7 October: One year on Special report

‘I’m screaming for the world to help’: The hostage families torn apart by 7 October

<p>People attend a protest calling for a hostage deal in Tel Aviv</p>

<p> U.S. President Joe Biden is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. </p>

7 October: One year on

Joe Biden said he wanted to avoid a regional war. His actions have made it a reality

<p>Middle East crisis live updates </p>

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Hamas fires rocket barrage at Tel Aviv on October 7 anniversary

<p>Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza </p>

7 October: One year on

Voices from Gaza on their year of hell: ‘The pain is indescribable’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a rally at Dodge County Airport in Juneau, Wisconsin, on October 6 2024

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Trump slams staff for ‘stupid’ fail over photo of rally size as Harris hits back at ‘childless’ attacks

<p>Milton quickly intensified on Sunday and is on track to become a major hurricane with the Tampa Bay, Florida, in its sights </p>

Livenews

Florida braces as ‘once in a lifetime’ storm Hurricane Milton heads for state amid Helene cleanup

Mapped: Charting Hurricane Milton’s path as it heads for Florida

<p>Kamala Harris (left) and Alex Cooper, host of the podcast ‘Call Her Daddy’. The vice president sat down for an interview for the October 6 episode of the mega-popular podcast to discuss many topics, including her response to the latest rendition of Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment </p>

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Kamala Harris slams ‘childless’ attacks on Call Her Daddy podcast

<p>Trump supporters are the targets of mixed messaging regarding mail-in voting and whether their votes will count if they utilize that option </p>

2024 Election

Trump is messing up GOP’s multi-million dollar mail-in ballot push

<p>Donald Trump has proposed multiple economic plans that he claims would benefit average Americans, but economists say differently </p>

2024 election

Economists have blasted Trump’s jobs and tax plans. Someone tell the public

<p>Maye Musk told her followers they could vote more than once under fake names </p>

2024 Election

Elon Musk’s mom ‘encourages X followers to commit voter fraud’

<p>Donald Trump, pictured meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, reportedly asked Russia’s president for advice on Ukraine in 2017. </p>

2024 Election

Trump ‘asked Putin for advice’ about arming Ukraine

<p>Harris now has a 2.7-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>

2024 election

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

Top stories

Madonna shares heartfelt statement about late brother Christopher Ciccone: ‘It’s hard to explain our bond’

Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone dies aged 63

<p>The Supreme Court is taking the bench again on Monday</p>

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The Supreme Court’s new term begins today. Here’s the big cases to watch

<p>Nate Bargatze reprises the role of George Washington for the skit</p>

SNL’s Nate Bargatze delivers part two of ‘Washington’s Dream’

<p>Schools across the U.S. are facing twin threats: the very real prospect of gun violence, as evidenced by the recent shooting in Georgia, and a rising wave of hoax threats</p>

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Schools are being bombarded with hoax shooting threats — and the semester has just begun

<p>Celine Dion was doused in Gatorade in a clip for the Cowboys vs Steelers game on Sunday</p>

Celine Dion doused in Gatorade in ‘weird but iconic’ clip set to ‘It’s All Coming Back to Me Now’

There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light

<p>Flight 1326 landed in flames on Saturday</p>

NeWS

Frontier Airlines flight catches fire on landing at Nevada airport

<p>Taylor Swift themed haunted house features 13 skeleton versions of the star </p>

New Orleans homeowner debuts haunted Taylor Swift-themed ‘scEras Tour’ house for Halloween

<p>Palos Verdes Estates’ Lunada Bay, which was at the center of an eight-year lawsuit over an alleged surfing gang that had taken over the beach </p>

News

The real turf surf owners: Southern California city takes its beach back after legal battle over ‘surf gang’

<p>Raul Meza Jr. (right), was convicted of killing Kendra Page (bottom left) and has since plead guilty to killing Gloria Lofton (top left) and his roommate Jesse Fraga (middle left) </p>

Crime

A child killer was set free in the 90s for good behavior. Decades later he murdered two more people

<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is accused of using his administration to threaten local TV stations airing campaign ads supporting an abortion rights measure. </p>

Politics

DeSantis threatens local TV station for airing abortion rights ads

<p>A woman eats an oyster at a seafood restaurant. Molluscs are dying off in huge numbers along the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico </p>

Farmed oysters are mysteriously dying off in the millions and scientists are struggling to figure out why

<p>Travis Kelce says Taylor Swift will be at his game on October 7 </p>

Lifestyle

Travis Kelce reveals whether Taylor Swift will be at his upcoming game

<p>Sean Combs, pictured in 2018, was the subject of a cover interview story in 2021 for Vanity Fair as he rebranded himself ‘Love’ rather than ‘Diddy’ </p>

Feature

I profiled Diddy. His rebranding as ‘Love’ was a ‘psychopath move’

<p>Paint your noggin: Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’</p>

Joker: Folie à Deux is just as bleak and daring as the original

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix left in stitches after interview mixup

Election 2024 North Carolina Robinson

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Mark Robinson 17 points behind in North Carolina governor’s race

The Simpsons showrunner shares key to series predicting future events

eXCLUSIVe

‘Getting shot saved my life’: How I escaped hell of Vladimir Putin’s war

<p>Six Indian civilians lured into fighting for Russian army were released in September<em> (Supplied)</em>
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<p>Damola Adamolekun, Red Lobster’s 35-year-old CEO, says he is not planning any more store closures </p>

NEWS

Red Lobster’s new CEO breaks silence over the downfall of the endless shrimp

<p>Waterfowl at Peanut Pond in Snyder Park, Springfield. The welfare of the Ohio town’s geese has become an unexpected hot button issue in the 2024 presidential election </p>

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Someone did kill geese in Ohio – but it wasn’t Haitian immigrants

<p>Paris Hilton says she used to view her ADHD as a ‘label’ </p>

Paris Hilton opens up about ADHD diagnosis that is her ‘superpower’

<p>A fictional representation of Tyrannosaurus Rex with an asteroid falling from the sky in the background. Scientists at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University have published new three-dimensional images of a crater made by a second asteroid that hit Earth at around the same time off the coast of West Africa.</p>

After 66 million years, scientists discover there wasn’t just one asteroid which killed the dinosaurs

Race For The White House

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After the Elon Musk-Donald Trump rally, there’s a better word for Republicans than ‘weird’

<p>One picture from the event shows Elon Musk in the middle of a jaunty little half-hop while Trump looks on like a disappointed father </p>

<p>‘I don’t apologize anymore,’ Zuckerberg said at a recent event, seemingly only half-joking </p>

2024 Election

From liberal darling to calls with Trump: Zuckerberg’s political transformation

<p>Pro-Trump rioters storming the Capitol in January 2021</p>

2024 Election

How an ‘October surprise’ could change everything in the presidental election

<p>Melania Trump was asked by Fox’s Maria Bartiromo about her husband’s campaign returning to Butler, Pa</p>

2024 election

Melania Trump’s robotic response to why husband returned to Butler

<p>Tim Walz delivers remarks at a campaign event in Wisconsin on September 14. </p>

2024 election

Walz hits Fox anchor for ‘distraction’ during questions on abortion

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<p>Then-New York Gov. David Paterson speaks during an interview at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010</p>

Crime

Boys, aged 12 and 13, charged over attack on ex-New York governor

<p>Bunnie XO says she spent the night in the bathroom after taking a small dose of tirzepatide</p>

Jelly Roll’s wife Bunnie XO details horrifying experience ‘microdosing’ a weight loss drug

<p>It is understood that the King wishes to make a visit to the impacted communities but does not wish to add further strain to police resources (Jane Barlow/PA)</p>

Liveroyals

King Charles to ‘pause’ cancer treatment as Meghan debuts new look

<p>Idaho GOP State Senator, Dan Foreman, reportedly told a Native American Democratic candidate to ‘go back to where you came from’ in heated exchange </p>

politics

GOP lawmaker tells Native candidate to ‘go back to where you came from’

<p>Gita the rescue dog led police to her injured owner and saved his life</p>

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Dog saves injured owner by alerting police and leading them to cabin

<p>Vibration plates require the user to stand on a platform in various positions as their body vibrates </p>

Health & Families

Vibrating plates are shaking up TikTok users workout routines — but what are the benefits?

<p>Natividad Talia Matarrita Fonseca, 93, at home in the supposed ‘Blue Zone’ of Nicoya, Costa Rica</p>

Blue Zones offered hope as real-life fountains of youth – new research says they can be explained by comically flawed data

<p>The Chicken Big Mac will be built with two tempura battered chicken patties stacked between cheese, lettuce, and pickles topped with the signature Big Mac sauce on a sesame seed bun</p>

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McDonald’s finally launching a chicken version of its beloved Big Mac

<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘J Edgar’, Tom Hardy in ‘Capone’ and Naomi Watts in ‘Diana'</p>

17 awful performances by great actors from Robert De Niro to Leonardo DiCaprio

Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Tom Hardy feature on this list by Louis Chilton, of brilliant acting talents who at one point in their careers bit off more than they could chew...

<p>Mike Lawler (left) has apologized after a photo of him wearing blackface while dressed as Michael Jackson (right) emerged </p>

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MAGA congressman wore blackface for Michael Jackson Halloween costume

Scientists find ‘weird’ galaxy like nothing they have seen before

Alec Baldwin’s Rust set to premiere three years after Halyna Hutchins’ death – but he won’t be there

<p>Leola Etta Bryant was reported missing in 1974 and her remains were found in 1977</p>

Crime

Human remains that were a mystery for 47 years now identified as victim of America’s worst serial killer

Biden

College sports 'fraternity' jumping in to help athletes from schools impacted by Hurricane Helene

<p>Gordon Staron, 35, has pleaded guilty to the 2022 first-degree murder of his Baltimore jail cellmate, Javarick Gantt. Staron was being held on murder charges when he was placed in a cell with Gantt, who was a deaf man being held on relatively minor criminal charges</p>

crime

Man pleads guilty to murdering deaf cell mate jailed on minor charges

<p>Car headlights shine on a male tarantula looking for a mate on the plains near La Junta, Colo</p>

News

Hairy legs and vintage cars: The spider lovers festival celebrating tarantula mating season

Lifestyle

<p>Diaz previously made a TikTok discussing her struggles with grief </p>

Fans concerned for TikToker Yolanda Díaz after cryptic caption on video with her husband

<p>TikTok user Katie Santry originally thought her house was haunted, until she found a rug buried in her backyard </p>

A woman discovered a mysterious rug buried in her backyard — and the internet believes it’s a dead body

<p>(From left) Ryan Murphy; Erik and Lyle Menendez</p>

Ryan Murphy shares surprise update on future of Monsters in light of new court hearing for Menendez brothers

<p>Experts recommend consumers stay away from unpasteurized apple cider</p>

How to tell if your apple cider is safe to drink this fall

<p>Sydney Sweeney</p>

Sydney Sweeney says paparazzi refused to leave her house without bikini photos

<p>‘“The Substance” is not a glamour role. I knew going in that I had to be vulnerable and raw’ </p>

Demi Moore on her graphic new film: ‘It’s not a glamour role’

<p>Former Pink Floyd bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters</p>

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour rejects Roger Waters reunion over support for ‘genocidal dictators’

Culture

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<p>Florida police drive through neighborhoods to warn about evacuation orders.</p>

Hurricane Helene: Police order residents to evacuate homes in Florida

Moment North Carolina beach house collapses into ocean

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Missing girl, 10, found in woods by thermal drone after sleepwalking

Travel

<p>Plenty of countries are basking in sunshine in the lead up to Christmas </p>

Where is hot in December? Best destinations for winter sun

<p>The slow-cooked beef tacos at Barbacoa Gonzalitos, Mexico City</p>

How Mexico City’s humble taco went from market stall to Michelin star

<p>Weave your way through the channels surrounded by peaceful mangroves</p>

Meet the Thai locals taking tourists on peaceful mangrove boat rides

<p>Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship</p>

14 weird and wonderful things you can do on a cruise

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