US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a “foreign actor” had a hand in the RAF Fairford incident, pushing the investigation into a new international phase. British counter-terror police are examining possible foreign-state proxies, but no country has been publicly identified and Iran denies involvement.

Dennis Haskins, the actor who became instantly recognisable as Principal Richard Belding in Saved By The Bell, has died aged 75. From the original Bayside High years to The New Class, Haskins played the character for more than a decade and remained closely connected to the fans who never forgot Mr Belding.

Todd Rundgren has delivered one of the bluntest Taylor Swift critiques yet, declaring there is an argument that she has “ruined music” and describing her as the “apotheosis of mediocrity.”

But the veteran musician did not stop there. He questioned Swift’s singing, songwriting and dancing, praised Lady Gaga in contrast, and offered an extraordinary theory connecting the rise of female pop stars to young men turning towards video games.

Manchester City’s enormous financial battle with the Premier League may be nowhere near finished. After years of investigations, confidential hearings and legal arguments, the possibility has emerged that the dispute could continue for years more.

Examine why the appeal process could become the most important stage of the entire case, how the timing of any sanction could collide with an active Premier League season, and why rival clubs could potentially create another wave of legal disputes even after the central case ends.

Insight into Manchester City’s history of challenging Premier League financial regulations, the league’s confidential disciplinary system and the uncomfortable possibility that English football could spend several more seasons waiting for genuine finality.

Sylvester Stallone built one of Hollywood’s most enduring images of strength. Rocky Balboa kept getting up. Rambo survived the impossible. But in July 2012, Stallone received a phone call that left him facing something no amount of toughness could defeat.

His eldest son, Sage Stallone, was dead at just 36.

Fourteen years later, Stallone has described the stark words used to tell him, his initial inability to process what “gone” meant, the guilt that followed and the moment days later when the grief finally broke through.

Taylor Swift arrived at the 2026 VMAs with a major reveal already prepared. She accepted the inaugural Artist Director Honors award and premiered her new “Patient Zero” music video starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.

But then fans noticed something else. During her speech, Swift said she had been involved in making “roughly 60” music videos across her 20-year career — while fans counting the catalogue believe “Patient Zero” brings the total to 59. It could simply be rounding.

Or it could be exactly the kind of apparently casual detail that has fueled Taylor Swift theories for years. With the 20th anniversary of her debut approaching and three other new Encore tracks now available, speculation has quickly shifted to one question: if “Patient Zero” is number 59, does Taylor Swift already know what number 60 will be?

Zahara Marley Jolie has made official what the public had already begun to notice. The 21-year-old daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is now legally known without Pitt in her surname after a California court approved her name change on September 28, 2026.

But the significance goes beyond a celebrity changing four letters on official paperwork.

Zahara had already begun publicly using Jolie, and other members of the family have made their own legal changes. That turns an individual decision into part of a much bigger story about adulthood, identity and what happens when the children inside one of Hollywood’s most famous families begin defining themselves on their own terms.

Taylor Swift has collected some of the biggest awards in music, broken extraordinary records and transformed album releases into global events. But her latest honour recognises something very different.

At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, Swift became the first-ever recipient of the Artist Director Honors — an award created to recognise musical artists whose work behind the camera has advanced visual storytelling.

And the timing is impossible to ignore.

With Swift premiering her self-directed “Patient Zero” video, winning Best Direction for “Opalite” and continuing to build increasingly cinematic worlds around her music, the bigger story may be the creative transformation happening behind the spectacle.

Ariana Grande has done something unusual for a superstar at the peak of global attention: she has deliberately become less visible.

After completing the Eternal Sunshine Tour in London, Grande stepped back from public-facing appearances and walked away from major commitments while insisting that the decision was planned, positive and entirely her own.

So what does Ariana Grande’s life look like now? Why was she willing to leave major opportunities behind? And does disappearing from public life actually mean disappearing from music and acting?

There is also one enormous date approaching.

Focker-In-Law, Grande’s new film alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, arrives in cinemas on November 25 — creating the first obvious moment when the world may see her properly re-emerge.

But her return may not look anything like fans expect.

For 50 years, Songs in the Key of Life seemed complete. Then Stevie Wonder opened the vault.

Four previously unreleased recordings from the original 1970s sessions have now been released as a new anniversary EP: “It’s Easier,” “My Life Story of Love,” “I Can See the Sun In Late December” and “I’m Into Livin’.”

These are not modern recreations or newly written additions. They were recorded during the creative period that produced Wonder’s landmark 1976 album and have finally received an official release exactly half a century later.

Joe Biden is once again at the centre of extraordinary online speculation, with searches and social-media claims asking whether the former US president has died.

But behind the viral posts is a much more complicated — and genuine — health story. Biden was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer in 2025 after the disease had spread to his bones, and his public appearances have become increasingly limited.

Yet just weeks ago, Biden personally said his radiation treatment had worked as intended and discussed finishing his presidential memoir. So why are death rumours spreading now?

Kyiv has been rocked by fresh explosions only hours after a deadly day of Russian drone attacks across Ukraine. More than 120 drones were reported during September 28, around 90 of them jet-powered, as nine people were killed across the country and more than 80 were injured.

In Kyiv, the National Academy of Sciences was struck. Then, before dawn on September 29, missile warnings returned, explosions were heard across the capital and new fires and damage were reported.

Jackie Chan has once again become the subject of a viral death rumour, with posts and searches asking whether the legendary action star has died spreading rapidly online. But the evidence behind the claim tells a very different story.

We examine what is actually known, why there is currently no verified confirmation of Jackie Chan’s death, and why the 72-year-old actor has repeatedly become the target of bizarre internet death hoaxes.

There is also a much bigger story underneath the celebrity gossip. Artificial intelligence can now generate convincing photographs of events that never happened, while social platforms can turn a single unsupported claim into something that appears to have dozens of independent sources.

The Jackie Chan rumour exposes how dramatically the rules of online verification are changing — and why the next viral image deserves far more scrutiny than the last.

Three white vans apparently travelling towards RAF Fairford triggered an extraordinary security response in the Gloucestershire countryside. Armed police arrived, five men were arrested, dozens of households were evacuated and an Army explosive ordnance disposal team began examining the vehicles using specialist equipment.

The five suspects — British nationals in their 20s from London — have since been released on bail and remain under investigation. But that development leaves the biggest questions unanswered.

What exactly were investigators looking for inside the vans? Was RAF Fairford genuinely connected to whatever was being planned? Were other people involved? And could the investigation ultimately extend beyond Britain?

A market. A bridge. And in a matter of moments, dozens of people dead or wounded.

At least 33 people are said to have been killed after an airstrike hit Kyauktaw in western Myanmar — but this is not an isolated tragedy. Behind Monday’s devastation sits a much larger story about a war increasingly reaching into the places civilians are supposed to be safest.

DR Congo's Ebola outbreak has surged beyond 8,000 confirmed cases, with 3,901 deaths as the Bundibugyo virus spreads across seven provinces.

It is now the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo's history. Huge gaps in contact tracing mean many new infections are still being discovered outside surveillance networks, raising urgent questions over whether authorities can finally break the chains of community transmission.

Taylor Swift premieres “Patient Zero” at the 2026 MTV VMAs, transforming her new single into a gothic ghost story starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.

The cinematic video combines psychological thriller, true-crime and supernatural influences as two women become linked by the same sinister relationship.

Swift also wins Video of the Year and Best Direction and receives the inaugural Artist Director Honors, extending her all-time VMA record to 33.

The Manchester City financial case may not end with a points deduction. If serious findings survive the appeal process, rival Premier League clubs could begin asking what happens to the seasons already played.

Manchester United finished directly behind City in two Premier League-winning campaigns during the relevant period. Liverpool came within two points in 2013/14. Arsenal and Tottenham could have different questions involving European qualification, prize money and lost commercial revenue.

Could historic titles actually be stripped? Would runners-up automatically become champions? Or is a wave of compensation claims far more realistic?

We rank the clubs with the clearest potential interest and examine the extraordinary legal and sporting chain reaction that could follow.

Because punishing Manchester City today is one thing.

Working out what should happen to the past could be much harder.

Manchester City could be heading towards one of the most extraordinary sporting punishments English football has ever seen. With their vast Premier League financial case entering a decisive new phase, attention is rapidly turning from whether City could receive a points deduction to just how large that deduction might become.

Would 10 points matter? Almost certainly not enough to threaten survival. What about 20 or 30? And what happens if the punishment reaches 40 or even 50 points?

We break down the mathematics, the Premier League’s previous financial sanctions, historic English football deductions and the point at which a Manchester City title challenge could transform into something almost unimaginable: a relegation battle.

There is still an appeal process ahead and no final sanction has been announced. But if the punishment is enormous, the Premier League table could look unlike anything football has seen before.

Taylor Swift has reopened the curtain on The Life Of A Showgirl — and the four songs waiting behind it are far more revealing than their mysterious titles first suggested. “Patient Zero” revisits the fallout of a toxic relationship. “Cleveland!” makes Swift’s love for Travis Kelce unmistakable while confronting the criticism surrounding her. “Pink Clouding” takes an unexpectedly vulnerable turn into remorse and responsibility.

Then “Babylon” closes the collection by exploring what happens when a lost relationship grows larger in memory after it disappears.

We examine how four tracks written with Max Martin and Shellback in Sweden create a surprisingly complete emotional arc — and why The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore may have changed the ending of the entire era.