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Former UK prime ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair arrived at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s lavish wedding celebration in Mumbai, India on Friday. The two politicians joined an all-star roster of guests, including Bollywood actors, athletes and musicians from around the world. The extravagant four-day ceremony will cap a string of elaborate parties the Ambani family has hosted since March to celebrate the marriage.Anant Ambani is the son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man. Source link

Tributes have been paid to actress Shelley Duvall, known for her role in horror classic The Shining and her work with director Robert Altman, following her death at the age of 75.Duvall played Wendy, the wife of Jack Nicholson’s terrifying hotel caretaker in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic The Shining, based on Stephen King’s book.Paying tribute, King wrote: “Very sorry Shelly Duvall has passed. Wonderful, talented, underused actor.”She also appeared in films including Annie Hall, Popeye, Nashville and 3 Women, and was fondly remembered for producing and presenting beloved 1980s children’s TV show Faerie Tale Theatre.British actor Malcolm McDowell described…

ReutersAnant Ambani and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant got engaged in Mumbai in January 2023Celebrities from across the globe are arriving in Mumbai for the wedding of the youngest son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani. Anant Ambani is expected to tie the knot with Radhika Merchant, daughter of Indian pharma tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant, in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Mumbai city on Friday.The wedding events began with parties and celebrations in March. The months-long festivities have been attended by top Bollywood stars, musicians and business tycoons like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.On Friday, reality TV star Kim…

1 hour agoBy Jonathan Geddes, BBC Scotland NewsSugababes/XSugababes, picture performing at Glastobury in their original line-up, took on TRNSMT festival on the opening dayPop legends Sugababes say their stint at TRNSMT has been “just as much fun as Glastonbury” after getting crowds dancing to a hit-packed set.The trio were one of the big draws on the first day of Scotland’s biggest festival in Glasgow, with 50,000 people expected to attend each day over the weekend.Performing in their original line-up, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy were in such high demand at Glastonbury recently that organisers had to shut off their stage.Speaking…

Hackers stole call and text records data from “nearly all” of 109 million AT&T Wireless customers, the telecommunications company disclosed on Friday. The firm said one suspect had been arrested after the records – from May to October 2022 – were illegally downloaded and copied to a third-party platform this April.The stolen data did not contain the content of calls or texts, but did record the numbers contacted, as well as the number and lengths of interactions, the company said.The Justice Department said the delayed announcement of the hack was justified on national security grounds.“We sincerely regret this incident occurred…

Unilever plans to cut a third of its office-based roles in Europe by the end of 2025, the consumer goods giant has said.It comes after it announced in March that it would be cutting costs, affecting about 7,500 roles globally.The firm said it would begin a consultation process with those affected by cuts in Europe, with about 3,200 jobs being axed in the region.”We recognise the significant anxiety that these proposals are causing among our people,” it said in a statement.The changes are part of efforts to revive growth at the firm under boss Hein Schumacher who took over as…

Eight actors from the Equity union have filed a High Court case against casting website Spotlight, claiming it is charging unfair fees.Spotlight charges performers to appear in its directory, which it says was used to cast 99% of productions in the UK in 2023.But Equity says the fees, which were recently increased to £216 a year for actors on a monthly tariff, are “above what the law reasonably allows”.Spotlight denies that and says the union has been waging “a campaign of deliberate misinformation”.Jassa Ahluwalia, an actor and Equity councillor, who was among those who filed the High Court papers on…

1 hour agoBy Fergal Keane, BBC NewsBBCRescue workers in Gaza say they often struggle to identify bodiesThe things they see. The dead girl lowered by a rope from a ruined building. She sways slightly, then comes to rest, legs folding beneath her on the rubble.They see people and parts of people lying out in the open where the blast or the bullet caught them. Violent death in all of its contortions.Bodies lying in the streets, in the blasted open sitting rooms of houses, under the rubble. Sometimes covered by so much concrete the men will never reach them, and only in the…

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has been in intensive care in hospital in recent days but is now “out of danger”, according to a statement from his side project The Smile.”A few days ago, Jonny became seriously ill from an infection that needed emergency hospital treatment, some of it in intensive care,” it said.”Mercifully he is now out of danger and will soon return home.”Greenwood, 52, has been on tour with Radiohead bandmate Thom Yorke in The Smile in recent months, but they have now cancelled future concerts.”We have been instructed by the medical team in charge of Jonny’s care to…

Kenya’s police chief Japhet Koome has resigned, following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which more than 40 people died.Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens of protestors, some of them fatally, and abducting or arbitrarily arresting hundreds more.The resignation comes a day after President William Ruto sacked most of his cabinet, following pressure from the protest movement which is largely coordinated online by young Kenyans.Two weeks ago protesters stormed parliament, shortly after legislators passed the controversial finance bill. Police responded by opening fire on demonstrators in the streets.President Ruto later withdrew the bill but…