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BBCCambridge University’s chancellor has criticised the “racist feeding frenzy” around Jason Arday, the professor who died after stepping down during a plagiarism row.Arday – who became the university’s youngest black professor when appointed in 2023 – had faced weeks of media coverage over plagiarism allegations and questions about his achievements. He denied the claims. Speaking publicly for the first time, Lord Chris Smith said academic integrity could be upheld while questioning Arday’s treatment.Thousands gathered on Monday for a vigil organised by Stand Up To Racism in Trafalgar Square, where Labour MP Diane Abbott said Arday had been subject to a…

BUNIA, Congo (news agencies) — Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation.The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo’s most vulnerable regions is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, with 4,945 cases including 2,325 deaths, according to government data released overnight into Monday.This is Congo’s 17th and largest Ebola outbreak. The toll eclipses that of the country’s 2018-2020 outbreak when 2,299 deaths out of 3,481 cases were recorded.The latest data shows 101 new cases and 33 deaths reported in the previous 24 hours. Over…

LIVETupac Shakur murder trial begins in Las Vegas 30 years after rapper’s shootingThe prosecution is set to deliver opening arguments in the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, who has pleaded not guilty to the 1996 murder.

ReutersMt Etna is Europe’s most active volcano, with a series of eruptions occurring in recent weeksAn American tourist has died after being struck by lightning while hiking on Mount Etna in Sicily.The 30-year-old, who has not been named by authorities, was on the active volcano on Sunday when a thunderstorm broke out, Italian media report.The man is said to have been found by firefighters and emergency services in a state of cardiac arrest at about 20:00 local time (18:00 GMT) in a restricted area sometimes used to get closer to the summit. He was flown by helicopter to Cannizzaro Hospital…

Watch: Some benefit claimants ‘can work but have chosen not to’, says JenrickForeign nationals would be excluded from most benefits under a Reform UK government, the party has said.The ban, part of a proposed overhaul of Britain’s benefits system, would include European Union (EU) nationals with settled status in the UK, meaning a renegotiation of the UK’s Brexit deal with the EU.In a speech on Monday, the party’s economy spokesman, Robert Jenrick, said: “The British taxpayer is acting as the welfare state for the world. That’s unfair, we all know it.”Reform claims the policy would save £21bn a year by…

LIVEBonnie Tyler’s coffin arrives in hometown to cheers and singing after funeral serviceThe Welsh singer, whose famous works include Total Eclipse of the Heart, died on 8 July, aged 75.

ReutersHayden Panettiere, who has died at the age of 36, lived most of her life in the spotlight – from success as a child star to lead roles in hit TV shows Heroes and Nashville – but also endured struggles that went along with the pressures of fame.Panettiere appeared in her first commercial when she was 11 months old. Her mother Lesley Vogel was an actress and set her daughter on the same path.By the age of four, Hayden was in US TV show One Life to Live, then at eight joined another soap opera, Guiding Light.Her natural acting ability…

Getty ImagesUS actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in TV series Heroes and Nashville, has died at the age of 36. Her father Skip described her as an “incredible light and a force of nature” in a statement announcing her passing.Panettiere’s career spanned three decades with a string of roles in other hit TV shows and films, including the Scream horror film franchise and romantic comedy Raising Helen.Getty ImagesPanettiere with her parents and younger brother in 2007She had one brother, Jansen Panettiere, who died aged 28 in 2023.Beginning her career as a child actor, Hayden Panettiere was just…

Getty ImagesAt least 53 people have been killed and some 5,000 displaced by the initial quake, which struck at a depth of just 15kmThere are hundreds of disaster victims in Dampek village – but only one doctor.When a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Flores on Saturday, this area was among the worst-hit. Health facilities were toppled, electricity networks cut, and after two days aftershocks still rattled the makeshift shelters while inside, medical supplies rapidly diminished.”I am the only doctor here with hundreds of victims. I truly cannot cope,” read an urgent appeal from Dr Melinda, the sole…

ReutersA Palestinian woman in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, August 16, 2026. Local medics said several people living in a tent camp in Khan Younis were injured in Israeli strike.US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has arrived in Israel, where he is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.It comes after Kushner held rare talks with Hamas to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan.Last month, Trump’s Board of Peace said it had reached agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. Last week, Israel rejected Trump’s…