Thai bombing raids have struck near shelters for displaced people and Cambodia’s key tourist hub, Phnom Penh warns.
Cambodia said on Monday as renewed fighting between the neighbours enters its second week that Thai air attacks are reaching deeper into its territory.
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Thai F-16 fighter jets dropped two bombs near camps for displaced people in the Chong Kal district of the northwestern border province of Oddar Meanchey and the Srei Snam district in Siem Reap province just south of Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia’s Ministries of National Defence and Information said.
Srei Snam, where Cambodian officials said a bridge was targeted, is about an 80km (50-mile) drive from Angkor Wat, a sprawling temple that is Cambodia’s national symbol and chief tourist draw.
Minister for Information Neth Pheaktra told the AFP news agency that it was the first time during the renewed fighting that Thailand’s military had struck inside Siem Reap province.
Fighting between the neighbours, fuelled by longstanding rival claims to territory along their shared border, was reignited by a skirmish on December 7.
The incident wounded two Thai soldiers and derailed a ceasefire pushed by United States President Donald Trump that ended five days of combat in July.
More than two dozen people along the border have been killed in the latest outbreak of fighting and more than half a million displaced, officials said.
Military officials on both sides said clashes and strikes along the border were ongoing on Monday.
Mounting losses
Thailand has made no comment on the latest Cambodian statements, but at a news conference on Monday, Thai officials delivered an estimate of the damage inflicted by their military since the fighting resumed.
They said the Cambodian losses included 12 tanks, 10 armoured vehicles, four anti-aircraft artillery systems, seven artillery pieces or mortars, five antidrone systems and five communication hubs.
Thailand said Cambodia, which is largely outgunned by its rival, has fired thousands of rockets from truck-mounted launchers at its territory.
Bangkok also said it has killed hundreds of Cambodian soldiers in the fighting.
Phnom Penh has dismissed such figures as propaganda while declining to release its own figures regarding military deaths, The Associated Press news agency reported.
Cambodia said 15 of its civilians have been killed and 73 wounded. Thailand said 16 of its soldiers and a civilian have been killed.
We’ve tracked down the ultimate luxury beauty box that’ll see you through the festive season, and it gets you £220 worth of free products from brands like Medik8 and Benefit
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The Cult Beauty box is full of festive staples(Image: Cult Beauty)
There are no doubt still plenty of parties and occasions on your horizon as we move through December, not to mention the all-important Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve celebrations still to be had. And if your beauty bag is feeling a little bare, or you just want to treat yourself to round off the year (you definitely deserve it), then this festive beauty box is for you.
You can get your hands on The Ultimate Holiday Edit at Cult Beauty, and it contains a huge £270 worth of beauty products including skincare, makeup and wellness staples to see you through the festive season. And although it’s usually priced at £70 – already giving you a £270 saving – it’s now been reduced in a pre-Christmas deal to just £49, making you get £220 worth of freebies inside.
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The Ultimate Holiday Edit is primed and ready for giving as a gift to a beauty lover in your life, but it’s also a great treat for yourself to say well done for surviving another year/December/week at work. There’s all kinds of goodies inside that not only help you get glam for Christmas parties and events, but it also contains plenty of great pieces to keep you looking and feeling pampered and relaxed.
There’s a satin eye mask, skincare from the likes of Medik8 and Kate Somerville, and makeup products from brands including Benefit and Sweed. Everything comes in a two drawer beauty box that not only houses your goodies, but can be re-purposed as a makeup kit or jewellery box once you’ve used it.
The Ultimate Holiday Edit
Medik8 Press and Glow Tonic (full size; 200ml)
MZ Skin Anti Pollution Hydrating Face Mask (full size; 1 mask)
Kate Somerville KateCeuticals Supercell Rejuvenation Serum (full size; 30ml)
Cult Beauty Satin Eye Mask (in a drawstring bag)
Sweed Air Blush Cream in ‘Lucky’ (full size; 5g)
Benefit 24 Hour Brow Setter Mini in ‘Clear’ (travel size; 3.5ml)
LANEIGE Lip Glowy Balm in ‘Blueberry’ (full size; 10g)
Biossance Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil (deluxe size; 15ml)
Cult Beauty isn’t the only one to launch some great beauty edits for the festive season either. The Sephora Favorites Party Glam Set is down from £59 to £47.20, and not only does it include products from Too Faced, Color Wow, Rare Beauty and Makeup by Mario, but it also comes in a satin pouch bag which could double as a festive clutch.
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You could also head over to ASOS, where the Face + Body Luxury Lovers Beauty Box is down from £60 to £30 with seven travel-size and full-size products inside including Pat McGrath, Huda, Elemis and Caudalie. Alternatively, the LookFantastic The Christmas Present Edit is worth over £170, but has been slashed to £42.50 with Olaplex, Morphe and Rodial inside.
“When you get a certain narrative around you and are tarred with a certain brush, it’s quite hard to shake it.”
Dominic Calvert-Lewin delivered those words after Leeds came from behind to take a point off Brentford on Sunday. Having been the player to score the equaliser he was able to reflect on how he has managed to change opinions.
Before the last international break, he had only scored one goal for his new club Leeds United.
The knives were out and plenty of Leeds supporters may have been fearing a repeat of the 28-year-old’s final season for Everton, in which he scored just three goals in an injury-hit campaign.
But since the Premier League returned in mid-November the Englishman has been on a mission, netting four goals in five games, including strikes in each of his past four matches.
His latest goal was a perfectly timed header into the far corner to rescue a draw for Leeds at Brentford and take his side three points clear of the relegation zone.
After scoring for the 62nd time in the Premier League on Sunday, Calvert-Lewin told Sky Sports: “I’m feeling good. I think the performances are speaking for themselves at the moment,
“For me, it was always about being mentally tough and hanging in there at certain points and step-by-step, day-by-day putting performances together and all of a sudden the tide starts to turn and you start scoring goals. That is the life of a centre forward.
‘The fittest I’ve been in a long time’
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Calvert-Lewin signed a three-year contract with Leeds when he joined on a free transfer in August having ended a nine-year spell with Everton on a disappointing note.
The ex-Sheffield United player may have earned 11 England caps during his time with the Toffees, but ended up leaving at the end of last season when his contract expired after being hindered by a glut of bad injuries.
Indeed, Calvert-Lewin has missed nearly 600 days through injury since the 2018-19 season.
However, this campaign though he has been available for 14 of Leeds’ 16 top-flight matches.
“This is the fittest I’ve been in a long time and I’ve worked extremely hard to get in this position,” he said.
“When you get a certain narrative around you and are tarred with a certain brush, it’s quite hard to shake it.”
Calvert-Lewin’s purple patch has coincided with Leeds reigniting their Premier League survival bid.
Daniel Farke’s side have taken five points from their last three matches to move out of the relegation zone, having previously been on a four-match losing streak.
Calvert-Lewin’s former team-mate for club and country Conor Coady told BBC Radio 5 Live: “If Leeds can keep him fit and firing they have a right chance of staying in the division.
“The amount we missed him [when he was injured] when I played with him was unbelievable and you felt it week after week.
‘One of the best English strikers in this league’
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Is it even time to start talking about Calvert-Lewin’s chances of an England call up? Leeds boss Farke seems to think so.
The German called his centre-forward, who last played for England in 2021, as “one of the best English strikers in the Premier League” on Sunday.
“My relationship with [England manager] Thomas [Tuchel] is so close and he knows if he has any questions, he can call my number and we can speak about it,” Farke said.
“It always depends on the performances and I think the sky is the limit for Dominic.
“He was very unlucky in the last couple of years with injuries, but his quality was never in doubt and his CV speaks for itself.
“For me, he is one of the best English strikers in this league. Harry Kane is playing in Germany for Bayern Munich, but in the Premier League, he is definitely one of the best English strikers and he will be a key player for us going forward.”
But is the 2026 World Cup a target for Calvert-Lewin?
“The goal is always to play for your country and represent your country at a World Cup,” he said.
“But my job is to do as best as possible for Leeds and that’s what I came here to do – score goals at club level and just play my best football.
‘Like a fine wine’
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BBC Radio Leeds reporter
Calvert-Lewin had been on Leeds’ radar early on in the summer window so his signing was hardly a knee-jerk reaction.
The striker was briefly linked with both Manchester United and Newcastle but when Leeds were given the opportunity to bring him in they pounced. Farke believed if he could get Calvert-Lewin firing he would be the one to propel them up the table.
He is Leeds’ main man up front and fans have taken to him thanks in large part to his effort and link-up play.
He’s like a fine wine the way he’s matured. He’s found his home and seems to be loved at Leeds where his influence on others is really good.
He missed a few chances early on, including a penalty in the League Cup against Sheffield Wednesday on his debut, but he’s now on his best goalscoring run since he was playing under Carlo Ancelotti at Everton.
As a towering force in Hollywood, Rob Reiner made films that didn’t just reshape modern cinema but became the montage to countless lives, and today Tinseltown is in shock and mourning after he and his wife Michele were brutally killed In their Los Angeles home
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Rob Reiner became a popular sitcom actor himself before directing a slate of beloved films, including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Stand by Me”, “When Harry Met Sally …” and “The Princess Bride”(Image: Brian Ach/Invision/AP)
As a towering force in Hollywood, filmmaker Rob Reiner’s movies didn’t just reshape modern cinema they became the montage to countless people’s lives.
Following his and his wife, Michele’s brutal murders in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, Tinseltown is in shock and mourning today, having lost one of its most recognisable and dependable creative figures. Police are treating the case as “an apparent homicide”, a detail that has shocked even those long used to tragedy in the entertainment world.
The news prompted tributes from every corner of American life – politics, film, comedy and television – a reflection of Reiner’s impact over more than five decades. Former president Barack Obama said: “Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen.” Meanwhile, ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called him “remarkable”, adding: “Rob was creative, funny, and beloved… Civically, he was a champion for the First Amendment and the creative rights of artists. And professionally, he was an iconic figure in film who made us laugh, cry and think with the movies he created.”
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Monty Python legend Eric Idle, shaken after speaking to Reiner only hours before his death, said: “Rob Reiner was a lovely man. I spoke to him last night for over an hour… This is so awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful.” He recalled having met Reiner at his father Carl Reiner’s home in 1975. “He was telling me about filming at Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future,” he wrote on X. “This is so awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful.”
Kathy Bates, whose Oscar-winning role in Misery came under Reiner’s direction, said: “I’m horrified hearing this terrible news. Absolutely devastated. I loved Rob. He was brilliant and kind, a man who made films of every genre to challenge himself as an artist. He also fought courageously for his political beliefs. He changed the course of my life.”
Sean Astin, president of SAG-AFTRA, summed up what many inside the industry felt when he described Reiner as “one of the most significant figures in the history of film and television”.
No tribute could, however, overstate what he achieved. Reiner’s career spanned acting, writing, directing and political activism, excelling in them all. Few filmmakers produced a run as consistent or influential. From the ridiculous perfection of This Is Spinal Tap to the emotional coming-of-age movie Stand by Me, the fairy-tale charm of The Princess Bride, and the enduring warmth of When Harry Met Sally …, the director made movies that remained familiar without ever repeating themselves.
Reiner was born into entertainment. His father, Carl Reiner, was the creative force behind The Dick Van Dyke Show, while his mother, Estelle, built her own career as an actress and singer. But despite being raised at the centre of the industry, Reiner said it was the atmosphere inside the home, where ideas were shared freely, and work was openly discussed, that formed him.
Creativity was expected, not performed, he once said. Reiner discovered acting at school and learned his craft the hard way, through small theatres and improv clubs. Fame arrived when he was cast as Meathead in All in the Family, a sharp-edged US sitcom that defined a generation of American television.
Across eight seasons, he played Archie Bunker’s liberal son-in-law, earning two Emmys and, more importantly, access to writers’ rooms, control booths and editing bays. While others rested between takes, Reiner studied how stories were put together. He always intended to direct.
He once said, “I acted when I was young, but at 19, I had my own theatre company where I acted but also directed. I also did some theatre in Los Angeles. So, I was always wanting to direct, even before I became an established actor.”
In 1984, he got his chance. This Is Spinal Tap confused the studios but delighted critics, becoming one of comedy’s most repeated cult classics. What followed was an extraordinary sequence that would secure his place in film history: Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally … (1989), Misery (1990) and A Few Good Men (1992). Each film different. Each a lasting hit.
Reiner once explained how The Princess Bride reflected him: “People take a look at ‘Princess Bride,’ and exclaim, ‘God, this is such an odd conglomeration.’ ‘How could you balance all those things?’ But it didn’t seem all that strange to me… because those are all parts of my personality. I’ve definitely got this satirical side to me, and this romantic side, and this more realistic way of looking at things.”
He brought all of those sides to When Harry Met Sally …. After divorcing actress Penny Marshall, he found himself back in the dating world, which inspired writer Nora Ephron to use his experiences to shape the script. The result, with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, became one of cinema’s most enduring romantic comedies.
During filming, he met photographer Michele Singer. They fell in love quickly and married within seven months. That relationship even changed the movie’s ending, a detail Reiner openly acknowledged. Originally, Harry and Sally were meant to walk away from one another. His own happiness made that impossible.
Reiner and Michele went on to have three children – Jake, Nick and Romy – and he adopted Tracy, Penny Marshall’s daughter from a previous marriage. Only last year, he made clear where his priorities lay: “My wife and kids. That’s the most important to me. There’s that joke, nobody on their deathbed ever said, ‘I should have spent more time at the office.’ Nobody says that.”
Alongside directing, Reiner continued to act, appearing in films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, as well as the sitcom New Girl and, most recently, The Bear. Of his films, he once said: “I love the idea of making movies that kids and adults can go to together and both get something out of it, and not just, ‘Oh, I’ve got to take my kid to the movie because they want to see the next, you know, ‘Hannah Montana’ movie or whatever.’”
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Away from Hollywood, he also fought political battles. A lifelong Democrat, he pushed for early-childhood programmes, worked with unions and campaigned for same-sex marriage rights. He supported a 1998 California initiative raising tobacco taxes to fund children’s services.
Australia’s spy agency has revealed that one of the men who carried out the country’s worst massacre in three decades was investigated for links to ISIL. Police say Naveed Akram and his father Sajid targeted Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah at the country’s most famous beach.
Kilmarnock say “change is required” after sacking manager Stuart Kettlewell following a 10-match winless run, including eight defeats, and the side sitting second bottom of the Scottish Premiership.
Assistant Stevie Frail also departs Rugby Park and former Partick Thistle manager Kris Doolan has been placed in interim charge.
Former Motherwell and Ross County boss Kettlewell, 41, replaced Hearts-bound Derek McInnes during the close season and enjoyed a positive start to the 2025-26 campaign.
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Kilmarnock led at Pittodrie on Sunday but two late goals secured the three points for Aberdeen and left Kettlewell with a record of six wins, eight draws and nine defeats.
The club thanked “Stuart and Stephen for their efforts during their time” at Rugby Park.
And the club’s board said in a statement: “This has been a difficult decision taken after careful consideration.
“We believe there is plenty of quality in the squad and had hoped that results would turn around. Unfortunately change is now required to best serve the interests of Kilmarnock FC.
