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The Guardian view on Ordnance Survey maps: still a superior way to navigate the landscape | Editorial

The 225th anniversary of the organisation’s first publication is an opportunity to celebrate its unique contribution to our sense of place In his one-paragraph short story, On Exactitude in Science, Jorge Luis Borges imagines an empire in which the level of cartographical ambition is so high that a map is made on a one-to-one scale with the imperial territory. The quest for perfect accuracy doesn’t end well. But the earliest map-makers for Ordnance Survey, which this week marked the 225th anniversary of its first publication, might have empathised with the obsessive dedication. The 1801 OS map

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International

How do the people of Gaza face a new chapter of extreme cold?

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were forced to spend their night outdoors, after the heavy rains accompanying the depression that struck the Strip, on Friday night and the morning of Saturday, November 7, caused thousands of tents to sink and covers and clothes to be damaged, amid international warnings of the worsening humanitarian situation with the onset of winter.

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International

En Israël, Eisenkot invite le Likoud de Netanyahu à participer à une coalition

Officiellement chargé dimanche de former le prochain gouvernement israélien, l'ex-haut gradé centriste Gadi Eisenkot a appelé à l'unité face à une "crise historique" dont il tient Benjamin Netanyahu pour responsable. Il s'est néanmoins dit ouvert à une coalition avec des élus du Likoud, mais aussi du parti d'extrême droite de Bezalel Smotrich.

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Sports

Henry Pollock powers seven-try England to crushing victory against Australia

England 45-22 Australia George, Chessum and Heyes scored first-half tries England had promised to do their talking on the field and so it came to pass. After a turbulent few days, this result was certainly a thumping riposte to newspaper reports that all is not well within the court of Steve Borthwick. If Australia had imagined they might encounter distracted, half-hearted hosts, this seven-try romp suggested the precise opposite. Maybe Borthwick should commission the Times to write his motivational pre-match speeches every week. On this evidence the ­Wallabies have some massive issues to addr

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