1 hour ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia makes biggest battleground gains since first year of war, analysis shows

Russian army captured more Ukrainian territory in 2025 than previous two years combined; Zelenskyy names new top aide. What we know on day 1,410Russia’s battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an analysis showed, as Kyiv prepared to host security advisers from allied states despite Moscow’s unrelenting strikes. The Russian army captured more than 5,600 square kilometres, or nearly 1%, of Ukrainian territory in 2025, according to an AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War. The land captured is more than in the previous two years combined, though far short of the more than 60,000 sq km Russia took in 2022.As Russia pressed its advantage against outgunned Ukrainian troops, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said about 15 countries would attend security talks in Kyiv on Saturday, the latest in a flurry of efforts to end the nearly four-year war. The meeting will include representatives from the EU and Nato, while a US delegatio...

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2 h. ago Rachel Uchitel dons $1million worth of diamonds as she ties the knot for third time in lavish Palm Beach wedding

We're only a couple of days into 2026, but Rachel Uchitel may have already thrown the celebrity wedding of the year.

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3 h. ago Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter Victoria’s mugshot from 6 months before death emerges after arrest for domestic violence

THE daughter of Tommy Lee Jones was arrested over an alleged domestic violence dispute just six months before she was found dead in a hotel. Emergency services were called to the Fairmont in San Francisco in the early hours of Thursday, where paramedics found Victoria Jones unresponsive and later pronounced her dead, TMZ reported. It has now been revealed...

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4 h. ago Nightclub owners who renovated bar themselves could face manslaughter charges after ‘sparklers caused fire killing 40’

MANSLAUGHTER charges could be handed down to the owners of the Swiss ski resort nightclub after a deadly inferno killed 40 people trapped inside. The married couple who bought the venue in 2015 turned it from a rundown café into a party hotspot for the après-ski crowd at Crans-Montana. Jacques Moretti, 49, did most of...

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4 h. ago I visited the tiny Cornish fishing village from famous TV show – with treasure hunting and no crowds

WITH its tiny, twisty streets that lead to the harbour, there’s something magical about the small Cornish fishing village that is the setting for ITV’s Doc Martin.   The TV series, set in stunning Port Isaac, aired its final episode in 2022 but its legacy lives on.   Daily tours take in some of the most famous landmarks and...

Culture

4 h. ago PDC World Championship: Gian van Veen sets up final with Luke Littler

World No 1 Littler swats aside Ryan Searle 6-1 in semiVan Veen wins classic against Gary Anderson 6-3It’s barely a couple of years since a 16-year-old Luke Littler and a 21-year-old Gian van Veen came through a 96-player field at Milton Keynes to qualify for the final of the world youth championship. There’s a charming photo of the pair of them with their arms around each other, silly little smiles plastered on to their silly little faces, the cutest high-street haircuts you’ve ever seen. Two kids at the very start of an unforgettable journey.Did either of them foresee, in those sepia-tinted days of August 2023, that the journey would convey them this far, this fast? I reckon Littler did. There’s never been much room for doubt and scepticism in there. His whole world has been stepping up, throwing a dart and watching it go exactly where he wants it to. Four months later, he would go to Alexandra Palace and change the sport for ever. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Gian van Veen denies Gary Anderson in epic to set up final against Luke Littler

Van Veen wins classic against Gary Anderson 6-3World No 1 Littler swats aside Ryan Searle 6-1It’s barely a couple of years since a 16-year-old Luke Littler and a 21-year-old Gian van Veen came through a 96-player field at Milton Keynes to qualify for the final of the world youth championship. There’s a charming photo of the pair of them with their arms around each other, silly little smiles plastered on to their silly little faces, the cutest high-street haircuts you’ve ever seen. Two kids at the very start of an unforgettable journey.Did either of them foresee, in those sepia-tinted days of August 2023, that the journey would convey them this far, this fast? I reckon Littler did. There’s never been much room for doubt and scepticism in there. His whole world has been stepping up, throwing a dart and watching it go exactly where he wants it to. Four months later, he would go to Alexandra Palace and change the sport for ever. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Campaign for murdered soldiers will continue until answers found, says relative

Brothers John and Joseph McCaig from Ayr and Dougald McCaughey from Glasgow were shot dead by the IRA in Belfast in 1971.

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4 h. ago BBC stars in major career move investing £150,000 life savings to open HOTEL on Scots island

AUSSIE couple Banjo Beale and Ro Christopher have revealed how they scrubbed toilets for a living when they first arrived in Scotland - but are now flush enough to have bought their own hotel. The duo arrived as backpackers on the Isle of Mull back in 2015 where they earned their keep by cleaning holiday...

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5 h. ago Tommy Lee Jones's late daughter Victoria pictured in MUGSHOT as grim new details of her final months emerge

Jones was found dead in a San Francisco hotel in the early hours of Thursday and now harrowing details of her troubled final months have come to light.

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6 h. ago UK’s brightest dog Harvey the Border Collie can recognise more than 200 words after being taught by owner

BRITAIN’S brightest dog has just been given his 221st toy — and can fetch each one by name. Border Collie Harvey started by learning one called Little Lamb and has now moved on to Larry the Leek. And he has proven himself so clever that he has featured in studies on “genius dogs” at universities...

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6 h. ago Traitors star previously stood to be Labour MP and campaigned to make Corbyn Prime Minister in 2017

TRAITORS star Hugo Lodge has already attempted to win a vote — when he stood to be a Labour MP.  Barrister Hugo, 51, tried to take the Brecon and Radnorshire seat as “Dan Lodge” — using his middle name.  He also campaigned to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister at the 2017 general election.  The Traitors contestant finished...

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6 h. ago 'World's sexiest darts influencer' with lingerie calendar names reason she stopped playing

Sarah Milkowski, who has been labelled as the 'world's sexiest darts influencer', has opened up on why she stopped pursuing a professional career in the sport

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6 h. ago Saks Global CEO steps down as luxury retailer reportedly preparing for bankruptcy

Executive chair Richard Baker to replace Marc Metrick after company misses $100m interest payment on debtSaks Global said on Friday that its CEO, Marc Metrick, has stepped down and named executive chair, Richard Baker, as his successor, amid reports that the luxury retailer is preparing for bankruptcy.The change at the top comes days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Neiman Marcus parent company is preparing for bankruptcy after missing an interest payment exceeding $100m on debt from its Neiman merger. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago We Bury the Dead review – Daisy Ridley tackles the undead in solid zombie twist

Star Wars alum gives an impressively modest performance in this slightly smarter-than-average survival taleUnlike some other less resilient horror subgenres, the zombie movie is, fittingly, never going to really die. Neither will film-makers attempting to add their own twist, understandable given how repetitive the die, wake up, lumber, bite and repeat formula has become. Australian director Zak Hilditch’s attempt, the rather buried We Bury the Dead, is therefore not quite as striking as it might have seemed a decade and change ago. Using words such as “contemplative” and “mournful” to describe a film that includes its fair share of gnarly head-smashing has become something of a cliche, so much so that last month’s meta-comedy Anaconda reboot had its characters joke that these days, even a film about a giant snake needs “intergenerational trauma” to work.But Hilditch mercifully avoids drowning his film in drab self-seriousness. Yes, it’s a zombie survival thriller that’s also about ...

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7 h. ago 'I stared into mum's eyes searching for son, 16, after Swiss fire and it was eye

"The parents of scores of other youngsters missing following the disaster are also facing the same torment as Swiss police continue the heartbreaking task of identifying the dead, including by using DNA testing"

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7 h. ago Tommy Lee Jones's late daughter Victoria pictured in MUGSHOT as as grim new details of her final months emerge

Jones was found dead in a San Francisco hotel in the early hours of Thursday and now harrowing details of her troubled final months have come to light.

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8 h. ago Actor Warwick Davis calls OBE accolade a ‘very dignified honour’

It comes after he was named in the New Year Honours list earlier this week, for his services to drama and charity.

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8 h. ago Swiss inferno nightclub owners say they can't 'sleep nor eat' and defend safety of 'deathtrap' ski bar

The couple who own the Swiss nightclub where dozens perished in an inferno on New Year's Eve have said they can't 'sleep nor eat' following the tragedy

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8 h. ago College freshman identified as one of three hikers found dead on California’s Mount Baldy

Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, 19, died on the Devil’s Backbone trail after reportedly falling 500ftA 19-year-old college freshman has been identified as one of the hikers whose remains were found on California’s Mount Baldy on Monday.The San Bernardino county sheriff announced this week that Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, a resident of Seal Beach, California, was discovered along a mountain trail known as the Devil’s Backbone. Continue reading...

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