In the Pacific, temperatures are rising, with the strongest El Nino on record threatening extreme weather around the world. In the skies over the Baltic, military drone incursions are increasingly common. Underneath a remote mountain in the Urals, a vast secret underground bunker has been located, from which Russia could launch nuclear strikes on the West.
And in a suburb of South-West England, a woman stacks tins of chickpeas in her shed.
Correction: This is no mere shed. It is a fully equipped survival bunker, an uber‑larder replete with enough water, food and kit to keep my family of six going for
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