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Mel Brooks was with Carl Reiner when he collapsed in bathroom and died: ‘I wouldn’t accept it’

Friends until the end.  In the upcoming HBO documentary, “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!,” the comedy legend reveals that he was with his best friend, Carl Reiner, when the latter passed away.  “Mel was there when my dad died,” Carl’s son, Rob Reiner, said in an interview for the documentary, before his own...

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Gulf states and Turkey urged Trump not to launch strikes against Iran

Fears that attack could lead to conflict across region prompted lobbying by longstanding US allies

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Oman urged Donald Trump not to launch airstrikes against Iran in a last-minute lobbying campaign prompted by fears that an attack by Washington would lead to a major and intractable conflict across the Middle East.

The warnings of chaos from the longstanding US allies appear to have helped persuade Trump late on Wednesday to hold off for the moment on a military assault. In the case of Saudi Arabia, its reticence led it to deny the US use of its airspace to mount any attacks.

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© Photograph: Alamy

© Photograph: Alamy

© Photograph: Alamy

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John Higgins rides wild fluke to win final three frames and reach Masters semi

  • Scot recovers to deny Zhao Xintong 6-5 in the last eight

  • Judd Trump faces Mark Allen in later Thursday match

John Higgins benefited from an outrageous fluke as he came from 5-3 down to beat world champion Zhao Xintong 6-5 on the final ball and reach the semi-finals of the Masters at Alexandra Palace.

Higgins made a horrible mess of a plant, only for one of the reds to fly into the opposite pocket and the cue ball to somehow land on the black, en route to squaring the match at 5-5. The 50-year-old Scot then took a tight decider, clearing the table from the final red to move one step closer to a third Masters title.

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© Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images

© Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images

© Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images

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