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How billionaires, celebrities and even Arab sheikhs are making vast profits from the human misery of Britain's chaotic children's homes: Special report by IAN BIRRELL
04/09/25 12:52
Nine months ago, Manchester-based investment group Tristone put out a slick video to brag about its 'year of growth', delivering what it described as 'outstanding services' to society, while seeing revenues rise by something close to a remarkable 50 per cent. The artfully shot film had a warm, human touch. It showed a young girl silhouetted against a sunset by the sea, sitting on an adult's shoulders, and explained how the company cared for as many as 247 young people and 111 adults....read
IAN BIRRELL: These attacks on Kyiv are proof Putin is emboldened by US appeasement
25/04/25 01:05Reports suggest Donald Trump is pushing a 'peace' plan that gives Moscow almost everything it wants, while simultaneously attempting to bully Ukraine's leaders into capitulation.
I was brutally raped by the man I'd been forced to marry to save my mother. And that was just the start of the horror: A survivor reveals the chilling truth about gang rape and torture in China's death camps
24/04/25 12:41For brides around the world, their wedding day is meant to be a magic moment, often filled with family, friends and fond memories.
IAN BIRRELL: Will Labour's Lord Covid - an advocate for openness in science - EVER tell us what he knew about Wuhan?
05/04/25 11:27IAN BIRRELL: Patrick Vallance loves to pontificate on the importance of transparency in science...
Why Labour's science minister Patrick Vallance MUST come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish, writes IAN BIRRELL
23/03/25 01:12Patrick Vallance's appointment was politically foolish and deeply alarming given his role in a shocking conspiracy that has undermined public trust in the scientific community.
One of the first to suggest Covid was created in a lab, biologist Alina Chan faced death threats and was branded a 'race traitor'. Now she tells IAN BIRRELL... 'There was a real conspiracy among very powerful scientists. The cover-up was morally repugnant'
16/03/25 10:34Soon after the start of the pandemic, as Covid-19 spread its trail of death and devastation around the planet, I came across the draft of a scientific paper online.
Former CDC boss reveals bombshell new evidence of Covid cover-up and says 'father of the virus' Fauci concealed Wuhan lab leak to protect US spies embedded in China
09/03/25 01:42Robert Redfield, the former CDC director, has accused American intelligence agencies of orchestrating a clandestine campaign to shut down concerns over a possible laboratory leak in China.
As I held my dying daughter's hand, what did I feel? Immense pride in a young woman who - despite a lifetime of complex special needs - taught us that perfection comes in many different guises
07/02/25 11:32My daughter Iona was born 32 years ago. She arrived at home, in such a rush to enter the world that my wife was unable to reach the nearby hospital.
IAN BIRRELL: We don't need a new review. The care system is rotting while politicians play tawdry tribal games
03/01/25 10:22IAN BIRRELL: This government is committed to doing politics differently,' declared Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting yesterday as he launched an independent commission.
IAN BIRRELL: Blair, Obama and Clinton are greedy opportunists who used their connections to pocket millions after leaving office. Jimmy Carter offered them a stinging rebuke
31/12/24 11:58When Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981, he was one of the most reviled United States presidents in modern times after four difficult years at the helm of a troubled nation.
It sounds like a movie script: The Ukrainian orphan stolen away by Russian troops and fostered by a woman with close ties to the Kremlin. Miraculously, he got away - 24 hours before being conscripted to fight AGAINST his own people, writes IAN BIRRELL
04/12/24 09:16His story sounds like a film script: a child who ends up in an orphanage after losing his sickly mother and gangster father when barely out of infancy.
Vital rewilding... or utter insanity? Debate rages as freed 800lb killer bears terrorise Italian villages
14/09/24 09:00The attack on Andrea Papi, 26, as he jogged in the Dolomites, shocked Italy, sparking a national debate over the wisdom of a policy to reintroduce brown bears here
How watching this 96-year-old woman in the dock convinced me those who helped the Nazis MUST face justice... no matter how old
29/08/24 10:52As she was pushed into the court in a wheelchair, the elderly woman's face was hidden. Irmgard Furchner was the first woman to stand trial on charges relating to Nazi atrocities for decades.
Ukraine's audacious strike across the border into Russia shows exactly why we MUST keep sending arms to Kyiv, writes IAN BIRRELL
12/08/24 12:24IAN BIRRELL: Kyiv 's troops have made a lightning-fast thrust into the Kursk region of Russia with tank and mechanised units that no one anticipated - especially not the Kremlin.
As Putin bombs a children's cancer hospital but Starmer talks of defence reviews and roadmaps, how Poland is on a mission to build the most powerful land army in Europe
11/07/24 12:55I was on the outskirts of Warsaw, the Polish capital, - accompanied by the constant crack of gunfire bursting through the trees.
The intensity of anger and depth of divisions were among the most disturbing I've seen: IAN BIRRELL reveals how Slovakia can offer crucial lessons for other democracies after the shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico
18/05/24 11:35IAN BIRRELL: Slovakia's divisions were among the most disturbing I have witnessed - and they resulted in last year's return to power of Robert Fico, the populist leader now fighting for his life.
Is Moscow hiring gangsters to sabotage Western factories supplying arms to Ukraine in latest Putin tactic?
11/05/24 09:47Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key Ukrainian allies are being targeted by Russian saboteurs following a series of suspicious incidents in recent months.
IAN BIRRELL: We're still stunningly complacent about the grave threat tyrant Putin presents to our way of life and democratic values
17/03/24 09:30IAN BIRRELL: Putin, after 24 years in power, will secure a fifth term in office following a rubber-stamp election at the weekend after crushing all dissent in his country.
Why that lime in your Margarita could be soaked in the blood of a farmer murdered by Mexican gangsters
03/03/24 12:30Mexico is the world's second biggest producer of the fruit, exported around the world. But gangs are fighting a deadly turf war to control that lucrative business.
Prince Harry faces calls to quit his role in a conservation charity accused of operating an armed militia engaged in human rights atrocities in Africa
28/01/24 11:38Prince Harry is being urged to quit a charity he helps to run after a probe by The Mail on Sunday uncovered allegations that it operates an armed militia.
Harry's Africa charity rangers 'raped and beat tribespeople': Rainforest families claim years of abuse at the hands of guards who work for conservation body which has Prince as a director - and beg him to intervene
27/01/24 06:17A leading conservation charity that Prince Harry helps run has been accused of operating an armed militia engaged in the rape and torture of indigenous people.
I was raped by ranger from Harry's Africa charity as I held on to my baby: The full harrowing details of rainforest families' claims of torture - as revealed by IAN BIRRELL in video dispatch from the Congo jungle
27/01/24 06:17The excited family set off to forage for one of their favourite foods: the luscious yellow honey considered beneficial for children's health. Instead, they became trapped in a horror story
The conspiracy of silence around Covid even four years on betrays our values, writes IAN BIRRELL
06/01/24 11:39IAN BIRRELL: It is more than four years since the World Health Organisation was tipped off about a mysterious new disease that had emerged in Wuhan.
IAN BIRRELL: A strike to shatter the idea medics are deified protectors of the 'sacred' NHS
02/01/24 10:22IAN BIRRELL: A profession that pledges, 'First, do no harm' should have ethical qualms about risking patients' welfare.
Why I believe Dame Esther Rantzen is profoundly wrong on assisted dying - father of a daughter with learning disabilities fears an irrevocable slide towards the indiscriminate killing of the vulnerable
21/12/23 10:00IAN BIRRELL: Dame Esther, who has stage four lung cancer, wants MPs to be given a free vote on assisted dying in Britain, arguing that people should have a choice.
As the devastating war in Ukraine approaches the two-year mark, IAN BIRRELL goes to Kyiv to see how morale is holding up. His verdict? Despite mounting casualties, the will to beat Putin burns brighter than ever
02/12/23 11:20Another soldier has launched a petition calling for long-serving troops to be rotated, sparking a difficult debate over mobilisation in a country seeing casualties rise as the snow falls.
China's sinister plot to gain a stranglehold on key global ports... with a helping hand just weeks ago from our new Foreign Secretary David Cameron
20/11/23 11:08David Cameron announced last week he was backing a controversial new infrastructure project called Port City Colombo.
What kind of nation forcibly sterilises girls as young as 12 to cut welfare bills? The shocking answer is Denmark, hailed as one of the world's most liberal nations - and as recently as 2018
11/11/23 10:00Like many teenagers, 15-year-old Arnaq took a part-time job in a local shop to earn some money. Appallingly, though, the store manager sexually assaulted her six times over the next two years.
IAN BIRRELL: A shaft of hope amid a bloody war fuelled by rage as an elderly woman freed after more than a fortnight turns to shake hands with one of the terrorists who kidnapped her
24/10/23 10:56Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, endured unimaginable horrors after being seized with her husband from a kibbutz that suffered terrible carnage at the hands of Hamas .
IAN BIRRELL: Inside the blighted enclave of the Gaza Strip where Hamas rules with an iron fist
09/10/23 09:07IAN BIRRELL: As I entered the Erez crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip, my Israeli-Arab friend asked me to bring him some fish and chips on my return a few days later.
IAN BIRRELL: In sucking up to China, Sunak and Cleverly risk looking as obsequious and naive as Cameron and Osborne once did
30/08/23 09:34IAN BIRRELL: Once again, the so-called 'realism' beloved of many mandarins and politicians is on display as they bid to collect a few crumbs from China's stumbling economy.
IAN BIRRELL: Lucy Letby's grotesque deeds expose yet again the culture of denial, delay and secrecy that scars the NHS
22/08/23 09:20IAN BIRRELL: Stephen Brearey, lead consultant in the unit in which Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more, has asked why some senior managers face minimal governance.
The forever prisoners still shackled in Guantanamo 14 years after Obama said it would be shut
05/08/23 10:00The military-run detention centre in Cuba had come to symbolise the shameful excesses of Washington's so-called war on terror, using 19 methods of torture.
EXCLUSIVE New evidence of Beijing's Covid cover-up and possible Wuhan lab leak revealed: China's public health authorities cracked virus' genetic code five DAYS before the world knew about the disease, scientist claims
29/07/23 11:02MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: The genome sequence, vital for developing diagnostic tests and vaccines, was finally shared more than two weeks later by a Chinese scientist.
IAN BIRRELL: Ukrainians face a new type of terror after months of atrocities as Putin 'blows up' a dam for one of Europe's largest reservoirs which holds more water than all the lakes in England and Wales in bid to sabotage a long-awaited counter-offensive
06/06/23 10:05In the early hours of the morning, residents in Nova Kakhovka woke to loud explosions after the hydro-electric dam for one of Europe's biggest reservoirs was blown up
IAN BIRRELL: Why are we kowtowing to a sinister dictatorship in China that still covers up the origins of Covid, threatens Taiwan and carries out genocide?
01/05/23 09:40IAN BIRREL: As he flew back from the ceremonies marking the handover of Hong Kong to China in July 1997, the future King jotted down his thoughts on what he had witnessed in a 3,000-word journal.
IAN BIRRELL: The breathtaking courage of Vladimir Putin's latest show trial victim who was poisoned twice and is now facing 25 years in a penal colony
17/04/23 09:01IAN BIRRELL: Vladimir Kara-Murza defiantly told the court that he was proud of every word he had spoken and said his only regret was his failure to convince enough people about the dangers of Putin.
Tanks on the beaches, spiked barricades in the sand and villages dotted with bomb shelters: As Beijing finishes its war games on the doorstep of Taiwan, IAN BIRRELL reports from the front line so close to China you can see it across the bay
10/04/23 09:13Kinmen is a holiday destination with a difference: tanks are parked by some beaches, spiked barricades poke from the sand and villages are dotted with bomb shelters.
Ministers throw money at the NHS, yet still the vulnerable are neglected writes IAN BIRRELL
04/04/23 09:46IAN BIRRELL: When Jeremy Hunt (pictured) was asked about his biggest regret from his six-year stint as health secretary, his response was unequivocal: failing to fix the social care system.
Police investigated 24 cases of reported rape and 18 incidents of sexual assault at a single Kent psychiatric hospital but none led to prosecution
23/03/23 08:48The high number of alleged incidents at Littlebrook, a 106-bed hospital for patients with acute conditions in Dartford, led to just one agency nurse being suspended from duty.
No surrender in the city Putin's been failing to seize for a decade: IAN BIRRELL returns to Avdiivka to find no building left undamaged and 2,500 suicidally brave civilians insisting on staying put as tens of thousands of Russian troops encircle them
09/03/23 11:14IAN BIRRELL (pictured): Bouncing along potholed roads at terrifying speeds to avoid any Russian shells, we stuck close behind the car carrying the Ukrainian Special Forces commander.
Ukraine uses 'US missiles with a 100-mile range' in new attacks
26/02/23 08:33There were at least 18 strikes last week over three successive days - the most recent on Friday night - in a significant ratcheting up of Ukrainian efforts to retake its captured southern corridor.
'US missiles with a 100-mile range' are used by Ukraine in the first strikes to retake Mariupol from Russia
25/02/23 10:21There were at least 18 strikes last week over three successive days - the most recent on Friday night - in a significant ratcheting up of Ukrainian efforts to retake its captured southern corridor.
What became of the little Ukrainian girl whose tearful farewell to her father moved Rishi Sunak to despair... and how one family's story epitomises the dislocation suffered by millions of others
25/02/23 10:18As war erupted around them, Ruslan Mishanin held his hand to the glass window of a train as it prepared to depart from Odesa, taking his wife and children to safety in Western Europe.
'Glory to the Heroes!' rang out as a trumpet sounded beneath the golden dome, writes Ian Birrell in Kyiv
24/02/23 09:21'Slava Ukraini (Glory to Ukraine)!' said Volodymyr Zelensky, the nation's battle-cry. Hundreds of soldiers, holding their guns to their chests, thundered back: 'Heroyam Slava (Glory to the Heroes)!'
'Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead': IAN BIRRELL spends two frozen days dug in with a heavy gun unit in Ukraine... read his vivid dispatch and you'll almost feel the earth shake beneath your feet
23/02/23 10:57IAN BIRRELL: The Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like holes beneath the snow. But the Russian drones were still buzzing overhead.
Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin's threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases, write IAN BIRRELL
21/02/23 10:09'The borders of Russia do not end anywhere,' they stated, trailing the date of the president's annual 'state-of-the-nation' address.
World faces catastrophic famine that could see tens of millions starve if Vladimir Putin pulls the plug on the UN grain ship deal, top officials warn
18/02/23 10:29World Food Programme director David Beasley issued a dire warning to the Kremlin amid growing fears that Moscow will reinstate its blockade of Ukrainian ports.
'I hate all Russians. My hatred goes from their children to their grandmothers': Those are the shocking words one Ukrainian woman told IAN BIRRELL, who sees a nation more than determined than ever to expunge all traces of the enemy
17/02/23 10:02One the left bank of Kyiv, ten miles from the city centre, sits a peaceful cemetery beside some woods where yellow and blue Ukrainian flags flap in bitterly cold wind above rows of fresh-dug graves.
'This isn't Russian roulette, it's like the suicide of lemmings': Putin's marine brigade of 5,000 men is all but destroyed in one of the most brutal battles since the start of the war
13/02/23 10:26IAN BIRRELL: Ukrainian officials claim huge numbers of enemy troops have been killed, wounded and captured in failed attempts to seize the Donetsk hamlet of Vuhledar.
'I was thrown into a pit for refusing to fight for Vladimir Putin - and feared I'd be executed with a SLEDGE HAMMER': Defector from Kremlin's sinister militia The Wagner Group tells of frontline horrors in Ukraine and his own narrow escape from retribution
04/02/23 10:49EXCLUSIVE: Andrey Medvedev is determined to blow the whistle on the group's atrocities and war crimes in Ukraine.
Lab leak WAS the 'most likely' cause of Covid-19, UN experts claim as they accuse top British and American scientists of helping China to suppress debate on the issue
28/01/23 10:03IAN BIRRELL: The distinguished professors hit out at the 'cover-up' in a damning joint article for The Mail on Sunday that calls for 're-evaluation of the likely pathways that caused this pandemic'.
Ukrainians don leopard-print clothes to celebrate tanks 'donation' from Germany... Now their country needs fighter planes and long range missiles too, writes IAN BIRRELL
25/01/23 10:44IAN BIRRELL: Delighted Ukrainians shared selfies on social media today in which they showed off their leopard-print clothes.
IAN BIRRELL: Another great escape looks unlikely for Everton, as the mood is so toxic, the ineptitude so immense, the breach between owner and fans so stark, that everyone I know expects it to all end in disaster
20/01/23 10:32IAN BIRRELL: There is something deeply irrational about being a football fan. The time, money and effort spent following your club. The delusions, the hopes, the fears.
How the sudden lifting of China's zero Covid policy has plunged the country into terrifying turmoil... More than 250 million infected, morgues flooded with corpses yet the Communist dictatorship insists deaths are as low as one a day, writes IAN BIRRELL
01/01/23 10:00IAN BIRRELL: Astonishing leaked figures from Chinese health authorities estimate that 250 million people - almost one in five citizens - caught Covid in the first 20 days of last month.
Are Christmas trees a waste of power - or a joyful rebuke to Vladimir Putin? IAN BIRRELL asks Ukrainians about a debate raging across their country
21/12/22 10:02The simple question of whether to put up Christmas trees sparks fierce debate. Some argue it is not a time to celebrate. Others insist festivities must be encouraged for the sake of the children.
'This is the form of Russian terror that will have to be countered for years to come': IAN BIRRELL reports on life in newly liberated Ukraine where these heroes (and your donations) help clear mines and killer booby traps
18/12/22 12:58The liberation of Kherson has once again highlighted the horror of Russia's use of booby traps - with door handles, fridges and even children's toys turned into lethal weapons.
War is no excuse for poor service... the heroic words of Ukraine's rail chief that put Britain's striking unions and our mismanaged train system to shame
11/12/22 02:00The arrival of the first Ukrainian train in Kherson last month, with its familiar blue paintwork, served as a powerful symbol of the city's liberation from eight months of brutal Russian occupation.
How Covid revolt swept across China: Hundreds of brave protesters demand Communist leader steps down over draconian lockdowns in biggest uprising since Tiananmen Square, writes IAN BIRRELL
27/11/22 10:15IAN BIRRELL: The blaze broke out in a residential high-rise building in Urumqi, a city in western China infamous for the repression of Uighur citizens.
Top British scientist who publicly dismissed Covid lab leak theory had privately condemned 'Wild West' research being carried out in Wuhan
24/11/22 11:54Sir Jeremy Farrar's indictment, sent to two leading scientists in the US, shows the head of the Wellcome Trust admitted to fears the virus emerging in China might have been tied to research.
I've seen the fragility of our way of life, how precious is peace and the need for vigilance against tyranny: Over six gruelling months, IAN BIRRELL has reported on the worst of humanity and also the best - in the courage and heroism of ordinary Ukrainians
13/11/22 10:01IAN BIRRELL: After spending 25 weeks reporting on Ukraine's struggle for survival, I have seen too many places such as Saltivka bearing grotesque witness to the savagery of Vladimir Putin.
Town of the damned: Few places in Ukraine have suffered more than Izyum, where citizens say they now 'live in caves'. At least 1,000 have died... and, as IAN BIRRELL found, one brave surgeon worked in medieval conditions to save who he could
08/11/22 10:18This industrial town, founded in the 17th century, now 40 miles from the war's front line, highlights the scale of the struggle facing Ukraine even if it wins its fight against Putin's forces.
Slaughter of the conscripts: Forced to enlist, then abandoned by officers in heat of battle, how 500 of Vladimir Putin's cannon fodder were wiped out after being made to dig trenches with just three shovels
07/11/22 10:03IAN BIRRELL: More than 500 conscripts from one Russian battalion were slaughtered in 72 hours after being dumped on the front line and told to dig trenches with just three shovels between them.
Why Ukraine is now hellbent on retaking Crimea - despite Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats: IAN BIRRELL, who has had remarkable access to Kyiv's military chiefs, explains how they've set sights on a VERY risky victory - and deporting 800,000 Russians
02/11/22 10:45IAN BIRRELL: For Ukrainians, Putin's torture invasion started eight years ago when 'little green men' suddenly began blocking roads and seizing government buildings in Crimea.
Now Ukraine's military chief claims Vladimir Putin is using THREE body doubles who have had cosmetic surgery
29/10/22 09:03Ukraine's head of military intelligence, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, has questioned 'whether the real Putin still exists' claiming the Russian leader has at least three body doubles.
The child snatcher: Just when you thought Vladimir Putin couldn't sink any lower, IAN BIRRELL reveals thousands of Ukrainian babies and infants are being deported to Russia for forced adoption
26/10/22 09:24IAN BIRRELL: Despite the toys, the hugs, the shrieks of excitement from the waiting adults, these children were not being greeted by family.
How Putin's 'General Armageddon' built his career - and his wife's fortune - on a mountain of corpses after serving the Kremlin in five wars
12/10/22 09:19IAN BIRRELL: Vladimir Putin has handed Sergei Surovikin full command of Russia's war in Ukraine, entrusting him with saving the dictator's beleaguered presidency.
The day death rained from the sky: In a compelling dispatch from Ukraine, IAN BIRRELL recalls the terror unleashed by Putin's 'furious barrage' of 84 missiles, which were cruelly dropped on cities as innocent commuters rushed to work
10/10/22 09:12IAN BIRRELL: For this was the Monday morning rush hour from hell as Vladimir Putin unleashed a furious barrage of missiles that rained down on cars, homes, offices and stations across Ukraine.
Putin's 'miracle' bridge in flames: As a huge explosion blows apart vital link between Russia and seized region of Crimea, Ukraine celebrates... by issuing commemorative postage stamps, writes IAN BIRRELL in dispatch from Dnipro
08/10/22 10:35The massive fireball exploded on the 12-mile Kerch Bridge shortly after 6am yesterday, striking a hugely-symbolic blow against Vladimir Putin while prompting jubilation in Ukraine.
Russia-appointed official in Kherson region calls for tough action from Moscow's military and urges the country's defence minister Sergei Shoigu to shoot himself amid frustration at Ukrainian fightback
06/10/22 09:01Kirill Stremousov, who was appointed deputy head of the annexed region of Kherson, attacked the 'ministers' in the defence ministry who were letting down their 'heroes' on the frontline.
Ukraine's online Mata Hari: Russian troops are being duped by woman, 18, using dating app to lure them into giving away their location in Ukraine by flirting with them
06/10/22 09:00A teenage Ukrainian girl, forced by war to flee her home in Kherson, has revealed she went on a dating app posing as a Russian to track down enemy troops and expose where they were based.
'We're hunting them down and shooting them like pigs': How the Ukrainians are taking brutal revenge on the collaborators who've betrayed their neighbours - and country - to the Russians
05/10/22 09:00Recent fatalities include Ivan Sushko, a wedding toastmaster appointed mayor of a town in the Zaporizhzhia region, who died in August after his car was blown up.
Russia's monstrous new tactic: This week, Moscow rigged polls to claim vast swathes of Ukraine. Now, families fleeing for their lives reveal Vladimir Putin's latest act of barbarism - forcing Ukrainians to fight against their own side
28/09/22 09:16Oksana did not want her children indoctrinated by Russia after Vladimir Putin's invading troops took over her village in southern Ukraine, and then imposed their school curriculum this month.
World's top medical journal finally says Covid-19 COULD have come from lab leak
17/09/22 11:42IAN BIRRELL: The world's leading medical journal has conceded that the Covid pandemic could have been sparked by a laboratory leak and admits the virus may have been engineered by scientists
IAN BIRRELL: Is this the beginning of the end for the killer in the Kremlin?
17/09/22 09:00IAN BIRRELL: Putin faces humiliation following his bungled invasion of Ukraine. First, his plan to take Kyiv in a few days was defeated. Now his cherished military has collapsed in Kharkiv.
'British' fighters at the front of Ukraine counteroffensive: Video shows unit with English accents fighting Russian troops as Zelensky boasts his forces have doubled their gains in 24 hours
11/09/22 11:08Footage taken on GoPro cameras reportedly shows foreign legionaries fighting during Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast counter-offensive. Some of the video appear to have English accents.
Russia on the run: Putin's troops forced to RETREAT from parts of eastern Ukraine following rapid counter-offensive, as experts hail 'major turning point' in the war - one which could leave Kremlin facing humiliating defeat
11/09/22 12:55Towns entered by Ukrainian troops include Kupiansk, a key rail centre whose loss would severely hinder Russian supply lines. There are also reports of Putin's troops and stooges fleeing Izyum.
Hit China's rich and powerful with sanctions... just like the Putin oligarchs: As the UN finally condemns Beijing's savage persecution of Uighur Muslims, IAN BIRRELL who tirelessly helped expose their plight, demands tough actions from the West
04/09/22 12:20IAN BIRRELL: Beijing's letter was attached to a groundbreaking UN report that, for all its hesitancy and weakness, finally saw it condemn China for 'serious human rights violations' in Xinjiang.
Facing down the Dragon in 'the most dangerous place on Earth': It's the new global flashpoint experts fear could trigger a war between China and the West. But on the streets of Taiwan, IAN BIRRELL finds defiance and determination
22/08/22 09:23IAN BIRREL: Kate Wang, 40, was among a group of 60 people learning emergency first aid last week in a peaceful church beside Taiwan's parliament building. Yet Kate admitted she was preparing for war.
Is this the way to stop Britain being strangled by red tape? IAN BIRRELL visits the trail-blazing country where 99% of government services are available online
13/08/22 09:13IAN BIRRELL: Estonia's digital revolution has seen a bonfire of red tape and a drive to eliminate paperwork and simplify the system, with 99 per cent of government services are accessible online.
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Sarah Paulson details the mortifying moment she 'spit a chip' into Kim Kardashian's eye
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Inside DC's most MAGA Halloween Party where glitzy young Republicans dressed as ICE agents and danced to Rick Ross
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Lily Allen sets pulses racing as she shares sizzling behind-the-scenes snaps from Halloween after ex husband David Harbour breaks his silence on his 'slip-ups and mistakes'
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EXCLUSIVEShe was a pinup who acted with Scarlett Johansson and was on Baywatch... can you guess who she is?
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Jessica Simpson shares raw confession as she marks 8 years sober: 'Alcohol blocked my dreams'
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Dua Lipa looks stylish in a snake print coat as she links arms with fiancé Callum Turner during a date night in New York City
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Lilibet the California cool Princess! America-born royal breaks the stuffy regal mould as she runs around in bare feet in her favourite pink leggings
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David Harbour says he 'fell in love' with 'extraordinary creature' Winona Ryder on the set of Stranger Things as it's revealed she has been his shoulder to lean on after Lily Allen split
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SNL makes foul joke about Trump's interaction with kids after White House Halloween gaffe
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Eva Longoria tucks into a corn dog during a fun family day out at Disneyland with husband José Bastón
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Lily Allen looks downcast while partying in LA as her ex husband David Harbour breaks his silence on his 'pain, slip-ups and mistakes'
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David Harbour breaks his silence on Lily Allen divorce and his 'pain, slip-ups and mistakes' as he insists 'there are people I want to love and be good to' in the future
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EXCLUSIVETruth about Lily Allen, David Harbour and the P**** Palace: As insiders blast 'vindictive' Lily, KATIE HIND'S investigation reveals 'grotesque' truth about apartment
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Jennifer Lawrence reunites with Robert Pattinson after confessing she once fed him out of the garbage
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50 Cent is buying up a Louisiana city to spark a downtown revival
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'Shrieking' Meghan celebrates Dodgers' World Series win alongside an unimpressed Prince Harry - but fans criticize Duchess for 'staging' clip
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Kaia Gerber, 24, and her mother Cindy Crawford, 59, look identical in figure-hugging sparkly dresses at LACMA Art & Film Gala
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EXCLUSIVEInside humiliated Andrew's new life in exile: From butlers and splendor to cottage with a latch key, friends tell RICHARD KAY how disgraced royal will now live
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Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek shares sweet family Halloween snap amid stage 3 cancer battle
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Andrew's final humiliation: Former Prince is to be stripped of honorary rank of vice-admiral and could even lose his medals
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Demi Moore, Paris Hilton, Kristen Wiig and Dixie D'Amelio all opt for racy 'naked' dresses as they pose at the 2025 LACMA Art and Film Gala
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'I've been in Vogue, I'm signed to the same agency as Kate Moss, but I can't get work because of Mounjaro': Plus size models reveal they're having to get other jobs because fat jabs boom means 'thin is in'
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Suki Waterhouse wows in floral gown as she makes rare red carpet appearance with fiancé Robert Pattinson at his Die My Love premiere
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Bill Maher, 69, and Al Pacino's baby mama Noor Alfallah, 31, reignite romance rumors at star-studded Halloween bash
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Russell Crowe reveals why he will NEVER marry girlfriend Britney Theriot as he denies engagement rumours
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Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend Jim Curtis makes rare comment on romance as he says you can 'find love more authentically' later in life
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Miles Teller battles a hangover and tries to recall his wild Halloween night during SNL hosting gig
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1000lb Sisters star is MARRIED! Amy weds in haunted tavern on Halloween as Tammy poses beside bride flaunting weight loss
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Kris Jenner steals the spotlight from Khloe Kardashian as she flaunts facelift and killer curves in sexy Halloween look
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Demi Moore and Doja Cat have all eyes on them as they lead the A-list stars at 2025 LACMA Art and Film Gala
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Katy Perry confirms Justin Trudeau romance mid-concert as she shuts down marriage proposal from fan
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SNL pokes fun at Trump's White House renovation with HGTV-style makeover as Miles Teller portrays Property Brothers in chaotic comedy skit
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SNL gathers big-name cast to mock NYC mayoral debate in cold open just days before election
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Nicki Minaj draws liberal fury by praising Donald Trump's latest move in emotional post
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A-list rapper handcuffed by police outside NYC club in late-night Halloween incident
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Rapper dead at 34 after being shot outside LA smoke shop on Halloween
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Offset sued for assault after allegedly attacking a security guard at an LA dispensary amid bitter Cardi B divorce
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William and Kate settle into their new eight-bed mansion in Windsor Great Park after moving during half-term
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North West stuns fans with glam Halloween costume as Kardashian kids celebrate holiday in style
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Diddy's twin daughters, 18, strike sultry poses as Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders for Halloween - just hours after dad's first prison pic surfaces
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Trump eviscerates 'deranged lunatic' Seth Meyers and blasts his late-night rhetoric as 'illegal'
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Anthony Hopkins, 87, 'puts his California estate on the market for £5.1 million' after devastating wildfires destroyed his home
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Chris Hemsworth enjoys casual reunion with his brother Liam in Byron Bay while his wife Elsa Pataky goes trick-or-treating with their children
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spotted trick or treating with Archie and Lilibet in matching fancy dress - but the Duke 'forgets his Halloween costume'
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Hollywood star Jessica Alba blends in with the locals as she explores the Gold Coast on a bike
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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo get matching tattoos to celebrate 'Wicked month' ahead of upcoming Wicked: For Good release
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Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina 'targeted by stalker as couple report distressing incidents to the authorities'
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Emilia Clarke wows in a daring lacy black dress as she poses for snaps with Christina Milian at the Global Gift Gala after 'split from DJ boyfriend'
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Director Sam Mendes reveals actresses set to play Fab Four's wives in new Beatles films
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Justin and Hailey Bieber's son Jack is his dad's TWIN as he channels pop star in throwback Halloween costume
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EXCLUSIVE80s star who dated the Queen's duke godson after Bond girl and Dallas villain roles is unrecognizable... can you guess who?
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Heidi Klum the Halloween queen reveals latest costume as she morphs into iconic mythological character
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Meghan Markle 'demanded' first-class tickets, had a makeup team and brought 'several suitcases' of clothes for 'humanitarian' trip to Rwanda
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Jennifer Lawrence dresses up as a cow for new baby's first Halloween... days after revealing infant's gender
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Taylor Swift shows off engagement ring and her long legs on girls' night out... after Travis Kelce's ex girlfriend takes swipe
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Amber Heard seen with twins for the first time as she goes trick-or-treating in Madrid after fleeing US
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See the best celebrity costumes from Heidi Klum's iconic 2025 Halloween party... and the scariest
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Kim Cattrall defends her decision to turn down the Sex And The City spin-off series as she insists 'you have to be brave and stubborn to say no'
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Move over Halloween, Mariah is back! Queen of Christmas officially launches holiday season with iconic video as she continues annual tradition
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Sarah Ferguson is 'more on edge' than Andrew and 'may flee UK': Ex-Duchess 'blaming herself' as she and disgraced royal hunker down in Royal Lodge
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Lily Allen pokes fun at David Harbour's 'mistress' as she dresses up as children's book character 'Madeline' for Halloween party in Los Angeles
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Julia Fox defends blood-soaked Jackie Kennedy costume amid intense backlash
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Leni Klum is covered in multicoloured stripes as she transforms into American storybook character and poses with her Medusa mum Heidi at legendary Halloween party
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Winnie Harlow hits back at haters who mock her Vitiligo by dressing as a Neapolitan ice cream for Halloween
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Is Meghan angling for an invite to Taylor Swift's wedding? Duchess extends yet another olive branch to singer after previous 'snub' - but Harry fails to help
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Camila Cabello puts on a loved-up display as she holds hands with her billionaire boyfriend Henry Junior Chalhoub at LA Halloween party
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How Queen Elizabeth left Charles 'an unexploded bomb' in Andrew: Rogue royal was always late monarch's weak spot 'and king is now paying the price', insiders say
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EXCLUSIVEFrail Eric Dane, 52, struggles in wheelchair amid ALS battle as he reunites with estranged wife Rebecca Gayheart
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Hollywood bombshell married to Aussie superstar shocks in wild Beetlejuice Halloween transformation - can YOU guess who it is?
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Denise Richards, 54, is a Playboy bunny for Halloween... 20 years after posing nude for Hugh Hefner
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Newly-single Ana de Armas is bra-free as she heads to the gym... after 'uncomfortable' Tom Cruise romance
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Horror icon Robert Englund receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (and Freddy Krueger makes a cameo!)
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Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song trick-or-treat with their kids in LA in over-the-top costumes
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Sydney Sweeney's braless look gets viral reaction from Jamie Lee Curtis
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Charlie Sheen, 60, goes into graphic detail about his 'weird but fun' sexual experiences with men
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Travis Kelce's ex accused of dissing the NFL star and Taylor Swift with shady Halloween costume
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Justin Baldoni misses deadline in lawsuits against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and New York Times... as Lively's demands are revealed
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Lindsay Lohan posts rare photo of son, 2, as she gets into the Halloween spirit with matching Batman costumes
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Bethenny Frankel, 54, shows off shockingly fit physique in skimpy Halloween costume after revealing diet
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Heartwarming moment American Idol contestant is reunited with long lost brother thanks to the help of the internet
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Robert De Niro seen for first time since five people arrested in connection with grandson's overdose
DON'T MISS
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Colin Farrell reveals why Tom Cruise was 'not very happy' with him during their 2001 blockbuster film
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Neve Campbell returns to battle a relentless Ghostface in Scream 7 as fallen favorites shockingly re-emerge
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Katy Perry makes subtle social media debut with Justin Trudeau in birthday post amid romance
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Is Sydney Sweeney back in with Hollywood's finest? Actress cozies up to Sharon Stone and Jamie Lee Curtis after being given the cold shoulder over MAGA views
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Take Care of Maya Netflix star LOSES enormous eight-figure payout she was awarded over hospital blunders
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Michael Jackson's family 'want biopic to premiere at O2 Arena' after he died days before residency at the London location - as daughter Paris snubs film
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David Harbour notably absent from Stranger Things final trailer after his ex-wife Lily Allen was accused of overshadowing Netflix release
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Nobody Wants This season two under fierce fire for excessive product advertisements: 'Lame and distracting'
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Floyd Roger Myers Jr dead at 42: Actor who played young Will Smith on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air suffered heart attack at home
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Sharon Stone passionately defends Sydney Sweeney after controversial American Eagle jeans campaign: 'It's hard to be hot'
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Mel B, 50, shows off her jaw-dropping figure in a white bikini as she pleads for tips from Shakira while displaying her belly dancing skills during a lavish vacation
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Nicole Kidman's face says it all as she hops off private jet after getting her 'revenge' on ex Keith Urban
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Girlfriend of Gloria Estefan's daughter is arrested for allegedly hitting her with a cellphone
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Country star Luke Bryan finally reveals details surrounding his sister's mysterious death... 18 years after family tragedy
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Kim Kardashian reveals why her momager Kris Jenner is anxious about her next career move
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Hit '90s TV star sparks alarm with large black eye months after calling off acrimonious divorce
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Newly-wed Selena Gomez is radiant in purple at her Rare Beauty event after brand model blasted her for 'degrading' remark
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EXCLUSIVELeaked plans reveal Kimberly Guilfoyle jetting in with billionaire friend - and partying with Greece's No. 1 heartthrob
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Kim Kardashian is MORTIFIED after mom Kris Jenner embarrasses her in front of Glenn Close on The Kardashians
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Ireland Baldwin enjoys family hike with mom Kim Basinger after revealing dad Alec was her 'rock' during REHAB stint
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Denzel Washington, 70, channels his on-screen tough-guy persona during showdown with heckler
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What was the brutal thing David Harbour told Lily Allen on their third date? Fans recall strange comment actor made about his ex-wife
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Kim Kardashian makes outrageous claim that the 1969 moon landing was fake: 'It didn't happen'
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Bella Hadid's cowboy boyfriend Adan Banuelos gives rare glimpse at their romance in PDA-packed photos
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Melania Trump under fire over 'wasteful' Halloween decorations as millions prepare to lose food benefits
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Selling Sunset star is FIRED after 'diabolical' remark about Chrishell Stause's dead parents
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Gigi Hadid reveals former employee's dog was stolen in 'nightmare' scenario involving carjacking
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See cringe moment Amy Schumer and Kim Kardashian recreate THAT awkward red carpet moment
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Meghan Markle posts gushing 'date night' video from World Series baseball game
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Axed CNN anchor Don Lemon is BLASTED for saying Megyn Kelly looks 'trans' in outrageous tirade
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Brooke Shields' nepo baby daughter Rowan Henchy 'set to star on reality TV show as she's spotted filming in New York'
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Hailey Bieber slips into LBD for solo appearance at event after Justin's eyebrow-raising remarks about 'cheating'
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Moon landing astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 95, loses wife, 66, two years after their wedding
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Republican Sydney Sweeney sends fans wild with suggestive hotdog pose after controversial FOX appearance
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Who's really in charge in the Royal Family? Have your say in the Palace Confidential poll
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The most touching moments between Kate Middleton and the late Queen: From a heartwarming kiss to infectious laugher
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TikTok star dead at age 29 after battle with rare cancer
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Justin Bieber admits to 'butting heads' with doula while wife Hailey gave birth to their son
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So how much of Lily Allen's album IS fiction? Star's songs about 'cheating' David Harbour lose favor with fans after she hinted at mended relationship
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Love Is Blind viewers left stunned as star drops BABY bombshell during season nine reunion: 'I am a mom now'
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EXCLUSIVED4vd's 'farm tools' and pill bottles: PI reveals what he found in mansion and new clues from Tesla where girl was found
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Selena Gomez blasted by Rare Beauty model over 'degrading' comment
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Cardi B goes nuclear on Trump over policy set to hurt 2.5million Americans NEXT WEEK
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Amelia Gray Hamlin goes completely naked for her raciest shoot ever
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EXCLUSIVECheryl Hines' woke Hollywood friends turn on her, slamming 'unrecognizable' MAGA transformation
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Sia scores monumental victory over estranged husband Daniel Bernad in explosive child custody battle
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Stefanie Powers, 82, was a major '80s star who dazzled on Hart To Hart with Robert Wagner, see her now
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Howard Stern's decades-long collaborator Fred Norris, 70, 'might be looking for a job' amid uncertainty over boss' radio fate
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Dad was on a show about aliens, mom worked with Jim Carrey.. so who IS this shirt-free nepo baby?
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Beloved Boy Meets World star, 98, puts Trump on blast for 'ripping away' White House history with controversial renovation
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Lily Allen reveals she flew 6,000 miles to JAPAN in her quest to 'hook up' with a celebrity as she rolls out X-rated David Harbour divorce album
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Cheryl Hines reveals status of Larry David relationship after being 'iced out' of his HBO show
