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Hollywood star Rebel Wilson has appeared in court in Sydney to defend claims by fellow Australian actress Charlotte MacInnes that she made defamatory statements. The Bridesmaids actress is being sued by MacInnes – who stars in Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb – over a series of Instagram posts in 2024 …

King Charles III and Queen Camilla landed in Washington DC on Monday for their first state visit to the United States. It is the first such visit by the reigning monarch to the US since Queen Elizabeth II met President George W Bush in 2007. After landing at Joint Base …

Cole Tomas Allen is accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Dinner armed with a shotgun, a handgun and three knives on Saturday He has now been charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and two firearms offences. BBC News correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports on what happened inside the …

Donald and Melania Trump have called for Jimmy Kimmel to be sacked after the late-night talk show host made a joke about the first lady. Source link

Investigators say the 31-year-old California man wanted to kill as many high-level officials as possible. BBC News

The King and Queen have had tea with Donald Trump after arriving for their US state visit – here’s what the royals have been up to so far and what’s to come later today. It’s the first state visit to the US by a British monarch since 2007, when Queen …

Jay Bryant, 52, changed his plea on Monday, admitting that he helped others get into a building to ambush the pioneering rapper and deejay. BBC News

King Charles will address the US Congress on Tuesday and it is expected to express sympathy over Saturday’s gun attack. BBC News

There are a few details we know about Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. We know he’s 31, from Torrance in California, and that he is said to have worked for a tutoring company for college age students. He describes himself as a mechanical …

The fund – which Canadians can invest in directly – will help pay for major infrastructure projects in the country, the prime minister says. BBC News

Star lodges applications for a photo and two audio clips in apparent attempt to protect her image and voice. BBC News

The BBC’s Tom Bateman recounts the scene from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after gunshots went off. BBC News

Questions have been raised about security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. BBC News

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will make their first state visit to the United States as monarchs to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The King is also expected to address a joint meeting of Congress. The visit comes at a time of strained relations between the United …

In a parody days before the White House Correspondents Dinner, Kimmel called Melania an “expectant widow”. BBC News

A Florida man charged with murdering two university students asked ChatGPT about putting a person someone in a black bin bag into a dustbin, prosecutors allege. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, is accused of killing Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27 and doctoral students based at the University of South Florida …

Asked about his recollection of “going down” as he was led from the room by security agents, he recalled how he “started walking with them [the security team]. I turned, I started walking, and they said, ‘Please go down. Please go down on the floor.’ BBC News

The suspected gunman at the White House press dinner sent a note to members of his family before the shooting, according to Sky News’ US partner network, NBC News. In it, Cole Allen, 31, apologised to his parents, as well as colleagues and bystanders, for what he was about to …

King Charles and Queen Camilla will visit Washington DC, New York and Virginia during their four-day trip. BBC News

The British monarch returns to the US on Monday, a country he has been visiting for decades. BBC News