Three captured Brits fighting in Ukraine could face death penalty for 'monstrous crimes'

A California judge found Monday that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star's wedding to go to trial on a felony stalking charge. After a two-hour preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that 40-year-old Jason Allen Alexander should be held to answer on the charge, along with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, vandalism and battery, court records showed. Not guilty pleas to all the charges were entered by an attorney for Alexander, who did not attend and remains jailed.

Family date night! Ashlee Simpson and ex-husband Pete Wentz’s son, Bronx, joined his mom for a rare dinner out in London — and he looks just like his dad!

EastEnders will kill off the character Lola Pearce played by actress Danielle Harold, it has been reported.The straight-talking Lola, who first appeared in 2011, will allegedly die from a brain tumour mirroring the real-life death of The Wanted's Tom Parker, reports The Sun.They claim that Lola will finally settle down and fall in love with her former boyfriend Jay Brown before her illness takes hold and leaves her in a dire situation.READ NEXT: EastEnders real-life scandals - 'triple firing', webcam scandal and murder convictionViewers of the BBC One soap will be heartbroken as they watch the lovebirds torn apart by her terminal diagnosis.Jay, played by Jamie Borthwick, will nurse Lola until her final, heartbreaking end, to be screened later this year.BBC soap bosses are determined the exit of the popular character will be handled with “grace and care”, and have worked alongside a brain tumour charity to create the emotional scripts.Lola first made her debut on Albert Square over a decade ago as the granddaughter of Billy Mitchell and Juliet Perkins.Her biggest storylines include a teenage pregnancy after a one-night stand with her cousin Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe/Harry Reid/Max Bowden) and fighting to keep newborn daughter Lexi out of care.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Danielle returned to the role of Lola in 2019, and her most recent plotline was as the love interest of Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basaula), who was battling schizophrenia.Loyal fans have taken to social media to share their upset about the rumours regarding Lola’s exit.One wrote on Twitter: “Noooo. Danielle is a fantastic actress.

police have revealed.The rubber-clad character was seen around a couple of sleepy Somerset villages – Claverham and Yatton – more than two years ago but, despite arresting two people, cops never got to the bottom of the mystery.Now, residents are once again being traumatised by a man wearing the obscene bodysuit outfit. READ MORE: The unsolved mystery of the Claverham 'Gimp Man' who terrorised Somerset residentsOn Sunday (June 26), Gimp Man reportedly walked up to Kiera Elston, 19, and her boyfriend as they walked home at 1am.It was the 16th sighting of the mystery man since 2018 in and near Yatton.

Once a heartthrob, always a heartthrob. Orlando Bloom has been making fans swoon since his days as Will Turner on Pirates of the Caribbean — and nothing has changed almost two decades later.

Kendall Jenner was spotted out at a restaurant, where she was seen chatting with Devin Booker just days after their reported split.The reality star and the NBA pro were photographed smiling and talking while hanging out at Soho House in Malibu, California, on Sunday.Booker rocked a white t-shirt and some dark shades while Jenner donned a blue button-down top over a white shirt with some dark shades of her own.The pair appeared to be on good terms as they talked closely and laughed with each other while standing outside Soho House on the terrace.Also on Sunday, Jenner took to Instagram to share a summery slideshow of snapshots that also included a pic of her nude sunbathing on a deck.Many fans noticed that Booker had liked the post, despite reports of their split.A post shared by Kendall (@kendalljenner)While Jenner and Booker have kept their relationship relatively private since they sparked romance rumors in June 2020, they had gone more public with their love in the last year, with Booker accompanying Jenner to Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's wedding in Italy just last month.Last Wednesday, a source told ET that the pair had split, but could get back together. «Kendall feels like they're on different paths,» one source shared, while another said that the two «have had discussions about their future but they are not on the same page.»For more on their relationship, see the video below.

Bono shocked fans with an incredible confession, revealing that he has a half-brother that he did not know about for decades. The U2 singer recently detailed his relationship with him and how he found out about his existence, during a recent interview with BBC Radio.“I have another brother, whom I love and adore, who I didn’t know I had,” he explained, adding that he only knew about him in 2000, because it was all kept secret.Bono says he is now “at peace” with it, as his mother Iris, who died in 1974, had no idea that her husband had another child as result of an affair.“It’s a very close family and I could tell that my father had a deep friendship with this gorgeous woman, who’s part of the family,” the singer said. “And then they had a child.

Selena Gomez has revealed that she doesn’t give out her trust to a lot of people.

Heidi Klum and husband Tom Kaulitz looked in love as ever as they walked through a rainy New York City with arms wrapped.The blonde bombshell, 49, smiled as she strolled with her fingers interwoven with the 32-year-old guitarist's.They matched each other in black outfits, looking carefree as droplets of rain fell on them. Loved-up:Heidi Klum and husband Tom Kaulitz looked in love as ever as they walked through a rainy New York City with arms wrappedThe longtime supermodel put on a fashionable display in a short-sleeved, wide-leg jumper.It featured gold hardware and highlighted her trim waistline with a matching belt that she secured for a snug fit.

James Corden blasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle federal protections for abortion rights in a new video posted online on Monday.

Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman of the pop-punk group Green Day, declared his intention to renounce his American citizenship after the Supreme Court removed a woman's constitutional right to an abortion by overturning Roe V Wade. "F**k America," Armstrong said during a concert in London, England on Friday evening. "I'm f***king renouncing my citizenship.

WWE ring announcer and back stage interviewer, posted on Twitter that her mother fell pregnant after being sexually assaulted by an unknown man.The Alabama-born sports broadcaster's tweet came a day after the US supreme court overturned the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling, which granted American women the right to terminate a pregnancy. READ MORE:Mum and daughter, 6, gang-raped in moving car after accepting lift from group of men26 have or are, in the case of Alabama amongst others, expected to now ban abortions.In her Twitter post, Braxton said: "I am a product of rape.

The Dark Knight rises … again? Christian Bale said he’d be willing to slip into his Batman cowl again, but it would have to be under very specific circumstances.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAfter eight seasons and 175 episodes, ABC’s “Black-ish” has definitely ended its run with a real legacy. Star Tracee Ellis Ross agrees. “I really hope that our show leaves a promise of what it is to see an American family that is Black, and that we are universally identifiable,” she tells Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast.

Naman Ramachandran Leading entertainment marketing and content production company Trailer Park Group is continuing its Asia Pacific expansion drive with the hiring of two key executives.The company, which recently acquired Mumbai-based boutique creative agency White Turtle Studios, has appointed Tamagna Ghosh as APAC MD, and Gina Grosso as senior VP of global production, both reporting into group CEO Rick Eiserman. Specializing in streaming, film, gaming, technology and lifestyle brand clients, including Amazon, Disney, HBO, Netflix and Xbox, the group has production capabilities across its specialty studios – Trailer Park, Art Machine, MXW, Mirada, and now White Turtle Studios.Mumbai-based Ghosh joins from Amazon India, where during his six years as head of creative marketing for Prime Video, he led campaigns for hit originals “The Family Man,” “Mirzapur,” “Paatal Lok” and “Made in Heaven.” During a previous stint with Walt Disney Studios he introduced Indian localized theatrical marketing strategies for the Avengers and Star Wars franchises and for “The Jungle Book.” He will be in charge of Trailer Park’s expansion across the APAC entertainment and gaming landscape, which is expected to include further mergers and acquisitions and significant investment in state-of-the-art technology.

Sasha Urban editorMuna is not the band it was three years ago. Of course, the world isn’t the same, either.When Muna’s second studio album, “Saves the World,” was released in 2019, COVID wasn’t a household word, Trump was still president and, notably, Phoebe Bridgers had not yet started her own record label.

Never say never? Gary King and Daisy Kelliher got off to a rocky start when they met in Below Deck Sailing Yacht — but the twosome continue to fuel dating speculation since becoming friends.

Two British soldiers captured whilst fighting in Ukraine have been 'sentenced to death' and are now set to face a firing squad it has been reported.

Two British soldiers captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels in what Foreign Secretary Liz Truss branded a "sham judgment."

Russia is attempting to link a British "mercenary" facing a possible "death penalty" to a "mass grave" which allegedly contains over 280 civilian corpses in Ukraine. A state-run news agency claimed to have snapped a "diary" of fighter Andrew Hill, 35, from Plymouth, who surrendered to Vladimir Putin's army.

Putin army after he went to fight in Ukraine has been dragged in front of a court and accused of being a mercenary.Aiden Aslin from Newark, Nottinghamshire, was captured in the city of Mariupol back in April by forces from the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), which is supported by Russia.The 28-year-old who goes by the name "Johnny" quit his job as a caseworker back home to volunteer with Ukrainian marines back in 2018.Following his capture earlier this year, horrifying images emerged showing him in a beaten state, raising his arms to reveal the handcuffs keeping his wrists tied.With a nasty looking bruise on his forehead, Aiden also appeared to have suffered a swollen right eye.Now, a DPR court says Mr Aslin has been charged with operating as a mercenary and could potentially face the death penalty.A statement from their Telegram published in Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti read: "Taking into account wartime, based on the provisions of the current criminal law, as a result of the trial, the mercenary may be given an exceptional measure of punishment – the death penalty"The report also suggested that a long prison sentence could also be likely.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Following the capture of Aiden and other foreign volunteer fighters, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov commented that "foreign mercenaries" do not have the status of combatants under international humanitarian law.Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike new targets if the US supplies longer-range missiles to Ukraine.