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BBC Sport Journalist at Lord’s
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Australia batter Steve Smith was taken to hospital for an X-ray on a compound dislocation of the little finger on his right hand, sustained on day three of the World Test Championship final.
The 36-year-old suffered the injury when he dropped a catch off the bowling of left-arm quick Mitchell Starc while fielding in the slips during the afternoon session at Lord’s.
Starc, bowling round the wicket, squared up South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma and he edged the ball towards Smith, who was stood a littler closer and wearing a helmet because some deliveries have not carried.
Smith got his hands to the ball but shelled the catch and then immediately left the field in noticeable discomfort.
He was assessed by Cricket Australia’s medical staff and has since left Lord’s for an X-ray and further treatment.
South Africa closed on 213-2, chasing 282 in the fourth innings, to win the WTC final.
Following the conclusion of the World Test Championship, Australia head to the Caribbean for a three-match Test series against West Indies.
The only survivor of the Air India plane crash says he couldn’t believe he made it out alive after escaping from a broken emergency exit in a deadly crash that killed 241 people.
Shortly after Thursday’s crash, social media footage showed Viswashkumar Ramesh limping down the street in a blood-stained t-shirt and with bruises on his body.
The British national was sitting in seat 11A on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was flying in to London when the plane crashed into a medical college hostel moments after taking off from India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad.
Ramesh, 40, told India’s national broadcaster DD News from his hospital bed on Friday that he thought he was “also going to die”.
“But when I opened my eyes, I realised I was alive and I tried to unbuckle myself from the seat and escape from where I could. It was in front of my eyes that the air hostess and others [died],” he said.
He was travelling with his brother Ajay, who had been seated in a different row, members of his family said.
“The side of the plane I was in landed on the ground, and I could see that there was space outside the aircraft, so when my door broke, I tried to escape through it and I did,” Ramesh said.
“The opposite side of the aircraft was blocked by the building wall so nobody could have come out of there,” he added.
He explained that the plane had seemed to have come to a standstill midair for a few seconds shortly after taking off and felt the engine thrust, which later “crashed with speed into the hostel”.
Ramesh’s cousin Hiren Kantilal, 19, told the AFP news agency that he called his family in Leicester, in the East Midlands in England, after the crash to tell them he was alive.
“Our plane has been crashed,” Ramesh told his dad, according to his cousin.
“He was bleeding all over him, in the face and everything, and he said, ‘I am just waiting for my brother and I don’t know how I get out of the plane.’
“He said: ‘Do not worry about me, try to find about Ajay Kumar’ and he said: ‘I am totally fine.’”
Kantilal said his cousin had spent about 10 to 15 minutes seeking his brother, and then was whisked away to hospital by the rescue services.
“We are happy Vishwash has been saved, but on the other hand, we are just heartbroken about Ajay,” he told AFP.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site on Friday and met Ramesh at the hospital.
Rescue workers continued to search for missing people and aircraft parts on Friday following the worst aviation crash in a decade.
The trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has entered its 23rd day at a New York courthouse. Federal agents are being examined as part of the ongoing case.
Meanwhile, controversial rapper Kanye West has arrived to show his support for the disgraced star. West entered the courthouse on Friday wearing an all white outfit, while accompanied by two security guards.
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Court heads on lunch break
KEY EVENT
Staff found ‘sexually explicit’ video of Jane on iPad
Jonathan Perez, Diddy’s former assistant, claimed a videographer found a video of Jane and another man engaging in sexual activity.
Perez told the court that the footage was on an iPad, which was usually used by Diddy’s staff. In the video, Diddy was in the background.
He says he took the iPad and told both Diddy and Khorram about the video. Diddy was apparently surprised when he mentioned the video. Khorram is believed to have told Perez that he should give the footage directly to her and she would deal with Diddy.
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Diddy’s assistant purchased outfits for hotel nights
Messages sent by Perez to Diddy and Jane on August 12, 2023, asaw him speak about the hotel nights.
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Preparation involved enough supplies for days
Perez told the court that he believes he only set up five “king nights” for Diddy.
He said: “It was a lot of packing materials, making sure that he was going to have everything he would need for 12 to 24 hours without having to bother anybody.”
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Assistant would get ‘hours of notice’ to set up hotel nights
Perez, who worked with Diddy between December 2021 and September 2024, said his salary was $85,000 and was later made up to $100,000.
Kristina Khorram, Diddy’s chief of staff, was Perez’s line manager, he told the court. His hours were around 9am to 9pm and another assistant would cover the night shift. Diddy had around three or four personal assistants.
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Kanye West LEAVES court
Less than an hour after arriving, Kanye has left the court.
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Diddy’s assistant takes to the stand
Diddy’s former assistant, Jonathan Perez, is on the stand.
He is testifying under an immunity order. Outside of the jury, he invoked the Fifth Amendment, meaning he could testify under immunity, which was granted by Subramanian.
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Diddy ‘did nothing inappropriate in court’
Although the jury is currently on a break, prosecutor Maurene Comey mentioned an issue with the judge.
During the cross-examination of Special Agent LaMon by the defence, Comey said Diddy was “nodding emphatically” and was also nodding during the cross-examination of his ex-girlfriend, Jane, earlier this week.
Comey said even if Diddy was not looking directly at the jury, he shouldn’t be nodding in this way. Meanwhile, defence attorney Brian Steel said that Diddy had not been looking at the jury or acting in an unprofessional way. “Mr. Combs did nothing inappropriate at all today or any day, actually,” Steel said.
Judge Arun Subramanian noted a discussion amongst lawyers last week after Diddy was believed to be trying to interact with the jury. He said that both sides have made the boundaries clear. He said: “There’s going to be some amount of reaction to testimony that is given, and it is impossible to police every reaction from every person in this courtroom,” adding that any attempts to communicate with the jury would not be allowed.
KEY EVENT
Guns and ammunition found in home security’s room
Defence attorney Marc Agnifilo cross-examined Special Agent Andre LaMon who had been testifying about his involvement in the Homeland Security Investigations following the search on Diddy’s LA home in March 2024.
When quizzed, LaMon said he was aware that a security detail protected Diddy’s home and there was a security room where the firearms had been discovered.
KEY EVENT
Kanye West arrives at court
Diddy’s friend and rapper Kanye West has arrived at court.
He emerged from a black Maybach outside the courthouse on Friday, which is day 23 of Combs’ trial. He was accompanied by two security guards and shook hands with members of the public as he was escorted inside.
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Kanye West has turned up to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial in New York City in an all white outfit. The controversial rapper has publicly supported embattled music mogul Combs.
West, who now goes by the name Ye, emerged from a black Maybach outside the courthouse on Friday, which is day 23 of Combs’ trial. He was accompanied by two security guards and shook hands with members of the public as he was escorted inside.
The rapper turned up without his wife Bianca Censori, despite her also being in New York City with him the previous evening. Combs, 55, is currently facing a number of serious charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Kayne turned up in an all white outfit
He was arrested in September and strongly denies all allegations made against him. Combs has been in prison since his arrest, and a number of bail requests have been rejected.
West has been publicly backing Combs, stirring up controversy with online posts and earlier this year, announced a fashion collaboration with the Bad Boy Records boss. He has also called for Combs to be released from prison.
In a social media posting spree earlier this year, he began by simply writing: “FREE PUFF.” He went on to share with a series of expletives. West also called out other celebrities for watching “OUR BROTHER ROT AND NEVER SAY S***”.
The rapper arrived with two security guards ( Law & Crime)
In one upload, Kanye shared a video in which he had FaceTimed Diddy’s son, Christian. His staunch defence continued as he wrote on the post: “A SON TO HIS DAD FOR EVERY SON WHO DAD IS LOCKED UP WRITE OR WRONG I WANT YALL TO LISTEN TO DAVE CHAPELLES JOKES VERY CLOSE THIS TIME LETS SEE HOW FUNNY IT GETS WHEN FAMILIES ARE SEPARATED ESPECIALLY BLACK FAMILIES.”
Over the weekend Combs’ legal team called for a mistrial after the third week of his trial concluded. His lawyers make a fresh bid to halt the trial, citing “prosecutorial misconduct”.
In a letter addressed to Judge Arun Subramanian on Saturday, June 7, the defence claims “the government has presented testimony that it knew or should have known was materially false related to its allegation that Mr. Combs dangled Bryana Bongolan from the balcony of Cassie Ventura’s apartment in September 2016.”
Kanye shook hands while he made his way inside the courthouse ( Law & Crime)
According to PEOPLE, who obtained sight of the correspondence, it stated: “Accordingly, to avoid an unfair conviction in this case the Court should grant a mistrial.”
The defence team for the Bad Boy Records founder also challenged the credibility of testimony from his former partner Cassie, who alleged she saw Combs dangle Bryana from a balcony. They argue her account is “demonstrably false”, pointing to text messages that suggest she only heard about the incident later.
The defence team argued that the prosecution presented photos of Bryana’s alleged injuries from the incident, which were claimed to have been taken on 26 September 2016 in Los Angeles, despite “the government has long known” Combs was in New York City between 24-29 September that year.
They also accused the prosecution of “repeatedly attempting to disrupt” their line of questioning when they tried to “expose the perjury upon cross-examination.
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Holllywood star Idris Elba has gone back to Barking and Dagenham College where he started out to receive a special award
Idris Elba receives his special MOBO paving stone award(Image: Getty Images)
Actor Idris Elba has made an emotional return to the college where he first studied for a special award. The Hollywood star was the recipient of a MOBO Paving The Way paving stone at Barking & Dagenham College, where the acclaimed actor started out.
The award celebrates “cultural pioneers” who have made a huge impact while continuing to give back to the communities that they were brought up in. Others who have been given the awards include Dame Denise Lewis, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Nicola Adams, Wiley, and Ms Dynamite.
Idris studied for a BTEC in Performing Arts in the early 1990s at the college. And the event took place inside the college’s state-of-the-art Idris Elba Studio, which is named in his honour.
The paving stone is inscribed with the words: “Don’t get labelled — labels are for cans.” The actor spoke to students from Barking & Dagenham College’s media and production courses, and talked about his career. He also spoke up about youth violence in the UK including knife crime, which is a subject close to his heart.
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All smiles: Idris Elba at his old college(Image: Getty Images)
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Idris said: “Coming back to Barking & Dagenham College, the place where I first started to shape my creative voice, and being recognised by MOBO in this way is a full-circle moment. MOBO has always stood for more than just music; it’s about visibility, opportunity and pushing culture forward.
“To be honoured with a Paving the Way stone here, where my journey began, is deeply meaningful. I hope it stands as a reminder to every student walking through these doors that greatness can come from anywhere.”
Kanya King CBE, Founder and CEO of MOBO, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the MOBOs next year.
