A squirting cucumber in action is a remarkable sight, but if you blink, you might miss it — the eruption lasts about 0.03 ...

Researchers in the UK have, for the first time, revealed the mechanism behind the squirt by carrying out high-speed videography, computed tomography scans and mathematical modelling.

The head of MI6 says British security will be "jeopardised" if Putin is allowed to succeed in Ukraine, as he warned the spy agency has already uncovered a Russian sabotage campaign in Europe.