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Vladimir Putin’s army reportedly lost 12 tanks and eight infantry fighting vehicles in a major attack on the Ukrainian frontline, say military experts. The Institute for The Study of War stressed that Russian military chiefs had unleashed a battalion-sized mechanized assault near Avdiivka, in the eastern Donetsk province. The Washington-based think tank emphasised that the […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis (Getty) Rose Ayling-Ellis shared a long-awaited life update on Instagram over Easter weekend. The Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winner revealed she had become an auntie for the first time after her brother Jacob welcomed a baby boy. The proud actress, who found fame on EastEnders before treading the boards on the West End, […]

Iran has blamed Israel for a deadly air strike on its consulate in Syria, in which two of its senior military commanders were killed. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, died in the explosion, which destroyed the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital, Damascus. […]

Buster Murdaugh grew up in a life of privilege, as the son of a long line of powerful attorneys and prosecutors in the Lowcountry. He enjoyed an affluent upbringing, living on a huge 1,700-acre estate with his mother Maggie, father Alex and younger brother Paul in Islandton, South Carolina. They spent weekends and holidays at […]

Vladimir Putin’s army reportedly lost 12 tanks and eight infantry fighting vehicles in a major attack on the Ukrainian frontline, say military experts. The Institute for The Study of War stressed that Russian military chiefs had unleashed a battalion-sized mechanized assault near Avdiivka, in the eastern Donetsk province. The Washington-based think tank emphasised that the […]

A huge fire has broken out at one of Russia’s largest heavy machinery factories in Yekaterinburg. Images and footage of the incident, posted on social media, show a large cloud of black smoke rising from the Uralmash facility. Uralmash produces equipment for mining, metal works, the cement industry and energy facilities including nuclear power plants. […]

Christian Brueckner is currently in jail serving seven years for rape – Julian Stratenschulte / POOL / AFP German criminal police are searching a rental van used by the suspected kidnapper of Madeleine McCann. The white Mercedes Sprinter was pictured parked outside Christian Brueckner’s gruesome lair, where he buried horrific images of child sexual abuse […]

Angela Rayner has vowed to give workers greater powers in the first 100 days of a Labour government – Getty Images/Ian Forsyth Angela Rayner has attacked Lord Mandelson in a Labour row over her plans to overhaul workers’ rights. Ms Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, hit back at the party’s former spin doctor after he […]

Donald Trump has been branded “feeble and confused” after he posted an angry Easter message lashing out at “PEOPLE I COMPLETELY & TOTALLY DESPISE”, including DOJ special counsel Jack Smith and Georgia attorney Fani Willis It was a far cry from the message shared by President Joe Biden who wrote: “To all those gathering in […]

Rishi Sunak at the launch of the Tory local election campaign. WPA Pool via Getty Images Rishi Sunak has been criticised for knighting a major Tory donor while apparently snubbing Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates. In January, Downing Street backed calls for Bates – who was one of the thousands of sub-postmasters wrongly accused […]

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Saturday March 30, 2024. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images) Gareth Fuller – PA Images via Getty Images Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the […]

April 1, 1984. Gaye’s father — Rev. Marvin Gaye Sr. — shot and killed the Prince of Soul three times in the chest following a physical dispute between the two.It was a day before the soul icon’s 45th birthday. Despite winning his first Grammy for “Sexual Healing” just a year before, Gaye was struggling with […]