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Singer Billie Eilish is the latest star to read a CBeebies bedtime story, choosing Oliver Jeffers’ book This Moose Belongs to Me.The American artist, 22, who recently released her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, said she “loved” bedtime stories herself when she was a child.Eilish introduces the story by saying that as well as loving music, she also loves nature.She tells the tale of a young boy called Wilfred who says he owns a big moose called Marcel.Speaking about the story, the What Was I Made For singer said: “We need to look after beautiful, wild creatures…

Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump.Police say Jomaisi Khalisia, 33, confessed to having killed 42 women since 2022, including his own wife.The suspect was arrested at a bar early on Monday morning as he was watching the Euro final.There has been shock and outrage in Kenya since the first of the dismembered bodies were found on Friday in the capital, Nairobi.“[He] confessed to have lured, killed and…

Tens of thousands of music fans enjoyed the final day of Scotland’s biggest music festival.This year’s TRNSMT at Glasgow Green concluded on Sunday night with a set from chart-topping DJ Calvin Harris.Those attending were warned to plan their travel home in advance due to ScotRail’s reduced timetable, which meant many services from Glasgow stopped running at about 21:00.The three-day event saw Liam Gallagher headline Friday night, with Castlemilk singer Gerry Cinnamon topping the bill on Saturday.Sunday was kick-started by Rejjie Snow on the main stage, followed by Irish singer CMAT, who was a lively figure onstage as the sun emerged…

Former US President Donald Trump has said he is “supposed to be dead” after Saturday night’s assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. In one of his first interviews since the incident, Mr Trump told conservative US media he felt that he had been saved “by luck or by God”. “The most incredible thing was that I happened to not only turn [my head] but to turn at the exact right time and in just the right amount,” he said, adding that the bullet that grazed his ear could have easily killed him.”I’m supposed to be dead, I’m not supposed…

China’s economy stumbled in the second quarter, official data shows, just as the country’s top leaders gathered for a key meeting to address its sluggish growth. It grew 4.7% in the three months to June, falling short of expectations after a stronger start in the first three months of 2024. The government’s annual growth target is around 5%. “China’s economy hit the brakes in the June quarter,” said Heron Lim at Moody’s Analytics, adding that analysts are hoping for solutions from the meeting under way in Beijing, also called the Third Plenum. The world’s second-largest economy is facing a prolonged…

8 hours agoBy Marco Oriunto, BBC News, KafueBBCIt’s 07:00 on a chilly winter morning and a group of students has just arrived at Chanyanya Primary and Secondary school, a little over an hour’s drive south-west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka.“You need to come early to school because there is a shortage of desks,” says 16-year-old pupil Richard Banda. “Two days ago I came late and I ended up sitting on the floor – it was so cold.”His discomfort encapsulates the problem of a lack of resources and overcrowding that has come as a result of offering free primary and secondary school education here.The…

UK fashion group Burberry has appointed a new boss as it looks to halt a slump in sales.The company said Joshua Schulman, the former boss of US brands Michael Kors and Coach, will take over as chief executive.Mr Schulman replaces Jonathan Akeroyd, who is leaving Burberry “with immediate effect by mutual agreement with the board”, the company said. His departure came as Burberry reported a sharp fall in sales for the past three months and warned that if current trends continue its profits will be below expectations.Burberry – famed for its distinctive check pattern – said retail revenues fell by…

4 hours agoBy Anthony Zurcher, @awzurcher, North America correspondentGetty ImagesDonald Trump pumps his fist in the air, moments after an assassination attempt on himThe 2024 election campaign has a new iconic image: Donald Trump, moments after narrowly avoiding serious injury or death from an assassin’s bullets, standing with his fist raised, lines of blood streaked across his face, an American flag billowing in the breeze behind him.“Fight! Fight! Fight!” the former president said, as some of the supporters, who moments before had feared for their lives, began cheering.The bloodshed in Pennsylvania will leave a lasting mark on the American psyche, puncturing the veneer…

President Biden called on Americans to reject political violence in his Oval Office addressUS President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on his predecessor Donald Trump in a primetime address from the White House, telling Americans that US politics must never be a “killing field”.Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was wounded in the ear after a gunman opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One person was killed and two more were critically injured in the attack. In the Oval Office address – just the third of his presidency – Mr Biden urged Americans to “take…

48 minutes agoBy Ana Faguy, BBC News, WashingtonGetty ImagesFormer US President Donald Trump has arrived in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention, a day after surviving an assassination attempt.The party conference in Milwaukee is going ahead as planned despite Saturday evening’s shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania, in which Trump was shot in the ear.Trump posted on social media that he had considered delaying his trip by two days, “but have just decided that I cannot allow a ‘shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else”.The attack on Trump has put a heightened focus on safety and security…