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The Mashco Piro were naked from head to toe, save for the rope they wore around their waists to tie their penises up. I could see their faces and the fear, their wild hair and war paint.

Tennis stars, including former world No 1 Daniil Medvedev, had been competing in the UAE at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and are now stranded amid the chaos.

I have found my 96-year-old bedridden mother Beatrice under the covers, scooted down as far as she can go. She points towards the ceiling, telling me a horde of strangers has invaded her room.

"Podcasts have officially overtaken AM/FM talk radio as the more popular medium for spoken-word audio in the United States," reports TechCrunch, citing Edison Research's Share of Ear survey: The researchers have tracked these statistics over the last decade, and almost always, the percentage of time people spent listening to podcasts increased, while their time with spoken radio broadcasts decreased. For the first time this year, podcasts eclipsed spoken-word radio with 40% of listening time, as opposed to 39% for radio... We checked with Edison to see if these statistics include video podcasts, and they do. But the need to clarify that question points to the undeniable growing prevalence of video podcasts, hosted on platforms like Spotify and YouTube, which marks another key trend in podcasting... YouTube said that viewers watched 700 million hours of podcasts each month in 2025 on living room devices, like TVs, up from 400 million the previous year.

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The reality TV star, 34, and her husband, former footballer Rio Ferdinand, relocated to Dubai last year with their young children

The reality TV star, 34, and her husband, former footballer Rio Ferdinand, relocated to Dubai last year with their young children

Carradine, who was part of the Carradine acting dynasty that includes his brother Keith and late half-brother David, died by suicide after a nearly 20-year long battle with bipolar disorder.

The weathered 20ft boat was abandoned on a country lane in the landlocked village of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

Three US service members have been killed in action by Iran as part of Donald Trump's 'Operation Epic Fury.'

Pope Leo XIV sent a strong message to US President Donald Trump regarding US military actions in the Middle East while speaking in the Vatican on Sunday.

The self-described 'eco-populist' led Left-wing fury at the US and Israeli attacks, which have killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Daniel Moore, 36, was last seen in Woodlands Way, Chelmsford at 3pm today.

Daniel Moore, 36, was last seen in Woodlands Way, Chelmsford at 3pm today.

"Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago," reports the Associated Press, "and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found." Nearly half of the 261 species studied showed big enough losses in numbers to be statistically significant and more than half of those declining are seeing their losses accelerate since 1987, according to Thursday's journal Science... The only consolation is that the birds that are shrinking in numbers the fastest are species — such as the European starling, American crow, grackle and house sparrow — with large enough populations that they aren't yet at risk of going extinct, said study lead author Francois Leroy, also an Ohio State ecologist... When it came to population declines — not the acceleration — the scientists noticed bigger losses further south. When they did a deeper analysis they statistically connected those losses to warmer temperatures from human-caused climate change. "In regions where temperatures increase the most, we are seeing strongest declines in populations," [said study co-author Marta Jarzyna, an ecologist at Ohio State University]. "On the other hand, the acceleration of those declines, that's mostly driven by agricultural practices." The scientists found statistical correlations between speeded-up decline rates and high fertilizer use, high pesticide use and amount of cropland, Leroy said. He said they couldn't say any of those caused the acceleration of losses, but it indicates agriculture in general is a factor. "The stronger the agriculture, the faster we will lose birds," said Leroy... McGill University wildlife biologist David Bird, who wasn't part of the study, said it was done well and that its conclusions made sense. With a growing human population, agriculture practices are intensified, more bird habitats are being converted to cropland, modern machinery often grind up nests and eggs and single crop plantings offer less possibilities for birds to find food and nests, said Bird, the editor of Birds of Canada. "The biggest impact of agricultural intensity though is our war on insects. Numerous recent studies have shown that insect populations in many places throughout the world, including the U.S., have crashed by well over 40 percent," Bird said in an email. "Many of the birds in this new study showing population declines depend heavily on insects for food." A 2019 study of the same bird species by Cornell University conservation scientist Kenneth Rosenberg also found that North America had 3 billion fewer birds than in 1970, the article points out.

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Nigel Lythgoe earned the nickname 'Nasty Nigel' for his scathing behaviour and tough critiques as a judge on ITV talent show Popstars in 2001.

Three civilians have been killed in Dubai as Iran's missile and suicide drone bombardment of the Middle East with continues following the death of its Supreme Leader.

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Katie Price said that she was feeling 'ecstatic, smitten and in love' as she performed in Ireland over the weekend - whilst her husband Lee Andrews remained in missile-hit Dubai.

Mark Ronson and his wife put on a rare display of public affection on Saturday night as they attended the BRITs afterparty.

Lindsey Graham, a senior Republican and staunch ally of the US President, lashed out at the leaders of France, Germany and the UK after they failed to offer fulsome backing for the American action.