The life of reality TV star Nikki Grahame, who died aged 38 after battling anorexia, will be celebrated in a Channel 4 documentary. The new documentary will show that “behind the bright and funny media persona, Nikki was a complex woman who bravely battled anorexia for over 30 years”, according to a statement. It will
Month: August 2021
Algerian authorities have detained 36 people after the mob killing and burning of a man wrongly accused of starting wildfires. The fires began last Monday and have torn through the mountainous Kabyle region, killing at least 47 residents and 28 soldiers, while also destroying olive groves and livestock. Artist Djamel Ben Ismail, 38, was killed
The UK and the US are facing criticism over their handling of the deepening crisis in Afghanistan. Donald Trump has called for Joe Biden to resign in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover – describing the current situation as a “disgrace”. In a statement, the former president wrote: “What Joe Biden has done with Afghanistan
People who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus no longer have to isolate if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive. From today, people in England who have had both doses or are under 18 will not have to spend 10 days in quarantine if they are a contact of a positive case.
India is set to spend 100trn rupees (£972bn) on a national infrastructure plan to boost economic growth and help the country meet its climate goals. Speaking as part of Independence Day celebrations in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the programme will “create job opportunities for hundreds of thousands of young people”. “It will help
Parliament will be recalled next week over the situation in Afghanistan, as the prime minister called a second emergency Cobra meeting later this afternoon to discuss the crisis. MPs will return to Westminster on Wednesday to debate the government’s response to the crisis, with Taliban fighters having entered the capital Kabul after a lightning advance
Joanna Lumley has called on the government to meet the “brave and loyal” Gurkha veterans who are currently on hunger strike opposite Downing Street over their pensions. Protesters have been camped in Whitehall for nine days now. According to the Support Our Gurkhas website, the hunger strikers are campaigning for equal pensions for Gurkhas who
A month-long wildfire ravaging forestlands in northern California has lurched towards a small lumber town, threatening to destroy thousands of homes. Fire crews have been using bulldozers to build lines, in a bid to keep the blaze, known at the Dixie fire, from reaching the town of Westwood. The entire town of approximately 1,700 people
Carrie Johnson has told other pregnant women there is nothing to worry about, after getting her second COVID-19 vaccine. The prime minister’s wife, who is due to give birth to her second child in December, said she got her second jab on Saturday and was “feeling great”. Mrs Johnson, 33, said she was concerned about
British filmmaker Ken Loach has said he has been kicked out of the Labour Party for supporting others who have been expelled. The 85-year-old lifelong socialist said there was a “purge” and a “witch-hunt” in the party as he criticised Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. He wrote on Twitter: “Labour HQ finally decided I’m not
The US COVID crisis has seen children’s intensive care beds run out in Dallas and masks and testing to be made obligatory in schools across California. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced on Saturday that there were no paediatric ICU beds available across the entire 19-county area. Asked what to do if your child falls
Future, one of the London stock market’s biggest media groups, is preparing to swoop on the publisher of the current affairs magazine The Week in a £300m deal. Sky News has learnt that Future, which owns Country Life and the football magazine FourFourTwo, is in advanced talks with the owners of Dennis Publishing about the
Nicki Minaj and her husband are being sued for alleged harassment by a woman who accused him of raping her 27 years ago. The woman, 43, claims she has suffered an “onslaught of harassing calls and unsolicited visits” from Minaj, her husband Kenneth Petty and their associates. She says they offered her $500,000 (£360,000) in
Apple has altered its planned new system for detecting child sex abuse images after a week of criticism due to privacy concerns. The tech giant has said the system will now only hunt for images that have been flagged by clearinghouses in multiple countries. Earlier this week, Apple announced a planned feature for iPhones that
Just over a month ago, President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter if a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was “inevitable”. “No, it is not,” the president said. “Why?” “Because, you have, the Afghan troops have 300,000 well-equipped, as well-equipped as any army in the world, and an Air Force, against something like 75,000 Taliban.
The Taliban could begin an assault on Afghanistan’s capital within days, a US defence official has warned. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the hardline Islamist group is making a concerted effort to isolate Kabul. Resistance from government forces has been crumbling, with insurgents seizing Afghanistan’s second and third-largest cities in recent days. The Taliban now
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