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Mar312021 by adminNo Comments

Derek Chauvin trial: New footage shows George Floyd pleading with officers

World

A court has been shown new police bodycam footage of George Floyd pleading with officers during his arrest, saying: "I'm not a bad guy."The video comes as the murder trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin continues for a third day. In it, Mr Floyd is seen begging for police not to harm him.The footage also shows Mr Chauvin with his knee on Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes.Mr Floyd's 2020 death sparked global protests over policing and racism.Mr Chauvin, 45, denies charges of murder and manslaughter. Defence lawyers have indicated they will argue that 46-year-old Mr Floyd died of an overdose and poor health, and the force used was reasonable. Observers of the trial say footage shown of Mr Floyd's actions before and during the arrest may be an attempt by prosecutors to deal with the all...

Feb262021 by adminNo Comments

How unseen GoPro footage in new documentary captured Billie Eilish’s rise to superstardom

Entertainment

Going from "a poorly kept secret to the biggest star on Earth" with an album you wrote in your brother's bedroom isn't normal - but neither is your mum hanging a GoPro on the wall to film every moment.For Billie Eilish, her journey from childhood to superstardom has been captured from day one - and now an intimate new documentary by filmmaker R J Cutler is letting fans in on the story behind the star. Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry starts with her first radio play aged just 13 with Ocean Eyes and goes on to show her writing, recording and releasing her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? at 17. Image: A crew followed Eilish for a year. Pic: Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry/Apple TV+ With around ...

Jan102020 by adminNo Comments

Plane was downed by missile, leaders say as new footage of the crash emerges

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Officials in the UK, US, Canada and Australia have said it is highly likely a missile was to blame for the crash of a passenger jet over Iran.All 176 people on board were killed when the Ukraine International Airlines jet crashed on Wednesday, minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital of Tehran.Among the dead were 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians and four Britons. Image: The scene near Imam Khomeini Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran after the plane crashed ...

Nov12019 by adminNo Comments

Jeremy Kyle: ITV under fire after whistleblower leaks ‘humiliating’ footage

Entertainment

ITV has been accused of "corporate failure of responsibility" towards Jeremy Kyle Show participants, by MPs who were given behind-the-scenes footage from a whistleblower.The digital, culture, media and sport committee said the video showed how filming continued backstage and in dressing rooms, leaving "no safe space". Kyle, who presented the series for 14 years, used "provocative and sometimes abusive language" which could later be edited out of the show that went on air, MPs said. Image: Participant Steve Dymond died a week after filming an episode of the show Expert advisers said the footage showed that "humiliation, denigration and provocation" of participants had become "normalised".The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed earlier this year ...

Sep192019 by adminNo Comments

Leaked classified ‘UFO footage’ is real, US Navy confirms

Technology

Three videos purporting to be leaked military footage of UFOs are genuine, the US Navy has revealed.The clips - published by the To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science In December 2017 and March 2018 - showed several mystery objects travelling through the air at high speed. One of the videos was from 2004, while the other two were recorded in 2015 and featured audio from US fighter pilots expressing disbelief at what they they were seeing - unsure if the objects were drones or something else. Image: The footage was first published by the To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science While the US Navy remains none the wiser as to what the pilots saw, it has confirmed that the leaked footage is real and that the objects have been class...