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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I list my many misfortunes 

Can you imagine. You have just had a row with your boyfriend, he has flounced out to drive back to London, and suddenly you are told you cannot leave your house?




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Beauty: Radiance, freshly delivered…

With these milk-based complexion boosters 




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I go it alone (literally) 

I finally caved and sent David a light, friendly text. We should all be reaching out, shouldn't we?




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I try positive thinking 

I woke at 3am last night, could not get back to sleep. Thought my throat was itchy. No nice thoughts to comfort myself with




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Persian Love Cake with Rose, Cardamom & Figs

There are thousands of versions of this cake with the roughly similar legend behind them that a young woman made it for the man she liked, who promptly fell in love with her on tasting it




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I make a brave decision

I've been thinking, over the past few days, about failure. Sometimes, something happens to throw your life into stark relief




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Sofia Richie returns to routine as she enjoys post-Christmas lunch in python print coat

The daughter of Lionel Richie, 21, was seen outside the beachfront restaurant wearing a stylish python print coat and black shades.




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Navy confirms boats seen surrounding USS Abraham Lincoln in Strait of Hormuz were Iranian

Satellite images from December 4 show Iranian boats shadowing the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as well as two other vessels - the Leyte Gulf and Farragut - in Strait of Hormuz.




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Sofia Richie jets off to the snow ahead of NYE... after Saudi Arabia music festival backlash

Sofia Richie shared a very sultry photo of herself onboard a plane on Monday. The beauty appeared to be heading on a snow adventure ahead of New Year's Eve.




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Eden Hazard to miss Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia as he continues recovery from injury

Eden Hazard has not featured for Real Madrid since suffering an ankle injury in November against Paris Saint-Germain. Los Blancos are set to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup.




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Real Madrid and Barcelona face a furious backlash over Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia 

Barca and Real Madrid are facing a huge backlash over their £102m jaunt to Saudi Arabia as they ignore criticism over taking money from a nation long-condemned for its terrible human rights record.




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Dillian Whyte welcomes possible heavyweight fight with Alexander Povetkin on April 18

Dillian Whyte has laid down the gauntlet to Alexander Povetkin by declaring that 'if he wants it, he can get it' should the Russian wish to step in the ring with him.




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Valencia 1-3 Real Madrid: Kroos, Isco and Modric seal Spanish Super Cup semi-final win

PETE JENSON: Toni Kroos' corner completely caught out Valencia goalkeeper Jaume Domenech, who was on the edge of his six-yard box speaking with Francis Coquelin




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Trump says Saudi Arabia 'deposited $1billion in the bank' to have U.S. soldiers in kingdom

President Trump claimed on Friday that Saudi Arabia has 'already deposited $1billion in the bank' so that the United States would continue to station troops in the desert kingdom.




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Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, watchdog says

Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, human rights watchdog Reprieve said, up 35 from the previous year and including several who were minors when they were arrested.




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Jeff Bezos had his phone 'hacked' in 2018 after receiving WhatsApp from Saudi Arabian crown prince

Jeff Bezos's cell phone was hacked in May 2018 after he was sent a malicious video filed from the personal phone number of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, it is claimed.




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UN investigators say US should 'immediately' investigate Bezos phone hack

David Kaye and Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteurs, say they have seen evidence suggesting Bezos was hacked after he was sent a video from Bin Salman's WhatsApp account.




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FBI found circumstantial evidence that Saudi Arabia was linked to 9/11

The details regarding the FBI investigation - dubbed Operation Encore - has mostly been shrouded in secrecy since the terror attacks occurred in 2001.




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Saudi Arabia brands claims that Jeff Bezos' Whatsapp was hacked by Crown Prince 'total nonsense'

'Total nonsense - this story was out almost a year ago, it was debunked, we rejected it completely,' minister of foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir said in Davos on Thursday.




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Saudi Arabia planned to spy on murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee when she was in Britain

Hatice Cengiz visited London in May last year just months after her husband's brutal murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Concerns were raised by the US over spying.




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Cyber security experts say there is not conclusive proof Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos

Forensics specialists Bill Marczak and Alex Stamos told The Wall Street Journal that the team at FTI should have been able to identify the malicious software that was used in the apparent hack.




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Trump's special adviser son-in-law 'could also have been hacked by the Saudi Crown Prince'

Jared Kushner, 39, (pictured with Trump) could also have been hacked by the Saudi Crown Prince like Bezos (inset with the prince), investigators say.




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£5billion jet deal shot down over Saudi Arabia murder

It is a huge blow for the UK's biggest defence company, BAE Systems, as the deal was expected to help save thousands of jobs in the north of England.




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Saudi Arabia's £340m takeover of Newcastle could be threatened by PL TV rights row

The proposed Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle United could be blocked by the Premier League amid allegations that their government are facilitating theft of television rights. 




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Saudi Arabia becomes the 16th nation to BAN travellers from China entering the country

The kingdom's immigration department claimed 'regulatory provisions on travel documents would be applied' to citizens who travel to the Asian nation.




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Ilhan Omar's ex-husband marries pediatric nurse just 37 days after congresswoman divorced him

DailyMail.com has acquired exclusive video of Ilhan Omar's ex Ahmed Hirsi's marriage ceremony that took place in an apartment in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on December 12.




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Lesbian couple from Saudi Arabia declare their after moving in London

The London-based Saudi women announced their relationship during a Valentine's Day special on the TV show 'Jaafar Talk' which airs on the Arabic-language DW channel.




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Huge swarm of locusts brings traffic to a standstill in Bahrain after from Saudi Arabia

The swarm is thought to have spread from Saudi Arabia, where they had been seen in regions including Riyadh, Mecca and Qassim, to Bahrain due to strong winds.




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Saudi officials call for the arrest of a female rapper

The 'insulting' music video - which was uploaded to YouTube by rapper Asayel Slay (pictured) - calls the women from the holy city 'powerful and beautiful' and goes on to describe them as 'sugar candy'.




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Saudi Arabia temporarily BANS religious pilgrims from visiting Mecca to prevent the coronavirus

Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned religious pilgrims from visiting Mecca or Medina to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom




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Saudi Arabia suspends year-round umrah pilgrimage

The umrah - which, unlike the hajj, can be undertaken at any time of year - draws millions of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia every year (some of whom are pictured in Mecca today).




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Princess lined up for forced marriage to crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, court hears

Princess Jalila (pictured with mother Princess Haya) was allegedly being lined up by her father Sheikh Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, for a arranged marriage to Bin Salman in February 2019.




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Saudi Arabia reopens Mecca's Grand Mosque

Saudi Arabia has reopened the central courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Mecca but banned people from touching the Kaaba shrine at its centre due to fears over coronavirus.




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Prince Andrew's new PR expert helped to Saudi Arabia's image following global outrage

The Duke of York's new PR expert Mark Gallagher helped to massage Saudi Arabia's image following global outrage over air strikes that killed thousands of Yemeni civilians.




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Commuters in India squeeze onto buses while police in Nepal arrest lockdown flouters

The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than half a million people worldwide, with more than 28,000 deaths recorded.




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Saudi Arabia 'is using mobile phone data to track its citizens' movements in the US'

Saudi Arabia's three biggest mobile phone providers sent millions of requests for location data to a major US carrier starting in November last year, which can be used to track the phones' users.




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Saudi Arabia imposes full lockdown on holy cities of Mecca and Medina to combat coronavirus

Saudi Arabia, which has recorded 1,885 infections and 21 deaths, imposed a 24-hour curfew today in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, an extension of measures to combat coronavirus.




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Saudi Arabia has doubled its use of the death penalty since King Salman came to the throne

800 people have been executed in the Kingdom since King Salman bin Abdulaziz ascended to the throne in January 23, 2015.




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Saudi Arabia kills protester who refused to make way for megacity

Abdul-Rahim al-Howeiti (pictured) was shot dead by security forces in Al-Khuraybah, near the Saudi border with Jordan, the government confirmed.




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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to bank £17m even if sale of the club to Saudi Arabian consortium fails

EXCLUSIVE BY MARTIN SAMUEL: The deposit paid by the Saudi Arabian consortium is non-refundable, meaning Newcastle owner Ashley gets richer even if the takeover is not ratified.




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Amir Khan calls out Manny Pacquiao for huge post-coronavirus bout in the Middle East 

Khan, now 33, has not fought since beating Billy Dib in Saudi Arabia last summer and is now chasing his next pay-day against a far more difficult opponent in Filipino Pacquiao.




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Premier League lawyers 'investigating illegal broadcasting of top-flight matches by Saudi Arabia'

beIN Sports shone a light on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the piracy of matches, highlighting the Premier League's unsuccessful attempts to take legal action against satellite provider Arabsat.




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Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for crimes committed by minors after abolishing flogging 

Minors will now receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a 'juvenile detention facility'. Pictured: Abdulkareem al-Hawaj was one of the minors executed in 2019.




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Worshippers observe social distancing as they pray in virtually empty Grand Mosque in Mecca

Mecca's Grand Mosque - which is typically crowded during Ramadan as Muslims break their fast each night - was all-but deserted Monday as a few prayed while observing social distancing.




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Saudi Arabia will look to secure Premier League TV rights if £300m Newcastle deal is approved

EXCLUSIVE: BeIN Sports have written to the Premier League urging chief executive Richard Masters to block the £300million deal for Newcastle, citing illegal streaming of matches in Saudi Arabia.




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Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund looks 'to buy $12.5 billion Warner Music'

A source said more deals with entertainment businesses in America are to be expected as the country tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices.




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Shaynna Blaze on hitting rock bottom after marriage split

Shaynna Blaze announced her split from husband of 18 years, Steve Vaughan, in August 2018.




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How sexism blighted history of sex: The Romans entombed errant Virgins and Victorians feared cycling

Kate Lister, author of A History of Sex, makes plain people have always wanted to turn sex 'into a moral issue', with complex social structures and taboos.




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'I was thrashed by a ruthless emperor - at ping pong': Susanna Johnston collates her diary entries

Susanna Johnston has collated a charming and witty selection of vignettes and diaries from her well-connected life. From bring her dementia-ridden father home from Cape Town, to losing at ping-pong.




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DYSTOPIAN 

In Qualityland, needy delivery drones sulk if we don't give them five stars