Esther Rantzen now ‘too physically fragile’ to end her life in Switzerland

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Broadcaster, 86, had intended to end her life in Swiss clinic after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023

Esther Rantzen has said she is no longer able to travel to Switzerland to end her life because she has become “too physically fragile”.

Rantzen, who presented the TV current affairs programme That’s Life! for 21 years and founded the youth support charity Childline, had intended to end her life in a Dignitas assisted dying clinic in Switzerland after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023.

Several killed in coach crash in eastern Switzerland – DW.com

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

More than 20 children killed in DR Congo school fire

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.

More than 20 children killed in DR Congo school fire

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.

Canada Targets Millions of Drones, With a Third for Ukraine – Bloomberg.com

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Canada Targets Millions of Drones, With a Third for Ukraine Bloomberg.com
Canada offers air defense support for Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits The Guardian
Canada agrees on C$350 million air defense package for Ukraine, Carney says Reuters
Canada, Ukraine pledge 100-year partnership DW.com
Ukraine and Canada agree on 100-year partnership: declaration signed Українська правда

Fire in rebel-held east Congo kills 24 schoolchildren, official says – Reuters

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Fire in rebel-held east Congo kills 24 schoolchildren, official says Reuters
More dan 20 children kpai for DR Congo school fire BBC
Fire in eastern Congo kills at least 26 students at 2 schools apnews.com
At least 29 children killed in school fire in rebel-held DR Congo city Al Jazeera
Congo School Fire Bluefield Daily Telegraph

No crown, no royal portrait: The meaning behind King Harald’s poignant final photo – HOLA

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Yemen’s Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.

Iran says IAEA moves will push countries to exit NPT – Reuters

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Four people in hospital after stabbing in south-east London

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Seven people arrested following ‘altercation’ on Bromley High Street on Thursday afternoon

Seven people have been arrested after four men were stabbed in south-east London, the Metropolitan police said.

Officers were called to reports of “an altercation” on Bromley High Street at 2.15pm and found four men with stab wounds, the force added.

Former PE teacher faces lengthy jail term for sexually abusing pupils

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Bronwen James, 30, admitted offences against two girls at schools in Wiltshire and Hampshire, and found guilty of charges involving boy

A former PE teacher is facing a lengthy jail sentence for grooming and sexually abusing three pupils at two schools.

Bronwen James, 30, admitted offences against two girls at schools in Hampshire and Wiltshire and was found guilty by a jury of charges involving a boy.

‘We never recovered him’: Quest to identify remains from Ground Zero continues

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.

Sacha Baron Cohen lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s West End playwriting debut

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Admin

The Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027

He will soon be seen resuming his old Staines rudeboy persona in the film
Ali G: Who Iz I?, but Sacha Baron Cohen may also be eyeing a new departure – on stage.

The actor will reportedly star in Quentin Tarantino’s first play, The Popinjay Cavalier, which is billed as a “rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise” and a “sweeping celebration of theatre and its heightened romance”, set in 1830s Europe. According to Deadline, Baron Cohen will play the swashbuckling title character in the play, which Tarantino will also direct.