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US actress Sally Kellerman, whose roles included Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 film M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 84. Her role in the dark comedy about US Army medics in the Korean war earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. She worked with director Altman again on films including Brewster McCloud, The Player and Pret-a-Porter.

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Pablo Tarazaga-Orero, 28, is said to have assaulted a woman at the property. The accused also allegedly destroyed a vase belonging to the singer. He said to have 'used violence' to have forced entry into the north London home. Tarazaga-Orero, originally from Spain, was barred from going within 250 metres of Styles after he was found guilty of stalking in 2019. In 2021 he was cleared of breaching the order after contacting Styles.

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With Russian forces in neighbouring Syria, Washington its unswerving ally and about a million citizens with ties to the former Soviet Union, Israel is seeking a delicate balance in the Ukraine crisis.

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Fernando Alonso was forced out of his car on the final day of Formula One pre-season testing in Barcelona after the vehicle went up in smoke. The Spaniard, world champion in 2005 and 2006, recorded a faster lap than reigning champion Max Verstappen on Friday. But a promising morning for his Alpine team turned nasty when smoke billowed out of the vehicle at turn 13 on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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British airlines have been banned from landing at Russia's airports and from crossing its airspace, the Russian civil aviation regulator has said. Russia said the move was a response to "the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities". On Thursday, the UK banned Russia's national airline Aeroflot from landing in Britain.

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Kim Kardashian has asked a court to ignore Ye’s attempts to slow down their divorce and end their marriage as soon as possible. She filed documents in Los Angeles Superior Court late Wednesday saying Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West, in his own recent filing, began adding conditions to the divorce that would mean changing the couples’ prenuptial agreement, and is seeking protections that are unnecessary and based on falsehoods. Kardashian said it’s clear that he is simply attempting to delay, and is causing damage by doing so.

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American actor and director Sean Penn is in Kyiv, making a documentary about Russia’s attack, says the Ukrainian president’s office. US actor-director photographed attending a government news conference in Kyiv and seen meeting with President Zelenskyy in a video.

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A court in Islamabad has sentenced to death the tycoon’s son who raped and murdered Noor Mukadam, a case that sparked outrage in Pakistan. Mukadam, 27, the daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat, was held captive, tortured and beheaded in July last year by Zahir Jaffer, a member of a well-known industrialist family. Jaffer, 30, a Pakistani-American citizen, is thought to have attacked Mukadam after she refused his marriage proposal.

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Queen Elizabeth II postponed two virtual audiences as she continued to experience cold-like symptoms from COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. It was the second time this week that Elizabeth, 95, had canceled virtual sessions. However, she spoke by telephone with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday in what was seen as an encouraging sign of her recovery.

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, leaving at least two people dead. Several others are reported to be injured. Several houses and other buildings were also damaged in the quake.

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Medvedev will become the 27th male player to reach the top spot after Djokovic was beaten in a shock 6-4 7-6 defeat to world No 123 Jiri Vesely.

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The logo of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom is being removed from the jerseys of German soccer team Schalke following Russia’s wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday. Schalke said the logo will be replaced by lettering reading “Schalke 04” instead following what it called “recent developments.” A senior Gazprom executive had already quit the supervisory board of Schalke earlier Thursday after being a target of U.S. sanctions.

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UEFA will move this year's Champions League final from St Petersburg in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Thursday. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has called an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee on Friday morning and it is expected to agree on moving the final.

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Lindsay Lohan, who joined TikTok earlier this month, has gone viral for sharing how to actually pronounce her last name. "Hey everyone, it's Lindsay Lohan, and guess what?" Lohan said in her first video, which was posted on Feb. 7 and widely shared on Wednesday. "I'm on TikTok!" She placed the emphasis on the first syllable of her last name, stressing the "o" instead of the "a." Many fans realized they've been mispronouncing her name for years.

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Rafa Nadal extended his winning run in 2022 to 12 matches in his best start to a season in his career, dismissing American Stefan Kozlov 6-0 6-3 in Acapulco on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament.

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Iran's chief negotiator called on Western governments Thursday to take the necessary decisions to seal a deal at talks in Vienna on reviving a landmark 2015 nuclear agreement. "No matter how close we are to the finish line, there is not necessarily a guarantee to cross it," Ali Bagheri tweeted after flying back to Tehran for consultations on the talks, which Iran says have reached a "critical" stage. "To finish the job, there are certain decisions that Western parties must make," Bagheri said, without spelling out what they were.

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It is admired the world over as an exquisite depiction of maternal grief. But Michelangelo's "Pieta" has overshadowed two other moving sculptures on the same subject by the Renaissance giant. That is why Florence's Opera del Duomo museum in Italy is putting on display together for the first time all three versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son Jesus Christ. The Tuscan museum's original "Bandini" goes on show Thursday alongside casts of the "Pieta" and "Rondanini", which are on loan from the Vatican Museums.

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Woman who lived in Spain 5,300 years ago had holes drilled into her skull to treat an aural infection – and survived the grisly procedure, study reveals. The skull was found in an ancient tomb the Dolmen of El Pendón in Burgos, Spain. An analysis shows the skull once belonged to a woman aged between 35 and 50. She underwent two rounds of mastoidectomy - surgery to eliminate an infection.

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