The British rapper, YouTuber and television personality Yung Filly has been arrested in Australia and charged with rape and assault. The 29-year-old, born Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, who was on tour in the country, was arrested in Brisbane and taken to Perth where the alleged incidents occurred. He is accused of assaulting a woman in…
Amazon has been accused of funnelling “thousands of pounds into the pockets of Britain’s best known far-right extremist” after Tommy Robinson’s latest book topped its bestseller charts. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is one of Britain’s most prominent far-right activists and was a co-founder of the now defunct English Defence League. The book,…
A Delta aircraft at the airline’s hangar in Atlanta Leslie Josephs/CNBC Delta Air Lines expects to grow earnings in the fourth quarter, thanks to resilient travel demand and strong bookings for year-end holidays. The Atlanta-based carrier on Thursday forecast fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.60 to $1.85 per share, compared with Wall Street estimates of $1.71,…
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have alleged that the US government is behind the leak of a video which showed Combs physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, AKA Cassie. A memo filed by Combs’s legal team on Wednesday complains of “a series of unlawful government leaks, which have led to damaging, highly prejudicial pre-trial publicity…
A further 65 women have come forward to the BBC with allegations of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed going as far back as 1977. Since the broadcast of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, in which five women claimed to have been raped by the billionaire, more women have come forward with claims…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Downing Street for talks with Keir Starmer and the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte. No 10 is hosting the Ukrainian president, who has been pressing western governments for more military support and the green light to fire long-range weapons into Russia. Zelenskyy is also due to meet the French president,…
The new boss of HSBC is reportedly readying to cut the jobs of some of the bank’s most expensive senior bankers in a move that could save as much as $300m (£229m) in costs. Georges Elhedery, who took over as chief executive last month, is planning to remove a layer of senior bankers as part…
The BBC told people to “not be alarmed” after its weather app said on Thursday morning that the UK was being buffeted by a hurricane. The broadcaster said the UK was not expecting “hurricane force winds” of 15,759mph, contrary to the information on its weather site and app. The BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty asked…
Australia’s oldest lioness and her paired partner have been euthanised, leaving Adelaide zoo keepers in mourning. The zoo’s African lions, Amani and Mujambi, died on Thursday morning after 19-year-old Mujambi suffered a medical episode over the weekend. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that Adelaide Zoo announces the passing of African Lion pair female…
Australia’s oldest lioness and her paired partner have been euthanised, leaving Adelaide zoo keepers in mourning. The zoo’s African lions, Amani and Mujambi, died on Thursday morning after 19-year-old Mujambi suffered a medical episode over the weekend. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that Adelaide Zoo announces the passing of African Lion pair female…
