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Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the 90th Academy Awards with memorable jokes. Via: Jimmy Kimmel's opening jokes at the 90th Academy Awards

Follow all the action from the red carpet as the biggest night in film beginsSwot up with our Oscars primer including full timetableCheck out our chief film critic’s Oscar predictionsFull list of Oscar winners as they are announcedOscars red carpet in pictures: from Salma Hayek to Daniel Kaluuya 2.04am GMT Read more

Latest news and reaction as the results come in overnight in one of the most uncertain elections in years• Italy election: who will win and why does it matter? 1.56am GMT Here is how news organisations around Europe are interpreting the events of the night, while La Stampa headlined its Read more

After the Golden Globe’s Time’s Up blackout, there was no dress code for the 2018 Academy Awards. Instead, white, gold and pink were the colours of the red carpet. And of course there were some Time’s Up pinsOscars 2018 live Continue reading… Via: Oscars red carpet 2018: from Margot Robbie Read more

Rescue efforts continue as aftershocks hit Southern Highlands, a week after quake Aid workers in Papua New Guinea say the death toll from last week’s 7.5 earthquake has reached at least 67, as the country’s remote highlands were again rocked by strong aftershocks.Three aftershocks, each stronger than magnitude 5, shook Read more

'Now is the time for action,' International Development Secretary tells charities Via: Oxfam scandal: Aid agencies to pledge action to combat sexual exploitation at Dfid summit

Government admits there is "a lack of attention and outright misunderstanding remain widespread" Via: Climate change poses a major risk to people's pensions, MPs warn

Digital rights campaigners write to Amber Rudd threatening legal action on data protection billPlans to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office are illegal and will be challenged in court, the government has been told.Organisations representing up to 3 million Read more

Exclusive: Families forced to spend nights in A&E waiting rooms, night buses and police stations after being denied emergency housing by local councils Via: Vulnerable children forced into homelessness as local authorities routinely ignore child protection laws

Prime Minister to pledge to 'rewrite planning laws' and force private housebuilders to 'step up and do their bit' as she attempts to place housing at heart of policy agenda Via: 'Do your duty to Britain', Theresa May tells property developers in major speech on 'restoring dream' of home-ownership