58 m. ago Brooklyn Beckham shares gushing birthday tribute to wife Nicola Peltz

This week, it was revealed David Beckham made a last ditch attempt to build bridges with his estranged son who has asked his parents to contact him only via his lawyers.

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99 m. ago Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in court

A lawyer squabble over who gets to represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his New York drug case has erupted, with an ex-Justice Department official asking a judge to let Maduro settle the dispute

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2 h. ago Trump promises oil companies ‘total safety’ in Venezuela as he urges them to invest billions

Country is ‘uninvestable’ today, president told, but CEOs signal they are ready to spend with supportDonald Trump promised oil giants “total safety, total security” in Venezuela in an effort to persuade them to invest $100bn in the country’s infrastructure after US forces toppled Nicolás Maduro from power.At a roundtable press conference at the White House on Friday afternoon with more than a dozen oil executives, including leaders from Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhilips, the US president doubled down on claims that Maduro’s arrest presents American oil companies with an unprecedented opportunity for extraction. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Mum whose son has same rare 'devastating' SMA condition as singer Jesy Nelson’s twins sends message of hope

Sophie Cooke's son was diagnosed with SMA1 and she is now sending a message to singer Jesy Nelson and other parent's whose children have the same condition

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2 h. ago Swiss fire disaster bar owners given home police guard amid rising anger

News that the Swiss bar owners had been living under police protection came as young survivors gave emotional speeches at an official memorial service attended by French president Emmanuel Macron

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3 h. ago Widow and son of ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good become MILLIONAIRES thanks to tidal wave of GoFundMe donations

A GoFundMe campaign created to support the family of Renee Nicole Good has amassed nearly 38,000 donations in just two days.

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4 h. ago Swiss bar fire owner's dad admits son 'bears responsibility' for 40 dead after arrest

Jean Moretti confirmed his son Jacques' house is now under police protection after rising public anger over the Swiss ski bar fire tragedy, which also left 116 people injured

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4 h. ago Helena Ford to make major change for Love Island All Stars after 'villain' edit

The Love Island star pledged to do things differently in her upcoming All Stars appearance

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6 h. ago US sends delegation to Venezuela in first step toward restoring relations after Maduro's capture

The United States and Venezuela are exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations

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6 h. ago Disgraced rugby ace Stuart Hogg splits from jockey girlfriend

Stuart Hogg and Leonna Mayor have split up just one year on from the birth of their son Teddy.

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6 h. ago Labour to ramp up closure of asylum hotels in Spring under immigration crackdown

Labour has pledged to close down all asylum hotels by 2029

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7 h. ago From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth. It should galvanise all those who oppose himFor a serial liar, Donald Trump can be bracingly honest. We’ve known about the mendacity for years – consider the 30,573 documented falsehoods from the president’s first term, culminating in the big lie, his claim to have won the 2020 election – but the examples of bracing candour are fresher. This week both began and ended with the US president speaking the shocking truth.At a press conference to celebrate his capture of the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Trump announced that from now on the US would “run” that country, before moving in the very next breath to Venezuela’s oil. There was no pious talk of democracy, scant mention even of the drug trafficking that earlier served as a pretext for military action. Instead, Trump said out loud what had once been a slogan on leftist placards in protest at past US interventions, admi...

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7 h. ago 'Kate Middleton's openness about cancer journey says everything about future Queen'

On her 44th birthday, the Princess of Wales issued a poignant message about how she is healing, both physically and emotionally, from her cancer battle, with her openness inspiring others facing the same diagnosis

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7 h. ago Gordon Ramsay's attempts to lift Victoria Beckham's spirits with 'brutal joke' over Brooklyn feud

Gordon Ramsay has been trying to help Victoria Beckham through her son Brooklyn's feud with the family - but the chef has had his fair share of family issues too

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7 h. ago Meet the father and son duo masterminding FA Cup miracle backed by England star

Weston-super-Mare head into their FA Cup third round clash with Grimsby Town having already gone the furthest in the competition in their history but they are not satisfied quite yet

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7 h. ago Sir Stirling Moss's children at war over his £20m estate and the helmet that saved his life: Son of F1 legend's third wife fights his half

Elliot Moss and Allison Bradley are locked in a legal battle over the estate of Lady Susie, Sir Stirling's third wife.

Economics

7 h. ago Venezuelan currency plunges as economy choked by US blockade

Bolívar has fallen nearly 20% on black market, after US capture of President Maduro

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8 h. ago Shamed rugby star Stuart Hogg splits from 'world's sexiest jockey' girlfriend who gave birth to their child weeks after he was spared jail for domestic abuse of estranged wife

Former jockey Leonna Mayor had been in a relationship with the 33-year-old former Scotland captain and they had a son called Teddy in February last year.

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8 h. ago ‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley

From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contenderHamnet, Chloé Zhao’s film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes (or Anne) Hathaway, is a tender meditation on love and grief. Charting the couple’s anguish over the death of their 11-year-old son – said to have inspired the play Hamlet – it has moved audiences to tears and united critics in their praise.The film’s emotional force is carried by the Irish actor and singer Jessie Buckley, who portrays Hathaway (opposite Paul Mescal’s Shakespeare) with a rawness and intimacy that has already earned her a Critics’ Circle award for best actress, and marked her out as a leading contender for the Golden Globes, Baftas and Oscars. The Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw called her “unselfconsciously beguiling”, while Rolling Stone predicted audiences “will be talking about Jessie Buckley’s performance for years”. Continue rea...

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8 h. ago ‘A more convenient dictatorship’: fear and uncertainty in Venezuela after fall of Maduro

US capture of president gave many Venezuelans hope, but a week on, an even more draconian atmosphere pervades the South American countryUS politics live – latest updatesFreddy Guevara will never forget the 34 excruciating days he spent inside Venezuela’s most notorious political prison after being snatched by masked men from President Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence agency.The black hood, the interrogations, the stress positions, the salsa music his captors blasted at him in an attempt to make him crack. Continue reading...

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