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Israel confirms recovery of last hostage's remains from Gaza
Israel on Monday confirmed that the remains of Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza, have been recovered and returned home.
Gvili, a 24-year-old Israel Police officer from Meitar at the time of his death, was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, after confronting Hamas terrorists near Kibbutz Alumim and his body was later abducted to Gaza, according to a statement from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
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Ex-ESPN star urges social media followers to 'stand up to fascism'
Former ESPN star Adrian Wojnarowski made a plea to his followers on social media after a Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minnesota that left one person dead over the weekend.
Wojnarowski, who has been outspoken against the Trump administration since he left ESPN as an NBA insider, made his post on Threads on Sunday.
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"Stand up to fascism," he wrote without explaining further.
Wojnarowski, who is now the general manager for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies men’s basketball team, made a critical remark about President Donald Trump after the U.S. captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
"Just an absolute disgrace," he wrote on Threads at the time after sharing an anti-Trump column in The New York Times.
During his time at ESPN, Wojnarowski went viral in 2020 when he replied to a press release email from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., with an explicit statement. "F--- you," he wrote back to the Republican lawmaker.
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ESPN suspended Wojnarowski for his response. He later issued an apology.
"I was disrespectful and I made a regrettable mistake. I am sorry for the way I handled myself and I am reaching out immediately to Senator Hawley to apologize directly," he wrote at the time. "I also need to apologize to my ESPN colleagues because I know my actions were unacceptable and should not reflect on any of them."
Now, Wojnarowski is wading back into the political waters. This time, hurling an apparent criticism at the White House.
The victim in Saturday’s shooting in Minneapolis was identified as Alex J. Pretti. He was shot and killed after he allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operation in the southern part of the city.
The shooting death came a few weeks after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. DHS said Good was shot in self-defense after she used her SUV in a way that posed a threat. DHS said video showed Good interfering with ICE officers by parking her vehicle in the roadway in an apparent attempt to block federal vehicles.
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Airplane crashes at Maine airport with 8 on board, FAA says
An aircraft carrying eight people crashed while attempting to takeoff on Sunday in Maine, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
"A Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed as it was taking off from Bangor International Airport in Maine around 7:45 p.m local time on Sunday, Jan. 25," the FAA noted in a post on X.
"Eight people were on board. The FAA and NTSB will investigate," the post added, calling the information provided "preliminary and subject to change."
The airport remained closed on Monday, according to a news release posted to the Facebook pages of the Bangor Maine Police Department and the Bangor International Airport on Monday morning.
"Multiple emergency crews responded to an aircraft accident at Bangor International Airport (BGR) Sunday night," according to the release. "At approximately 7:45 p.m. there were reports of an incident involving a single aircraft that was departing from BGR."
"The airport remains closed at this time. There are numerous flight cancellations and diversions," the release noted.
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Many flights around the country have been canceled recently as much of the U.S. has been facing winter weather.
American energy dominance gives us the power to fend off enemies and rescue Venezuela
During his remarks at the World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump re-emphasized his commitment to American energy dominance and the role that Venezuela can play. As the founder of one of America’s largest privately held oil and gas companies, my company is ready to play our part, which will mean lower prices and increased security for our citizens and brighter days for the people of Venezuela. Both are worthy and achievable goals.
President Trump set the wheels of this plan in motion when he re-assembled America’s leading oil and gas executives at the White House. The purpose was strengthening American interests in the Western Hemisphere after Nicolas Maduro had been removed from power. Venezuela is home to the world’s largest supply of crude oil reserves.
By toppling Maduro and inviting American energy leaders to the table to discuss the rebuilding of its infrastructure, Trump sent a powerful message to China and other hostile foreign actors: mess around in our back yard at your own peril.
Trump not only understands that energy dominance means global dominance, but is willing to act on it. At the same time, Venezuela deserves better than the quarter century of corruption they have endured, and the American energy industry can help lift an impoverished country into a brighter future.
While Venezuela is blessed with the world’s largest supply of crude oil reserves, its output of 1 million barrels a day is a pittance of what it could be. As U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, oil can only, "become a resource with technology, with capital, with rule of law and a system of governance that encourages the harvesting of those resources to make a better world."
My home state of Texas produces 6.3 million barrels of crude on any given day thanks to the hard work of nearly half a million oil and gas workers in our state. Venezuela’s industry has fallen into a state of ruin because of its corrupt and illegitimate political leaders, and its citizens are paying the price.
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Yet countries without our tremendous natural resources have come to rely on Venezuelan oil to power their own countries. China, for example, is home to 1.4 billion people, and produces around 4 million barrels of oil per day. Its demand far exceeds domestic output, forcing a reliance on other forms of energy like coal. China is the world’s largest importer of oil. More than half of Venezuelan oil exports go to China, often under flagless "shadow fleets" to avoid global sanctions.
Toppling Maduro dealt an immediate blow to China’s energy supply and international standing.
Finally, let us not lose sight of the people of Venezuela. Under Maduro and former President Hugo Chavez, the nation’s poverty rate has spiked to nearly 90%. Roughly one in four of the 32 million population have been forced from their homes. Food, education, healthcare and necessities are out of the question for many.
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All this misery in spite of the nation’s abundant natural resources, which have been mismanaged and abused by a corrupt, illegitimate and evil regime. For proof of socialism’s failures, look no further than Caracas.
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The critics casting doubt on the path forward in Venezuela are the same people who thought it was fool’s gold to go to Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope along the coast of the Arctic Ocean. The conditions were too inhospitable to ever make the investment worthwhile, they said. Today, Prudhoe Bay is one of the most significant energy resources in the United States.
Our country has been fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit – the belief that possibilities are endless through grit, determination and hard work. We defied the odds to earn our independence, we expanded west, we put a man on the moon. We build companies from the ground up that provide good jobs, including nearly 11 million in the oil and gas industry.
Under the pro-energy leadership of President Trump, Hilcorp Energy, as well as many others, both independent and major, stand at the ready to embark on this next chapter – one that can unlock more potential for America, provide new hope for Venezuela and put China on their heels. It won’t be easy, but nothing worthwhile ever is.
GOP senators launch task force to crack down on fraud tied to Minnesota scandal
FIRST ON FOX: A cohort of Senate Republicans plans to launch a targeted task force aimed at tackling fraudsters in the wake of the Minnesota fraud scandal.
Republican members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced that they would form a task force dedicated to rooting out fraudsters abusing federal funding.
The seven-member panel will be led by HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., who has cranked up efforts in recent weeks to crack down on fraud, particularly in Minnesota.
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"Our tax dollars are supposed to help American families, not line the pockets of fraudsters," Cassidy said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "HELP Committee Republicans are committed to rooting out this fraud and ensuring Americans’ tax dollars are used responsibly."
The long-running, nearly six years long investigation into alleged fraud in Minnesota gained new attention and traction among Republicans and the White House earlier this year.
The scandal, in which federal prosecutors estimate that up to $9 billion was stolen through a network of fraudulent fronts posing as daycare centers, food programs and health clinics, has dominated the bandwidth of many in the GOP and spurred the Trump administration's deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents into Minneapolis.
The majority of those charged, so far, in the ongoing investigation are part of Minnesota's Somali population. The Trump administration has taken steps outside the deploying of ICE agents to target Somalis in the area, too, including ending protected status for the population and launching investigations into whether the fraudulent activity is connected to al-Shabab, a terrorist organization based in Somalia.
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The task force will delineate its focus into three prongs: health, education and labor and pensions.
Those three subgroups will be led by Sens. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., who will lead the health-focused section, Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Jon Husted, who will lead the education-focused group, and R-Ohio, Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., who will chair the labor-and-pensions-focused section.
But the task force’s announcement comes at a precarious time, as lawmakers hurtle toward what could be another government shutdown fueled in large part by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) actions in Minnesota.
That situation comes after Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., signaled their plan to reject the DHS funding bill following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday by a border patrol agent. Cassidy, along with a handful of other congressional Republicans, demanded that the incident receive a fulsome and thorough investigation.
Still, Cassidy’s effort is not the first time he’s forayed into the Minnesota fraud scandal.
Earlier this month, the lawmaker led the entire Senate GOP in a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, demanding that he provide receipts on several issues, and warned that failure to do so could lead to several streams of federal money flowing to Minnesota drying up.
That effort was centered on several requests, like how often the state conducted on-site monitoring, inspections or investigative visits to childcare facilities that received federal dollars.
Senate Republicans specifically wanted examples of any information uncovered on fake children, false attendance records, over-billing, ineligible enrollments, and shell or fake business structures, among other demands from Walz.
Philip Rivers withdraws from Bills head-coaching search: reports
NFL great Philip Rivers reportedly removed himself as a candidate for the Buffalo Bills head-coaching job despite earning high marks for his interview.
Rivers dropped out on Monday morning, according to multiple reports. He had been one of the handful of people considered for the job to replace Sean McDermott. The Bills fired McDermott last week following a heartbreaking loss in the playoffs to the Denver Broncos.
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The former quarterback interviewed for the job after playing for the Indianapolis Colts this season. He came off the sideline as the head coach for a high school team and was thrust into the starting role once Daniel Jones tore his Achilles and was lost for the rest of the season.
Rivers never won a game with the Colts and, ultimately, Indianapolis’ chances of making the playoffs were sunk. By playing in the league this season, Rivers also reset his Hall of Fame clock even as he was likely on the verge of making it to Canton this year.
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It appeared that Rivers was a viable option as head coach in the Bills brass’ minds.
"One of the biggest stories of the year was Philip Rivers coming back to the field, unbelievable, and actually it is not done yet," NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said on "NFL Gameday Morning."
"Philip Rivers interviewed in the last several days for the Buffalo Bills head coaching job, in person. That is real, this actually happened, and my understanding is this is under serious consideration."
Buffalo has interviewed Grant Udinski, Anthony Lynn, Anthony Weaver, Lou Anarumo, Brian Daboll and Joe Brady for the job in addition to Rivers.
Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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Former ICE agent calls police non-cooperation 'formula for disaster' after second Minneapolis shooting death
Local law enforcement agencies that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are putting public safety at risk, former ICE agent Tim Miller warned Sunday, calling the practice a "formula for disaster" in the wake of a second civilian death involving federal agents in Minneapolis.
"The scary part is that the police aren't with them," Miller told "Sunday Night in America" host Trey Gowdy.
"Without the police involved locally, it's a formula for disaster. And unfortunately, that's what we're seeing play out."
Miller pointed to the Supreme Court decision Graham v. Connor, which established that law enforcement actions must be judged through the lens of "objective reasonableness," arguing that the facts known to the agent who used deadly force on Veterans Affairs ICU nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday will be "carefully analyzed."
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"It starts with the law. Were laws broken in this case? Absolutely. Then the facts. What are the facts? And to your point, that's what's being carefully analyzed. And then the reasonable force. Well, we know when a gun's in play, deadly force is an option. It has to be," he argued.
Former Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who also appeared during Sunday's show, called on others to withhold judgment until "all the evidence" comes to light.
"We have learned in very painful ways, including with the Renee Good shooting, [that] the people who spout off their mouths early without full information are in a very precarious position and do a great disservice to the ultimate cause of justice," he said, raising questions surrounding the use of deadly force in the situation.
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"What I saw in this video is, let's wait, but also it does appear in one video that a federal agent had a gun, we presume, although we don't know that it was Pretti's gun and was potentially disarmed before those shots were fired. And then that leaves a lot of important questions around why Pretti was fired upon by other officers, maybe, as you mentioned, up to 10 times.
"What we know now raises a lot of questions and a lot of concerns, but we need to let the evidence come forward more fully," he said.
Narratives have clashed in the wake of Saturday's shooting, with members of President Donald Trump's administration and allies of federal law enforcement defending the agent's actions as self-defense.
Others, including Pretti's parents, rebuked law enforcement's version of events as "sickening lies."
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital," the couple, Michael and Susan Pretti, wrote.
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed," they continued.
Pretti's death marks the second involving a federal agent in Minneapolis this month.
Fox News' Alexandra Koch and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
Trump’s NATO warning pushes Europe to face the cost of defending itself
Speaking to global leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a blunt warning to Europe about its self-defense.
"Europe needs to know how to defend itself," he said, arguing that the continent still isn’t ready to stand on its own without U.S. backing.
Zelensky’s remarks reflected a growing anxiety across Europe — that decades of reliance on American protection left the continent ill-prepared for a more dangerous era. While European countries have contributed troops, weapons and money to conflicts from Afghanistan to Ukraine, the ultimate backstop for NATO’s security has remained Washington.
President Donald Trump has openly challenged that assumption, repeatedly warning NATO allies that U.S. protection should not be taken for granted, and insisting the U.S. needed to take Greenland from Denmark
Before he ruled out the use of force to wrest control of the island, European officials had worried about a military dust-up between Western powers would mean the end of NATO.
"Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks," Trump mused on Truth Social Thursday.
Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. may not defend allies that fail to invest in their own security rattled the alliance and pushed European governments to pledge sharp increases in defense spending.
Even so, European leaders continue to acknowledge how central U.S. power remains to NATO’s defense. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has pointed to the American nuclear umbrella as the alliance’s "ultimate guarantor," alongside a strong U.S. conventional presence in Europe.
"We are still having a strong, conventional U.S. presence in Europe," Rutte said, "and, of course, the nuclear umbrella as our ultimate guarantor."
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Security analysts say that long-standing guarantee shaped Europe’s choices over time.
"For much of the post–Cold War period, it is fair to say that Europeans underinvested in defense, partly because threats were low, and partly because a series of U.S. presidents did everything they could to convince Europeans that we would stay there forever," Barry Posen, a professor of political science at MIT, told Fox News Digital.
"Trump was right to argue that Europeans have been slow to fix up their forces as the situation changed — as Russia pulled itself back together and became more demanding and threatening, and as China also grew its power," Posen said.
But Posen warned that driving a wedge inside NATO carries risks. "The problem Trump faces is that ‘conditional commitments’ make challenges more likely," he said. "And then we would still have to decide what to do. As a great power, in the event of an actual challenge, we might not wish to look weak."
Over time, those choices carried political consequences. With American power serving as the backstop, defense spending was easier to restrain than politically popular domestic subsidies such as healthcare, pensions and education, which became entrenched in European politics.
As defense demands rise, governments are running into those constraints. In Italy, officials have warned that boosting military spending to meet NATO commitments would strain an already tight budget, where pensions and social benefits account for a large share of public spending.
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Germany found a way to buy time. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Berlin created a €100 billion special defense fund — financed through new borrowing and kept outside the regular budget — to rebuild its military without immediately cutting other spending. The move jump-started rearmament while shielding popular social programs from near-term cuts. But the fund is temporary. Once it runs out, sustaining higher defense spending will require permanent budget decisions inside a system built around strict fiscal rules and expansive social commitments.
John Byrne of Concerned Veterans for America said Europe’s dependence on the United States runs deeper than defense budgets. Even as European governments pledge more spending, Byrne said they still lack the senior-level experience needed to run NATO operations without U.S. leadership.
"They don’t have the experience," Byrne said, pointing to the fact that large, multinational military commands have overwhelmingly been led by American generals for decades. "That institutional knowledge still sits almost entirely with the United States."
Byrne said that gap matters in a crisis. Running complex, coalition military operations requires years of practice at the highest levels, he said — something that cannot be fixed quickly, even with higher spending.
"You can buy equipment," Byrne said. "You can’t instantly buy command experience."
During his address at Davos on Thursday, Zelenskyy questioned whether Europe has the power or the will to act independently if assumptions about U.S. protection change.
"Europe still feels more like geography, history, tradition, not a real political force, not a great power," Zelenskyy said.
He warned that European leaders continue to plan around expectations that may no longer hold. "To believe that the United States will act, that it will not stand aside and will help," Zelenskyy said. "But what if it doesn’t? This question is everywhere in the minds of European leaders."
Zelenskyy says US security guarantees document is '100% ready' for signing
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a long-anticipated document on U.S. security guarantees is "100% ready" for signing, with Kyiv now waiting for its American partners to confirm the date and place before the agreement moves to ratification in both the U.S. Congress and the Ukrainian parliament.
"For us, security guarantees are first and foremost guarantees of security from the United States. The document is 100% ready," Zelenskyy said Sunday at a joint press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the presidents of Lithuania and Poland, according to a translation of his remarks from Reuters.
Zelenskyy reiterated at the press conference that Ukraine views membership in the European Union as another core security guarantee and is aiming to join the bloc by 2027, the Ukrainian president's office said in a statement on its website.
His remarks come after Ukraine, Russia and the United States held trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi for two days over the weekend.
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Zelenskyy said on X that the discussions, which involved political and military representatives from all three sides, were "constructive" and focused on potential parameters for ending his country's war with Russia.
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The talks in the United Arab Emirates followed a meeting in Moscow on Thursday between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and head of the Federal Acquisition Service Josh Gruenbaum.
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said the "extremely frank" discussions lasted roughly four hours and included U.S. officials updating Moscow on their recent conversations with Ukrainian and European leaders, according to a summary of the meeting from the Kremlin.
Territorial issues remain a key obstacle in the negotiations, with Moscow pressing Kyiv to relinquish parts of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region that Russian forces do not fully control.
U.S. officials told Axios that negotiations examined the full range of unresolved issues, from Russia’s territorial demands in the Donbas to control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and potential steps to prevent a return to fighting.
Another U.S. official told the outlet a second round of talks is scheduled to take place on Feb. 1.
Victoria Beckham reunites with Spice Girls as rift with son Brooklyn deepens
Victoria Beckham reunited with the Spice Girls to celebrate former bandmate Emma Bunton's 50th birthday amid her family drama with her estranged son Brooklyn Peltz Beckham.
On Sunday, the 51-year-old fashion designer, known as Posh Spice, shared a photo to Instagram in which she was seen with three of her former band members at a party hosted by Bunton (Baby Spice) at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds region of England. Beckham smiled as she posed alongside Bunton, Geri Halliwell-Horner (Ginger Spice) and Melanie "Mel C" Chisholm (Sporty Spice).
The only Spice Girl absent from the festivities was Melanie "Mel B" Brown (Scary Spice), who previously sent public well wishes on Bunton's actual birthday, Jan. 21.
"Happy birthday to the most beautiful soul @emmaleebunton I love you girls so much @gerihalliwellhorner @melaniecmusic xxxxxxx," Beckham wrote alongside the photo of the foursome.
Beckham's husband, David Beckham, 50, commented on the post, writing, "This made me happy I can only imagine how the spice girls fans feel @spicegirls @victoriabeckham special night celebrating Emma @emmaleebunton x."
Bunton also took to the comments section of Beckham's post, sharing, "Love you all so much," alongside a red heart emoji.
Earlier in the week, Bunton marked her official birthday with an appearance on the radio show "Heart Breakfast," which she hosted from 2013 to 2018. During the show, a video message from Brown, 50, was played in which she celebrated Bunton's milestone birthday.
"Bunton!" Brown exclaimed in the clip. "Welcome to the fifty club! I wish I was there with you on your special big birthday day. I love you. Happy birthday."
Brown, Halliwell-Horner and Chisholm also shared Instagram tributes to Bunton on Jan. 21. Alongside a slideshow of throwback photos featuring herself with Bunton, Brown wrote, "My dear ‘BUNTON’ you will always be BABY to me even though you are now the big 50!!!!!!! Happy Birthday I Love you lots and lots and lots !!!"
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Halliwell-Horner, 53, posted a black and white image of Bunton from their early Spice Girls days along with two photos in which she was seen with her former band members.
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"Happy 50th birthday @emmaleebunton!" she wrote in the caption. "I love you so much, you are such a special person with the biggest heart - grateful to have you in my life. Wishing you so much joy and love."
Chisholm, 52, shared a video compilation featuring clips of herself and Bunton, writing, "We have experienced so much together since that day we picked you up in Geri’s battered Fiat Uno at Maidenhead station, the day that changed everything. I love you with all of my heart."
She continued, "Always there for me and everyone in your life you’re the most incredible Mum, bandmate and friend. Happy Birthday my love, I can’t wait to celebrate you!!!! Have the best day, month and 50th year!! LOVE YOU BABY!"
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Formed in 1994, the Spice Girls rose to global fame in 1996 with the release of their debut album "Spice," which became one of the best-selling albums of all time. By the late 1990s, they became one of the most commercially successful pop groups in history, dominating pop culture, fashion and music.
The group effectively disbanded in 2001, though they later reunited for limited tours and performances, including their "The Return of the Spice Girls" Tour, which featured all five members and ran from 2007 to 2008.
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Beckham's appearance at Bunton's celebration comes after her son Brooklyn released an explosive statement in which he addressed longstanding speculation of a feud between him and his famous parents. Rumors of a family rift had been swirling since Brooklyn married Nicola Peltz Beckham in April 2022.
In a lengthy post on Instagram stories shared on Jan. 19, Brooklyn confirmed he is estranged from his parents, adding, "I do not want to reconcile with my family." In the post, he claimed he had "no choice" but to address the situation publicly, accusing his parents of planting stories and speaking to the press.
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He went on to accuse his parents of attempting to bribe him into "signing away the rights to" his name, and treating him differently afterward. The post also alleges that Victoria "hijacked" his first dance with Nicola and that she purposefully didn't make his wife a wedding dress and only informed the bride shortly before the wedding, leaving her scrambling to find a new dress.
"I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief," he wrote.
Brooklyn's lengthy statement concluded, "My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family."
In addition to Brooklyn, Beckham and David share sons Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 21, along with daughter Harper, 14.
Fox News Digital's Lori A. Bashian contributed to this report.