Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus amid a rapidly worsening outbreak in the Islamic republic today. Iraj Harirchi was taken into quarantine just a day after sweating heavily at a press conference where he insisted that the outbreak was not as bad as feared. The virus’s spread into the health ministry is … Read more
Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more
What happens next in Brexit trade wrangling? Today: EU ministers signed off the negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier in Brussels. It will be published this afternoon. The Brexit inner Cabinet finalised the UK’s approach in Westminster. Thursday: The UK’s negotiating proposals will be put before Parliament. Monday: Talks on the trade deal are due to … Read more
Royal experts have criticised Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘unsustainable’ security plans and warned costs could ‘spiral out of control’ as the predicted bill rocketed to £20million a year. Experts claimed the couple’s jet-set lifestyle and move to Canada could leave the police unable to cope as they undertake trips to various countries in order to … Read more
British tourists are facing an agonising wait to find out if they can leave a hotel lockdown in Tenerife tonight after an Italian visitor and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. Around 1,000 guests are being kept inside the H10 Costa Adeje Palace with padlocks on the doors, police patrolling the complex and the resort … Read more
Hotel worker, 56, is diagnosed with coronavirus after testing negative EIGHT TIMES in 17 days during quarantine The 56-year-old from Sichuan Province went into isolation earlier this month Medical workers gave her eight tests, and none of them came back positive She was found to be infected yesterday after doctors performed further tests The incubation … Read more
When sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein first emerged, his wife of a decade was swift to leave him. Not only had Georgina Chapman been betrayed by her husband, but his behavior also threatened the survival of her business, the fashion brand Marchesa. Chapman, the British-born designer, filed for divorce in 2017 citing his ‘unforgivable … Read more
Hollywood’s last silent-era child star, known as ‘Baby Peggy’, has died aged 101. Diana Serra Cary, known professionally as Peggy-Jean Montgomery appeared in her first movie in 1921 aged 18 months opposite Brownie the Wonder Dog in ‘Playmates’. Over the first five years of her life she appeared in more than 150 movies. To early film … Read more
Humphry Wakefield accused mandarins who have squared up to Home Secretary Priti Patel of acting to protect their ‘relaxed life’ The father-in-law of Boris Johnson’s chief aide Dominic Cummings made an astonishing intervention in the Home Office bullying row today. Sir Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, owner of Chillingham Castle and friend of Prince Philip, accused mandarins … Read more
President Donald Trump defended Narendra Modi against protesters of a new law that they claim is anti Muslim, saying the Prime Minister wants ‘religious freedom.’ ‘He wants people to have religious freedom,’ said Trump at a press conference on Tuesday. The president wrapped up his two-day visit to India with a solo press conference. He and … Read more