The family, who gave up the rat race to live a simple life in a woodland cottage found themselves at the heart of a national scandal last week.

The head judge, 65, couldn't breathe for 20 minutes after she choked on a fish bone moments before the Strictly Come Dancing Blackpool special.

An Israeli airstrike in Beirut has killed veteran Hezbollah military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai Read Full Article at RT.com

Pope Leo XIV made an unexpected video appearance during a rave party held outside St. Elizabeth Cathedral in Kosice Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington and Kiev have made substantial progress on a peace deal, and the results will now be discussed with Russia, Marco Rubio has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The comedian will have to gain a special flood permit and has been advised to sign up to a helpline if his plans are approved to demolish a £6M home in Marlow and replace it with a swanky mansion.

Property 17 Belgrave Square has an illustrious history stretching back centuries and is Grade I listed, making it a desirable home for some of the world's richest individuals.

Bath University has submitted plans to turn a 30-acre spread of sports pitches, known as Sulis Club, into accommodation for around 250 students.

To help fund Left-wing demands to scrap the two-child benefit cap, the Chancellor is targeting a £3billion raid on the 'salary-sacrifice' schemes used by millions of private-sector workers.

The EU is “funding the war” on its own with its ineffective sanctions strategy against Russia, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Read Full Article at RT.com

MAIRE could lose billions to a legal dispute Read Full Article at RT.com

According to the Dawn, local police killed two gunmen in return fire

According to Andrey Marochko, the Russian military also destroyed 333 vehicles, 62 various armored combat vehicles, six tanks, 35 field artillery guns

According to Reuters, the Office of Personnel Management has taken over many of the functions of the disbanded agency

The results showed that 53% of respondents supported US military attacks on boats suspected of drug trafficking, but 72% said that Washington should provide evidence that drugs were being transported on them

Hezbollah has confirmed that its top military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Lebanon’s capital.

President William Ruto and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni have committed to fostering cross-border collaboration in strategic sectors such as steel manufacturing, energy and infrastructure.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo met with members of both houses of the Federal Parliament in Mogadishu on Saturday to discuss the country’s overall situation and the responsibilities facing national leaders.

The first inkling that something was wrong came when she noticed that the delivery rider took about seven minutes to arrive at her door after buzzing him in at her condominium.Angela Hoi, the GrabFood customer, later realised to her horror that the deliveryman had improperly handled the food by attempting to pour the spilled contents back into the takeaway container.Hoi recounted in a Facebook post on Saturday (Nov 22) that her lunch of congee arrived two-thirds full in a «dripping and sticky» plastic bag.«I gave him (the) benefit of doubt — maybe he rode too fast or stored it badly,» she wrote.When she passed by the lift lobby a few hours later, she found a note left there by a neighbour, saying that they saw a food delivery rider transferring spilled porridge back into its packaging.«I asked the driver not to provide this food to the client, as it is not safe,» the neighbour wrote.

Lorry owners who do not have speed limiters installed on their vehicles once the statutory deadline to do so kicks in on Jan 1, 2026, may be charged in court, said the Traffic Police (TP) on Monday (Nov 24).The non-compliant lorries will also be prohibited from being driven and their road tax cannot be renewed.The move towards «strict enforcement actions» comes after «extensive measures» to engage engage and remind fleet owners of the requirement through SMSes, emails and letters, said TP.As of Nov 14, some 30 per cent of these vehicles — 765 out of 2,525 lorries — have yet to have speed limiters installed.Just follow law Under the current law, heavy vehicles weighing over 12,000kg must be fitted with a speed limiter device. The law has been in place since 1999.To further enhance road safety, TP announced in 2023 that it would extend this requirement to older lorries weighing between 3,501kg and 12,000kg.

Paroled sex offender Amos Yee has been taken into the custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).ICE's detainee locator system, which displays individuals currently in custody, shows that the 27-year-old Singaporean is detained at Dodge Detention Facility.According to a report in The Straits Times on Monday (Nov 24), ICE had served papers to Yee while he was in prison, indicating that he is likely to be deported from the US to Singapore.ICE states on its website that it detains non-citizens who are subject to mandatory detention, or those that the agency determines are a «public safety or flight risk» during the custody determination process.Yee was released on parole from the Danville Correctional Center in Illinois on Nov 20. He had been serving a six-year jail term for child pornography and grooming.Yee has been jailed twice in Singapore for hate speech against religious communities. After his release in 2016, he arrived in the US and obtained asylum in 2017.

Météo France a placé les îles du Vent en vigilance orange en raison de fortes pluies.

David Labaye, Député de la 5è République, élu du deuxième siège du département de Tsamba-Magotsi a introduit un recours en annulation de l'élection du 4e Secrétaire du bureau de la représentation nationale. Selon le nouvel élu, le recours serait sur la table du Président de l'Assemblée nationale élue, un des premiers dossiers sur lequel il est attendu. L'élu du département de Tsamba-Magotsi poursuit sa démarche légale et légitime de contestation devant le nouveau Président de (...) - POLITIQUE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Le fleuve Ogooué, source de vie et de richesses pour les populations du Moyen-Ogooué, cache également des secrets et des mystères qui font frémir. À en croire la récente noyade d'un jeune gabonais d'environ 19 ans, travaillant dans Ibekelia, une vedette commise pour le trafic fluvial entre Lambaréné et Port-Gentil, nous rappelle que le fleuve Ogooué est un cours d'eau puissant et imprévisible. En effet, les anciens disent que le fleuve Ogooué est habité par des esprits qui exigent des (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has effectively collapsed eight months early, with OPM Director Scott Kupor confirming, 'That doesn't exist.'

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- At a lively press conference held this afternoon in Dar es Salaam, Government spokesperson and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Gerson Msigwa, delivered a strong and confident message aimed at calming fears among international tourists following recent waves of misleading reports abroad.

[Capital FM] Kampala, Uganda -- President William Ruto has announced that construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) extension from Naivasha to Kampala -- and onwards to Rwanda and the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- will begin early next year.

[RFI] Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said Sunday, as Pope Leo appealed for them all to be immediately released.

US Secretary of State said that Russia «have to agree to this»

Margaret Brennan, a correspondent with CBS News, reported that multiple officials from the US and Ukraine told her there were discussions about Vladimir Zelensky potentially coming to the US this week as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal

The mistake occurred due to a lack of interaction between units, a sense of urgency and inadequate orders given to poorly trained troops, the Russian security officials explained

According to Boris Titov, so far in 2005, Chinese entrepreneurs have officially registered 13,000 firms in Russia