Ace Frehley’s cause of death has been revealed. The music legend, who was best known as a member of the rock band KISS, died in October at the age of 74, and his family confirmed he had suffered a fall at home.
The rock star’s death was ruled as accidental, and now, it has emerged that he sustained a fracture to the back of his skull, a subdural hematoma, otherwise known as a bleed in the brain, and suffered a stroke, according to a according to New Jersey’s Medical examiner report.
For Ace, his death came after weeks of speculation over his health. After his fall and the subsequent cancellation of his tour, a statement posted on his official Instagram page on 25 September reassured fans: “He is fine, but against his wishes, his doctor insists that he refrain from travel at this time.”
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The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP30) has started in the Brazilian city of Belem, with leaders calling for countries to take a united approach against global warming.
“In this arena of COP30, your job here is not to fight one another – your job here is to fight this climate crisis, together,” the UN’s climate chief, Simon Stiell, told delegates on Monday.
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Some 50,000 people from more than 190 countries are expected to attend the 12-day event, which is being held at the edge of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
Addressing the conference, Stiell said that previous climate talks had helped, but that there was “much more work to do”.
The UN climate boss noted that countries would have to move “much, much faster” in driving down greenhouse gas emissions. “Lamenting is not a strategy. We need solutions,” he said.
His comments came as a new UN analysis of countries’ climate plans found that the pledged reductions fall far short of the drop needed by 2035 to limit temperatures to 1.5C (2.7F) above pre-industrial temperatures.
If this threshold is breached, the world will experience far more severe impacts than it has so far, experts say.
“Climate change is no longer a threat of the future. It is a tragedy of the present,” Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stressed at the start of COP30.
Brazil’s leader condemned those seeking to undermine efforts to combat the climate crisis.
“They attack institutions, they attack science and universities,” he said. “It’s time to inflict a new defeat on the deniers.”
The United States is not sending any delegates to COP30 in keeping with President Donald Trump’s anti-climate change stance.
“It’s a good thing that they are not sending anyone. It wasn’t going to be constructive if they did,” the US’s former special envoy for climate, Todd Stern, said of the Trump administration’s decision.
COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago said the US’s absence “has opened some space for the world to see what developing countries are doing”.
Pablo Inuma Flores, an Indigenous leader from Peru, urged world leaders to do more than simply give pledges at this year’s conference.
“We want to make sure that they don’t keep promising, that they will start protecting, because we as Indigenous people are the ones who suffer from these impacts of climate change,” he said.
In a letter to COP30 that was published on Monday, dozens of scientists expressed their fears about the melting of glaciers, ice sheets and other frozen parts of the planet.
Jannik Sinner began his ATP Finals title defence by sweeping aside a physically hampered Felix Auger-Aliassime in front of a passionate Turin crowd.
Italian second seed Sinner was imperious on serve in a 7-5 6-1 win over the Canadian.
Eighth seed Auger-Aliassime was brilliantly aggressive in a competitive first set and was two points away from forcing a tie-break before tweaking his left calf.
The 25-year-old called for the physiotherapist twice in the second set, where he won just one game.
Victory puts Sinner top of the Bjorn Borg Group as he bids to secure the year-end world number one ranking.
Sinner has not lost to a top-10 player that is not Carlos Alcaraz since being beaten by Andrey Rublev in August 2024 – at a tournament where Sinner played two matches in one day.
Sinner has been the dominant force on indoor hard courts, with this his 27th victory in a row on the surface.
His serve was superb in a high-quality first set. He won 24 of 27 first-serve points, did not lose a single point behind his first serve and did not face a break point.
Auger-Aliassime took a set off Sinner during his run to the US Open final and hit hard from the off, rushing Sinner and occasionally matching him shot-for-shot.
But the injury at 6-5 30-0 up had an immediate impact, with Auger-Aliassime struggling to move and sending his shots long as he tried to hit his way out of trouble.
Sinner, who was taken to deuce just once in 10 service games, did not let up and sealed victory with an ace before being serenaded by his home crowd.
He and rival Alcaraz are in contention for the year-end number one ranking in Turin.
Sinner must defend his title – and hope Alcaraz loses a group match and does not reach the final – to retain the top ranking.
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American world number six Fritz was also impressive in his victory over Italy’s Musetti.
Fritz, runner-up to Sinner last year, dropped just three points on serve in the second set – and two of those were in the final game.
Ninth seed Musetti only had his place at the season-ending event confirmed on Sunday, when Novak Djokovic withdrew after beating him in the Athens Open final.
He had four early break opportunities against Fritz but could not take them before fatigue set in, with seven of his nine service games going to deuce.
“I was a little shaky at the start and I was letting him dictate a little too much,” Fritz, 28, told Sky Sports.
In the doubles, Britons Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski began their campaign with a 6-3 7-5 win over Salvadoran Marcelo Arevalo and Croatia’s Mate Pavic.
No all-British pair has ever won the season-ending title, with Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram lifting it in 2022 and 2023.
Former world number two Ons Jabeur has announced that she is pregnant with her first child.
Jabeur, 31, decided to take time away from tennis in July for her own wellbeing, saying she had not felt happy on court “for some time”.
The Tunisian, now ranked 79th, posted on Instagram: “Took a little break to reset and recharge… Turns out, we’ve been planning the cutest comeback ever.
A two-time Wimbledon runner-up, Jabeur has been dubbed the ‘Minister of Happiness’ for her cheerful personality.
However, she said she was putting herself first in taking a step back from the tour “to breathe, to heal, and to rediscover the joy of simply living”.
Jabeur told Sky Sports last week she feels the sport’s schedule “is killing everyone” – echoing comments by the likes of six-time major champion Iga Swiatek, who said the season is too long and too intense.
The former Strictly star penned some beautiful words to her ‘special baby boy’, Beau, as he turned 17 years old and posted some sweet pics of the teen from throughout his life
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Louise Redknapp pays emotional tribute to lookalike son as he towers over her(Image: Getty Images)
Louise Redknapp took to social media to pay an emotional tribute to her youngest son Beau as he turned 17, writing some beautiful words about her “special baby boy”.
The former Strictly star hopped on Instagram on Monday (10 November) to share a series of pictures from her son’s life. This included one where he looked remarkably like his mother – with one key difference. As the two posed together, even slightly stooped, Beau was a whole head taller than Louise.
In the caption of the post, Louise wrote: “To my special baby boy words can not describe how proud I am of you! My favourite times are being in the car singing at the top of our voices as I take you to football training, I love your approach to life and how you throw yourself into everything, good luck in all you have got coming your way, you’re charming, you’re fun and full of kindness and I’m so proud be your mum!”
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“Happy Birthday Beau Beau. Love Mum xxx,” the singer continued. Louise has two sons – Charley, 21, and Beau, 17 – with her ex-husband Jamie Redknapp. The pair married in 1998 in a ceremony in Bermuda and divorced in 2017.
Several of the photos Louise shared included both Beau and Charley. One, taken from a holiday at the beach, showed just how much taller both of her sons are than her. Standing all together, Louise only reaches the shoulder of Charley.
Just a few months ago, Louise posted a similar message about Charley, as he turned 21. Sharing pictures of her eldest to Instagram, she wrote: “How did this happen?! My baby is 21 years old today!!!
“Chaz, I am so proud of you and the charming young man you have become. You’ve been my partner in crime and shadow since day one, and nothing makes me happier than seeing you living your best life.
“I would, however, like to request that you now at the age of 21, learn how to wash up, turn the lights off and pick your clothes up off the bedroom floor… but maybe we’ll get there for next year. Happy Birthday Charley, have the most amazing day! We love you so much. Love Mum Xxx.”
This message sparked conversation, as Louise’s words came after Jamie threw a big birthday bash for his son, which she did not attend. Fans noticed that she had avoided the event and hopped in the comments to say it was a “shame” she hadn’t attended the party.
One fan commented: “Lovely words Louise! Such a shame you’re not all together celebrating today.” Another said: “Would’ve loved seeing Louise at Charley’s birthday, she clearly adores her boys.”
During her divorce, Louise felt like she had been painted the villain. She told Fearne Cotton that she “never realised” how horrible people could be. “I never realised people could be so unkind and say such terrible things. It blew my mind.”
She added that she leaned on her children for support. “If I didn’t have my kids, I think I would’ve just given up. My kids were my everything, and they needed me.”
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that the Nigerian government will have no moral ground to blame citizens for seeking help elsewhere if it cannot provide security.
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Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Lawal said the government must assure the people of their safety if it does not want them to cry for help from outside.
“The government should assure us that they can give us the peace, security, and prosperity that we desire,” Lawal said.
“If they are unable to do that, they cannot blame any part of society that decides to seek help anywhere,” he added.
‘Genocide Or Pogrom’
The former SGF also supported US President Donald Trump’s position that the killing of Christians in Nigeria qualifies as genocide.
“It’s a genocide; if it’s not a genocide, it is a pogrom,” Lawal stated.
He insisted that the claim that more Muslims than Christians were killed did not justify what is happening.
The former SGF said, “I have watched the argument going on about this issue of genocide; it is one-sided. Obviously, those who are more vehemently opposing it are the Muslims whose brothers are the perpetrators of the genocide,” he said.
“They come with this very funny narrative that, ‘Oh, Muslims too are being killed, more Muslims are being killed than Christians.’
“That is their argument, but it does not justify what is happening. If 1,000 children are killed, and among them one is your own, your worry is about that one.
“In any case, why dodge the fact that those being accused of carrying out the genocide are Muslims, not Christians?”
Lawal claimed that before the current pressure from Trump, President Bola Tinubu, then a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had led a delegation of party leaders ahead of the 2015 election to inform former US President Barack Obama that Christians were being slaughtered in Nigeria.
The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain said the issue of whether there is genocide or not should be secondary, as the government’s priority should be to guarantee the security of lives and property.
He also lamented that soldiers continue to lose their lives to Nigeria’s lingering insecurity because the government had left them with outdated weapons to fight terrorists equipped with more sophisticated arms.
Lawal’s assertion followed a recent threat of military action in Nigeria by former US President Donald Trump over what he described as the “Christian genocide” in Africa’s most populous nation.
