Kim Jong-un to 'ramp up nuke plans' after seeing Putin 's weaknesses in Ukraine

Kevin Spacey, facing charges of assault in the UK, has received the support of the producers of Peter Five Eight, the film intended to mark his comeback after five years off screen.

Jesse Lingard is set to leave Manchester United this summer after 232 appearances and 35 goals.

Ilkay Gundogan will seek assurances over his playing time when he discusses a new contract with Manchester City.

A mum who almost lost her eyesight due to her permanent olive tan has warned others about the dangers of using sunbeds without safety goggles. Mum-of-four Cheryl Wilson was told by an optician in April that her 'foggy vision' was the result of a cataract-like growth in her right eye that would have left her partially blind if it went untreated.

A charity has been awarded a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for 30 years of improving wellbeing in BAME communities of North Manchester.

Actress and presenter Denise Welch has shared snaps of herself in a plunging swimsuit as she tells fans she “celebrates curves, lumps, bumps and saggy boobs”. The Loose Women star, 64, took to her Instagram to share the stunning shot with her 363k followers. Former Coronation Street actress Denise posed in a black and white spotted plunging swimsuit that had a cut out section at her midriff.

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, carried out an important royal duty on Saturday, ahead of the Trooping the Colour parade that will take place on Thursday 2 June, as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The annual event has marked the official birthday of the British Sovereign for over 260 years, and it is much-loved event in the British calendar, with royals gathering on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the Trooping the Colour RAF flypast each year.

When going on holiday it always seems like you have to sacrifice something to meet luggage weight requirements.

Maybole marvel Kayleigh Haggo has been picked for the Scotland Boccia team — just four months after trying the sport for the very first time.

Alex Edmonstone insists moving from Hamilton Rugby Club to Whitecraigs is a sideways step, but couldn’t turn it down, because it’s closer to home.

Liverpool and Real Madrid are set to do battle in the Champions League final tonight.Matches don't come much more stacked than this with Jurgen Klopp's side going for their seventh crown and Carlo Ancelotti's men seeking a 14th title. Both the Reds and Los Blancos have not only storied histories, but also squads brimming with talent in all areas of the pitch.And the stars who will be taking centre stage in Paris are backed by equally mesmerising WAGs, with Daily Star Sport taking a look at some of those who will be cheering their partners on from the stands.Israeli model Mishel Gerzig has tamed bad boy Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who has had a long line of partners through the years, with the pair going public on their relationship last year.

Conspiracy theorists stormed to social media after a strange glitch appeared on a weather monitoring app, claiming a government organisation is controlling the weather.The glitch saw a ring of rain expanding towards a town in Australia called Bairnsdale, and people thought it was manmade.Theorists took to social media straight away to speculate on the strange formation. Many users claimed that the strange weather sensation was caused by an organisation called HAARP.The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Programme (HAARP) is a scientific project which studies the atmosphere of earth using a series of complex satellites and antennas.Social media users were quick to suggest they were behind the strange phenomenon, as well as suggesting their antennas could even be altering our thoughts.One user said the so-called rain explosion was proof “they weren’t being discreet to anyone”.Another, perhaps light-heartedly, said the image was proof of “Government controlling our weather again”.A Climate Feedback report was released in 2021 in an attempt to refute conspiracy theories that the HAARP facility and its supposed ability to manipulate the weather, cause natural disasters and even affect human thought.“The facility is a high-frequency (shortwave radio) transmitter and doesn’t transmit low-frequency vibrations,” the report said.“HAARP analyses physics phenomena in the uppermost part of the atmosphere (known as the ionosphere) by studying the small heating effects the transmitter creates there that last for only a few seconds.

You prefer to make your own mind up but sometimes it is necessary to gain a partner or someone else’s approval before you can act on your decisions. If you sense they may not like your ideas, be diplomatic. Stay calm and you will find a way to talk them around to your way of thinking.You will be first to be given the chance of a plum assignment.

beauty influencer has shared the horrific consequences of a woman who would constantly reapply her makeup after not removing it from the day before. James Welsh, who has gained 1.42million YouTube subscribers by giving tips for makeup and skincare, took to TikTok to share the story of Theresa Lynch.

Champions League final.In the now-famous game between Liverpool and AC Milan in Istanbul, Riise had the opportunity to win the game with their third spot-kick after Milan missed two penalties. But things did not go to plan for the red-haired wingback, whose fluffed penalty saw him fume at fellow team-mate Jamie Carragher.The Norwegian exclusively told Ladbrokes: “I had severe cramp by the time the shootout came around, having played the 90 minutes and extra-time.

'Kebab's done right' reads a sign in the window of the branch of German Doner Kebab (GDK) in Stockport. Perhaps it should read 'kebabs with hype.'

North Korean government has always insisted that there had been no Covid-19 cases within its country’s borders.But today Pyongyang admitted for the first time that the pandemic had spread to North Korea.Leader Kim Jong-un has for the last two years been boasting that his country’s strict "quarantine front” had held firm when every other country in the world’s defences had failed.“There has been the biggest emergency incident in the country, with a hole in our emergency quarantine front, that has been kept safely over the past two years and three months since February 2020,” the official KCNA news agency said.Kim has now ordered a strict national lockdown after revealing that there has been an Omicron outbreak in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Kim Jong-un once reportedly executed a general by throwing him into a piranha-filled fish tank. It's just one of the barbaric methods said to have been used to execute those who have disobeyed the leader since he came into power into 2011.Other methods include blasting officials to pieces with an anti-tank gun, hangings and burning a prisoner to death using flamethrowers.Kim reportedly had the giant fish tank built inside Ryongsong Residence, one of his presidential palaces.The victim’s arms and torso were cut open with knives before he was thrown into the tank filled with hundreds of piranhas from Brazil, said reports.Some believe Kim got the idea for the piranha-execution method from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me in which villain Karl Stromberg kills his enemies by dropping them into an aquarium filled with sharks.The unfortunate victim is among at least 16 senior aides who have been bumped off with others including his army chief and the ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia.

North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile into the sea just days after the last test.Kim Jong-un's missile was projected off the North Korean east coast, according to South Korea’s military, and Yonhap news agency believes it was a submarine-launched ballistic missile.Japan's defence ministry also confirmed this, as they tweeted that the projectile could be a ballistic missile.Reports say there has been a significant increase in missile testing by North Korea this year, with leader Kim stating the exercises are being carried out to protect the country from foreign threats to the state, reports the Mirror.In a speech at a military parade last week, he also claimed his nuclear force was not only tasked with preventing war through deterrence, but potentially carrying out strikes against anyone who violates the North's "fundamental interests.’'On Wednesday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, after Pyongyang vowed to develop its nuclear forces "at the fastest possible speed".The United States assessed that North Korea was preparing its Punggye-ri nuclear test site and could be ready to conduct a test there as early as this month, State Department deputy spokesperson Jalina Porter said.This incident comes as South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol takes office on Tuesday.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here .North Korea has said that it opposes war and that its nuclear weapons are for self-defence.

Kim-Jong Un has banned citizens from wearing tight trousers — because he fears the garments are 'indecent'.The Supreme Leader of North Korea issued the fashion decree after increasing numbers of young people were spotted wearing skinny jeans.But the newfound popularity for skin-tight trousers, which appears to have finally caught on several years after the height of the 'hipster' trend in the West, has drawn the ire of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.The state-run youth organisation has reportedly began filming women in their 20s and 30s who wear the offending item before taking them to task, reports The Sun.After being caught in the act, the ladies are hauled into local branches of the SPYL for a Stalinesque self-criticism session, where they are made to write out letters promising not to wear them ever again.Once released, the footage of them in the trousers is held on to by League members and used as instructional material.In one video, the women were even described as having “indecent clothes” and “impure ideology”. Other forbidden looks include dyed hair, mullets, shirts featuring Western brands and facial piercings.

North Korea has launched a "possible ballistic missile" just days after Kim Jong-un said he was prepared to use his nuclear arsenal. The Japanese Defence Ministry confirmed the launch this morning (May 4), writing on Twitter: "A possible ballistic missile was launched from North Korea.