Planet Earth film-maker Vanessa Berlowitz, her husband and young son didn't realise just how big an adventure it would be

Super rich Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly remains very keen to pull off a takeover of Manchester United.

In common with other newspapers, an article on 11 February reported official Department of Work and Pensions figures which suggested that 68 per cent of incapacity claimants were receiving benefits despite being fit for work. While 29 per cent were found fit for work straight away, the other 39 per cent were assessed as being unable to work now but able to work in the foreseeable future. We are happy to clarify the position.

Victoria Beckham looked suitably stylish as she 'played shop girl' at her Dover Street shop in London on Friday.

Annemarie Plas, who lives in South London, told viewers on ITV's This Morning that she was overjoyed with the response to her call for applause for those tackling the coronavirus crisis.

Shea Sturt, 33, was in a drug-induced psychotic state when he killed 31-year-old Caitlin O'Brien at their Melbourne home in June 2019. Days before he sent texts telling her he would never kill her.

In the last weekend of April, the six rumoured finalists all shared footage of themselves isolating together in Melbourne , where MasterChef is being filmed

Australian Survivor's Locky Gilbert was announced as The Bachelor on Wednesday.

Filming is well and truly underway on the upcoming season of The Bachelor, with this year's hopefuls spotted filming group date scenes in Sydney on Tuesday.

Wham! star Andrew Ridgeley says he 'wouldn't be surprised' if the consequences were 'very harsh' for children who are rejected from X Factor, at Cheltenham Literary Festival, on Saturday.

Jude Law's ex-girlfriend Cat Cavelli has revealed she's moved on with a new boyfriend who's inspired her to write love songs.

The singer, 35, has revealed he wants to mend his feud with his estranged twin brother, Ben, after breaking down in tears when watching twins Aoife and Katie audition on The Voice.

New York Sweet Chick restaurants co-owned by rapper Nas and John Seymour are offering free chicken and waffles to furloughed workers until the partial government shutdown ends.

The 25-year-old rocked leather hotpants with fishnets and thigh-high boots, putting her recent love split to one side to put on a good show as the band played X Factor Italia.

It's the embarrassing display feared by most teenagers, and even celebrated designer and fashion superstar Victoria Beckham is not above it.

It can be tricky to maintain perfect locks while at Glastonbury festival, even for those enjoying the hospitality tents the event has to offer.

John Boyega could only have a long term relationship with a woman if she were a Christian.

Mitchel Wu, 57, from LA, tells amazing stories in just single photographs, with the help of a whole host of familiar toys - from popular Disney and Lord of the Rings characters, to Hasbro's Power Rangers.

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 54, responded to the pop star's video by suggesting she use her platform to promote healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

It's the Channel Seven ratings juggernaut set to return for its 10th anniversary season on January 28. 

My Kitchen Rules usually centres around cooking drama or 'villains' stirring the pot at the dinner table.

Jac and Shaz (season six)

My Kitchen Rules took a walk down memory lane on Tuesday when some of the show's most memorable contestants returned.

Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson has opened up about plans on becoming a mum once she overcomes the devastation of her shock decision to retire from athletics.

Chef owner Daniel Humm said a 'question mark' hangs over the restaurant's, main, future. In January Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik celebrated the singer's 27th birthday there, inset.

Myleene Klass looked stunning as she headed to the Global Radio studios in London on Friday.

Alexander Gabyshev was arrested two days into his planned 5,000-mile trek to Moscow, three months after his first journey was cut short when he was detained in September and flown back to Siberia.

Business Wire India

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation, Asia’s premier blockchain company pioneering the adoption of highly secure decentralized asset management, has partnered with Asia’s largest digital asset platform OSL of BC Group, DraperDragon Fund, CarbonBlue of BSN, and Academy Award Winning Studio Cross Creek Media. This deal signifies a major move for the blockchain, digital assets, and the expansion of global media and Hollywood. These partners create a global powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific region, which plan to harness industry-leading blockchain solutions for their business needs.

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The Monsoon-OSL deal will explore opportunities to accelerate the drive towards the digitalization of assets, money, currencies, and decentralized blockchain ledgers (where all transactions, storage of payments and data will be inviolably recorded). Combining intellectual property, deal flow, large scale investors, and blockchain capabilities, Monsoon Blockchain is looking to create a digital asset powerhouse in the US and Asia.

OSL is the Hong Kong region’s most comprehensive digital asset platform, providing Software-as-a-Service, brokerage, exchange, and custody services for institutions and professional investors. OSL manages over $1.5B in transactions per month in digital asset trading. After reaching $171 billion this year, the value of business-to-business and cross-border payments carried out on blockchain systems is estimated to exceed an astounding $4.4 trillion by 2024.

Recently, Fidelity International, a spin-off from the U.S. financial services brand Fidelity Investments, invested in BC Group (stock code: 863 HK), the Hong Kong-based operator of crypto exchange OSL. Including custodial accounts, the firm reported $8.3 trillion in assets under administration - a spike from the reported $6.7 trillion in 2018.

Both Monsoon and OSL will participate in launching multiple digital assets and tokens including media and telecommunications tokens, Monsoon Token, and other branded assets within the Monsoon ecosystem. Monsoon has been making worldwide news in blockchain after partnering with China’s largest phone retailer, Dixintong (D.Phone), which generated a reported $2.5 billion in revenue in 2019.

Monsoon will be joining the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), which was recently launched on the Chinese Mainland on April 25th, 2020 and will officially be available for global commercial use by June 25^th. China Mobile, China UnionPay, and Red Date Technology are the founding consortia partners that created the BSN protocol and infrastructure, which has been deployed in over 100 cities in China. The BSN is a global interoperability protocol that allows companies to connect to different blockchain ecosystems, as well as create and run new blockchain-as-a-service applications. The BSN will accelerate the development of digital economies and smart cities deployment by providing global interconnectivity and integrated blockchain cloud computing services for participants on the network.

Additionally, Monsoon has formed a new partnership with CarbonBlue Innovations to integrate cloud computing capabilities on top of the BSN protocol, allowing the creation of new low-cost blockchain cloud computing offerings suitable for developing regions of the world. CarbonBlue Innovations is a leading venture building and investment company that is focused on rapidly commercializing and scaling blockchain, fintech, and digital finance innovation around the world. Not only does CarbonBlue Innovations focus on both fintech infrastructure solutions, but also digital assets and investment banking services to allow the institutional adoption of regulated digital assets.

Michael Sung, Chairman of CarbonBlue Innovations asserted: “Monsoon’s unique cloud computing optimization technologies complement the existing multi-cloud offerings of the BSN and can further enhance our ability to customize blockchain cloud services for the developing world. With this partnership, we will be able to offer compelling low-cost solutions to enable SMEs (small and medium enterprises) globally to join the digital economy, which will massively drive self-sufficiency and financial inclusion in these developing regions.”

Monsoon will also be able to leverage the partnership with CarbonBlue Innovations to create innovative digital asset securitization and digital finance solutions for the market. Leveraging CarbonBlue Innovation’s strong academic and institutional finance affiliations, the new partnership will allow the creation of a vertically-integrated digital asset investment banking platform to address the massive opportunity in the future digitization of the world’s economy. CarbonBlue Innovations is able to provide full-stack solutions, vertically-integrating fintech technology infrastructure, legal/regulatory best practices, and institutional financial engineering expertise for digital finance.

Michael Sung added, “CarbonBlue Innovations has created a strong strategic partnership network consisting of the top digital asset companies leading the industry. Combined with Monsoon’s access to various industry ecosystems and pipeline of tokenization projects, our partnership will enable us to immediately scale to take a leadership position in the market and allow our clients to leapfrog into the future of finance.”

Partnering with Monsoon Blockchain, Cross Creek Media ($1.5B in the worldwide Box office) will expand its digital assets in film, television, and IP into the blockchain universe. The aim of the partnership is to achieve streamlined digital content management systems, and to gain broader access to worldwide audiences. Cross Creek has been a co-financier/producer of such films as Oscar winner Black Swan and has been behind hits American Made,Everest, Black Mass, Bloodshot, Hacksaw Ridge and the upcoming The Trial of the Chicago 7. Cross Creek is well positioned to be the next generation of production houses. Additionally, Cross Creek will announce a token style offering alongside Monsoon Blockchain Corporation. Timmy Thompson, CEO of Cross Creek Media stated: “We are very excited to work with Monsoon and continue developing award-winning properties. Furthermore, we believe Cross Creek's portfolio of new media technology investments perfectly positions us to take advantage of the new distribution paradigms.”

“We are very honored to work with such insightful leaders and innovators, the breadth of participants in this deal demonstrates the significant impact blockchain will have across a wide variety of industries,” Dr. Donald Basile added, “tokenization of asset classes has a tremendous upside on both the investment level and security level. Gartner’s prediction of over $3 trillion of business value added by blockchain seems increasingly likely.”

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation is focused on innovative cloud solutions in the blockchain ecosystem. Dr. Donald Basile, its CEO and founder, is the former CEO of Fusion IO, a company known for playing a major role in implementing the cloud systems at Apple and Facebook as well as partnerships with HP, IBM, and Dell. Recently, Monsoon Blockchain added advisory board members Ken Goldman, President of Hillspire (Eric Schmidt’s family office), and former CFO of Yahoo and Fortinet and Xiaoma Lu, former Dalian Wanda Investments CEO and former board member of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to their team.

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Justin Bieber plans to start a family in 'due time.' The 25-year-old singer - who is married to model Hailey Bieber - has admitted he'd love to become a dad one day, but he has ambitions to achieve before then.

The 26-year-old pop act threw an arm around his wife and shared a kiss with her during their sunlit romantic stroll in West Hollywood.

In the sci-fi action film directed by Ang Lee, Will stars as a hitman pursued by a younger and faster cloned version of himself.

She has made a name for herself in Hollywood staring in dramas and romantic comedies. And now Eva Mendes wants to take on a new role in a kid friendly movie as a mother-of-two.

The reality star shared a throwback snap from his time feeding the elephants while in rehab in Thailand on Instagram on Tuesday.

Despite a police presence, nine buses carrying vulnerable migrants to hotels near Thessaloniki were forced to turn back on Wednesday as dozens of villagers blocked the road.

History was 'a generally rubbish place,' says Bettany Hughes. She definitely would not want to live there. 'Not before the anaesthetic era,' I suggest. 'Not even before fridges,' she counters

The netted barrier will be put in place within the next three months after the government has found a private contractor to build it.

The coastal area of Makrygialos is one of many areas in mainland Greece where the government is locked in a tug of war with local communities over the housing of migrants.

An estimated 30,000 migrants gathered at checkpoints after Turkey's president claimed to have 'opened the doors' to allow as many as 4 million asylum seekers to leave the country.

Turkish interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, announced the number of crossings in a statement on Twitter. Migrants have been spotted wading through a river and arriving in Greece on boats.

More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 125 miles along the frontier and separates them from Greece, and therefore the EU.

Turkish officials are said to be allowing people smugglers to operate freely and as a result, the criminals have slashed their prices for getting migrants into the EU to as little as £11

Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.

More clashes erupted on Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.

President Erdogan said today he wouldn't stop migrants trying to cross into Greece before advising Athens to allow them to pass through, as they are aiming to go further into Europe.

The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens on Saturday.

The Clinton Johnson Band's Vince Johnson said he and his singer Danny Clinton 'recorded three albums worth of songs' before Clinton's death from heart-related issues last October

BHEL has invited foreign companies to ‘Make in India’ as it seeks to capitalise on US-China tensions to solve its cash flow issues.Investors cheered the move as the stock surged nearly 10% in two days.BHEL’s stock has taken a beating this year, losing half its value after missing FY20 sales by 20%.Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has invited foreign companies to use its facilities to set up manufacturing bases in the country. The government-owned company has floated an expression of interest in this regard. The stock surged nearly 10% in two days before cooling off, as investors cheered the initiative of a state-owned company looking to invite foreign companies on the fence in China and at the same time resolve its cash flow issues — two birds with one stone. 75548252For the year 2020

Speaking on Network Ten's The Project on Thursday night, Amy, 32, told co-host Tommy Little, 'I’d love to get Russell in a video. I'm sure I could come up with anything [for the concept].'

Demi Lovato revealed she wants to 'make out' with Rihanna in an extremely cheeky confession on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week.