Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82. The announcement was made by Wilson’s family on his Instagram page. Wilson wrote all of the Beach Boys’ many hits and was considered one of the great pop songwriters alongside the Beatles in the 1960s. Born in Inglewood, California, Brian Douglas Wilson formed the band—then...
At least four people have died in a wave of bomb and gun attacks in south-western Colombia, according to local media reports. Two police officers were said to be among those killed in the attacks, which targeted Cali, the country’s third-largest city, and several nearby towns. Car bombs, motorcycle bombs, rifle fire and a suspected...
At least nine people have been killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, the country’s interior ministry has said. The incident took place at Dreierschützengasse secondary school in the north-west of the city. Police said the gunman was among the dead and Austria’s APA news agency has reported that seven of...
Russia has launched a “massive” drone attack on the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said, while a maternity ward in Odesa has also been targeted. The Odesa drone attack hit medical facilities and homes, killing a 59-year-old man and injuring four, Governer Oleg Kiper said, according to Agence France-Presse. In the capital, emergency services...
Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who lead the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died aged 82, his family said. In a statement on Monday, they said that he died following a “prolonged battle” with COPD and other underlying health issues. “Sly was a monumental figure, a groundbreaking innovator, and a true pioneer who...
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Pakistan and confessed to the murder of 17-year-old social media influencer Sana Yousaf, according to police. Authorities say they believe Umar Hayat murdered Ms Yousaf at her home in Islamabad on Monday after she rejected what they called his “offers of friendship”. He allegedly also repeatedly tried and...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Alamy Jonathan Joss voiced John Redcorn on TV’s King of the Hill from 1997 to 2009 US actor Jonathan Joss has been shot dead in what his husband says was a homophobic hate crime, although police have said they have found no evidence of that. Joss, 59, was known for voicing...
Gemma Sherlock BBC News, Manchester Mick Martindale Facebook Mick Martindale has been described as a “larger than life character” A former rugby league player whose death has prompted a murder investigation was “a well-known face throughout the community game”, according to one of the clubs he played for. The body of a man, named locally...
Two Scottish men with links to criminal gangs have been shot dead at a bar in Spain. BBC Scotland understands they are Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan, who was previously acquitted of a notorious gangland murder. They both died when a masked gunman opened fired at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in Andalusia on Saturday...
Three people have died after a fire broke out overnight at a hospital ward caring for elderly people in Hamburg. The north German city’s fire brigade said they were unable to reach the three victims during the rescue effort. They died at the scene. The fire at the Marienkrankenhaus was reported shortly after midnight. Around...
Two Scottish men have been killed in a shooting at a bar in southern Spain, according to Spanish officials. A gunman fired several shots at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in Andalusia on Saturday evening. Javier Salas from the central government in the Malaga province, confirmed to BBC News both men were believed to be Scottish....
Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office Moscow officials shared an image appearing to show the collapse, which has not been verified by the BBC At least three people have died after a highway bridge collapsed in a region close to the Ukraine border, according to Russian emergency services. The bridge in Bryansk brought down several heavy...
Image Credit: WXIA A 30-year-old Black woman in Georgia has been kept on life support for three months against her family’s wishes because of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion law. Adriana Smith was declared legally dead in February after a medical emergency caused her brain function to cease. Smith, a nurse, had been initially turned...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Farooq Ahmed Mohammad Iqbal died on 7 May in cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir Farooq Ahmed still bristles with anger when he talks about his brother’s death. Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Poonch city in Indian-administered Kashmir, died in cross-border shelling on 7 May, the morning after India launched a...
Yes, yes, this is precisely the question on everyone’s minds before the victims of the assassin chanting “Free Palestine” have even been buried. Americans watched in horror the last couple of days with the question How will this impact the mostly non-violent “Globalize the Intifada” movement dominating their thoughts. At least, that’s what dominates the minds...