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The 26-year-old Nepalese man who came to the UAE four years ago will split the life-changing jackpot with four friends who regularly pooled money to buy lottery ticketsFor years, five friends working in the UAE shared a common goal of building better lives for themselves and their families. Along the way, they also shared lottery tickets, celebrated small wins and encouraged one another to keep believing. On May 27, that belief paid off in a life-changing way.Nepalese expat Tayab Khan, a 26-year-old security guard based in Abu Dhabi’s Ruwais Industrial Area, became the face of the Dh30-million win after the…
Watch: Trump tells BBC Netanyahu did not defy himIsrael’s tit-for-tat strikes with Iran over the weekend, despite US President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold fire, threatened to thrust the Middle East back into another round of direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington.Israel bombed sites in Iran for the first time since a ceasefire in April, after Iran fired missiles at Israel, in what Tehran said was retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.The current web of fractious alliances and dysfunctional ceasefires shows how dangerously destabilised the region remains, more than three months after the…
Watch: Trump tells BBC Netanyahu did not defy himIn a call with the US president, the BBC’s Sarah Smith asked Trump about the war in Iran and his relationship with the Israeli leader.1 hr agoMiddle East
Watch: Southern Lights timelapse filmed from spaceThis occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.4 hrs agoScience & Environment
ReutersApple has announced a significant overhaul of its digital assistant, unveiling Siri AI, which the company promised would offer a better artificial intelligence experience for users.The iPhone maker also announced on Monday a suite of changes to its trust and safety features that it said would help keep kids safer when using Apple products.The announcements were made at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), slated to be Tim Cook’s last as CEO before he steps down in September after 15 years at the helm.Cook will be replaced by John Ternus, who has been a major presence at WWDC but…
Has Trump lost control of the Iran war?For the first time since the start of a precarious ceasefire two months ago, Israel and Iran have traded missile strikes.59 mins agoWorld
BBCAdult magazines, films and telephone chat lines helped build Sullivan’s fortuneThe former West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan once described himself as a “collector of women, like some people collect stamps”.”I can have up to three a day but some days I don’t have any – it depends how I feel and what else is happening,” he told a newspaper interviewer in 1989. “I have a desire to make love to most women.”The billionaire businessman made a fortune from selling sex in the pre-internet world of adult magazines, films, telephone chat lines and newspapers filled with topless glamour models and…
ReutersSam Bankman-Fried was sentenced two years ago to 25 years in jail Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time giant in cryptocurrencies currently in prison for fraud, has applied for a pardon from President Donald Trump.Bankman-Fried was given a 25-year sentence after he was convicted of multiple federal charges related to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that he founded and led, and its related company Alameda Research.Just two years into that sentence, the 34-year-old former billionaire has now filed an application for pardon after completion of sentence to the Department of Justice, according to online records.Should Bankman-Fried ultimately receive a pardon, his crimes would…
‘He said I could be one of his special friends’: Ex-model tells BBC about meeting with David SullivanWarning: this story includes descriptions of alleged sexual misconduct and explicit languageMultiple women have accused billionaire businessman and West Ham co-owner David Sullivan of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were teenagers.The allegations from seven women have been uncovered in a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and the Times and span decades, starting in the 1980s. All come from women who were in their late teens or early twenties and were young models seeking work…
Getty ImagesSir Idris is best known for The Wire and Luther, and also appears in the new Masters of the Universe filmBritish actor Sir Idris Elba has said that James Bond shouldn’t become “woke” and that some audiences would not accept a black male playing 007.Sir Idris, who has previously said that he was “never in the race” to play the famous spy despite years of rumours, told GQ that he was nevertheless flattered by the suggestion.He said that Bond “was written how he was written for a reason”, but added he was “complimented” by being linked to the role.”In…