65 m. ago EastEnders fans 'rumble' who's after Zoe after 'he's alive' comment

EastEnders viewers think they know who Zoe Slater was talking about when she told mum Kat Moon 'he's alive', after a flashback twist in the latest episode on the BBC soap

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1 hour ago Justice Department ramping up efforts to target human smuggling at the northern US border

The U.S. Justice Department is ramping up efforts to target human smuggling operations exploiting America’s northern border, citing growing concerns about sophisticated criminal networks transporting migrants for profit, expanding their focus beyond the southern border

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1 hour ago Nadine Dorries defects to Reform declaring: 'The Tory Party is dead'

Former culture secretary becomes highest-profile Conservative defector to Nigel Farage’s party on eve of its national conference

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2 h. ago Erupcja review – Charli xcx gives acting a trial run in shallow friendship drama

Toronto film festival: the star fails to make much of an impression in a slight and unpolished project filmed in Warsaw over the Brat summer of 2024The singer Charli xcx is, by her own admission, a workaholic – no sooner had she released Brat, the most dominant pop album and aesthetic of 2024, than she began work on its sequel, dropped just four months later. Insouciant and party-centric as her image may be, the pop star born Charlotte Aitchison is a sharp student of pop culture; she knows the audience demand for pop stars’ constant reinvention. The next career phase, it seems, is acting, with no less prodigiousness than music; the 33-year-old has seven films in the pipeline as a supporting or lead actor.Charli is neither the full star nor the anchor of Erupcja (Eruption), directed by Pete Ohs, but she will inevitably be the reason most English speakers hear of it. Filmed over a few weeks in Warsaw, Poland, in August 2024, in the heat of Brat summer, Erupcja seems, on paper, like a ...

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2 h. ago Trump ignites culture war with extraordinary plan to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

President Donald Trump's Justice Department could take a huge step to address gun violence that goes against decades of precedent set by previous Republican administrations.

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2 h. ago US justice department launches criminal probe into Fed’s Lisa Cook

Investigation marks an escalation in Trump administration’s efforts to remove the central bank governor

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2 h. ago Kate Middleton, Angelina Jolie and Melania Trump are leading the charge of stars going blonde this fall

As we approach the colder months, many of pop culture's leading ladies have been leaning into their blonde alter-egos, as they've ditched their dark roots for the upcoming season.

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3 h. ago US justice department reportedly opens criminal inquiry into Fed governor Lisa Cook

Officials to investigate claims of mortgage fraud against Cook, who has refused to accept firing by Donald TrumpThe US justice department has initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, according to new reports, as a lawsuit she filed against Donald Trump over her firing makes its way through court.Lawyers with the justice department have issued subpoenas for the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump looking to ban transgender people from having a gun and declaring them ‘mentally ill’: report

Justice Department reportedly mulling restrictions in threat to Second Amendment rights fueled by anti-trans rhetoric

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3 h. ago Is Mack dead in Emmerdale? Lawrence Robb's character 'still alive' after axe twist

Emmerdale fans are convinced Mack Boyd is still alive, again, after the latest episode saw an axe-wielding John Sugden stopping him from escaping with hints he'd killed him

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3 h. ago 'Not exactly macho, is it?': Thugs slammed over drunk street brawl as eldest told 'you should know better'

'Whatever the cause of this fight, to continue it is inexcusable', a judge told them

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3 h. ago Justice Department probes mortgage fraud claims against Lisa Cook of Federal Reserve, AP source says

The Justice Department has issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, who is fighting a Trump administration effort to remove her from her role as a Federal Reserve Governor

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4 h. ago Watch: Six iconic looks which helped build Giorgio Armani’s fashion empire

From Richard Gere’s sleek tailoring in American Gigolo (1980) to Grace Jones’ androgynous edge in 1981, Giorgio Armani’s designs reshaped how the world dressed.

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4 h. ago Nadine Dorries sensationally defects to Nigel Farage's Reform party and declares: 'The Tory Party is dead'

After months of secret negotiations, the former Conservative Culture Secretary is joining forces with the Reform leader as he plots a path to Downing Street.

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4 h. ago Government to challenge decision to allow legal action over Palestine Action ban

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, is taking legal action against the Home Office over the decision to proscribe the group.

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5 h. ago Who is Scooter Braun? The controversial music manager rumoured to be dating Sydney Sweeney

The former music manager has been linked to a few controversies over the course of his career

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6 h. ago Hugh Bonneville interrupts live TV interview with urgent Gaza plea

Hugh Bonneville interrupted a live TV interview to issue an urgent plea for the world to act on the “indefensible” situation in Gaza.

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7 h. ago Emerald Fennell's first trailer for Wuthering Heights is here and it looks freaky as hell

The first look features erotic bread kneading, bodice ripping and fingering a fish. Emily Brontë fans are on the warpath

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7 h. ago The Defector: KGB agent's defection after Soho drink drive arrest changed the shape of the Cold War

The Evening Standard scooped the world in 1971 with the first and only picture of Russian defector Oleg Lyalin, who is now the subject of a compelling new book

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7 h. ago The best TV to watch this autumn: from Celebrity Traitors to Slow Horses Season 5

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