6 h. ago ‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remainsGhali Khadr spent two days pleading with his parents to flee with him to southern Gaza, warning them that it was too dangerous to stay. His father, known for being stubborn, refused. Their argument was never finished – an Israeli airstrike hit his father’s home, burying his parents beneath the rubble.On Sunday, two days after the ceasefire was announced, Khadr returned to search through the ruins of his parents’ home. He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago 'My heart is truly broken' Devastated sister's tribute to 'amazing' young man as murder probe continues

Liam Woolford's family, friends and members of his community came together to celebrate his life on Friday

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40 h. ago Donald Trump says Hamas are gathering Israeli hostages 'now' ahead of historic handover as thousands of Palestinians trudge home through Gaza rubble

Donald Trump has said that Hamas are gathering the hostages held in Gaza 'now' before handing them over to Israel as part of a historic peace deal.

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43 h. ago Gaza latest: Palestinians return to rubble of Gaza homes after ceasefire brings fragile calm

Israeli troops withdrew to agreed lines earlier in the day as part of ‘phase one’ of Trump’s peace deal

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54 h. ago ‘Your body shivers from the scale of the destruction’: Thousands of Palestinians head back to their shattered lives after ceasefire

As the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire holds for now, Bel Trew in Tel Aviv and Nedal Hamdouna in Gaza report on the Palestinians walking home to the rubble of their homes while Israelis dare to hope for the release of all the hostages taken on October 7 2023

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5 d. ago Katie Price's topless photoshoot demand drove furious ex to call things off

One of Katie Price's ex-boyfriends has opened up about his relationship with the former glamour model and shared details behind the split that caused Pricey have her "heart properly broken" for the first time

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8 d. ago How Jennifer Aniston fixed my broken heart, by her new man: Hypnotherapist and life coach opens up on how Friends star has made him smile again after 'unhealthy relationship' left him 'broken'

Jennifer Aniston's new boyfriend Jim Curtis has revealed that someone has made him smile again after he was left 'broken' following what he describes as an 'unhealthy relationship'.

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8 d. ago How Nicole Kidman secretly nursed her broken heart in London... from runs on Hampstead Heath, dinners at Nobu, and a trip to Wimbledon

This summer, anyone lucky enough to spot one of Hollywood's biggest stars jogging around the North London park could not have known she was there for a rather different reason.

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1 week ago Mr Blake at Your Service review – John Malkovich does worst French accent ever in baffling comedy misfire

Gilles Legardinie’s broad dramedy set in a chateau, co-starring Fanny Ardant and Émilie Dequenne, is an ordeal to watch. Sacré bleu! This truly bizarre film has a substantial reserve of goodwill to draw on: among its blue-chip cast are John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, and it’s also the final film of the Belgian star Émilie Dequenne, famous for winning the best actress award at Cannes for her nonprofessional debut in Rosetta in 1999, who sadly died of cancer in March at the age of 43. It is a broad and baffling dramedy, directed by the bestselling French author Gilles Legardinier, and adapted from his 2012 novel Complètement Cramé! (Completely Burnt Out!).Malkovich plays a wealthy grieving widower called Andrew Blake, supposedly from England, who, to ease his broken heart, takes a job as a butler in a French chateau whose owner (Ardant) has fallen on hard times. It is a sentimental journey for him, as many years ago he first met his French wife, Diane, in the chateau’s sumptuous grou...

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2 w. ago Is Trump’s new Palestine plan a breakthrough or diplomatic mirage?

Washington’s roadmap aligns surprisingly closely with a UN-backed plan – but key differences could prove unworkable“Better truth than illusions,” Polish prime minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday – urging scepticism over Donald Trump’s motives in claiming that Ukraine could recapture all its lost territories.The same might be said about the US president’s new approach to Palestine, but suddenly the optimists are back, with a two-state solution emerging from the rubble of two years of war in Gaza. Continue reading...

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