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"Priceless" jewellery has been stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris - as authorities revealed details of the daring raid that has forced the closure of the world famous landmark.

The Metropolitan Police is looking into reports that Prince Andrew asked an officer to help with an attempted smear campaign against the woman who accused him of sexual assault.

Pete Aitken says his daughter Hannah would still be alive if she hadn't been sent to a series of "failing" mental health hospitals, which made her increasingly unwell.

Exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has claimed that Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to strike a deal on Ukraine with Donald Trump.

Sam Rivers, the bassist with US nu-metal group Limp Bizkit, has died aged 48, his bandmates have said.

Thousands of so-called "No Kings" rallies are being held across the US to protest at what organisers are calling Donald Trump's "crackdowns on First Amendment rights".

Two British women have become the first female crew to row non-stop and unaided across the Pacific.

A large volume of foam that mysteriously appeared on a river is being investigated by the Environment Agency.

Two survivors of a US airstrike, targeting what Donald Trump has described as a "drug-carrying submarine" in the Caribbean, have been repatriated to their home countries.

One of the best-known and most reliable meteor showers is due to peak later this week as debris left by Halley's Comet will streak across the night sky.