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The Kenyan corner shop owner tricked into fighting for Putin - who escaped the meatgrinder by hiding under a corpse... DAVID PATRIKARAKOS investigates the impoverished Africans being lured to Russia as cannon fodder
31/10/25 11:27
One man tells his story of how he managed to survive being frontline in the Russia-Ukraine war zone after suffering a grueling 15 days scavenging food and water from died soldiers. Now he's trying to help others to avoid falling victim to human trafficking....read
Every tent in this godforsaken camp could be incubating another Manchester attack. I don't believe the inmates' claims of innocence. ISIS armies are rising here in the dust, reports DAVID PATRIKARAKOS from Syria
26/10/25 01:43His voice is gentle, his eyes calm, his smile polite; he looks harmless. But this man is not ordinary. He was once in ISIS, the world's most savage terror group.
The ban on Tel Aviv fans is simply about appeasing the most aggressive faction in a city increasingly defined by sectarian politics: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
20/10/25 01:28Banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending their Europa League match against Aston Villa is merely the latest symptom of something far more serious: a state retreating from its own territory.
How men as old as 65 are being snatched off the streets of Ukraine by violent press gangs - and forced to the frontline by their own people: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
13/09/25 01:46The woman shrieks in anguish. Along with a friend, she stands by the van feverishly pleading. But the officers are unmoved.
Electric shocks, starvation, sick surgical experiments... and brutal castration: Horror stories from bloodied survivors of Putin's savage conveyor belt of torture
30/08/25 11:28Earlier this year, a soldier known only as Vladyslav was taken prisoner along with seven others. Their Russian captors sliced off their genitals, gouged out their eyes and cut off their ears, noses and lips.
My view from the captain's chair aboard Britain's 65,000-ton leviathan facing down war-hungry Chinese despot: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
11/08/25 10:36When it comes to expressions of British military pride, nothing does the job quite like the HMS Prince of Wales.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The chilling evidence that reveals what really happened to Iran's vast stockpile of uranium... and the terrifying next move that the mad Mullahs are plotting
26/06/25 05:19Nations have been fighting, thieving, murdering and spying in Jerusalem for millennia. It is a city of secrets that straddles civilisations.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The US strikes in Iran leave the world in a new political reality. The question now is: What next?
22/06/25 04:02Last night, Donald Trump finally did what he threatened he would do and - what his predecessors refused to do - and deployed bunker bombs to take out Tehran's nuclear facilities.
'Defiant' Israelis show little sign of backing down against Iran - but as the country continues to pay the price for its resilience, its citizens ask 'We're doing the world's dirty work, so why can't you British give us some moral support?'
21/06/25 11:06I'm in Ramat Gan in central Tel Aviv, where an Iranian missile attack has just struck several residential buildings. Emergency services have cordoned off the impact site.
The world is cruel and full of horrors. Israel understands this - and acts. It is doing a service not just for itself, but for the Iranian people and all those who care about fighting theocratic murderers, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
13/06/25 11:17Smoke surges skywards. Flames burst across the horizon. Explosions strafe Tehran and Natanz.
In overwhelmingly Muslim areas of Britain's second-largest city, foreign flags fly from lamp posts and ugly sectarian politics threaten to tear the social fabric apart, as DAVID PATRIKARAKOS discovers in a devastating dispatch
01/06/25 04:02Last week, a criminal lawyer from the Perry Barr district of Birmingham was charged with money laundering offences following a National Crime Agency investigation.
Inside Britain's most segregated city: Areas where nearly half the adults speak little or no English, restaurants with women eating behind curtains and deprived streets where imported religious warfare threatens to break out... DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
09/05/25 04:15His kofia, the flat cylindrical hat favoured by Somali Muslims, gleams white as he picks me up at the station. A flowing kameez tunic gathers in his lap beneath the steering wheel.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: This is why we should ALL be terrified of the escalation between India and Pakistan - and what must happen next
07/05/25 11:37Pakistan said retaliatory strikes at nine different locations today by the Indian air force have in turn killed 26. India insists it targeted 'terrorist infrastructure'. What comes next is critical.
The covert war waged against Iran on British streets: How MI5 are battling threat from rogue state in UK... and why Tehran is asserting more of its influence abroad
06/05/25 01:26The arrests of seven Iranians in two major anti-terror operations over the weekend coincides with growing concern about the rogue state's activities on British soil.
The sinister reach of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard: Calls for UK to ban Iranian military wing as a terror group - as fears rise over Tehran-backed cells after latest arrests
05/05/25 11:42Since 2022, UK counter-terrorism police have identified more than 20 credible Iranian threats to kill or kidnap people in the UK - with the latest string of busts thought to have also been linked to Tehran.
Why do our politicians refuse to take the threat posed by Iran in the UK seriously? asks DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
04/05/25 11:22Once again, news of yet another Iranian terror plot on British soil. And once again, the authorities are left scrambling in the wake of an international army of terror we should have hammered years ago.
'The U.S. has betrayed Ukraine, betrayed our democracy - and the values of freedom', frontline soldiers tell DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
24/03/25 01:42DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The sky is lost to Russian drones. Sometimes their buzzing sound gets so close that it seems almost to burrow into you.
How Syria's victorious rebels are taking horrifying revenge, revealed in DAVID PATRIKARAKOS's special investigation
11/03/25 01:22The car drives over the body as if going over a speed bump. Its tyres roll through the smears of blood left by two corpses lying by the side of the road in the Syrian city of Latakia.
I grew up on London's billionaire row. Now it's a street of decaying mansions and I realise the sad reason why: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
01/03/25 02:10The plastic water bottle lies in a small patch of grass by the kerb. Next to it, a sodden tissue and stained paper coffee cup surround a pool of dark, unidentifiable liquid.
How boy slaves are being dressed as girls and forced to dance for leering Taliban men... before being raped: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals horrifying tribal custom flourishing in Afghanistan
27/02/25 01:58Young boys gyrate awkwardly to the music. Their faces are impassive, drained of feeling.
Inside the human slaughterhouse: I visited the hellhole jail where 13,000 Syrians were tortured to death, and met one prisoner who survived daily beatings for TEN years, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
17/02/25 01:31Pain floods his body. It spits and crackles like electricity. Every day for three months, the guards have hung him by his arms from the ceiling.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Amid the chaos and darkness, charity offers a ray of hope for people made homeless by the devastating wildfires
13/01/25 01:30People have been gathering in Santa Anita Park in Los Angeles with whatever possessions they were able to collect as they escaped from the wildfires currently ravaging the city
A furious blame game has erupted over the cause of the LA inferno that has killed 16 and left thousands homeless. Now, as DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals, a new theory has emerged - and it could spell the end for Gavin Newsom
12/01/25 12:50The mood on the ground here is the same mix of rage and grief I've seen in Ukraine after a Russian missile strike or a particularly bloody battle. And almost everyone believes it was avoidable.
I'm with the world's oddest collection of refugees fleeing a Mad Max hellscape into LA's five-star hotels. All the botox in the world can't hide real fear, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
10/01/25 02:06The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills is rammed. As Los Angeles is engulfed by fire, the Hollywood Hills are emptying into it. With nothing to do but sit it out, the bar is heaving.
How Israel could obliterate Iran's nuclear sites: With Hamas and Hezbollah smashed and Assad driven out of Syria, they've never had a better chance to act... this is how it might happen
03/01/25 04:58For Iran, decades of work and billions of dollars of nuclear equipment and research could be no more, writes David Patrikarakos
Ukrainians used to spit at deserters... now they sympathise with them. With 6,000 soldiers absconding every month, brutal press gangs roam the streets seizing new 'recruits'. DAVID PATRIKARAKOS on how battle-weariness is taking its toll
12/12/24 01:49It must feel strange to be hiding from your own army but that's exactly what Yuri is doing. Ever since he escaped from his Ukrainian barracks late one night, he has been too scared to go out in public.
Inside Assad's prisons where thousands suffered and 157,000 vanished
10/12/24 09:00He called himself Hitler and loved to put on 'entertainments'. To amuse his dinner guests, he would force the prisoners in his charge to act as dogs, donkeys, cats or other animals.
What happened inside Assad's prisons where thousands suffered 72 types of torture and 157,000 people have vanished: As new horrors are revealed by the hour, DAVID PATRIKARAKOS beholds atrocity on staggering scale
10/12/24 02:17He called himself Hitler and loved to put on 'entertainments'. To amuse his dinner guests, he would force the prisoners in his charge to act as dogs, donkeys, cats or other animals.
The return of Islamist terror is more tinder in a region that's never been more explosive, says David Patrikarikos
02/12/24 01:56Murdering dictator he may be, but Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is no Idi Amin. When the Ugandan tyrant was forced into exile in 1979, he was able to scuttle off to Saudi Arabia for the next two decades.
Meet NATO's deadly squad of elite soldiers that are combat ready
25/11/24 08:34David Patrikarakos joins the Greek army's elite special operations unit made up of the most highly skilled members of the country's special forces.The deadly SAS-inspired squad of elite soldiers that could hold the Mediterranean for NATO in battle: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS watches one of Europe's most dangerous and secretive units in action
24/11/24 04:13David Patrikarakos joins the Greek army's elite special operations unit made up of the most highly skilled members of the country's special forces.
The Hells Angel with a Hitler tattoo, suitcases stuffed full of dollars... and the chilling inside story of how Iran is using a network of criminal thugs to spread terror to Britain - and the world
22/11/24 12:53I am sitting in the corner of a quiet cafe in the centre of a major Western city talking to an intelligence source who has promised me something exceptional.
Ukraine and Russia's war 1,000 days into the conflict
19/11/24 10:15David Patrikarakos assesses the current state of affairs in Ukraine as the bloody war against Russian aggression passes the unwelcomed 1,000 day milestone.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS looks at the Ukraine-Russia war 1,000 days into the conflict: The Russians are attacking like psychos, charging headlong into the meat grinder
18/11/24 10:29David Patrikarakos assesses the current state of affairs in Ukraine as the bloody war against Russian aggression passes the unwelcomed 1,000 day milestone.
Georgia election: What does the heavily disputed result say about the state of European democracy? David Patrikarakos speaks to former Prime Minister, Giorgi Gakharia in the latest episode of 90 Seconds to Midnight
15/11/24 05:12In this episode David is in Georgia to speak with former PM and opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia about the country's recent heavily disputed election result. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
My Aunt Rosie's death convinced me that assisted dying is a vital human right... but a trip to Canada, where it's been legal for eight years, has raised deep concerns
15/11/24 02:05My aunt Rosie went to Zurich to die. She was forced to make the journey to Switzerland because assisted dying remains illegal in the UK.Why a second Trump term will push America toward authoritarianism - and Ukraine may be the biggest casualty of the result, on the latest episode of 90 Seconds to Midnight
11/11/24 11:33NEW EPISODE: David Patrikarakos speaks to famed historian Sir Simon Schama to unpack what the new Trump term will bring. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.90 Seconds to Midnight: Trump expert Michael Wolff: 'He's on the edge of freaking out!'
01/11/24 08:32On the eve of the US Presidential election the foremost chronicler of Trump's first term, Michael Wolff, speaks with David Patrikarakos. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Aid MUST be given to innocent Gazans, but this ban was the right decision
29/10/24 10:30DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Ostensibly, the Israel's new ban on the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating inside the country appears dangerous, but it had no choice.90 Seconds to Midnight: How billionaires Putin and Xi are funding the war
25/10/24 02:32In this episode David Patrikarakos speaks to Pulitzer Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum about how these countries are funding the war. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
How Hamas's corrupt billionaire leaders cruelly lined their own pockets with cash meant for poverty-stricken Gazans - and you might have paid for it...
23/10/24 11:17DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: In the concrete and gloom, amid the detritus of terror and war, the wife of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar makes her way through a tunnel with a Birkin bag.
WRATH OF GOD II: That was the biblical codename for the savagely ruthless operation in which Israel took revenge for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. But its response to October 7 has been even more wrathful, says DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
19/10/24 01:00The IDF spokesman was clear when we met in Tel Aviv almost two weeks ago. 'Yahya Sinwar is a dead man walking,' Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner told me. There was no anger in his voice.
How North Korea helped Hezbollah build the terror tunnels designed to launch a bloody invasion of Israel
04/10/24 09:01Hezbollah's 'teror runnels' are sophisticated like the group itself. One year on from the atrocities of October 7, it's clear that murder comes to Israel not just from the air but from what lies beneath.
The day my aunt Rosie died at Dignitas. DAVID PATRIKARAKOS'S moving description of her last hours makes compelling reading - whatever side of the assisted dying debate you're on
04/10/24 03:54It was late last year when Rosie told me she had decided to take her own life. I was upset, but I understood her decision. It now took her 20 minutes to go to the loo; 30 minutes to get dressed.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: My Israeli sources say there's never been a better time to destroy those who want them dead. All of us who hope to live in peace must pray they succeed
02/10/24 01:14Islamist terrorists refuse to let the Jewish state live in peace. Both Hezbollah and Tehran are united by a single goal: to destroy a sovereign democracy. It is an intolerable situation for any nation state.'People are opening their homes!' How the Lebanese people are reacting on the ground as the crisis deteriorates, on the latest episode of the Mail's new podcast 90 Seconds to Midnight
26/09/24 05:16Beirut local Ronnie Chatah talks to 90 Seconds to Midnight about the latest developments on the ground in Lebanon and how likely an all-out war is between Israel and Hezbollah. Listen now.
Inside the most audacious strike in modern warfare: Shell companies the Israelis call 'monkeys', 5,000 deadly trojan horses and unparalleled ruthlessness
19/09/24 12:49The scene is a hospital ward in Beirut . The atmosphere is one of devastation and chaos. Men lie on beds or slump in wheelchairs, their clothes spattered with blood.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS, who's reported from many of the world's flashpoints, launches a must-listen weekly podcast 90 Seconds to Midnight examining... HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO DOOMSDAY?
12/09/24 12:54NEW PODCAST: I look out across the city. Soldiers stand tense at checkpoints, fastidiously examining documents. Shells roar and split the sky.
The leafy corner of London that's like a little Tehran... and what it reveals about the sinister reach of the Iranian regime's malign hand
23/08/24 01:06'Are you celebrities?' a bearded man with his hair tied into a bun asks. His English is flawless but the accent is Iranian. His look is Tehran theocrat meets London hipster.
Revealed: How Mossad kills its enemies - from paralysing injections and electrocution to poison toothpaste and AI machine guns, DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals the secrets of the world's deadliest assassins
11/08/24 01:05Hamas's leaders are 'walking dead', promised Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant after the October 7 atrocities: 'They are living on borrowed time.'
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Ukraine's mini-invasion is a grievous blow to the pride of the Kremlin's Botoxed gremlin
10/08/24 12:54It's something I've seen before. The whirling melee of khaki and camouflage, of blue and yellow flags. The bovine growl of armoured vehicles. The elephantine rumble of tanks.
The Park Lane shanty town: Amid the £40m houses and luxury supercars, a new tent city is flourishing in one of London's most prestigious neighbourhoods. War reporter DAVID PATRIKARAKOS meets the desperate inhabitants - and reveals who is really to blame
20/07/24 10:50Park Lane is London 's aorta. It is one of the capital's most famous roads and the dual carriageway that separates Hyde Park to the west from Mayfair to the east.
The night I joined an ultra-secret Ukrainian special forces unit raining destruction on a weapons factory hundreds of miles INSIDE Putin's Russia
28/06/24 01:11The man cradles the 100kg bomb in paternal arms before laying it gently to rest on the back of the truck. It's a small rocket that curves to a rounded snub.
Inside Ukraine's top secret drone base raining death inside Russia: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS watches Russian soldiers' last days on Earth from a hidden nerve center no reporter has ever visited. And is astonished by what he sees...
25/05/24 10:59I am in a base not far from the front lines in the Kharkiv Oblast, or region, of eastern Ukraine. And I'm watching through the camera of a drone - looking for targets to kill.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Putin pushes on in the knowledge the West will oppose him… but only so much
13/05/24 01:15Dawn breaks as my train judders into Pasazhyrskyi station, punctual as always. This time I am greeted neither by a swarm of Russian drones nor the adenoidal whine of an air raid siren.
All Iran's mullahs have managed to do with their attack on Israel is to unite their enemies against them, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
14/04/24 09:15DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: When Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei decided to attack Israel directly on Saturday night, they no doubt thought they had chosen their moment perfectly.
The West is already at war against enemies who believe we are divided, weak and exhausted: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals why the Britain MUST step up and rearm after seeing first hand the gravity of the threats our nation faces
12/04/24 10:38DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Britain is at war. We have been since 2001 - and we are losing. We lost in Afghanistan; we lost in Iraq; and unless we step up, we will lose in Ukraine.
Inside Putin's torture chambers: Fingers crushed with pliers, knees beaten with hammers, electrocutions and prisoners forced to dig trenches until they drop dead. DAVID PATRIKARAKOS'S chilling report from Ukraine
19/03/24 11:50One arena in which Russian torture has been as pervasive as it is sadistic is in the territories it occupies in Ukraine - as Yuri, a native of Kherson learned after its capture in the first weeks of the war.
Why Ukraine might run out of willing fighters: Press gangs roam the streets and send those who can't pay bribes to the killing fields, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS. After 70,000 Ukrainians died defending their freedom... it could happen here too
29/02/24 04:58The war in Ukraine has always seemed a strange blend of the contemporary and the historic. I was reminded of this when a friend recently told me about the growing problem of press gangs there.
Wagner rises from the ashes: Prigozhin's mercenaries return as Putin's Nazi-inspired 'Africa Corps' to plunder gold and oil across the continent... as part of a new great game between Russia, China and the West, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
22/02/24 04:54Wagner was everywhere in Africa; so was Prigozhin, left. It seems certain the Africa Corps will take on this loathsome inheritance - with ex- Wagner fighters targeted for recruitment to the new army.
We may not want war, but war is on our doorstep. A terrifying new world order has emerged from the conflict in Ukraine. If the West runs now, we'll pay a high price, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
17/02/24 11:54Putin has returned industrial war to our continent. Once more, thousands of miles of trenches stretch across front lines.
After a succession of ever-bleaker gulags, Alexei Navalny should have been a broken man. He was never going to rot in silence, writes DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
16/02/24 07:16No one should be in any doubt what - or rather who - killed the world's most famous dissident. Let me put it clearly: This was murder.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Why sending a Royal Navy aircraft carrier to take on the Houthis could be a gamble with our military credibility
31/01/24 12:11We seem to be about to send one of our two aircraft carriers to the Red Sea to help counter Houthi terrorists - but can we really achieve this mission, asks David Patrikarakos.
Floating mausoleums to political vanity: Our two new aircraft carriers cost almost £8 billion to build but, with the Middle East on fire, they're languishing in Portsmouth. We'd be better off selling them, says DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
27/01/24 02:06HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales (main picture) remained anchored in Portsmouth so RAF Typhoons had to fly from their air base in Cyprus (inset) to drop missiles near Sana'a
How can the war between Israel and Hamas ever end when so many schools in Gaza - run by a UN agency backed by our millions - teach children to hate Jews?
22/01/24 10:50DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: The tunnel yawns from the earth beneath the Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Once, Hamas terrorists would emerge from here to commit atrocities.
Navalny's Hell on Earth: Inside the Russian penal colony where rape and violence are commonplace, the guards are remorseless in their sadism and he was kept in a 10ft x 7ft 'concrete kennel' while temperatures plunged to minus 28C
27/12/23 10:20The FKU IK-3 penal colony is a Soviet-era prison camp located deep in the Arctic Circle, 1,200 miles north-east of Moscow.
As Russia tries to exploit any Ukrainian weakness in the most brutal and pitiless way, Zelensky faces ANOTHER war against a growing army of critics and presidential rivals at home
08/12/23 10:59After the disappointment of the Ukrainian summer counter-offensive, Moscow is emboldened. Kyiv is now suffering sub-zero temperatures.
On the frontline of Putin's terrifying invasion: Hair-raising moment Western journalist takes cover as trenches are bombarded - as Kyiv's counter-offensive stalls and gets bogged down against well-fortified Russian lines
03/12/23 04:55EXCLUSIVE: The man is world renowned philosopher, journalist and war correspondent Bernard Henri Levy and the scene is from his new film Glory to the Heroes.
The unpalatable truth is that Ukraine's counter-offensive has reached a dead end - and its casualties are mounting. DAVID PATRIKARAKOS argues the future of the West now rests on us helping them win
17/11/23 11:07DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Sweat stings my eyes. It pours down my face and gathers in the crook of my shoulder. I have just run into a trench on the frontlines of eastern Ukraine.
Inside the tunnels of terror: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS' chilling portrait of the booby-trapped nightmare that awaits Israeli soldiers as they prepare to storm Hamas in a subterranean labyrinth longer than the London Underground
15/11/23 10:32As the battle intensifies around the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City - and the grim tally of dead civilians continues to rise - the Israel Defence Forces are determined to root out their enemy.
Israel reveal why they have sent troops into Gaza to destroy Hamas's terror tunnels once and for all to end the war: 'These sons of bi***es are hiding under houses and hospitals to maximise civilian casualties. It's pure evil'
10/11/23 07:05Beneath Gaza sprawls a 300 mile-long network of tunnels that criss-cross deep underground in all directions.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: How Hamas will exploit internet conspiracy theorists who deny Kfar Aza massacre as part of its ISIS-style crusade to destroy Israel and set the world ablaze
11/10/23 05:02DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Scrolling through pro-Palestinian accounts on Instagram and TikTok it was clear a concerted, and indeed coordinated, effort to discredit the atrocities was already underway.
Thugs who torture, rape and bully those who refuse to toe the line, children deliberately targeted by Putin's despotic regime and Kremlin stooges who deny reality: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals the horrors seen by Ukrainians living under Russian occupation
09/09/23 12:33DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: It is more important than ever that people hear the truth about what is happening inside Russian-controlled territory.
Sashko, 12, heard the words every Ukrainian dreads - 'you will go to filtration', a pathway to deportation, imprisonment or even DEATH: The heartrending story of one of the 19,000 victims of Putin's Child Snatchers
12/08/23 11:00Sashko's is one of the many shocking stories of children abducted in a grotesque campaign sponsored by Russia that can result in deportation, imprisonment and even death.
'We have a message for the Russians: If you want to get out of here alive - run!' The secret Ukrainian tank unit hidden deep within a forest near the Russian border who Zelensky dubs the Iron Brigade
12/07/23 11:41DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Artem measures time not in minutes but missiles. 'I can't tell you by the clock how long we battled the Russians that day,' he tells me as we sit listening to the sound of artillery.
What life is like for migrants who make a new start in Europe: From the child refugee who became a porn star in Budapest to the Syrian who almost drowned in his treacherous small-boat crossing to work for Amazon in Germany
25/06/23 03:38Author Ben Judah travelled to over two dozen countries to write his book. The Europe he reveals is one totally transformed - in which the continent is blurring with the Middle East and Africa.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin: The vicious street thug who built a mercenary army - and got rich from killing for money
24/06/23 09:00DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the savage attack dog of Vladimir Putin, has finally turned on his master. And then regretted it.
Who will kill Yevgeny Prigozhin first? The Wagner Group's hotdog seller-turned-billionaire leader is facing enemies on all sides after waging war on Ukraine AND Putin
24/06/23 09:02On the ground, Prigozhin's forces are dying in ever greater numbers on the frontline in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. On video and in print, he is taking on the Russian elites he so despises.
As the Vladimir Putin's troops try to break Ukraine with their brutality, DAVID PATRIKARAKOS in Kyiv finds that every crime and barbaric act only serves to strengthen the resolve of the war-torn nation
09/06/23 09:40The cries of terror are faint at first. Then slowly they grow. From a small rectangular hole that was once the ground floor window of a family home, a small child emerges, his face contorted with fear.
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Why the setback in the battle for Bakhmut may hold the key to ultimate triumph for Ukraine
21/05/23 09:30DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: On Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin - the shaven-headed boss of Russia's notorious Wagner mercenary group - boasted that Bakhmut had been captured.
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The cult-favorite homeopathic remedy that shoppers say helps them bounce back from soreness, stiffness, and everyday discomfort
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Meghan's mulled water! Duchess baffles fans by preparing a hot beverage with her As Ever spiced cider kit... without adding any alcohol
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Plastic surgeons reveal the REAL reason so many Hollywood stars get bad cosmetic work done
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Rita Ora steals the show in a glittering pink minidress and fur coat as she hits the red carpet at the star-studded Music Trust Awards
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Younger wife of Lauren Sanchez's ex husband, 60, spares no expense as she hosts wild beach party for her 42nd birthday
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Nicole Scherzinger settles with Pussycat Dolls founder after failed tour
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Vogue faces backlash after writer claims women are now 'embarrassed' to have boyfriends and hide their existence on social media
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Denise Richards, 54, dresses up as a flirty Tinkerbell proving she is single and ready to mingle after ugly split
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George Clooney hints at his loathing for Hunter Biden after angering former first son with op-ed calling for Joe to stand down
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Jennifer Lopez is snapping up her own diamond rings these days... after 4th marriage to Ben Affleck implodes
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Sydney Sweeney faces fresh humiliation as fans dredge up film clips to mock her 'atrocious' performances
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Ex-Fox host Joy Taylor leaves little to the imagination with raunchy Halloween costume in the wake of affair rumors
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker celebrate son's second birthday at Disneyland
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Justin Trudeau's rapper nepo baby sounds worse than ever in latest music video despite father's burgeoning romance with Katy Perry
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EXCLUSIVEBianca Censori turns heads as she touches down in Melbourne, Australia, wearing only underwear and gold tights
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Deborra-Lee Furness' bold move after split from Hugh Jackman - and why the actor is not happy about about
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EXCLUSIVEAmerican Pie vet Tara Reid, 49, SPLITS from boyfriend, 43, after 6 years together
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Kendall Jenner turns 30! The supermodel's mom Kris marks the milestone with sizzling tribute
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Reese Witherspoon reveals how Jennifer Aniston stays friends with exes and 'refuses to burn bridges'
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Hoda Kotb reunites with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman after opening up about calling off their engagement
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Morgan Freeman, 88, sparks concern among fans with 'frail' and 'confused' appearance on Jennifer Hudson Show
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Future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 21, breaks her silence after her brother Marius Borg Høiby was charged with rape
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The curse of Stranger Things: David Harbour's bombshell bullying claims is latest report to befall plagued show with cast battling scandals
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Harrison Ford torches Trump over climate policy despite owning and flying private jet
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Robin Hood viewers 'already hooked' as Sean Bean drama debuts with blood-soaked premiere - raving 'what an amazing start!'
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Anthony Hopkins, 87, admits he believed alcoholism would 'kill' him as he laments walking out on his first wife
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Katy Perry sizzles in sexy costumes on stage in Italy as she breaks cover after ex Diplo's wild claims that he dated both the singer AND her new beau Justin Trudeau
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EXCLUSIVEWilliam and Kate throw party for builders and staff who helped them leave 'cursed' cottage early
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'Cherished': Jennifer Aniston finally makes her love for guru Jim Curtis official with sweet birthday post
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Why King Charles will bankroll 'pampered' Andrew's new Sandringham home and won't completely strip him of his life of luxuries
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'Media conscious' Meghan Markle will want to 'keep her distance' from Princess Beatrice and Eugenie - despite Prince Harry's 'close' relationship with them
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Meghan Markle's 'billionaire ambitions' as Duchess is seen cozying up to powerful figure behind the Kardashians
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Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend Jim Curtis makes rare comment about romance as couple goes Instagram official
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How Jennifer Aniston found her happy ever after with Hollywood hypnotist and 'love guru' Jim Curtis after string of failed romances, 'love triangle' scandal and IVF struggles
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Bella Hadid privately celebrates her 29th birthday with BFF Hailey Bieber amid health woes
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Andrew 'will be denied most of his $732K compensation for leaving Royal Lodge due to cost of repairs'
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Britney Spears DELETES Instagram after series of 'bizarre' posts amid clash with ex-husband Kevin Federline
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Crop-top wearing Lily Allen enjoys another night out after sending secret messages to ex David Harbour with THAT hilarious Halloween outfit
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Rupert Murdoch's 'wild child' granddaughter Charlotte Freud goes topless for Halloween in X-rated jellyfish costume
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Jennifer Lawrence reveals she suffered 'really bad' postpartum anxiety following the birth of her second child
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Romeo Beckham and girlfriend Kim Turnbull wear bands on their ring fingers as they step out together in London after brief split
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Prince William makes surprise appearance on Brazilian game show with personalised message ahead of the Earthshot Prize
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Keira Knightley reveals unlikely reason she has NEVER watched herself in Pirates of the Caribbean - as co-star Orlando Bloom calls for a new movie
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Sydney Sweeney struts out on stage at major NASCAR race just hours after screaming at her ex-fiancé in LA
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Prince William puts Andrew drama to one side as he arrives in Rio de Janeiro for his prestigious Earthshot Prize
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Diplo makes wild claim he dated both Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau
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Eva Longoria insists she doesn't regret her failed marriages or experiences of hardship at the start of her career because she 'loves her struggle'
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Jacob Elordi enjoys date night with mystery woman who looks just like ex Olivia Jade
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Iris Law displays her toned torso in skimpy bikini bottoms and a sheer beach top as she soaks up the sun before celebrating her 25th birthday
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Ariana Grande enjoys sweet embrace with co-star Ben Stiller as she shares Focker In-Law behind-the-scenes snaps
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Reese Witherspoon shares her secret battle with postnatal depression after giving birth to first child at 23
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She was a tough-as-nails space Marine who was ready to take on an Apex predator. Now she's running errands in LA... can you guess who?
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Wills, the cover star! Prince says he 'thinks constantly about the world his children will inherit' just days after his shamed uncle was stripped of his title
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Ryan Lochte, 41, poses with his new girlfriend and children after getting baptized following stint in rehab
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Hilary Swank tugs at the heartstrings as she reflects on 'how far' she has come since growing up in a trailer park
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Law & Order actor becomes real-life hero as he thwarts abduction of 'intoxicated' teen by man she rejected
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Nina Dobrev mocks her own broken engagement to Shaun White with eyebrow-raising Halloween costume
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F1's hunkiest driver announces engagement to gorgeous 23-year-old model
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Sydney Sweeney SCREAMS at ex-fiancé after sneaking into his car for late-night rendezvous
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Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori breaks Instagram silence after six months - and she's coming for SKIMS
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Whitney Houston fans slam Winnie Harlow for 'turning her pain into a Halloween costume'
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David Harbour reveals the advice he has given his young Stranger Things co-stars as Millie Bobby Brown's harassment and bullying claim against him emerges
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Anthony Hopkins, 87, suspects he may have a neurodivergence diagnosis but insists 'these labels are all nonsense... it's fashion'
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SNL takes a swipe at Andrew losing his Prince title as he becomes laughing stock across the pond
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Pregnant Cardi B goes wild as boyfriend Stefon Diggs stars in New England Patriots victory
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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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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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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'
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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 rumors
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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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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
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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
