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16 October 2021

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News imageA movie-goer walks by a poster for the blockbuster The Battle at Lake Changjin at a cinema in Hangzhou

The Chinese film beating Bond at the box office

The success of The Battle at Lake Changjin is bad news for Hollywood which wants to grow in China.

News imageRobert Durst looks down during sentencing

Millionaire murderer Robert Durst ill with Covid

Robert Durst was on Thursday convicted of murder and is a suspect in two other deaths.

News imageA woman wears augmented reality glasses in a dark room with white dotted lights in the background

Apparently, it's the next big thing. What is the metaverse?

What does it mean, and what have Facebook and Fortnite got to do with it?

News imagePlacard saying: "Here we drown Algerians" seen at a remembrance ceremony to mark the 59th anniversary of the 1961 Paris massacre at the Pont Saint-Michel bridge over the River Seine in Paris, France - 17 October 2020

How a massacre of Algerians in Paris was covered up

French police killed at least 100 people in 1961, throwing some of them into the River Seine to drown them.

News imageJoy Crookes

Joy Crookes, her cats, and an album of soulful wisdom

The Brit Award-nominee discusses the making of her soul-searching debut album, Skin.

News imageSteve and Laura Hughes

Baby loss: 'The pain never goes away'

Steve and Laura Hughes open up about the pain of losing their son Jesse, who died in pregnancy.

News imageOle Gunnar Solskjaer & Cristiano Ronaldo

Must Man Utd bench one of their stars to succeed? Analysis

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards question whether Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must drop one of his star players to find success.

News imageSarah Gilbert

UK’s Covid vaccine creator: Let’s take on more diseases

Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.

News imageComposite image of the Sunday Express and Observer front pages.

'Terror will not win' and MP murder suspect named

Sunday's front pages are dominated by reaction to the killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess.

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