The father of the late singer Amy Winehouse has lost a High Court battle against two of his daughter’s friends after dozens of her belongings were auctioned. Mitch Winehouse brought the case against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, accusing them of profiting from items sold at auctions in the United States. Lawyers for Winehouse told the court the two women had “deliberately concealed” the sales and said he turned to legal action because it was his “only means of obtaining answers”. Deputy High Court judge Sarah Clarke KC ruled against this and said Winehouse “could have discovered what disputed items…
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A Nigerian scientist’s “personal experience” with a wildfire, its threat to endangered bats she discovered just days before, and her campaign to protect them, has won her the global Goldman Environmental Prize. Found in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary in south-eastern Nigeria, Iroro Tanshi said seeing the short-tailed roundleaf bat for the first time in almost 50 years, should have been “big headliner news”. But there was a “serious situation… wildfires”, she told the BBC Focus on Africa podcast. In a country where bats are often associated with witchcraft, Tanshi successfully launched a community-led campaign to protect them by preventing…
At least 25 people have been killed in an explosion at a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with four others seriously injured. The blast occurred at the Vanaja Fireworks Industry in Virudhunagar on Sunday evening. The factory was supposed to be closed but about 50 workers were inside at the time, officials said. A second explosion occurred while rescue operations were on, injuring 13 more people, though none sustained serious burns, District Collector NO Sukhaputra told ANI news agency. The cause of the blast is not yet known and an investigation is under way. An…
Officials in Japan have warned of an increased risk of a “huge” earthquake in the next week after a 7.7 magnitude quake struck off the north-east coast, triggering an evacuation order and warnings of 3m tsunami waves. Thousands of people were told to leave coastal areas for higher ground after the quake in waters off Iwate prefecture, 530km (330 miles) north of the capital Tokyo. The biggest waves measured 80cm but the meteorological agency in earthquake-prone Japan warned that quakes “causing even stronger shaking” could occur in the next week, producing bigger waves. Later, the agency warned the risk of…
The head of Ukraine’s patrol police, Yevhen Zhukov, has resigned after two of his officers faced criticism for allegedly fleeing a deadly mass shooting in the capital, Kyiv. Six people died and 14 others were injured on Saturday after a man opened fire on people in the street in Kyiv’s southern Holosiivskyi district before taking others hostage in a nearby supermarket. He was later killed in a shoot-out with police. Footage has since been shared online appearing to show officers leaving civilians and running away from the scene. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said the officers in question had been…
Eight children, aged from one to 14 years old, have been killed in a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, which police are describing as a “domestic disturbance”. Officers said the incident began about 05:00 local time (10:00 BST). A single gunman shot 10 people before fleeing in a stolen car. Police then chased and killed the suspected shooter. “We have hurting families, we have hurting police officers, coroners’ personnel,” Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said. “This affects the entire community, so we all mourn with these families.” Police did not identify the suspected gunman or the victims, but said some of the…
A man was killed following a domestic altercation in Mukuru kwa Njenga area, Embakasi Sub-County, Nairobi. According to police the incident occurred in the early hours of April 19, 2026. Police said the deceased, identified as Muthiani Muthee, had gone to a pub operated by his wife, where he found her sleeping alongside several other people. A confrontation reportedly ensued after he accused those present of engaging in inappropriate activities. During the altercation, the deceased is said to have drawn a knife. However, the wife allegedly overpowered him and pushed him to the ground. Moments later, he was found bleeding…
Iranian authorities have arrested two foreign nationals in the country’s northwest on charges related to the importation of Starlink devices, a local prosecutor said Sunday, according to Iranian media. The suspects, arrested in the city of Jolfa in East Azerbaijan province, were involved in “importing satellite internet equipment” and were arrested by security forces, Iran’s Tasnim news agency quoted the city’s public prosecutor as saying. It said the two were part of “a network accused of intelligence cooperation with groups linked to the United States and Israel”. Two Iranian nationals were also arrested in connection with the case, including one…
A retired veteran Ugandan journalist and author was shot dead by a masked man near his home in capital Kampala, police said Sunday. Joe Nam, 55, worked for state media for three decades before retiring and had written a book discussing the potential fallout when long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni leaves office. “He was shot dead by a masked man according to preliminary investigations at around 1am, near his residence in Kawanda, Wakiso district,” police deputy spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire told AFP. “The assailant, after shooting and killing him, fled the scene,” he said. An investigation “to establish the circumstances” around the…
Actor Alec Baldwin could face a civil trial over a 2021 shooting on the set of the film Rust, after a judge ruled a lawsuit could go to trial. The lawsuit, which was filed by Serge Svetnoy, who worked as the lighting technician on the film, alleges the Hollywood actor was negligent leading up to the shooting. While he was rehearsing a scene on the film set in New Mexico, Baldwin’s prop gun fired a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza in 2021. Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger, and a criminal case against him…
Everyone talks about what to post on Instagram. Almost nobody talks seriously about when. Content quality gets obsessed over. Hashtag strategies get debated endlessly. Consistency gets preached like gospel. And then people publish a genuinely good post at 2am and wonder why it flopped. Timing isn’t a minor optimization. It’s the variable that determines how many people see everything else you’ve worked on and for accounts trying to grow consistently, ignoring it means leaving real results on the table. Why Posting Time Actually Matters Here’s the technical reality of how Instagram handles new posts. When content goes live, the algorithm…
Tinder will let users prove they are human and not robots by bringing advanced eye-scanning technology to the app amid rising fears over AI. Users of the dating app, as well as other major platforms such as video calling service Zoom, will be able to scan their irises to earn a “proof of humanity” badge attached to their profile or name. Through either an online app or an orb-shaped scanning device run by the World network people can submit to a scan of their iris, the coloured portion of the eye, in order to confirm they are human. World, formerly…
Police arrested a man in Melbourne after a car mounted a kerb and drove into pedestrians, killing one. A grey Toyota struck two pedestrians on Langs Road in the Ascot Vale suburb just before 17:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Saturday, Victoria Police said. One pedestrian died at the scene and the second was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said the circumstances surrounding the collision had not yet been established and the arrested man was due to be interviewed. Local media reported the crash happened outside the Melbourne Showgrounds, which had been hosting the two-day Supanova Comic Con…
In a country where criticising the authorities has often landed people in trouble, the latest song from Ethiopia’s biggest musician – which appears to condemn the government – is attracting attention. Teddy Afro’s track Das Tal, meaning “put up the tent” in English, has been viewed more than seven million times on YouTube since its release on Thursday. Referencing a traditional mourning tent, Teddy Afro – whose real name is Tewodros Kassahun – sings that he is grieving a country he says has been lost. The build-up to the song’s release had already drawn controversy after a preview event for…
One of France’s most celebrated film stars, Nathalie Baye, has died aged 77, French media report. President Emmanuel Macron said the much-loved stalwart of French cinema had been “an actress with whom we loved, dreamed and grew up”. A four-time acting winner at the Césars – France’s equivalent of the Oscars – Baye starred in some 80 films in her lifetime after breakout roles in the early 1970s. Her family told the French news agency AFP she had died at her home in Paris on Friday evening from a form of dementia. Born into a bohemian family of artists in…