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Born 40 Years Ago Today in East Tennessee, the Southern Songbird and Member of Miranda Lambert’s Sharp Shootin’ Country Music Trio
Ashley Monroe, the East Tennessee-born singer-songwriter best known as one-third of the country trio Pistol Annies alongside Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley, turned 40 on 10 September 2026. Born in Knoxville in 1986, she overcame her father’s death from pancreatic cancer when she was 13 to pursue music, moving to Nashville at 15 and eventually…
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Youth-evasion crash kills two Cleveland officers as Gatwick chaos finds its hero
Teesside mourns PCs Blades and Clough after their A66 pursuit crash; a stranded passenger becomes the “hero of Gatwick” amid flight cancellations. Also: Venice’s Gaza documentary NAZA, a New Jersey child-assault case, King Harald’s funeral, an OpenAI data row, and Artemis Two’s astronauts join NASA’s emeritus progra…
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Moment skies above Lebanon light up after Israel blow up key Hezbollah tunnels – sparking 4.1-magnitude tremor
Israel has destroyed a major Hezbollah tunnel network beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, triggering a blast powerful enough to register as a 4.1-magnitude tremor and light up the night sky. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said the strike eliminated fighters and completed Israeli operational control of the ridge…
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Comedian declares Jerry Seinfeld ‘uncancellable’ despite ‘woke’ anti-Israel festival boycott
Several performers have withdrawn from the inaugural MEO Comédia à La Carte Fest in Lisbon, which is headlined by comedian Jerry Seinfeld and due to run from 29 October to 1 November. Some acts explicitly cited objections to Seinfeld’s outspoken support for Israel amid the Gaza conflict, while others gave no public reason for leaving…
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‘The Fix’ Film Review: Ex-CIA Operatives Try To Rescue an Iranian Dissident in a Polished but Uneven Action Thriller
Variety’s review of “The Fix” assesses Guy Moshe’s action thriller, in which a group of disgraced former CIA operatives, led by Zachary Levi’s character Tucker, mount a perilous undercover mission in Tehran to rescue an Iranian dissident while also chasing hidden pre-revolution wealth. The film matters chiefly as a star vehicle bringing together Levi and…
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Iran-backed terror group’s latest territorial grab threatens second global shipping chokepoint
Iran-backed Houthi forces seized the strategic Yemeni port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced towards positions overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, opening a dangerous new front for global trade at a time when shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is already severely constrained. The advance threatens the southern gateway to the Red Sea just…
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Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation
Global government bond markets sold off sharply on Thursday after oil prices jumped 6% to above $107 a barrel, reviving fears that inflation will stay higher for longer and forcing central banks to keep interest rates elevated. The renewed turmoil, layered on top of existing worries about unsustainable government borrowing, followed reports that Houthi rebel…
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American $20MILLION fighter jet loses a wing after Trump issues chilling threat to Iran… as fleet takes a beating by barrage of missiles
Iranian forces launched a barrage of missile strikes on a US military base in Jordan, damaging around nine American fighter jets just hours after Donald Trump warned Tehran not to “get cute” over activity at a suspected nuclear site. The attack marks a significant escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Washington and Tehran, raising concerns…
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Israel’s Netanyahu to sue newspaper over claim UAE warned him of 7 October attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed lawyers to launch defamation proceedings against Haaretz over a report claiming the UAE president warned him days before the 7 October 2023 attacks that Hamas was planning a major operation. Netanyahu’s office has denied any such warning was given, branding the report a “sinister plot”, while Haaretz has…
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Yemen’s Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha
Yemen’s Houthi movement has seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha along with nearby Zuqar Island, and pro-government forces have also withdrawn from Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, completing Houthi control of the vital shipping gateway between Asia and Europe. The Iran-backed group said international shipping remained safe but reiterated it…