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Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach on Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro’s vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with many of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour,…

A delegation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas is in Cairo as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in ongoing ceasefire talks with Israel while an Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a truce. Pressure has been mounting to reach…

Cyclone Hidaya has significantly weakened as it approaches Tanzania’s coastline, the country’s meteorology department said. Officials warned residents to remain cautious, however, as the cyclone will bring heavy rain and strong winds to the country until Sunday. The meteorology department…

Airport security officers in Miami found a scaly surprise last week — a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s trousers. According to an X post by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), officers at Miami International Airport found the…

Arsenal have led tributes to Daniel Anjorin after the teenager was murdered on his walk to school on Tuesday. Daniel, a 14-year-old Arsenal fan, was attacked with a sword in Hainault, east London, and suffered fatal wounds to his neck…

Pakistan has recorded its wettest April since 1961, with more than double the usual rainfall for the month, the national weather centre said. The country experienced days of extreme weather in April that killed scores of people and destroyed property…

Narinder Kaur is “seeking legal advice” as police continue their investigation into a social media post by Laurence Fox in relation to an “upskirting offence”, her agent has said. In a now-deleted tweet, posted on Tuesday, Fox shared a compromising…

The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows. The village has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Russian troops have been advancing in…

A Chinese truck driver has been praised for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from tumbling down a slope after a section of the road in the country’s mountainous south collapsed and killed at least 48…

Kevin Spacey has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who feature in a Channel 4 documentary released next week. In a new interview with former GB News presenter Dan Wootton titled Kevin Spacey: Right Of Reply, the two-time…