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What is Eid-al-Fitr and why is it being celebrated today?
Eid is the festival held by Muslims to celebrate the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, where Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset every day.
Welcome to our Eid al-Fitr live blog
Welcome to our Eid al-Fitr live blog as Muslims come together to mark the end of Ramadam. We'll provide you with updates from around the world as Muslims celebrate the holy holiday.
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Blow for hundreds of thousands of British expats as Spain's socialist PM reveals plans to end the 'golden visa' scheme that gives residency to property buyers from abroad: Experts say 'it's like a bomb has gone off'
Death In Paradise confirms show's FIRST ever lead female detective - following Ralf Little's emotional exit
Dietician reveals very simple lifestyle changes that will help ANYONE to lose weight (and keep it off) - WITHOUT dieting or calorie counting
STEPHEN POLLARD: Angela Rayner has engaged in a sordid attempt to put one over on the British public. Now Labour's response treats voters with contempt
Are YOU unknowingly eating 'forever chemicals'? Shock study reveals up to 95% of fruit and vegetables sold in the UK contains toxic substances thought to cause cancer and damage the heart
Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan wows in Harper's Bazaar shoot and confesses she is terrified of 'scrutiny': 'I'm in disbelief that I'm the leading lady in a romance, I'm the oddball '
Emergency crews rescue van driver stuck in deluge as nearly 300 flood warnings are in place across the UK with 75mph 'danger to life' gales on the way after Met Office issues urgent yellow weather warnings
Solar Eclipse 2024 reaches its grand finale in Vermont and Maine as skiers take a break to view the rare cosmic phenomenon that brought America to a standstill and sent zoo animals wild
Widow of US guide killed in Alps helicopter avalanche tragedy hugs her daughter as they say their last farewell at his funeral... before bravely consoling British hero who saved two brothers in the disaster
On-duty officer, 37, 'raped' student, 20, at her home after she asked police for help when her ex-boyfriend threatened to put naked photographs of her on the internet
'Miss Mizzy' punches total strangers to become a social media star: Female thug who assaults passers-by in shocking 'chaos for clout' video clips is doing it 'to look cool' and get 'online validation', friend says
KENNEDY: How rank that my alma mater UCLA won't fire their repugnant 'Race and Equity' director for horrid harassment of stricken Kate! Here's my prescription for the deranged DEI disease infecting academia...
Want a healthy dog? Vets reveal the 10 extreme body conformations owners should AVOID including flat-faces, sloped backs and short legs - so, does your pooch have any?
Four-bedroom terrace home goes on the market for £900,000 - but leaves house hunters divided after its owners painted the exterior dark grey
Being a mum 'speeds up the ageing process': Scientists find mothers are up to 3 MONTHS older biologically
Why white bread isn't as bad as you think, according to dietitians
Amanda Holden, 53, strips NAKED in the Heart FM studios before co-host Jamie Theakston demand she 'put a top on'
Allies of Angela 'two homes' Rayner accuse critics of SEXISM for questioning if Labour's deputy leader avoided capital gains tax and broke election law - as Keir Starmer claims 'no one is interested' in row over her financial affairs
Is THIS how the world will end? Scientists warn our solar system could be pulled into the gravity of a white dwarf star before being 'crushed and ground to dust'
'You're weak, pathetic cowards': Mother of footballer Cody Fisher who was knifed to death on nightclub dancefloor in Boxing Day 'revenge' attack calls for tougher knife crime sentences after her son's killers are jailed for 25 and 26 years
Amanda Holden, 53, has increasingly shed her inhibitions (and her clothes) the older she gets
Row erupts between holidaymakers and villagers in Cornish beauty spot as hundreds of cones are used to deter problem parkers - as tourists hit back at locals blaming them for growing traffic woes
Under-10s football team are left devastated after £10,000 raised by parents to send their children to a tournament in Barcelona 'goes missing' - as man, 38, is arrested on suspicion of theft
Have you been forced to become a car-tortionist? New models are so wide that they leave only 30cm of space to get in and out in car parks
Why you should keep taking beta blockers: DR MARTIN SCURR dismisses concerns from a new study
The headphones that could ease tinnitus with a radical new treatment
Pro-Palestinian youth supporters with links to Just Stop Oil cover the Labour Party's headquarters in red paint accusing it of being 'complicit' in 'genocide' in Gaza by refusing to commit to ending arms sales to Israel
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Could King Charles raise millions by opening up Buckingham Palace to film crews?
Families of Nottingham stabbing victims Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber heartbreakingly recall where they were when they heard their children had died... as Barnaby's younger brother bravely takes documentary viewers into his untouched bedroom
Fugitive Bradford murder suspect Habibur Masum - wanted over fatal stabbing of mother pushing a pram - 'is the father of the baby and ex-lover of the victim', locals say
Brits must revert to the 'old-fashioned belief' that work is good for you, minister claims
Iconic British brand Ted Baker announces 15 stores to shut within just days after plunging into administration - is YOUR local on the list?
Samantha Murphy: Ballarat rocked by death of 23-year-old woman after mother disappeared
Morgan Wallen is arrested after launching chair from sixth floor of bar in Nashville that landed just three feet away from cops
The day of nuclear Armageddon: Newly declassified documents reveal in macabre minute-by-minute detail what the end of the world would like. And why those vaporised instantly by an atomic bomb will be the lucky ones...
Wyoming hunter, 42, poses with exhausted wolf he tortured and paraded around his local bar with its mouth taped shut before shooting it dead - as his family member REENACTS the sick scene
Hollywood icon Kathleen Turner looks unrecognizable as she struggles with a cane during a rare public outing after revealing she once had a crush on former co-star Michael Douglas
Pictured: Prominent Las Vegas attorney and his wife killed by her former father-in-law who then turned weapon on himself at child custody hearing in law office
TV director Nicky Illis who worked on BBC's Antiques Roadshow and Fake or Fortune dies of cancer aged 53 - as presenter Fiona Bruce leads tributes to 'irreplaceable' talent
Husband murdered his wife, 26, chopped her body into 224 pieces then dumped remains in a 'bag for life' - after killing her puppy in washing machine and putting hamsters in a food blender in sadistic campaign of domestic abuse
Mother-of-six, 49, is found dead along with her ex-husband, 52, in 'murder-suicide' in quiet residential street
Hannah McGuire: Man, 21, is charged with murdering Clunes, Ballarat woman found dead in a burnt out car - as sources reveal she 'feared for her safety'
Moment Texas nurse is arrested 'for having sex with a Great Dane': Clip was found by cops on husband's phone 'after he was caught flashing at supermarket'
Heartbreaking moment Las Vegas cops race to save K9 Enzo after he was stabbed by violent suspect in line of duty: 'You are a good boy and you did your job'
Sarah Beeny's neighbours celebrate winning year-long war with TV star after she pulled plug on 'absolutely ghastly' barn renovation plans on her 220-acre 'mini Downton Abbey' estate
Edward 'Eddie' Wosomo: NT Footy star dad tragically dies in horror crash sparking an outpouring of grief
North Wollongong: Terrifying moment giant wave washes a toddler away - before dad jumps in to rescue her
Muslim protestors chant 'death to America, death to Israel' at rally in Michigan's Dearborn after city was branded 'Jihad capital' of the U.S by WSJ
Long Island pediatrician, 58, dies falling from moving Airstream as she was clinging to the door when it suddenly blew off on to highway in front of shocked family while husband was driving
Boston woman, 26, dies in hospital after being mowed down in road rage killing after fender bender
Third GJ Gardner Homes franchise collapses leaving customers with half-built homes: 'My site is abandoned'
Why Jimmy Mitchell's happy snap of his family boarding a plane saw him booted from a Jetstar flight
Long Island pediatrician was on way to watch solar eclipse with her family when she fell out of passenger door of brand new $130k AirStream in front of horrified daughter while rest of the family rode car
Mansions worth £1.4million have to be demolished and their elderly owners made homeless after Victorian railway embankment suddenly collapses below them
Wannabe influencer shared chilling post about 'losing his bride' days before 'stabbing mother, 27, to death beside her baby': Detectives hunt Bangladeshi Primark blogger over murder
Boondah Reserve, Warriewood: Horror after teenager is swallowed by a sinkhole while playing with friends at a family park
Nuclear war so devastating survivors will envy the dead: As newly declassified documents reveal what Armageddon would look like - how a lightning attack from North Korea would leave a US President six minutes to decide the fate of the world
Son of Hamas founder who defected to the US slams pro-Palestine student activists as terror group's 'useful idiots'
A maths tutor, a retired video editor and a pub manager: The hard-working people of Bristol's Caravan City tell their stories as soaring rents force 800 to live on the roadside in UK's second most expensive city
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh step in for cancer-stricken King Charles as they watch French soldiers guard Buckingham Palace for first time in history on 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale
Judy Murray backs JK Rowling in trans rights row: Tennis coach voices her support after author warned against 'dismantling' women's rights to 'accommodate trans-identified men' in 709-word social media post
'Everything's gone wrong' on Jeremy Clarkson's farm: How Diddly Squat's been plagued by red tape and poor harvests (and he's tried to rope in Rishi Sunak for help too) - as star 'channels' Kevin Costner's Yellowstone rancher to overcome the challenges
Private school captain Marco Yandle faces 10 years in jail after admitting to helping his dad in alleged 'execution-style' murder of a homeless father at Kudla, Adelaide
Could YOU be an airline pilot? Try EasyJet's new reaction tests to see if you have what it takes to keep cool in the cockpit at 30,000 feet
Gunman shoots dead two people before turning weapon on himself during deposition at law office in Las Vegas
Terrifying moment truck and a caravan are blown off a bridge as storm winds hit South Africa
Black Lives Matter fraudster, 23, who organised demo that saw Colston statue toppled in Bristol and used £70,000 of donations to fund her lifestyle including £5,800 on Uber rides is ordered to pay back just £1- Murder suspect hunted over mother stabbed to death in front of her baby son in Bradford had been charged with assaulting her five months earlier but freed on bail - as police say they have arrested a man, 23, on suspicion of helping him get away
Urgent WFH warning issued to tens of thousands of Australians: Why you're better off not going to the office TODAY
Heartbroken father calls for death penalty for three children who beat his 13-year-old boy to death leaving him 'disfigured beyond recognition': 'I hope they pay with their lives'
The end of Sin City's shadiest hotel: It made millions for the mob and attracted a string of celebrity guests, including Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra... but now the changing times have finally caught up with the Hotel Tropicana
Map reveals which parts of UK will be ravaged by 75mph 'danger to life' gales from today as Met Office issues urgent yellow weather warnings in wake of Storm Kathleen
Josef Fritzl's defence lawyer posts bizarre topless pictures from her mountain holiday after latest bid to have incest monster transferred from high security prison
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