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French prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy has been killed and a boy of 13 seriously injured in a suspected drugs-related shooting in the western city of Nantes.The attackers were wearing balaclavas and used automatic weapons, according to the country’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.The 13-year-old and a third boy who was also wounded are now out of danger, Nuñez added.”The shots were fired at three young men,” said Nantes prosecutor Antoine Leroy, who believed the attack was a settling of scores in relation to drug offences.”The motives behind this shooting, as the public prosecutor has stated, are very likely linked to…
Beckham becomes UK’s first billionaire sportsmanFormer England captain Sir David Beckham becomes the UK’s first billionaire sportsman in the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List.3 hrs ago
The world was waiting for one Drake album. Along came three.The rapper’s dropped his anticipated solo record, Iceman, plus two more – Habibti and Maid of Honour – with 43 songs in total.They include collaborations with artists including Central Cee, 21 Savage and PARTYNEXTDOOR. They are the first albums the Canadian has dropped since his beef with US rapper Kendrick Lamar escalated in 2024. So, is the “iceman” no longer “nice man”, as he raps?Drake’s three new albums are a mixture of musical styles.Iceman is more rap and hip-hop focused, Habibti leans more towards R&B, while Maid of Honour is…
Africa’s top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province.Around 246 cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara, said the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa). Its statement on Friday added that it was convening a meeting with DR Congo, Uganda, South Sudan and other international partners to discuss response efforts and cross-border surveillance.Ebola was first discovered in 1976 in what is now DR Congo, and is thought to have spread from bats. This is the 17th outbreak of the…
US President Donald Trump has now left Beijing saying he has struck “fantastic trade deals, great for both countries” after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.Trump, who was accompanied to China by a high-profile business delegation spanning agriculture, aviation, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) chips, described ties between the two countries as “the world’s most consequential economic relationship”.The two-day summit was defined more by warm rhetoric and symbolism than concrete economic outcomes, with day one featuring elaborate ceremonies and upbeat language but no sweeping trade breakthrough or significant business agreements.After concluding talks on Friday, Trump said the meeting had…
Pop star Delta Goodrem has dramatically increased Australia’s odds of winning the Eurovision Song Contest, after a stunning performance of her power ballad, Eclipse, at Thursday’s semi-final.The singer and actress is now second favourite for the competition, and is rapidly closing in on Finland, who have long been tipped to lift the trophy.If she succeeds on Saturday, it would be a first for Australia – who joined the contest as a one-off wild card entry in 2015 but quickly became a permanent fixture.Eurovision is phenomenally successful in the country, despite its distance from Europe, with more than a million people…
The “Great British People” Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing “the overwhelming scale of mass immigration” and asking viewers if they miss “the Britain we used to know”.But it is not clear whether the creator of the videos knows the UK at all: the account is really run by someone based in Sri Lanka.It is one of dozens of interconnected Facebook and Instagram accounts identified by BBC Panorama and the Top Comment podcast, which…
It is the legal showdown that has pitted two of the biggest names in tech, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, against each other.At stake is the future of one of the world’s most valuable start-ups, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, along with the reputations of Altman – the company’s boss – and Musk, the man he founded it with.The central claim the jury has now retired to consider is Musk’s argument his former friend “stole a charity”, cheating him out of a fortune (albeit a tiny one, by Musk’s standards) along the way – something Altman strongly rejects.But there’s been much more to…
The Palestinian question never disappeared despite Israel’s best efforts and worst brutality.When European Jewish settlers embarked on brutal ethnic cleansing to establish Israel in 1948, they thought the Palestinian population would be the least of their problems. In fact, Zionist leaders like David Ben-Gurion believed that “the refugee problem would resolve itself”.There was deep-seated conviction among Zionists that the Palestinians lacked an identity, and they would just flee to neighbouring Arab countries and assimilate. They would not come back to claim their stolen land.But what happened was the exact opposite.Decade after decade, the Palestinian national cause grew stronger. Today, few…
Three weeks ago, many Republicans were feeling gloomy about their chances of keeping a majority in the US House of Representatives after the upcoming midterm congressional elections.Donald Trump’s approval ratings, particularly public perception of his handling of the economy and inflation, had declined in the two months since the start of the Iran War. And Republican attempts to gain partisan advantage by redrawing congressional district lines in Texas and a handful of other conservative-dominated states had been offset by Democratic responses in California and Virginia.”If the election were in May, Republicans would lose,” former Republican Speaker of the House Newt…