At least 36 people have died and dozens have been injured when the scaffolding that was set up at an Ethiopian church collapsed, according to state media.
The incident took place on Wednesday at around 7:45 am [4:45 GMT] in the town of Arerti in the Amhara region, which is located 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of Addis Ababa’s capital.
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When the scaffolding fell, pilgrims were gathered at the Menjar Shenkora Arerti Mariam Church to observe the annual Virgin Mary festival.
According to district police chief Ahmed Gebeyehu, according to the AFP news agency, “the number of dead has reached 36 and could increase.”
Although it’s not yet known how many people have been injured, some reports suggest there may be as many as 200.
Atnafu Abate, a local official, did not provide information on rescue operations, telling the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that some people were still submerged.
He continued, some of the more serious injuries were taken to nearby hospitals.
On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, worshippers gathered inside the Menjar Shenkora Arerti Mariam Church, which was being constructed in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia.
The incident was described as a “tragic loss for the community,” according to Teshale Tilahun, the neighborhood manager.
Crowds gathered among the dense debris in images shared on the EBC’s official Facebook page that featured tangled wooden poles.
Other images appeared to show the church’s exterior, where precarious scaffolding had been constructed.
Ethiopia, the second-largest country in Africa, has the fewest health and safety regulations, and construction accidents are frequent.
An Erling Haaland double on Wednesday did not enough to earn Pep Guardiola’s side a 2-2 draw in the Champions League, so Eric Dier’s late penalty gave Monaco a 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
The Norwegian striker added 11 goals in eight games overall to his season total for the season with two goals in the first half for City, either side of a Jordan Teze stunner.
The 2023 European champions had the opportunity to leave the principality with a second victory in the league phase of the season, but a 90th-minute spot-kick denied them.
In Monaco’s UEFA Champions League, league phase day 2, football match against Manchester City at Stade Louis II in Monaco on October 1, 2025, English defender #03 Eric Dier (L) scores a penalty and fires the second goal past Italy’s #25 Gianluigi Donnarumma (R). (FREDERIC DIDES/AFP photo)
After a protracted VAR check, Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano eventually pointed to the spot after Nico Gonzalez was fouled inside the area by a Monaco free-kick.
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As Monaco won the Champions League title defense with a penalty kick and City moved onto four points after defeating Napoli last time out, Dier stepped up to send Gianluigi Donnarumma the wrong way.
Haaland now has 52 career Champions League appearances, including 52 with the 2-0 defeat to the Italian champions, after a half-century of goals in Europe’s elite club competition.
In Monaco’s UEFA Champions League, league phase day 2, football match against Manchester City at Stade Louis II, on October 1, 2025, English defender #03 Eric Dier (C) celebrates scoring the team’s second goal after a penalty shot. (FREDERIC DIDES/AFP photo)
The Norwegian made it a quarter of an hour before the game’s final score of 5-1 Premier League victory over Burnley last Saturday.
After Josko Gvardiol tipped a ball over the top of the Monaco defense, Haaland escaped the attention of his marker before lobging the ball over Philipp Koehn’s home goal.
The teams’ first meeting since a memorable last-16 tie in 2017, which the principality side won on away goals after the score came in at 6-6 on aggregate.
Erling Haaland (C) of Manchester City’s #9 Norwegian striker uses the ball during Monaco’s UEFA Champions League, league phase 2, football game against Manchester City at Stade Louis II in Monaco on October 1, 2025. (FREDERIC DIDES/AFP photo)
Bernardo Silva, who was also wearing City’s captain’s armband this time, was also in that Monaco team.
Krepin Diatta cut the ball back for Teze in the 18th minute before firing a brilliant right-foot shot past Donnarumma from 20 meters high into the net.
Paul Pogba, a former Manchester United midfielder, is currently training with Monaco and hoping to make his Monaco debut once the season is over.
Without him, they struggled to contain the visitors, with City retaking the lead just before the break when Haaland headed in a cross from Nico O’Reilly.
Kylie Jenner showed up for Paris Fashion Week’s Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2026 event in an elegant little black dress outfit.
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Kylie Jenner has arrived in style at Paris Fashion Week. The business mogul, 28, exuded elegance as she stunned in a typical little black dress in France’s capital.
The Khy founder joined her sister Kendall Jenner and close pals Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid for the annual event. And after teasing her arrival for days online, Kylie certainly didn’t disappoint as she stepped out in an outfit she has become known for.
Kylie waved at the adoring crowd as she arrived for the Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2026 show dressed in a fitted black dress. The minuscule spaghetti straps that helped the midi attire perfectly hug her body.
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The reality TV star raised the top to show her thigh while wearing the wide V-neck outfit. She paired her dress with a pair of stowed, open-toed sandals.
Wearing a straightforward chunky bracelet, Kylie kept her accessories to a minimum. And she finished the look by reversing her hair into a bun.
Her appearance comes on the day The Kardashians was revealed as returning for a seventh season. The new trailer, which comes a lot sooner than some fans anticipated, had fans feeling like “old times”.
On Thursday, October 23, the most recent series will be shown again on television. New episodes will be available every Thursday on Hulu and Disney Plus exclusively on Hulu and Disney Plus in the US.
The Kardashian-Jenners are back, and it reminds one to look back, according to the official synopsis. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie are scurrying all the way into the drama, hustle, and heart.
They must go back to their former self-imposed passions because they want to pursue them more than ever. The family continues to grow and redefine their legacy through special circumstances and profound personal difficulties.
You better watch out, viewers have been warned.
Elsewhere, the mum-of-two showed the extent her sister Khloe Kardashian and her kids went through as she revealed ‘prank wars have started’ earlier this month. It came after a sleepover at mum Kris Jenner’s house.
After discovering that her car had been covered in toilet paper and silly string, a stunned Kylie chased her sister and called her a “little b***h.”
Kylie chuckles while watching her sister’s scared reaction as Khloe flees from her sister, illustrating the funny side of the incident.
Mum Kris gasps, “What is happening? ” as she appears and is shocked by what she is seeing. It has a lot of color. Khloe and her children then leave to frighten the mother and cover her with pink and red string. Kris quickly turns her back on the young people who are pursuing her.
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Lotto Park was about to run out.
After watching the visitors defeat Union Saint-Gilloise 4-0 in Brussels, those haughty Newcastle United supporters who were present in the stands did not want to go home.
The traveling support repeatedly sung, “This is the best trip I’ve ever been on.”
Their team just had the biggest Champions League victory in years, thanks to two penalties from Anthony Gordon, two goals from Nick Woltemade, and two goals from Harvey Barnes.
When Newcastle were just recently fighting relegation, such a scenario seemed unthinkable for the Geordies.
However, Eddie Howe’s side has won the Champions League twice in the last three years.
And this was the first time the club’s players have won away from home since 2003 on a night where Howe’s players showed they belong at Europe’s elite table.
There is no reason why we can’t win games at this level away from home, according to Howe, who they should [believe]. The players and the team are ready to do that, they say.
The preparation pays off.
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Long before kick-off, the tone was set.
In the first few weeks of the season, Howe has changed his team while engaging in combat on a variety of fronts.
However, the fact that the Newcastle head coach only made two changes during this game, and one was made after Tino Livramento injured himself, was rather telling.
The Premier League’s joint-lowest goalscorers needed to explode.
Gordon told TNT Sports, “There hasn’t been any good football in general.” Although we have been very organized and defended, we lack that creativity. Tonight, we really wanted to put an emphasis on getting that back.
Newcastle looked set to recover from their agonizing defeat at Arsenal on Sunday, but there was certainly no way of them underestimating Union.
Although the Belgian champions may be newcomers, they did not lose any of their previous nine top-flight games when they defeated PSV in their first ever Champions League game last month.
They actually have a significantly higher coefficient than Newcastle, which is testament to Union’s recent success in European competitions.
The visitors’ continued unpunished before facing a side who had a day to recover and prepare, so it was hardly surprising.
Howe trained his side at Lotto Park on the day of the game in addition to personally reviewing his opponent, as usual.
Sebastien Pocognoli, the union manager, did not overlook that.
He said, “Sometimes, the opponent can be condescending and look down on you.” They opted not. They treated us with the utmost respect. They excelled in many ways due to their abilities and traits.
We play football in a progressive way.
Union had six shots on target, but the visitors were brutal.
Even though Newcastle were facing a back five, they were aware that Anthony Elanga and Gordon would find room out wide, which it did.
Both of Newcastle’s opening goals were contributed by Elanga, the match’s player.
In the run-up to Sandro Tonali’s shot, Elanga sent a cross into the box after deflecting off Woltemade for Newcastle’s opener.
The visitors’ second penalty was then won by the winger, which Gordon converted.
Before substitute Barnes’ clinical breakaway goal came in, Gordon won the ball back and saved another spot-kick for Newcastle’s third goal.
Howe assumed that his team “could score at any moment.”
The head coach of Newcastle said, “We’re a progressive football team.” I don’t want our build-up phase to be overly negative or playfully. That doesn’t bring out the best in us.
Nicole Dyer has shared her thoughts after resuming her relationship with Love Island actor Amber Davies after she was injured.
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Dani Dyer has admitted she found the first live Strictly Come Dancing show hard to watch at the weekend. The former Love Island star, 29, had been excited to be a part of the hit BBC contest, but injury forced her to quit in the week running up to the series starting.
Now, while chatting with her dad Danny Dyer on their Live and Let Dyers podcast, the reality TV star admitted she would love to go back next series. “My door is open,” she confessed. “If they want their door to be open then I’ll walk through their door.”
And talking about Amber Davies replacing her, she admitted she feels she will be amazing with Nikita Guzman. “Watching the launch show, they’re all so lovely,” she said before her dad asked how she felt.
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She admitted, “That was really difficult. “Obviously seeing them, but obviously Amber’s arrival and their partnership will be amazing.
There was a chance that Nikita wouldn’t find a partner, so I’m glad he did. Simply put, the turnaround was so quick.
Before declaring her affection for Vicky Pattison from Geordie Shore, she continued, “Listen, I wish everyone the best.” She exclaimed, “I’m so glad I met Vicky.
Dani also revealed during the chat that she felt she may have done something wrong in the world after injuring herself. It left her requiring the advice of her therapist for the first time since she met her husband Jarrod Bowen.
She openly stated, “He just put things into perspective for me.”
Speaking of the circumstances surrounding the accident, dad Danny referred to it as a “freak f***ing accident.” I then explained that essentially I fell and rolled my ankle, and initially I heard a noise but thought, “I think it’ll be fine,” but when I got home on the weekend and iced it all, the MRI revealed that my ankle had a hairline fracture, but it was actually my ligaments.
They told the physio that if you have a grade one sprain, you can work with a grade one sprain, but my ankle had a grade two sprain on one side and the other had a grade one sprain on the other.
What can we do, I said to the doctor after we went to get a second opinion. physically, please? Can you say something, there must be something here? ” “
However, she acknowledged that Strictly’s employees had stopped paying for her time and that they had told her it wasn’t worthwhile. They stated that if she continued, she would be “in such great pain.”
Fans have been asking if Amber’s call-up is fair now that she is one of the favorites because of her West End and dancing background.
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In a gripping Champions League match, Paris St Germain rallied from a goal down to defeat Barcelona 2-1. The defending champions came back from a set of injuries to claim a valuable victory away from home.
Barcelona put a strong start to their Wednesday game, and Ferran Torres slid in the 19th minute to beat the offside trap and slot past PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier with a precise pass from Marcus Rashford across the box.
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Despite missing Marquinhos and their starting attacking trio of Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Desire Doue, PSG reacted tenaciously.
Nuno Mendes won the match in the 38th minute by making a stunning run down the left, beating three defenders before setting up Senny Mayulu, 19, who bravely finished in the bottom corner.
In the 83rd minute, PSG finally scored a deserved winner from a quick counter, with Achraf Hakimi crossing for Goncalo Ramos to fire home from close range.
Barcelona captain Freddie de Jong told Movistar+, “You have to be disappointed at the end when you concede in the final minute of the game to lose at home.”
“They]PSG] were generally better in the second half and in the final stages. Better starting is our goal. They were better in the second half, after all, but it went back and forth.
Ferran Torres scores Barcelona’s opener against PSG [Albert Gea/Reuters]
Man City and Juventus were held to victory, but Newcastle and Arsenal won.
After Eric Dier converted a penalty in the 90th minute for the hosts, Manchester City had to settle for a draw of 2-2 with Monaco.
After Renato Veiga’s late equalizer, Villarreal and Juventus tied the game at 1-1.
After 12 minutes, Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal, and Bukayo Sako added a pair of goals in injury time to earn the win.
Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal, said, “We want to be creative and we know the quality of the team.”
Everyone can tell from each and every player on the pitch that you want to keep your place. “Everyone can see the quality and depth in the squad now.
Odegaard praised Arsenal’s second-place finish in the English Premier League for three straight seasons, which included being knocked out of the Champions League in the finals last year, adding: “We have used everything that happened to us in a good way and have also introduced a few new players… hopefully this is going to be our year.”
Nick Woltemade is making an effort to erase Alexander Isak from Newcastle fans.
The 93 million-dollar signing made his third goal for Newcastle in four starts to give them a 4-0 victory over Union Saint-Gilloise.
The German international was acquired to fill Isak’s contentious move to Liverpool. And he has immediately impacted people.
Sandro Tonali’s goal-directed shot past Kjell Scherpen was his 17th-minute goal at Lotto Park, which gave Newcastle the perfect start. He was also appreciated for putting the right foot in the right place at the right moment, according to him.
Following his goal against Arsenal on Sunday, Woltemade has now scored in back-to-back games. The early signs of his potential replacement after his transfer from Stuttgart are encouraging, but he still needs to demonstrate that he can. Isak scored 54 goals in 78 Premier League starts for Newcastle.
Anthony Gordon scored twice from the penalty spot to give Newcastle the lead at halftime, and Harvey Barnes added a fourth.
