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De aanval vond plaats in Kwara, een centraal gelegen regio in Nigeria. Het geweld is nog niet opgeëist door een bepaalde groepering.

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MPs say release of papers on Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador could trigger leadership challenge

Labour MPs have warned that Keir Starmer’s days as prime minister are numbered after a day of fury over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The government was on the brink of a defeat in the Commons until a mid-debate amendment brokered by Meg Hillier and Angela Rayner to force the release of documents about Mandelson’s appointment and the depth of his relationship with the convicted child sex offender.

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If Les Bleus click, the results could be spectacular against a much-altered Ireland with umpteen questions to answer

The Six Nations is kicking off on a Thursday this year to avoid a direct clash with the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. In at least one key respect, even so, the two events are perfectly aligned: one early stumble for France or Ireland and a potentially painful descent awaits.

Despite the possibility of first‑night nerves and some Parisian drizzle it should still make for more intriguing viewing on ITV1 than the alternative of Dragons’ Den and The Apprentice on BBC One. Unless, of course, France are so far out of sight inside 40 minutes that they cannot be caught and the audience are free to switch over in good time to watch Sir Alan Sugar say: “You’re fired!”

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The documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center. Three days later, the president announced he was shutting it down

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Has anyone seen Melania (the film) yet? I have. I went to watch it on Friday morning. The idea was to interview other people watching the movie: to get a sense of why they wanted to see it, how they felt about Melania, how weird they were, etc.

It didn’t really work that well in the end, because most of the crowd at the AMC in midtown Manhattan were journalists trying to do the exact same thing as me. As far as I could tell, three non-reporters attended our showing. Of the two who agreed to talk to me, one was there because he had a monthly movie theater pass, and the other was a man who, without wanting to be too unkind, had a very low bar for compelling drama. (“I think it’s interesting just to kind of see, you know, how her life really is, at least to some extent,” this person told me.)

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Elizabeth Zharoff kwam hier vaker langs op Sargasso, omdat ze fantastisch commentaar kan geven over mensen die ze hoort zingen, in alle stijlen. Ze kwam hier zelfs een keer langs waarbij ze zichzelf bekeek en beoordeelde, want de dame was niet-onverdienstelijk operazangeres in een eerder leven.

Momenteel is ze vooral actief op Social Media, hoewel ze ook onderzoek doet naar wat er gebeurt in iemands keel die aan het grunten is – maar heeft ze gelukkig ook nog tijd om af en toe zelf iets te zingen. Omdat ze naast zelfverklaard vocal nerd ook een game nerd is, zingt ze hier een stuk uit het computerspel Final Fantasy VIII. Om op te letten: er zijn geen instrumenten gebruikt, alles wat je hoort is haar stem.