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Rachel Riley, 36, has taken to Twitter with a baffling post, asking whether "we should be worried", as she snapped a shot of a curious looking parcel in the lobby of the Channel 4 offices.The Countdown favourite asked her 692,700 Twitter followers for their thoughts on the oddly-shaped package.The star wrote: "Should we be worried?" while the large parcel could be seen near a window at the studios.It didn't take long before a cohort of her followers jumped on to the post to share their jokes and comments. @BakuraOfKulElna jibed: "How did you find out where the Tories have hidden the economy?"@Olafdedig posted: "Is that how Jimmy Carr is shipped ?"Some fans noted that the shape of the parcel curiously matched that of Doctor Who's evil villain, the Dalek.@SchizoDuckie joked: "Daleks can't hurt you if they're still in plafic wrap." @JakeCross1977 penned: "Exterminate! Exterminate!"@Paulgkk said: "Where's the Doctor when you need him?"It's not the first time Rachel has taken to Twitter in shock this week. She took to the opinion-sharing platform to express her views about Russian president Vladimir Putin after the world leader made threats about the possibility of nuclear war.He warned that he would use all options at his disposal to protect Russia's "territorial integrity". The maths whizz made no secret of her dislike of Putin when she told her 692,800 Twitter followers: "Forever rot."Rachel made her point as she reposted a tweet by Max Seddon, the Moscow Bureau Chief at the Financial Times, which had announced: "Putin is finally speaking."To defend the country and the people, we will use all the means at our disposal.'"Rachel, who has been in opposition to the Ukraine war, reacted to the news by urging the President to

Rachel Riley, 36, was incensed when she heard that Vladimir Putin had made fresh threats of a nuclear war.The Russian leader warned today that he would use all options at his disposal to protect Russia's "territorial integrity". She made no secret of her dislike of Putin when she told her 692,800 Twitter followers in no uncertain terms: "Forever rot."She reposted a tweet by Max Seddon, the Moscow Bureau Chief at the Financial Times, which had announced: "Putin is finally speaking."To defend the country and the people, we will use all the means at our disposal.'"Rachel, who has been in opposition to the Ukraine war, reacted to the news by urging him to "rot".It has been estimated that there are currently up to 190,000 Russians fighting on Ukrainian soil, but Putin is keen to increase that number and, in an impassioned televised speech, urged more of his citizens to join the war."Referendums" held in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces seem to indicate that the majority of the population would like their area to become part of Russia.However the vote is led and controlled by the Kremlin, and few outsiders believe that the results will be real.Putin has insisted he is saving Ukrainians, claiming: "Russia can’t give up people close to her to be torn apart by executioners and fail to respond to their desire to determine their own fate."He then added: "If its territorial integrity is threatened, Russia will use all the means at its disposal."Prompting rising fears that Putin will unleash nuclear weapons, he added: "This is not a bluff."The dictator also claimed during his speech that the West aims to "weaken, divide and destroy Russia" and that the country must defend itself.US President Joe Biden condemned his call to

At about the same time that President Joe Biden was on the phone discussing Russia with China’s Xi Jinping, and as Russian troops pounded Ukrainian cities, Vladimir Putin gathered close to 200,000 Muscovites in a soccer stadium to put his spin on things.