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Kris Jenner shows off new look as Kim Kardashian copies her signature hairstyle

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Kris Jenner has debuted a drastically different new hairstyle after her daughter Kim Kardashian altered her looks by cutting her locks short in her mum’s signature pixie style

Kris Jenner has debuted a bold new look just days after daughter Kim Kardashian appeared to copy her signature hairstyle.

The Kardashian matriarch, 69, shocked fans on Wednesday when she ditched her famous raven pixie cut for a striking bleach blonde bob.

This is the first major hair transformation she has had in decades. She got the dramatic makeover courtesy of celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton, who shared a behind-the-scenes video of the transformation on Instagram.

The clip showed Kris makeup-free with a towel wrapped around her head before the screen transitioned to her glamorous new look as Sabrina Carpenter’s When Did You Get Hot? played in the background.

Appleton, who also counts Kim and Khloe Kardashian among his A-list clients, captioned the post: “Blondie @krisjenner.”

Kris later gave her 51.6 million followers a closer look by sharing a selfie from her first public appearance as a blonde at a Shark Beauty event in Beverly Hills.

“We had a fun little blonde moment tonight!”, she wrote. “Thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate the launch of the new @sharkbeauty Shark Glam at CUT Lounge at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel!!”

Appleton was quick to respond in the comments, adding: “Love that you re-invent yourself and are having fun doing it.”

Her new friend Hilaria Baldwin was among the first to show support, commenting: “OMG love” on Appleton’s post, while fans flooded Kris’s page with praise for her youthful new look.

Kris’s transformation comes shortly after Kim Kardashian, 44, turned heads at Paris Fashion Week by debuting a dark brown pixie cut similar to her mother’s trademark style.

Kim sported the short hairdo while attending the Maison Alaïa runway show on October 4, and later shared photos of the moment on Instagram.

One follower joked, “Kris Jenner what are you doing here?”, while another simply wrote, “Kris!!!” with heart-eye emojis. Kris herself joined in on the fun, reacting to Kim’s post with a GIF of her own face.

Kris’s new blonde hair isn’t her only recent transformation. Earlier this year, the reality star got a facelift that reportedly cost $100,000.

The operation was performed by New York-based “facelift maestro” Dr. Steven M. Levine. In August, Kris told Vogue Arabia: “For me, this is ageing gracefully. It’s my version. I had a facelift about 15 years ago, so it was time for a refresh. I want to be the best version of myself, and that makes me happy.”

She added that her daughter Kylie accompanied her to the clinic for the operation while Kim stayed connected with her on FaceTime.

“Just because you get older, it doesn’t mean you should give up on yourself,” she explained. “If you feel comfortable in your skin and want to age gracefully — meaning you don’t want to do anything — then don’t. But for me, this is ageing gracefully.”

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Reid proud of ‘pushing boundaries’ after retirement

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Scottish diver Grace Reid says she is proud to have “pushed boundaries” after bringing the curtain down on a “whirlwind” career.

The two-time European and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, 29, announced her retirement on Wednesday.

Reid, who also won two World Championship silver medals, has earned a reputation as a trailblazer for her sport in Scotland.

“Looking at some of the stuff I have achieved and the boundaries I have pushed there is a lot to be very proud of,” she told BBC Scotland.

“I like to think one person could look at me and go, ‘everyone told her she would never make that jump to the Olympics and get those really difficult dives’ and I proved everyone wrong.

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‘I would love to stay involved in sport’

After taking the sport up at five, she admits “baby Grace might have struggled to have conceived” what she would go on to achieve.

Her elite career began at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where – aged 14 – she was the youngest member of the Team Scotland squad. Since then she has racked up major medals and milestones.

In 2016, she became the first Scot to win an individual European diving medal since 1954, taking bronze in the 3m springboard.

In the same year she became the first British woman to make an Olympic final in the same discipline, finishing eighth.

Two years later she won Commonwealth Games gold, a first ever women’s diving medal at the event for Scotland and the first Scottish gold medal in the sport in 60 years.

“There have been so many highs, there have been a lot of lows, really difficult times, a lot of change, a lot of growth, firsts, records,” Reid explained.

“It really has given me everything in every capacity, from a personal perspective and also from a sporting angle as well.

“Championing women in sport, young people in general and the benefits that sport has to offer is something that has been at the core of what I have done since I was little and that equal opportunity is something that I am very passionate about.”

Reid graduated from Edinburgh University earlier this year with an applied sport science degree.

“I would love to stay involved in sport,” she added. “What that actually looks like in what capacity I am still trying to figure that out but I know that my passion for sport is going to be used in some capacity, whatever role I end up doing.

‘Having my degree and having 20 years of experience in elite sport is quite a deadly combination.

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The Vivienne honoured posthumously at Attitude Awards as sister breaks down in tears

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The UK’s first RuPaul’s Drag Race winner The Vivienne – whose real name was James Lee Williams – tragically died aged just 32 in January this year

The Vivienne has been honoured posthumously at the 2025 Attitude Awards, which took place in London last night.

The annual ceremony honoured the family of the late RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star – whose real name was James Lee Williams – after their death in January this year aged 32 following a cardiac arrest caused by ketamine.

Since Vivienne’s death, their family has campaigned to raise awareness of the dangers of ketamine, while addiction centre The House of The Vivienne has been set up to help those in need.

Their sister Chanel Williams broke down in tears as she accepted the Inspiration Award at the 2025 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar.

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She said: “It’s an honour to be here tonight and to be receiving the very award that The Vivienne received in 2022. By definition, to be an inspiration is to use your actions, character and story to encourage others to do or achieve something – and The Vivienne did just that.

“She paved the way for the art of drag within the UK, she opened up doors that had never been opened, and she was proof that dreams really do come true.

“But above all, she stood fiercely with her community. A community that I am so proud to be an ally of – a community that, through the most difficult of times, has taken us in, supported us, protected us, and shown us the best parts of humanity.”

Chanel added that her whole family was “extremely honoured” by the recognition as they have spent months trying to “reduce stigma around addiction”.

She continued: “I stand here tonight as James’ sister, and on behalf of our family, extremely honoured to be recognised for this award.

“Since James’ passing, as a family we have campaigned to reduce stigma around addiction, to push for systemic changes, and to continue The Vivienne’s work in helping others.”

Concluding her speech, she added: “In 2022, The Vivienne accepted this award – and tonight, I accept this award on behalf of James, my brother, and my inspiration.”

During the ceremony, Bimini, Tia Kofi, Bentley Robles, Eden Hunter and Janethan performed new song Your Light Will Shine in memory of The Vivienne. Elsewhere on the night – which was hosted by Grace Kelly hitmaker Mika – Russell Tovey was named Man of the Year with Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies presenting the prize.

Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson presented Elizabeth Hurley with the Honorary Gay Award, while Josh Cavallo gave Dannii Minogue the Ally Award.

Other winners included Gok Wan with the Icon Award, Campbell Addy (Creator’s Award), Luke Evans (Book Award), Tom Allen (Comedy Award) and Tiara Syke (Drag Award), while What It Feels Like For A Girl star Paris Lees and the rest of the cast received the TV Award.

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Kate Garraway admits Celebrity Traitors ‘really affected’ her due to hidden struggle

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Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has opened up about her stint on Celebrity Traitors and how one aspect stood out compared to other shows

Kate Garraway has confessed one thing about appearing on Celebrity Traitors “really affected” her. The TV personality says the show had a profound impact on her, having decided to participate in the celebrity version of the popular BBC series.

Kate, who has also graced the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing and braved the jungle in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, mentioned that on those shows, “you sort of knew” how the other contestants felt. Celebrity Traitors, though, was a different kettle of fish.

In a chat with the Sun’s Fabulous, Kate revealed: “The whole experience really affected me. When I came out, I felt like my hard drive had been wiped.

“It took quite a few weeks for me to get back to myself or even contact people from the castle, because it felt like: ‘Wow, this was massive.’I’ve no idea if the other celebrities hated me or loved me.”

Kate entered the Scottish castle still mourning the loss of her husband Derek Draper, who passed away in 2024 due to complications from long Covid. The Good Morning Britain star was accompanied by a slew of other famous faces, including comedian Alan Carr, singer Charlotte Church, TV presenters Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross, and Olympic champion Tom Daley.

The result of the show, which premiered last night (Wednesday October 8) and runs for just over three weeks, is still under wraps. Kate, 58, described her participation in The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, as an “incredible experience”.

She said: “You couldn’t think about anything else, as you didn’t have your phone or access to the internet. You couldn’t even watch TV, which was strange for a news junkie like me!”.

“The Celebrity Traitors was a deliberate reset moment for me.” The enforced period of time to herself has helped Kate come to terms with how she feels about her bereavement, and she says that she’s considering starting grief therapy.

Kate said another reason she signed up for the show is because she wanted to meet her fellow celebrities, some of whom were “heroes” of hers. The telly presenter revealed she isn’t quite prepared to begin dating again, though she doesn’t wish to spend “the rest of her life without love”.

She explained: “What Derek and I loved was our home life and just pottering around, and we had 21 years of that, so mentally I am still in that zone.” However, away from the cameras, pals of the television personality are said to be urging her to give romance another go.

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An insider told The Mirror: “There is someone who’s interested – and her friends are encouraging her just to explore that and see how it makes her feel. But Kate isn’t really ready for anything more than friendship right now. It’s still too soon, so no one is trying to force things.”

Palestinians in Gaza worry and wait for Israel to implement ceasefire

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Deir el-Balah, Gaza – A cautious relief seems to hover over central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah as people stand outside their tents, talking to each other about the ceasefire that is set to come into force after approval by the Israeli cabinet.

Some people are celebrating, while others are worrying that this respite will prove brief and incomplete, like past ceasefires that Israel violated.

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This ceasefire has been touted by United States President Donald Trump as a lasting solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and Israel has said it will cease bombing Gaza 24 hours after being approved by the Israeli cabinet, which is meeting on Thursday to discuss it.

‘I think he’ll go with it’

Nasser al-Qernawi, 62, sat cradling his radio on the bed in his family’s shelter, patched together from plastic sheeting and a bit of blue tarp.

He has listened to it every day for the past two years, and seems almost in awe of the latest news he heard coming through it.

“Yesterday the news was tough, in the morning. But now, it’s better,” he said. “I feel it’s closer, but he didn’t say the word ‘peace’, Netanyahu didn’t. The others said the word ‘peace’, but he didn’t.

“So we’re still not sure what he’s thinking, but I think he’ll go with it… if Trump comes and he signs it, that’s it.”

Many hopes seem to be riding on Trump, either due to confidence in the US president’s diplomatic skills or to a deep distrust in the motivations and actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I have doubts about this, about 90 percent, because Netanyahu is a dirty traitor,” Khamis Othman, who has been displaced from Bureij camp, told Al Jazeera.

“He just thinks this is a winning card for executing his missions. The [Israelis could] take what is theirs and attack us again.”

In January, Hamas had released 33 Israeli and five Thai nationals who were held captive in Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal.

However, Israel unilaterally violated the ceasefire in mid-March, resuming its genocidal war on Gaza.

“If they truly cared about their captives,” Othman exclaimed, “they wouldn’t have attacked them along with the resistance fighters.”

Khamis Othman, 42, in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, on October 9, 2025 [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]

Regardless, he seems at least willing to wait and see what happens next: “From what we last heard, they’re saying Friday is when it happens, so hopefully, on Friday, it’ll start.”

‘We can’t go back home’

Ilham al-Zaanin (Umm Mahdi), 60, has been displaced with her five children and 10 grandchildren since the war began, and has mixed feelings about this announcement.

On the one hand, she told Al Jazeera, she is filled with relief that the bloodshed may now stop, yet on the other hand, she is mourning the fact that they cannot go back home.

Umm Mahdi and her family are from Beit Hanoon in the northernmost governorate of Gaza, a zone that will remain occupied by the Israeli army during the first phase of the ceasefire, so the family will be displaced, and she doesn’t know for how long.

“We went back to our house in Beit Hanoon during the [January] truce,” Umm Mahdi said. “Our home was gone, though, everything was gone. So we came back here and are staying with my husband’s family.

“Everything is destruction, loss … God compensate and help everyone; everyone has their own affliction … honestly, we’re hurting,” she said sadly.

The hurt is afflicting all generations in Gaza, her cousin Itidal al-Zaanin (Umm Mohammad) said, pointing to her grandchildren whose future, she fears, is already lost.

“My son’s children, instead of dreaming of what they want to be when they grow up or playing with toys, they’re walking around with knives, carrying heavy water jugs over long distances to sell.

“Some days they come and tell me and their mother about the human remains they see flung around after attacks … ‘Grandma we found them in pieces,’ they would tell me,” Umm Mohammad shook her head.

“Tomorrow we’ll be shocked by the real numbers of the martyrs and the wounded and the missing, those under the rubble,” Umm Mahdi said.

“Over these two years, I’ve seen everything imaginable, everything painful. We saw slaughter, death, trucks full of dead people, animal carts.”

To trust or to doubt?

Everyone who spoke to Al Jazeera expressed happiness and relief that, at the very least, the bloodshed would stop and some people would have an opportunity to return to their homes, or what remains of them.

Othman is going to wait and see.

“You hear it so often … there’s been an accomplishment, then it fails … optimism is something that sits in the shadows,” he said.

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Itidal al-Zaanin (Umm Mohammad), in Deir el-Balah on October 9, 2025 [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]

Umm Mahdi is also waiting to see: “[Israel] cannot be trusted. You see, in Lebanon, they bomb them every day. We hope that the mediators will intervene to preserve our safety.

Even in the best-case scenario, Umm Mohammad isn’t sure anything will be the same again.

“My sisters lost their children, and our homes were destroyed. Our lives and our whole future have been lost. There’s no true joy in our hearts, but at least the bloodshed stopped,” she said.

“We’ve been begging Arab nations, foreign countries and Muslims who share our faith for two years, but no one cared about us or our children, children who saw bodies torn apart near Al-Aqsa Hospital, and who saw children like them, martyrs.”

Al-Qernawi held on to his optimism about as tightly as he held his radio, which has kept him company in more ways than one through two years of genocide.

“People come to listen with me sometimes, my daughters, or our neighbours,” he said.

“God willing, people will go back to their homes. God willing, the war is over,” al-Qernawi insisted.

“The whole purpose of the war and resuming it was all about displacement.