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Witnesses describe scene before and after Charlie Kirk shotAttendees at the campus event where US conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday have described mass panic after a shot was heard.Kirk, 31, was killed after he was hit in the neck by a single bullet, which law enforcement believes came from a shooter on the roof of a nearby building.The influencer and close Donald Trump ally had been speaking to about 3,000 people on his American Comeback Tour at Utah Valley University.Videos on social media show Kirk talked about gun violence moments before he was shot.One eyewitness told…

For many years, I have been asked whether I could forgive those who imprisoned, tortured, and dehumanised me. It is a loaded question; it is never just about personal forgiveness, but also an invitation to speak on behalf of all Guantanamo Bay prisoners. I usually reply that forgiveness is never simple, especially when justice has yet to be served.I was held in Guantanamo for nearly 15 years without charge, subjected to treatment no human being should ever endure. I was one of countless innocent people kidnapped during the global campaign of the United States of revenge and terror after September…

  Ghana Accepts First West African Deportees from the US Ghanaian President John Mahama announced that the first group of West African deportees from the United States has arrived in Ghana. The deportation agreement comes amid the U.S. levying increased tariffs on Ghanaian products. Mahama said that Ghana had accepted 14 people, including several Nigerians and one Gambian, under a regional visa-free travel arrangement, after the U.S. requested Ghana to take in third-party nationals. The move formed part of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s broader crackdown on immigration, which had also seen deportees sent to Rwanda, Eswatini, and South Sudan.…

More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for “shifting the narrative” on the issue “to challenge harmful myths, reduce stigma and foster compassionate conversations.” Speaking on World Suicide Prevention Day, which is marked annually on 10 September, WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “each life lost leaves a profound impact on families, friends, colleagues and entire communities.” All age groups are affected by suicide and was the third leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds globally in 2021, the last year for which…

“I felt quite lost,” says the goalkeeper Elaha Safdari. “I didn’t know anyone, but little by little football gave me the strength and power to start again, to start from zero, to build, to keep going and to keep pushing myself forward.”It is four years since a 17-year-old Safdari arrived in England, part of the Afghanistan women’s development team evacuated first to Pakistan then to the UK after the US withdrawal of troops and the concession of power to the Taliban.Nazia Ali, a strong, fast and physical midfielder for the senior Afghanistan side who was evacuated to Australia, also as…

new video loaded: Many Palestinians Leave Gaza City After Evacuation OrderBy McKinnon de Kuyper•September 10, 2025Nearly all of the city’s residents have already been forced from their homes at least once during the war, many of them multiple times. Several Palestinians do not believe that any place in Gaza is safe from Israeli strikes.

Veteran international TV executive Maria Ishak has launched Mischief International, a Paris- and London-based creative studio specializing in IP development, talent curation, financing, and franchise building. “Mischief International operates as a creative and production partner, focusing on content that blends cultural relevance with strong commercial potential,” it said on Thursday. “The company works closely with creators, producers and writers at every stage of the development and production process, bringing expertise that includes strategic packaging, international co-financing, and marketing.”Mischief said its slate already includes a feature documentary with Public Square Films directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France, a Finnish drama written…

Ghana has become the latest country to accept people deported from the US as part of its campaign against undocumented migrants.President John Mahama said nationals from various West African countries would now be taken in following a bilateral agreement with the US. He said 14 had already arrived.He cited the regional bloc Ecowas’s free movement protocol that allows citizens of member states to enter and reside in other West African countries without a visa.Last month, the US deported seven migrants to Rwanda while in the previous month five were sent to Eswatini and eight others to South Sudan.The 14 people…

Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist and commentator who became a household name in the United States as an outspoken ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed at a Utah college event.As the CEO and cofounder of the conservative youth organisation Turning Point USA, the 31-year-old Kirk attracted millions of viewers online for his outdoor debates on US college campuses.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listVideo of the shooting circulating on social media showed Kirk speaking to a large outdoor crowd and, moments later, falling off his chair with his hands on his neck after a loud…

Here are the key events on day 1,295 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 11 Sep 202511 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Thursday, September 11:Fighting Russian forces launched a “massive” attack across Ukraine, with 415 drones and 40 cruise and ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X on Wednesday. Ukrainian forces destroyed more than 380 Russian drones, including at least 250 Shahed drones, Zelenskyy added in a later post. Russia’s TASS state news agency said that a man who was injured by a Ukrainian drone while driving…