2 h. ago Park Chan Wook: ‘The Korean film industry is in a state of great danger’

The acclaimed director of ‘Oldboy’ and ‘The Handmaiden’ speaks to Louis Chilton about the problems facing his country’s filmmakers, his one-time reputation for grotesquerie, and his darkly funny new satire ‘No Other Choice’

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3 h. ago Demand drop leaves drinks makers with lake of unsold spirits

Groups are halting production and cutting prices to shift stock as sales declines accelerate in key markets

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4 h. ago Mount Everest's most haunting death as climber made 'unbelievable' mistake

Mount Everest has claimed the lives of hundreds of climbers over the years, but few deaths are as strange or as haunting as that of Maurice Wilson

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4 h. ago Haunting death of Brit on 'most dangerous ever climb' up Mount Everest

Maurice Wilson, a Bradford-born British Army officer with no mountaineering experience, attempted to climb Mount Everest alone

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7 h. ago She was at the center of one of Netflix's most shocking documentaries after being kidnapped TWICE

Mary Ann Broberg, the mother of kidnapping survivor Jan Broberg and a central figure in the story told in the 2017 true-crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, has died.

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7 h. ago Thousands of fans celebrate life of legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir in San Francisco

Thousands of mourners gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate Bob Weir, the legendary Grateful Dead guitarist who died last week at 78

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7 h. ago Waitress who escaped Swiss bar fire reveals staff had no safety training & says she’s ‘haunted by the faces of the dead’

A SURVIVING employee of the Swiss ski resort bar where a deadly fire killed 40 says she is "haunted by the faces of the dead". French national Louise Leguistin, 25, was one of the only staff members of Le Constellation to escape unharmed after the horrific blaze tore through the downstairs nightspot in the early...

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8 h. ago Australia news live: woman dead in powerful storm as landslide and flood warnings issued for Sydney

Woman killed by tree branch as NSW SES records more than 800 calls for help. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales State Emergency Services have received over 1400 calls for help and 20 requests for flood rescues after Sydney has been lashed with torrential rain.SES Assistant Commissioner Sonya Alston, speaking to ABC News, says the main areas affected by flash flooding and storm-related incidents are Illawarra, Sydney and the Hunter area.We did have an evacuation at Narrabeen overnight due to the rapid rising waters there and the localised heavy rainfall, so that continues around that. Those particular areas with the weather also moving up north, we’ll see around the north eastern New South Wales experiencing some of that heavy winds, heavy rain and large wind gusts.We’re hoping to see a little bit of relief for the Illawarra area today. But still in that Sydney northern area. So again urging everyone to keep safe, keep inside...

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9 h. ago Pastry chef dies in freak DOUGH MIXER accident at grocery store as distraught wife pays tribute

Mordehay Grunberger, 71, died at  at South FloridaKosher Market following an accident involving an industrial dough mixer.

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10 h. ago One cool cat! Man pays £16,000 to have dead pet feline cryogenically frozen at Swiss clinic

Finance worker Mark McAuliffe, from Newcastle, was so grief-stricken by Bonny's deteriorating health that he paid the eye-watering sum to have her frozen once she died.

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10 h. ago Teen dead and three injured after shooting at historic New Orleans restaurant and civil rights landmark

Three bystanders visiting the city were injured after shooting victim was chased inside 85-year-old landmark

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10 h. ago US launches another retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush

A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader

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11 h. ago Katie Price's 'cursed' Mucky Mansion transformed by new owner after cut

After Katie Price was evicted from her famous Mucky Mansion, branding it 'cursed', its new owner has reportedly transformed the £1.15m Sussex property after it was repossessed

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12 h. ago 'I don't know if my friends are dead or alive': Protesters march through Cardiff

Thousands have been killed in Iran

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14 h. ago Gene Hackman's Santa Fe home up for sale for eye watering sum after couple found dead

The sprawling Southwestern-style mansion has been listed at $6.25 million a year after the couple were found dead in the home - with their deaths both ruled as natural causes

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14 h. ago Abbey Clancy claims world number one sports star 'flirted' with Peter Crouch

Abbey Clancy's remarks surfaced in a recent episode of the couple's podcast, The Therapy Crouch, in which they opened up about a family trip to the United Arab Emirates

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14 h. ago Opponents protest against China's planned UK 'mega embassy' as decision deadline loons

Britain’s main opposition leader has joined a protest against China’s planned new embassy in London

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15 h. ago Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories

Nigel Farage and his head of policy Zia Yusuf have indicated May 7 would be a cut-off point for admitting Conservative defectors to their party.

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15 h. ago Horror in Beverly Hills after man dragged to his death by car in broad daylight

Suspect has a long criminal history, police said

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15 h. ago Gene Hackman’s New Mexico estate being sold for more than $6M a year after actor and wife died there

Actor and his wife were found dead at their home in February 2025

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