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WHAT IS IT? The Renault Scenic was a massive hit with car-buying families in the 1990s, so you can see why they wanted to revive the name. But that was that and this is this. It's a long-ish wheelbase, long-range electric family car. The original Scenic's one-box profile and its ultra-versatile interior, with three individual folding and sliding rear seats, are history. Fair enough: people gradually stopped buying those MPVs, and unused ultra-versatile seats just add weight and cost. These days the sales (and the legal mandates) are in stuff like the Tesla Model Y, Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, Nissan Ariya, VW ID.4 and Skoda Enyaq. That's where the Scenic competes. Renault has another family electric hatch, the Megane E-Tech Electric, but people have complained it's not roomy enough in the back. The Scenic is largely the same up front but has a 100mm longer wheelbase, devoted to the rear. People also grumbled that the Megane's battery size isn't enough, so the Scenic comes with 87kWh as standard. That's 391 miles WLTP. Which ought to shut them up. SO NO FAMILY-AMUSING CABIN NOVELTIES THEN? Actually, although the seats are straightforward, there is one. If there are only two people in the back, they can drop the centre armrest. That has two USB sockets, and trays for this 'n' that, and cupholders. Pivoting brackets around the cupholders act as little arms to grip and hold upright tablets and phones. They can be set either across the car so both people can watch the same screen, or at 45 degrees so each can see their own. That armrest opens up more to turn into a ski hatch. There are more USBs for when the centre seat is occupied. In all the Scenic has six sockets and a wireless charging pad. The top-spec has Solarbay, a glass roof that can be rendered opaque by LCD switching, with separate LCD sections for front and rear. Less weight than a blind, and more rear headroom. Oh and Jean-Michelle Jarre composed the pedestrian warning noise and the Scenic’s other beep-beep-boops. HOW IS IT TO DRIVE? Very good. The suspension is taut and the steering quick. It's well-balanced and lively in bends. It's very light for a long-range EV – 1,850kg, and that shows in its sense of fleet-footedness. Yet it doesn't feel flimsy. Performance is easily strong enough for most people: the lead engineer remembered the R5 GT Turbo he drove in his 20s. This is a match for acceleration. Renault's excellent driver interface helps. You get physical buttons for the most urgent functions, and a big customisable centre screen too. HOW IS IT TO RIDE IN? IT'S A FAMILY CAR AFTER ALL. It's fine. Adult-size people in the back have all the room they need, so they can enjoy their screens. It'll do three abreast, and the flat floor means the central bod has foot space. Headroom's not a problem either. You get useful storage in the cabin, and the boot's fine. It's quiet over the road and through the air. The ride is firmish – think Kia EV6 rather than Hyundai Ioniq 5 – but it's well damped. Which will likely reduce the need for sickbags out back. WHAT ARE THE ELECTRIC STATS? Here in Britain an 87kWh battery is standard, for a range of 391 miles WLTP. Renault is honest enough to say this means 231 miles at French motorway speed, an average of 72mph. And that's exactly what we got – 116 miles for 50 per cent discharge – on French motorways and open-country, quick roads driven at eight degrees Celsius. And we were paying precisely zero attention to energy economy. So it's going to be about 260 on UK motorways and more than that on slower roads. Unless you've a headwind, driving rain or it's really cold. And actually a heat pump and battery heater are standard in the UK, so low-temp range should hold up pretty well. Finally, battery chemistry is different from the Megane's, and is able to deliver more of its rated energy down to colder temperatures. Rapid charging is good too: it's not about a headline-grabbing power spike, but a consistent rate as the battery fills. It has online charge planning and will precondition on approach to the charger and then can average 110kW over 30 minutes starting from 20 per cent, so you've added 50kWh in that time. OUR CHOICE FROM THE RANGE Renault 1.5 dCi Dynamique Nav 5dr £23,890 WHAT'S THE VERDICT? “The Scenic is good-looking on the outside and well-finished within, and in most ways it's a very sweet drive” It's likeable. Lots of rational reasons why: space, efficiency and lightness count in its favour. But it's also good-looking on the outside and well-finished within, and in most ways it's a very sweet drive. We almost wish it wasn't called Scenic. It's a name that has long since evaporated from public consciousness in Britain, and in any case this isn't a Scenic. But it is a very good car. https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/renault/scenic

"I don't think I've ever been in a stadium where I've seen an overhead kick that good... and I was there for Wayne Rooney's against Manchester City." High praise indeed from Gary Neville, but deservedly so as Alejandro Garnacho scored one of the great Premier League goals in Manchester United's 3-0 win at Everton. The 19-year-old Argentina winger met Diogo Dalot's cross in the third minute at Goodison Park from about 15 yards out and unleashed a stunning overhead kick into the top corner. "I can't believe it to be honest," he said afterwards. "I didn't see how I scored, I just listened to the crowd and said 'oh my God'." Latest Manchester United news, analysis and fan views Get Man Utd news notifications Listen to the latest The Devils' Advocate podcast Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman, summarising on BBC Radio 5 Live, said: "It was a jaw-dropping moment. Everybody was just stunned by seeing a goal of that quality. "It wasn't just the finish which was remarkable but the whole move, back to front, cross-field pass, good touch, underlapping run, cross to the far post then that moment." Ex-United captain Neville, on Sky Sports, added: "That is a magical, magical goal. We will see that a few times this season. That is one of the best you will ever see. "I can't believe it. I don't think it can get any better in his career in terms of a goal. Absolutely spectacular, a world-class moment. "I've never seen an overhead kick goal as good as that. He has to step metres away from goal, shuffles his feet and lift himself into the air. I've never seen a goal like it." Spare a thought for Michael Olise. On Saturday, the Crystal Palace winger scored a fantastic goal against Luton Town, running down the right wing, cutting in and curling a stunner into the far corner. "It's got to be up there," said Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer on Match of the Day as they discussed whether it would be goal of the season. "It will take some beating," added Lineker. That beating would happen about 22 hours later and unfortunately for Olise, his strike is not even goal of the final weekend of November. United boss Erik ten Hag told BBC Sport: "The finish was incredible, it was world class. We are early in the season but already it's the goal of the season." However his manager says Garnacho has some way to go to be the finished article. "It's not the first time we saw this, we have already often seen glimpses, but if you want to be a player like Wayne Rooney or Cristiano Ronaldo you have to score 20 to 25 goals in the Premier League each season," he said. "That's not easy to get, you have to work hard, you have to go in areas where it hurts. So there's a lot to come. But he has potential." Red Devils captain Bruno Fernandes called it "superb". "It was something amazing and I have no words to describe it. It is out of this world. Special from a special kid," he continued. John Murray, who has been a BBC Radio 5 Live commentator since 1997, said: "Memories there of some of the great goals that we've seen scored. "I'm thinking Mark Hughes, I'm thinking Wayne Rooney, the famous goal that he scored in the Manchester derby, that was right up there with that. "It was acrobatic, spectacular, I think it's one of the best goals I've seen live." Where does Garnacho goal rank among overhead kicks? We will keep the definition of bicycle kicks fairly liberal so nothing gets ruled out on a technicality. Here is a list of a few we like. You can rank them below but you might need to find footage of some of them elsewhere to make an informed opinion. Wayne Rooney's late derby winner - Man Utd 2-1 Man City, Premier League, 12 February 2011 Gareth Bale's Champions League final screamer - Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool, Champions League, 26 May 2018 Trevor Sinclair's 20-yard spectacular - QPR 3-2 Barnsley, FA Cup, 25 January 1997 Mauro Bressan from 25 yards - Fiorentina 3-3 Barcelona, Champions League, 2 November 1999 Zlatan Ibrahimovic beats Joe Hart from long range - Sweden 4-2 England, friendly, 14 November 2012 Cristiano Ronaldo flies into the air - Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid, Champions League, 3 April 2018 Goalkeeper Oscarine Masuluke scores - Baroka 1-1 Orlando Pirates, South African Premiership, 30 November 2016 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67537561

Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s It’s a grey November day; rain gently pocks the surface of the tidal pools. There is not much to see in this East Sussex nature reserve – a few gulls, a little grebe, a solitary wader on the shore – but already my breathing has slowed to the rhythm of the water lapping the shingle, my shoulders have dropped and I feel imbued with a sense of calm. I’m far from alone in finding the antidote to modern life in nature. “It’s only when I’m outdoors and attentive to the wild things around me that my mind holds still,” says James Gilbert, an ecologist from Northamptonshire. Despite his job, it is not visits to nature reserves boasting rare species that provide what he describes as a “mental reset” – “simply the everyday encounters I chance upon in my daily life. These touches of wildness freshen my mind, broaden my perspective and lift my spirits.” Such testimonies to the power of nature are nothing new. What is new is the emerging field of environmental neuroscience, which seeks to explore why – and how – our brains are so profoundly affected by being in nature. You are probably aware of studies showing that green (vegetated) and blue (moving water) environments are associated with a reduction in stress, improved mood, more positive emotions and decreases in anxiety and rumination. But there is growing evidence that nature exposure also benefits cognitive function – all the processes involved in gaining knowledge and understanding, including perception, memory, reasoning, judgment, imagination and problem-solving. One study found that after just 40 seconds of looking out at a green roof, subjects made fewer mistakes in a test than when they looked at a concrete one. Dr Marc Berman, director of the Environmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Chicago, taxed subjects’ brains with a test known as the backwards digit-span task, requiring them to repeat back sequences of numbers in reverse order. Then he sent them for a 50-minute walk, in either an urban setting (a town centre) or a nature setting (a park). On their return, they repeated the task. “Performance improved by about 20% when participants had walked in nature, but not when they had walked in an urban environment,” he says. The brain boost from being in nature goes beyond getting answers right in a test, according to Prof Kathryn Williams, an environmental psychologist at the University of Melbourne. “Research has consistently demonstrated enhanced creativity after immersion in natural environments,” she says. One study found that a four-day hike (with no access to phones or other technology) increased participants’ creativity by 50%. (If you’re wondering how you can put a number on creativity, that study used the Remote Associates Test, widely used as a measure of creative thinking, insight and problem-solving. Subjects are given three words and have to come up with a word that links them. For example, Big, Cottage, Cake = Cheese.) What might be going on here? According to the biophilia hypothesis po[CENSORED]rised by the American sociobiologist EO Wilson, humans function better in natural environments because our brains and bodies evolved in, and with, nature. “Biophilia makes a lot of sense,” says Dr David Strayer, a cognitive neuroscientist who heads the Applied Cognition Laboratory at the University of Utah. “As hunter-gatherers, those who were most attuned to the natural environment were the most likely to survive. But then we built all this infrastructure. We are trying to use the hunter-gatherer brain to live in the highly stressful and demanding modern world.” It’s not that life as a hunter-gatherer was easy, of course. But, says Strayer, the fight-or-flight response that we evolved to deal with it is ill-suited to the way we live now. “Most of the stress we encounter today does not require a physical response, but still evokes the same physiological reaction – raised cortisol levels, increased heart rate and alertness – which can impact immune and cardiovascular function, as well as memory, mood and attention.” Exposure to nature activates the parasympathetic nervous system – the branch of the nervous system related to a “resting” state. This instils feelings of calm and wellbeing that enable us to think more clearly and positively, just as I experienced on my harbourside walk. One recent theory proposes that oxytocin (the “bonding” hormone) may be behind the phenomenon, exerting its powerful antistress and restorative effects when we are in natural settings that we perceive as safe, pleasing, calm and familiar. But if its capacity to make us “feel better” were the sole pathway through which nature affected the brain, it would only work if you regard being in nature as a positive experience. Those siding with Woody Allen when he said “I love nature; I just don’t want to get any of it on me” would not experience a brain boost. However, research by Berman and others suggests that improvements in cognitive function are not linked to improved mood. Berman got his subjects to walk at different times of the year. “Even in January, when it was zero degrees outside and people didn’t enjoy the nature walk, they still experienced performance improvements in the test,” he says. “They didn’t need to ‘like’ the nature exposure to reap the cognitive benefits.” Another explanation for the nature boost is something known as attention restoration theory (ART). Psychologists call the capacity to sustain focus on a specific mental task, ignoring external distractions (such as your phone) and internal ones (such as your rumbling belly), “directed attention”. And according to ART, it is a finite resource. “The areas of the brain responsible for this kind of attention can become depleted by multitasking and high-stimulation modern environments,” explains Williams. When that happens, we can’t concentrate, we make mistakes and get stuck on problems. “But there is something about nature that engages the brain in a way that’s very undemanding and effortless, giving these areas an opportunity to rest and recover.” It’s not that natural settings don’t have lots of stimuli, but the attention they capture is indirect and spontaneous – we are drawn by the movement of a bird or the sound of our feet padding on fallen leaves. This gentle attendance to our surroundings is known as “soft fascination”, and while we are immersed in it, directed attention can be restored. Maybe that’s why I often find myself recording voice notes, or tapping ideas into my phone, after spending time in nature. Excitingly, neuroimaging tools such as electroencephalograms and functional magnetic resonance imaging are helping researchers to glimpse the changes in our brains in real time. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), for example, uses something known as Bold – blood-oxygen-level-dependent imaging – to determine which areas of the brain are most active during exposure to different stimuli. (Like muscles, the more active parts require more oxygenated blood.) Studies have revealed a drop in the Bold signal in the prefrontal cortex (an important brain structure in executive function) during nature exposure, supporting the idea that this part of the brain is “off duty” at the time. It has also been shown that a greater number of brain areas are activated when viewing urban scenes, suggesting more effort is required to process them. The drawback with fMRI is that it requires you to lie still, ruling out real-life nature experiences – which is why Berman is excited about his newest tool, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). “We have some idea of what the brain looks like when it is working hard,” he says. “But fNIRS enables us to shine infrared light into the brain of a person as they walk through different environments to see whether it is working harder or easier.”For more

A further 39 Palestinians have been freed from Israeli prisons in the third exchange for hostages being held in Gaza. They were released as part of an agreement which has seen 40 Israeli hostages taken on 7 October returned. It brings the total number of Palestinians released since the first swap on Friday to 117. A last exchange is expected on Monday under the current deal agreed by Israel and Hamas, but it could be extended. Among the latest Palestinian prisoners to be freed was teenager Mohammed Al-Awar, who spent 16 months in jail. His mother said she had mixed feelings about his release. "Our joy is incomplete because of the huge number of people killed in Gaza," she said in a video showing their reunion. Another teenager, Abdurahman Al-Zaghal, was also freed but was not with the others as he is in an Israeli hospital receiving medical treatment. He was shot in the head and hit by shrapnel in the lower part of his body in August as he went out to buy bread, according to his uncle. Israeli authorities said he was trying to throw a petrol bomb on a settlement post in the area. Al-Zaghal's trial was held in absentia as he was still in intensive care. He was seen on Sunday removing an electronic bracelet from his leg. As in the earlier nights of prisoner swaps, large crowds took to the streets in the West Bank - where detainees are being returned to initially - to greet the coaches carrying the released prisoners. Footage shows some of those released being paraded around on people's shoulders, while other members of the crowd wave Palestinian flags. Israel has compiled a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners, mainly teenage boys, who are eligible for release under the deal struck with Hamas. Under a deal brokered with the help of Qatar, 50 Israeli hostages - women and children - were to be freed by Hamas over four days during a ceasefire, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners. Some 40 Israeli hostages in total have been freed so far, alongside 18 foreign nationals. Israel previously said the ceasefire could be extended if at least 10 Israelis were released daily. However, the government has vowed to wipe out Hamas and added that any cessation in its attacks was only temporary. Hamas said on Sunday that it wanted to extend the agreement and increase the number of hostages released. A senior Palestinian official familiar with negotiations taking place in Qatar told the BBC the group has informed mediators it is willing to extend the pause by two to four days, and that an extension could see the release of an additional 20 to 40 Israeli prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the framework deal as a "blessed thing", also apparently hinting that it could be extended. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman told the Financial Times that the group would need to locate dozens of hostages held in Gaza by other groups in order to secure an extension. Many of those kidnapped in the 7 October attacks - thought to be about 240 people - are being held by Hamas, an Iran-backed Islamist group that is categorised as a terrorist organisation by Israel, the UK, the US and the European Union. However, groups including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which also participated, are believed to be holding some. Some 1,200 people, most of them civilians were killed in the 7 October raid, according to Israel. In retaliation for the attack, Israel has bombed Gaza relentlessly, wrecking its infrastructure. Hamas says nearly 15,000 people have died, including many children. Large supplies of aid - notably food, water and hygiene kits - are desperately needed. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67539533

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Russian forces continued to bombard the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Thursday night while shelling killed four in the southern region of Kherson, according to local officials. Since mid-October, Russia has been trying to encircle and capture the town of Avdiivka, home to a massive coking plant and close to the Russian-held regional hub of Donetsk. The head of Avdiivka’s military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, told Ukraine’s Channel 24 on Thursday that Russian forces had launched their “fiercest” attacks yet on the embattled down. According to Reuters, Barabash said Russia was unleashing up to 18 air attacks per day, sometimes more. In the southern region of Kherson, prosecutors said Russian shelling had killed three men and a woman, according to Reuters, as Ukrainian forces continue to mount a counteroffensive in the east and south of the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments on Wednesday — in which he blamed Ukraine for the lack of peace talks and claimed Russia was ready for discussions to resume — were designed to pile pressure on the West to push Ukraine back to the negotiating table, analysts said. They noted that Putin and other Russian officials have routinely claimed the Kremlin is ready to negotiate to end the war while signaling that the Kremlin maintains its key objectives, including territorial claims and regime change in Ukraine. Ukraine fuel stations face LPG shortages as Polish supplies blocked The ongoing blockade of Ukrainian border crossings by Polish drivers has led to a sharp drop in deliveries of motor vehicle gas (LPG) to Ukrainian petrol stations, many of which are experiencing fuel shortages, analysts said on Friday. Around a million Ukrainian cars use LPG as a cheaper alternative to petrol. Farmers and households use the fuel for drying grain and heating homes and Ukraine consumed about 1.1 million metric tons of LPG in 2022. Polish truckers earlier this month blocked roads to three border crossings to Ukraine to protest against what they see as government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. LPG shortages and rising prices were among the most visible consequences of the protests at the Polish border. -Reuters FRI, NOV 24 20237:39 AM EST Armenia says Russia has not delivered weapons it has paid for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday said that Russia has yet to deliver weapons that the former Soviet republic has paid for, according to a Reuters report citing Russian state news agency Tass, which said talks to find a solution were ongoing. Moscow is supplying Armenia in its conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. However, relations between the traditional allies have frayed in recent months, as Pashinyan has accused the Kremlin of failing to adequately support his country. - Elliot Smith FRI, NOV 24 20235:38 AM EST Norway says no irregularities at Russian border Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a press conference in Tallinn, Estonia on Friday that no irregularities had been observed at Norway’s border with Russia, after Finland closed all but one of its entry points following an influx of migrant crossings in recent weeks. - Elliot Smith https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/24/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

We promise this really is the new third-generation Porsche Panamera. Porsche has reverted to its classic incremental design approach for the switch from G2 to G3 (hope that pleases the model code fans out there), although there are some subtle styling differences if you look hard enough. Up front there’s a new grille with an extra inlet above the front numberplate, while the arches are more pronounced to ape the 911. The rear looks a little more 911-esque too with a frameless rear window, a redesigned lightbar and a slightly larger black plastic area. Porsche is launching the G3 with the Panamera 4 and mid-range Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid. The 4 gets a twin-turbo 2.9-litre V6 that makes 348bhp and 369lb ft of torque, while the Turbo E-Hybrid pairs a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 with a 25.9kWh (gross) battery and an electric motor that’s integrated into the eight-speed PDK gearbox. Total power output? A cool 671bhp and 686lb ft of torque. And that’s not even going to be the top spec. As with the previous Panamera, there will be a full-fat Turbo S E-Hybrid that Thomas Friemuth – Porsche’s head of the Panamera product line – tells us will have “significantly higher numbers”. For reference, the old one had 690bhp. Expect a non-hybrid, V8-engined GTS for the drivers too, as well as a V6 hybrid and a base spec rear-wheel drive V6 that’ll just be called ‘Panamera’. Sounds like there won’t be a non-hybrid Turbo S this time though. Got it? Good, neither have we. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/yes-really-new-third-generation-porsche-panamera

Manchester City and Liverpool have consistently served up matches that were a full-on football feast since they became the two pre-eminent Premier League superpowers under managers Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. This was not one of them. Whether it was the early start, heavy legs from international duty or just simply footballers actually being human, this was as close to ordinary, routine and flat as it has ever been from these two sides. Even the crowd inside Etihad Stadium did not seem to be feeling it, Manchester City boss Guardiola turning to the home supporters and pleading for more noise in the second half in this uncharacteristically quiet atmosphere. City have a tough act to follow from their Treble of the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup last season, with the Uefa Super Cup already added this term, but they took the chance to remind their fans (and perhaps more pointedly Liverpool's) of those stellar achievements with four flags laid out across the turf before kick-off. It was the big build-up to what has become the Premier League's most high-profile game. And yet this all felt so low-key, apart from a final surge when City tried to snatch back the lead given to them by Erling Haaland - the fastest player to reach 50 Premier League goals, in 48 games - but eroded by Trent Alexander-Arnold's late equaliser. Alexander-Arnold rescues Liverpool draw at Man City City were superior to Liverpool and should have won, but perhaps it is another hint that the Premier League may not be the formality many expect this season - although all the smart money should still go on Guardiola's side, especially once they have Kevin de Bruyne back. As he pointed out, City's players remain hungry and the best side in Europe. In Jeremy Doku, they have made a thrilling acquisition with his pace and direct running, although it was a blow to lose Jack Grealish to illness. There may just be hope for others in results such as the loss at Arsenal and draws at Chelsea and at home to Liverpool. And those hoping to take City's crown away will need all the help they can get as this was the first time City had not won at home in 24 games. Liverpool are one of those teams hoping to cash in on any sign of City slips but realistically they are a team in transition with new signings to integrate. They may even have surprised themselves with the start they have made this season. Klopp's side are certainly not making life easy for themselves. They have conceded the opening goal in six consecutive away Premier League games for the first time since November 2006 and this is their first season without a clean sheet in their opening seven away Premier League games since 2004-05. One thing that is not in question is that Klopp's "Liverpool reloaded" - his description - have got bags of character and, even when not at their best, they still possess a permanent air of menace that makes them dangerous if you do not put them away when you have the chance. As City discovered. They hung in, showed resilience and got their reward when Alexander-Arnold compensated for a difficult afternoon defensively in the face of the relentless Doku by showing great technique for the equaliser. Liverpool keeper Alisson was at the heart of many of their problems with poor kicking but still contributed important saves while City could have grabbed victory in the final seconds when Haaland's header drifted inches wide of the far post. There were still moments of quality, especially in the way City strung passes together to work openings and Doku's constant probing, but it is simply too much to expect for every meeting between this pair to be a classic. City's air of superiority is such that any challengers will clutch at the thinnest straw they are offered and, while it is a flimsy offering, two draws in succession might be about the best they can get. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67531086

‘Like living in a painting’: a fairytale farmhouse in Holland A 400-year old Dutch farm is in a constant state of flux, thanks to its artistic owner Nell Card Sun 19 Nov 2023 10.00 GMT Ifell in love with her!” exclaims Reineke Antvelink. “I think she’s just beautiful. I’m always wondering: what have you been through these past 400 years?” The Dutch interior designer is talking about her own home (“I think of the building as a she”) – a beguiling 17th-century thatched farmhouse in rural Abcoude, just 20 minutes south of Amsterdam. Reineke left the city behind eight years ago – a move precipitated by a lengthy project in Italy. “I was working on a large retreat in northern Italy,” she explains. “I lived there on and off for a few years and the site was completely immersed in nature. Each time I went, I noticed how calm my surroundings made me feel. When the project was finished, I said to my husband, ‘I want to leave the city, I want us to live in nature.’ This was the first place we saw.” Reineke took her husband, Olaf, to view the property. “I got him at a weak moment,” she recalls with glee. Olaf – who was hungover – was persuaded by Reineke to put in an offer on the spot. When the hangover abated, Olaf started to panic, but Reineke held her nerve. “Although the previous owners had restored many of the building’s original features, they hadn’t been able to keep up with the repairs,” she says. “The house was a bit sad, but I knew we could make her shine.” With three young children and a growing business to run, it marked the promise of a new adventure – albeit in a slightly dishevelled and ancient farmhouse. Reineke studied fine art in Amsterdam and worked as a set designer before segueing into interior design and founding her company, RA Studio, 10 years ago. She decided to approach the creaking farmstead in Abcoude “as if it were a living painting”. They began by replacing the thatched roof and converting the adjoining brick carriage house into their company headquarters (“I’m the creative; Olaf makes everything happen”). The neglected garden took four years to fully restore. By comparison, the house was “actually quite easy”. Low ceilings, sloping roofs and beams lend the house its unique character. “What I really like about this house is that it’s arranged across so many different levels,” says Reineke. “Nothing is symmetrical, there are flights of stairs everywhere, big doors, small doors – it’s very easy to get disoriented. In fact, upstairs, you can go from room to room via several cupboards. It’s perfect for playing hide-and-seek.” Reineke has heightened the fairytale-like quality of the farmhouse with richly layered interiors, unexpected artworks and antiques and a menagerie of animals, including house-trained horses, sheep, dogs, cats, and Diego the pig, who occasionally lets himself in. “It’s very Pippi Longstocking,” she says. At the back of the house is a large living space, once used as a cow barn, with far-reaching views of the countryside. With 7m-high ceilings, the room could easily have felt cavernous and unwelcoming, but Reineke has transformed it into a cosseting space by painting it Farrow & Ball’s Oval Room Blue and adding a contemporary tile stove. Bespoke cabinetry painted in coral and finished with antiqued mirror glass helps divide the room into separate areas while providing additional display space for Reineke’s collection of art. The central dining room is wrapped in raucous, art-deco inspired wallpaper (Babylon by House of Hackney) and furnished with Asian-inspired antiques and artwork. Aside from the terracotta tiled floors, it’s about as far from any farmhouse aesthetic as you can get. “All the furniture and objects I’ve collected throughout my life have moved in with us here,” she explains. “They worked in our industrial apartment in the city, and they work here, too.” In the smaller living room, known as an opkamer, the focal point is a historical painting of a Chinese familyy that Antvelink bought at auction many years ago. “All the colours in this room come from that artwork,” Reineke explains. Traditionally, the opkamer would have been the one room the farmers kept warm. “It’s funny because this is the room we retreat to in winter,” she says. “We light the fire and huddle up on the sofa together, dogs included.” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/19/like-living-in-a-painting-a-fairytale-farmhouse-in-holland

By nightfall, the road in front of the Beitunia checkpoint had the feel of a restive festival, the sting of politics and tear gas mingling in the air. Small campfires flickered in front of a handful of green Hamas flags; there were many more Palestinian ones. The return of 39 Palestinians from Israeli prisons to their homes in the occupied West Bank was never just going to be a family affair. Israel's jailing of large numbers of people on security grounds is widely seen by Palestinians as a tool of the occupation. Charges range from murder and violent attacks on Israelis to stone-throwing. Many Palestinians say Israel is criminalising acts of resistance by an occupied people - the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) told the BBC all prisoners are detained "according to and under the provisions of the law". A quarter of the po[CENSORED]tion of the West Bank has spent time in an Israeli jail; it is a shared experience. And more than 3,000 people have been arrested since the 7 October attacks - including almost 900 children - according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club president, Abdallah Zughary. Many of these detainees have been placed in administrative detention without charge, he says. "Most of them are civilians, not affiliated with any kind of political party or militant group," Mr Zughary told me. "Since 7 October, there have been no visits by families or lawyers to prisoners. And six prisoners have died." He accuses Israel of using the justice system as a "revenge policy". A spokesperson for the IPS told the BBC that over the past few weeks, "four national security prisoners died" in different circumstances and on different days. "We have no knowledge of the causes of death," they added.They refused to comment on the suggestion that families and lawyers had not been allowed to visit prisoners. There is little faith here in Israel's military courts, which are responsible for policing an occupied po[CENSORED]tion, and which human rights groups have accused of handing down guilty verdicts to Palestinians 99% of the time. The release of 39 women and teenagers is a tiny drop in the ocean of prisoners, but a massive symbol for Palestinians of their ability to - occasionally - force Israel's hand. Mustafa Barghouti, a senior Palestinian politician, told me that prisoners were a key part of the deal agreed between Israel and Hamas, and a key part of why that deal was good for Palestinians. It should also be taken as a sign, he said, that a permanent ceasefire was possible, despite Israel's insistence on resuming the war after the hostage deal has run its course. "Israel has said many things before," Dr Barghouti told me. "They said they would kill Hamas. Now they are negotiating with them." Israel has said its goals of eliminating Hamas and getting the hostages back are not in conflict, but some in its army worry that the deal could allow their enemy to regroup. It has also strengthened the political standing of Hamas here in the West Bank - many of those gathered to wait for the returning prisoners at Beitunia checkpoint credited the group, though others stressed that this moment belonged to all Palestinians. "We would like that this happened without the hostages taken by Hamas," human rights lawyer Mohammed Khatib said. "But Israel doesn't want [to do] this without paying the price. Without the Hamas hostages, Israel would not allow these people out." But, he said, it was also a "window of hope" for both Palestinians and Israelis. "The end [goal] is that they must accept us as people, they must accept our right to exist. "We are humans: we have names, families, lives. I see all of this in the eye of a child released from prison today." The return of prisoners here has been paved by a brutal attack, a devastating war and a hostage crisis. "There's a joy in this release but it is incomplete joy," Abdallah Zughary told me, "because there's a big price Palestinians have paid over past 45 days." Eman Barghouti, welcoming home her sister-in-law Hanan today, told me her family would not celebrate the release publicly, out of respect for Palestinians killed, injured and displaced by Israel's bombardment of Gaza. She said all the families she knew were doing the same. But the crowds swarming around the prisoners' bus as it crossed into Beitunia had no such reserve; a moment of happiness for prisoners' families is also a moment of victory for Palestinians across the West Bank. Behind the darkened windows, some of the prisoners could be seen dancing - one wrapped in a Palestinian flag. To Israel the prisoners it released today are a security threat. To the Palestinians gathered to greet them, they are victims of Israel's occupation - and their release is symbolic of a wider goal. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67528844

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German banks enjoyed a strong third quarter, with Deutsche Bank posting a net profit of 1.031 billion euros ($1.13 billion) and Commerzbank more than tripling its net profit from the previous year. Buch noted that provisioning for non-performing loans did not increase as substantially as the central bank would have liked, given the sharp rise in interest rates and the “very uncertain environment” for the economy. Germany’s major banks need to increase their provisions for non-performing loans, as corporate insolvencies and credit risks mount, according to Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch. Europe’s largest economy has been dubbed the “sick man of Europe” by some economists, after entering a technical recession earlier this year while economic activity faces further downward pressure from a collapse in construction. Lawmakers in Berlin are meanwhile scrambling for solutions to a developing budget crisis that could threaten the future of the country’s coalition government. Like the rest of the euro zone, the German economy is dealing with a rapid rise in interest rates, as the European Central Bank took its main deposit facility from a record low of -0.5% in September 2019 to a record-high of 4% in September 2023. “I will say that, actually, the financial sector dealt quite well with this increase in interest rates. At the same time, the full effects are not yet visible, so they haven’t really worked their way through the balance sheets of the banks, and this is why we caution the banks as usual,” Buch told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach on Wednesday. “Resilience is really of utmost importance at the current juncture. The banks are highly profitable at the moment, and I think it’s good if they use this profitability to increase their resilience — sufficient capital, sufficient liquidity but also investments into IT to shield against cyber risks.” German banks enjoyed a strong third quarter, with Deutsche Bank posting a net profit of 1.031 billion euros ($1.13 billion) and Commerzbank more than tripling its net profit from the previous year to 684 million euros. Buch nevertheless noted that provisioning for non-performing loans did not increase as substantially as the central bank would have liked, given the sharp rise in interest rates and the “very uncertain environment” for the economy. “Provisioning has increased a bit, but if you compare it to historical averages, it is still at a relatively low level and the same actually holds for corporate insolvencies, so corporate insolvencies which actually came down over the past 20 years have increased slightly, but are still way below historic averages,” she said. “In all likelihood, given the structural change that we have, given the uncertainty that we have around us, corporate insolvencies are likely to increase, credit risk is likely to increase, and this is why we — on both sides, from the macro-prudential side and the micro-prudential side — really make banks aware of these risks and urge them to increase whatever they can, their resilience.” https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/23/a-germany-central-bank-official-warns-lenders-as-insolvencies-rise.html