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Violent brawls erupted across Britain, Europe and the US this weekend, as shoppers fought to get their hands on the latest £335 'Royal Pop' - but is it worth it?

The Nuremberg trials defined the 20th century. New book reveals the nine women who helped bring some of the worst war criminals the world has ever seen to justice.

A contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire walked away with just £1,000 after making a huge blunder on Sunday night's show.

Tall, short, cheap or expensive, it's likely that most British gardens will be housing a gnome - but what do they reveal about your personality?

Pippa Middleton showcased her love of sport on Sunday as she took part in the Kintbury 5, a five-mile charity run organised by Kintbury St Mary's Primary School.

A horde of hooded youths with balaclavas descended on the Ilford High Road shop in London , grabbing armfuls of their chosen items.

Ryanair, Stansted’s main airline, reports record €2.26bn profit and 208m passengers despite Boeing delivery delays and higher fuel costs.

Ryanair, Stansted’s main airline, reports record €2.26bn profit and 208m passengers despite Boeing delivery delays and higher fuel costs.

Elite Finnish divers have located the remains of a team of Italians who died inside sea caves in the Maldives - days after a local rescuer perished in the search operation.

It has long been celebrated as the most attractive male physique - but the popularity of the 'dad bod' could be waning, according to a new study.

The 11-year-old daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales is likely destined for a special title given that the late Queen Elizabeth II bestowed additional honours on all of her children.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has turned on his own party to condemn the Labour government's proposal to bid for the Olympics in the north of England.

John Lennon's last interview — just hours before he was shot on December 8, 1980 — has become a documentary directed by Steven Soderbergh, debuting Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. In a new interview with the Associated Press, Soderbergh defends the film's limited use of AI to visualize concepts from that two-hour interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Soderbergh was resolved to let the audio play. He could finds ways to visualize much of the film, but that still left a large gap where the conversation grows more philosophical. "I worked on everything that could be solved except that for as long as I could," Soderbergh says. "Then there was the inevitable moment of: OK, but really what are we going to do? We just started playing and ran out of time and money. That's where the Meta piece came in." Soderbergh accepted an offer to use Meta's artificial intelligence software to conjure surreal imagery for those sections, which make up about 10% of the film. When Soderbergh let the news out earlier this year, it prompted an uproar. One of America's leading filmmakers was using AI? In a film about a Beatle, no less? The AI parts (overwhelmingly slammed by critics in Cannes) are fairly banal and don't differ greatly from special effects — there are no deepfakes of Lennon. But they put Soderberg at the forefront of an industrywide debate about the uses of AI in moviemaking. It's a conversation the director, who has made movies on iPhones, is eager to have. While the film follows John and Yoko's conversation, "I needed a way to follow them in flight visually," Soderbergh says, "or I'm not doing my job." Though when asked about the strong negative reaction, Soderbergh acknowleges that "I knew what was coming. I take it very seriously, and I understand why people have an emotional response to this subject. As I've said before, I feel like I owe people the best version of whatever art I'm trying to make and total transparency about how I'm doing it." AP: Some fear generative AI will tear apart the film industry. You don't see it as a bogeyman, though. SODERBERGH: I think most jobs that matter when you're making a movie cannot be performed by this tech and never will be performed by this tech. As it becomes possible for anybody to create something that meets a certain standard of technical perfection, then imperfection becomes more valuable and more interesting. We haven't seen yet someone with a certain amount of creative credibility go full-metal AI on something, and see how people react. I think it's necessary. How do you know where the line is until somebody crosses it? "I don't think what I'm doing crosses it. Some people may disagree. I don't know where my line is yet. I'm waiting to see...

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Supporters of Andy Burnham lashed out after leadership contender Wes Streeting voiced support for rejoining the EU.

The offseason has meant time to unwind for the cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys. A few members from the popular cheerleading team for shared some snaps of a vacation to Mykonos.

Belles Berry, who designed the property with her husband in 2020, has listed Blenheim Farm for sale - a venue she frequently hosted her TV legend mum, including for her 80th birthday.

Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting - frontrunners to take over as PM from Keir Starmer - said Britain's future was as part of the EU - but Kemi Badenoch warned rejoining would be a 'disaster'.

The unnamed 38-year-old was pronounced dead at around 11am on Saturday after plunging from the slopes of the 400ft Mount Urgull in the Basque city of San Sebastian.