Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind could fetch £29MILLION at auction

Ultra-rare pink diamond considered the biggest ever of its kind and described as ‘completely pure’ could fetch £29MILLION at Swiss auction Dubbed ‘Spirit of the Rose’ after Russian ballet it is going up for sale Wednesday  14.83-ct rock is believed to be largest ever in ‘fancy vivid purple-pink’ category Just one percent of all the pink … Read more

Vladimir Putin to ‘quit in January’ amid ‘Parkinson’s disease fears’

Vladimir Putin ‘will quit as Russian President in January amid fears he has Parkinson’s disease’, Moscow sources claim Putin, 68, is being urged to quit by his former gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva, 37 Recent footage of Putin’s legs swinging as he clutched a chair raised eyebrows Russian president’s odd ‘gunslinger’s gait’ has been noted by … Read more

Putin ‘will quit in January amid fears he has Parkinson’s disease’, Moscow sources claim

Vladimir Putin ‘will quit as Russian President in January amid fears he has Parkinson’s disease’, Moscow sources claim Putin, 68, is being urged to quit by his former gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva, 37 Recent footage of Putin’s legs swinging as he clutched a chair raised eyebrows Russian president’s odd ‘gunslinger’s gait’ has been noted by … Read more

Russia begins casting for ‘first feature film to be shot on the International Space Station’

Casting for the ‘first feature film to be shot on the International Space Station’ is starting in Russia as the country hopes to beat Tom Cruise and the US to the punch. In a new space race, that pits Hollywood against the Russian entertainment industry, both movies are expected to be filmed in the second … Read more

Russia’s ‘sausage king’ tortured to death after being shot with a crossbow while relaxing in a sauna

Russia’s ‘sausage king’ is tortured to death after being shot with a crossbow while relaxing in a sauna with his girlfriend Vladimir Marugov, 54, was tortured for an hour on a family estate near Moscow He had been relaxing in the sauna with girlfriend Sabina Gaziyeva, who escaped Marugov, who was going through a divorce, owned … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn’s backers vow to set up hard-Left ‘Old Labour’ party

Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-Left backers vow to set up breakaway ‘Old Labour’ rebel party after former leader was suspended over anti-Semitism row The radical call was made by the party’s former frontbencher Chris Williamson He said Labour was ‘dead as a vehicle for socialism…for progressive change Mr Corbyn was suspended after appearing to undermine bombshell report  … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-Left backers vow to set up breakaway ‘Old Labour’ rebel party

Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-Left backers vow to set up breakaway ‘Old Labour’ rebel party after former leader was suspended over anti-Semitism row The radical call was made by the party’s former frontbencher Chris Williamson He said Labour was ‘dead as a vehicle for socialism…for progressive change Mr Corbyn was suspended after appearing to undermine bombshell report  … Read more

Sir Sean Connery’s career in pictures: From 1950s to noughties, the 007 icon’s other notable roles

Born Thomas Sean Connery in Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge area on August 25 1930, the actor left school at an early age and took his first job as a milkman. At 16 he enlisted in the Royal Navy but was discharged three years later on medical grounds after suffering a stomach ulcer. His first major step into … Read more

Russian source of Trump dossier denies links to infamous report

A Russian woman identified as a key source in the dossier by British counterintelligence specialist Christopher Steele dossier is a former employee of Kremlin-owned state media. Steele’s infamous report was leaked weeks before Trump’s inauguration, alleging Russian influence over him and contained salacious information about his reported conduct in a Moscow hotel room during the … Read more

FBI warned Facebook of Russian interference, says Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg revealed Wednesday he was warned by the FBI to be on the lookout for the spread of ‘hack-and-leak’ disinformation, including ‘troves’ of documents, as the Facebook CEO defended his decision to limit the reach of the New York Post article revealing damaging contents of Hunter Biden’s emails. The Facebook chief executive told lawmakers … Read more