9 h. ago I spent four months as a captive of the Taliban. This is what happened during my horrifying imprisonment, the confrontation that changed everything

Hostages Square in Tel Aviv seemed so remote from my own experience as the hostage of Islamic extremists that I barely made the connection when I visited earlier this year.

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43 h. ago I spent months traveling across Europe and it cost less than my rent... here's the money

The total cost of Monae Hendrickson's massive, 55-day trip - including accommodation, transportation, and food - ended up being less than what she pays monthly for her rent in LA.

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2 d. ago Huge Hollywood star unrecognisable as he transforms into Bruce Springsteen

A Hollywood leading man spent months learning The Boss's distinctive vocals in a new biopic

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3 d. ago Emotional moment baby leaves hospital after 140 days to go home for the first time

Lando Maloney, now aged four-and-a-half months, spent the first 140 days in hospital after a traumatic series of events

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5 d. ago New Orleans jail escapee agrees to return to Louisiana after being recaptured in Georgia

New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being recaptured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana during an appearance before a Fulton County magistrate judge

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9 d. ago A former Gaza hostage's memoir keeps the focus on those still held by Hamas

Eli Sharabi spent 16 months as a hostage in Gaza's tunnels, surviving on moldy pita

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1 week ago Donald Trump issues telling message to Royal Family following UK state visit

Donald Trump was welcomed by the King and Queen last month and spent two days in Windsor.

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2 w. ago Giorgio Armani’s final show: a catwalk memorial choreographed by himself

Designer’s 50th anniversary celebration was sadder but also grander and more spectacular than he intendedIn a fitting twist of fate the legendarily strong-willed Giorgio Armani, who towered over Milanese fashion for half a century and controlled every stitch of his empire right up until his death, got to choreograph his catwalk memorial himself.Armani spent his final months planning a celebration of 50 years of his brand with a show in the romantic cloistered courtyard of the Pinacoteca di Brera gallery in central Milan, where an exhibition dedicated to Armani has just opened. “Save the Date” notices for the night of 28 September had gone out before his death earlier this month. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Game of Thrones power couple Kit Harington & Rose Leslie own £660k plush pad near asylum seeker hotel

GAME of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie own a plush pad near a hotel housing 120 asylum seekers. The showbiz couple spent £660,000 on the flat near Edinburgh city centre six months after their 2018 wedding. It is close to the controversial Learmonth Hotel in the capital’s West End which is being used...

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2 w. ago I was in a Premier League ‘Bomb Squad’ like Sterling but it wasn’t horrible – I even used the chance to do some coaching

ISAAC HAYDEN feels sympathy for Chelsea ‘bomb squad’ members Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi. The ex-Newcastle midfielder, now at QPR, spent the first five months of last season in limbo after failing to secure a summer move. Sterling shared a photo of himself training alone late in the evening, while boss Enzo Maresca admitted he has...

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2 w. ago Don’t look up: how Trump’s deregulation drive could obscure the stars and threaten our access to space

Astronomers are warning that the proliferation of satellite constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, are making their work harder than it’s ever beenDonald Trump has spent eight months attempting to remake the United States through a massive programme of cuts and deregulation. His administration has left almost no part of American life untouched – from classrooms to college campuses, offices to factory floors; museums, forests, oceans and even the stars.An executive order signed last month to streamline rocket launches has been celebrated by officials in the commercial space sector, who see it as integral to securing America’s primacy as the world leader in space exploration. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jamie Laing reveals incredible mansion after renovation meant he ‘almost divorced’ wife Sophie over first home together

JAMIE Laing has shown off his incredible London mansion after joking he and wife Sophie Habboo almost divorced over the renovation project.  The former Made In Chelsea star, 36, shared a clip on Instagram showing the property before and after he and Sophie, 30, spent 14 months making it their own.  Alongside the video, Jamie...

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2 w. ago Starmer’s head of communications Steph Driver quits in latest No 10 exit

Exclusive: Departure of key figure comes little over a week after that of director of political strategyUK politics – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s head of communications, Steph Driver, has announced she is leaving Downing Street, the latest in a series of trusted aides to the prime minister who have quit No 10 in recent months.The departure of Driver, who spent five years at Starmer’s side as communications chief when he was opposition leader, before becoming deputy director and then director of communications at Downing Street, comes little more than a week after another key figure, Paul Ovendon, quit as the PM’s director of political strategy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces crucial court hearing over prison sentence length

The rap mogul has already spent nearly 13 months in jail

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3 w. ago PSR era in Premier League to continue after clubs oppose new spending rules

Chances of new rules adopted before next season slimPerspectives differ according to clubs’s league positionThe era of profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) in the Premier League will likely continue after another quarterly shareholders’ meeting ended without progress on adopting new measures of financial governance.League executives have spent the past 18 months attempting to introduce two new ways of controlling spending in the competition with clubs reluctant to sign up, despite a number of sides falling foul of the current PSR system. There was more discussion over possible rule changes at a meeting in central London on Tuesday, but there is, as of yet, no time frame for putting them to a vote and the chances that anything will be adopted before next season are receding. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British couple held in Afghanistan call their release by Taliban ‘a mystery’

After almost two decades living in Afghanistan and running education programmes for women and girls, Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested by the Taliban and spent more than seven months in prison. Finally free, they reveal how they were chained up in grim conditions and feared they would die – either from ill health or at the hands of their captors. Arpan Rai reports

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3 w. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned her tax hikes risk sending UK economy into a 'doom loop'

In a bleak report ahead of the Budget in November, the Office for National Statistics revealed the Government borrowed £18billion last month alone as it spent more on the state than it raised in tax.

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3 w. ago Elderly British couple's emotional reunion with their daughter after landing in Qatar following seven months locked up by the Taliban in Afghanistan

The British couple who walked free today after being held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for almost eight months have been reunited with their daughter.

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3 w. ago Elderly Brit couple detained by Taliban in Afghan hellhole prison finally freed

Barbie and Peter Reynolds have been held in Taliban captivity in Afghanistan for nearly eight months and feared they would die in prison after giving 'their life in service'

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3 w. ago ‘If you don’t make a stand now, when would you?’: inside the Together for Palestine concert

Palestinian musicians were joined by stars including Neneh Cherry and Louis Theroux for a massive four-hour fundraising concert in London. Their artistry revealed the strength and breadth of a culture under siegeIt’s a muggy midweek afternoon when a trail of people draped in black and white keffiyeh scarves, Palestine flags and Free Palestine slogan T-shirts begin to trickle into Wembley Arena. In the foyer of the venue, 56-year-old Kiran has just arrived from her home in Milton Keynes.“I’d never protested in my life before October 2023,” she says. “It’s been so horrific to see what’s happening in Gaza, I felt I had to do something since if you don’t make a stand now, when would you ever? Things might feel futile but this is a way to show the world we care and that we stand together more than we are torn apart.”Neneh Cherry performs with Greentea Peng Continue reading...

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