Getty Images David Lynch’s unique style could be dreamlike and nightmarish in equal measure David Lynch once said he was inspired to become a filmmaker when, while painting, he inexplicably heard a gust of wind and saw the artwork move on canvas. The moment defined his obsession with “seeing paintings move”, but also his flair…
Gladys Kigo / BBC Seven years after their baby daughter was killed during a brutal midnight operation by police in Kenya at a time of post-election tension, Joseph Oloo Abanja and Lensa Achieng are still raw with emotion as the case against the alleged officers involved has once again been delayed. “It is a scar…
Reuters The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a “deal to release the hostages” has been agreed. Netanyahu had delayed a cabinet vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, due on Thursday, accusing Hamas of seeking last-minute changes to the agreement. On Friday morning his office said Netanyahu had been informed by the…
Outgoing US President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office one last time on Wednesday night ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. In his farewell, Biden talked up his record of upholding democracy during his tenure and warned against an oligarchy and the threat of climate change, the tech industrial complex and artificial intelligence….
Watch: Lift-off for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin as rocket New Glenn launches into orbit Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time…
Family handout Bipin Joshi (far right) with his sister Puspa, father Mahananda and mother Padma In a remote village in western Nepal, thousands of miles from Israel, Mahananda Joshi was sitting restlessly at home on Thursday, his phone in his hand. The phone is never far from his hand now. And never on silent. He…
Getty Images Rescued miners have been taken for medical checks It will be a “mammoth task” to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police spokesperson says. Seventy-eight corpses, along with more than 240 illegal miners, have been hoisted to the surface since Monday as part of…
Watch: Footage reveals extensive devastation from California wildfires Firefighters battling two fires that have wreaked destruction across Los Angeles for nine days could get some respite on Thursday from the weather. The near hurricane-strength winds that initially fanned the flames and hampered rescue efforts have weakened into much lighter gusts. Progress has been made in…
Getty Images Strikes continued in Gaza overnight on Wednesday after the ceasefire deal was announced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a cabinet vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, due on Thursday, accusing Hamas of seeking last-minute changes to the agreement. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a “loose end” was being…
Reuters Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been leading the army during Sudan’s 21-month civil war The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan’s army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the treasury department said. He has been leading one of the two sides in the 21-month civil war that has…
