89 minutes ago Jilly Cooper's Rivals TV series takes a leaf out of Princess Diana's style book, signifying the late royal's enduring fashion legacy

Many of the standout outfits in Rivals draw inspiration from Princess Diana's wardrobe during that era, showcasing everything from chic country looks to red carpet-worthy attire.

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90 minutes ago The Crime Is Mine review – François Ozon’s 1930s crime comedy is a moreish crowdpleaser

Ozon and a stellar cast serve up an entertaining, if shallow caper that shades a little too close to #MeTooFrançois Ozon has directed plenty of complex, demanding and serious dramas: Everything Went Fine, Summer of 85 and By the Grace of God, along with adaptations of Fassbinder. But he also has a sweet tooth for breezy, silly, crowd-pleasing theatrical comedies like this one (which does however appear to contain a Fassbinder reference, if you look hard enough). Watching it is like being force-fed a large box of chocolates; moreish, though. There is certainly an amazing blue-chip cast of French movie-acting royalty, including Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini and André Dussollier.The Crime Is Mine is adapted from a 1934 French stage comedy called Mon Crime by Georges Berr and Louis Vern...

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90 minutes ago ‘Scramble for the oceans’: how countries are racing to name and claim remote parts of the seabed

Newly ‘discovered’ underwater topographical features are paving the way for nation states to exploit previously untouched marine resources“The sea does not belong to despots,” Jules Verne wrote in 1869 in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. “Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at 30 feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears.”Now, more than 150 years later, geopolitics experts are warning that Verne’s final sentiment, expressed as it was through the character of Captain Nemo, was wrong. From seabeds and sea caves to sea canyons, underwater ridges, seamounts, sea knolls and reefs, academics say countries around the world are using...

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3 hours ago Liam Payne's final moments captured on social media just 45 minutes before tragic death in Argentina

One Direction star Liam Payne was found dead in Argentina, with the tragic news breaking just 45 minutes after the former popstar shared a series of posts on Snapchat

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3 hours ago Liam Payne death: Police and forensics pictured at Argentina hotel where One Direction star fell to death

The police were called to the hotel by the hotel manager, where it's believed that Liam fell from around 13 or 14 metres and suffered "very serious injuries incompatible with life"

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5 hours ago Michelle Keegan rakes in an extra £750,000 after landing lead role in hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once

And now the former Coronation Street actress is being lined up for another lucrative Netflix role after impressing TV bosses in the Harlan Coben adaptation.

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6 hours ago After One Direction, Liam Payne was just getting started. His death is a heartbreaking end | Alexis Petridis

The singer and songwriter helped reinvent the boyband. His life and career have been cut far too shortGallery: Liam Payne – a life in picturesLiam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies aged 31If a quarter of a century of reality TV talent shows has taught us anything, it’s that success in them is seldom a guarantee of lasting fame: more often than not, the celebrity is fleeting, and confined to the country of the show’s origin.You might have predicted that outcome for One Direction. Simon Cowell claimed to have thrown the band together “in 10 minutes” from solo contestants who had failed to progress any further than the bootcamp stage of the 2010 UK X Factor – despite the fact that one of them, the Wolverhampton-born Liam Payne, had at one stage been tipped to win the series for his ...

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7 hours ago Israel pounds Beirut with airstrikes killing at least 25 despite 'promise to stop'

At least two dozen people have been killed as the Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon rages on, with airstrikes targeting Hezbollah officials inflicting casualties on civilians

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7 hours ago Substitute teacher removed from Minnesota classroom after reenacting George Floyd murder

The man, a police officer who has not been named, was also accused of a series of actions including ‘racially harmful’ and sexist comments to students

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