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Viewers and fans of Britain’s Got Talent were left shocked when one of the hopefuls set himself on fire as he attempted to complete a Rubik’s Cube. The talent show returned for its second episode of the 2023 series on Sunday night and viewers were treated to an abundance of entertaining acts as judges Simon Cowell, 63, Amanda Holden, 52, Alesha Dixon, 44, and newcomer Bruno Tonioli, 67, decided who to goes through to the next round of the competition. Mail Online reports that the second installment saw head judge Simon select his Golden Buzzer auditionee – choirboy Malakai Bayoh,…
A shooting that occurred at a Sweet 16 party in Dadeville dance studio, Alabama, has claimed the lives of four people and left no fewer than 20 injured, mostly teens, on Saturday night. Dadeville is a small-town in the northeast of the State capital Montgomery. The latest deaths came on the 16th anniversary of the deadliest US school shooting on record, in which 32 people were killed at Virginia Tech in 2007. There have been 163 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. “There were four lives tragically lost in this…
Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll surpassing 100. The violence erupted Saturday after weeks of power struggles between the two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The intense conflict, which has seen air strikes, tanks on the streets, artillery fire and heavy gunfire in crowded neighbourhoods both in Khartoum and other cities across Sudan, has…
Six adults and a seven-year-old minor were shot dead by gunmen who stormed a water park in central Mexico on Saturday. The attack unleashed panic among those present, local authorities said. Police “arrived at the scene where they found… three dead women, three men and a seven-year-old minor, in addition to one person seriously wounded,” said a statement from City Hall in Cortazar, the municipality where the attack took place. The surrounding state of Guanajuato in central Mexico has seen a surge in drug-related violence in recent years. The gunmen arrived at the La Palma swimming resort at 4:30 pm…
The Ondo State High Court, sitting in Ondo town, has ordered the abdication of Oba Babajide Oluwole from the Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo throne. The court nullified the appointment of the traditional ruler, having admitted that Oba Oluwole, who was crowned as the monarch of the community in 2018, was not a member of the ruling house which turn was, to fill the then-vacant stool of the town. Two princes from the Aare Kugbaigbe Ruling House, Rufus Adekanye and Temitope Adeoye, Head and Secretary of the House respectively, had approached the court to challenge the enthronement of Oba Oluwole by the…
Gunmen shot dead a former member of India’s Parliament convicted of kidnapping on live TV along with his brother while in Police custody in the northern city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The shooting occurred days after Atiq’s son Asad Ahmed, 19, and an accomplice, who had both been accused of a recent murder, were killed by Police in what was described as a shootout. Atiq Ahmed, 60, was jailed in 2019 after he was convicted of kidnapping. He was a local lawmaker four times and was also elected to India’s Parliament in 2004. He reportedly faced more than 100 legal…
The African Union’s Peace and Security Council strongly rejects any external interference that could complicate the unrest in Sudan following the killing of at least 56 civilians. No fewer than 56 persons have been killed in the war between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, an independent doctors group reports. Sudan woke up to heavy clashes between the army and a powerful paramilitary force known as the Rapid Support Forces on Saturday. The two rivals have long competed for relevance and power, but an internationally backed political process launched last year exacerbated tensions between them, analysts and…
No fewer than 16 people have been killed and nine injured in a fire outbreak that occurred in an apartment building located in older neighbourhood of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to local media report, the fire broke out on Saturday on the fourth floor of the building in the Al-Ras neighbourhood. The Dubai Civil Defence Force said preliminary investigations showed the fire was caused by “a lack of compliance with building safety and security requirements,” according to a statement quoted by The National, a UAE-based newspaper. “Relevant authorities are conducting a comprehensive investigation to provide a detailed report on…
No fewer than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and returned home in the second largest prisoner swap with Russia in the past week. On Monday, Russia and Ukraine said they carried out a major prisoner swap, with 106 Russian prisoners of war being freed in exchange for 100 Ukrainians. Ukraine said on Friday that it had also retrieved the bodies of 82 of its soldiers from Russian-controlled territory. A senior Ukrainian official has described the latest swap as a “great Easter exchange”, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal…
Arsenal handed the initiative to Manchester City in the Premier League title race after allowing a 2-0 lead to slip against West Ham United at the London Stadium on Sunday. Bukayo Saka’s penalty miss proved crucial in the Premier League leaders’ damaging 2-2 draw against West Ham on Sunday. Mikel Arteta’s side struck twice in the first 10 minutes at the London Stadium thanks to goals from Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard. But just seven days after squandering a 2-0 advantage in their 2-2 draw at Liverpool, the Gunners again cracked under the pressure of the title race. It could…