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MTN MoMo Uganda has launched Term 3 of its “Win School Fees with MoMo” campaign, continuing an initiative that has already relieved more than 50 Ugandan families of the burden of paying annual school fees. The campaign, part of MTN’s “Power to Be More” platform, is designed to empower parents and guardians by easing one of their biggest financial responsibilities. The launch took place on September 13, 2025, in Wandegeya, where two winners, teachers Nalukwago Brenda and Kisaalita Juma, were each awarded a year’s worth of school fees. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn Their testimonies…

Jamie CoulsonYorkshire health correspondent andSteve JonesYorkshireBBCLauren Caulfield’s daughter, Grace, was stillborn in March 2022A woman whose baby daughter was stillborn after failings in her care during pregnancy has said the government’s planned rapid review of maternity care in England will not deliver “justice” or “accountability”.During her pregnancy, Lauren Caulfield was under the care of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust, but her daughter, Grace, died in the days before her birth in 2022.Ms Caulfield, 28, a member of the Maternity Safety Alliance, said she believed the review would not look at “deep-rooted issues” in maternity services.The Leeds…

Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the killing of conservative US activist Charlie Kirk appeared virtually on Tuesday for his first court hearing since his arrestEarlier, Utah prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for Robinson, as they cited evidence against him, including alleged text messages in which he appeared to confess to carrying out the assassination on September 10 during an even that Kirk was hosting at Utah Valley University (UVU).“I had enough of his hatred,” Robinson, 22, told his flatmate and romantic partner when asked why he had committed the murder, according to transcripts filed by prosecutors with…

Jaguar Land Rover has extended its shutdown on car production, as Britain’s biggest carmaker grapples with the aftermath of a cyber-attack.JLR said on Tuesday it would freeze production until at least next Wednesday, 24 September, as it continues its investigations into the hack, which first emerged earlier this month.The manufacturer said: “We have taken this decision as our forensic investigation of the cyber incident continues, and as we consider the different stages of the controlled restart of our global operations, which will take time.“We are very sorry for the continued disruption this incident is causing and we will continue to…

Convicted ex-leader rushed to a hospital in Brasilia after falling ill at his residence, his son says.Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to prison last week for plotting a coup, has been rushed to hospital after falling ill while under house arrest, his son said.The emergency visit on Tuesday is the 70-year-old former army captain’s second trip to the hospital since his conviction.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBolsonaro has had recurring intestinal issues since he was stabbed while campaigning in 2018, including at least six related surgeries, the last being a 12-hour-long procedure in April. He…

In her new book, the Harvard history professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore makes a 600-page case for the US constitution as a living document, made to be amended by each generation.Lepore said her book, We the People, is also “a deep historical critique of originalism”, the conservative legal theory that dominates the supreme court, deep political polarization having rendered constitutional amendments all but politically impossible.Among originalists, only the views of those who wrote the constitution in Philadelphia in 1787 should be used to divine constitutional meaning, even 250 years later in a country of cars, planes, automatic weapons,…

Eighteen rural communities in Lesotho have filed a complaint with the African Development Bank (AfDB) over its funding of a multibillion-pound water project whose construction process they claim has ruined fields, polluted water sources and damaged homes.About 1,600 people living in the villages in Mokhotlong district in north-east Lesotho are demanding transparency over planned forced relocations and compensation they say they have not been consulted on.The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is scheduled for completion by 2029, a decade later than planned. It will transport water from landlocked Lesotho to a region containing South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, at an estimated…

Chalmers says John Lyons ‘just doing his job’ after Trump rebukes reporterThe treasurer, Jim Chalmers, speaking at a refinery in Brisbane, was also asked about the clash between ABC reporter John Lyons and the US president, Donald Trump. When it comes to the ABC – I respect the ABC and I respect its independence and that extends to not second-guessing the questions asked legitimately by journalists at press conferences. Journalists have a job to do and as far as I can tell, that journalist was just doing his job in Washington, DC. I don’t second-guess the decisions taken – the…

Now, the public can access the archive to learn about Bowie’s character and methods. Last week, the V&A East Storehouse, an outpost of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, opened the David Bowie Center, which will display about 200 items from the collection at a time. Fans and scholars can also place advance orders to view, and potentially handle, any of the 90,000 items.

Here are the key events on day 1,301 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 17 Sep 202517 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Wednesday, September 17 :Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched more than 3,500 drones and nearly 190 missiles against Ukraine so far in September, describing the onslaught as an “aerial terror” operation. Russian forces carried out a large attack on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a 41-year-old man, injuring at least 18 people and triggering several fires, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said. One person was killed…