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Robert Kelker-Kelly was found unresponsive in bed at his home in Missouri after a call reporting a cardiac arrest, with police saying there appeared to be nothing suspicious about the circumstances. Dispatchers received the emergency call at about 8.16pm on October 3. The actor’s body was later released by the medical examiner to a local funeral home, according to law enforcement. In the dispatch audio, an official can be heard saying the caller reported being unable to move Mr Kelker-Kelly’s body from the bed. Police and emergency medical services were sent to the property after a report of an unconscious…

A number of prominent actors, musicians, athletes and cultural figures have died in 2026, leaving a wide-ranging legacy across film, television, music, sport and public life. The year’s losses have included country music icon Dolly Parton, Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and television stars Catherine O’Hara, James Van Der Beek and Eric Dane. Latest celebrity deaths in 2026 Reggie McFadden, the actor and comedian known for appearances in In Living Color, Curb Your Enthusiasm and several 1990s sitcoms, died at the age of 57. He was also featured in sketches during the final season of In…

A heavy police presence is expected in Perth as a controversial defence industry exhibition opens today. The event is a leading gathering for the defence industry, with heightened security anticipated around its opening in the Western Australian city.

Israel prepared to shoot down a FlyDubai passenger plane carrying more than 150 Israelis after the captain was allegedly attacked in the cockpit, according to two Israeli sources with direct knowledge of the incident. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel last week when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and attempted to crash the aircraft. The account has also been given by Benjamin Netanyahu, passengers and the captain himself. After the plane plunged 14,000 feet, the Israeli Air Force attempted to contact the cockpit but received no response. A pre-established emergency committee was convened and a…

Mexico has asked the United States to provide evidence of an alleged cross-border shooting after Washington said shots had been fired from the Mexican side of the border towards US security personnel. President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s National Guard, Army and Navy had detected no gunfire from Mexican territory towards the United States. “We asked for all the evidence because we have no evidence,” she told her daily news conference on Monday. The alleged incident was reported by Ronald Johnson, the US ambassador to Mexico, a day earlier. He said members of the US Coast Guard had been targeted in…

AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said Summit Therapeutics’ lead cancer drug could help drive the next generation of cancer treatment combinations, describing it as part of the “future of cancer care”. His comments came after AstraZeneca agreed to invest $2 billion in Summit and collaborate on clinical trials involving potential combinations with its own cancer medicines. The investment gives AstraZeneca an approximately 12% stake in Summit, while the biotech retains full permission and commercial rights to ivonescimab. Ivonescimab is a bispecific antibody designed to attack cancer through two pathways. It blocks PD-1, a mechanism that restrains immune cells, while also…

Simu Liu has married his fiancée, Allison Hsu, in a wedding in France over the weekend, according to sources. The “Avengers: Doomsday” actor and Hsu had been dating since late 2022. Liu proposed during a trip to Paris in May 2025. Hsu has worked at Interscope Records since 2017, initially joining as an intern. She is now the label’s digital marketing director. The relationship began after Liu split from actress Jade Bender. A representative for Liu was contacted for comment but had not responded.

Arizona Attorney General special agent Dulance Marciano Morin has been indicted on a felony negligent homicide charge over the fatal shooting of a Mesa mother in February. A Maricopa County grand jury returned the indictment on 10 September, according to court documents. Morin is accused in connection with the death of 32-year-old Maria Ernestina Lewis, who was found with a gunshot wound outside his home. Lewis, a mother of seven, was killed in the early hours of 28 February in a residential area near Ray Road and Inspirian Parkway in Mesa, Arizona. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Mesa…

Jamie Carragher has called for a swift resolution to the case involving Manchester City while speaking at the Legends of Football awards. Manchester City denies any wrongdoing in the case and has launched an appeal.

A California woman accused of spying for China on the family of Taiwan’s president in the Seattle area has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport as she allegedly tried to leave for Shanghai. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, 34, of Irvine, was detained by FBI agents on Sunday, October 4, before she could board her flight. She is charged in a federal criminal complaint with acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China. Prosecutors allege that Zhang travelled to Seattle in September 2025 with an associate and monitored the son of Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te. The pair allegedly…