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PHOTOS: Victoria Beckham Goes Makeup-free, Reveals Her ‘Morning Skincare Routine’

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January 6, 2024

Victoria Beckham shared a behind-the-scenes look into her life to Instagram on Saturday, showing off her very own “morning skincare routine” with the help of Victoria Beckham Beauty products.

The fashion designer, 49, is detailing a routine she does “twice a day, every single day.”

In the video — which Beckham recorded while makeup-free and shared to both her official account and the account for her beauty brand — she applied several products from her line, in a process that she wrote “gives the skin such a beautiful radiance.”

“So I’m here in New York, I just cleansed my face,” Beckham said in the clip. “I’ve got no makeup on and I’m going to show you what I do every day, what is part of my skincare routine.”

The clip, in which Beckham wore a white robe and towel on her head, featured her presenting the products to her phone camera, before applying each one separately.

First up was her Cell Rejuvenating Power Serum, which she squeezed into her palm, rubbed into her hands and began to dab “all over my face.”

“And what I love about this power serum is it’s not sticky at all,” Beckham told the camera. “I like to really pay a lot of attention to the eye area. Because what it does is hydrate.”

“And also I’ve really noticed how I’ve seen a difference in the fine lines around my eyes through using both the power serum and my Cell Rejuvenating Priming Moisturizer. It feels so nice on the skin. I like to really, really push it into the skin.”

After joking that the product helps with “any bloating” on her face from “too much wine possibly,” Beckham then applied her moisturizer.

“With this, I start by pressing into the skin like I have the power serum and then what I do is, in an upward motion, I kind of massage,” Beckham said. “Never forget the neck. And what I love, see how this gives a natural shine to the skin? Look at that. It’s so pretty.”

Beckham also shared another secret with fans: She massages all of her leftover product into her hands. “I think that quite often we forget about our hands. Hands and neck are as important as face,” she said.

“And this is what I do twice a day, every single day,” she concluded in the clip. “I’m now prepped and ready to apply my makeup.”

Back in December, Beckham caught up with Allure about all things beauty for a new cover story, in which she described a few of her favorite beauty products.

“I test everything,” Beckham explained. “If you were to say, ‘What are the two items you don’t leave the house without?’ BabyBlade Brow. I’m obsessed with brows — my husband [David Beckham] has never seen me without my eyebrows. And Instant Brightening Waterline Pencil to make my eyes look more awake.”

As she added in the interview, makeup has always been her “thing” and art was “probably the only thing I was any good at in school.”

Victoria and David, 48, are parents to sons Cruz, 18, Romeo, 21, and Brooklyn, 24 and daughter Harper, 12, who has already taken a liking to makeup like her mom.

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Trump Birthright Citizenship Order Halted In Class-action Suit

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July 10, 2025

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A federal judge on Thursday halted President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship, as opponents of the policy pursue a new legal avenue following the US Supreme Court’s overturning of a previous block.

The high court’s conservative majority delivered a landmark decision in late June that limits the ability of individual judges to issue nationwide injunctions against presidents’ policies.

Several such judges had in fact blocked Trump’s attempt to end the longstanding rule, guaranteed in the US Constitution, that anyone born on US soil is automatically an American citizen.

However, the Supreme Court left open the possibility that orders could be blocked via broad class-action suits against the government.

Trump’s opponents quickly filed new class-action suits seeking to block again the executive order.

On Thursday, Judge Joseph Laplante of the US District of New Hampshire granted class-action status to any child who would potentially be denied citizenship under Trump’s order. The judge ordered a preliminary halt to it as legal proceedings carry on.

The judge delayed his ruling for seven days to permit the Trump administration to appeal.

Cody Wofsy, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who argued the case, called the ruling a “huge victory” that “will help protect the citizenship of all children born in the United States, as the Constitution intended.”

Trump’s executive order decrees that children born to parents in the United States illegally or on temporary visas would not automatically become citizens — a radical reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.

His administration has argued that the 14th Amendment, passed in the wake of the Civil War, addresses the rights of former slaves and not the children of undocumented migrants or temporary US visitors.

The Supreme Court rejected such a narrow definition in a landmark 1898 case.

The current high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, avoided ruling last month on the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order and only addressed the issue of nationwide injunctions.

It nonetheless permitted the order to go ahead but delayed its ruling from taking effect until late July to allow for new court challenges.

Several lower courts, in issuing their previous injunctions, had ruled that the executive order violated the Constitution.

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PICTORIAL: Two Undocumented Nigerians Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Libya

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July 10, 2025

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Libya’s Counter-Terrorism Forces have arrested two undocumented Nigerians over alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

According to a statement shared by Migrant Rescue Watch on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the suspects were caught with quantities of hashish and hallucinogenic pills, including Tramadol and Lyrica.

Authorities also recovered a large sum of cash suspected to be proceeds from drug sales during the operation.

Following their arrest, the two Nigerians have been handed over to the appropriate legal authorities for further investigation and possible prosecution.

The statement said, “Counter-Terrorism Forces arrested 2 undocumented #migrants of Nigerian nationality for drug trafficking. The individuals were found in possession of hashish, hallucinogenic pills “Tramadol” & “Lyrica” as well as cash from proceeds.

“Both individuals were referred to competent authorities for legal action.”

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31 Workers Escape Death As Tunnel Collapses In Los Angeles

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July 10, 2025

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All 31 workers escaped without injuries from a collapsed industrial tunnel in Los Angeles’ Wilmington area, after scrambling over a tall pile of loose underground soil, city officials said late on Wednesday.

The trapped workers were shuttled back to the tunnel’s entry point, more than 5 miles (8 km) away from the affected area, after they escaped the collapsed section and met several coworkers in the unaffected part of the tunnel, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement.

The tunnel, which had a diameter of 18 ft (5.5 m), trapped 27 individuals, while four workers entered the damaged section to assist with rescue, LA Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva told reporters in a media briefing.

“The workers had to climb through debris. They had to make themselves out through,” before they were assisted out, Villanueva said.

Robert Ferrante, chief engineer and general manager of Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, told the briefing that a section of the already built part of the tunnel experienced squeezing ground conditions and partially collapsed.

“LAFD has just reported that all workers who were trapped in the tunnel in Wilmington are now out and accounted for. I just spoke with many of the workers who were trapped. Thank you to all of our brave first responders who acted immediately,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a post on X.

The collapsed section was a part of the Los Angeles County’s Clearwater Project, where the new 7-mile tunnel is being built to upgrade the region’s sewer system, officials added.

(Reuters)