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Katy Perry reflected on her public breakup from Orlando Bloom and growing relationship with Justin Trudeau in a new interview. The singer told People that she credits her Lifetimes Tour for connecting her to the former Canadian prime minister. Perry explained that “last year was really hard,” however the tour gave her the opportunity to find a new sense of self. “I learned how to step back into my purpose,” she said. “And I got the greatest gift from this tour: I got to meet the love of my life.”  She added of the tour, which kicked off in April…

The prosecution: Benny double quotation markWe’ve had little flies buzzing around – I know they’re coming from the recycling My girlfriend, Robin, likes to keep the recycling on a ledge above the counter in our kitchen, instead of taking it straight outside. I absolutely hate it. It’s not just empty cereal boxes or clean bottles – we have a dog, so there are often empty dog food cans too. There’s always a bit of food left around the edges, and if they’re left for long enough they start to smell and attract flies. It’s gross.If recycling has any food residue…

Felix Omoh-Asun in Benin City Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has accused the state House of Assembly of not executing constituency projects despite the release of funds by the executive. The governor, who was explaining the reason behind the recent amendment of the Financial Autonomy Law of the Edo State House of Assembly and the Judicial Autonomy Law, when traditional rulers from Esan South East Local Government Area, led by the Onojie of Ubiaja, His Royal Highness Curtis Iredia Eidinojie I, visited him at the Government House in Benin City, said the amendment was aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, and…

Fidelis David in Akure Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, yesterday flagged off the payment of N3.82 billion gratuities to 985 retirees of the state public service, covering the 2020 batch and outstanding beneficiaries from 2015 to 2019. The beneficiaries comprise 509 retirees from the 2020 batch and 476 from the 2015–2019 batches, drawn from the mainstream civil service, secondary school teaching and non-teaching staff, and parastatals across the state. Governor Aiyedatiwa described the exercise as “a debt of honour being discharged” to those who devoted their productive years to the service of Ondo State. The governor said his administration inherited billions…

•As DISCOs meter 308,106 Nigerians in 2 months By Ediri Ejoh The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, yesterday said the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, in Nigeria delivered about 308,106 meters to their customers between May and June 2026. In its latest Metering Status of Distribution Companies Factsheet for May and June 2026, NERC said total active customers rose by 0.55 percent to 12.59 million in June 2026 against 12.52 million recorded in May 2026, adding that total metered customers stood at 7,743,839, leaving roughly 4.85 million customers still unmetered. The regulator said the data reflects “continued progress in customer metering…

The world’s leading weather organization is sounding the alarm about this year’s super El Niño, issuing its most certain forecast in the history of the organization.In an update issued early Thursday, the World Meteorological Organization predicted a “nearly 100% likelihood” that the El Niño will last through February. The strong language from the World Meteorological Organization—the United Nations’ weather and climate agency—underlies just how historic this El Niño is shaping up to be.“This is the first time that a WMO El Niño/La Niña Update has been so unequivocal,” the agency says, noting that certainty reflects “the strong agreement within WMO’s…

Former veterans minister Tobias Ellwood has said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) deliberately withheld information about the medical records of Cold War veterans who oversaw nuclear tests.Ellwood told BBC Newsnight he now believes some information he gave to Parliament about the UK’s nuclear programme, based on MoD briefings, was “a complete lie”.Veterans have campaigned for the release of their medical histories, arguing blood and urine test results could help them prove that nuclear exposure damaged their health.An MoD spokesperson said the government had conducted an “extensive records discovery exercise” to address questions about the programme, with its findings published in…

A floating “island” in a reservoir in British Columbia has turned up about 20 miles (32km) from where it was last spotted, after seeming to vanish in July.The organisation that manages the reservoir says it initially believed the discovery was a “hoax”.BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to track its journey and looked into why it travelled such a distance – as Jake Horton reports.Produced by Krystal Campos. Graphic by Sally Nicholls

One of Germany’s fallen giants, Schalke are back in the Bundesliga after a complicated few years.

EXCLUSIVE: An unusual short-form scripted format from New Zealand is headed to MIPCOM with Israel’s Yes Studios. Alibi is a seven-part, 15-minutes per episode crime series in which the same story is told from multiple perspectives. Produced by Plus6Four Entertainment for pubcaster TVNZ, it is set in the fictional town of Awatahi in New Zealand, where 17-year-old Jodie Hunter is found dead. The six main suspects then give then versions of events to provide their alibi, with each followed over an episode. The eps can be watched in any order, with the seventh and final one revealing the truth. Alibi…