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Evening briefing: Today's essential headlines Partygate pictures | Boris Johnson drank alcohol with aides at a leaving party in November 2020 while Britain was under Covid lockdown, leaked photographs show . ITV News obtained four pictures showing the Prime Minister with a glass in his hand as he stood by a table littered with bottles of wine. The second national lockdown had been imposed on the nation eight days before the gathering. Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party, said the images mean there is "no doubt" that he lied when he said he was unaware of rule-breaking in No 10 during the pandemic. Our live blog has the latest reaction and the pictures . Imran Ahmad Khan | Ex-Tory MP jailed for sexually assaulting boy Infant death | Nurse arrested on suspicion of poisoning Monkeypox outbreak | First case detected in Scotland Suppliers collapse | Households brace for internet blackouts Noel Gallagher | Stitches needed after 'headbutt' by … [Read more...] about Monday evening UK news briefing: Boris Johnson pictured at Number 10 party

By Andre Rhoden-Paul Published 1 hour ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said she was forced to sign a false confession as a condition of her release. The mother-of-one was detained in Iran for six years on spying charges after visiting the country for a family holiday. Speaking to the BBC's Woman's Hour in her first sit-down interview since her release, she said a UK official was with her when she signed the statement "under duress" before the Iranian authorities let her fly home in March. Here are eight other things we learned from the interview. 1. Solitary confinement was 'most hostile, quiet form of torture' Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe spoke for the first time about the months she spent in solitary confinement at the start of her detention, having previously shied away from … [Read more...] about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Eight things we learnt from her first interview

By Mark Savage Published 15 September 2020 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Pop icon Madonna has announced she will direct a film about her own life and career. The star is also co-writing the movie with Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno and Young Adult. The script is expected to chart her rise from Michigan, to the slums of New York City, to global superstardom - via songs such as Like A Virgin and Vogue. The star said the film would focus on music, adding: "Music has kept me going and art has kept me alive." The as-yet-untitled project will be Madonna's third as director after 2008's Filth and Wisdom and 2011's WE, which was based around King Edward VIII's affair with Wallis Simpson. The latter film was panned by critics, and bombed at the box office, making just $2m (£1.5m) against a budget of $11m (£8.5m). We fact-checked the … [Read more...] about Madonna to direct film of her own life story