Dua Lipa got into the Christmas spirit with her fiancé, Callum Turner, in a new post shared with fans on Instagram. 

The Albanian pop star is spending the festive period with her husband-to-be.

It comes after Dua dropped jaw-dropping pictures showing off her fit physique in a skin-baring two-piece after concluding the Latin America leg of her Radical Optimism tour in Mexico City last week.

In the new snaps, the singer could be seen cosying up to the actor as he kissed her on the cheek.

In another photo, the pair flashed big smiles as Dua lay on Callum while he sat on the sofa.

It appeared to be a close-knit family affair, with Dua sharing snaps of her parents, Anesa and Dukagjin as well as her younger siblings Rina and Gjin.

Callum’s mother, Rosemary was also included in the festivities. 

Despite her fortunes, Dua and her family played the lottery and could be seen with scratch cards.

Alongside the snaps, Dua penned: ‘It’s all about the Love… and absolutely smashing the cooking this year (all the stars aligned for me after not being in a kitchen for 6 months!!) HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! SENDING YOU ALL SO MUCH LOVE!!!!!’

Fans were in awe of Dua’s cooking as they flooded her with compliments in the replies.

Kim Kardashian looked pretty as she revealed that she had her ears pierced at a famous accessory store during a trio to Hawaii.

It comes after the 45-year-old SKIMS founder raised eyebrows over the absence of her eldest daughter, North West, from photos of her Christmas Eve party.

In a recent Christmas Eve vlog shared with fans on Friday via TikTok, Kim revealed that she had the piercings done at Claire’s.

‘Hey guys, so I just want you to know that I recently got my ears pierced at Claire’s in Hawaii. And I have these tiny little earrings in,’ Kardashian explained to the camera.

‘All I like to wear is my Claire’s earrings,’ she continued while taking them out. ‘Because for the longest time, I didn’t have my ears pierced.’

The TV personality then added, ‘Every time I put in an earring, I would like… have to re-pierce it. So, I thought that I would make life easy and just get them done again.

‘As much as I love my Claire’s earrings, every once in a while, a girl’s gotta step it up and put on some Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.’ 

The reality star later paired the earrings as well as shimmering silver bracelets with a vintage Mugler ensemble. 

• Sanctioned execs, including Anduril founder, banned from entering China.
• Targets include Northrop Grumman, L3Harris, Boeing’s defence branch.
• China calls Taiwan “core interest”; US reaffirms support for its defence.

China’s foreign ministry announced sanctions on Friday targeting 10 individuals and 20 US defence firms, including Boeing’s St Louis branch, over arms sales to Taiwan.

A spokesperson for the US State Department said the United States strongly objected to the Chinese move, which freezes any assets the companies and individuals hold in China and bars domestic organisations and individuals from doing business with them.

Individuals on the Chinese list, including the founder of defence firm Anduril Industries and nine senior executives from the sanctioned firms, are also banned from entering China, it added.

Other companies targeted include Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and L3Harris Maritime Services, and Boeing’s St Louis branch, which focuses on defence work.

The Chinese action appears largely symbolic, given China’s lack of dealings with US defence firms, whereas it has been a major purchaser of Boeing civilian aircraft.

The move follows Washington’s announcement last week of $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever US weapons package for the island, drawing Beijing’s ire.

“The Taiwan issue is the core of China’s core interests and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations,” a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.

“Any provocative actions that cross the line on the Taiwan issue will be met with a strong response from China,” the statement said, urging the US to cease “dangerous” efforts to arm the island.

China views democratically-governed Taiwan as part of its own territory, a claim Taipei rejects.

The US is bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself, though such arms sales are a persistent source of friction with China.

The State Department spokesperson said this policy had “remained consistent across nine different US administrations and contributes to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

“We strongly object to Beijing’s efforts to retaliate against US companies for their support of US arms sales that support Taiwan’s self-defence capabilities,” the spokesperson said, while urging Beijing to cease military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful dialogue with Taipei.

Boeing has been in talks to sell Chinese carriers up to 500 civilian jets, according to a report in September, which would represent a breakthrough for the company in the world’s second-largest aviation market, where orders have stalled amid US-China trade tensions.