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Achraf Hakimi, Morocco’s World Cup captain, to stand trial on rape charge

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, who is due to join Morocco’s World Cup squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view.Hakimi, who played for Morocco during their World Cup opener against Brazil on Sunday, had appealed his referral to a criminal court.French media reported earlier that the Versailles appeals court had rejected the appeal, paving the way for his trial in a criminal court at some point in the future.“Today, a story that isn’t mine is being told at the expense of my family, my life, and above all, ⁠the truth. Sometimes I feel like ⁠I’ve become an easy target,” Hakimi wrote in a post on social media platform X.“I’ve been waiting for this trial since day one. And now I’m looking forward to it. Finally, I’ll be able to speak out.”The Nanterre prosecutor’s office in the French capital of Paris had opened an investigation in 2023 after a woman accused him of rape.Hakimi, one of the best right-backs in the world, denies any wrongdoing. He faced preliminary charges of rape in March 2023 after the 24-year-old woman said she was raped by Hakimi at his home in a Paris suburb.It was not immediately clear when the trial would start. Reuters news agency said that the Versailles appeals court and Hakimi’s lawyer did not immediately respond to their requests for comment.

19-06-2026 18:50

Achraf Hakimi, Morocco’s World Cup captain, to stand trial on rape charge

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, who is due to join Morocco’s World Cup squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view.Hakimi, who played for Morocco during their World Cup opener against Brazil on Sunday, had appealed his referral to a criminal court.French media reported earlier that the Versailles appeals court had rejected the appeal, paving the way for his trial in a criminal court at some point in the future.“Today, a story that isn’t mine is being told at the expense of my family, my life, and above all, ⁠the truth. Sometimes I feel like ⁠I’ve become an easy target,” Hakimi wrote in a post on social media platform X.“I’ve been waiting for this trial since day one. And now I’m looking forward to it. Finally, I’ll be able to speak out.”The Nanterre prosecutor’s office in the French capital of Paris had opened an investigation in 2023 after a woman accused him of rape.Hakimi, one of the best right-backs in the world, denies any wrongdoing. He faced preliminary charges of rape in March 2023 after the 24-year-old woman said she was raped by Hakimi at his home in a Paris suburb.It was not immediately clear when the trial would start. Reuters news agency said that the Versailles appeals court and Hakimi’s lawyer did not immediately respond to their requests for comment.

19-06-2026 18:50

Kanye West pours milk on wife Bianca Censori in controversial new music video

Kanye West has unveiled a new music video for his surprise single, "Gemini Season," which features him pouring milk over his wife Bianca Censori’s chest. The track accompanies the release of his album, Bully, which debuted in March.The 90-second clip, directed by Censori herself, opens with her seated on a stool in front of a cow atop a mountain, clad in a white corset and frilly underwear. She is seen staring directly into the camera before turning to pat the cow and begin milking it, with much of her bottom exposed by her high-cut attire.Censori then picks up a glass bottle filled with milk, at which point West enters the frame. He takes the bottle from her and proceeds to pour its contents into her mouth, simultaneously spilling a significant amount across her chest. As this unusual interaction unfolds, West sings: "I wanna get kinky. I think she’ll let me. I think she’s pretty. I think she’s ready." The video concludes abruptly after a few seconds.A description accompanying the clip on YouTube indicates that West, also known as Ye, plans to release a deluxe edition of Bully on 19 June. The video’s release coincided with the rapper’s birthday, an occasion Censori marked on Instagram with the message: "Happy birthday @ye I love you more than life."She also shared a provocative image of herself crawling on the floor in minimal underwear.Further posts included a party snap of the couple kissing with tongues out, Censori in a deeply cut jumpsuit, and an intimate shot of them licking opposite sides of a shower glass while wet and naked, captioned "Ride or die 4ever" with a red heart emoji.West, who married the 31-year-old Australian architect in 2022, has frequently drawn controversy with Censori’s revealing outfits, including her appearance at last year’s Grammys in a sheer dress. West subsequently denied claims of holding "dominion" over his wife, stating on X that he did not "make her do nothing she does not want to" and that she "definitely would not have been able to do it without (his) approval."Earlier this year, Censori addressed the scrutiny in a rare interview with Vanity Fair, asserting that she "would not be doing something (she) did not want to do" and described her outfits as a "collaboration" with her husband. She also acknowledged having "an obvious obsession with nudity."

10-06-2026 12:36

Peabo Bryson, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World’ singer, dies at 75

Peabo Bryson has died at the age of 75. The singer was known for singing soul ballads, and particularly duets. In 1991, "Beauty and the Beast,” his duet of the title song from the Disney film with Céline Dion, became a massive hit. A year later, he and Regina Belle released "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, and it became the first song from an animated film to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.Bryson died Tuesday, June 2 surrounded by family, just days after suffering a stroke.“We are tremendously moved by the outpouring of love, prayers and support from fans, friends, and colleagues around the world,” Bryson's family said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit. His legacy and music will live on for generations to come.”Bryson was born Robert Peapo Bryson in Greenville, S.C., in 1951. “And, as far back as I can remember, I've always been into music,” he told Soul magazine in 1978. “It's all I ever wanted to really deal with, and of course, like everyone else, I had to make that decision — I guess when I was around 14 — as to what I was going to get into, career-wise. Well, I'd thought about being a doctor or something like that, but I really felt that music was my thing.”His mother was concerned: “She figured I'd turn into a drug addict or something like that!” he told the outlet.Bryson began performing professionally as a teenager, singing backup with a local group called  Al Freeman and the Upsetters, an outfit he described as "terrible" in the Soul interview. Freeman had trouble pronouncing Peapo, and Bryson began using the name Peabo instead.Later, Bryson toured the Chitlin' Circuit with Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display. Bang Records heard them perform and was impressed with Bryson. He released one album, Peabo, with the label in 1976 before moving to Capitol Records.His first Top 10 hit on the R&B chart was 1978's "Reaching for the Sky.” In 1979, "Gimme Some Time,” his duet with Natalie Cole, hit No. 8 on the chart, a preview of his duet success to come. They released "What You Won't Do for Love" a year later, and it reached No. 16. Bryson also had a Top 20 hit with "Minute by Minute,” a cover of the Doobie Brothers song. n 1980, he released his first duet with Flack, "Make the World Stand Still.” It hit No. 13 on the R&B chart. They would also release the duets "Love Is a Waiting Game,” "You're Lookin' Like Love to Me,” "I Just Came Here to Dance" and their most successful, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” which reached No. 16 on the Hot 100. They also released the 1983 duets album Born to Love.“I think the secret to a really good duet is that you have to fall a little bit in love with your duet partner,” Bryson told Tatler Asia in 2015. “I was very fortunate in finding a duet partner in Roberta Flack who really knew what a duet was and knew how to play to a person's strengths and weaknesses equally. I learned how to do a great duet from working with Roberta Flack because she's that great.”In 1984, "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Hot 100. He released "Show & Tell" in 1989, and it hit No. 1 on the R&B chart; he scored another R&B chart-topper with 1991's "Can You Stop the Rain.”1991 also brought "Beauty and the Beast.” Initially, Dion had been chosen to sing the song solo, but execs worried that she was too new and wanted a more established artist. “When you're a great singer like [Dion], oftentimes you find yourself in situations where you have to dial back,” Bryson told the CBC in 2017. “I learned that from doing duets. The key to it is to play to your duet partner's strength and weaknesses equally. So essentially that renders into a situation where there are no weaknesses because you're playing to them both equally.”He said Dion was very tentative at first, but they slowly built a rapport in the studio. He remembered, “I looked across at her, and she looked back at me and what went on from the point of becoming relaxed was extremely intimate. You can't buy that. You can record it, though.”Their duet became a massive success, reaching No. 9 on the Hot 100 and winning them both a Grammy. Bryson told the CBC, “I never ever got tired of listening to it.”Disney turned to Bryson again for 1992's "A Whole New World,” which he sang with Belle. Bryson and Belle had also worked together on the song  "Without You" for the 1988 movie Leonard Part 6, and she wanted Bryson to join her on the track because she knew they worked well together.“That ‘Whole New World' concept… that is what really took us over the top,” Belle told ABC Radio in 2019. “Because when you think about it, a ‘whole new world' can be ascribed to most… everything… that has made a difference in your life.”Bryson added, “It's a song that represents every hope and every promise that you will ever have. I sang it in South Africa for the first time they allowed Black South Africans to enter into the Miss South Africa beauty pageant.”Their version of the song hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 and would remain the only song from an animated film to do so until “We Don't Talk About Bruno” from Encanto in 2022. Bryson and Belle also won a Grammy.He returned to Disney again in 1997 and sang "As Long As There's Christmas" with Flack during the end credits of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, a direct-to-video sequel.Bryson at times felt dissatisfied with how the music industry prized youth over experience. He and singers like Flack were never played by MTV, which he believed was “detrimental” to the industry."I don't think there's anything I can't do,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1994. “I see myself as a true Renaissance man. I don't like one-dimensional concepts of myself.”In total, Bryson released 20 studio albums. He was an eight-time Grammy nominee. Bryson suffered a heart attack in 2019 but made a full recovery. Bryson welcomed a daughter, Linda, in 1968. He wed Tanya Boniface, a member of the British girl group The 411, in 2010, and they welcomed a son, Robert, in 2018. Bryson is survived by his wife and children.

03-06-2026 16:07

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are married in a secret London wedding

Surprise: Dua Lipa and Callum Turner have tied the knot!The couple wed in an intimate ceremony today, held at London’s Old Marylebone Town Hall amongst a small circle of friends and family. (The venue is a clear favorite for London celebrities: Everyone from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to Liam Gallagher has tied the knot there.)In photos obtained by The Sun, the happy couple is seen leaving the civil ceremony hand in hand, as their loved ones throw confetti and flower petals on each side of the stairs. And while their nuptials were kept deliberately low-key, their traditional outfits still embraced the elegance of a classic wedding-day look.Lipa donned a custom white skirt suit by Schiaparelli couture, designed by Daniel Roseberry. The look consisted of a tailored ivory cady blazer with gold buttons and a matching asymmetric skirt. She accessorized with a wide-brimmed hat by Stephen Jones, white gloves, and pointed white Christian Louboutin pumps. Turner, meanwhile, went classic in his navy double-breasted Ferragamo suit, complete with the matching shirt and tie.This is reportedly not the only wedding festivities that Lipa and Turner will partake in this week, either. According to reports, a second three-day wedding event is set to be held in Palermo, Sicily. Rumored to be on the guest list? Famous friends such as Elton John, Charli XCX, Mark Ronson, Donatella Versace, and Simon Porte Jacquemus, who is rumored to be the man behind Lipa’s second wedding gown. (Lipa and Jacquemus are longtime friends, after all, and she often wears his designs.)However the grand wedding ceremony will look, it has been at least a year in the making: The couple revealed that they were engaged last year, when Lipa revealed the news in her British Vogue cover story. “Yeah, we’re engaged,” Lipa said in the July cover interview. “It’s very exciting. This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don’t know, be best friends forever—it’s a really special feeling.”Lipa and Turner began dating in January 2024, after first meeting each other at The River Café in London. They were first spotted together attending the after-party for the Masters of The Air premiere in Los Angeles—and have since gone on many Instagram-worthy vacations together. One can expect their upcoming formal ceremony, then, to be just as picturesque.

01-06-2026 09:47

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Italy bans Kanye West, Travis Scott concerts over security concerns

Italy has banned two concerts involving U.S. rappers Kanye West and Travis Scott due to take place in July in the northern city of ​Reggio Emilia, authorities said on Saturday.The local prefect, Salvatore Angieri, ordered the ‌cancellation because of concerns over public order and security, including the potential for protests.West, also known as Ye, has faced a wave of cancellations across Europe this summer following years of antisemitic remarks, including ​statements praising Adolf Hitler and the release of content using Nazi ​imagery.Scott, meanwhile, has faced scrutiny over safety at his concerts since ⁠a 2021 crowd crush at the Astroworld festival in Houston that killed 10 ​people and injured hundreds.Scott had been due to perform at the "Pulse of Gaia Festival" ​on July 17 at the 103,000-seat RCF Arena, with Ye scheduled to appear the following day.Angieri said the decision was taken following requests from consumer group CODACONS and the Jewish community ​in Modena and Reggio Emilia, which had raised particular concerns about Ye.Authorities cited ​the close timing of the two shows and the high influx of spectators expected within ‌24 hours ⁠as factors behind the ban. They also pointed to the cancellation of other Ye concerts in Europe and the "concrete risk" of protests.In April, Britain denied Ye entry on the grounds his presence would not be conducive to the public good. ​Later that month, he ​also postponed a Marseille ⁠show after reports the French government had sought to block it, while concerts in Poland and Switzerland were also cancelled.Ye, ​who has apologised for past remarks and said they were linked ​to untreated ⁠bipolar disorder, has continued to perform in countries that have welcomed him, and is due to hold a concert in Istanbul later on Saturday.He is also set to ⁠hold concerts ​in the Netherlands next month, after its migration ​minister said there were no legal grounds to deny him entry.There was no immediate comment from Ye, ​Scott or the event organisers in Italy.

30-05-2026 15:38

Vanessa Trump diagnosed with breast cancer

Vanessa Trump, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr, the US president's eldest son, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she said in a social media post."While this isn't news anyone expects, I'm working closely with my medical team on a treatment plan," she wrote on Instagram on Wednesday.Vanessa Trump said she underwent a medical procedure earlier this week and asked the public for privacy while she focuses on her health and recovery.She separated from Donald Trump Jr, with whom she has five children, in 2018. Vanessa Trump and US pro golfer Tiger Woods announced they were dating last year."I am staying focused and hopeful while surrounded by the love and support of my family, my kids, and those closest to me. Thank you for your kindness and support it truly means more than I can express," Vanessa Trump said.Her social media post received hundreds of messages of support, including from Ivanka Trump, the president's eldest daughter."Praying for your continued strength and a swift recovery. Love you mama," she wrote on Vanessa Trump's post.Vanessa Trump, a former model, was introduced to her former husband by the now-president in the early 2000s."I'm at this fashion show," Vanessa Trump told the New York Times in 2006 about meeting Donald Trump Jr. "Donald Trump comes up to me with his son: 'Hi, I'm Donald Trump. I wanted to introduce you to my son Donald Trump Jr.'"The couple went on to wed in 2005 at Mar-a-Lago, the president's Florida estate.Now divorced, they share five children who range in age from 11 to 19. Their 19-year-old daughter, Kai Trump, has a large social-media following and has been frequently spotted at the White House with her grandfather.According to the American Cancer Society, the average risk of a woman in the US developing breast cancer is about 1 in 8, or 13%. The disease also accounts for 30% of all new female cancers every year, according to the group.Surgery cures most breast cancers, but if some disease remains, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy can reduce the long-term risk of dying.Treatments have been advancing, including more targeted therapies for early breast cancer, new types of hormonal therapies, and more precise and effective radiotherapy.

21-05-2026 21:03

Kanye West pours milk on wife Bianca Censori in controversial new music video

Kanye West has unveiled a new music video for his surprise single, "Gemini Season," which features him pouring milk over his wife Bianca Censori’s chest. The track accompanies the release of his album, Bully, which debuted in March.The 90-second clip, directed by Censori herself, opens with her seated on a stool in front of a cow atop a mountain, clad in a white corset and frilly underwear. She is seen staring directly into the camera before turning to pat the cow and begin milking it, with much of her bottom exposed by her high-cut attire.Censori then picks up a glass bottle filled with milk, at which point West enters the frame. He takes the bottle from her and proceeds to pour its contents into her mouth, simultaneously spilling a significant amount across her chest. As this unusual interaction unfolds, West sings: "I wanna get kinky. I think she’ll let me. I think she’s pretty. I think she’s ready." The video concludes abruptly after a few seconds.A description accompanying the clip on YouTube indicates that West, also known as Ye, plans to release a deluxe edition of Bully on 19 June. The video’s release coincided with the rapper’s birthday, an occasion Censori marked on Instagram with the message: "Happy birthday @ye I love you more than life."She also shared a provocative image of herself crawling on the floor in minimal underwear.Further posts included a party snap of the couple kissing with tongues out, Censori in a deeply cut jumpsuit, and an intimate shot of them licking opposite sides of a shower glass while wet and naked, captioned "Ride or die 4ever" with a red heart emoji.West, who married the 31-year-old Australian architect in 2022, has frequently drawn controversy with Censori’s revealing outfits, including her appearance at last year’s Grammys in a sheer dress. West subsequently denied claims of holding "dominion" over his wife, stating on X that he did not "make her do nothing she does not want to" and that she "definitely would not have been able to do it without (his) approval."Earlier this year, Censori addressed the scrutiny in a rare interview with Vanity Fair, asserting that she "would not be doing something (she) did not want to do" and described her outfits as a "collaboration" with her husband. She also acknowledged having "an obvious obsession with nudity."

10-06-2026 12:36

Peabo Bryson, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World’ singer, dies at 75

Peabo Bryson has died at the age of 75. The singer was known for singing soul ballads, and particularly duets. In 1991, "Beauty and the Beast,” his duet of the title song from the Disney film with Céline Dion, became a massive hit. A year later, he and Regina Belle released "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, and it became the first song from an animated film to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.Bryson died Tuesday, June 2 surrounded by family, just days after suffering a stroke.“We are tremendously moved by the outpouring of love, prayers and support from fans, friends, and colleagues around the world,” Bryson's family said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit. His legacy and music will live on for generations to come.”Bryson was born Robert Peapo Bryson in Greenville, S.C., in 1951. “And, as far back as I can remember, I've always been into music,” he told Soul magazine in 1978. “It's all I ever wanted to really deal with, and of course, like everyone else, I had to make that decision — I guess when I was around 14 — as to what I was going to get into, career-wise. Well, I'd thought about being a doctor or something like that, but I really felt that music was my thing.”His mother was concerned: “She figured I'd turn into a drug addict or something like that!” he told the outlet.Bryson began performing professionally as a teenager, singing backup with a local group called  Al Freeman and the Upsetters, an outfit he described as "terrible" in the Soul interview. Freeman had trouble pronouncing Peapo, and Bryson began using the name Peabo instead.Later, Bryson toured the Chitlin' Circuit with Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display. Bang Records heard them perform and was impressed with Bryson. He released one album, Peabo, with the label in 1976 before moving to Capitol Records.His first Top 10 hit on the R&B chart was 1978's "Reaching for the Sky.” In 1979, "Gimme Some Time,” his duet with Natalie Cole, hit No. 8 on the chart, a preview of his duet success to come. They released "What You Won't Do for Love" a year later, and it reached No. 16. Bryson also had a Top 20 hit with "Minute by Minute,” a cover of the Doobie Brothers song. n 1980, he released his first duet with Flack, "Make the World Stand Still.” It hit No. 13 on the R&B chart. They would also release the duets "Love Is a Waiting Game,” "You're Lookin' Like Love to Me,” "I Just Came Here to Dance" and their most successful, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” which reached No. 16 on the Hot 100. They also released the 1983 duets album Born to Love.“I think the secret to a really good duet is that you have to fall a little bit in love with your duet partner,” Bryson told Tatler Asia in 2015. “I was very fortunate in finding a duet partner in Roberta Flack who really knew what a duet was and knew how to play to a person's strengths and weaknesses equally. I learned how to do a great duet from working with Roberta Flack because she's that great.”In 1984, "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Hot 100. He released "Show & Tell" in 1989, and it hit No. 1 on the R&B chart; he scored another R&B chart-topper with 1991's "Can You Stop the Rain.”1991 also brought "Beauty and the Beast.” Initially, Dion had been chosen to sing the song solo, but execs worried that she was too new and wanted a more established artist. “When you're a great singer like [Dion], oftentimes you find yourself in situations where you have to dial back,” Bryson told the CBC in 2017. “I learned that from doing duets. The key to it is to play to your duet partner's strength and weaknesses equally. So essentially that renders into a situation where there are no weaknesses because you're playing to them both equally.”He said Dion was very tentative at first, but they slowly built a rapport in the studio. He remembered, “I looked across at her, and she looked back at me and what went on from the point of becoming relaxed was extremely intimate. You can't buy that. You can record it, though.”Their duet became a massive success, reaching No. 9 on the Hot 100 and winning them both a Grammy. Bryson told the CBC, “I never ever got tired of listening to it.”Disney turned to Bryson again for 1992's "A Whole New World,” which he sang with Belle. Bryson and Belle had also worked together on the song  "Without You" for the 1988 movie Leonard Part 6, and she wanted Bryson to join her on the track because she knew they worked well together.“That ‘Whole New World' concept… that is what really took us over the top,” Belle told ABC Radio in 2019. “Because when you think about it, a ‘whole new world' can be ascribed to most… everything… that has made a difference in your life.”Bryson added, “It's a song that represents every hope and every promise that you will ever have. I sang it in South Africa for the first time they allowed Black South Africans to enter into the Miss South Africa beauty pageant.”Their version of the song hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 and would remain the only song from an animated film to do so until “We Don't Talk About Bruno” from Encanto in 2022. Bryson and Belle also won a Grammy.He returned to Disney again in 1997 and sang "As Long As There's Christmas" with Flack during the end credits of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, a direct-to-video sequel.Bryson at times felt dissatisfied with how the music industry prized youth over experience. He and singers like Flack were never played by MTV, which he believed was “detrimental” to the industry."I don't think there's anything I can't do,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1994. “I see myself as a true Renaissance man. I don't like one-dimensional concepts of myself.”In total, Bryson released 20 studio albums. He was an eight-time Grammy nominee. Bryson suffered a heart attack in 2019 but made a full recovery. Bryson welcomed a daughter, Linda, in 1968. He wed Tanya Boniface, a member of the British girl group The 411, in 2010, and they welcomed a son, Robert, in 2018. Bryson is survived by his wife and children.

03-06-2026 16:07

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