President Obama was talking about Kanye's political ambitions at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event in San Francisco, where the singer was set to perform today. He warned him that he would have to deal with 'characters who behave like they're on a reality TV show' and joked that the public would be 'cray' to vote for a black man from Chicago with a strange name.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Two explosions tore through a pro-Kurdish peace rally in Ankara, leaving at least 97 dead and 400 wounded in the third worst terror attack ever to hit European soil. Video footage has emerged of the shocking moment the blasts hit the rally in the Turkish capital. Witnesses described how the blast shook the ground around the city's central train station. Although no terror groups have yet claimed the blast, it is reported by government officials to have been a terror attack. The attack comes less than a month before Turkey is expected to hold elections.

Hayden Long (pictured left and right), a 16-year-old sophomore and quarterback at Geneva High School (inset), was found dead on Monday in his family's Geneva, Ohio, home in Geneva. He was one of six students - who have been described as honor students and athletes - questioned and disciplined at the school's homecoming dance on October 3 for smelling like marijuana. Long's friend, Hand Sigel, admitted to being one of the fellow students who was disciplined and posted an open letter online blaming the student's suicide on the actions of the school administrators on the night of the incident. Sigel said that Long was singled out by administrators during the questioning.

Brothers John and Clarence Anglin and fellow inmate Frank Morris (left to right) fled Alcatraz (inset) on a makeshift raft in June 1962 and were never seen again, with prison officials insisting they drowned. But relatives of the Anglins say they have proof the men paddled to shore and survived, which includes signed Christmas cards sent to the brothers' mother and photograph which they claim is evidence they were alive in the 1970s. This means, they claim, that the fugitives - who would now be in their 80s - could still be alive. Alcatraz officials and the FBI insisted that the men drowned, with the investigation closed in 1979. They say no one has ever successfully fled from the notorious jail.

NEW Britain's most senior judges have been ordered by the Queen to decide whether DNA can be used to settle a high-profile baronetcy row, over a distinguished lineage that dates back to the 13th century (left). Scientific analysis dramatically revealed that the last baronet came from a different bloodline to his relatives, suggesting there may have been an illegitimate child in a previous generation. But it could lead to unwanted complications over claims to the British throne, including from James Ord (bottom right), a Mormon from Utah, who is the distant cousin of an American seaman rumoured to be one of George VI's children.

Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney allegedly had an affair with Elizabeth Taylor when she was only 14-years-old and he was a married man in his mid-20s, a new biography about the late actor claims. According to authors Richard A. Lertzman and William J. Birnes, Mickey's second wife Betty Jane found the actor in a compromising position with the young starlet and soon divorced him. The claims are documented in the authors' new book, In The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, reports Page Six.

Twenty-three years after Aladdin hit theaters, Disney is releasing a Diamond Edition Blu-Ray on October 13 of the 1992 movie which includes unseen outtakes of the late Robin Williams playing the Genie (left). The footage (top and bottom right) shows Williams in the recording booth bringing to life one of Disney's most iconic characters with his animated impressions.

NEW It seems the Duchess of Cambridge may also be encouraging her husband to watch his waistline - after William revealed he has been banned from eating cake. William made the confession as he and Kate (right; together inset) marked World Mental Health Day yesterday by visiting youngsters who have battled back from mental health problems to help others cope with similar issues. As he walked past a trestle table holding a display of cupcakes (left) at the event in Harrow College in North-West London, William said: 'I'm not allowed cakes.' A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the Prince was probably joking.

Sean Michael Angold, 24, Lila Scott Alligood, 18, and Morrison Haze Lampley, 23 (left to right) are accused of fatally shooting Steve Carter, 67, and bludgeoning Audrey Carey, 23, to death. Carter was killed Monday while walking his dog on a hiking trail near his home in Marin County and Carey's body was found 20 miles away in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park last Saturday. The suspects were found in Portland, Oregon, with a gun that was taken from a lock box in a car, Carter's Volkswagen and some of Carey's camping gear. All three are suspected of robbery and conspiracy as well as murder and they will be returned to San Francisco or Marin County - depending on where prosecutors feel the case is strongest.

The retired agent, Jerry Parr of Washington, District of Columbia, died on Friday at the age of 85. Parr (right) was in charge of Reagan's detail on March 30, 1981, when John Hinckley Jr shot the president outside the Washington Hilton. Parr pushed Reagan inside the presidential limousine and it sped away for the White House after the shots (top left). He retired from the service in 1985 and is survived by his wife, three daughters and four grandchildren.

Ice Q (above), which is located on the peak of the Gaislachkogl in Austria, is believed to have been used as inspiration for the villains lair in Spectre, which is set to be released on October 26.

A morbidly obese Rhode Island man who claimed he was a victim after being kicked out of a hospital for ordering a pizza is caught on camera harassing a nurse and mocking taxpayers who paid for his treatment in disturbing online videos. Steven Assanti (above), 33, managed to lose 20 pounds before being kicked out of a Providence hospital this week after he violated his care plan and forcing him to live in his father's SUV. However, a few YouTube videos that Assanti filmed of himself have emerged and appear to show another side of the obese man who garnered sympathy for his recent predicament of being 'homeless.' In the disturbing videos, Assanti claims to 'abuse hospital staff' in one, and in another he mocks taxpayers in a profanity-laced rant.

US Customs and Border Protection agents detained the Randy and Evi Quaid at the Vermont port of entry at about 8pm on Friday after determining they were fugitives from justice and subject to extradition, State Police said. The arrest comes just three days after Canadian Border Service Agency officers took Quaid into custody for being a flight risk after attending a regular check in. An Immigration and Refugee Board member ruled he was not a flight risk on Thursday. The Independence Day actor, 65, is wanted in Santa Barbara, California, to face felony vandalism charges filed in 2010 after he and his wife, Evi, were found squatting in a guesthouse of a home they previously owned.

The parade in Pyongyang featured missile launchers (bottom left, top right), tanks (top left) and a huge parade of goose-stepping soldiers, thousands of whom formed up to display a massive number 70 in celebration of the anniversary. Kim (centre) was accompanied by a high-ranking member of the Chinese Politubro as he made another incendiary speech.

Kevin and Marina Krim (main) made the announcement on Facebook this week, revealing they are expecting a baby boy, as the woman accused of stabbing Lucia, 6 (with her parents-main), and Leo, 2 (inset), faced court. Yoselyn Ortega, 53 (right), looked frail and gaunt as she attempted to cover the scars from the self-inflicted knife wounds on her neck in New York Supreme Court on Friday. She is accused of killing the two children and attempting to take her own life in the family's Manhattan apartment in 2012.

The front yard in Butler, New Jersey, is using Halloween to take a stand against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and it's upsetting the community. The most gruesome part is a US soldier wrapped in a flag hanging from a tree (main), with a terrorist nearby holding a machete and wearing a mask with President Obama on it (top right). 'What greater scary man is there than the real threat among us?' the homeowner, who asked that he only be identified as Matt, told NJ.com. However neighbors have called it 'tasteless and un-American' and others have vandalized the display. That isn't the other house causing commotion though. A woman in Detroit has had the police knocking on her door for the 'dead body' doll she has in her front yard (bottom right).

Photo Requests From Solitary was started in 2009 by the grassroots coalition Tamms Year Ten, which began campaigning for prison reform the year before. The project allows inmates who are locked in a small cell for 23 hours a day to request any picture of their choosing.

Shia La Beouf has been 'arrested and booked for public intoxication' in Austin, Texas where he's believed to be attending the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The 29-year-old Transformers star was allegedly 'blitzed and out of control' on Friday night when he was spotted by onlookers just outside of a local bar. Shia started running down a street and then jaywalked within view of police, pictured. The actor was then pictured in his mugshot, inset.

As the actress returns to London to play everybody's favorite hapless singleton, CLAUDIA CONNELL imagines how Renee/Bridget would view her changing face and fortunes across the years - from the v.g. to the not so v.g., and everything in between.

Built by casino designers Jon Sparer and John Klai the 13,000sq ft Las Vegas mansion was built for entertaining, with a fully stocked bar (bottom right), 1,800 bottle wine cellar (top right), bowling alley (top left) and cinema (bottom left). Klai and Sparer claim there is enough room to invite 400 guests with space left over, and say they are only selling because they cannot use the house as much as they would like. Also included is an infinity pool, gym, spa and a walk in closet larger than most living rooms.

The family focused fast-food restaurant was once America's biggest pizza chain with locations across the world, but since the late 90s it has fallen into a steady decline. What happened to the thousands of Pizza Hut restaurants that closed their doors?

A 23-year-old YouTube star who has over eight million subscribers to his channel just purchased a massive hilltop mansion in the Hollywood Hills for $4.5 million. It's clear that all of the gaming Jordan Maron (inset) has done through the years has paid off. His brand-new home features amazing views of Los Angeles on each level and has more than 4,100 square feet of space. Maron, who is known in the YouTube world as 'CaptainSparklez,' has gained nearly 1.9 billion views to his YouTube channel, which features videos of himself playing Minecraft.

Brady Gose, 7, of Brownsburg, Indiana was the fifth member of his family to wear a signature sweater for first-grade school picture day this week. The tradition was started by Gose's grandfather Charles Gose who wore the sweater for his first grade school photo in 1958. The sweater was also worn by Brady's great uncles Barry and Mark in the 1950s and was later worn by his father Chuck in 1982.

Incredible photographs taken this week show pilots with the US Navy Blue Angels soaring over San Francisco. Photographs captured 'Fat Albert,' a Blue Angels plane, as well as the US Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team leaping from it. Earlier this week, a Team Oracle plane was photographed up in the air practicing with Blue Angels planes (pictured).

Comic Con is taking place across across four days at the Javits Center in Manhattan. Last year's conference saw 150,000 attendees. Day two of NYCC 2015 featured attendees dressed as Robin and Harley Quinn of the Batman universe, Giselle (right) from the Disney movie Enchanted and Gandalf (left) from Lord of the Rings, among others.