7+ min ago (535+ words) Up-and-coming Latin music star and influencer Delarosa has been killed in an ambush-style shooting in Los Angeles. The shooting, which killed Delarosa and critically wounded two others, took place in Northridge, in the San Fernando Valley, just before 1.30am on Saturday morning. Officials from the LA Police Department (LAPD) identified the music star as 22-year-old Maria De La Rosa on Monday as part of a continuing investigation into the shooting. The LAPD says gunmen approached a parked car on foot and began shooting multiple rounds at the passengers, in what they suspect was a gang-related attack. In a statement released on Monday, the LAPD said: "Witnesses described seeing two male suspects approach a vehicle that was parked on Bryant Street, "Multiple rounds were fired at several victims who were parked in the area in their vehicle." Investigators said there were three…...

27+ min ago (817+ words) A billionaire Malaysian businessman has described the moment he was "rushed" by London robbers on Lime bikes who snatched his luxury watch from his wrist. Vinod Sekhar, 57, was ambushed by two men as he got out of his car near to his daughter's home in Battersea, southwest London, with the thieves targeting his luxury Richard Mille timepiece. The tycoon says he was "smothered", struck on the chest and thighs, and left bloodied and bruised in the mugging which happened on September 27. And he praised his "lioness" wife Winy who swung bags at the thieves in a bid to fend them off. At Kingston crown court last week, 34-year-old Djamel Benadda pleaded guilty to the robbery, as well as stealing a wallet last November and handing stolen cash and watches. He disputes the value of Mr Sekhar's watch, which prosecutors say…...

39+ min ago (748+ words) Author and historian Rutger Bregman has accused the BBC of censorship after the corporation removed a line about the US president from a broadcast of his Reith Lecture, A Time Of Monsters. It comes in the wake of controversy at the corporation after Donald Trump threatened the BBC with a billion-dollar lawsuit over an edit that spliced parts of his January 6 2021 speech together in a Panorama episode from 2024. In posts to his social media platforms, Dutch academic Bregman, author of Utopia For Realists, said the corporation removed a line in which he described Mr Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history. The BBC said it removed the sentence from the lecture "on legal advice, but Bregman said the sentence "wasn't a baseless accusation. Bregman, 37, delivered his lecture in full to a live audience in London last month…...

41+ min ago (854+ words) West Ham find themselves outside the Premier League relegation zone for the first time since August after their 2-2 draw with Bournemouth last weekend. Nuno Espirito Santo has not provided a quick fix, but he has brought stability and purpose to a side that was drifting dangerously under Graham Potter. Nuno, in his own softly-spoken manner, has pleaded patience throughout his time in charge so far. With seven points from their last three games, his composure at a time of increasing tension around the club has helped put them on the right path. The Portuguese coach has experimented, arguably at times to a fault, but he has also left the door open for players previously cast aside. That flexibility has given the likes of Callum Wilson, who has three goals in his last two games, Andy Irving and Luis Guilherme a…...

48+ min ago (632+ words) A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into illegal tipping of waste at a site near the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, the Environment Agency (EA) said. The dumping of a 150-metre long mountain of waste in a field alongside the A34 in Kidlington, raising risks of pollution into the nearby river, provoked widespread outrage and has been declared a "critical incident" by the EA. The EA said co-operation between officers from its major investigation team and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit led to the arrest of a 39-year-old man from the Guildford area on Tuesday. The EA found significant amounts of what is thought to be household and commercial waste including shredded paper, card and plastic when it first attended the scene in early July, and issued a cease and desist letter to stop further tipping....

54+ min ago (412+ words) Bayern Munich have a decision to make in attack ahead of the trip to Arsenal in the Champions League. The German giants hold a fearsome record against Premier League title favourites Arsenal, winning four and drawing one of their last five appearances - including three 5-1 victories. But this Arsenal side is made of far sterner stuff, and Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany will know his team will have to be at their best to avoid heading back to Bavaria empty-handed. Former Tottenham talisman Harry Kane will no doubt be desperate to again hand Arsenal a tough Champions League lesson, while Nicolas Jackson, on loan from Chelsea, will be equally keen to impress against a familiar foe. Luis Diaz's suspension - he was sent off against Paris Saint-Germain - complicates matters, but there is hope that former Gunners star Serge Gnabry will be fit…...

54+ min ago (360+ words) Arsenal have been handed a huge boost after Martin Odegaard training ahead of their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich. Odegaard has been sidelined since early October with a knee injury but is closing in on a return and is pushing to make his comeback at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Viktor Gyokeres is still not back in training, having missed the last three Arsenal games with the hamstring injury he suffered at Burnley on November 1. Arsenal have been short on attacking players over the past month, but their injury crisis is finally easing. Gabriel Martinelli and Noni Madueke both returned to the Arsenal squad at the weekend for the 4-1 win over Tottenham, with the latter coming off the bench for the final 12 minutes. Gabriel Jesus is back in full training, but Mikel Arteta has hinted that he will play a…...

56+ min ago (658+ words) A minister has torn into talk of a coronation for Wes Streeting to become Labour leader as the party was gripped with fresh tensions over a possible coup against Sir Keir Starmer. Health minister Karin Smyth said she was "fed up" with the latest speculation of a move to oust the Prime Minister and install Mr Streeting as Prime Minister in No10. She insisted that Health Secretary Mr Streeting, MP for Ilford North, was totally focused on driving down NHS waiting lists, improving access to GPs and other changes in the health service. But Mr Streeting's supporters were said to be plotting to push for him to have a coronation as Labour leader, rather than a fierce battle against an MP on the Left of the party, with former Cabinet minister Angela Rayner expected to stand if there was a contest....

1+ hour, 2+ min ago (526+ words) Pre-packaged milkshakes and lattes are expected to be hit by the sugar tax in an announcement from the Health Secretary. Wes Streeting is expected to tell the Commons on Tuesday that the Government will end the exemption for milk-based drinks from the existing tax on sugary drinks. The move will affect packaged milkshakes and coffees, but not drinks made in cafes and restaurants. It follows a Government consultation on the issue looking at removing the exemption for milk-based drinks while introducing a "lactose allowance" to account for the natural sugars in the milk component of the drinks. Ministers have also been looking at removing the exemption for milk substitute drinks with "added sugars" beyond those sugars derived from the principal ingredient, such as oats or rice. The sugar tax, also known as the soft drinks industry levy (SDIL), is a…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (891+ words) A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a man who allegedly chased four officers with a chainsaw and attempted to murder them following a car crash. Liridon Kastrati, 32, is accused of ramming a car into a marked police vehicle and then brandishing a chainsaw at officers in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in broad daylight on May 6 2024 at about 1.30pm. The High Court in Paisley previously heard that Kastrati, who does not hold a UK driving licence, took his brother's car, and it is alleged he drove it at "excessive speed" before mounting the pavement and colliding with a marked police car with two police officers inside. Kastrati is then alleged to have pulled a chainsaw out of a bag, started it, and wielded it at officers while shouting and swearing before eventually putting the chainsaw down and being…...