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Getty ImagesWarning: This story contains details some may find distressingA major investigation has been launched by police in the Netherlands into the suspected drugging and sexual assaults of a number of women, prompting the arrests of four men.Dutch police said they had received information suggesting multiple women may have been drugged “by someone in their immediate circle” and sexually assaulted on camera, following tip-offs from agencies in England and Germany.The suspects allegedly frequented private social media groups in which tips were shared on how best to drug victims and images of the abuse were circulated.Dutch media likened the alleged events…
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SuppliedZeynab Javadli divorced Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2019A British human rights lawyer says the former wife of a nephew of the ruler of Dubai has gone missing. Contact with Zeynab Javadli was lost on Tuesday and the BBC has been told her home in Dubai is locked and empty.Javadli has repeatedly expressed concern for her safety. She’s been embroiled for years in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.The BBC has contacted a number of officials in the UAE for comment but has received no response as…
Watch: Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday auctions include jewellery and private lettersAn auction with an array of memorabilia from Marilyn Monroe’s estate and friends has already brought in thousands of dollars in bids on the 100th anniversary of her birth. The sale, which began on Thursday, features 185 items from the model and actress’s life, including a 1950s evening purse worth an estimated $100,000 (£74,000), an evening gown and even her lip pomade. Julien’s Auctions said the sale includes “countless never-before-seen photographs and slides of the star as well as rare and hard-to-find images hidden for decades”. The star – who…
Ministry of DefenceLt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Petty Officer Owen Green, 24, and Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, died in the crash on WednesdayThree members of the Royal Navy who died in a helicopter crash during a training exercise have been named.The crew were Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, who was Britain’s only female Royal Navy commando, and Petty Officer Owen Green, 24, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. All three were based at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset.Their families all paid tribute, while the military described them as “deeply capable and professional aviators” and “cherished members” of…
French Ministry of CultureThe artwork was meticulously inspected before its removalThe 950-year-old Bayeux Tapestry will be as safe “as a baby” when it makes its unprecedented journey to London next month, according to French officials.The tapestry will be leaving Bayeux for only the third time in its history before being put on display for nine months at the British Museum.Serious reservations about the journey have been raised by many in France’s art world, who say the tapestry is too fragile and too important to move.But after two dry-runs with facsimiles, the culture ministry in Paris is confident the technical difficulties…
Watch: Elon Musk ‘trying to whip up division’, Starmer saysSir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of “trying to whip up division” over the murder of Henry Nowak.There were violent protests in Southampton following the release of bodycam footage showing police handcuffing 18-year-old Nowak as he lay dying. His killer Vickrum Digwa had claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack.The footage of Nowak’s final moments has prompted a wave of political reaction in the UK, as well as X owner Musk criticising the police treatment of the teenager.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called for work across…
Watch: Moment House votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powersUS President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, labelling the group “unpatriotic”.On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt Trump from taking further military action.In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran.…
Instagram/Meghan, Duchess of SussexThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex called Lilibet “our dream girl”The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shared two new photos of their daughter, Princess Lilibet, as they celebrate her fifth birthday.The first image was of the couple smiling and embracing while Prince Harry holds Lilibet, and the second is of the princess with her hand on a flower in a garden.”Our dream girl. Happy 5th birthday, Lili,” Meghan wrote on Instagram.Lilibet is the couple’s second child and is two years younger than her brother Archie.Meghan recently called Lilibet “Mama’s little helper”, after posting an image of…
Defiance in Beirut’s Hezbollah stronghold during fragile ceasefireBBC correspondent John Sudworth reports from the Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah support, Dahieh. 50 mins agoMiddle East