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Several bands have pulled out from the Victorious music festival just hours before their scheduled performances, following claims by Irish folk group The Mary Wallopers that they were "cut off" for displaying a Palestinian flag.

The creator of a new movie about the aftermath of sexual assault says comparisons with stars including Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Michaela Coel are flattering, but "aren't ultimately helpful".

The Menendez brothers, who were sentenced to life for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, have both been denied parole.

Bridgerton creator Shonda Rhimes says filming the drama and its spin-off Queen Charlotte in England has prompted her to consider relocating to the UK.

Actor Noel Clarke has lost his High Court libel case against the publisher of The Guardian, over a series of news articles which featured claims from a number of women.

Multiple witnesses gave evidence about their experiences of working with Noel Clarke during his libel trial - including women who had "nothing to gain and everything to lose", say the Guardian journalists who carried out the investigation.

US rapper Lil Nas X has been arrested and taken to hospital after being found walking in his underwear on a Los Angeles street and allegedly charging at officers and punching one.

The growing popularity and reach of the Premier League globally is leaving rival European football competitions struggling to compete.

The sole surviving guest of a lunch where three others died after being served food laced with toxic mushrooms has told an Australian court that the actions of murderer Erin Patterson have left him feeling "half alive".

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated, and airports and schools closed after a typhoon made landfall in Vietnam.

Israel pounded the outskirts of Gaza City overnight, as Benjamin Netanyahu's government vowed to press on with a planned offensive on the city.

Thousands of Australians protested in support of the Palestinian cause on Sunday, two weeks after the country announced it would recognise a Palestinian state.