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LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which David gets possessive 

You know I said last week that I wouldn't get angry? Want to know how that's going?




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LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which David proposes (again) 

David brought me a pot of coffee in bed on Christmas morning. When I came downstairs, three small parcels were on my desk




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LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I ask for spiritual guidance 

I now have two engagement rings. Let me explain. The gold ring David gave me on Christmas Day wouldn't go over my knuckle so he insisted we go to a local jeweller to get it resized




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LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I finally get a ring on it

On Friday afternoon I picked up my resized platinum and diamond engagement ring. I realise I'm the victim of several thousand years' worth of oppression because I keep admiring how it looks




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which reality begins to bite

Now that we are officially engaged, and with David wanting to talk things through in person, I suggested meeting at the organic pub in Islington




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which the Hunk gets in touch 

A strangely conflicted, confusing week. Having tried to return the engagement ring to the jeweller and failed, I texted David to try to make us work




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which my optimism amazes me 

Oh dear God. I have finally reached rock bottom. You thought it was bad when my husband cheated or I lost my home or David failed to take out the the trash?




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I have a few more tweaks 

I know I said last week that it's how nice you are inside that shows on your face. But as I contemplate flying to Sydney to meet the Hunk, I've been reconsidering that sentiment




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I'm second row at the shows 

I'm in Paris for the fashion shows. This isn't a sentence I thought I would ever write again, but two or three designers invited me.




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which my search history reveals all

You can tell a lot about someone's psyche by looking at their search history. Here's mine. On just one day, I searched 124 sites.




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Liz Jones's Diary: In which I relish the joys of being single 

I've just realised that I should be loving being single. I am growing a beard.




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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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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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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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Lily Allen, 34, and her Stranger Things beau David Harbour, 44, pack on the PDA in NYC

The Smile hitmaker, 34, and actor, 44, looked more loved-up than ever as they shared several tender kisses and held hands in the Big Apple.




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Kim Kardashian recruits Kyle Richards and Lisa Rinna to star in 90s inspired SKIMS infomercial 

Lisa, 56, and Kyle, 50, professed their love for the shapewear on stage, as the sounds of a cheering studio audience rooted them on. Lisa even stripped off her leopard print dress.




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Kylie Jenner is 'in full Xmas mode' as she marks December 1 with Instagram video of festive items

The reality star, 22, showed off a bunch of Christmas decorations as well as cinnamon buns in the oven.




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Kris Jenner rocks a boss look in black as she joins Farrah Abraham at ThinkBIG! conference in LA 

Jenner was featured as the keynote speaker, participating in a conversation with Dr. Sheila Nazarian onstage at the two-day conference, which focused on building a successful business.




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Kylie and Kris Jenner to donate hand sanitizers to hospitals fighting COVID-19

The 22-year-old's company Kylie Cosmetics and Kylie Skin will begin producing hand sanitizer for hospitals across southern California, TMZ reports.




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White House sent encrypted fax to Iran just hours after Soleimani was killed in an airstrike 

The Trump administration sent Iran a back-channel fax just hours after Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military leader, was killed in an airstrike. The message was sent via the Swiss Embassy.




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California college student, her sister and their mom among 176 killed on plane shot down by Iran

Sara Saadat was studying at San Diego's Alliant International University and traveling with her sister, Saba Saadat, 21, and their mom, Shekoufeh Choupannejad, both from Edmonton, Canada.




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High-level pro-Iran militia commander in Iraq is killed by unknown gunmen 

High-level Popular Mobilization Forces leader Taleb Abbas Ali al-Saedi was shot dead late on Saturday in Karbala, a city about 62 miles southwest of Baghdad.




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Iranian-American LT gov. of Washington state says the White House is lying about border detentions 

Washington's Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib shared on Saturday that he had been getting worrying text messages from people who had been stopped at the Peace Arch border crossing.




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US considered targeting Soleimani for 18 MONTHS, new report reveals

The US considered targeting Iranian General Qassem Soleimani for the past 18 months. Trump chose to take out the general leading to his death by drone strike on January 3.




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MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Will this air disaster be Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's very own Chernobyl? 

MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Tehran claimed the air disaster which killed 176 was caused because of pilot error. Will this be a repeat of Chernobyl's 1986 nuclear disaster where the Soviets hid evidence?




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Iran arrests several people over missile strike on passenger plane 

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (pictured) today called for a special court to be set up to probe the 'painful and unforgivable' mistake which killed 176 people including dozens of Iranians.




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Iran bulldozes grave of pastor executed by regime in 1990 for converting from Islam to Christianity 

Rev Hossein Soodmand (pictured), who converted before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was arrested and tortured before being hanged after a sharia court convicted him of apostasy.




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'Indiana Jones of the art world' recovers stolen £850,000 15th-century book by Persian poet

The gold-leafed volume by famous Persian poet Hafez was recovered by Arthur Brand. It had vanished from an antique collectors home after he died in 2007, along with other works.




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'They have one minute to live, sir': Trump boasts of moment US military kills Qassem Soleimani 

US military officials counted down to the moment the Iranian general was killed, saying he had 'one minute to live', the president recalled at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate on Friday.




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Syrian refugees working 14 hours a day mowing lawns to make a living in their new home

David Youaneh Ghaterchi came to Australia in 2012 after fleeing Iran to escape religious persecution for his Christian beliefs.




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Trump's top NSC Russia expert is escorted off the White House grounds 

Andrew Peek, the NSC's senior director for European and Russian affairs, was escorted from the White House grounds on Friday, two people familiar with the matter said.




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Iran-backed Houthi rebels slaughter 116 Yemeni troops in weekend missile strike on barracks mosque

In one of the bloodiest assaults since the beginning of the civil war, ballistic missiles ripped through the holy building at a military training camp in the central province of Marib.




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Iran confirms Ukrainian airliner was shot down by two Tor-M1 missiles

Iran's civil aviation authority confirmed on Monday that two Tor-M1 missiles were fired at the Ukraine International Airlines plane in a catastrophic mistake that killed all 176 on board.




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Coronavirus kills four more in Iran, bringing death toll to 19

Iraj Harirchi said Iran would be 'victorious in our combat against this virus' in a video message he recorded after he was taken into quarantine yesterday.




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How Australia handled the devastating 1919 Spanish flu which killed 15,000 people

As the world braces for another pandemic with COVID-19 we look back at how Australia handled the Spanish flu - what worked and what did not, who was killed and who lived through it.




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First case of coronavirus confirmed in Tasmania - bringing total number of Australian victims to 30 

NSW Health announced three new coronavirus cases on Monday afternoon and confirmed a 53-year-old doctor from Sydney contracted the deadly virus.




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Coronavirus deaths outside of China are 126% higher than fatalities within the country

The Chinese government reported only 38 deaths from coronavirus on Wednesday compared to the 86 deaths reported from other countries including the US, Italy and South Korea.




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Satellite images reveal impact of coronavirus outbreak from above 

The aerial photographs, released by Colorado-based space technology firm Maxar, show normally bustling spots from Mecca to Beijing thinned of their usual crowds.




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Coronavirus death toll in Iran hits 194 as 49 people die in ONE DAY

Iranian state TV today confirmed that 194 people have died from coronavirus and 6,566 are now infected in the Islamic Republic. IranAir has temporarily suspended all flights to Europe.




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How the super-rich are splashing the cash to prepare for coronavirus 

The wealthy are arranging to flee to overseas homes or hide in underground bunkers as they attempt to self-isolate in countries which have avoided significant outbreaks of the virus.




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Brighton striker Alireza Jahanbakhsh 'donates £6,000 to help his home town fight coronavirus'

The Iran international, who has 50 caps for his country, grew up in poverty-stricken Qazvin and began his journey to professional football by playing for local teams in the area.




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Iran's coronavirus death toll tops 2,000, with 143 new fatalities

Iran announced 143 new deaths from the virus today, raising the official toll from 1,934 to 2,077 - the fourth-highest in the world (pictured, health workers bury a virus victim in Tehran).




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No 10 slaps down Home Secretary Priti Patel after she calls for UK borders to be CLOSED

Downing Street said it was not seeking to seal up Britain's borders in the midst of the pandemic, despite the hardline measure being taken by other nations.




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Coronavirus: Iran's radar that 'detects cases from 100 yards'

Iranian Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami boasted that 'local scientists' had invented the 'state-of-the-art' device to detect virus cases 'remotely' without the need for a blood test.




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A gripping account of the Iranian embassy siege - minute by nerve-shredding minute 

Forty years on, a gripping account of the Iranian embassy siege - minute by nerve-shredding minute...




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China 'put thousands to death' in 2019 - far more than any other country

The human rights watchdog said China 'continued to execute and sentence to death thousands of people' but said the country's exact figures were 'kept secret'.




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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release from Iranian jail amid coronavirus pandemic extended by a month 

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release from an Iranian jail has been extended for one month, with her husband revealing how the family have been video calling every day for several hours.




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Iran and Russia launch hacking attacks on British unis in attempt to steal vaccine secrets 

Hackers from Russia and Iran have been attempting to gain access to British universities that are developing vaccines for the coronavirus. Pictured: Stock image of a hacker.




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Social media posts show that Iran experimented with trying to influence US voters in 2012

A report by a media analytics firm shows Facebook posts which are said to have been fabricated by Iran in an effort to boost the candidacy of Ron Paul and sabotage Mitt Romney.