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Getty ImagesPresident Cyril Ramaphosa faces renewed scrutiny over a theft at his private farm in 2020Just like Watergate in the US, South Africa’s “Farmgate” scandal started with a break-in but has since spiralled into something that could threaten the future of the sitting president.Cyril Ramaphosa now faces the possibility of being removed from office as MPs have taken the unprecedented step of setting up a committee that will recommend whether or not he should be impeached.This issue first came up in parliament in 2022, but last month, the county’s highest court ruled that MPs had violated the constitution by blocking…
Lebanese ArmyThe Lebanese Army released images of the car it says was attacked by the Israeli military The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has launched an investigation after confirming it attacked a vehicle carrying Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning.The Lebanese Army said two officers and a soldier were killed in the strike on a car, which it described as an “aggressive and barbaric raid”. The IDF said the vehicle was “moving suspiciously towards forces” and gunfire had been reported in the area.Israel has been fighting Lebanon-based Hezbollah since March, primarily in southern Lebanon, from where the…
ReutersA male diver has died after being bitten by a suspected 4.5m (14.8ft) shark in Western Australia, according to local authorities.The 35-year-old, who has not been named, was spearfishing with family off Michaelmas Island, south-east of Perth, when he was attacked at 11:25 local time (03:25 GMT) on Saturday, police said.He was taken by boat to shore where he was met by paramedics, who were unable to revive him.Police said they would prepare a report for the coroner, in a statement shared by local media. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) said it was assisting police and…
Getty ImagesBritish actor Anthony Head has died at the age of 72. Head first became widely known in the UK featuring in Nescafe adverts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and went on to play roles in many popular TV shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso and Merlin. AlamyHead’s big breakthrough in the UK came from an unlikely place – playing one half of the Gold Blend couple in Nescafe coffee TV adverts. He and Sharon Maughan’s portrayal of a coffee-inspired romance unfolded through a series of ads between 1987 and 1993Online USAOne of Head’s best known…
Is there an AI stock market bubble, and is it ready to burst?Despite the Iran war, inflation and debt fears, US markets keep hitting record highs, fueled largely by AI. BBC’s Samira Hussain looks into whether that bubble will burst.19 hrs agoUS & Canada
Fenris CreationsJames Cunningham hadn’t slept. He’d been up all night “fighting for his life”.The 27-year-old from Ware in Hertfordshire was trying to save a virtual empire from the brink of destruction – using a keyboard and mouse.James says he “didn’t expect everything to go wrong”, recalling the explosive conflict that broke out in June 2025. “But it did.”He’d spent thousands of hours – up to 16 a day – and roughly £6,000 playing EVE Online, a game played by tens of thousands of people around the world.By the end of it, hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of in-game assets…
Getty ImagesCanada’s food inspection agency has announced a temporary ban on livestock from the US state of Texas after flesh-eating screwworms were discovered in calves this week.Cows and horses that were in Texas anytime within 21 days before crossing the border into Canada would not be accepted into the country, an agency news release said.The announcement comes after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the parasite had been found in a second calf in Texas – the leading US beef and cattle producer. Texas Gov Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster on Friday over the “imminent threat” the…
BBCBerets are a kind of uniform at the banquets, which include four courses of local gastronomyThree-and-a-half-thousand hungry Alsatians wolf down platters of charcuterie and periodically burst into noisy chorus.No, it is not the police dogs’ annual convention, but the latest iteration of a feasting phenomenon that is sweeping provincial France.The Alsace town of Colmar – famous for its half-timbered medieval centre – was the scene last weekend of one of the banquets géants – huge banquets whose popularity in the country has suddenly become a hot political issue.Run by a company called Le Canon Français (The French Cannon), the banquets…
ReutersIran’s football team has been granted visas to enter the US ahead of the the World Cup next week, US officials have confirmed.The approval comes just 10 days before the team’s opening fixture against New Zealand, due to be held in Los Angeles on 15 June. “The visas necessary for Iran to compete in the World Cup, including for athletes and necessary support staff, have been issued,” officials said. They added that the US would not allow the Iranian team to “abuse this system to sneak terrorists into the United States under false pretenses”.The FIFA World Cup 2026 is set…
US Navy via Getty Images)The US military says it has shot down four Iranian “one-way attack drones” launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the drones “posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic”. US forces “subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks”, US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.Iran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at two US air bases in Kuwait, and facilities of the US Navy in Bahrain, Iran’s state-run Irib news agency reported.Centcom said initial assessments showed that of the seven Iranian missiles fired…