At least eight people, including five foreigners, were killed when gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing four foreigners and five guards, and triggering an hours-long stand-off that ended when two assailants set off a grenade that killed them, officials said.

Gunmen have stormed a luxury Libyan hotel popular with foreigners and have taken hostages after killing at least three guards, a security official has said.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was abducted by gunmen who snatched him from his hotel and held him for several hours in apparent retaliation for a US special forces raid that captured an al Qaida suspect in Tripoli last weekend.

Four acts dropped at Judges Houses' will still get chance to compete in 'The X Factor' live shows.

X Factor judges Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos showed they were still friends following his suggestion that she was a “chav”, as they cosied up at the launch of the new series yesterday.

X Factor judges Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos showed they were still friends following his suggestion that she was a “chav”, as they cosied up at the launch of the new series today.

Screen stars Hugh Grant and Oscar winner Colin Firth reignited their on-screen rivalry as they had a real-life battle over 'Bridget Jones' last night.