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Getty ImagesFile photo of South African Police Service officers in JohannesburgPolice in South Africa say that they have found a woman’s body in a Johannesburg suburb, the tenth in recent months. The body was found on Saturday morning and identified by the friend with whom she had been at a bar the previous evening.The local police commissioner said his force could not rule out the possibility that there was a serial killer on the loose, noting similarities across the 10 deaths in Ekurhuleni, as well as another in Soweto.The deaths have sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence…
Getty Images”Stumbling stone” memorials – like the one pictured in the Netherlands – are often placed in memory of Jews and other victims of the HolocaustThere has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban “stumbling stone” memorials to victims of the Nazis.Germany’s Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a “scandal”.Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities.The plaques, called…
Watch: Huge crowds greeted the Pope as he travelled down the Champs-ÉlyséesHundreds of thousands of people have greeted Pope Leo XIV in the centre of Paris for a giant open-air Mass.Crowds cheered as the pontiff moved down the Champs-Élysées Avenue beneath the Arc de Triomphe, waving to crowds from his popemobile.The head of the Catholic Church blessed several babies as he stopped at different stages along the avenue as chants of “Leo, Leo” rang out.More than half a million people are expected to attend the event in the heart of the French capital on Saturday and a special altar has…
The Duke of Sussex spoke to Canadian TV (CTV) after completing a charity skydive near TorontoThe Duke of Sussex has said it feels “great” to be back in Britain after spending six years living in California.He told Canadian network CTV: “It’s been great. It’s been great to be back on British soil. The kids are happy in school and it gives me a chance to be able to really focus on the Invictus Games in Birmingham in July next year.”Prince Harry and Meghan stepped back as senior royals and began a new life in the US in 2020, before returning…
No Premier League appetite to strip Man City of titles – but threat remainsAfter being found guilty of the majority of the 115 charges for breaching Premier League, could Manchester City really be stripped of eight trophies?1 hr agoMan City
Man City legal fight could spiral out of control, former Premier League club executive warnsChristian Purslow’s comments come after Manchester City was found guilty of dozens of financial rule charges brought by the Premier League.3 hrs agoMan City
Anadolu via Getty ImagesCurrent and former FBI agents have spoken to BBC News of their shock, fear and anger following a hack that appears to have exposed the private and personal information of the agency’s entire workforce.”This is really bad for our undercover agents,” says one former FBI agent, who fears for the safety of his colleagues.The former cyber investigator is in a group chat with current agents who are worried their personal information could soon be freely available online to criminals and hostile nation-state hackers.He says staff fear they could be targeted, or that criminals could use the data…
Getty ImagesIn recent months, Paloma Buddemeier has watched a stream of people walk into her nail salon with the goal of looking as if they’d never been there at all.”It’s crazy,” the owner of Wumman Spa in London says.These customers still get their nails filed, buffed, and trimmed. “You still do the cuticle, you do the soaking and hydrate everything,” says Buddemeier, “but you just put no polish on.”Driving this, she says, is a viral craze for bare-looking nails.But critics argue the bare nails trend actually says something about class, the hamster wheel of beauty standards, and who gets to…
Getty ImagesThe explosion happened in the central Plaka district of the Greek capitalAt least two people have died and four more are missing after an explosion destroyed a building housing a holiday rental property in the historic centre of Athens.The blast happened in the Plaka area of the Greek capital, a neighbourhood close to tourist sites such as the Acropolis, with local media reporting the building housed a holiday rental.An American man and woman have died, with two more US tourists missing, AFP news agency reported citing local officials. A Greek national and UK national who lived in the building…
Watch: Karaoke and butterflies – US cities celebrate Dolly Parton DayThe day is observed on 25 September, or 9/25, as a nod to the late Queen of Country’s hit song 9 to 5.7 hrs agoUS & Canada