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Best and worst is a regular interview in which a celebrity reflects on the highs and lows of their life Actor Daniel Mays began his career working with director Mike Leigh in All or Nothing and Vera Drake. Since then, he’s appeared in Ashes to Ashes, Line of Duty, Made …

Within minutes of Beyoncé releasing her new album, Cowboy Carter, there was one song dominating online discourse. Ten tracks into the brave, brilliant country-themed album, the RnB superstar drops in a cover of Dolly Parton’s 1973 classic Jolene, introduced by the same acoustic guitar picking that makes it one of …

I selected quotes from professor Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.

Israel may not be able to destroy Hamas despite five months of intense fighting in Gaza, intelligence officials have admitted. The main objective of the Gaza invasion faces failure as international support turns against Israel, sources warned. Israel believes it has dismantled Hamas’s main command and control structure in central …

The beautiful tree-lined roads up the mountainside have been turned into muddy tracks by tanks, with soldiers now patrolling where children once played freely in the 750-strong community. “I miss my children, my wife, the life we lived, the simplicity,” he said, his eldest of two just three years old. …

It was December 2001 when Starsailor first crossed paths with legendary producer Phil Spector, a pivotal moment for a fêted young band with a no2 debut album under their belt and hopes to break America. Spector, meanwhile, hadn’t worked in more than 20 years, and, two years later, in February …

A kebab shop in Kentish Town is not the first place you’d associate with the most famous woman in the world. This tiny no-frills joint on the main high street is plastered with laminated pictures of the menu, has a traffic jam honking outside the front door and serves food …

Iran is using European ports to provide cover for shipments of weapons to Hezbollah, The Telegraph can reveal. The Lebanese terror group has received missiles and bombs on ships that go on to dock in ports in Belgium, Spain and Italy, sources said. Hezbollah and Israel are close to all-out …

Hamas will not release all of its hostages, forcing Israel to “pay a lot of money” through individual deals to free its citizens, a member of Israel’s negotiating team has said. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the negotiator said there was “no way on earth” the terror group would cut …

Germany’s local councils are calling for billions of euros to spend on building a new system of bunkers and air-raid sirens to protect the population in case of war. “We need at least €1 billion [£850 million] for each of the next 10 years to protect the civilian population,” said …

SCOTUS has decided unanimously decided that states cannot choose which presidential candidates to keep off the ballot. The DoJ should follow up by ensuring its own attorneys do not interfere in the election by holding trials close to the November vote. The trials can easily be be postponed until mid-November.

More than 250 hostages were taken to Gaza when Hamas militia invaded Israel on Oct 7. In November, 105 of them – including 81 Israelis and 24 foreigners – were released from Gaza in exchange for 240 Palestinians, including 71 women and 169 children. Israel is demanding the release of …

Dressing rooms are becoming de rigueur in the stylish home – here’s how to get one without breaking the bank

Now that Trump has effectively clinched the nomination, he faces a slew of major obstacles before November. Those range from court cases to raising campaign funds, from picking a running mate to consolidating support among Republicans and winning some Independents.

Kibbutzim in southern Israel have been forced to close their doors to visitors after busloads of souvenir-hunting tourists turned the sites of the Oct 7 attacks into a “safari”. Hundreds of people now arrive daily for “war tours” of the devastated communities to take selfies with the burnt-out homes and …

Four families reveal how they transformed their kitchens into an expression of their personalities and lifestyles.

Nigerian and Indian students are shunning British universities amid government attempts to clamp down on immigration. Ucas (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) figures show the number of Nigerian students applying to start undergraduate degrees this year has fallen by 46 per cent compared to last year, to 1,590. Meanwhile, applications …

Yemen’s “Hot Houthi” claimed on Tuesday that the Iran-backed rebel group had taken 25 hostages from a hijacked cargo ship to a secret location on land. Rashid Al Haddad, 19, has emerged as the face of the Islamist militia after his TikTok videos on board the Galaxy Leader ship went …

Michelle Donelan, the Technology Secretary, was hoping to meet Brianna’s mother on Wednesday, but the talks were postponed until later in the week after Ms Ghey was caught in a major political row during a visit to Parliament. The spat broke out when Rishi Sunak mocked Sir Keir Starmer’s stance …

The suspect in the Clapham chemical attack converted to Christianity with a Baptist church that “welcomes strangers”, The Telegraph understands. Abdul Ezedi has been on the run for six days after allegedly dousing a 31-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged three and eight, with an alkaline substance and trying …

The Houthis’ reign of terror in Yemen is growing ever more brutal, with executions and public floggings on the rise in the conflict-torn country, experts and civilians say. Human rights activists, media officials and even fishermen have been targeted in recent weeks by the Houthis, who, since November, have imposed …

Russian police on Saturday detained a group of at least twenty journalists covering a demonstration by the wives of mobilised soldiers near Moscow’s Red Square. The officers appeared to target male reporters at the protest, a journalist at the march said. Video footage shows at least a dozen officers walking …

Three people were wounded in a hammer and knife attack at the Gare de Lyon railway station in the centre of Paris on Saturday, police said. One of the victims is reported to be in a serious condition and two others sustained light wounds in the attack, which took place …

Farmers in Germany blocked roads around the country’s busiest airport on Saturday as protests over prices and red tape spread across the continent. Several hundred tractors blocked the streets leading to Frankfurt Airport in protest after a fuel subsidy cut was passed by the German parliament on Friday. Farmers in …

That demilitarized zone, known as the “Philadelphi Corridor,” was established in the 1979 Egypt-Israeli treaty. Hamas uses it as a vital smuggling route.

World War Three is approaching fast, and too few are willing to admit why

The party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, has set up an offshoot in Germany to contest European elections due later this year. The Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening (DAVA), which is allied to Mr Erdogan’s AK Party, said it would run “highly decorated candidates” in the June …

The German army’s new assault rifle is not accurate enough and cannot be relied upon to work properly in battle, according to a classified report. The Bundeswehr was forced to lower testing standards for its G95A1 after it failed to pass trials using military-standard ammunition, said the report, which was …

Having spent some 30 years shaking the cymbals for American psychedelic guitar band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Joel Gion is one of the longest-serving tambourine men in rock history.

The beleaguered president is in for a world of trouble in November – but polls show him well ahead in New Hampshire, even as a write-in. A victory wouldn’t mean much, but a defeat or very weak support certainly would. Biden is likely to escape those pitfalls and go on …