Turkey’s President Proposes Anti-Gay Amendment to Retain Power

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at screen icon Robert De Niro, Bobby Cannavale and newcomer William Fitzgerald in new comedy Inappropriate Behaviour, which is in production.

Few Prime Video series have caught on like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Amazon‘s take on the novelist’s everyman CIA analyst. But it’s been three years since the show’s second season.

A group of ecstatic archaeologists have discovered the official resting place of St Nicholas, the man who was the inspiration behind the worldwide renowned figure of Santa Claus. The Christian bishop's tomb was uncovered amongst the ruins of a prehistoric Christian Orthodox Church in Myra, Turkey that was destroyed in the Middle Ages after it was flooded by rising Mediterranean sea levels.

Fresh from the emotional rollercoaster that was the latest series of Married at First Sight UK, Matt Murray jetted off overseas to Turkey alongside 2021 bride Marilyse Corrigan to relax and unwind after a stressful few months. The pair, who are said to have struck up a firm friendship since appearing on the show, headed off to the sunny paradise on Tuesday 18 October, with Matt even sharing a photo from the plane window of his Jet2 aircraft prior to take off.

Middle East’s MBC Strikes Wide-Ranging Deal With Turkey’s Medyapim & Ay Yapim; ‘Doctor Foster’ Remake Deal With The BBC

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi-owned MBC Group, which is the top broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has forged a five-year partnership with Turkish TV production powerhouses Medyapim and Ay Yapim, officially ending a ban on Turkish soaps that had been put in place in 2018. MBC, which is the top satellite free-to-air player in the Middle East and North Africa, and also a major MENA region premium streamer, in 2018 had pulled highly popular Turkish dramas from its channels, allegedly for political reasons stemming from tensions at that time between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The move was also believed to have been made to give greater impetus to local production. Since then, several Turkish shows had gradually seeped back into MBC programming. But this deal signals a complete policy reversal.

A woman who flew to Turkey to have her teeth fixed says she had more than £2,000 stolen from her hotel room.

Tory councillors have supported a ban on fracking on council land despite the Government’s recent change in policy allowing shale gas extraction.

A Jet2 passenger plane was escorted by two RAF jets to Stansted airport after "a bomb threat made to the aircraft", sources claim. It is believed that the commercial aircraft was flying from Turkey to Manchester when it was diverted to the London airport after a distress signal was sent.

Industry veterans Emad Morcos, former OSN Chief Content and Commercial Officer; Amanda Turnbull, who was previously General Manager at Warner Bros Discovery Middle East, Africa and Turkey; and Amel Farag, former Head of Content Commercial Strategy at OSN have joined forces to launch Rise Studios.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Former Warner Bros. Discovery and OSN executives are teaming up to form a new content studio serving the Middle East and North Africa, Variety can reveal. Rise Studios is being set up by industry veterans Emad Morcos, former OSN chief content and commercial officer; Amanda Turnbull, former general manager at Warner Bros. Discovery Middle East, Africa and Turkey; and Amel Farag, former head of content commercial strategy at OSN. Rise will invest in local content and talent in order to launch homegrown film and TV productions on both regional and global broadcasters and streaming platforms.

A veterinary nurse who became 'every passenger's worst nightmare' after downing bottle of vodka on a Thomas Cook flight has been allowed to keep her job. Katherine Heyes started 'screaming and swearing at everyone' - including her three-year-old child - on the flight from Manchester Airport to Turkey.

A man has appeared in court accused of the murder of a 21-year-old man in Rochdale.

UK travellers who are planning a getaway to Turkey, Greece or Cyprus in the coming weeks could face sizzling temperatures. Some countries are still experiencing the heatwave which gripped Europe this summer.

It might be a staple of the Christmas dinner but this year turkey could be missing from the menu for millions across the UK. The chairman of the National Farmers' Union poultry board said the current bird flu outbreak could cause 'carnage' on the supply chain this festive season.