The two biggest fires devastating the Los Angeles area grew just slightly yesterday, as firefighters beat back the ­blazes that have killed at least 10 people, obliterated entire neighbourhoods and left America&s second-largest city on edge.

An official Palestinian tally of direct deaths in the Israel-Hamas war likely undercounted the number of casualties by around 40pc in the first nine months of the war as the Gaza Strip&s healthcare infrastructure unravelled, according to a study.

Donald Trump has said that a meeting is being set up between him and Vladimir Putin to end the &bloody mess& of the war in Ukraine.

It was the setting for Faye ­Dunaway&s famous post-Oscars poolside shoot, the inspiration behind The Eagles& classic song Hotel California, as well as the place where Elizabeth Taylor honeymooned six times.