As human rights advocate is treated in Tehran hospital after transfer from Zanjan prison, prize winners demand her freedom

More than 110 Nobel laureates have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian human rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate, after she was transferred to hospital amid concerns over her rapidly deteriorating health.

In a statement released on Tuesday, 112 Nobel laureates urged the Iranian authorities and the international community to act “without delay” to secure Mohammadi’s release and ensure her continued access to medical treatment.

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Two decades after it opened in a multi-storey in Peckham in London, the space has redrawn the map for how to present art – with rooftop cocktails and the pink staircase that launched a thousand selfies

It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when rooftop bars weren’t really a thing. A time before pop-ups and contemporary outdoor sculpture parks. A time even, if you can bear to think of it, before immersive art. Way back in 2007, there was none of that – the UK was an experiential art wasteland. And then Bold Tendencies showed up, chucked a whole load of sculptures in a multi-storey Peckham car park, painted a staircase bright pink, built a cocktail bar on the roof, and changed everything.

Now going into its 20th summer season, Bold Tendencies is celebrating two decades of sometimes sun-drenched, often windswept and drizzly arts programming. In that time, it has welcomed more than 3 million visitors into its concrete edifice behind Peckhamplex cinema, commissioned dozens of new artworks, hosted countless recitals and performances, built an auditorium and a concert hall, and drawn the roadmap for countless art experiences that have come in its wake.

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Horses seized and several people questioned after animal rights activist shares video of race along country roads

A video showing an illegal horse race in Sicily, with spectators firing pistols into the air and brandishing Kalashnikov rifles, has prompted a police investigation that has led to the seizure of the animals.

The clip, reportedly filmed last Friday, shows two jockeys driving horse-drawn carts at breakneck speed along country roads in the town of Palagonia, near Catania, in eastern Sicily. Behind them, dozens of people follow on scooters, firing shots into the air. The footage was posted on social media by an animal rights activist named Enrico Rizzi.

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Deal was expected by end of month but talks hit buffers over cap on number of people entering UK and tuition fees

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Significant gaps remain in negotiations on the reset in relations between the UK and the EU despite Keir Starmer’s latest pledge to put Britain “at the heart of Europe” after last week’s election drubbing.

The UK wants to limit the number of young people from the EU who come into the country as part of a post-Brexit youth mobility scheme to below 50,000, it has emerged.

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Ivan Zhdanov, who served as FBK’s CEO from July 2022 until his removal in September, called for an internal audit of the organization after claiming in a recent interview that former chairman Leonid Volkov had hired “fictitious employees.”

F1.com examines how Kimi Antonelli's pattern of points scored so far in 2026 has proven to be the strongest since another Mercedes driver's run one decade ago.

BORK!BORK!BORK! "Let's cross this one off your list" are words to strike fear into the hearts of many a Windows user, particularly when they appear on some Post Office digital signage. Spotted by an eagle-eyed Register reader in East Dulwich, London, the screen is one of two public displays designed to entertain and inform customers waiting to be ignored by a member of staff. The Post Office is a place where objects can be sent and forms completed or collected. It is normally identifiable by a queue of depressed citizens snaking toward (and sometimes beyond) the door, and an impressive ability to have not quite enough staff to ensure all available positions are open. Here, Windows is thankfully relegated to serving up information rather than the all-important task of announcing available counters. The English may be patient queuers, but even they would baulk at a mechanical voice declaring "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL", followed by the news that Windows needed to dump its memory before service could resume. That said, using Microsoft's finest to run an information screen does seem overkill. "I've always been amazed that a full-fat OS is used on a system that only has to perform a trivial function," our reader noted, and we'd have to agree, particularly when Windows, in this instance, doesn't even seem able to do that right. The message, in theory, is helpful. Windows needs an update and is politely asking when a good time would be. The problem is that, without a keyboard and mouse is available nobody in the queue can help. And, frankly, Windows shouldn't need to ask. Considering the opening times of the average Post Office, there is plenty of time when the doors are locked, and there are no punters on hand to witness the operating system giving itself a jolly good update, with a cheeky reboot or two to finish the job. ®

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Het gerechtshof in Amsterdam heeft dj Tiësto dinsdag in hoger beroep in het gelijk gesteld in een rechtszaak die hij had aangespannen tegen een Amerikaans advocatenkantoor wegens onjuist fiscaal advies. Advocatenkantoor Greenberg Traurig moet de Nederlandse dj, die eigenlijk Tijs Verwest heet, daarom een schadevergoeding betalen van bijna 17 miljoen euro. Ook de proceskosten van in totaal bijna 35.000 euro zijn voor rekening van het advocatenkantoor.

Tiësto had het advocatenkantoor aangeklaagd omdat het hem in 2012 verkeerd had voorgelicht over zijn belastingaangifte. Omdat hij dat jaar vaker dan een bepaalde dagenlimiet in de Verenigde Staten verbleef, had hij als fiscaal inwoner van de VS meer belasting moeten betalen, maar een fiscalist van Greenberg Traurig had hem daarover onjuist voorgelicht. De belastingaangiftes van de dj waren daardoor aanvankelijk onjuist ingediend. Toen de dj dat in 2018 ontdekte, vroeg hij de Amerikaanse belastingdienst om dit te corrigeren. Daarop moest hij extra belasting en een boete betalen.

In 2024 probeerde de dj het van oorsprong Amerikaanse bedrijf, dat ook een kantoor in Amsterdam heeft, voor het eerst aansprakelijk te houden voor het bedrag dat hij aan de Amerikaanse belastingdienst moest afdragen. De rechtbank erkende toen dat Verwest een verkeerd advies had gekregen, maar dat hij er geen schade van zou hebben ondervonden. Het gerechtshof vindt het nu aannemelijk dat Tiësto een andere keuze had gemaakt als hij tijdig goed was geïnformeerd over de gevolgen van het Amerikaans fiscaal inwonerschap.