42 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: ‘Political will’ needed to restore external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, UN watchdog says

Rafael Grossi says ‘security situation’ around plant must improve for repairs to be carried out; French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by Russian drone strike. What we know on day 1,319See all our Ukraine war overageThe head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Friday he was discussing proposals with Russia and Ukraine to restore off-site power to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, calling it a “question of political will”. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been cut off from external power since 23 September, with the fuel in its reactors being cooled by emergency diesel generators. The International Atomic Energy Agency director general, Rafael Grossi, said: “Both sides say they stand ready to conduct the necessary repairs on their respective sides of the frontline. But for this to happen, the security situation on the ground must improve so that the technicians can carry out their vital work without endangering their lives.”French photojournalist Ant...

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99 m. ago Welsh woman launches bid to claim £64 million fortune due to family links with pirates

Viki Lopez-Love is convinced she descends from pirates and is a rightful heir to a £64 million estate

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1 hour ago Woman forced to pay Motorpoint dealership thousands after her luxury purchase broke down minutes after leaving the forecourt

The woman got two cars from Motorpoint in Swansea but both started having problems as soon as she started driving them

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1 hour ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

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2 h. ago AMANDA PLATELL: Like Nicole Kidman, I too was abandoned by a pathetic mid

I also know from bitter personal experience that when the woman is the biggest breadwinner - as I was with my former husband - and when she is always away at work, choppy waters lie ahead.

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2 h. ago Taylor Swift reveals how Travis Kelce 'went all out' with 'very strategic' proposal amid album release

While promoting her new record, which features many odes to her and her now-fiancé's love story, she shared her honest thoughts about the way he proposed to her.

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2 h. ago Woman who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years

Sophie Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempted assassination and faced potential sentence of life in prisonA California resident who admitted trying to assassinate the US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to eight years and one month in federal prison.Sophie Roske, who was charged under her birth name Nicholas Roske but now uses female pronouns, was sentenced at a hearing before US district judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Mother receiving treatment at New York hospital is beaten to death in her sleep by roommate

A Bronx woman, Cynthia Vann, 55, was beaten in her sleep by her hospital roommate at Lincoln Hospital and died from her injuries two weeks later.

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3 h. ago Diddy sentenced to 50 MONTHS in prison for prostitution offenses as he's branded a vile and unrepentant woman beater

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been sentenced to four years behind bars for his prostitution conviction after being exiscerated by a judge.

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3 h. ago The truth about Keith Urban's guitarist 'other woman' Maggie Baugh revealed amid Nicole Kidman divorce

Keith Urban's ties to rising country star Maggie Baugh, 25, have come under the microscope since divorce from Nicole Kidman.

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4 h. ago Arkansas man seeks to have visa status restored after being arrested for ‘Opium’ perfume bottle

Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by IceAn Arkansas man, who was detained for a month by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after authorities mistook his bottle of perfume for opium, is seeking to have his visa status restored after the charges were dropped.Kapil Raghu, an Indian national married to an American woman and working towards American citizenship, was detained on 3 May after police officers in Benton, a suburb of Little Rock, pulled him over for having a non-moving traffic violation, according to his attorney, Mike Laux. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Arkansas man, arrested over perfume bottle police mistook for ‘opium’, seeks to restore visa

Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by IceAn Arkansas man, who was detained for a month by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after authorities mistook his bottle of perfume for opium, is seeking to have his visa status restored after the charges were dropped.Kapil Raghu, an Indian national married to an American woman and working towards American citizenship, was detained on 3 May after police officers in Benton, a suburb of Little Rock, pulled him over for having a non-moving traffic violation, according to his attorney, Mike Laux. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift reveals surprise guest 'hid in hedge' during Travis Kelce's proposal

Taylor Swift has opened up about her engagement to American footballer Travis Kelce and how someone was hiding away in the bushes as he got down on one knee

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4 h. ago Dementia patient 'saw woman as daughter', now carer is 'ashamed' of what she did

Amelia Doran used the elderly woman's bank card to take out thousands of pounds from her account over the course of around six months

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6 h. ago Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages as it accepts part of Trump’s plan

Palestinian militant group issues response to US president’s stipulations, but seeks further negotiations on many termsHamas said on Friday that it approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end the war in Gaza, agreeing to a hostage exchange and to surrender governing power in the Gaza strip, but insisted on further negotiations over aspects of the plan.The group did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal – and kept its response vague to other parts of the 20-part proposal unveiled on Monday. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Hamas agrees to release hostages under Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan

Hamas has agreed to release hostages and hand over administration of the Gaza Strip under Donald Trump's peace proposals, set to end the devastating war in Gaza

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6 h. ago ‘It’s not a good place right now’: CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

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7 h. ago First female Archbishop of Canterbury still an outlier among world's top religious leaders

For the first time, a woman will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury, following the 105 men who have held the role since St. Augustine took that position in the year 597

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8 h. ago Sarah Burton turns up the glamour volume at Givenchy in Paris

Spiritual home of Audrey Hepburn re-establishes itself as serious player in red carpet dressingOn the very same day as Taylor Swift, Sarah Burton entered her Showgirl era. For her second outing as Givenchy designer, Burton turned up the volume with collars dripping rhinestones over collarbones, luscious peach maribou feathers, a pocket-rocket cocktail dress in lipstick red leather, and Naomi Campbell in a tuxedo jacket worn open over a barely-there lace trim bra.Burton has been at Givenchy less than a year, but Alexander McQueen’s long-term right-hand woman has already established a new identity for the house and for herself. Givenchy, the spiritual home of Audrey Hepburn and the little black dress, has an immaculate bloodline of glamour that runs from Paris to Hollywood, but it is a relative minnow as a business. Her recent predecessors had mostly leaned into streetwear and utility-coded metallic accents, but Burton is bringing back the glamour. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Warning after elderly Lanarkshire resident conned by bogus caller imitating police officer

Police say a man called the elderly woman's landline number and falsely claimed he was a detective constable from Hamilton police office.

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