Jussie Smollett is facing new charges of lying to police about a racist, anti-gay attack he allegedly staged on himself in Chicago.

The actor had claimed he was walking home in January 2019 when masked men approached him, made racist and homophobic remarks, beat him and looped a noose around his neck before fleeing.

He had also claimed one of the

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The family of a "kind and fun-loving" British backpacker missing in New Zealand have said they are "desperate for information" after she was last seen on Friday.

Stephanie Simpson, 32, from Essex, planned to go hiking at Mount Aspiring National Park on the South Island over the weekend.

Friends last heard from her on Friday when she told them she

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Vanessa Bryant has posted a heartbreaking message about losing husband Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gigi, saying: "God I wish they were here."

The basketball legend was killed along with eight other people, including 13-year-old Gianna (Gigi), when the helicopterhe was travelling in crashed in Calabasas, California, north of Los Angeles, last

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A Sinn Fein MP has defended shouting "up the 'Ra" during his Irish election victory speech. 

David Cullinane, the party's Brexit spokesman, said the comment to supporters happened in "the excitement of the night".

He called getting elected on Sunday a "very emotional day" but insisted the comment was about the past - not the future.

A clip of his

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Lebanon's foreign minister has warned that his country faces becoming a failed state if the population doesn't accept painful structural economic reforms. 

Speaking exclusively to Sky News, ahead of a crucial vote of confidence in the government, Nassif Hitti said that he understood the frustrations of the people after months of protests across the

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Three-time World Cup winner Pele is "depressed" and reluctant to leave his house because he cannot walk unaided due to his poor health, his son has said.

The Brazilian, thought by some to be the greatest player in history, will be 80 in October and was treated in Paris in April for a urinary infection.

Pele, full name Edson Arantes do Nascimento,

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