65 m. ago Taliban left Afghan women 'to die under rubble' following huge earthquakes as strict religious code meant men couldn't touch them, reports claim

The first major quake struck just after midnight on Monday at a depth of only six miles, killing more than 2,200 people, levelling villages and trapping people under rubble.

Events

83 m. ago Despite ethical concerns Trump says next year’s G20 Summit will be held at his Florida resort

Trump ultimately scrapped previous plans to host the 2020 G7 Summit at his Doral resort after widespread backlash to the idea

Politics

1 hour ago ANDREW NEIL: The rise of State capitalism. Politically motivated vendettas. Rule by executive order. The National Guard on the streets... How Trump's America is getting more like China

Imagine a powerful president who grabs chunks of private enterprise for the state and forces companies to invest more at home by threatening penal tariffs if they don't.

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1 hour ago AMANDA PLATELL: Oh Myleene, I was SO sympathetic to your cheating trauma. Now I see you're just a poor man's Liz Hurley in a cheap bikini... you've been damned by your own words

There was a brief moment back in 2006 when Myleene Klass was notorious for parading her perfect body for the 'secret' cameras on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

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2 h. ago Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Toronto film festival: adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affectingProducer-star Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants last collaborated on a superlative adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, and their new project together could hardly be more different: a drama suffused with gonzo energy and the death-metal chaos of emotional pain, cut with slashes of bizarre black humour. Max Porter has adapted his own 2023 novella Shy for the screen and Murphy himself gives one of his most uninhibited and demonstrative performances.Murphy is Steve, a stressed, troubled but passionately committed headteacher with a secret alcohol and substance abuse problem, in charge of a residential reform school for delinquent teenage boys some time in the mid-90s. With his staff – deputy (Tracey Ullman), therapist-counsellor (Emily Watson) and a new teacher (Little Simz) ...

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3 h. ago Resident pays for council to clean graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat

The word ‘bitch’ along with a much larger sign saying ‘tax evader!’ were pictured on a white wall on the outside of the home.

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3 h. ago Farage to close Reform conference after telling activists to be ready for an election

Reform UK leader to close event having said party’s successes are ‘only the beginning’.

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3 h. ago Joel Dommett hails ‘huge’ shows in running for National Television Awards

Dommett said next week’s awards show is ‘exciting’ as the winners of the 14 categories are all voted for by the public.

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3 h. ago Yungblud set to perform huge tribute to Ozzy Osbourne alongside Aerosmith

Singer Yungblud will perform a touching tribute to Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne following his death aged 76 in July just days after his farewell show in Birmingham

Politics

3 h. ago Cornered Starmer forced into making reshuffle he was saving until autumn

In an extraordinary day in politics, the Prime Minister shifted around key members of his top team after his deputy quit over her tax affairs.

Politics

3 h. ago Trump's 'secret mission with Bin Laden team in North Korea' ends in tragedy

US President Donald Trump reportedly sent the elite commandos who killed Osama Bin Laden on a secret mission to spy on North Korea - but the operation went horribly wrong

Politics

3 h. ago ‘I was a secret drinker’, singer Lulu says as she reveals battle with alcoholism

The 76-year-old Eurovision star spoke to the Times ahead of the release of her memoir If Only You Knew.

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3 h. ago Judge rips Trump’s ‘derogatory’ comments about Haitians eating pets and blocks deportation for more than 1 million migrants

Judge’s decision temporarily shields tens of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status from removal

Events

3 h. ago Huge Dundee recycling plant fire leaves areas across city 'stinking of smoke'

Paul Craigie captured firefighters tackling the blaze on camera.

Events

4 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Angela Rayner saga exposes hypocrisy of Labour 

In opposition, Sir Keir Starmer pompously vowed Labour would be a standard-bearer for a more honourable brand of politics.

Politics

4 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle live: Harman claims ‘there is a way back’ for Rayner after resignation in tax scandal

Keir Starmer’s major cabinet reshuffle saw a dozen cabinet positions change, including the foreign minister and home secretary

Politics

4 h. ago Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones 'sign huge deal' for new series

Gavin & Stacey may have come to an emotional end on Christmas Day, but it seems James Corden and Ruth Jones aren't quite done yet as they have reportedly signed a huge new deal

Economics

4 h. ago Billionaire Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe 'splits' from Paul McCartney's grandson... and is already dating someone new

In the latest episode of her and Sophia Kianni's The Burnouts podcast, Phoebe, 22, raved about her new guy, saying he does not have Instagram.

Politics

4 h. ago Trump’s throwback to ‘Department of War’ signals a retreat from modern world into past glory

Trump’s latest rebranding exercise only makes sense if you don’t know much about what the Pentagon actually does, writes Andrew Feinberg

Politics

4 h. ago Trump is changing the Pentagon to the Department of War. It could cost taxpayers over $1B

When asked how much the name change would cost, Trump said, ‘Not a lot’

Economics