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The boss of Singapore Airlines, Goh Choon Pong, has thanked the carrier’s staff for their hard work in the aftermath of a severe turbulence incident in which a British man died and tens more people were injured.”The last five days have been immensely challenging for everyone at Singapore Airlines,” Mr Goh wrote in a memo seen by the BBC.The message comes after flight SQ321 from London to Singapore diverted to Bangkok, Thailand after an incident over the Indian Ocean on 21 May.The Boeing B777-ER was flown back to Singapore on Sunday.”Our agility, dedication, and team spirit were evident during this…

1 hour agoKatie Razzall, Darin Graham and Larissa Kennelly,BBC NewsBBCThe FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the British Museum.The BBC understands the US law enforcement agency has also assisted with the return of 268 items, which the museum claims belong to it, that were sold to a collector in Washington DC.The British Museum announced last year that ancient gems, jewellery and other items from its collection, were missing, stolen or damaged.One buyer, based in New Orleans, told the BBC an FBI agent had emailed him asking for information…

At dawn on Friday 12 April, Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir walked out from his settler outpost in the occupied West Bank, with a flock of sheep, and disappeared. Achimeir, 14, had been living and working on a tiny farm outpost near his family’s settlement, Malachei HaShalom – one of nearly 150 Israeli settlements in the West Bank regarded as illegal under international law.The young teenager was murdered that morning out on the pasture, according to Israeli police, but it would be 24 hours before his body was found. When the flock of sheep returned to the farm without him, a…

Chris Martin’s Coldplay shared a new song called Orange in tribute to Luton where the band were headlining BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend.Local fans had hoped that the lyrics to Coldplay’s hit single, Yellow, would be changed to the word orange to reflect the colour of the local football club’s kit.Some of the lyrics in the new song referenced Luton Town’s relegation from the Premier League this season, with Chris Martin singing: “It’s hard to be a football fan here in Luton town. Sometimes you do the best you can but you find you’re going down.” Source link

Karabo MahapaKarabo “Kay” Mahapa wants to encourage his young audience to go out and voteSouth Africa’s social media influencers, popular with the youth, have been stepping into a new role ahead of this week’s general election – political mobilisers.With 42% of registered voters under the age of 40, the younger demographic could have a big role to play in Wednesday’s election.Nestled in between videos of jokes about power cuts and relationships, Karabo “Kay” Mahapa, a TikTok creator who boasts over 350,000 followers, takes a detour from his usual content to tell people to get out and vote.The messages have targeted…

The actor calls dressing as a 7ft monster in Netflix thriller series Eric a ridiculous moment. Source link

46 minutes agoElijah Kanyi & Tamasin Ford,BBC Africa Eye, Nairobi & LondonBBCAs Kenya struggles with rising violent crime, BBC Africa Eye follows one former criminal as he tries to persuade men to turn in their illegal firearms, one gun at a time.“The worst thing I ever did was to kill. I killed a man,” the young man says after agreeing to be filmed on condition of anonymity.“I did not feel anything, because I was high on drugs. I felt like I had killed a fly.”Samuel, which is not his real name, is in Kisumu on the edge of Lake Victoria…

2 hours agoNatalie Sherman,Business reporter, BBC NewsNathan WilkinsWhen Nathan Wilkins moved back in with his mother and sister in 2019, he hoped it would help him save money to buy a home. But in the years since, the US housing market has been transformed by rising rents, surging home prices, and a massive jump in mortgage rates, making homeownership seem like an ever more impossible. He and his sister are making more money than ever, the 32-year-old insurance adjuster from Utah says. But shelling out $2,500 (£1,960) a month in rent doesn’t leave much left over. “It’s like I’m playing…

51 minutes agoEmma Saunders ,Culture reporter at the Hay FestivalGetty ImagesMarian Keyes’ first book came out in 1995 and she has had 16 novels published in totalBestselling author Marian Keyes has said she would never have become a writer if she hadn’t got sober 30 years ago.The Irish writer, behind books including This Charming Man and The Break, told an audience at the Hay Festival: “I wouldn’t have had the discipline or self-belief.”But she joked: “I came to the writing business blessed (with material).”I suffer from depression, I have very frizzy hair and I was an addict!”She added: “I went…

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 50 people have been killed and scores injured in an explosion at a refugee camp near Rafah.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed carrying out an air strike targeting a Hamas compound in the area. It says it is reviewing the incident.Earlier in the day Hamas fired eight rockets from Rafah towards Tel Aviv, the first long-range attacks on the city since January.Videos from the southern Gaza Strip show a large explosion and intense fires burning. Hamas said an Israeli air strike had hit a camp for displaced Palestinians north-west of Rafah, away from…