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British holidaymakers are facing very different prospects as they travel the world with the pound in free fall.

K.J. Yossman Emmy Award nominated journalist and anchor Anelise Borges has signed with CAA, Variety can exclusively reveal. Borges, who speaks four languages fluently including French, Spanish and Portuguese, has reported from more than 30 countries, covering war, migration, dictatorships and Europe’s identity crises. She boasts over a decade of experience in the field. She has worked at Euronews, TRT and France 24 covering topics including the war in Syria, the European refugee crisis and the Greek economic bailout. While based in Istanbul, she covered the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, breaking stories and reporting from the field.

Editor’s note: Hollie McKay’s latest special report for Deadline finds the veteran foreign affairs correspondent and Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield author back in Afghanistan more than a year after the U.S. withdrawal, and negotiating how to be a journalist in the country now the Taliban has solidified its return to power.

Marco Negri knows Fiorentina are in for the fight of their lives when they run out at Tynecastle tomorrow night. But the Italian reckons his compatriots might just have a bit too much for Robbie Neilson 's team - if they can handle the Gorgie heat.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Award-winning filmmakers Alice Diop (“Saint Omer”), Audrey Diwan (“Happening”), Julia Ducournau (“Titane”), Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”), Jacques Audiard (“Dheepan”), and actors Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert, Lea Seydoux are among nearly 1,000 prominent French film figures who have signed an open letter to support Iranian women and civil rights activists in their revolt over the death of 22 year-old Mahsa Amini, as well as denounce the “murderous violence” of the Iranian regime. Amini, a Kurdish woman, died in custody on Sept. 16, three days after being arrested in Tehran because she allegedly breached the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. Her death has sparked protests across Iran, including in Tehran, Isfahan and Yazd, and in cities around the world, including in Paris, Istanbul and Los Angeles. Amnesty International said Iranian authorities have been “intentionally using lethal force against the protesters,” causing more than more 52 deaths (as of Sept. 30). The organization has urged international action “beyond statements of condemnation” to prevent more people from being killed.

Love Island 2022 winners Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti have announced their brand new travel series with ITV.

A Scots family who were travelling abroad to secure life saving treatment for their ill son claim they were turned away from a flight at Edinburgh Airport.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In what is expected to be a surefire hit, Buendia Estudios revealed an upcoming TV series adaptation of Antonio Gala’s erotic novel, “La Pasion Turca.” The popular novel was last adapted into a hit feature film in 1994 with the late Vicente Aranda directing and Andres Vicente Gomez of Lolafilms producing. It starred singer-actress Ana Belen in what is considered her most successful film. Buendia Estudios’ director general Ignacio Corrales and editorial director Sonia Martínez jointly announced the new project at the 2nd edition of the Iberseries & Platino Industria television event in Madrid. The new six-episode series set to air on Spanish free-to-air channel Antena 3 and streamer AtresPlayer Premium will start shooting by the end of October in Turkey for seven weeks before moving to Madrid. The cast will be made up of Spanish, Turkish and Italian talent.

Those experiencing hair loss or male pattern baldness may have contemplated getting hair transplant surgery to regain a thicker head of hair. And in recent years, it has become increasingly popular for patients to travel abroad to places such as Istanbul and get their hair transplant in Turkey.

From his room in the house he shared with his mother in a small town near Chicago Edward John Best led a solitary existence. An IT worker he spent many hours online for his job and pleasure - gaming and linking up to chat rooms.

Getting real. Melanie Chisholm, aka Mel C, opened up about the experience of being sexually assaulted before her first ever full-length live performance with the Spice Girls in 1997.

Melanie C has said she was sexually assaulted in a hotel the night before her first live show with the Spice Girls back in 1997.The 48 year old, whose full name is Melanie Jayne Chisholm, shared how the ordeal impacted her to such a degree that she tried to bury the memory and it re-emerged years later in the form of a dream. Speaking to host Elizabeth Day on the How To Fail podcast to promote her new memoir Who I Am: My story, Melanie explained that she didn't tell anyone about the incident as she didn't want to "make a fuss".

Melanie Chisholm has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a masseur the night before the Spice Girls’ debut live performance.Speaking on the How To Fail podcast to promote her new memoir Who I Am, the singer – best known known as Mel C or Sporty Spice during her time with the 90s girl group – says the incident took place at a hotel in Istanbul (per The Guardian).“What happened to me, I kind of buried immediately, because there was other things to focus on,” she said, explaining that she had tried to put the event behind her while she focused on preparations for the show. “Everything was leading towards the pinnacle of everything I’d ever wanted to do.”“I didn’t want to make a fuss, but also I didn’t have time to deal with it,” she said, adding that she decided to write about what happened in her memoir after recalling what she called a relatively “mild” assault in a dream.

according to the podcast “How to Fail.” “Here we were, the eve of the first ever Spice Girls show,” recalls Chisholm while appearing on the podcast to promote her new book — which is to be released in the UK on Thursday. “So I treat myself to a massage in the hotel and what happened to me, I kind of buried immediately because there were other things to focus on.” Chisholm reveals that while she didn’t want to make a fuss about the incident with a male masseur, she also didn’t have time to deal with the actual assault.

Mel C aka Sporty Spice revealed she was sexually assaulted the night before the very first Spice Girls performance.

Manal Issa and Nathalie Issa, real life sisters who play a pair of Olympic swimming hopefuls, also sisters, said they weren’t at all aquatic when cast in the Sally El Hosaini film ‘The Swimmers’ that opened TIFF last night.

A heartbroken mum warned others against dangerous weight loss surgery after her 25-year-old son died following an operation in Turkey. Joe Thornley, from Derbyshire, had flown out to Istanbul to undergo a gastric sleeve procedure.

Many patients looking for quality, affordable oral and dental treatments are turning to overseas alternatives.

Al Roker has finally responded to concerns after fans noticed the weatherman's social media hiatus.MORE: Al Roker's wife wishes for 'healthy moments' in reflective messageHaving been silent for the past week, the beloved journalist took to Instagram to share a selection of photos from his most recent trip to Istanbul.WATCH: Al Roker's son receives incredible newsAmong the joyous snaps, Al treated his fans to a series of loved-up snaps documenting his luxurious time away.In one glorious photo, the 68-year-old cosied up to his wife, Deborah Roberts, as they rode the luxurious Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train.MORE: Al Roker and his family's difficult week revealed after tragic deathMORE: Today's Al Roker marks milestone with 'wonderful' surprise birthday celebrationHe captioned his snaps: "A #bucketlist trip to ride the @vsoetrain." The dad-of-three jetted off to TurkeyAl's fans inundated the comment section with an abundance of upbeat comments, with one writing: "WOW, how FABULOUS!! Enjoy enjoy!!," whilst a second added: "Amazing! Have a wonderful journey!""Wow, that's amazing! Enjoy it all, you both deserve it!! But next time, take us with you," wrote a third, whilst a fourth penned: "Ecstatic for the two of you!!"In a subsequent carousel of photos, the weatherman could be seen posing alongside author Amor Towles and his wife Maggie Towles.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Adding to its slate of auteurs from all over the world, Raphael Berdugo’s Cité Films has boarded “The Fire Doll,” from Chilean director-to-track Niles Atallah (“Rey”) and “Left Over,” from San Sebastian Gold Shell winning Turkish director Yesim Ustaoglu (“Pandora’s Box”). Produced by Catalina Vergara at Chile’s Globo Rojo Films, “The Fire Doll” (“La muñeca de fuego”) is one of the 14 projects to be pitched at this month’s San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, one of the Spanish festival’s centerpiece industry events. Atallah, whose second film, “Rey,” won a Rotterdam Special Jury Prize in 2017, turns in “The Fire Doll” to the transformation process experienced by a 9-year-old girl, Aurora, who loses part of her memory and goes to her the countryside to spend Easter wither father, an alcoholic in remission.

Amazon acquired MGM earlier this year.)Tilda Swinton stars as Alithea, Idris Elba plays The Djinn, Alyla Browne plays Alithea as a girl, Abel Bond is Enzo and Peter Bertoni is Jack.While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) finds an interesting bottle that happens to have a djinn (Idris Elba) inside.

Cohen Media Group hopes a Spanish film can dent the tough market for foreign language fare, Bleecker Street is out with a hostage drama and A24 presents Owen Kline’s directorial debut about a teenage cartoonist as the arthouse market flexes more muscle than it has in weeks.

The draw for the group stage of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League campaign has been made this lunchtime, meaning Manchester United and Arsenal have discovered who they will face in the opening stage of the competition.

Arctic Monkeys have performed ‘That’s Where You’re Wrong’ for first time in almost a decade – watch footage from tonight’s (August 18) Prague show below.The Sheffield band, currently on their first tour since the coronavirus pandemic, treated fans to the ‘Suck It And See’ (2011) track towards the end of their set. The song was last performed live by the band in May 2013.The band’s comeback gig in Istanbul had previously seen them dust off ‘Potion Approaching’ for the first time since 2011, and the band continued to throw out fan favourites tonight, with a tour debut of ‘Four Out Of Five’ also on the setlist.Check out the setlist and fan-shot footage of ‘That’s Where You’re Wrong’ below:Atualização.

A Manchester entrepreneur embarked on an extraordinary journey to be reunited with his Apple AirPods after he left them behind on a flight. Lewis Ellis, who starred in the BBC One business contest The Apprentice in 2019, flew 4,000 miles to track down his wireless earbuds which he was parted from five months ago.

Arctic Monkeys have teased what songs fans can possibly expect from their upcoming Reading and Leeds Festival headline performances, after playing their first live show in over three years in Istanbul.

Scarlett Moffatt has been busy since lighting up the nation's screens on Gogglebox and as 'Queen of the Jungle' on Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! She sat down with HELLO! to fill us in about her latest project and a life-changing realisation about body confidence.READ: Scarlett Moffatt reveals her main worry if she were to return Gogglebox"What I've really noticed especially among my friends is as you get older, people stress out that they don't look how they did when they were sixteen. I'm just here to remind people that that's fine at 31 to not have the body of a 16-year-old," Scarlett enthuses.WATCH: Scarlett Moffatt has fun watching people's hotel breakfast buffet behaviourThe 31-year-old star is jetting off to Istanbul for an exciting new project so our chat quickly turned to holidays, her Hampton by Hilton hotels campaign, her fondest holiday memories with her boyfriend Scott Dobinson, and where she is at now with her mental health.

Arctic Monkeys have performed ‘Potion Approaching’ for first time in 12 years – watch footage from their comeback gig at Istanbul’s Zorlu PSM below.The Sheffield band, who until tonight (August 9) hadn’t played a live show since 2019, treated fans to the ‘Humbug‘ (2009) cut fairly early on in their 21-song set.A besuited Alex Turner told the crowd “it’s lovely to see you all” before launching into singing the deep cut, which reportedly hasn’t been performed since 2010.Watch fan-shot footage below:Some fans who were not in attendance at the Turkey show were quick to respond to the song’s outing, with one posting a meme that reads: “I don’t really care if something good happened to you, it should have happened to me instead.”‘”Potion Approaching live for the first time in 12 years TWELVE,” wrote another fan, while another said: “WDYM THEYRE PLAYING POTION APPROACHING.”WDYM THEYRE PLAYING POTION APPROACHING— alma ☽ (@kissesofvenus) August 9, 2022The band opened with classics including ‘Do I Wanna Know’ ‘Brainstorm’ and ‘Snap Out Of It’ and rounded off the night with ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ and ‘R U Mine?’ – check out the full set list, photos, videos and more here.They noticeably didn’t air any new material at their comeback gig, which was the first of two consecutive nights at Istanbul’s Zorlu PSM venue.

Arctic Monkeys have returned to the stage this evening (August 9) in Istanbul for their first gig since 2019.Alex Turner and co. took to the stage in Istanbul tonight for one of two nights at the Zorlu Center PSM.

Manchester is set to be hotter than Los Angeles and other popular holiday destinations this weekend following an amber heat warning.

Palaye Royale have unveiled details of an extensive European and UK tour for 2023 – check out the dates below.The band will tour from January to March and in the UK, they will play a night at London’s Brixton Academy.You can get tickets for the shows here from August 12 onwards.Palaye Royale European and UK Tour 2023:JANUARY21 – Krakow, Poland22 – Warsaw, Poland24 – Berlin, Germany26 – Copenhagen, Denmark28 – Stockholm, Sweden29 – Oslo, NorwayFEBRUARY5 – Cologne, Germany7 – Manchester, UK8 – Glasgow, UK10 – London, UK12 – Wolverhampton, UK13 – Paris, France15 – Barcelona, Spain17 – Lisbon, Portugal19 – Stuttgart, Germany20 – Zurich, Switzerland25 – Munich, GermanyMARCH1 – Vilnius Lithuania2 – Riga, Latvia3 – Tallinn, Estonia4 – Helsinki, Finland7 – Sofia, Bulgaria8 – Bucharest, Romania10 – Istanbul, TurkeyIt comes after the band recently announced the release of their fourth studio album ‘Fever Dream’, their first since 2020’s ‘The Bastards’.The band have released four singles in support of the album so far, including, its title track, ‘No Love In LA’, ‘Punching Bag’, ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Broken’.The album is out on October 28 via Sumerian Records and was made in collaboration with producer Chris Greatti, who has worked with the likes of Yungblud and Willow.Speaking about the new album recently, the band said: “Making this record felt like getting back to when we first fell in love with music.“This record is very much about self-belief and self-empowerment, and overcoming all the obstacles that life throws at you. It’s the first time we’ve really taken a hopeful approach in our music.”The band are currently playing festivals in Europe before they head on their North American from September.

Elisabeth Moss is joining forces with Peaky Blinders showrunner Steven Knight for his latest drama – and we can’t wait to watch it. The Veil explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. While one woman is keeping an explosive secret, the other is on a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.

Elisabeth Moss is taking on a new role.

“Peaky Blinders” boss Steven Knight is teaming up with “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss for a new limited series from FX for Hulu — “The Veil.”Knight will write and executive produce the series, while Moss will star in the newly-ordered series and serve as an EP.Described by FX as a “gripping thriller,” “The Veil” “explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost,” per a logline from the network.Knight and Moss will both executive produce alongside PatMa Productions’ Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has ordered a limited series exclusively for Hulu from Steven Knight with Elisabeth Moss set to star, Variety has learned.Titled “The Veil,” the show is described as a thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.“We’re excited to continue our partnership with Steven Knight on ‘The Veil’ and thrilled to have Elisabeth Moss sign on for the lead role,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX. “Steven’s scripts are riveting and no doubt will showcase Elisabeth’s exceptional talent.” Knight is writing and executive producing “The Veil,” with Moss executive producing under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner.

FX has ordered The Veil, a new limited series thriller for Hulu from Steven Knight and starring Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale).