in the state to 21,095 and the death toll from the latest outbreak to 293

Emergency services were called to reports of an altercation at an address in Poulton Road, Blackpool, at 1.56am on Thursday. A man in his 30s was discovered unresponsive and died.

Alex Murdaugh's brother Randolph 'Randy' Murdaugh IV filed a lawsuit against him Thursday for tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid loans.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show 1.1million - around one in 50 - people had the virus on any given day in the week ending October 22. It is the highest since January 9,

Following a hard-hitting report yesterday that revealed accusations of 'groupthink' at the BBC, bosses promised a major 'action plan' to combat the Corporation's bias.

The determined widow of former Olympic snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin has shared a series of precious photos featuring her newborn daughter and 'big sister' on social media.

North Carolina nanny Lauren Rowe was charged on Wednesday with misdemeanor child abuse after the parents of 2-year-old Declan Oglesby caught her force-feeding their son while pinning his arms.

Biden's The Beast, an armored limousine that gets as much as 8 mpg, was surrounded by dozens of slow moving cars as he pulled into the courtyard of the Vatican for his meeting with Pope Francis.

The White House stopped short of saying Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) were behind the new $1.75 trillion framework agreement announced by the White House.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals from coal power plants and GOP-led states as it considers limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to curb greenhouse gases.