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Getty ImagesJay-Z, pictured at the Met Gala in May 2026, previously hit out at the “frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations”A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally said her allegation was untrue.The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit in 2024 claiming she had been drugged and raped by Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs at a party after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.The stars denied the allegation and she dropped the lawsuit last year. Carter then sued her and her lawyers.In a statement filed in that case on Thursday, she…
Getty ImagesThe US government is seeking to join Elon Musk’s legal challenge to overturn a €120m (£105m) EU fine against X over its blue tick badges.In December 2025, the European Commission said the platform “deceives users” by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark, because it is not “meaningfully verifying” who is behind the account.But US Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said on Thursday that the commission had “inappropriately attempted” to expand its reach to American companies outside its control.Musk, who spent millions helping elect Donald Trump and other Republicans, has previously claimed EU tech regulation…
BBCThe test means patients can be diagnosed within hours rather than weeks, like Steve Palmer whose case the BBC followedA rapid new test for brain tumours that the NHS has started using can slash the time it takes for an accurate diagnosis from up to eight weeks to two hours. The test, which is used by doctors to diagnose which type of tumour a patient has, should mean patients can start treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy sooner, and are spared weeks of uncertainty.Steve Palmer, 55, from Nottingham, is among those to benefit from the new technology – and it meant…
Watch: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinemaThere is something pleasingly improbable about Angh.The film comes from Nagaland, a mountainous state of fewer than two million people on India’s northeastern frontier, and is in Konyak, a tribal language unfamiliar to most Indians, never mind audiences abroad. It was director Theja Rio’s first feature and most of its cast faced a camera for the first time.And yet, at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, this quiet film won the Platform Prize, a major juried award.The award is intended to recognise films with a particularly distinctive directorial voice.…
Watch: The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?US President Donald Trump welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping to the White House for a lavish state dinner where both leaders touted a new chapter in their friendship. Xi said the countries “must act as responsible major countries to meet the expectations of our peoples” while Trump toasted a future of “harmony, peace and success” for both nations.While both pledged to ensure stability between them, experts have cautioned Xi’s visit is yet to yield obvious progress on pressing issues.Billionaire business leaders, Trump administration officials and US tech CEOs…
Antonia DuffinWhen Antonia Duffin, 34, started going to the gym, she wanted to lose weight and tone up.It became such a big part of her life that she decided to become a personal trainer alongside her day job in operations for a supermarket chain – and now runs her own women’s gym in Manchester.”Some of my clients want to feel stronger, some want to get in shape for a baby and some are struggling with other conditions like endometriosis and want to feel better,” she says.Hybrid training, like Hyrox, which is sociable and competitive, seems to have taken over from…
AFP via Getty ImagesPope Leo begins his visit in the French capital, before moving on to Lourdes and MetzPope Leo XIV embarks on a four-day visit to France on Friday, with the highpoint being a giant Mass attended by more than half a million people in central Paris.For Saturday’s afternoon celebration, an altar has been built on the Place de la Concorde and a large area around the Champs-Élysées sealed off by police.Some 600,000 Catholic faithful are expected to cram the avenue up to the Arc de Triomphe and beyond.Large crowds are also due at other stages in the Pope’s…
Australia made a dramatic revelation on Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly.Rogue AI agents had hacked one of its government bodies – the first known incident of its kind in the world. Private data, but not sensitive information, was taken from Medicare, Australia’s universal healthcare scheme.The breach happened in June, but OpenAI says it only became aware of it in August – and then took until 10 September to alert Australia’s government, by sending an email to an address used by researchers and academics to alert authorities to concerns of vulnerabilities.While worrying, the timing of the incident is somewhat…
Watch: The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?President Xi Jinping’s summits with Donald Trump have one clear aim.China believes the United States is trying to contain its rise as a superpower, and it wants Washington to stay out of its way – particularly when it comes to trade, technology and Taiwan.On this visit, however, despite Trump rolling out the red carpet for him, the Chinese leader didn’t get everything he wanted.The trade truce that saw both countries pause a tit-for-tat tariff war and prevent a further escalation, was extended by only a few months -…
Watch: Protests and walkouts as Netanyahu addresses UNThe BBC’s Nada Tawfik explains what happened even before the Israeli prime minister took to the stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.3 hrs agoMiddle East