2 April 2024 By Jemma Dempsey,BBC News Getty Images Taylor Swift has joined Elon Musk as ranking among the world’s wealthiest people, according to a new rich list. The American pop star entered the Forbes World’s Billionaires List for the first time with $1.1bn (£877m), along with Sam Altman, creator of the AI chatbot ChatGPT...
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Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge after suspected Israeli air strike
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has vowed revenge after a suspected Israeli air strike killed a top Iranian general in Tehran’s embassy in Syria. At least seven people were killed in the strike on the Damascus consulate, including Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), believed to...
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Top 50 UK news websites: Most brands report audience dip in February
None of the ten biggest news websites in the UK saw a bigger audience in February than in January, according to Press Gazette’s latest monthly ranking. ITV saw the biggest fall among the top sites by audience size, down 7% compared to January (14.4 million) according to data from Ipsos iris. It was followed by...
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Indian opposition leader’s arrest extended ahead of national election
The Aam Aadmi Party also denied the charges against it and said Kejriwal will remain as New Delhi’s chief minister as it fights the case in court. The same agency arrested another prominent opposition leader, Hemant Soren, of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party, on Jan 31 in connection with a money laundering investigation. He...
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Iran promises ‘harsh’ response to strike on consulate in Syria – with top commanders among seven killed
Iran has blamed Israel for a deadly air strike on its consulate in Syria, in which two of its senior military commanders were killed. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, died in the explosion, which destroyed the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital, Damascus....
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Ukrainian pilots leading drug smuggling gang across Strait of Gibraltar
A total of nine arrests were made in the operation, including two men the Guardia Civil described as expert pilots. As well as the helicopter containing drugs, a French-made Alouette III, a similar aircraft was also seized in a nearby location. Among those arrested are believed to be mechanics who maintain the helicopters using parts...
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UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording
The British government has received advice from its own lawyers stating that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in Gaza but has failed to make it public, according to a leaked recording obtained by the Observer. The comments, made by the Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, Alicia Kearns,...
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German officials warned lockdowns cause more harm than good, documents show
Germany’s public health agency said that lockdowns can cause more harm than good in documents released after a long legal battle. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) raised concerns in December 2020 that shutting down society could lead to increased child mortality, citing examples in Africa. The institute also disagreed with making FFP2 masks mandatory because...
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Sex reassignment in minors may be medical history’s ‘greatest ethical scandal’, French report says
Sex reassignment surgery could also be banned for minors. Reacting to the report, Ypomoni, a French parents’ group, said: “We welcome this return to reason.” Maud Vasselle, a mother whose daughter underwent gender transition treatment, told Le Figaro: “A child is not old enough to ask to have her body altered. “My daughter just needed...
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The 14 best news podcasts for breaking stories and analysis
The news is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, there’s so many wild new headlines every day, it can end up feeling impossible to keep up with it all. But that’s where news podcasts come in, giving listeners a detailed insight into the news, all on their own time schedule. Though they’re presented...
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Sinn Fein calls for elections after Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation
In the last elections in 2020, Fine Gael finished behind Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail. His predecessor, Micheál Martin, the leader of Fianna Fail and deputy prime minister, said: “I was surprised. I didn’t expect it at all.” The announcement took a lot of courage, he added. Mr Varadkar suffered a defeat in a referendum...
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Kosovo PM: Britain should send more troops to protect us from Serbian invasion
Today, 45 British troops are involved in the 4,443-strong Nato contingent in Kosovo. In comparison, Hungary has provided 365 troops, America 572 and Italy 1,322. Mr Kurti conceded that while the presence of troops was “substantial” in the ethnic-Serbian majority north, overall it had not been increased “by much” and was “generally symbolic”. Mr Kurti...