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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/766b/live/02caf1d0-cbc0-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Reuters Monfils and Svitolina played in the mixed doubles together at this year’s US Open and reached the semi-finals Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina has announced the end of her marriage with French former tennis player Gaël Monfils, citing the emotional impact of the war in her country. The 32-year-old, who is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0dbc/live/66567980-cbad-11f1-821f-c5d07d801cca.jpg”] BBC Alan Sillett said the move was “a positive outcome” Guernsey hospitality industry leaders have praised the decision to relax rules around short-term employment permits, but added it “doesn’t solve” immediate pressure of staff leaving next year. Home Affairs bosses announced on Friday anyone on a three-year licence could apply for a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5c1d/live/efe61500-cbd2-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] AAP via Reuters Helen Haines is well-known and well regarded as an anti-corruption campaigner Australian MP Helen Haines is in a critical but stable condition after being hit by a car twice in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described as a “deliberate” act. The independent member for Indi, 65, was airlifted…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a275/live/18405d30-cbb0-11f1-81ef-39e22b578b80.jpg”] Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said no-one was injured in the fire, but added it caused extensive damage to the property A house fire in Leicestershire is believed to have been caused by a charging lithium-ion battery, firefighters have said. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6990/live/9f2da090-cbb6-11f1-81ef-39e22b578b80.jpg”] Getty Images The Simpsons character Apu has returned to the show voiced by a new actor, after almost a decade away amid accusations of racial stereotypes. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon – to give the much-loved shopkeeper his full name – re-appeared in Sunday’s episode titled The Revengening, voiced by India-born US-raised actor Sunil Malhotra.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/55c0/live/e258cdd0-0819-11ef-8205-3fa833ece17b.jpg”] Reuters The group action focused on Uber’s operations in London between May 2012 and March 2018 Uber has won its bid to throw out claims worth about £340m brought by thousands of London black cab drivers and two former private hire firms. The claimants alleged the ride-hailing company gave Transport for London…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3997/live/05ab1e70-cbac-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Shock and disbelief: How the attack on an Australian MP unfolded in a small rural town Australian independent MP Helen Haines is in hospital in a critical condition after she was struck by a car outside her electorate office in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said appears to have been “a deliberate…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/98c2/live/6f6173a0-cbb6-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] EPA Russell Brand arrives at court on Monday morning Warning – this report contains graphic content A woman who alleges she was raped by Russell Brand at a bar told the police “I just closed my eyes and tried not to be there” while the attack was taking place. In a 2023…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a68e/live/732981e0-cbe7-11f1-ad7b-fd8c269705fe.jpg”] A24 A three-hour documentary on the tech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has raked in a whopping $15 million (£11.25m) on its box office debut, despite a limited run at 855 screens across the US and Canada. The eagerly anticipated film, You Can See Everything, finds Holmes letting filmmakers into her California home in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2ede/live/03f0b480-cbbd-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Carney: ‘Canada must now serve’ service members killed in fire A fire that killed four members of the Canadian military and injured dozens of others on Saturday spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest. It broke out in a grassy training area at a base in the province of Alberta and spread rapidly…