VLADIMIR Putin's ratings are plummeting as Russians turn away from state-controlled channels. In a huge warning sign for the Kremlin leader, only 71 per cent of Russians trust their president according to state-affiliated polling institute FOM. The drop of five per cent marked the steepest decline in popularity ratings for the dictator since 2019, analysts...

THIS is the shocking moment the exiled crown prince of Iran was attacked with tomato juice in Berlin. Footage showed Reza Pahlavi being splashed by the red liquid as he left a press conference. A man can be seen spraying the 65-year-old's neck and jacket with the juice before being seized and detained by cops....

THIS is the cringeworthy moment Katy Perry dipped her bank card into Rome's famous Trevi Fountain after realising she had no coins. A clip of the bizarre incident shows the pop star in a baseball cap and cream hoodie singing Someone Give Me A Penny as she stood in front of the monument. The Trevi...

UKRAINE'S medics on the front line against Russia have thanked Dua Lipa after the star's staffer raised money for a "life-saving" pickup truck. An employee of the Radical Optimism singer, 30, raised money at an event for Driving Ukraine, a charity that delivers evacuation vehicles to the war-torn country. The vehicle was transported to a...

SCAMMERS are offering shipowners fake safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for crypto payments. The revelation comes after chilling audio captured the moment a duped sailor begged Iran to let it turn back as it came under fire while passing through the waterway. Iran shut the crucial oil chokepoint again less than 24 hours...

HUNDREDS of alleged members of a notorious gang faced a mass trial in El Salvador on Monday charged with thousands of crimes. Defendants are accused of more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, including an estimated 29,000 murders. El Salvador's court system said the trial included "members of the national leadership, street-level leaders,...

US TROOPS have stormed an Iran-linked ship Trump said was carrying a “gift from China”, as the US president confirmed he will not extend the ceasefire. Trump said the ship's cargo “wasn’t very nice” as time ticks down to his deal deadline tomorrow. He told CNBC that Iran had “probably done a little bit of...

MYSTERY remains around Jordan Wright's death one month after the Towie star's body was found in a Thai ditch. The 33-year-old from Basildon, Essex, was found face down in a drainage canal on the island of Phuket on March 14. An inquest into Wright's death opened today at Chelmsford Coroner's Court. But his cause of death is...

A BRITISH holidaymaker has disappeared after missing his flight back home from Barcelona. Daniel Thomas, 51, was last seen on Saturday lunchtime after having his belongings “stolen”, friends say. In a desperate plea for information, pal Alix Harvey wrote on social media: “PLEASE HELP!" Daniel, described as a white British male, had been holidaying in...

A GRIEVING father whose wife and only child were killed in the Air India crash is set to be deported from the UK in days. Mohammad Sethwala’s wife Sadikabanu Tapeliwala, 24, and two-year-old daughter Fatima were among the 260 victims who perished in the disaster last June. Now the 27-year-old faces deportation four years after...

EUROPE'S last dictator and Putin pal Alexander Lukashenko, 71, is reportedly dating a 22-year-old beauty queen. The Belarusian president - in power for almost 32 years - has been linked to model Aliya Korotkaya. Korotkaya has competed in beauty contests including Miss Minsk, Miss Viva Braslav, Miss Belarus” - twice -  and the international Miss BRICS, held in...

NESTLED in the picturesque hills of Thailand lies an abandoned complex that once housed a shopping centre, cinema and a water park. Opened in 1995, it was once one of the most popular entertainment parks in the region - but the fun didn't last long and it's now dubbed a "death trap" for visitors. Photographer...