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      The limited ceasefire in Ukraine: what has been agreed and how will it work?

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    As delegations from Moscow and Kyiv prepare to meet US negotiators in Riyadh, details of pact remain unclear

    Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after the US president, Donald Trump, spoke with the countries’ leaders last week. But uncertainty remains about how or when the part-ceasefire will take effect as Ukraine and Russia prepare to send delegations to Riyadh this week for parallel talks with the US.

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      Young country diary: A spiky surprise for the whole family | Robin

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    Shropshire Hills: My dad accidentally picked up a hibernating hedgehog, and it (Gnasher) ended up living in our house for a couple of days

    We were tidying up the garden where we grow vegetables. Mum suddenly whispered, “Robin, come ’ere!” I went over and found her and Dad crouching over a hedgehog. It had been hibernating in some leaves and Dad had accidentally picked it up. He handed me a pair of thick gloves so that I could hold it, although I was scared to start with. It seemed to be still asleep, so we put it in a plant pot on its side, with dry leaves and grass surrounding it.

    A few minutes later the plant pot was empty – the hedgehog had woken up and was wandering around. The weather was due to get cold and we weren’t sure if Dad had injured it with his spade, so we were a bit worried. I looked up hedgehogs while Mum (who is a vet) phoned the local wildlife centre for advice. I found out that they are “vulnerable to extinction” in the UK, but also that they recover well if looked after properly.

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      From Sels to Salah: a Premier League best XI of the season so far

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    We select a starting team that features players from seven clubs and the manager most worthy of being in the dugout

    Perhaps the most difficult decision in the XI. David Raya has been excellent at Arsenal and Mark Flekken quietly impressive behind a loose Brentford defence. But that Sels has been the third-busiest keeper in the league (89 saves) behind Flekken and Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale, yet has conceded the fourth-fewest goals (35) shows his importance, particularly when nine of Forest’s 16 league wins have been by one goal (even if his best stop, a remarkable fingertip save on to the bar against Brighton, came rather unnecessarily in a 7-0 win).

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      Pac-Man Live: filching fruit and fleeing ghosts in human-sized video game

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    Nearly half a century after the little chomping yellow head was first seen, Manchester’s live version joins pantheon of immersive nostalgic exploits

    “There’s no need to look so nervous,” says a beaming man in a radiant yellow suit, inside what is essentially a darkened warehouse.

    Perhaps my game face is betraying my bewilderment. I’m only loosely familiar with the concept of Pac-Man , having played it a handful of times. There is something about being relentlessly pursued around an inescapable maze that I’ve always found quite stressful and I am fearing that the real-life experience will be that but on steroids.

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      Seth Rogen on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025 • 1 minute

    He might be known for his stoner vibe and roles in comedies such as Superbad and Knocked Up, but behind the scenes the actor, writer, weed-lover and pottery fan has also become a producing power player. Has it changed him?

    Seth Rogen is itemising all the ways in which, when he’s producing a film or TV show, he’s inclined to agonise about his contribution. “Are my notes helping?” he says. “Am I making things worse? Am I actually inspiring the writers to create better things? Or am I imposing my outdated vision? Will they think spending time with me is a worthy use of their time?” And the big one – the one that, when he’s working with his heroes, as he did recently on The Studio , a new TV comedy Rogen has produced, directed, co-written and starred in, and which features cameos by, among others, Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese – really keeps him awake at night: “Do they like me?”

    It is a very Rogenish thought spiral: neurotic, self-deprecating, delivered with the tremulous comic undertone that characterises most of his speech. Since the devastating fires in LA in January, it is also the kind of moan, Rogen says, that has to be prefaced in Hollywood by an awkward new protocol. “Whenever you talk to anyone, the first thing you do is check, like, before we get too far into trivial subjects, did you recently lose all your worldly belongings? Before I whine to you for 20 minutes, it’d be good to know.”

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      The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we’re nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say

    Entering the magnificent great hall of the US Department of Justice, Donald Trump stopped for a moment to admire his portrait then took to a specially constructed stage where two art deco statues, depicting the “Spirit of Justice” and “Majesty of Justice”, had been carefully concealed behind a blue velvet curtain.

    The president, who since last year is also a convicted criminal, proceeded to air grievances , utter a profanity and accuse the news media of doing “totally illegal” things, without offering evidence. “I just hope you can all watch for it,” he told justice department employees, “but it’s totally illegal.”

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      Saddle up: 10 of the best horse riding breaks in Europe

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    From camping in Gypsy caravans in Cumbria, to trekking in Transylvania and cantering through olive groves in Crete

    Known for their fortitude and amiable nature, Andalusian-thoroughbred cross horses are ideal partners for this adventure in the Sierra de Gredos west of Madrid. Fit, experienced riders can expect up to seven hours daily in the saddle, with plenty of pace. The guided trails follow the route of the Tormes River, taking in pine forests, plateaux, ravines and villages. A support truck delivers aperitivos and picnics, including table and chairs, leaving time for a swim and siesta, before returning to the Parador de Gredos each evening.
    From £1,200 for four nights including rides and meals, next departure 16 April, blacksaddle.com

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      ‘Raped at age of 10’: sexual abuse and harassment reported at 1,664 UK primary schools

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    Experiences of harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and even forced penetration anonymously reported

    • Warning: contains content some readers may find distressing

    Children and adults have anonymously reported testimonies of sexual abuse and harassment at 1,664 primary schools in the UK through a website for survivor stories, which has called for age-appropriate sex education to be taught to children under the age of nine.

    Experiences of sexual harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and even forced penetration have been anonymously reported on the site everyonesinvited.uk , with at least one testimonial relating to an incident that took place when the victim was as young as five.

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      More than 70 people evacuated from St Leonards after explosive chemicals found

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 22 March, 2025

    Man, 28, arrested on suspicion of producing illegal substances in incident not believed to be terror-related

    More than 70 people evacuated from an East Sussex town have not yet been able to return to their seafront homes after the discovery of explosive chemicals in a property.

    A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of producing illegal substances and making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose after police were called to the A259 Marina in St Leonards on Thursday.

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