[ad_1] 20 hours agoBy Ian Youngs, Culture reporterGetty ImagesShelley Duvall spent 20 years out of the Hollywood spotlightUS actress Shelley Duvall, known for films like The Shining, Annie Hall and Nashville, has died at the age of 75.Her partner Dan Gilroy confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. "My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley," he said, according
[ad_1] The United States will resume shipments of 500lb bombs to Israel, a US official has told the BBC.A joint shipment of 2,000lb and 500lb bombs had been paused since May because of White House concerns over the use of the munitions in the crowded city of Rafah and other parts of Gaza.The US has now clarified that the 500lb bombs had only been held up because they were “co-mingled"
[ad_1] Burkina Faso's military junta has announced a ban on homosexual acts, making it the latest African state to crack down on same-sex relations despite strong opposition from Western powers. Homosexuality was frowned upon in the socially conservative West African state, but it was never outlawed. Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said the junta's cabinet had now approved legislation to make it a punishable offence, but he did not give
[ad_1] The sole survivor of the Baltimore bridge disaster has told how he watched friends and relatives fall from the structure and die as he fought for his own life."I relive it all the time, the minutes before the fall and when I'm falling," Julio Cervantes Suarez told NBC News in his first interview since the 100,000-ton cargo ship, the Dali, crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on 26
[ad_1] Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War, in a decision announced at Nato's 75th anniversary summit.The Tomahawk cruise, SM-6 and hypersonic missiles have a significantly longer range than existing missiles, the US and Germany said in a joint statement.Such missiles would have been banned under a 1988 treaty between the US and former Soviet Union, but
[ad_1] 1 day agoBy Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC NewsReutersSupporters of the two rival Mas politicians faced off in La PazRival factions of the governing party in Bolivia have clashed in the city of La Paz.Footage showed party faithful throwing stones, wielding sticks and kicking and punching each other.The Movement Toward Socialism (Mas) is deeply split, with some backing the current president, Luis Arce, and others rallying to former president Evo Morales.Their rivalry has
[ad_1] A survey found 96% had encountered antisemitism with the majority experiencing harassment online. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A man has made history by becoming the first person to cross the Strait of Messina in Italy on foot.The journey across the 3.6km (2.4 mile) slackline took Estonia's Jaan Roose almost three hours. He covered a distance longer than 30 football fields on webbed fabric that was only 1.9cm (0.75in) wide.His record attempt started from a 265m (870ft) tower and he managed to cover a distance surpassing the
[ad_1] A Ugandan court has sentenced a 24-year-old man to six years in prison for insulting the president and the first family through his video posted on TikTok.Edward Awebwa was charged with hate speech and spreading "misleading and malicious" information against President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni and son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is the head of the military.The court also heard that Awebwa had shared abusive information and had
[ad_1] 2 days agoBy Natasa Andjelkovic, BBC News SerbianBy Grujica Andric, BBC News SerbianBBCSabrija Hajdarevic is one of thousands of Bosnians whose loved ones were killed in 1995Every July, Sabrija Hajdarevic returns to Srebrenica to visit the graves of her husband and father.They were among around 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys killed in 1995 by the Serb forces.The 67-year-old now lives thousands of miles away in Australia, but the annual trip means a
