Elizabeth Hurley faces an impossible choice as son Damian, beau Billy Ray Cyrus clash
It is being reported that Elizabeth “Liz” Hurley is in the middle of a difficult stage of life as she is being forced to choose between her son Damian Hurley and boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus.
An insider told Radar Online that Liz’s 23-year-old son Damian, who she shares with ex-partner Steve Bing, is growing apart because of her high-profile romance with Billy.
The source shared, “Liz keeps saying this is just a rough patch, that these are growing pains and they’ll get through it, but everyone can see how stressful this is for her.”
Notably, Damian, who is a actor and model by profession, has been the center of mom’s attention after the death of his father, Bing.
For those unaware, Bing, a businessman and film producer, died by suicide at the age of 55 on June 22, 2020.
According to the insider, “Liz and Damian are so close and used to spending so much time together, he has been her plus one forever, and now Billy Ray is taking that spot.”
“Granted, Damian is older now and has his own life. But it’s hard for him to share his mother’s attention. Damian has made it clear he does not want to spend any time with Billy Ray,” claimed the source.
Billy and the Strictly Confidential star are ” like oil and water. Damian is very into the high fashion world and the London society scene – he couldn’t be more posh. And Billy Ray is pure country.”
They were on good terms when Liz “first introduced them,” as “they added each other on Instagram and were messaging. They went on a shopping spree for cowboy boots and hats and Billy Ray even gave Damian a bunch of designer pieces from his own closet. But after Damian’s last visit to Nashville, he refused to come back,” the source revealed.
“Liz is running herself ragged trying to reassure Billy Ray on one side and coax Damian on the other. It’s exhausting. But she won’t give up – these are the two men she loves most,” the source concluded.
It is pertinent to mention that Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley confirmed their relationship in April 2025 after meeting on the set of Christmas in Paradise in 2022.
Harry is among the high-profile claimants, along with Sir Elton John and actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, who have accused the Associated Newspapers group of “unlawful information gathering.”
The 41-year-old royal, who lives in California, and his fellow celebrities claim the company, which publishes the Daily Mail and the linked MailOnline website, illegally snooped on them by hiring private investigators to hack their phones, bug their cars and access private records to generate scoops.
The publisher has denied all of the accusations, calling them “preposterous smears” and part of a coordinated effort driven by the claimants’ personal dislike of the news media.
In a witness submission seen by CBS News, Harry said it was, “disturbing to feel that my every move, thought or feeling was being tracked and monitored just for the Mail to make money out of it,” adding that the “terrifying” intrusion made him, “paranoid beyond belief, isolating me.”
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrives at The Royal Courts of Justice for the first day of a court case against Associated Newspapers Ltd, Jan. 19, 2026, in London, England.
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Harry, the Duke of Sussex, whose case is based on 14 separate newspaper stories, says the alleged illegal information gathering between 1993 and 2011 put a “massive strain” on his personal relationships. He has long blamed the media for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash in 1997 as her vehicle was pursued by photographers on motorcycles.
He listened in court Monday as his lawyer argued that there was, “clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering at both the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.”
Testimony from several private investigators, who have said they worked on behalf of Associated Newspapers, will be used in the trial. CBS News’ partner network BBC news reported Monday that Harry was expected to take the stand himself to offer evidence.
During his first legal battle with the press, in 2019, against the owners of The Mirror for hacking his phone, Harry became the first senior member of the royal family to give in-person testimony in a British court in more than 130 years. Courts ruled in his favor multiple times in that case.
“The journalists who used me and the editors who sanctioned this knew full well that I was a practitioner of the ‘Dark Arts,'” private investigator Steve Whittamore said in a witness statement ahead of the trial that began Monday. “If the information the journalists requested could have been acquired legitimately … then the newspapers would have had no need to use my particular services.”
Another witness, known as “Detective Danno,” claims to have been paid the equivalent of more than $1 million by the Mail for over 20 years of work for the paper.
The publisher has argued that evidence from private detectives can’t be trusted.
Royah Nikkhah, royal editor for The Sunday Times and a CBS News contributor, said Monday that Prince William appeared to be “full of confidence” about his case, but “he’s not really relishing the prospect of being in court all week.”
Last year, Rupert Murdoch’s right-leaning News Group Newspapers settled out of court with the royal, offering a full formal apology for “serious intrusion” and a multi-million dollar payout.
The case against Associated Newspapers is expected to last nine weeks, culminating with a decision by Judge Matthew Nicklin, whose verdict will determine not only the lasting reputation of a major media company, but also who foots the bill for tens of millions of dollars in legal costs.
“If Harry wins this case, it will give him a feeling … that he wasn’t being paranoid all the time,” Nikkhah told CBS News. “If Harry loses this case, it’s huge jeopardy for him, not just in terms of cost, but in terms of pushing all the way to trial and not seeking to settle. So we have to wait and see, but it’s high stakes for Harry.”
New Delhi: Indian Railways successfully managed rail traffic during the Mauni Amavasya period, operating 244 special trains across the country since January 3, ensuring smooth and convenient travel for devotees, according to an official statement issued by the Ministry of Railways on Monday.
These trains, of which 31 were of Northern Railway (NR), 158 trains of North Central Railway (NCR), and 55 trains of North Eastern Railway (NER), served around 4.5 lakh passengers. The special services were planned to facilitate hassle-free journeys and safe travel during the festive period.
On January 18, Prayagraj witnessed the peak of festive travel with 40 special trains in operation, including 11 trains of NR, 22 trains of NCR, and seven trains of NER, carrying approximately 1 lakh passengers. Notably, all regular trains ran as scheduled, demonstrating effective planning and operational efficiency by Indian Railways, the statement explained.
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“The successful operation of these special trains reflects Indian Railways’ commitment to providing safe, convenient, and uninterrupted services to passengers during peak festive periods. The railways continue to leverage technology, resource planning, and coordination across zones to manage large-scale passenger movements efficiently,” the statement said.
Earlier, Indian Railways operated more than 43,000 special train trips in 2025 to ensure smooth travel and clear the rush during major religious festivals and peak holiday seasons.
During the year, Indian Railways undertook one of its largest special train operations for Maha Kumbh, operating 17,340 special train trips between January 13 and February 28, 2025, to facilitate the movement of a very large number of pilgrims. For Holi, 1,144 special train trips were operated between March 1 and March 22, 2025, nearly double the number run during Holi 2024, ensuring better availability and smoother festive travel.
The summer travel season of 2025, spanning April 1 to June 30, saw the operation of 12,417 Summer Special train trips, maintaining a high level of service during peak vacation months.
Special arrangements for Chhath Puja 2025 were further strengthened, with 12,383 special train trips operated between October 1 and November 30, 2025, marking a substantial increase over the previous year, according to official figures.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday withdrew an invitation for Iran’s foreign minister to attend the Davos summit in Switzerland after an advocacy group urged it to bar Iranian regime officials amid nationwide anti-government protests that have left thousands dead.
In a post on X, the WEF confirmed that Abbas Araghchi would not be permitted to attend the five-day event.
“Although he was invited last fall, the tragic loss of lives of civilians in Iran over the past few weeks means that it is not right for the Iranian government to be represented at Davos this year,” the organization said.
The announcement comes after the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) sent a letter to WEF President Børge Brende on Friday, urging him to rescind the invitation and bar Iranian regime officials from attending amid a brutal crackdown on civilians.
World Economic Forum sign is seen on the Congress Centre hosting the annual meeting on its opening day in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 19, 2026.(Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
UANI CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace welcomed the decision, telling Fox News Digital in a statement after Araghchi’s invitation was withdrawn: “UANI commends the World Economic Forum for revoking the invitation of Iran’s Foreign Minister from this year’s gathering in Davos. Iranian regime representatives should not be platformed at international events given their crimes against the Iranian people and their long history of supporting terrorism.”
Iran is currently facing nationwide anti-government protests that have drawn a violent response from security forces and placed growing pressure on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), which tracks human rights violations in Iran, said on Sunday that nationwide protests continued into the 22nd day as President Donald Trump weighs possible U.S. military action.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a joint press conference after signing an Egypt-backed agreement to resume nuclear inspections in Cairo on Sept. 9, 2025.(Sayed Hassan/Getty)
The group’s aggregated figures showed 624 recorded protests, the arrest of at least 24,669 people and the confirmed deaths of 3,919 individuals.
White House press secretary Karoline Levitt said at a press briefing last week that the Trump administration was closely watching the situation in Iran.
US President Donald Trump speaks during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026. — Reuters
Germany, France declare Trump’s tariff as “blackmail”.
Greenland is “democratic society” with right to make decisions: PM.
Current tariff deal with US would be put on hold: French FM.
Donald Trump no longer needs to think “purely of peace” after being snubbed for a Nobel, the US president said in comments published on Monday, adding the world will not be safe until Washington controls Greenland.
Trump has put the transatlantic alliance to the test with threats to take over Greenland “one way or the other”, with European countries closing ranks against Washington’s designs on the vast Danish territory.
German and French leaders denounced as “blackmail” weekend threats by Trump to wield new tariffs against countries which oppose his plans for the Arctic Island, and said on Monday that Europe was preparing trade countermeasures.
The European Union said it was holding an emergency summit on Thursday to weigh its response, and that while its priority is to “engage not escalate” it is ready to act if needed.
Greenland, for its part, said the tariffs threat does not change its desire to assert its own sovereignty.
“We will not be pressured,” Greenlandic prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post, adding that the autonomous territory “is a democratic society with the right to make its own decisions”.
But Trump had earlier doubled down, announcing in a message to Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store that the world “is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland”.
The message — published on Monday and whose authenticity was confirmed to AFP by Store’s office — also saw Trump brush aside peace as a primary goal.
“I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” he said, citing his failure to win the last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, despite openly coveting it.
He said although peace would still be “predominant,” he could “now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”
Store said the statement had been received in response to a message from him and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, where they had “conveyed our opposition” to Trump’s tariff threats.
Store also underlined that the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded by the Norwegian government.
“I have clearly explained, including to President Trump what is well known — the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee,” he said in a written statement.
Russia, China threat?
Trump has repeatedly said his country needs vast, mineral-rich Greenland for “national security”, despite the United States already having a base on the island and security agreements with fellow Nato ally Denmark.
“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China,” Trump said in his message to the Norwegian premier, doubling down on that sentiment in a post to Truth Social on Monday.
Denmark’s defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Monday steps had already been taken along with Nato allies to “increase military presence and training activity in the Arctic and the North Atlantic”.
Lund Poulsen added that he and Greenlandic foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt would be meeting with Nato chief Mark Rutte later on Monday.
‘Blackmail’
This weekend, Trump said that from February 1, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would be subject to a 10% tariff on all goods sent to the United States — a duty which could go higher.
Germany’s vice chancellor Lars Klingbeil slammed the move as blackmail, and said Monday that Europe was preparing countermeasures.
French finance minister Roland Lescure, speaking at a press conference alongside Kingbeil, agreed.
“Blackmail between allies of 250 years, blackmail between friends, is obviously unacceptable,” Lecurse said.
Klingbeil said Europe’s response could have three main strands.
First, the current tariff deal with the United States would be put on hold, he said.
Second, European tariffs on imports from the United States, currently suspended until early February, could come into force.
And thirdly the EU should consider using its toolbox of instruments against “economic blackmail”, he added.
Europe’s stock markets fell as the week’s trading began on Monday, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning that a “trade war is in no one’s interest”.
Greenland — whose tiny population of 57,000 has voiced disquiet at Trump’s threats — continued to make its preferences clear on Monday.
Greenland’s dogsled federation said that the new US special envoy to the Arctic island had been disinvited to its annual race.
Jeff Landry had been invited to attend the race by a private Greenlandic tour operator, an invite the KNQK federation has previously called “totally inappropriate”.
The Buffalo Bills fired coach Sean McDermott on Monday, according to reports from ESPN and The Athletic.
NBC News has not independently confirmed the reports and the team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
McDermott led the Bills for nine seasons without ever reaching the Super Bowl. The Denver Broncos defeated the Bills 33-30 in overtime Saturday in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
The loss was the latest in a series of devastatingly close defeats in recent seasons for a franchise that has a long history of heartbreak. Including Saturday’s loss, four of the Bills’ last five playoff losses have come in one-score games, including two in overtime. The combined margin of defeat in those four losses is only 15 points.
In recent seasons, the Bills and MVP quarterback Josh Allen have been tormented by the Kansas City Chiefs and their quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.
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New Delhi: With less than two weeks left for the presentation of the Union Budget 2026–27, experts on Monday believe the government should focus strongly on improving ease of doing business and expanding opportunities for women across sectors.
Speaking to IANS, tax expert Manmohan Srivastava Kaju said the government had provided significant relief to taxpayers in the previous budget by increasing the income tax exemption limit to Rs 12 lakh.
“The introduction of GST 2.0, under which tax slabs were reduced to two, was also a positive step,” he added.
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Looking ahead to the upcoming budget, the expert said the government should prioritise measures that make business operations simpler and more efficient.
“Traders currently face several issues on the GST portal, which often create compliance-related challenges,” he noted.
Citing an example, he said many notices are now issued only through the GST portal. As a result, a large number of traders fail to check them regularly, which sometimes leads to higher tax payments or penalties.
“The government should consider restarting physical communication alongside digital notices to avoid such problems,” he mentioned.
The Union Budget 2026–27 will be presented in Parliament on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
This will be the ninth consecutive budget presented by Sitharaman. She has already created a record by delivering the highest number of consecutive budgets after C.D. Deshmukh, who presented seven budgets in a row.
If she presents the budget for the financial year 2028 as well, she will equal the record of late Morarji Desai, who presented a total of 10 budgets across two tenures between 1959–1964 and 1967–1969.
FM Sitharaman was appointed India’s first full-time woman finance minister in 2019 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power for a second term.
Finance Minister Sitharaman continued to hold the finance portfolio after the Modi-led government secured a third consecutive term in 2024.
Chevy Chase shares disappointment after ‘SNL50: The Anniversary Special’ snub
Chevy Chase is reportedly feeling hurt, as he was not included in SNL50: The Anniversary Special.
Sharing his thoughts in the CNN Films documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the 82-year-old American comedian and actor said, “It was kind of upsetting actually.”
He added, “I expected that I would’ve been on the stage too with all the other actors. When Garrett [Morris] and Laraine [Newman] went on the stage there. I was curious as to why I didn’t. No one asked me to. Why was I left aside?”
“Why was Bill Murray [on the Weekend Update segment] and why was I not? I don’t have an answer for that,” Chase asked.
Notably, the Vegas Vacation star was not invited to perform even though he was there at the taping of SNL50: The Anniversary Special.
He texted Lorne Michaels, the creator of SNL, just to ask why he was not included but he then retracted his “complaint,” calling it silly.
The Three Amigos star shared, “I did bring it up once in a text to Lorne and then took it back,” Chase admitted.
“I said, ‘Okay, I take it back, silly.’ But it’s not that silly. Somebody’s made a bad mistake there. I don’t know who it was, but somebody made a mistake. They should’ve had me on that stage. It hurt,” Chevy Chase explained.
Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘S.W.A.T.’ trends among the top 5 films on Tubi
In 2003, Samuel L. Jackson appeared on the big screen as Sgt Dan “Hondo” Harrelson in the action crime thriller S.W.A.T.
The film was an adaptation of the Aaron Spelling TV series of the same name, which aired in 1975. Despite the movie being more than two decades old, it has found a new life.
It’s on Tubi, a free streaming platform, and has reached the top 4 of the trending movies on the streamer.
Samuel L. Jackson and Collin Farell
In addition to Samuel, S.W.A.T. starred Collin Farrell, Jeremy Renner, and Michele Rodriguez. Produced on a $70 million budget, the movie grossed $207 million.
Given the profitability, the makers greenlit two sequels, S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011) and S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017), but neither features the original cast.
Later in 2017, S.W.A.T. returned to its original roots, the television. Tapping Shemar Moore in the lead, CBS aired the reboot in 2017, which ran for eight seasons.
Further, reports recently said, a spin-off titled S.W.A.T.: Exiles is also in the works.
A 12-year-old Australian boy was fighting for his life after suffering catastrophic injuries in a shark attack in Sydney Harbor, surviving only because his friends leaped from a cliff and dragged him back to shore, authorities said.
The attack happened around 4:20 p.m. Sunday after the boy jumped from a 20-foot ledge known as Jump Rock near Shark Beach in the eastern Sydney suburb of Vaucluse, police said in a statement. Police said the boy suffered severe injuries to both legs from what is believed to have been “a large shark.”
His three friends immediately jumped into the water and pulled him to shore, actions authorities said likely saved his life.
“The actions of his mates who have gone into the water to pull him out have been nothing but brave,” said Superintendent Joseph McNulty of the New South Wales Police Marine Area Command, calling the injuries “very confronting” for the young rescuers to witness.
A ferry sails past a closed beach at Vaucluse in Sydney, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, a day after a boy was attacked by a shark.(Sitthixay Ditthavong/AAP Image via AP)
Local media reports said the boy lost both legs in the attack.
“He is in for the fight of his life now, and the actions of emergency services yesterday gave him that chance,” McNulty said.
A net runs into Sydney Harbor at a closed beach at Vaucluse in Sydney, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.(Sitthixay Ditthavong/AAP Image via AP)
The attack was one of three shark encounters reported in the Sydney area in just over 24 hours.
On Monday evening, a surfer in his 20s was bitten on the leg by a shark off North Steyne Beach in the northern suburb of Manly. Bystanders pulled him from the water, and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
Earlier Monday, an 11-year-old boy escaped unharmed after a shark bit into his surfboard at Dee Why Beach, also north of Manly.
Authorities believe bull sharks, like the one pictured above, may have been responsible for at least two of the shark attacks. Police said the 12-year-old boy’s injuries were consistent with those from “a very large shark.”(Luis Javier Sandoval/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, File)
Authorities believe bull sharks may be responsible for at least the first two attacks. Police said recent heavy rainfall had increased murky freshwater runoff into Sydney Harbor, conditions known to heighten bull shark activity.
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Sydney’s northern beaches, including North Steyne and Dee Why, remained closed as a precaution. All three locations have shark netting, though officials said it was not immediately clear whether the attacks occurred near those barriers.
