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Eighteen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way to find the perpetrators, police say.Two homesteads on the same street in the town of Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape, were targeted, police said, with 12 women and one man killed in one location, and three women and one man at a second location.The 18th victim died in hospital on Sunday, the South Africa Police Service said.Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said the motive for the shootings was unknown.In a statement on Sunday, police said that apart from the death of…

ReutersMichael Fortin was at the heart of Hollywood’s golden age of streaming.The actor and aerial cinematographer turned his hobby of flying drones into a profitable business in 2012 just as the streaming wars were taking off. For a decade, he was flying high above film sets, creating sleek aerial shots for movies and TV shows on Netflix, Amazon and Disney.Now he’s on the verge of becoming homeless – again. He was evicted from the Huntington Beach home he shared with his wife and two young children and now is being booted from the Las Vegas apartment they moved to because…

EAThis year’s game will be the first to feature an in-depth women’s career mode, including players like Barcelona star Aitana Bonmatí “Most musicians, one of our dreams, one our goals – it’s not the Grammys, it’s not the Oscars – it’s to get a song on Fifa, man.”That’s Femi Koleoso, from Ezra Collective, on why getting on Fifa – now known as EA FC – is such a big deal.Each year, around a hundred songs get selected for the soundtrack of the world’s favourite football video game.But how do they get chosen from the countless acts desperate to make their…

Getty ImagesThe doctors’ union, the BMA, says it will take “a neutral position” on the recommendations of a landmark review into care for children and young people with gender identity issues.The British Medical Association (BMA) had previously called for a pause in implementing its recommendations – including a move away from drugs to delay the start of puberty – and wanted a ban for under-18s to be lifted.But around 1,000 senior doctors wrote an open letter to the BMA expressing extreme disappointment with its stance.The Cass Review, commissioned by NHS England and published in April, also advocated better mental health…

Getty ImagesIn 2010 the Gulf state of Qatar bought luxury department store Harrods for £1.5bn, via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority.It should have been the jewel in the Qatari crown. However, Harrods now faces serious sexual abuse allegations over the actions of its former boss, Mohamed Al Fayed.Many of these claims were uncovered in a recent BBC investigation, but multiple legal experts have said Qatar either missed or dismissed much of what was already known about Al Fayed at the time of the purchase.This includes a 2008 police investigation into the alleged assault of a 15-year-old girl…

Getty ImagesThe annual United Nations General Assembly week is always frenetic. It may be called the Super Bowl of diplomacy, but this year perhaps a more appropriate analogy is a marathon. Not since World War Two have there been so many global conflicts piling up, with Lebanon on the brink just as leaders arrived in New York City.Given the current state of uncertainty, the forthcoming US election was in the back of everyone’s minds here.One senior Western diplomat told me no-one expects things to move on the Israel-Gaza war until after a winner is declared in the White House race.“We…

Getty ImagesShe was a national treasure with multiple awards under her belt. But somewhat surprisingly, Dame Maggie Smith never loved the limelight.“I’m never shy on stage, always shy off it,” is how she once described herself to the critic Nancy Banks Smith.She never watched herself in Downton Abbey. She famously didn’t even turn up to accept her first Oscar.And in a rare interview for the British Film Institute in 2017, she lamented no longer being able to walk down the street without being stopped by admiring fans.Although she had been an acclaimed stage actress since the 1960s, and had a…

Georgia McGintyGeorgia and John McGinty were seriously injured in an Uber crash in 2022A couple who were left with life-changing injuries after their Uber crashed have been told they cannot sue the company because of the terms they accepted when using the app.Georgia and John McGinty, from New Jersey, in the US, are bound by a clause saying they could not take the case to a jury in a court of law.State judges ruled they had clicked a “confirm” button on the app on more than one occasion when asked if they agreed with Uber’s terms of use.The McGintys argue…

The independent doctors’ regulator refused to investigate alleged medical malpractice at Harrods in 2017 because too much time had passed and it wasn’t “in the greater public interest”.A woman who underwent an intimate medical examination in 2008 while applying for a job at Harrods complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) nine years later that former owner Mohamed Al Fayed had been told about her results.The regulator, which can recommend doctors are banned from working, said it would not be able to investigate how the billionaire obtained the information.On Friday, the GMC said it would “carefully assess” any new complaints,…

Tesla, run by Elon Musk, would be welcome to invest in the UK, the prime minister has said.Sir Keir Starmer said he didn’t want to be misunderstood after the BBC reported that the tech tycoon had not been invited to the UK’s International Investment Summit due to his social media posts during last month’s riots.“Obviously, I encourage investment from anywhere,” he told the BBC.He added: “Good investment into the UK is what I’m very, very keen to promote.”Sir Keir made his comments while speaking to journalists on his recent visit to New York, where he addressed the United Nations and…