Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate from parts of northern Gaza ahead of increased military action, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a ceasefire deal.

People in neighbourhoods across Gaza City and Jabalia have been told to move south towards the coastal area of al-Mawasi as Israeli military operations “intensify and expand westward”.

At least 86 people were killed as the result of Israeli attacks in the 24 hours before midday on Sunday, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

Three children were among those killed in a strike on the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi, their parents said.

Trump has reiterated calls to “make the deal in Gaza” and “get the hostages back”.

On Saturday, Trump had said on Truth Social that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the process of negotiating a deal with Hamas “right now”.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Sunday that the Israeli military was operating in north Gaza “to eliminate terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”.

Medics and residents told Reuters that military bombardments increased in Gaza in the early hours of Sunday, destroying several houses.

Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency told news outlets that at least 23 people had been killed on Sunday alone.

Medics said five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi near the southern city of Khan Younis – an area where people in the north had been told to evacuate to.

Five members of the Maarouf family, including three children, were killed.

“They bombed us while we were sleeping on the ground,” their mother Iman Abu Maarouf said. “We didn’t do anything wrong. My children were killed, and the rest are in intensive care.”

Their father Zeyad Abu Maarouf told Reuters that the family had arrived in the “safe zone” a month ago after Israel told them to go to al-Mawasi.

When asked about the incident, the IDF told the BBC it could not provide a specific response without more information, but said it “follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm”.

Also on Sunday, a 20-year-old IDF soldier, Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, was killed in northern Gaza.

The increased Israeli military action comes as mediators begin new efforts to end the war and release the remaining hostages held by Hamas.

On Thursday, a senior Hamas official told the BBC mediators have intensified their efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled.

Qatari mediators have said they hope US pressure could help to achieve a deal, following a truce between Israel and Iran that ended the 12-day conflict between the countries.

On Sunday, Netanyahu told members of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet that “victory” over Iran opened up many possibilities, “first and foremost, to rescue the hostages”.

“Of course, we will also need to resolve the issue of Gaza, to defeat Hamas, but I believe we will achieve both missions. Beyond that, broad regional opportunities are opening up, in most of which – almost all – you are partners,” he said.

Trump previously said he was hopeful a ceasefire in Gaza could be agreed in the next week.

In March, a two-month ceasefire collapsed when Israel launched fresh strikes on Gaza. It said it wanted to put pressure on Hamas to release its hostages.

Israel also imposed a total blockade on humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza at the start of March, which it partially eased after 11 weeks following pressure from US allies and warnings from global experts that half a million people were facing starvation.

That partial easing included the creation of a US and Israeli-backed aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), after Israel accused Hamas of stealing aid. Hamas has denied this.

GHF’s aid system has been condemned by UN agencies. There have been repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid.

Juliette Touma, communications director for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, told the BBC that the new mechanism was “a killing field”. She said the distribution of aid in an orderly way could only be done through the UN and other humanitarian organisations.

GHF boss Johnnie Moore previously told the BBC World Service’s Newshour he did not deny deaths near aid sites, but said “100% of those casualties are being attributed to close proximity to GHF” and that was “not true”.

The previous ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – which started on 19 January – was set up to have three stages, but did not make it past the first stage.

Stage two included establishing a permanent ceasefire, the return of remaining living hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

Trump has called for ongoing corruption charges against Netanyahu to be dropped, describing proceedings as a “political witch hunt” delaying ceasefire negotiations.

On Sunday, an Israeli court accepted a request by the Israeli prime minister to delay his scheduled testimony for a week, due to diplomatic and security issues.

Netanyahu was charged in 2019 with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, all of which he denies.

Earlier in the week, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Trump should not “intervene in a legal process of an independent state”.

Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

Since then, 56,500 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.

The prime minister has condemned UK punk duo Bob Vylan for urging “death” to Israeli troops in what he called “appalling hate speech”.

Glastonbury Festival organisers have also said they were “appalled” after frontman rapper Bobby Vylan led chants of “free, free Palestine” and “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”.

In a statement, Sir Keir Starmer said the BBC had questions to answer over its live broadcast of the group’s performance on Saturday.

A BBC spokesperson previously said some of the comments were “deeply offensive”, adding it had issued a warning on screen about “very strong and discriminatory language”. The set will not be available on BBC iPlayer.

Sir Keir has also criticised Kneecap saying ahead of the festival that their appearance was not “appropriate”. The Irish-language rap group have previously described Israel’s military action in Gaza as a genocide.

He said: “There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech.

“I said that Kneecap should not be given a platform and that goes for any other performers making threats or inciting violence.”

The prime minister is the latest in a string of cabinet ministers to denounce Bobby Vylan’s comments in the 24 hours since the group appeared at Glastonbury.

Directly after the set, a government spokesperson said Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy had pressed BBC boss Tim Davie for an urgent explanation of the broadcaster’s vetting process.

The government added that it welcomed the decision not to re-broadcast the performance on BBC iPlayer.

Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme earlier, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Bob Vylan’s comments were “revolting”.

He said the “irony of that music festival is that Israelis were taken from a music festival, killed, raped and in some cases are still being held captive”.

“Whether you are Israeli or Palestinian, whether you are Christian, Jewish or Muslim, all life is precious and we’re not going to solve one of the most intractable conflicts on earth with those sorts of stunts,” he added.

Streeting was also asked whether he agreed with the Israeli Embassy, who said the comments raise “concerns about the glorification of violence”.

He said “that is a challenge”, before adding that the embassy should also get its “own house in order”, referencing reports this week of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank after dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village.

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Glastonbury Festival has said Bob Vylan’s statements “very much crossed a line”.

A joint Instagram post from Glastonbury Festival and organiser Emily Eavis on Sunday said the event stood “against all forms of war and terrorism”, and that with almost 4,000 performances on site “there will inevitably be artists and speakers appearing on our stages whose views we do not share”.

“However, we are appalled by the statements made from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan yesterday,” it continued.

“Their chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence.”

Bob Vylan are an English punk duo based in London. Bobby Vylan serves as the singer and guitarist, while Bobbie Vylan is the drummer of the band. Both members use stage names to maintain their privacy and collectively refer to themselves as “the Bobs”.

Antisemitism campaigners said they will formally complain to the BBC over its “outrageous decision” to broadcast the act live.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism group said in a post on X that Glastonbury had “continued its headlong descent into a pit of extremism and hatred, but it is the behaviour of the BBC that is even more dangerous”.

It said it would formally complain to the BBC for broadcasting the performance, as well as that of Kneecap.

The BBC did not run a live broadcast of Kneecap’s set due to editorial concerns around impartiality, but on Sunday announced the set had been made available on iPlayer, with some edits.

It said the content had been edited to ensure it “falls within the limits of artistic expression in line with our editorial guidelines” and any strong language had been signposted with “appropriate warnings”.

Kneecap has made headlines in recent months after rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence.

He is accused of displaying the flag of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig last year. He has denied the charge.

Following sets from both groups, Avon and Somerset Police said it would review footage of comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage.

The force said footage “will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation”.

Kneecap’s highly-charged performance on Saturday was watched by thousands as they hit back at Sir Keir with expletive-laden chants.

Mr Ó hAnnaidh continues to be on bail and will appear at court for the next hearing on 20 August.

Separately on Sunday, the Met Police said it will not pursue prosecution after videos emerged in April appearing to show Kneecap calling for the death of British MPs.

“A range of offences were considered as part of the investigation. However, given the time elapsed between the events in the video and the video being brought to police attention, any potential summary only offences were beyond the statutory time limit for prosecution,” the force said.

Somebody’s getting fired…

Beyoncé was forced to stop her show in Houston on Saturday night when the car she was sitting in started to tilt mid-air.

The elaborate stage prop – a red Cadillac – is suspended on cables and carries the superstar high over her fans near the end of her Cowboy Carter stadium show.

But during Saturday’s performance, the car started to slowly tilt to one side, leaving the 43-year-old performer clinging to a flag pole for support.

“Stop! Stop, stop, stop stop,” Beyoncé said, bringing an abrupt end to her country ballad, 16 Carriages.

Gasps could be heard from the audience when fans realised what was happening, but then applause as the star was slowly lowered to the ground, smiling and waving to the crowd.

“If ever I fall, I know y’all will catch me,” she said later.

Fans took to social media to post their videos of the frightening moment, commenting with Beyoncé’s now-infamous catchphrase “somebody’s getting fired”, which she quipped on stage during a lighting problem in 2010.

Beyoncé’s company, Parkwood Entertainment, said a “technical mishap” had caused the car to tilt.

“She was quickly lowered and no one was injured. The show continued without incident,” the statement added.

This was not the first prop malfunction Beyoncé has experienced over her years of touring.

Earlier in this tour, a robot supposed to pour her a drink missed its mark, no doubt leaving a puddle of Sir Davis whisky for the crew to clean up. And during her On The Run II tour with husband Jay-Z in 2018, a moving platform broke, forcing Beyoncé to climb down a ladder – in heels and a sequined leotard, no less.

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The performance in her hometown of Houston, Texas, was the 23rd of her 32-show Cowboy Carter tour, which wraps up in Las Vegas next month.

The three-hour extravaganza of chaps and cowboy boots has been lauded for its high-energy and artistry, and has delighted fans with appearances by Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughters, Blue, 13, and Rumi, aged eight.

The show has broken ticket records at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London (the previous record holder was… Beyoncé) and Stade De France in Paris.

President Donald Trump has said he has a buyer for TikTok, the video-sharing app that was banned in the US amid claims it posed a national security risk.

In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of “very wealthy people” willing to acquire the platform. “I’ll tell you in about two weeks,” he teased.

A sale would need approval from the Chinese government, but Trump told Fox he thought President Xi Jinping “will probably do it”.

This month Trump delayed for a third time the enforcement of a law mandating TikTok’s sale.

The latest extension requires parent company ByteDance to reach a deal to sell the platform by 17 September.

The BBC has contacted TikTok for comment.

A previous deal to sell TikTok to an American buyer fell apart in April, when the White House clashed with China over Trump’s tariffs.

It is not clear if the current buyer Trump says he has has lined up is the same as the one who was waiting in the wings three months ago.

The US Congress passed a law forcing TikTok’s sale in April last year, with lawmakers citing fears that the app or its parent company could hand over US user data to the Chinese government, which TikTok denied.

Trump had criticised the app during his first term, but came to see it as a factor in his 2024 election win and now supports its continued use in the US.

The law was supposed to take effect on 19 January, but Trump has repeatedly delayed its enforcement through executive actions, moves that have drawn criticism for overruling congressional lawmakers.

TikTok challenged the constitutionality of the law, but lost its appeal to the US Supreme Court.

A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures.

Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas.

A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain’s national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.

Red heat warnings are in force in parts of Portugal, Italy and Croatia, with numerous amber warnings covering areas of Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

In Barcelona, a woman died after completing a shift as a road sweeper on Saturday, when temperatures were very high. Local authorities are investigating her death.

In Italy, emergency departments across the country have reported an uptick in heatstroke cases, mainly affecting “elderly people, cancer patients, or homeless people”, Mario Guarino, vice president of the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine told the AFP news agency.

Hospitals such as the Ospedale dei Colli in Naples have set up dedicated heatstroke pathways to speed up access to vital treatments such as cold water immersion.

The city of Bologna further to the north has set up seven climate shelters with air conditioning and drinking water, while Rome has offered free access to city swimming pools for those over 70.

A pharmacist in Portugal’s capital Lisbon told Reuters news agency that, despite telling people “not to go out” during the hottest hours of the day, “we have already had some cases of heat strokes and burns”.

The severe heat has also affected countries across the western Balkans where temperatures have reached in excess of 40C.

Serbia registered its highest-ever temperature since it began recording them in the 19th century. In Slovenia, the hottest-ever June temperature was recorded on Saturday.

North Macedonia is also sweltering as temperatures reached 42C on Friday.

Some areas will continue to get hotter until the middle of the week, with temperatures rising across France, Germany, Italy and the UK over the next few days.

Yellow and amber alerts are in place for parts of England this weekend, and temperatures in London may reach 35C on Monday.

The heat has been building under a big area of high pressure, with dry air descending and warming.

As that process has continued over a number of days, temperatures have climbed. The area of high pressure will move eastwards over the next few days – taking the high temperatures northwards and eastwards with it.

While it is hard to link individual extreme weather events to climate change, heatwaves are becoming more common and more intense due to climate change.

Scientists at World Weather Attribution, who analyse the influence of climate change on extreme weather events, say June heatwaves with three consecutive days above 28C are about 10 times more likely to occur now compared to pre-industrial times.

On the wall of the League of Social Democrats office, the Chinese characters for freedom are spelt out with court admission slips.

Members of the party take turns speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker. They stand in front of a banner that reads “rather be ashes than dust”, written in Chinese. Founded close to 20 years ago, the party is known as the last protest group in Hong Kong.

“The red lines are now everywhere,” Chan Po Ying, the chair of the party tells the BBC.

“Our decision to disband was because we were facing a lot of pressure.” Everything in Hong Kong has become politicised. I am not in a position to go into more detail to elaborate the reasons, she added.

The party is the third major opposition party to disband this year in Hong Kong. The group known for its street protests said it had made the decision after “careful deliberation” and to avoid “consequences” for its members.

The announcement to disband comes just days ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Beijing-imposed national security law. The party said it could not elaborate on the timing of its closure, but said it faced “intense pressure.”

“Over these 19 years, we have endured hardships of internal disputes and the near-total imprisonment of our leadership, while witnessing the erosion of civil society, the fading of grassroots voices, the omnipresence of red lines, and the draconian suppression of dissent,” it said in a statement.

The authorities said the national security law was needed in order to restore order after a year of often violent protests in 2019. But five years on, critics say it has been used to dismantle the political opposition.

In June, a Chinese official claimed hostile forces were still interfering in the city.

“We must clearly see that the anti-China and Hong Kong chaos elements are still ruthless and are renewing various forms of soft resistance,” Xia Baolong said in a speech.

The national security law criminalises charges such as subversion. In 2024 Hong Kong passed a domestic national security law known as Article 23, criminalising crimes such as sedition and treason. Today the majority of Hong Kong’s political opposition have either fled the territory or have been detained.

“I think it’s no longer safe to actually run a political party. I think the political rights have almost totally gone in Hong Kong,” vice-chairman Dickson Chau told the BBC.

On 12 June, three members were fined by a magistrates’ court for hanging a banner at a street booth while collecting money from the public without permission.

Critics say opposition groups face political persecution. Chau says the party’s bank accounts were closed in 2023. Over the last five years, six party members have been imprisoned.

“A place without any meaningful political party, then people sooner or later will forget how strong they are going to be if they can group together and voice out in a collective manner,” said Chau.

“If I do nothing then why am I here in Hong Kong?”.

He said even if he was not politically active, he feared he could still find himself a target of the police and be pressured to leave Hong Kong by the authorities.

“The future is very difficult as a citizen. If you want to exercise your right as a citizen it’s very difficult. Not only for the politician or the activist, even the ordinary people need to think twice,” said Chau.

“It’s a dilemma I didn’t expect to face in Hong Kong for just being an activist,” he added.

Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said.

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but “not total” damage, contradicting Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated”.

“Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there,” Grossi said on Saturday.

Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran on 13 June, claiming Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon.

The US later joined the strikes, dropping bombs on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.

Since then, the true extent of the damage has been unclear.

On Saturday, Grossi told CBS News, the BBC’s US media partner, that Tehran could have “in a matter of months… a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium”.

He added that Iran still possessed the “industrial and technological capacities… so if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again.”

The IAEA is not the first body to suggest that Iran’s nuclear abilities could still continue – earlier this week, a leaked preliminary Pentagon assessment found the US strikes probably only set the programme back by months.

It is possible, however, that future intelligence reports will include more information showing a different level of damage to the facilities.

Trump retorted furiously by declaring that Iran’s nuclear sites were “completely destroyed” and accused the media of “an attempt to demean one of the most successful military strikes in history”.

For now, Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire.

But Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran again if intelligence found that it could enrich uranium to concerning levels.

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Sunday that Tehran was not convinced Israel would abide by the ceasefire.

“We did not start the war, but we have responded to the aggressor with all our power, and as we have serious doubts over the enemy’s compliance with its commitments including the ceasefire, we are ready to respond with force” if attacked again, Mousavi was quoted as saying by state TV.

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Iran, on the other hand, has sent conflicting messages on how much damage was caused.

In a speech on Thursday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strikes had achieved nothing significant. Its foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, however, said “excessive and serious” damage was done.

Iran’s already-strained relationship with the IAEA was further challenged on Wednesday, when its parliament moved to suspend cooperation with the atomic watchdog, accusing the IAEA of siding with Israel and the US.

Tehran has rejected the IAEA’s request to inspect the damaged facilities, and on Friday, Araghchi said on X that “Grossi’s insistence on visiting the bombed sites under the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and possibly even malign in intent”.

Israel and the US attacked Iran after the IAEA last month found Tehran to be in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years.

Iran insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful, and for civilian use only.

Despite the Iranian refusal to work with his organisation, Grossi said that he hoped he could still negotiate with Tehran.

“I have to sit down with Iran and look into this, because at the end of the day, this whole thing, after the military strikes, will have to have a long-lasting solution, which cannot be but a diplomatic one,” he said.

Under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Iran was not permitted to enrich uranium above 3.67% purity – the level required for fuel for commercial nuclear power plants – and was not allowed to carry out any enrichment at its Fordo plant for 15 years.

However, Trump abandoned the agreement during his first term in 2018, saying it did too little to stop a pathway to a bomb, and reinstated US sanctions.

Iran retaliated by increasingly breaching the restrictions – particularly those relating to enrichment. It resumed enrichment at Fordo in 2021 and had amassed enough 60%-enriched uranium to potentially make nine nuclear bombs, according to the IAEA.

Serbian police have clashed with a huge crowd of anti-government protesters demanding an early election and end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year rule in the capital Belgrade.

A sea of around 140,000 protesters rallied in the city on Saturday, the largest turnout in recent months, as student-led demonstrations mount pressure on the populist government. “We want elections!” the crowd chanted.

Dozens were arrested, with riot police seen firing tear gas and stun grenades.

President Vucic accused protesters calling for an election of being part of a foreign plot trying to usurp his country. “They wanted to topple Serbia, and they have failed,” he wrote on his Instagram page.

On Friday, five people were detained, accused of plotting to overthrow the government, according to a statement from Serbia’s Higher Court in Belgrade.

Following the clashes, the police minister strongly condemned violence by protesters and said those responsible would be arrested.

Months of protests across the country – including university shutdowns – have rattled Mr Vucic, whose second term ends in 2027 when there are also parliamentary elections scheduled.

Sladjana Lojanovic, 37, a farmer from the town of Sid in the north, said on Saturday she came to support students.

“The institutions have been usurped and… there is a lot of corruption. Elections are the solution, but I don’t think he (Vucic) will want to go peacefully,” she told Reuters.

The president has previously refused snap elections. His Progressive Party-led coalition holds 156 of 250 parliamentary seats.

Mr Vucic’s opponents accuse him and his allies of ties to organised crime, corruption, violence against rivals and curbing media freedoms, which they deny.

He has maintained close ties to Russia, and Serbia – a candidate for EU membership – has not joined the Western sanctions regime imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Protests by students, opposition, teachers, workers and farmers began last December after 16 people died on 1 November in the collapse of Novi Sad railway station’s roof. Protesters blame corruption for the disaster.

The accident has already forced the former prime minister to resign.

As Saturday’s protest ended, organisers played a statement to the crowd, calling for Serbians to “take freedom into your own hands” and giving them the “green light”.

“The authorities had all the mechanisms and all the time to meet the demands and prevent an escalation,” the organisers said in a statement on Instagram after the rally.

“Instead, they opted for violence and repression against the people. Any radicalisation of the situation is their responsibility.”

Scores of Norwegians thought they had become millionaires after receiving a notification from the state-owned gambling company saying they had won eye-watering sums – until it turned out it was a mistake.

“Several thousand” people who won prizes in the Eurojackpot were notified of incorrect amounts on Friday, Norsk Tipping said. The company declined to confirm the exact number of those impacted to the BBC.

Norsk Tipping CEO Tonje Sagstuen apologised and resigned a day later.

An error in the conversion from Eurocents to Norwegian kroner caused the prize amounts to be “excessively high”, the company said. The amount was multiplied by 100, instead of being divided by 100, local media reported.

Norsk Tipping receives the prize amounts from Germany in euros, and then converts them to Norwegian kroner.

The correct amounts were updated on Saturday evening. No incorrect pay-outs were made, the gambling company said.

“I am terribly sorry that we have disappointed so many, and I understand that people are angry with us,” Ms Sagstuen said in a statement, adding that “criticism is justified” given the “breach of trust”.

She said she had received several messages from people who were planning to go on holiday, renovate their homes or buy an apartment.

“To them I can only say: Sorry! But I understand that it is a small consolation,” she said.

One woman, in the middle of a renovation project, told Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) she received a notification that she had won 1.2 million kroner ($119,000: £87,000), but instead received only a fraction of that sum.

The Norsk Tipping board met with the Ministry of Culture, which administers the running of the company, for an emergency meeting on Saturday.

After the meeting, Ms Sagstuen stepped down from her role as CEO. She held the position since September 2023 and had worked at Norsk Tipping since 2014.

“Here, things have failed in several places, this is my responsibility,” she said.

She said she was “sad” to leave but confident in the “improvement processes” that have been put in place.

Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery told NRK that “such mistakes should not happen”, especially as Norsk Tipping has the exclusive right to deliver gaming services in the country.

“We expect the board to work actively to improve the control routines,” she said.

This is not the first time Norsk Tipping has found itself under criticism.

The company said that “several serious errors have been uncovered” in recent months and it had “experienced a number of technical problems in the past year”.

It acknowledged it had been “heavily criticised” by the regulator and its customers, and the criticism “was justified”.

When it emerged that last weekend a convicted paedophile had organised a fake wedding to a nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris, many people were perplexed.

Who would do such a thing? How was it even possible? The BBC understands it was the latest bizarre stunt by Jacky Jhaj – a British man I have been investigating for two years.

He first came to my attention after a tip off from a teenage girl came out of the blue in 2023.

She was horrified that she had come face to face with a paedophile who she had been hired to fawn over.

She was too terrified of him to go on the record – but I tracked down a number of aspiring actors who had also been directed to scream at Jhaj while he was parading down a red carpet, and reach out to try and touch him.

In all, 200 children and young women had been recruited by reputable casting agencies to play Jhaj’s fans at a fake film premiere in London’s Leicester Square that year. Some were as young as six.

Towards the end of the event someone recognised Jhaj – who had previously been found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016 and sent to prison.

The fake red carpet was one of a litany of stunts he has organised since his release which often involve casting girls as his fans.

All have been organised at great expense, while he was on the Sex Offenders Register and subject to restrictions on his activities.

For the mock-wedding at Disneyland Paris a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl was flown in to play his bride.

The theme park can be privately rented outside of its opening hours and actors had been booked at great cost to be there – one received £10,000.

The BBC understands that Jacky Jhaj, 39, who is from west London, has now been charged by French authorities in connection with organising the event.

Over the past two years I’ve set out to try and understand how he has been able to carry out these stunts and why there are not more stringent rules preventing them.

Many have taken place at high profile British landmarks – including the British Museum, the Royal Exchange in London and the University of Oxford.

They also typically involve young people being hired to act as his fans in elaborate productions.

Videos of some of them were uploaded to a YouTube channel which was watched more than six million times and had 12 million subscribers.

Many remained on YouTube for years until last September, when the BBC alerted Google, which owns the platform.

A video on a separate channel showed him next to one of the victims he was convicted of sexual activity with – with her face anonymised. It had remained on YouTube for four years with more than a million views.

Google told the BBC at the time that it takes users’ safety seriously but offered no explanation as to how an account featuring a man with almost no profile or success had 12 million subscribers, or why the videos had not been previously removed.

Clips on social media sites appear to cast Jhaj as a successful writer and singer and are often styled as music videos.

Many are highly concerning – some feature him posing with young children and weapons. It is not clear if the guns are real or fake.

Others revel in his infamy. In one, he is greeted by fans apparently celebrating his release from Wormwood Scrubs prison.

I wanted to know how he had organised the stunts – and if he had received help.

Over the past two years, I have spoken to videographers, production assistants and technicians who were hired for some of the events before they discovered Jhaj’s real identity.

One man repeatedly appears in videos they shared with me.

We have been sent images and footage of him at three of the stunts by people who described him as assisting the choreographer hired for dance auditions, and apparently filming.

At a different event last year, he was confronted by duped cast members who recognised Jhaj from our reports and showed him the online article.

The cast members filmed him acknowledging that Jhaj is a convicted sex offender but he says he is his “friend” and is now “free”.

At this event Jhaj was filmed posing naked in front of a mocked-up BBC News lorry in London which had been set on fire.

Jhaj had initially appeared there disguised by prosthetics – before he removed them and was identified as the man from our story.

Preliminary findings from the French prosecutor also said that make-up artists had allegedly changed the organiser’s facial features dramatically at the Disneyland event.

How Jhaj funds his stunts – which involve extraordinary costs on venue hire, casts and props – is a mystery.

One production hired a tank, while in another a mock police car was set on fire.

The booking of Disneyland Paris alone would have cost more than €130,000 (£110,000), according to the French broadcaster BFMTV.

I was also told that hiring the red carpet space that is the home of movie premieres in Leicester Square would have required tens of thousands of pounds.

Jhaj was listed as a director of a business that was wound up in 2016 – but there is no other obvious source of money.

I also wanted to know how he had been able to carry out these events while subject to a sexual harm prevention order.

We have seen a copy of it. It lists ten restrictions on his activities – but does not appear to explicitly prohibit the stunts he had organised.

The order restricts Jhaj from contacting his previous victims, entering public places for the use of children and deliberately contacting any girl under the age of 16.

However, there is no blanket ban on hosting events with children under 16 if they are supervised – as was the case with the Leicester Square stunt, where some adults attended as chaperones.

I also wanted to know who, if anyone, was responsible for monitoring convicted paedophiles.

Following my first report, a police officer who helped monitor Jhaj rang me, asking for information on his movements.

He said he was responsible for managing the whereabouts of dozens of offenders – and it was challenging work.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council advise that the minimum safe staffing levels at which paedophiles should be monitored is one officer to every 50 offenders.

The Metropolitan Police’s average offender management ratio was one officer to 40 offenders – well within the benchmark.

I asked other forces what their ratios were and some never replied. But 10 out of 26 forces failed to meet this benchmark, according to Freedom of Information requests received last year.

At one force, officers were responsible for monitoring 85 offenders each on average.

Some forces defended their resourcing – arguing that these are advisory levels only and also dependent on risk assessments of offenders.

But successfully managing 50 sex offenders is “impossible” according to Jonathan Taylor, a safeguarding expert and former child abuse investigator.

“I feel so sorry for the officers”, he says. “It’s a poisoned chalice – one of the paedophiles will re-offend. This case also highlights concerns about a lack of safeguarding in entertainment and tech companies enabling these types of offenders.”

The BBC understands that Jhaj is currently detained in French custody. The local prosecutor there says the Ukrainian girl involved in Saturday’s stunt had not been a victim of either physical or sexual violence and had not been forced to play the role of a bride.

His statement also said Disneyland Paris had been “deceived” and that the organiser had used a fake Latvian ID to hire the venue.

The BBC approached Disneyland Paris for comment – they did not respond.

The Metropolitan Police said that a 39-year-old man is wanted by them for breaching restrictions placed on his activities, and is also separately being investigated for “any possible” fraud offences.

A sprawling budget bill in the US Senate could cut health insurance coverage for nearly 12 million Americans and add nearly $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in debt, according to new estimates.

The assessment from the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan federal agency, may complicate Republican efforts to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” in the coming days.

It narrowly cleared a preliminary vote Saturday. Party leaders scrambled to win over lawmakers concerned about debt and the bill’s healthcare cuts, among other issues.

One critic, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, announced on Sunday he would not seek reelection after voting against the president’s signature legislation.

Democratic lawmakers have led criticism of the bill. The CBO numbers calculate $1tn in cuts to healthcare funding if the bill passes.

The latest version of the bill was advanced in a 51-49 Senate vote on Saturday night. Two Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the move.

While senators voted to open debate on the bill, it is unclear whether it has enough support to ultimately pass.

Republicans have a small majority in the Senate with 53 seats. With Vice-President JD Vance holding the tie-breaker vote, the party can only afford three defectors.

Democratic senators are using chamber rules to force a reading of the nearly 1,000-page bill in an attempt to delay a vote on its passage.

Under Senate rules, lawmakers now have 20 hours allocated to debate the bill. It is expected that Democrats will use all of their time to further delay a vote, while Republicans try to speed up the process.

Lawmakers could also propose amendments to the bill. If the revised bill passes the Senate, it still must return to the House of Representatives for final approval before landing on the president’s desk.

Trump has pushed for the bill to clear Congress before a self-imposed 4 July deadline. The White House said failure to pass it would be the “ultimate betrayal”.

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Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he opposes the bill because it raises the US debt limit. Tillis voiced concern that the bill would cost his state billions of dollars in healthcare funding.

Tillis cited cuts the bill proposes to Medicaid, a healthcare programme that is relied on by millions of elderly, disabled and low-income Americans.

These cuts have become a hotly debated issue on both sides of the aisle.

Democratic Senator Mark Warner told CNN on Sunday that the bill will negatively affect millions. “This is tax cuts for the wealthiest to end up cutting healthcare, plain and simple,” he said.

Under the bill, more than 80% of Americans would get a tax cut next year, though wealthier taxpayers would benefit most, including as a percentage of income, according to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center.

Some Republican senators have defended the bill as a needed step for the US government. Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told NBC on Sunday that the legislation aims to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse.

He argued that many Americans using Medicaid are not under the poverty line.

“We don’t pay people in this country to be lazy,” he said. “We want to give them an opportunity. And when they’re going through a hard time, we want to give them a helping hand.”

Some parts of the spending bill were revised in the Senate in order to appease Republican holdouts.

It still contains some of its core components: tax cuts that Trump campaigned on, such as a tax deduction on Social Security benefits, and the elimination of taxes on overtime work and tips.

It would also extend tax cuts passed by Republicans in 2017.

The bill proposes cuts to certain programmes in order to pay for the tax deductions.

On healthcare, the spending bill proposes a work requirement on most adults in order to qualify for benefits.

It also reduces the amount of taxes that states can charge medical providers, the funds from which are used heavily to finance Medicaid programs.

After some Republican senators voiced concern that these cuts would hurt rural hospitals in their districts, lawmakers added a provision in the latest bill that increases the size of a rural hospital relief fund from $15bn to $25bn.

The bill includes restrictions on the US food stamps programme, by asking most adults with children 14 or older to show proof of work in order to qualify.

It also shifts some costs from the federal government to states starting in 2028.

At the age of 80, Rod Stewart has earned the right to do things his way. And if that means turning Glastonbury into a Vegas nightclub for 90 minutes, so be it.

The star played the festival’s coveted “legends slot” on Sunday afternoon, putting on a show resplendent with glittery suits, saxophone solos and special guests – including Stewart’s former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood.

With plenty of gold in his back catalogue to draw on, the setlist was an all-timer, from the new wave synths of Young Turks to the beautiful folk melodies of Maggie May and Sailing.

And if the set veered towards cheese, at least it was well matured – much like Stewart himself.

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He emerged on stage to the sound of Scotland The Brave on bagpipes – a nod to his Scottish father.

He was met by fans wearing frightwigs and waving the flag of his beloved football team Celtic.

Others held aloft signs that said “Rod’s a rascal”, and “Does Nigel Farage think you’re sexy” – in reference to an interview Stewart gave to The Times over the weekend, where he said people should give the Reform leader “a chance”.

At the age of 80, Stewart is one of the oldest artists to perform at the festival, but not the very oldest.

Burt Bacharach played the Pyramid stage in 2015 at the age of 87, while in 2022, Paul McCartney headlined the week after his 80th birthday.

Other artists to have played the legend slot in recent years include Kylie Minogue, Shania Twain, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and Cat Stevens.

In a BBC interview earlier this week, Stewart talked about how he prepared for a major performance like Glastonbury.

“It’s like being a footballer in the FA Cup Final. You’re like, ‘I’ll treat it like any other game’, but it’s not [because] you don’t know what to expect.

“The difference with a football match is half the audience want to see you lose, but with me, everybody wants to see me win.

“So, I’ll be in good voice. I’ll enjoy myself. I don’t care any more what the critics think.”

Despite cancelling a string of shows in the US earlier this month due to illness, the star delivered his 90-minutes with gusto, sweat drenching the frilled white shirt he wore under a black and gold brocade jacket.

On ballads like Tonight’s the Night and First Cut is the Deepest, he found new ways around the melodies, accommodating the cracks and crevices that have appeared in his famously gravelly voice.

And his stage banter was delightfully barmy.

“Here’s one from 1979,” he shouted at one point.

“You guessed it: If You Want My Body, stick it up your bum.”

(The song’s actually called Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, but it’s his tune, so I guess he gets to decide.)

Later, he shared some nuanced political analysis.

“There’s been a lot about the Middle East recently, and quite rightly so, but I want to draw your attention to the Ukraine with this next song, it’s called the Love Train!” he declared.

The song, a cover of The O’Jays classic, is a plea for peace and tolerance that mentions Russia, China, Egypt, England and Israel.

It reflected the idealism of Stewart’s post-war rock and rollers, but the audience didn’t seem to mind the simplicity of the message. They just wanted to dance.

They got the chance during classics like Baby Jane and Forever Young, which even included a ceildh breakdown, courtesy of the star’s talented backing band.

After his third costume change, Stewart pulled a scrap of paper from his pocket for an “important announcement”.

Reading from the note, he wished a happy 90th birthday to Glastonbury founder Sir Michael Eavis, whose daughter Emily pushed him onstage in a wheelchair.

Sir Michael waved to the crowd, eliciting a huge round of applause, and Stewart leaned in to give him a hug.

“Let’s dedicate this one to him,” he announced, striking up the opening chords to I Don’t Want To Talk About It.

When everyone joined in the chorus, Sir Michael looked delighted.

After that, guest stars arrived in quick succession. Mick Hucknall for a duet on If You Don’t Know Me By Now, Ronnie Wood for Stay With Me and Lulu for Hot Legs.

“You’re killing it,” declared Lulu, resplendent in a white tassled suit, leaning in for a hug. “We’d make a great couple.”

The set ended with Sailing, the mega-ballad that took Stewart to the top of the charts in 1976 – while his backing singers pulled on sailors’ caps.

It was charming, it was silly, it was immensely enjoyable.

If Stewart had taken this legend slot to sea, sure, it would have been a diamond-encrusted cruise ship.

But when the water’s this smooth, it has a beauty all of its own.

It seemed like a harmless encounter.

It was the summer of 2021, and Jay Hulme, a volunteer at St Nicholas Church in Leicester, was on the door, welcoming people. That’s when Venessa walked in.

“There was something awkward about her,” he recalls. “But I assumed it was about being in a new church with new people, and we were just coming out of the pandemic. There was no red flag.”

Venessa Pinto, employed by the Leicester diocese of the Church of England as a lay preacher – a non-ordained person who can lead worship – returned a few more times to Jay’s church.

A few weeks later, they both happened to be at a midweek service in Leicester Cathedral. When it was over, she approached him and asked to speak privately. They stepped into the quiet of the old cathedral graveyard.

Then she asked him out.

“I was very taken aback, because I didn’t know her. And I was like, ‘I’m gay, but thank you for asking.’ But she asked me if it was because she was black.”

Jay was startled by the question. He gently reiterated that he could not go out on a date because he was gay – and also not in the right place for a relationship.

“I left it thinking, ‘That was very awkward’, but I think, ‘That’s the end of that.'”

It wasn’t.

In fact, it was the beginning of a devastating campaign of stalking and harassment. And when Jay complained, the highest authority in the Church in Leicester – a top contender to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury – said he didn’t believe him. Instead, he accused Jay of witchcraft.

That summer, Jay Hulme, then in his mid-twenties, was at a very happy juncture in his life. He was a poet and author, an assistant warden at the LGBT-friendly St Nicholas Church and known on social media for his love of church buildings and theology.

He was exploring his Christian faith and considering the possibility of training to become a priest in the coming years.

“I’m also trans, I’d come out a number of years before, and I’d finally come to a place of full and complete happiness with who I was. I saw my future unfurling before me in a way that had felt impossible before,” he reminisces.

After being rejected, Venessa, also then in her mid-twenties, sent Jay a series of “angry and accusatory” messages, saying he was gossiping about her. Though he tried to reassure her he wasn’t, she was adamant.

To try to resolve things, Jay agreed to a demand from her to meet. He had been determined that the meeting happened outside in public but a heavy rainstorm meant they ended up inside, alone together at her place of work.

He says she yelled at him, telling him he was a liar, a racist and an awful person – demanding an apology over and over again without telling him what he was supposed to have done.

Unsettled, Jay stopped interacting with Venessa and avoided her when she continued to come to his church. But then he started to get messages from anonymous online accounts which could be seen by his social media followers.

Jay quickly worked out the author was Venessa. She even sent him an email from her personal account apologising for what she described as the “pain” she’d caused.

But the nastiness online escalated, with Venessa publicly making false allegations and threats.

Jay was concerned for his safety. He reported the harassment to Leicestershire Police. He says he didn’t want Venessa prosecuted at that point – just for the abuse to stop.

But he heard nothing back and the abuse continued relentlessly. Each time he blocked an account, another would spring up. Jay felt he had no way of escaping it.

“I felt like she was in my pocket, and in my house, and in my brain all of the time, saying these horrendous things and I couldn’t get away,” he says.

Jay needed to stay online because of his writing and speaking commitments. But he was beginning to lose contracts. He suspects that was because of the allegations about him online.

Finally, weeks after reporting it, the police did visit Venessa. The outcome was far from satisfactory for Jay.

“She told the officer that it was her friends who were sending the messages, and the officer told her to tell them to stop. I was told by the police that I should just delete my social media,” he says.

Jay says he got the impression the police did not appreciate the seriousness of the abuse because it was online.

The police visit triggered even more angry messages from Venessa.

Jay then started assembling a powerful body of evidence, now on a mission to prove the messages had not been sent by Venessa’s friends, but by Venessa herself.

He compiled a detailed spreadsheet setting out the connections between the numerous anonymous accounts which had sent abuse or posted allegations about him. They all led back to Venessa.

Having lost faith in the police, Jay handed all this evidence to the Church of England, which promised to investigate his formal complaint.

While he waited, he thought he would get some respite by going to a silent Jesuit retreat in rural Wales. Days later, a colleague told him Venessa had booked to go to the very same retreat.

Jay had booked last minute and says there were not many slots left. “It’s in the middle of nowhere. As far as I’m concerned there is no way that could have happened naturally.”

Jay left the retreat just hours before Venessa arrived. It left him terrified, feeling the stalking had now gone beyond the confines of the internet.

Finally, there was some positive news for Jay.

Back in Leicester, the Church HR investigation concluded Venessa had been responsible for the abuse, to Jay’s huge relief. He assumed that would be the end of it.

But almost as soon as that happened, there was an unexpected turn.

He was called into a meeting with the Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow – who’s seen as a favourite to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England.

Jay thought Venessa was going to lose her job. But it turned out the bishop had conducted his own investigation.

“I go in and the bishop sits down with this thick folder on his knee. And he begins to question me about my complaint. He actually states that ‘It’s he said, she said’.”

The bishop said he didn’t believe that Venessa had been responsible for the harassment. And he wouldn’t uphold Jay’s complaint against her.

Then he made an extraordinary accusation about Jay.

“Somebody had given a statement that I had been seen in the church, in the darkness, with a candle – and they thought I was conducting a seance. For clarity, I was praying with a candle in the dark, because that’s a thing that Christians do,” says Jay.

It got worse.

Bishop Snow accused him of practising witchcraft – both because of the “seance” and the fact Jay happened to have a close friend who was a tarot card reader.

“It felt like an enormous gut punch. These made-up allegations were being presented to me by a person with the power of a bishop, in a meeting which I suddenly realised I had no control over,” says Jay.

“She [Venessa] had somehow managed to make a bishop become part of her stalking campaign of harassment and threats, and use his power and position, and I couldn’t believe it was happening.”

Jay says he was told Venessa would not lose her licence to preach, but he would be punished.

He says Bishop Snow told him the process to begin his training for priesthood – something he decided he wanted to pursue – would be “slowed down”.

Jay was devastated. He went home feeling trapped. And after the complaint was dismissed, more messages were posted.

“Really horrific things, saying that I raped children, that I stole money, that I was a racist, a bully. She created fake accounts that were me saying really racist things and would then screenshot them and share those things,” he says.

Bishop Snow suggested to Jay that his allegations were not in keeping with Venessa’s character. But Jay soon learned he wasn’t the only person affected by Venessa’s behaviour.

A colleague who worked closely with Venessa, Kat Gibson, had been complaining about her for more than a year before the campaign against Jay began.

Kat says Venessa was unpredictable and adversarial in the extreme. “I was just really scared when I was around her, thinking, ‘what’s she going to explode at me for this time?’ with these explosive angry outbursts that I can’t prevent.”

She adds that as the months went on, “around 30 people” from eight churches approached her to informally complain about Venessa’s behaviour. She calls the issue an “open secret” but one that managers felt unable to tackle.

In a joint statement, Kat’s manager, Lusa Nsenga Ngoy – now a bishop in London – and Leicester Diocese said pastoral support and counselling were offered to those affected. The Church of England says Kat’s complaints were treated with care and seriousness.

She was a lay preacher in Leicester, but Venessa soon gained increasing prominence on a national level.

In 2022, several months into her stalking campaign against Jay Hulme, she was elected onto the Church of England’s national assembly – the General Synod.

Soon after, she was one of just a handful of people from Synod appointed to the Crown Nominations Commission, a panel that selects new bishops and archbishops. But all the while, she was sending countless sinister messages to Jay.

The online harassment from Venessa now included extreme pornographic content posted on his social media. Then she tweeted Jay’s address.

He went to the police a second time, but again felt no sense of urgency.

“There was a period where every night, I would wake up screaming because I dreamed that I was being murdered by Venessa. I had extra locks put on my door,” Jay says.

Though there appeared to be inaction, behind the scenes the Church was clearly starting to realise it had a problem on its hands.

While Jay had been told in summer 2022 that a Leicester Diocese investigation found Venessa had been responsible for Jay’s harassment, he was also told that the Bishop of Leicester decided quite the opposite.

The BBC has now learned that shortly before that, the bishop did tell Venessa to step back from ministry because of “her behaviour”, though it is not known what this refers to.

He also later revoked her licence to preach, after what’s described as “new evidence” coming to light. The diocese also suggested she go on leave.

But none of these things were made public and did not stop the unrelenting stalking of Jay.

All of a sudden, in late 2022, Leicester Diocese announced Venessa would be leaving.

It said she would “pursue other opportunities” and thanked her for the positive contributions she had made.

Again, this appeared to have no impact on the hate-filled barrages coming Jay’s way.

“I wrote my own will because…I felt that I’d been let down by the police, I’d been let down by the diocese and as far as I was concerned, this would continue until one of us died,” he says.

In desperation, in December 2022 he went to the police again.

In March 2023, 21 months after the stalking campaign against Jay began (and eight months after the Bishop of Leicester told Jay he did not believe him) the police finally took action against Venessa.

“I get a phone call from Leicestershire Police [who] basically acknowledged that they made a mess of it. And very soon Venessa was arrested. Her devices were confiscated,” says Jay.

In a statement, Leicestershire Police acknowledged their initial response fell short of the standards expected, adding it continued “to develop its knowledge and training in relation to preventing and detecting stalking offences”.

By the end of 2023, Venessa had been charged. In May 2024 she pleaded guilty to stalking, involving serious distress or harm and was given an 18-month community order and banned from contacting Jay for a year.

After Venessa’s conviction, Jay asked for a meeting with the Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow, who now apologised. “He did acknowledge in some way his own part in it and that he should have done better, and I agree,” says Jay.

Leicester Diocese told us it took legal advice and is confident it followed HR practice and due process in handling Jay’s complaint. But wouldn’t say why it did not sack Venessa for months after concluding she had sent the messages to Jay.

A spokesperson for the Church of England says they are “appalled by the serious criminal behaviour that led to Venessa Pinto’s conviction.”

Venessa’s colleague Kat Gibson was recently made redundant from her post in Leicester. She says she’s much better, physically and mentally, and is pleased to be out of Church of England employment.

And what of Venessa Pinto? Having carried out her community service and abided by the restraining order, she is once again preaching – and has also done missionary work in Brazil.

In a statement to the BBC she said one aspect of the court case in particular changed everything for her.

“Reading [Jay’s] victim impact statement brought into sharp focus the pain I caused and strengthened my resolve to take responsibility and make amends,” Venessa says.

“I acknowledge the seriousness of my past conduct and do not seek to diminish its impact. I have moved forward in my life and hope those affected in Leicester and elsewhere can find it in their hearts to allow space for healing and growth,” she says.

But while Venessa admits to the harassment she was convicted of, she denies some other allegations, including the frequent angry outbursts Kat and others reported. In fact she says accusations of aggressive behaviour were never formally raised with her in Leicester.

Venessa says she was going through a difficult period and was struggling with her mental health during her time in Leicester.

Her targeting of Jay has left him scarred. He struggles to open his email for fear of what he’ll find and he says his finances have been destroyed by years of sporadic work.

“I feel that everybody failed to protect me. I almost feel like I was naive that when the police failed to protect me, I thought the Church, which talks about safeguarding, [would],” says Jay.

“It fails because people are scared to do the right thing. In James, my favourite book of the Bible, there’s a bit that says that anybody who knows the right thing and fails to do it, commits sin. And that’s the problem at the heart of this Church.”

Love Island USA – a spinoff of the UK reality series – is having its most-watched season yet. But its newfound popularity has come with a dark side.

Contestants have been relentlessly cyberbullied on social media, so much so that the show aired a statement during a recent episode with a plea for viewers to halt the harassment. Its host Ariana Madix echoed the sentiment, asking viewers to rethink their posts and how they could impact the cast.

The show – which places everyday men and women in a villa in Fiji to compete and find love – often helps contestants secure millions of social media followers, brand deals and appearance requests.

But the downsides of overnight fame have been well-documented since the show’s start 10 years ago in the UK, with some contestants complaining about depression, anxiety and relentless scrutiny.

A UK parliamentary committee carried out an inquiry into reality TV in 2019 after the deaths of a former British tabloid talk show guest and two former Love Island contestants.

Love Island’s producers say they’ve learned from the reality franchise’s years of success how to better support cast and crew. But psychology experts who have worked with reality TV shows say it’s an uphill battle.

Behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings, who has worked with reality TV productions including Big Brother, said the last five years have seen a lot of positive changes in the UK to address welfare concerns – but those strides haven’t been as evident in the US.

“I don’t think duty of care has evolved as far in the US as it has in the UK,” she told the BBC. “Maybe there isn’t the same level of welfare, support or transparency. I also wonder that with increased political polarisation in the US, the cyber-bullying and threats may be more intense and widespread.”

She said it’s about achieving a balance when working on a reality show. The core of many of these shows is outrageous emotional outbursts, sexual behaviour, aggressive insults and confrontations.

“Producers want excitement and jeopardy,” she said, but on-set psychologists are ensuring “stability and healthy behaviours”.

Love Island, which has run iterations in more than 20 countries, says it offers contestants support before, during and after production, and continues to adjust its mental health offerings to meet changing needs.

On the USA version, ITV America, which produces the show, employs a duty of care representative, two on-site psychologists and a welfare manager that helps islanders as a “non-producer voice” in the villa. Throughout filming, all cast members have an appointed psychologist at the villa – and check ins can be initiated by an islander, as cast members are called on the series, or the doctor.

Before they are cast on the show, each contestant goes through a lengthy vetting by a psychologist. Contestants are also briefed about negative press, social media interactions and public perceptions.

But this mental health awareness has come from some hard lessons. As the show gained popularity in the UK, some complained about depression or anxiety after appearing as part of the cast. Several have spoken out about thoughts about taking their own lives in the aftermath.

The suicides of former Love Island UK contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis in 2018 and 2019 prompted questions about how and how well participants are helped.

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“You can earn a lot of money if that’s what you want to do, but really you need to look at the bigger picture and think in five, six, 10 years’ time, you’re always going to be pretty much known for being on a reality TV show,” said Zara Holland, who competed on Love Island in 2016 in the UK.

“It was a really hard time for me. And if I could turn back time, I really wish I’d never gone on the show,” she told BBC’s Newsbeat.

Social media can act as a double-edged sword for contestants. Dr Jamie Huysman, who has advised productions on mental health care for more than 20 years, noted it has “made it hell” for some. “It has truly disassociated us from the impact of our words.”

Contestants want fame – but they’re not the only ones who feel a rush by getting likes and followers online. Average viewers on social media are also chasing that same gratification when they make memes or posts that become popular, and they are often incentivised to be critical, he says.

Ms Hemmings said psychologists can encourage people to ignore those criticising them online, but it’s difficult.

“The public can be fickle and harsh,” she said. “They need to remember that contributors are young and ambitious, but could be their siblings, brothers, sisters or children.”

She noted that overnight fame can lead to a cascade of issues for contestants, which can be overwhelming.

“They yearn for it, but it brings unwelcome scrutiny,” she said. “Their pasts are dissected. Exes come out of the woodwork to sell their stories, and everything they do or say is open to criticism.”

Another complication is that “very few reality stars go onto successful media careers – most struggle or fade away”. But having a taste of popularity can make it difficult to go back to their old lives.

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Season 7, which is still airing, has become the series’ most-watched season since it was launched in the US in 2019. Sports bars are hosting watch parties, celebrities are spoofing viral moments online – Grammy-winner Megan Thee Stallion even appeared on an episode this season and gushed over her obsession with the show.

The show’s popularity in the US has spurred a spin-off dubbed “Beyond the Villa”, which is set to air next month and follow Season 6 Islanders as they navigate life in Los Angeles after the show.

But that success has also led to a rise in negative comments about the cast this season, who have been relentlessly criticised over their appearances and actions. The show broadcast a message this week in the middle of an episode: “The keyword in Love Island is… Love. We love our fans. We love our Islanders. We don’t love cyberbullying, harassment or hate.”

It followed a public plea from host Ariana Madix: “Don’t be contacting people’s families. Don’t be doxing people. Don’t be going on Islanders’ pages and saying rude things.”

Love Island USA’s producers did not say whether added mental health precautions would be taken after this season – but noted they review and reassess such measures continually.

Members of the cast do not have access to their cell phones or social media while on the island, but their friends and family have been responding to some of the harassment – including those who know contestant Huda Mustafa, a mother whose relationship with fellow Islander Jeremiah Brown has been heavily scrutinised online this season.

The show has routinely defended itself and its cohesive psychological support system. Similar critiques have been made toward reality TV production broadly, boiling over in 2023 when reality star Bethenny Frankel of the Housewives franchise sounded off on the treatment of reality stars, dubbing it a “reality reckoning”.

“Networks and streamers have been exploiting people for too long,” she said, arguing those who appear on reality programmes should be unionised.

The calls were followed by several lawsuits challenging “Love Is Blind,” the “Real Housewives” franchise and “Vanderpump Rules” – where Ms Madix rose to fame – over the treatment of the shows’ casts.

Suzie Gibson, a senior lecturer in English at Charles Sturt University, compared reality TV stars to “modern-day gladiators, battling for love, fame and Instagram followers”.

“Audiences can live vicariously through their favourites, while hoping for others’ dismissal or ridicule.”

A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda’s capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still producing champions – but faces a daily struggle to survive.

Run by chess coach Robert Katende, played by actor David Oyelowo in the Disney film released in 2016, he still believes that despite financial struggles he is managing to change children’s lives for the better through chess.

“We use chess as a teaching tool. To identify the potential of the learners and guide them to their destiny,” Mr Katende told the BBC on a visit to his SomChess Academy in Katwe, a poor neighbourhood of Kampala.

Shortly after graduating as a civil engineer, he first began volunteering in Katwe as a football coach before deciding on chess – starting up with a single chessboard in 2004 and a determination to help.

Within a year nine-year-old Phiona Mutesi, who had dropped out of school, joined up – and went on to become a chess prodigy.

She took the title of national women’s junior champion three times, competed in several prestigious international chess Olympiads and by the age of 16 was given the title Woman Candidate Master by the World Chess Federation.

It was her remarkable story that was told in the film, with Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o playing her mother.

Mr Katende says her success came from resilience and determination – and shows the truly transformative power of chess.

She also continues to be an inspiration for many of Mr Katende’s players, including 18-year-old Patricia Kawuma.

“Apart from winning school scholarships, this game has taught me how to strategise and plan ahead, and it instils discipline and patience,” the two-time national junior chess champion told the BBC.

She has also represented Uganda in two international tournaments and has earned money by winning chess competitions.

Prize money and sponsorships have enabled her to pay for her own school fees as well as those of her siblings.

Mr Katende says more than 4,000 children have gone through his programmes over the last two decades, with some of them ending up becoming doctors, engineers and lawyers.

His big boost came after a book published in 2012 by journalist Tim Crothers about Ms Mutesi caught the eye of Disney.

When the film company decided to go ahead and make the book into a movie, it gave him a one-time grant of $50,000 (£36,000).

This allowed him buy a property in Katwe to headquarter his academy and from where he also runs the Robert Katende Initiative.

He was able to extend his chess club from Katwe to sessions within Ugandan prisons – and to slums in neighbouring Kenya and Rwanda, and those in countries as far as Angola, Botswana, Cameroon and Malawi.

Currently, more than 2,500 children and about 800 inmates are in his programmes, which help them to develop and make critical decisions, he says.

“Chess is a metaphor for life. There are challenges and surprises everywhere but if you look closely you can find opportunities, you can find your way through,” the 43-year-old told me.

“A bad move in chess means you will lose, just the same with life.”

There is one move the coach, who worked on the Queen of Katwe film as a senior story consultant and who trained the actors in their chess scenes, did not predict.

The Walt Disney Company made a loss on the film – and this has had repercussions for his burgeoning chess projects.

He, Ms Mutesi and the chess champion’s mother had been promised a sizable share of any Disney profits – 67%, he says.

But he was told by the corporation that after investing about $15m (£11m) into the drama, directed by Mira Nair, it had only made back $10m.

“The loss put me in a bad spot because people think that I have hidden some money,” Mr Katende said.

“Many people think I’m a wealthy Hollywood chess coach after the film but the hard truth is that we are yet to benefit from its profits.”

However, he says he is not bitter as the film publicised his chess programmes, attracting both local and international partners.

“If Disney had not done the film, we wouldn’t be where we are; I don’t think we would be known – and many other people have come on board to support our philosophy,” he said.

Ms Mutesi’s fame helped her win a scholarship to Northwest University in the US in 2017 and she now works in Canada as a business analyst and is able to support her mother, who has moved back to their home village outside Kampala.

But Mr Katende’s mission faces huge financial challenges as most of his partners have fallen off since the coronavirus pandemic.

“We had to scale down operations and close down some training centres. Before Covid I had 26 staff, but now we have eight. I fear we might let go of more staff due to financial constraints,” he said.

Thousands of his players in Uganda have to scramble for only 120 chess boards due to a lack of funds.

Uganda’s current junior chess champion, 19-year-old Jovan Kasozi – one of Mr Katende’s protégés – has also been hit.

The Katende chess initiative pays towards his schooling and the teenager has been able to occasionally crowdfund from some well wishers for extra chess training sessions – but last year he missed out an international tournament because he could not raise $400 for his air ticket.

“But I’m not giving up on chess, the game stimulates my mind and it has made me to be very good at mathematics. It makes me think like a computer,” the young man told the BBC.

Mr Katunde is equally upbeat, saying that it may well be a long game when it comes to Disney.

“Hopefully they will reach out to me if they break even,” he said, adding that then the profits could start coming in.

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Not much about Sneh Bhargava’s life seems ordinary.

In 1984, she became the first woman to helm the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the capital Delhi – one of the country’s top medical institutions – and in its almost 70-year history, remains the only woman to have done so.

At 90, Dr Bhargava – one of India’s pioneering radiologists – began writing her memoir, which was published earlier this month, and at 95, continues to remain an active member in the medical community.

From choosing radiology when it was still emerging in 1940s India to becoming one of its most well-known practitioners, Dr Bhargava’s legacy is nothing short of extraordinary.

Not unlike her first day on the job as director-to-be of AIIMS, which was nothing short of a trial by fire.

It was the morning of 31 October 1984, and a meeting was under way at the hospital to confirm her appointment after India’s then prime minister Indira Gandhi had selected her for the role.

Dr Bhargava was not part of the meeting, but was in her office reviewing medical cases for the day. She recalls in her memoir hearing a colleague frantically call out to her, asking her to rush to the casualty ward.

There, lying on a gurney was the very woman who had selected Dr Bhargava to head the hospital – Indira Gandhi. Her saffron sari was drenched in blood and she had no pulse.

“At the time, I didn’t focus on it being the prime minister who was lying in front of me,” Dr Bhargava told the BBC. “My first thoughts were that we had to help her and also protect her from further harm,” she said.

Dr Bhargava was worried that a mob would storm the casualty ward, as a large crowd had already begun gathering outside the hospital.

News began to trickle out: Gandhi had been shot by two Sikh bodyguards in revenge for Operation Blue Star, the military raid on Amritsar’s Golden Temple in June to flush out militants.

Gandhi’s assassination sparked one of the deadliest riots India has seen, the beginnings of which Dr Bhargava began hearing about as she hastened to shift the prime minister to one of the building’s top floors.

There, in the operating theatre, a Sikh doctor fled the room the minute he heard how Gandhi had died.

The news of her death had to be kept under wraps until her son, Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as prime minister.

“Until then, our job, for the next four hours, was to keep up the charade that we were trying to save her life, when in fact she was dead when she was brought to AIIMS,” Dr Bhargava writes.

She also described the harrowing process of embalming the prime minister’s body, which would lie in state in the capital for two days before cremation.

“The embalming chemical, when we injected it into different main arteries, kept oozing out,” Dr Bhargava writes. A ballistic report would later reveal that over three dozen bullets had punctured Gandhi’s body.

But this wasn’t the only remarkable episode in Dr Bhargava’s long and illustrious career at AIIMS.

In the book she shares fascinating anecdotes of her interactions with other prominent politicians, including India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

She also recalls Sonia Gandhi bringing her son, a young Rahul to AIIMS after an arrow grazed his head while he was playing.

“Sonia Gandhi told me that she had to bring Rahul to us because Rajiv (her husband) was meeting the King of Jordan and the latter had given him a fancy car as a gift, which her husband was keen to drive,” she writes in the book.

Rajiv Gandhi wanted to drive Rahul to AIIMS himself, without security, as a surprise – but Dr Bhargava firmly stopped him, citing safety concerns.

But not every day was as exciting.

Dr Bhargava recalls political pressure, including an MP who threatened her for not selecting his son-in-law for a job at AIIMS.

On another occasion, two top politicians, including the federal health secretary, tried to handpick the AIIMS dean – though the decision was hers alone.

Dr Bhargava says she stood firm against pressure, always prioritising patient care. She worked to establish radiology as a core part of diagnosis and treatment at AIIMS.

When Dr Bhargava joined in the 1960s, AIIMS had only basic imaging tools. She trained colleagues to read subtle signs in black-and-white X-rays, always in context with the patient’s history. She later pushed for better equipment, helping build one of India’s leading radiology departments.

Dr Bhargava was always drawn to making a difference.

Born in 1930 into an affluent family in Lahore in undivided India, as a child she loved playing doctor to her dolls and siblings. During the partition of India and Pakistan, Dr Bhargava’s family fled to India and later, she would visit refugee camps with her father to help people.

At a time when few Indian women pursued higher education, Dr Bhargava studied radiology in London – the only woman in both her class and hospital department.

She returned to India in the 1950s after hearing from her mentor that the country was in need of skilled radiologists.

Dr Bhargava often credits her family, and her husband’s liberal-mindedness for helping her achieve her dreams, and she hopes other Indian women find the same support.

“It starts from childhood,” she says.

“Parents should support their daughters the same way they support their sons. Only then will they be able to break glass ceilings and reach for the stars.”

“I don’t think God intended for people in their late 20s to live with their parents,” Hanya Aljamal says.

She’s hanging out on the balcony of the tiny apartment where she lives with her mother, father and five grown-up siblings – because it’s the only place she can get any peace and quiet.

Two years ago, 28-year-old Hanya was working as an English teacher and lived in a flat of her own. She was applying to colleges in the US to do a Master’s in international development, and on course for a scholarship to pay for it. Things were going well – but life is different now.

Like most days, Sunday begins with a morning coffee on the balcony, while Hanya watches her neighbour, a man in his 70s, carefully tending pots of herbs, seedlings and plants in his tidy garden, just across the road from a blown-up building.

“It just looks like the purest form of resistance,” Hanya says. “In the middle of all this horror and uncertainty, he still finds time to grow something – and there’s something absolutely beautiful about that.”

Hanya lives in Deir al-Balah, a town in the middle of Gaza, a 25-mile stretch of land on the south-eastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea that’s been a war zone since October 2023. She has recorded an audio diary which she shared with the BBC for a radio documentary about what life is like there.

The school where she taught had to close down when the war started. Hanya has become a teacher with no students and no school, her sense of who she was slipping through her fingers.

“It’s very hard finding purpose in this time, finding some sort of solace or meaning as your entire world falls apart.”

The apartment Hanya shares with her family is her fifth home since the war started. The UN estimates 90% of Gazans have been displaced by the war – many multiple times. Most Gazans now live in temporary shelters.

On Monday, Hanya is jolted awake in bed at 2am.

“There was an explosion really close by that was then followed by a second, and a third,” she says, “it was so loud and very scary. I tried to soothe myself to sleep.”

The Israeli government says its military action in Gaza is intended to destroy the capabilities of Hamas, which describes itself as an Islamist resistance movement. It is designated a terrorist organisation by the UK, the US, Israel, and others.

Israel’s military action began after armed Palestinian groups from Gaza led by Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and taking 251 hostages.

So far, the Israeli military has killed more than 56,000 people in the conflict – the majority civilians – according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas. Israel doesn’t currently allow international journalists to report freely from Gaza.

Hanya is working for an aid organisation called Action for Humanity and spends the day at one of their projects. A group of girls wearing white T-shirts and with keffiyehs tied around their waists perform a dance and then take part in a group therapy session.

One talks about what it means to lose your home, others talk about losing their belongings, their friends, someone they love. And then one suddenly starts crying and everyone else falls silent. A teaching assistant takes the girl away to comfort her in private.

“And then someone tells me that she lost both parents,” Hanya says.

On Tuesday, Hanya is watching five colourful kites soaring in the sky from her balcony.

“I like kites – they’re like an active act of hope,” she says. “Every kite is a couple of kids down there trying to have a normal childhood in the midst of all this.”

Seeing kites flying makes a nice change to the drones, jets and “killing machines” Hanya is used to seeing above her apartment, she says. But later that evening, the “nightly orchestra” of nearby drones buzzing at discordant pitches begins. She describes the sound they make as “psychological torture”.

“Sometimes they’re so loud you can’t even listen to your own thoughts,” she says. “They’re kind of a reminder that they’re there watching, waiting, ready to pounce.”

On Thursday morning, Hanya hears loud, consistent gunfire and wonders what it might be. Maybe theft. Maybe a turf war between families. Maybe someone defending a warehouse.

She spends most of the day in bed. She feels dizzy every time she tries to get up and puts it down to the effect of fasting ahead of Eid al-Adha, when she’s already very malnourished.

Hanya says the lack of control over what she eats – and the rest of her life – is having a big psychological impact.

“You cannot control anything – not even your thoughts, not even your wellbeing, not even who you are,” she says. “It took me a while to accept the fact that I am no longer the person that I identify myself as.”

The school where Hanya used to teach has been destroyed, and the idea of studying abroad now seems very distant.

“I felt like I was gaslit,” Hanya says, “like all of these things were made up. Like none of it was true.”

The next morning, Hanya wakes to the sound of birds chirping and the call to prayer.

It’s the first day of Eid al-Adha, when her dad would usually sacrifice a sheep and they’d share the meat with the needy and their relatives. But her family don’t have the means to travel now and there’s no animal to sacrifice anyway.

“All of Gaza’s population has been not eating any sort of protein, outside canned fava beans, for three months now,” she says.

Hanya’s family discover that one of her cousins has been killed while trying to get aid.

“To be honest, I hadn’t known him very well,” she says, “but it’s the general tragedy of someone hungry, seeking food and getting shot in the process that is quite grotesque.”

There have been multiple shooting incidents and hundreds of deaths reported at or near aid distribution points in recent weeks. The circumstances are disputed and difficult to verify without being able to report freely in Gaza.

Hanya knows at least 10 people who have lost their lives during the war. This number includes several of her students and a colleague who had got engaged a month before the war started. She was the same age as Hanya and shared her ambition.

Hanya is updating her CV to remove her college professor’s name. He was her referee and writing mentor – but he is dead now too.

“It’s a huge thing when someone tells you that they see you, that they believe in you, and that they bet on you,” she says.

Hanya doesn’t think she’s grieved for any of these people properly, and says she feels she has to ration her emotions in case any of her close family are hurt.

“Grieving is a luxury many of us can’t afford.”

Crowing cocks mark the start of another new day, and Hanya is taking in a beautiful pink and blue dawn from the balcony. She says she has developed a habit of looking up to the sky as an escape.

“It’s very hard to find beauty in Gaza anymore. Everything is grey, or soot-covered, or destroyed,” Hanya says.

“The one thing about the sky is that it gives you colours and a respite of beauty that Earth lacks.”

A car bomb attack in Pakistan has killed at least 13 soldiers and injured civilians.

Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan, on Saturday.

Pakistan alleged that the militants behind the attack were backed by India, but Delhi quickly denied this.

Dismissing Pakistan’s accusation, Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs, posted on X: “We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves.”

The attack has been claimed by a suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.

Pakistan’s army, however, said the attack was carried out by militants backed by India, without providing evidence.

“In this tragic and barbaric incident, three innocent civilians including two children and a woman also got severely injured,” the Pakistani army said in a statement.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the “cowardly act”.

Relations between the two nations have long been strained, but tensions deepened in April after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir left 26 people dead.

India blamed Pakistan for sheltering members of a militant group it said were behind the attack, and the incident brought the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of another war.

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In May, India launched a series of airstrikes, targeting sites it called “terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir”.

Pakistan denied the claim that these were terror camps and also responded by firing missiles and deploying drones into Indian territory.

The hostilities continued until 10 May when US President Donald Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire”.

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorist incidents following the collapse of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the Pakistani Taliban in November 2022.

Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Thai capital Bangkok, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after a phone call she had with the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked.

In the call, which was about a recent incident on their border, she addressed Hun Sen as “uncle” and said a Thai military commander handling the dispute “just wanted to look cool and said things that are not useful”.

The call has sparked public anger. Paetongtarn apologised, but defended the call as a “negotiation technique”.

Before leaving to visit flood-hit northern Thailand, Paetongtarn told reporters it is the people’s “right to protest, as long as it’s peaceful”.

Saturday’s rally was the largest of its kind since the ruling Pheu Thai party came to power in 2023.

Thousands braved the monsoon rain and blocked the roads at the Victory Monument war memorial in Bangkok, waving Thai flags and holding placards with slogans such as “PM is enemy of state”.

Protest leader Parnthep Pourpongpan said the prime minister “should step aside because she is the problem”.

Seri Sawangmue, 70, travelled overnight by bus from the country’s north to join the protest.

He told AFP news agency that he was there “to protect Thailand’s sovereignty and to say the PM is unfit”.

“I’ve lived through many political crises and I know where this is going,” he added.

Paetongtarn has said she will no longer hold future calls with the former Cambodian leader, but Parnthep told Reuters that many Thai people felt she and her influential father were being manipulated by Hun Sen.

Paetongtarn, 38, is the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed former prime minister who returned to Thailand last August after 15 years in exile. She has only been in office for 10 months and is the country’s second female prime minister, with the first being her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra.

Protesters are calling for the end of Shinawatra leadership.

The rally was organised by a coalition that has protested against Shinawatra-led governments for more than two decades.

The group said in a statement read to crowds that the executive branch and parliament were not working “in the interest of democracy and constitutional monarchy”, Reuters reported.

As well as the flags and placards, people carried umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain. When it stopped, a rainbow formed over Victory Monument.

On Tuesday the Constitutional Court will decide whether to take up a petition by senators seeking Paetongtarn’s removal for alleged unprofessionalism over the Hun Sen call.

Hun Sen said he had shared the audio clip with 80 politicians and one of them leaked it. He later shared the entire 17-minute recording on his Facebook page.

The call was about a recent dispute between Cambodia and Thailand, which saw tensions increase in late May after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a border clash, plunging ties to their lowest in more than a decade.

But the tension between the two nations dates back more than a century, when the borders were drawn after the French occupation of Cambodia.

Both have imposed border restrictions on each other, while Cambodia has banned Thai imports from food to electricity, as well as Thai television and cinema dramas.

Despite the tensions between their countries, the Shinawatras’ friendship with the Hun family goes back decades, and Hun Sen and Paetongtarn’s father consider each other “godbrothers”.

Budapest advertises itself as a party town. On Saturday, the party spilled out onto the streets, and occupied, in the scorching heat of summer, the Elizabeth Bridge and the river banks and downtown areas on both shores of the Danube.

Between 100,000 and 200,000 mostly young people danced and sang their way from Pest to Buda.

A distance that usually takes only 20 minutes on foot stretched to three hours.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ban, many Budapest Pride participants told me, spurred them to attend an event they usually stay away from. Last year, just 35,000 took part.

Many banners mocked the Hungarian prime minister. It was like a peaceful revenge by some of those he has declared war on during his past 15 years in power.

“In my history class, I learnt enough, to recognise a dictatorship. You don’t need to illustrate it – Vik!” read one hand-made banner. “I’m so bored of Fascism,” read another.

T-shirts with Orban’s image, in bright eyeshadow and lipstick, were everywhere.

While the LGBT community with its vivid paraphernalia made up the core of the march, this year’s Pride turned into a celebration of human rights and solidarity.

“We don’t exactly look as though we were banned!” a beaming Budapest mayor, Gergely Karacsony, told the crowd, in a speech in front of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

Saturday’s march could go down as the crowning moment of his political career. A city hall starved of funds and in constant struggle with the central government dared to host an event the government tried to ban, and won – for now at least.

“In fact, we look like we’re peacefully and freely performing a big, fat show to a puffed-up and hateful power. The message is clear: they have no power over us!” Karacsony continued.

Among the attendees was Finnish MEP Li Andersson, who felt Orban was using arguments on family values as a pretext to ban the march.

“It’s important to emphasise that the reason why we are here is not only Pride – this is about the fundamental rights of all of us,” she said.

The ban was based on a new law, passed by the big majority held by Orban’s Fidesz party in parliament, subordinating the freedom of assembly to a 2021 Child Protection law that equated homosexuality with paedophilia, and therefore banned the portrayal or promotion of homosexuality in places where children might see it.

The police justified a ban on Saturday’s march on the grounds children might witness it. In response, the mayor cited a 2001 law stating events organised by councils do not fall under the right of assembly.

In the end, the police officers present at the march kept a discreet presence, looking on mournfully at a party from which they were excluded.

In another part of the city, Orban attended the graduation ceremony of 162 new police and customs officers, and new officials of the National Directorate-General for Policing Aliens.

“Order does not come into being by itself, it must be created, because without it civilised life will be lost,” Orban told the students and their families.

Earlier, he and other prominent Fidesz officials posted pictures of themselves with their children and grandchildren, in an attempt to reclaim the “pride” word.

“Post a picture, to show them what we’re proud of,” Alexandra Szentkiralyi, the head of the Fidesz faction in the Budapest Council, posted on Facebook, alongside a picture of herself in a rather plain “Hungary” T-shirt.

The police presence was restrained in Budapest on Saturday, but temporary cameras installed ahead of the march and mounted on police vehicles recorded the whole event.

The 18 March law that attempted to ban the Pride gave the police new powers to use facial recognition software. Fines of between £14 ($19) and £430 could be imposed on participants.

The pro-government media was scathing in its criticism of the day’s events, echoing remarks by leading Fidesz politicians that the march was a celebration of perversity, with nothing to do with freedom of assembly.

“Chaos at Budapest Pride,” proclaimed Magyar Nemzet, the government flagship.

“The notorious climate activist and more recently terrorist supporter Greta Thunberg posted on her Instagram page that she is also at Budapest Pride,” it continued.

“After the demonstration, this will be a question for the courts,” Zoltan Kiszelly, a political analyst close to the government, told the BBC.

“If the courts decide in favour of the mayor and the (Pride) organisers, then Orban can say, okay, we have to change the legislation again.”

If the courts decide for the government, however, the prime minister can be pleased with the law he pushed through – despite the fact Pride went ahead.

Bain was halfway through his band’s Los Angeles concert on a crisp April night when the music stopped.

In an oversized fur coat and black sunglasses, the 24-year-old K-pop star told thousands of fans: “Before I start the next song – I want to share something with you guys.”

A brief pause and then: “I’m [expletive] proud to be part of the LGBTQ community!”

The crowd erupted in applause and screams as Bain broke into Lady Gaga’s pride anthem: “Just put your paws up, ‘Cause you were born this way, baby”.

In that moment, as he came out to the world, he was not nervous, he tells the BBC in an interview at his studio in Seoul – rather, he had been trying to “sound cool”.

A handful of K-pop artists have come out as gay in recent years – but none as publicly as Bain.

Even in 2025, that is a bold move in South Korea’s entertainment industry, where stars are held to impossible standards. Admitting to even a heterosexual relationship is scandalous.

“There were some people in the industry who knew [I was thinking of coming out] and warned me against it, saying it would be a risk,” Bain says. “And of course I thought about the risk – that we might lose fans.

“But then I thought, society is changing… I might gain more than I might lose.”

That’s the big question: has he thrown open the door to change in an industry that has become global but remains deeply rooted in a conservative South Korea?

Bain, whose real name is Song Byeonghee, says he was in secondary school, about 12 years old, when he realised he was gay.

Shortly afterwards, he decided to become a K-pop trainee but he kept his sexuality a secret – he felt like being gay was “not allowed”.

“It wasn’t something I questioned… I just thought I had no choice,” he says. “There was no-one else [around me that was gay]. I thought I could just pretend and keep going.”

Wealthy, modern South Korea is still traditional in many ways. Powerful yet conservative churches often see homosexuality as a disability or sin. And same-sex marriage is not legally recognised.

In 2021, Bain made his debut as part of a six-member boyband, Just B. They have released several albums and have taken part in reality shows, earning a dedicated audience.

But through it all, the years of hiding a part of himself took a toll on Bain.

“I was so overwhelmed, I thought maybe I can’t be an idol at all. I felt I’d been hiding so much. I decided to talk to Mom.”

That was about three years ago. His mother was the first person in his family to find out: “We talked for an hour, and I finally said, ‘I like men more than women.’ That’s when she knew.”

Her reaction was difficult for him. “Honestly, she didn’t like it – not at first. She said she thought I could overcome it, that maybe I’d someday like women. She felt sad… that I’d now face bad reactions from others. But [she] said, ‘You’re my son, so I love you, I support you, I love you.’ It was mixed. I was sad, but in the end grateful she said she loves me.”

Then his team members and company began encouraging him to take the leap – and tell the world.

Earlier this year the band began a world tour, and on the last stop of their US tour, Bain decided to come out on stage.

Since then, the band has been thrust into the spotlight – with Bain giving countless interviews as he quickly became the new face of the Korean LGBTQ community.

“I feel like I’ve changed a lot since coming out. I feel more confident. When I meet someone new, I show who I am immediately,” he says. “But I also feel sad that my identity is such a big deal now.”

Over time, he hopes, people will stop saying “oh, he’s gay, but rather, oh, that’s just who he is”.

When South Korean actor Hong Seok-Cheon came out as gay in 2000, LGBTQ representation truly entered the country’s mainstream.

He was the first Korean celebrity to open up about his sexuality – and it came at a cost. He was dropped from TV shows and advertisements.

Attitudes have certainly changed since then. A Pew survey from 2019 showed that the number of people who accepted homosexuality has risen to 44% from 25% in 2002.

And yet, only a handful of other celebrities have come out. In 2018, Holland became the country’s first openly gay K-pop artist and, in 2020, Jiae, a former member of girl group Wassup, came out as bisexual. Both have said they found it hard to sign with a record label as a result.

Bain’s announcement, however, has been celebrated by both fans and South Korea’s LGBTQ community.

“When someone like an idol comes out, it gives people like me a sense that we are not alone,” says a 26-year-old Korean transgender woman, who does not want to be named.

“It brings comfort…makes me think, maybe I’m ok the way I am.”

Online too, a majority of the comments have been positive. One gay fan in a YouTube comment wrote how he was encouraged by Bain, after feeling “so much despair” over “the hateful comments” and discrimination.

“But thanks to Bain, I’ve found the courage to keep going.”

International fans have especially cheered him on: “After the initial shock, I started to cry,” said Lia, a K-pop fan from the US who identifies as lesbian.

“Knowing that Korea still has some repression against LGBTQ people, the bravery and courage he displayed by coming out…[was] admirable.”

South Korea’s cultural footprint has been growing globally, and that has brought fans from everywhere, with their own perspectives and beliefs. They may well reshape the K-pop industry.

But that will take time. And that is evident in the range of comments in response to Bain’s announcement – disapproval to apathy.

For one, the country has seen a rise in right-wing, often avowed anti-feminist beliefs in young men, who seem to oppose any challenge to traditional gender roles.

And those roles remain strong in South Korea. The government and the church champion conventional family values, encouraging young people to marry and have children so they can boost birth rates, currently the lowest in the world.

Given all that, it may not be a surprise that homosexuality is still a taboo, even in a global industry like K-pop.

This is a world where even straight couples don’t talk about their private lives, says critic Lim Hee-yun.

“K-pop has spent nearly 25 years avoiding the topic of sexuality [altogether]. Even heterosexual relationships are hidden to protect fan fantasies.”

Bain, he adds, has “challenged that silence in a symbolic and powerful way. I believe it marks a major moment”.

But he believes fans may have reacted very differently – “it might have been explosive” – if a member of a global boyband had come out as gay.

“Bain’s case was significant, but his group isn’t as famous [so] it didn’t cause as much stir domestically,” Mr Lim says.

Bain has certainly helped raise awareness, he agrees. “It’s a slow process but we’re seeing more public figures speaking up or content being created around these LGBTQ issues.”

But any immediate change in K-pop or the entertainment industry is unlikely, according to him.

“It’s not just a social issue – it’s a market issue. Male idols usually have a much larger female fanbase… [and] if you find out your favourite male idol is gay, that can shatter the illusion that you could one day be the object of his affection,” said Min Yong-Jun, a pop culture columnist.

“So if they do [come out] they risk shaking the foundation their fandom is built on.”

Bain, however, says his decision would be worth it if even “one person in K-pop gains strength or interest” from it.

“I’ve spent so long pretending… I realised that because I came out, others felt safe to do so too.”

The day he came out, he recalls, several fans approached him, saying they were gay or lesbian, talking about their own identity.

“They thanked me and I thought to myself ‘I should have done this sooner’.”

The first UK concert of rock star Marilyn Manson’s tour has been cancelled after pressure from campaigners and an MP.

The UK leg of his One Assassination Under God Tour had been set to kick off at Brighton Centre on 29 October.

On Saturday, fans who went online to contact Ticketmaster received a message saying “this event has been cancelled”.

In January, prosecutors in the US said they would not file charges against Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, after a long-running investigation into allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence. The singer has repeatedly denied the accusations.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the allegations were too old under the law and the evidence not sufficient to charge the 56-year-old.

LA County sheriff’s detectives had said early in 2021 that they were investigating Manson over alleged incidents between 2009 and 2011 in West Hollywood.

Earlier this month in an open letter to the Brighton and Hove City Council, Sian Berry, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, called for the October concert to be cancelled.

In the letter, which was co-signed by some victim support groups and the University of Sussex students’ union, she wrote: “Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organisations supporting them, will have serious concerns about this booking and its wider impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community.”

The letter, which was posted online, prompted a flood of responses from the public pointing out that Manson had not been found guilty of allegations against him and that a four-year investigation did not lead to charges.

Others branded the call to cancel the gig as censorship.

The message on Saturday from Ticketmaster read: “Ticket sales have stopped but there may be tickets available for other dates.”

Five other UK gigs in October and November are still listed on ticketing websites.

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A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures.

Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas.

A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain’s national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.

Red heat warnings are in force in parts of Portugal, Italy and Croatia, with numerous amber warnings covering areas of Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

In Barcelona, a woman died after completing a shift as a road sweeper on Saturday, when temperatures were very high. Local authorities are investigating her death.

In Italy, emergency departments across the country have reported an uptick in heatstroke cases, mainly affecting “elderly people, cancer patients, or homeless people”, Mario Guarino, vice president of the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine told the AFP news agency.

Hospitals such as the Ospedale dei Colli in Naples have set up dedicated heatstroke pathways to speed up access to vital treatments such as cold water immersion.

The city of Bologna further to the north has set up seven climate shelters with air conditioning and drinking water, while Rome has offered free access to city swimming pools for those over 70.

A pharmacist in Portugal’s capital Lisbon told Reuters news agency that, despite telling people “not to go out” during the hottest hours of the day, “we have already had some cases of heat strokes and burns”.

The severe heat has also affected countries across the western Balkans where temperatures have reached in excess of 40C.

Serbia registered its highest-ever temperature since it began recording them in the 19th century. In Slovenia, the hottest-ever June temperature was recorded on Saturday.

North Macedonia is also sweltering as temperatures reached 42C on Friday.

Some areas will continue to get hotter until the middle of the week, with temperatures rising across France, Germany, Italy and the UK over the next few days.

Yellow and amber alerts are in place for parts of England this weekend, and temperatures in London may reach 35C on Monday.

The heat has been building under a big area of high pressure, with dry air descending and warming.

As that process has continued over a number of days, temperatures have climbed. The area of high pressure will move eastwards over the next few days – taking the high temperatures northwards and eastwards with it.

While it is hard to link individual extreme weather events to climate change, heatwaves are becoming more common and more intense due to climate change.

Scientists at World Weather Attribution, who analyse the influence of climate change on extreme weather events, say June heatwaves with three consecutive days above 28C are about 10 times more likely to occur now compared to pre-industrial times.

The prime minister has condemned UK punk duo Bob Vylan for urging “death” to Israeli troops in what he called “appalling hate speech”.

Glastonbury Festival organisers have also said they were “appalled” after frontman rapper Bobby Vylan led chants of “free, free Palestine” and “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”.

In a statement, Sir Keir Starmer said the BBC had questions to answer over its live broadcast of the group’s performance on Saturday.

A BBC spokesperson previously said some of the comments were “deeply offensive”, adding it had issued a warning on screen about “very strong and discriminatory language”. The set will not be available on BBC iPlayer.

Sir Keir has also criticised Kneecap saying ahead of the festival that their appearance was not “appropriate”. The Irish-language rap group have previously described Israel’s military action in Gaza as a genocide.

He said: “There is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech.

“I said that Kneecap should not be given a platform and that goes for any other performers making threats or inciting violence.”

The prime minister is the latest in a string of cabinet ministers to denounce Bobby Vylan’s comments in the 24 hours since the group appeared at Glastonbury.

Directly after the set, a government spokesperson said Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy had pressed BBC boss Tim Davie for an urgent explanation of the broadcaster’s vetting process.

The government added that it welcomed the decision not to re-broadcast the performance on BBC iPlayer.

Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme earlier, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Bob Vylan’s comments were “revolting”.

He said the “irony of that music festival is that Israelis were taken from a music festival, killed, raped and in some cases are still being held captive”.

“Whether you are Israeli or Palestinian, whether you are Christian, Jewish or Muslim, all life is precious and we’re not going to solve one of the most intractable conflicts on earth with those sorts of stunts,” he added.

Streeting was also asked whether he agreed with the Israeli Embassy, who said the comments raise “concerns about the glorification of violence”.

He said “that is a challenge”, before adding that the embassy should also get its “own house in order”, referencing reports this week of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank after dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village.

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Glastonbury Festival has said Bob Vylan’s statements “very much crossed a line”.

A joint Instagram post from Glastonbury Festival and organiser Emily Eavis on Sunday said the event stood “against all forms of war and terrorism”, and that with almost 4,000 performances on site “there will inevitably be artists and speakers appearing on our stages whose views we do not share”.

“However, we are appalled by the statements made from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan yesterday,” it continued.

“Their chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence.”

Bob Vylan are an English punk duo based in London. Bobby Vylan serves as the singer and guitarist, while Bobbie Vylan is the drummer of the band. Both members use stage names to maintain their privacy and collectively refer to themselves as “the Bobs”.

Antisemitism campaigners said they will formally complain to the BBC over its “outrageous decision” to broadcast the act live.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism group said in a post on X that Glastonbury had “continued its headlong descent into a pit of extremism and hatred, but it is the behaviour of the BBC that is even more dangerous”.

It said it would formally complain to the BBC for broadcasting the performance, as well as that of Kneecap.

The BBC did not run a live broadcast of Kneecap’s set due to editorial concerns around impartiality, but on Sunday announced the set had been made available on iPlayer, with some edits.

It said the content had been edited to ensure it “falls within the limits of artistic expression in line with our editorial guidelines” and any strong language had been signposted with “appropriate warnings”.

Kneecap has made headlines in recent months after rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence.

He is accused of displaying the flag of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig last year. He has denied the charge.

Following sets from both groups, Avon and Somerset Police said it would review footage of comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage.

The force said footage “will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation”.

Kneecap’s highly-charged performance on Saturday was watched by thousands as they hit back at Sir Keir with expletive-laden chants.

Mr Ó hAnnaidh continues to be on bail and will appear at court for the next hearing on 20 August.

Separately on Sunday, the Met Police said it will not pursue prosecution after videos emerged in April appearing to show Kneecap calling for the death of British MPs.

“A range of offences were considered as part of the investigation. However, given the time elapsed between the events in the video and the video being brought to police attention, any potential summary only offences were beyond the statutory time limit for prosecution,” the force said.

Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate from parts of northern Gaza ahead of increased military action, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a ceasefire deal.

People in neighbourhoods across Gaza City and Jabalia have been told to move south towards the coastal area of al-Mawasi as Israeli military operations “intensify and expand westward”.

At least 86 people were killed as the result of Israeli attacks in the 24 hours before midday on Sunday, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

Three children were among those killed in a strike on the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi, their parents said.

Trump has reiterated calls to “make the deal in Gaza” and “get the hostages back”.

On Saturday, Trump had said on Truth Social that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the process of negotiating a deal with Hamas “right now”.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Sunday that the Israeli military was operating in north Gaza “to eliminate terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”.

Medics and residents told Reuters that military bombardments increased in Gaza in the early hours of Sunday, destroying several houses.

Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency told news outlets that at least 23 people had been killed on Sunday alone.

Medics said five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi near the southern city of Khan Younis – an area where people in the north had been told to evacuate to.

Five members of the Maarouf family, including three children, were killed.

“They bombed us while we were sleeping on the ground,” their mother Iman Abu Maarouf said. “We didn’t do anything wrong. My children were killed, and the rest are in intensive care.”

Their father Zeyad Abu Maarouf told Reuters that the family had arrived in the “safe zone” a month ago after Israel told them to go to al-Mawasi.

When asked about the incident, the IDF told the BBC it could not provide a specific response without more information, but said it “follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm”.

Also on Sunday, a 20-year-old IDF soldier, Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, was killed in northern Gaza.

The increased Israeli military action comes as mediators begin new efforts to end the war and release the remaining hostages held by Hamas.

On Thursday, a senior Hamas official told the BBC mediators have intensified their efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled.

Qatari mediators have said they hope US pressure could help to achieve a deal, following a truce between Israel and Iran that ended the 12-day conflict between the countries.

On Sunday, Netanyahu told members of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet that “victory” over Iran opened up many possibilities, “first and foremost, to rescue the hostages”.

“Of course, we will also need to resolve the issue of Gaza, to defeat Hamas, but I believe we will achieve both missions. Beyond that, broad regional opportunities are opening up, in most of which – almost all – you are partners,” he said.

Trump previously said he was hopeful a ceasefire in Gaza could be agreed in the next week.

In March, a two-month ceasefire collapsed when Israel launched fresh strikes on Gaza. It said it wanted to put pressure on Hamas to release its hostages.

Israel also imposed a total blockade on humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza at the start of March, which it partially eased after 11 weeks following pressure from US allies and warnings from global experts that half a million people were facing starvation.

That partial easing included the creation of a US and Israeli-backed aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), after Israel accused Hamas of stealing aid. Hamas has denied this.

GHF’s aid system has been condemned by UN agencies. There have been repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid.

Juliette Touma, communications director for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, told the BBC that the new mechanism was “a killing field”. She said the distribution of aid in an orderly way could only be done through the UN and other humanitarian organisations.

GHF boss Johnnie Moore previously told the BBC World Service’s Newshour he did not deny deaths near aid sites, but said “100% of those casualties are being attributed to close proximity to GHF” and that was “not true”.

The previous ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – which started on 19 January – was set up to have three stages, but did not make it past the first stage.

Stage two included establishing a permanent ceasefire, the return of remaining living hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

Trump has called for ongoing corruption charges against Netanyahu to be dropped, describing proceedings as a “political witch hunt” delaying ceasefire negotiations.

On Sunday, an Israeli court accepted a request by the Israeli prime minister to delay his scheduled testimony for a week, due to diplomatic and security issues.

Netanyahu was charged in 2019 with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, all of which he denies.

Earlier in the week, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Trump should not “intervene in a legal process of an independent state”.

Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

Since then, 56,500 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.

Somebody’s getting fired…

Beyoncé was forced to stop her show in Houston on Saturday night when the car she was sitting in started to tilt mid-air.

The elaborate stage prop – a red Cadillac – is suspended on cables and carries the superstar high over her fans near the end of her Cowboy Carter stadium show.

But during Saturday’s performance, the car started to slowly tilt to one side, leaving the 43-year-old performer clinging to a flag pole for support.

“Stop! Stop, stop, stop stop,” Beyoncé said, bringing an abrupt end to her country ballad, 16 Carriages.

Gasps could be heard from the audience when fans realised what was happening, but then applause as the star was slowly lowered to the ground, smiling and waving to the crowd.

“If ever I fall, I know y’all will catch me,” she said later.

Fans took to social media to post their videos of the frightening moment, commenting with Beyoncé’s now-infamous catchphrase “somebody’s getting fired”, which she quipped on stage during a lighting problem in 2010.

Beyoncé’s company, Parkwood Entertainment, said a “technical mishap” had caused the car to tilt.

“She was quickly lowered and no one was injured. The show continued without incident,” the statement added.

This was not the first prop malfunction Beyoncé has experienced over her years of touring.

Earlier in this tour, a robot supposed to pour her a drink missed its mark, no doubt leaving a puddle of Sir Davis whisky for the crew to clean up. And during her On The Run II tour with husband Jay-Z in 2018, a moving platform broke, forcing Beyoncé to climb down a ladder – in heels and a sequined leotard, no less.

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The performance in her hometown of Houston, Texas, was the 23rd of her 32-show Cowboy Carter tour, which wraps up in Las Vegas next month.

The three-hour extravaganza of chaps and cowboy boots has been lauded for its high-energy and artistry, and has delighted fans with appearances by Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughters, Blue, 13, and Rumi, aged eight.

The show has broken ticket records at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London (the previous record holder was… Beyoncé) and Stade De France in Paris.

A sprawling budget bill in the US Senate could cut health insurance coverage for nearly 12 million Americans and add nearly $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in debt, according to new estimates.

The assessment from the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan federal agency, may complicate Republican efforts to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” in the coming days.

It narrowly cleared a preliminary vote Saturday. Party leaders scrambled to win over lawmakers concerned about debt and the bill’s healthcare cuts, among other issues.

One critic, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, announced on Sunday he would not seek reelection after voting against the president’s signature legislation.

Democratic lawmakers have led criticism of the bill. The CBO numbers calculate $1tn in cuts to healthcare funding if the bill passes.

The latest version of the bill was advanced in a 51-49 Senate vote on Saturday night. Two Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the move.

While senators voted to open debate on the bill, it is unclear whether it has enough support to ultimately pass.

Republicans have a small majority in the Senate with 53 seats. With Vice-President JD Vance holding the tie-breaker vote, the party can only afford three defectors.

Democratic senators are using chamber rules to force a reading of the nearly 1,000-page bill in an attempt to delay a vote on its passage.

Under Senate rules, lawmakers now have 20 hours allocated to debate the bill. It is expected that Democrats will use all of their time to further delay a vote, while Republicans try to speed up the process.

Lawmakers could also propose amendments to the bill. If the revised bill passes the Senate, it still must return to the House of Representatives for final approval before landing on the president’s desk.

Trump has pushed for the bill to clear Congress before a self-imposed 4 July deadline. The White House said failure to pass it would be the “ultimate betrayal”.

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Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he opposes the bill because it raises the US debt limit. Tillis voiced concern that the bill would cost his state billions of dollars in healthcare funding.

Tillis cited cuts the bill proposes to Medicaid, a healthcare programme that is relied on by millions of elderly, disabled and low-income Americans.

These cuts have become a hotly debated issue on both sides of the aisle.

Democratic Senator Mark Warner told CNN on Sunday that the bill will negatively affect millions. “This is tax cuts for the wealthiest to end up cutting healthcare, plain and simple,” he said.

Under the bill, more than 80% of Americans would get a tax cut next year, though wealthier taxpayers would benefit most, including as a percentage of income, according to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center.

Some Republican senators have defended the bill as a needed step for the US government. Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told NBC on Sunday that the legislation aims to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse.

He argued that many Americans using Medicaid are not under the poverty line.

“We don’t pay people in this country to be lazy,” he said. “We want to give them an opportunity. And when they’re going through a hard time, we want to give them a helping hand.”

Some parts of the spending bill were revised in the Senate in order to appease Republican holdouts.

It still contains some of its core components: tax cuts that Trump campaigned on, such as a tax deduction on Social Security benefits, and the elimination of taxes on overtime work and tips.

It would also extend tax cuts passed by Republicans in 2017.

The bill proposes cuts to certain programmes in order to pay for the tax deductions.

On healthcare, the spending bill proposes a work requirement on most adults in order to qualify for benefits.

It also reduces the amount of taxes that states can charge medical providers, the funds from which are used heavily to finance Medicaid programs.

After some Republican senators voiced concern that these cuts would hurt rural hospitals in their districts, lawmakers added a provision in the latest bill that increases the size of a rural hospital relief fund from $15bn to $25bn.

The bill includes restrictions on the US food stamps programme, by asking most adults with children 14 or older to show proof of work in order to qualify.

It also shifts some costs from the federal government to states starting in 2028.

At the age of 80, Rod Stewart has earned the right to do things his way. And if that means turning Glastonbury into a Vegas nightclub for 90 minutes, so be it.

The star played the festival’s coveted “legends slot” on Sunday afternoon, putting on a show resplendent with glittery suits, saxophone solos and special guests – including Stewart’s former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood.

With plenty of gold in his back catalogue to draw on, the setlist was an all-timer, from the new wave synths of Young Turks to the beautiful folk melodies of Maggie May and Sailing.

And if the set veered towards cheese, at least it was well matured – much like Stewart himself.

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He emerged on stage to the sound of Scotland The Brave on bagpipes – a nod to his Scottish father.

He was met by fans wearing frightwigs and waving the flag of his beloved football team Celtic.

Others held aloft signs that said “Rod’s a rascal”, and “Does Nigel Farage think you’re sexy” – in reference to an interview Stewart gave to The Times over the weekend, where he said people should give the Reform leader “a chance”.

At the age of 80, Stewart is one of the oldest artists to perform at the festival, but not the very oldest.

Burt Bacharach played the Pyramid stage in 2015 at the age of 87, while in 2022, Paul McCartney headlined the week after his 80th birthday.

Other artists to have played the legend slot in recent years include Kylie Minogue, Shania Twain, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and Cat Stevens.

In a BBC interview earlier this week, Stewart talked about how he prepared for a major performance like Glastonbury.

“It’s like being a footballer in the FA Cup Final. You’re like, ‘I’ll treat it like any other game’, but it’s not [because] you don’t know what to expect.

“The difference with a football match is half the audience want to see you lose, but with me, everybody wants to see me win.

“So, I’ll be in good voice. I’ll enjoy myself. I don’t care any more what the critics think.”

Despite cancelling a string of shows in the US earlier this month due to illness, the star delivered his 90-minutes with gusto, sweat drenching the frilled white shirt he wore under a black and gold brocade jacket.

On ballads like Tonight’s the Night and First Cut is the Deepest, he found new ways around the melodies, accommodating the cracks and crevices that have appeared in his famously gravelly voice.

And his stage banter was delightfully barmy.

“Here’s one from 1979,” he shouted at one point.

“You guessed it: If You Want My Body, stick it up your bum.”

(The song’s actually called Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, but it’s his tune, so I guess he gets to decide.)

Later, he shared some nuanced political analysis.

“There’s been a lot about the Middle East recently, and quite rightly so, but I want to draw your attention to the Ukraine with this next song, it’s called the Love Train!” he declared.

The song, a cover of The O’Jays classic, is a plea for peace and tolerance that mentions Russia, China, Egypt, England and Israel.

It reflected the idealism of Stewart’s post-war rock and rollers, but the audience didn’t seem to mind the simplicity of the message. They just wanted to dance.

They got the chance during classics like Baby Jane and Forever Young, which even included a ceildh breakdown, courtesy of the star’s talented backing band.

After his third costume change, Stewart pulled a scrap of paper from his pocket for an “important announcement”.

Reading from the note, he wished a happy 90th birthday to Glastonbury founder Sir Michael Eavis, whose daughter Emily pushed him onstage in a wheelchair.

Sir Michael waved to the crowd, eliciting a huge round of applause, and Stewart leaned in to give him a hug.

“Let’s dedicate this one to him,” he announced, striking up the opening chords to I Don’t Want To Talk About It.

When everyone joined in the chorus, Sir Michael looked delighted.

After that, guest stars arrived in quick succession. Mick Hucknall for a duet on If You Don’t Know Me By Now, Ronnie Wood for Stay With Me and Lulu for Hot Legs.

“You’re killing it,” declared Lulu, resplendent in a white tassled suit, leaning in for a hug. “We’d make a great couple.”

The set ended with Sailing, the mega-ballad that took Stewart to the top of the charts in 1976 – while his backing singers pulled on sailors’ caps.

It was charming, it was silly, it was immensely enjoyable.

If Stewart had taken this legend slot to sea, sure, it would have been a diamond-encrusted cruise ship.

But when the water’s this smooth, it has a beauty all of its own.

President Donald Trump has said he has a buyer for TikTok, the video-sharing app that was banned in the US amid claims it posed a national security risk.

In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of “very wealthy people” willing to acquire the platform. “I’ll tell you in about two weeks,” he teased.

A sale would need approval from the Chinese government, but Trump told Fox he thought President Xi Jinping “will probably do it”.

This month Trump delayed for a third time the enforcement of a law mandating TikTok’s sale.

The latest extension requires parent company ByteDance to reach a deal to sell the platform by 17 September.

The BBC has contacted TikTok for comment.

A previous deal to sell TikTok to an American buyer fell apart in April, when the White House clashed with China over Trump’s tariffs.

It is not clear if the current buyer Trump says he has has lined up is the same as the one who was waiting in the wings three months ago.

The US Congress passed a law forcing TikTok’s sale in April last year, with lawmakers citing fears that the app or its parent company could hand over US user data to the Chinese government, which TikTok denied.

Trump had criticised the app during his first term, but came to see it as a factor in his 2024 election win and now supports its continued use in the US.

The law was supposed to take effect on 19 January, but Trump has repeatedly delayed its enforcement through executive actions, moves that have drawn criticism for overruling congressional lawmakers.

TikTok challenged the constitutionality of the law, but lost its appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said.

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but “not total” damage, contradicting Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated”.

“Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there,” Grossi said on Saturday.

Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran on 13 June, claiming Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon.

The US later joined the strikes, dropping bombs on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.

Since then, the true extent of the damage has been unclear.

On Saturday, Grossi told CBS News, the BBC’s US media partner, that Tehran could have “in a matter of months… a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium”.

He added that Iran still possessed the “industrial and technological capacities… so if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again.”

The IAEA is not the first body to suggest that Iran’s nuclear abilities could still continue – earlier this week, a leaked preliminary Pentagon assessment found the US strikes probably only set the programme back by months.

It is possible, however, that future intelligence reports will include more information showing a different level of damage to the facilities.

Trump retorted furiously by declaring that Iran’s nuclear sites were “completely destroyed” and accused the media of “an attempt to demean one of the most successful military strikes in history”.

For now, Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire.

But Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran again if intelligence found that it could enrich uranium to concerning levels.

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Sunday that Tehran was not convinced Israel would abide by the ceasefire.

“We did not start the war, but we have responded to the aggressor with all our power, and as we have serious doubts over the enemy’s compliance with its commitments including the ceasefire, we are ready to respond with force” if attacked again, Mousavi was quoted as saying by state TV.

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Iran, on the other hand, has sent conflicting messages on how much damage was caused.

In a speech on Thursday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strikes had achieved nothing significant. Its foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, however, said “excessive and serious” damage was done.

Iran’s already-strained relationship with the IAEA was further challenged on Wednesday, when its parliament moved to suspend cooperation with the atomic watchdog, accusing the IAEA of siding with Israel and the US.

Tehran has rejected the IAEA’s request to inspect the damaged facilities, and on Friday, Araghchi said on X that “Grossi’s insistence on visiting the bombed sites under the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and possibly even malign in intent”.

Israel and the US attacked Iran after the IAEA last month found Tehran to be in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years.

Iran insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful, and for civilian use only.

Despite the Iranian refusal to work with his organisation, Grossi said that he hoped he could still negotiate with Tehran.

“I have to sit down with Iran and look into this, because at the end of the day, this whole thing, after the military strikes, will have to have a long-lasting solution, which cannot be but a diplomatic one,” he said.

Under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Iran was not permitted to enrich uranium above 3.67% purity – the level required for fuel for commercial nuclear power plants – and was not allowed to carry out any enrichment at its Fordo plant for 15 years.

However, Trump abandoned the agreement during his first term in 2018, saying it did too little to stop a pathway to a bomb, and reinstated US sanctions.

Iran retaliated by increasingly breaching the restrictions – particularly those relating to enrichment. It resumed enrichment at Fordo in 2021 and had amassed enough 60%-enriched uranium to potentially make nine nuclear bombs, according to the IAEA.

Temperatures have once again hit 31C (88F) in London as a new heatwave continues to build.

An amber heat health alert is in place for many areas and runs until 18:00 BST on Tuesday, with temperatures set to peak at 33C in some parts of the UK on Monday and possibly at 34C in London on Tuesday.

The east of England and the Midlands have seen highs of up to 27C, according to the Met Office.

This is the second amber alert in two weeks and means weather impacts are “likely to be felt across the whole health service”.

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The head of extreme events and health protection at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) urged people to check on those who are more vulnerable and take “sensible precautions while enjoying the sun”.

The alert stretches across London, the East Midlands, South East, South West and East of England.

A yellow heat alert, less serious than amber, has also been issued for Yorkshire and Humber as well as the West Midlands. It denotes “significant impacts” for the health and social care services.

The highest temperature recorded on Sunday was at St James’s Park in central London, which had readings of 31C.

The UKHSA has warned that “much of the country will see temperatures in the early to mid-30s” at the height of the heatwave on Monday.

Higher temperatures will begin to spread to more of England and east Wales from Monday which “with light winds will feel humid and more uncomfortable”, said BBC Weather forecaster Darren Bett.

“32 or 33C is likely in the Midlands, Lincolnshire, East Anglia and southeast England,” he added.

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Glastonbury organisers have issued heat advice for people packing up tents and leaving the site as the festival winds down.

“To avoid queues and the heat, leave between midnight tonight and 6am Monday” they said in a post on their website on Sunday, ahead of expected sweltering temperatures.

A reading at the Yeovilton weather station near Glastonbury showed temperatures reached 26.4C on Sunday.

The hottest year for the festival was 2017, when highs of 30C saw dozens of people being treated by paramedics.

Wimbledon, which kicks off on Monday, is expected to see its hottest opening day on record.

Most parts of the UK will be a little cooler on Tuesday. But in London temperatures could hit 34C.

The country’s current record high for June rests at 35.6C, set in Southampton’s Mayflower Park in 1957 and again at Camden Square in North London in 1976.

Darren Farmer, director of operations at London Ambulance Service, has warned “it’s really, really important to keep hydrated” and to “keep away from alcohol” in the heat.

Keeping out of direct sunlight in the middle of the day and taking your medication in a timely manner are also key, Farmer added.

Carrie Johnson, wife of former prime minister Boris Johnson, has urged breast-feeding mothers in particular to stay hydrated after she was hospitalised for two nights for severe dehydration.

London Fire Brigade have warned of the increased risk of wildfires as temperatures rise and have urged people to take precautions when outdoors.

The heatwave is expected to be over by Wednesday when temperatures will drop significantly.

With a band of cloud over East Anglia and southeast England there will be the potential for heavy rain and thunderstorms.

Next weekend, instead of another heatwave we are more likely to have some rain – which for many will be a welcome sight.

When it emerged that last weekend a convicted paedophile had organised a fake wedding to a nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris, many people were perplexed.

Who would do such a thing? How was it even possible? The BBC understands it was the latest bizarre stunt by Jacky Jhaj – a British man I have been investigating for two years.

He first came to my attention after a tip off from a teenage girl came out of the blue in 2023.

She was horrified that she had come face to face with a paedophile who she had been hired to fawn over.

She was too terrified of him to go on the record – but I tracked down a number of aspiring actors who had also been directed to scream at Jhaj while he was parading down a red carpet, and reach out to try and touch him.

In all, 200 children and young women had been recruited by reputable casting agencies to play Jhaj’s fans at a fake film premiere in London’s Leicester Square that year. Some were as young as six.

Towards the end of the event someone recognised Jhaj – who had previously been found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016 and sent to prison.

The fake red carpet was one of a litany of stunts he has organised since his release which often involve casting girls as his fans.

All have been organised at great expense, while he was on the Sex Offenders Register and subject to restrictions on his activities.

For the mock-wedding at Disneyland Paris a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl was flown in to play his bride.

The theme park can be privately rented outside of its opening hours and actors had been booked at great cost to be there – one received £10,000.

The BBC understands that Jacky Jhaj, 39, who is from west London, has now been charged by French authorities in connection with organising the event.

Over the past two years I’ve set out to try and understand how he has been able to carry out these stunts and why there are not more stringent rules preventing them.

Many have taken place at high profile British landmarks – including the British Museum, the Royal Exchange in London and the University of Oxford.

They also typically involve young people being hired to act as his fans in elaborate productions.

Videos of some of them were uploaded to a YouTube channel which was watched more than six million times and had 12 million subscribers.

Many remained on YouTube for years until last September, when the BBC alerted Google, which owns the platform.

A video on a separate channel showed him next to one of the victims he was convicted of sexual activity with – with her face anonymised. It had remained on YouTube for four years with more than a million views.

Google told the BBC at the time that it takes users’ safety seriously but offered no explanation as to how an account featuring a man with almost no profile or success had 12 million subscribers, or why the videos had not been previously removed.

Clips on social media sites appear to cast Jhaj as a successful writer and singer and are often styled as music videos.

Many are highly concerning – some feature him posing with young children and weapons. It is not clear if the guns are real or fake.

Others revel in his infamy. In one, he is greeted by fans apparently celebrating his release from Wormwood Scrubs prison.

I wanted to know how he had organised the stunts – and if he had received help.

Over the past two years, I have spoken to videographers, production assistants and technicians who were hired for some of the events before they discovered Jhaj’s real identity.

One man repeatedly appears in videos they shared with me.

We have been sent images and footage of him at three of the stunts by people who described him as assisting the choreographer hired for dance auditions, and apparently filming.

At a different event last year, he was confronted by duped cast members who recognised Jhaj from our reports and showed him the online article.

The cast members filmed him acknowledging that Jhaj is a convicted sex offender but he says he is his “friend” and is now “free”.

At this event Jhaj was filmed posing naked in front of a mocked-up BBC News lorry in London which had been set on fire.

Jhaj had initially appeared there disguised by prosthetics – before he removed them and was identified as the man from our story.

Preliminary findings from the French prosecutor also said that make-up artists had allegedly changed the organiser’s facial features dramatically at the Disneyland event.

How Jhaj funds his stunts – which involve extraordinary costs on venue hire, casts and props – is a mystery.

One production hired a tank, while in another a mock police car was set on fire.

The booking of Disneyland Paris alone would have cost more than €130,000 (£110,000), according to the French broadcaster BFMTV.

I was also told that hiring the red carpet space that is the home of movie premieres in Leicester Square would have required tens of thousands of pounds.

Jhaj was listed as a director of a business that was wound up in 2016 – but there is no other obvious source of money.

I also wanted to know how he had been able to carry out these events while subject to a sexual harm prevention order.

We have seen a copy of it. It lists ten restrictions on his activities – but does not appear to explicitly prohibit the stunts he had organised.

The order restricts Jhaj from contacting his previous victims, entering public places for the use of children and deliberately contacting any girl under the age of 16.

However, there is no blanket ban on hosting events with children under 16 if they are supervised – as was the case with the Leicester Square stunt, where some adults attended as chaperones.

I also wanted to know who, if anyone, was responsible for monitoring convicted paedophiles.

Following my first report, a police officer who helped monitor Jhaj rang me, asking for information on his movements.

He said he was responsible for managing the whereabouts of dozens of offenders – and it was challenging work.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council advise that the minimum safe staffing levels at which paedophiles should be monitored is one officer to every 50 offenders.

The Metropolitan Police’s average offender management ratio was one officer to 40 offenders – well within the benchmark.

I asked other forces what their ratios were and some never replied. But 10 out of 26 forces failed to meet this benchmark, according to Freedom of Information requests received last year.

At one force, officers were responsible for monitoring 85 offenders each on average.

Some forces defended their resourcing – arguing that these are advisory levels only and also dependent on risk assessments of offenders.

But successfully managing 50 sex offenders is “impossible” according to Jonathan Taylor, a safeguarding expert and former child abuse investigator.

“I feel so sorry for the officers”, he says. “It’s a poisoned chalice – one of the paedophiles will re-offend. This case also highlights concerns about a lack of safeguarding in entertainment and tech companies enabling these types of offenders.”

The BBC understands that Jhaj is currently detained in French custody. The local prosecutor there says the Ukrainian girl involved in Saturday’s stunt had not been a victim of either physical or sexual violence and had not been forced to play the role of a bride.

His statement also said Disneyland Paris had been “deceived” and that the organiser had used a fake Latvian ID to hire the venue.

The BBC approached Disneyland Paris for comment – they did not respond.

The Metropolitan Police said that a 39-year-old man is wanted by them for breaching restrictions placed on his activities, and is also separately being investigated for “any possible” fraud offences.