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Sam ClenchEurope correspondent

Sam covers politics, with the occasional foray into entertainment news. He previously worked in the Canberra press gallery and as news.com.au’s US correspondent. Sam led our coverage of the 2016 and 2020 US elections and hit the campaign trail for the Australian federal elections in 2019 and 2022 – but you’re probably more likely to recognize him as our resident Game of Thrones nerd.

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Television

Screenshots from episode eight of The Last of Us. Picture: HBO/Binge/Foxtel

Top actor pops up in cheeky cameo

Eagle-eyed fans of HBO’s current hit TV show would have spotted a familiar face this week – though he’s changed a bit.

Television

Stills from episode seven of The Last of Us. Picture: HBO/Binge

‘They happen to be girls’: Love story stuns

One of the biggest shows on TV went in an unexpected direction in its latest episode, showing viewers a poignant young romance.

Royals

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York reacts as he leaves at the end of the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern England, on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)

‘Kick him out’: Andrew facing ‘eviction’

Prince Andrew is reportedly “distraught” over a decision from the King that could force him out of the palatial mansion he’s occupied for years.

Social Media

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building on January 24, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Musk testified at a trial regarding a lawsuit that has investors suing Tesla and Musk over his August 2018 tweets saying he was taking Tesla private with funding that he had secured. The tweet was found to be false and cost shareholders billions of dollars when Tesla's stock price began to fluctuate wildly allegedly based on the tweet. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Unheard of’: Humiliating Musk revelation

Elon Musk was so agitated after one of his tweets was shown up this week that he made Twitter impose an extraordinary change.

Royals

Playful Prince Harry & Friends At The Beaufort Polo Club, Near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. (Photo by Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images)

‘Kept it secret’: Harry’s ’older woman’ speaks

The “older” woman who took Prince Harry’s virginity has explained why she decided to go public, placing the blame squarely on him.

UpdatedRoyals

‘How stupid can you be?’: Harry’s blunder. Picture: 60 minutes,

Harry accused of war crimes by the Taliban

Prince Harry has been accused of committing war crimes by a senior Taliban leader after the royal admitted killing 25 insurgents while fighting in Afghanistan.

UpdatedTravel Incidents

Chilling moment two choppers collide

Chilling footage has emerged of the moment two helicopters collided into one another on the Gold Coast above a packed theme park.

QLD

Photo at the scene of the triple fatal car crash at Bonogin Road. Family member Claudine Snow (in white) was at there.1 January 2023 Bonogin Picture by Richard Gosling

Crash victim’s haunting final voicemail

A family member of the three people killed in a horrific car crash on Friday has revealed the haunting last words she heard from her mother.

Celebrity Life

Will Smith has spoken out again about the infamous slap. Picture: AFP/Comedy Central

‘Now I’m crying’: Will Smith surfaces

Will Smith has emerged from hiding, making his biggest TV appearance since slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.

UpdatedTelevision

Ally Langdon and Sarah Abo both have big new gigs. Picture: Channel 9

Ally Langdon leaving Today for coveted gig

Channel 9 has announced two major hosting changes, with Ally Langdon and Sarah Abo both scoring important new jobs at the network.

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