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Billy Steinberg, who has died at the age of 75, co-wrote Madonna’s 1984 chart-topper Like a Virgin.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the vessel was departing Marseille after a payment of “several million euros”.

Local police say the missing woman’s relatives are victims – and “to suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel”.

Expectations for a breakthrough are low as delegations meet for a third time to try and negotiate an end to the war.

Catalonia’s fire brigade said residents raised the alarm about the fire in a five-storey building in Manlleu, about 80km (50 miles) north of Barcelona, shortly after 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Monday. Four other people were injured in the blaze.

The US civil rights activist’s influence spread from the churches of the Deep South to the White House.

Former NRL star Matt Utai is in a “critical condition” after being shot multiple times outside his home in Sydney, Australia. New South Wales police confirmed Utai, 44, sustained a “gunshot to his lower leg and his shoulder, upper chest area” during a drive-by shooting in south-west Sydney suburb Greenacre. Superintendent Rodney Hart added a […]

Millions of people around the world are celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year, with festivities taking place from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires. The Lunar New Year, which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar, is a 15-day festival held between between 21 January and 20 February every year. In […]

Iran says Tuesday’s meeting, mediated by Oman, will focus on its nuclear programme and the potential lifting of economic sanctions imposed by the US. Washington has previously indicated it wants to discuss other issues as well, such as Iran’s missile stockpile.

Billionaire Thomas Pritzker said he had exercised “terrible judgement” in keeping contact with Epstein.