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Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich, who was for three decades the lead choreographer at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, has died aged 98.

Former England football captain Gary Lineker will leave the BBC at the end of the season, it was confirmed on Monday, days after he shared a social media post that contained anti-Semitic imagery.

Triple Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro said his new version of "Frankenstein" will not be a horror film, but will instead pack a high-voltage emotional punch.

Two climbers from Romania and India have died on Nepal's Mount Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak, officials said Monday, taking the number of fatalities this season to at least nine.

Romania's newly elected president Nicusor Dan on Monday faced an uphill task to bring together a deeply divided country after a tense rerun vote, with Brussels and other European allies welcoming the victory of the centrist.

Senegal midfielder Iliman Ndiaye scored both goals as Everton marked their final men's match at Goodison Park by beating Southampton 2-0 at the weekend before moving to a new stadium.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed a new partnership with the EU on Monday, forged at a landmark summit and opening a new chapter in ties after Britain's acrimonious exit from the bloc five years ago.

Donald Trump will speak by phone Monday with Russia's Vladimir Putin as part of the US leader's effort to end the grinding war set off by Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, said Monday it would cut costs to reduce debt, as the British group anticipates a hit from US tariffs of $150 million.

Francesco Farioli resigned as coach of Dutch giants Ajax on Monday, a day after the crushing disappointment of finishing runners-up in the title race.

Donald Trump is turning the United States into an authoritarian regime, an Oscar-nominated director warned as his documentary about George Orwell was screened at the Cannes film festival Monday.

The far-right Chega party climbed to joint second place in Portugal's snap general election, posing a major challenge for Prime Minister Luis Montenegro as he prepared on Monday to lead another minority government.

The French government "at the highest level" covered up a scandal over the treatment of mineral water by food giant Nestle, including the iconic Perrier brand, a Senate investigation said Monday.

France's foreign intelligence service on Monday rejected claims from Telegram founder Pavel Durov that its head had requested the tech mogul to ban pro-conservative Romanian accounts from the platform ahead of weekend elections.

The EU on Monday sharply cut its eurozone economic growth forecast for 2025 because of global trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will "take control" of the whole of Gaza, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory.

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal stars in a new film which re-examines the discovery of the Philippines by European explorers and questions the existence of a national resistance hero.

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi will invest 50 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) in developing high-end smartphone chips, the firm's founder said on Monday.

India's giant movie industry is known for its macho, men-centric storylines, but a wave of women filmmakers is helping to break the mould.

Stocks fell with the dollar Monday after Moody's removed the United States' last gold standard sovereign bond rating, citing the growing debt pile that it warned could balloon further.

Bruno Fernandes has been Manchester United's shining light in a desperate season. Now he has one more task -- to drag them over the line in the Europa League final.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was set to seal a deal for closer ties with the European Union at a landmark summit on Monday, opening a new chapter after Britain's acrimonious exit from the bloc five years ago.

Manchester United and Tottenham will slug it out in the Europa League final on Wednesday in Bilbao, with both sides desperately seeking salvation from dismal Premier League campaigns through silverware and a golden ticket into next season's Champions League.

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu appeared in court on Monday for his latest hearing in a treason trial in which he faces a potential death penalty.

Israeli strikes killed at least 22 people in Gaza on Monday, rescuers said, after Israel pledged to let a "basic amount" of food into the territory to avert a hunger crisis.

Stocks fell with the dollar Monday after Moody's removed the United States' last gold standard sovereign bond rating, citing the growing debt pile that it warned could balloon further.

Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair on Monday said net profit fell 16 percent in its financial year as it cut ticket prices to boost passenger numbers.

One of Hollywood's top-grossing actresses, Scarlett Johansson will walk the red carpet twice at Cannes, for her directorial debut with "Eleanor the Great" and for Wes Anderson's film "The Phoenician Scheme", which premieres Monday.

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear.

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang announced plans for Taiwan's "first AI supercomputer", as he showcased on Monday the company's latest advances in artificial intelligence.

Incoming Wallabies coach Les Kiss was named Monday to lead a combined Australia-New Zealand XV against the British and Irish Lions in Adelaide on July 12.

Plans to drill for oil in the protected Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq have galvanised villagers and activists determined to save the mythical wetlands already battered by years of drought.