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😍😗😇 A leading Russian scientist died less than two days after he was dragged out of a cancer bed and locked up on charges of high treason. Dmitry Kolker, 54, was 'tortured', his family said. He was flown across Russia from Novosibirsk, where he taught quantum physics and maths, to Moscow's notorious Lefortovo Prison on Friday. After 48 hours, the leading laser scientist died, his family announced today. He was under the watch of state security service the FSB, once led by Vladimir Putin. Dr Kolker's family accused the FSB of 'torture' and abusing the doctor's human rights by pulling him out of his death bed. He had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The FSB claimed it had medical authorisation to unplug him from his hospital drip and lock him up as part of a major spy probe. The scientist was accused of leading a pro-China spy ring alongside Professor Anatoly Maslov, 75, a hypersonic technologies teacher.

😍😗😇 An apparent Ukrainian airstrike on Russian city Belgorod killed at least three people and damaged hundreds of homes in the early hours this morning. Putin allies demanded a 'military response' to the act of 'aggression'. 'The sound was so strong that I jumped up, I woke up, got very scared and started screaming,' a resident of the city told Reuters. They added that the blasts took place at around 3am (midnight GMT). 'The missile hit residential buildings about 20 metres from my house,' the resident said. 'All the windows in our house were shattered, the doors came out of alignment.'

😍😗😇 Damian Lewis looked in good spirits as he attended the Serpentine Gallery's annual summer party alongside musician Alison Mosshart late last month.  The pair were also seen chatting as they travelled on a London Overground train together last week.  As it appears a new romance may be on the horizon for Damian a year after the death of his wife Helen McCrory, MailOnline has taken a look at the life of the multi-talented artist he has been spending time with.

😍😗😇 David and Victoria Beckham are to host all three of their sons' partners on holiday aboard a luxury yacht in Italy, despite rumoured rifts among the women. For the first time, the couple have invited youngest son Cruz's new girlfriend Tana Holding, who will be joining the clan after they fly to Europe from Miami later this month. Miss Holding, who has recently completed her A-levels at a fee-paying school in North London, is understood to have met her boyfriend's parents at their £20 million mansion in the capital.

😍😗😇 Competitive cyclist Nikki Chandler, from Hertfordshire, said she felt years feeling self-conscious of her legs. She spends three hours a day cycling, yet despite being fit and healthy could not tone her droopy knees. She blamed years of running for causing trauma and swelling to her knees, which in turn led to sagging skin (seen top right). She now feels confident in shorts (left and bottom right) after undergoing a non-surgical procedure. Thermage FLX is a treatment that targets the skin's dermis layer, where collagen fibres are found, and uses patented radiofrequency that delivers a uniform heating effect that penetrates deep into the collagen-rich layers of the skin.

😍😗😇 Rupert Murdoch (pictured) was snapped at his granddaughter Charlotte Freud's wedding to Luke Storey (both pictured) this weekend. The billionaire media tycoon, 91, who donned a white suit for the Cotswold event, was just one of the prolific guests celebrating the couple as they tied the knot. Despite Murdoch's fourth divorce current being underway, after his estranged wife Jerry Hall filed divorce papers in an LA court on Friday, he was seen mingling with other attendees. Some 70 guests celebrated Charlotte's marriage to rapper Luke Storey, including the bride's mother business woman Elisabeth Murdoch and her partner, artist Keith Tyson (both pictured).

😍😗😇 NICK CALLOW AT WIMBLEDON: Aussie Kyrgios and his Greek opponent both received warnings from the umpire and their epic late night battle then spilled into a post-match war of words. Controversial Kyrgios and fellow troublemaker Tsitsipas have clashed numerous times before and this four-set battle took their rivalry to a new level as the Australian world No 40 won 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. The Greek star also called on fellow professionals to form a collective to stop Kyrgios from constant sniping at umpires and officials as he believes the Aussie uses it as a tactic to distract opponents.

😍😗😇 Chris Darnell, 40, died after his jet truck was engulfed in flames when he released his parachute while racing planes going 300mphs. The driver was killed during the 'pyrotechnic' event at the Battle Creek Air Show in Michigan shortly after 1pm on Saturday, police confirmed. Witnesses say the Shockwave jet truck was racing two planes that were going 300 mph. When the driver deployed his parachute, the truck reportedly engulfed in flames and a large plume of black smoke. '[The driver] was doing his show and going down the runway,' Suze Gusching, media relations for Field of Flight told the Battle Creek Enquirer. 'He passed by the explosion, and his truck had exploded.' Video of the incident shows a large explosion happening right before the truck barreled into it. As the vehicle came flying out of the other side, it significantly slowed and was covered in thick smoke.

😍😗😇 The video, which captures a late night fight which seems to involve several people, shows the moment one drinker completely misses his attempt to hit another in the back of the head. The clip, originally posted on Snapchat, has been circulating on social media. In the video, a man wearing a yellow hoodie is seen standing behind another man bracing himself to swing a punch.

😍😗😇 Umesh Perera, 50, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, is founder of Ayozat, a broadcasting, production and distribution company with its own online streaming and gaming platforms. But between building the business and making calls to his teams in Singapore, India and Europe, Umesh also finds time to cook family meals and do the school run twice a day. The engineering graduate became a primary carer to his children Alex, 21, Yazmine, 19, Oliver, 18, Zane, 14, Amali, 12, and Tassia, 10, after splitting from their mother.

😍😗😇 Vicky McDowell is living with terminal cancer and has been given a prognosis of a few years. The 32-year-old, from Manchester, has secondary breast cancer in her spine, lungs, liver and brain after first having breast cancer in 2015 and getting the all-clear. She is on morphine and has had chemotherapy to keep the cancer at bay after taking leave from her digital marketing job this January. But despite her prognosis of a few years and challenges she faces along the way, she has vowed to have a sunny attitude to life and keep having fun. She runs Instagram and TikTok accounts @dyingforafollowing, which she set up to poke fun at her diagnosis and document her life after she found out that her diagnosis was terminal. In her bios she has written: 'Mocking my terminal cancer, B4 it catches up to me, Private Jet to Clinic' and 'Target: become famous.'

😍😗😇 A stunning family home with an ultra-modern design hides behind the unassuming façade of a renovated Victorian cottage. The stunning home is in the inner-city and highly sought-after Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy and has been shortlisted at the prestigious Houses Awards for 2022 under two categories and it's no wonder why. Designed by Melbourne firm Auhaus Architecture the Fitzroy house is a contemporary take on the original heritage home paying homage to its historical qualities while incorporating modern elements and style.

😍😗😇 EMILY PRESCOTT: Seems nothing can stop Georgia Toffolo when she feels the party mood coming on. Toff turned up at exclusive nightclub Loulou's in Mayfair with blood dripping down her legs from some extensive cuts suffered earlier in the evening - but she didn't even notice them! Toff's injuries were clear to see as she arrived at Loulou's in a daring embroidered black lace dress, but her smile was as wide as ever.

😍😗😇 The 34-year-old Queenslander was urged to retire by some fans after her bout against Julija Stoliarenko ended in savage fashion, leaving her with a snapped arm. It was the second-fastest submission in the history of the women's bantamweight division, bettered only by UFC legend Ronda Rousey.

😍😗😇 The family of a black teenager whose murder inspired the Civil Rights movement in America, will never get justice, it was claimed last night. Startling new evidence in the 1955 case came to light last week when investigators discovered an unserved arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant, a white woman who claimed 14-year-old Emmett Till whistled at her in a grocery store, an incident that led to the most infamous lynching in US history. But last night a family friend of Bryant, who now goes by the name Carolyn Bryant Donham, told The Mail on Sunday that the 87-year-old is in such poor health that he believes justice will never be served with the warrant. Devery Anderson said: 'She would likely be dead by the time anything went to trial. If they did indict her that would probably do her in.

😍😗😇 The Tour de France kicked off in Denmark's capital Copenhagen yesterday (pictured) under the approving faces of the Danish Royal family (insets, Crown Prince and Crown Princess). The most famous cycling race in the world took a trip to Scandinavia to start the 2,000 mile race. The three-day 'Denmark Grand Depart' follows the tradition of the Tour's opening stages of races being held abroad.

😍😗😇 While the gaudy city strip was once packed with elaborate revue shows with names such as Jubilee!, Folies Bergere and Lido De Paris, they have been replaced with big-name acts like Celine Dion, Elton John and acrobatic theatre from the Cirque du Soleil. At the height of their fame, in the 1950s and 1960s, showgirls became synonymous with the glamour and glitz of Vegas, popularised by Rat Pack entertainers such as Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Each girl had to be between 5ft 8in and 6ft and weigh no more than 8st 8lbs. Most were classically trained dancers. They would wear five sets of false eyelashes - three on top, two on the bottom - and their breasts had to be 'small and natural'. Their elaborate headdresses could weigh up to 25 lb and cost up to £8,000 each. Swarovski-encrusted bikinis and exotic plumes meant costumes could easily cost £12,000.

😍😗😇 He emerged victorious from a highly controversial defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. And just weeks after the conclusion of the trial, Johnny Depp appears to be relaxing in Europe amid a new music tour on the continent and ahead of his first new film in more than two years. HIs travels have taken him to Sweden, where he took advantage of 'a lull in Stockholm... between shows,' for a cruise on a boat, which he documented on his Instagram page on Saturday.