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  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have announced the birth of their first child - a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom. The couple said they were "floating with love and wonder" after their daughter's "safe and healthy arrival". The pair also shared a black-and-white picture of them holding Daisy's tiny hand. Perry revealed she was pregnant in the music video for her single Never Worn White earlier this year. Skip Twitter post by @UNICEF "We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter," the couple said in a statement released via Unicef, a charity supporting disadvantaged children, for which both Perry and Bloom are ambassadors. "But we know we're the lucky ones and not everyone can have a birthing experience as peaceful as ours was. "Communities around the world are still experiencing a shortage of healthcare workers and every 11 seconds a pregnant woman or newborn dies, mostly from preventable cause...

  Indian police "committed serious human rights violations" during deadly religious riots in Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International alleges. It said police beat protesters, tortured detainees and at times took part in riots with Hindu mobs. More than 40 people died when clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims over a controversial citizenship law. Muslims bore the brunt, Amnesty said. The Delhi police are yet to respond to Amnesty's request for a response. The investigation corroborates the BBC's reporting on  incidents of police brutality and complicity during the riots  in February, the deadliest in the city for decades. The police denied any wrongdoing. Videos had emerged on social media and messaging groups from the Khajuri Khas area in north-east Delhi, in which police are seen acting with a mob and throwing stones. We investigated these videos by gathering eyewitness testimony from both communities. One shopkeeper alleged that police gave stones to h...

  To many Japanese, racism towards black people has long been considered something that happens in the US or Europe, not at home. But when the death of George Floyd in the US sparked a wave of protests demanding that Black Lives Matter, people in Japan joined in too. The protests and marches in major cities pushed a debate about racism in the country, and whether enough was being done to confront and change things. 'Paper cuts of racism' In June, public broadcaster NHK aired a segment to explain to Japanese audiences what was happening in the US, with the protests over George Floyd's death. The report, in a news show aimed at younger audiences, featured an animated video depicting the protesters as grotesque stereotypes, deeply steeped in racist imagery: caricatures with exaggerated muscles and angry faces, and with looters in the background. The reaction was largely negative - the US embassy called the segment "offensive and insensitive". Skip Twitter post by @Ba...

  Ten children have been killed by lightning in the north-western Uganda city of Arua after sheltering in a hut during a storm. The children were playing football when heavy rain forced them to take a break in a nearby grass-thatched structure which was struck by lightning. Nine children, aged 13 to 15, were killed on the spot while another died on the way to hospital. Three survivors are receiving treatment at the regional hospital. Uganda's north-western region has been experiencing severe rains coupled with thunder and lightning. This is the worst accident of its kind in Uganda since 2011, when 18 children were killed at a school in the mid-western region. That year, 28 people also died from lightning strikes in a single week.

  High-end department store chain Selfridges will start offering clothing rental as part of a number of moves into sustainable fashion. Customers are demanding that businesses take environmental concerns seriously, said managing director Anne Pitcher. The company is also moving into second-hand clothes, recycling and repair, she told the BBC's Today programme. While renting clothing for weddings is an established business, doing so for regular wear is relatively new. Fashion rental companies have sprung up in China, Europe and the US in recent years. One of the first was New York-based Rent the Runway, which was set up in 2009 to lease designer clothing. Selfridges is owned by the Weston family, which controls Primark through Associated British Foods. Fast fashion retailers like Primark have been  criticised by MPs  for encouraging a disposable attitude to clothing, although the firm insists its high street shops are better for the planet than online stores. Parliament's ...

Chinese restaurant A Chinese restaurant has apologised after it came under fire for its controversial policy of weighing customers before they enter. The fried beef outlet in the city of Changsha says it is "deeply sorry" for any upset caused after staff put the scales by the doors as diners arrived.   The restaurant staff placed scales at the entrance for customers to weigh themselves before ordering. They also installed a sign next to the scales telling customers how much they should order based on their weight. The guide at Chuiyan Fried Beef restaurant suggested that woman weighing under 90lbs should order no more than two dishes, while men weighing 70-80kg could have up to three, South China Morning Post reports.    Weighing customers was introduced at the restaurant just days after China's President Xi Jinping spoke out to describe the country's food waste problem as "shocking and distressing".   Tan Yan, president of the Chuiyan Fried ...

  The Nigeria international did not play a part when the Gers’ winning run came to an end against Callum Davidson’s men at Ibrox Stadium Rangers  manager Steven Gerrard has revealed Joe Aribo was omitted from their 0-0 draw with  Livingston  in Sunday’s Scottish Premiership game due to injury. The midfielder suffered a knock during one of their training sessions ahead of the game and did not recover in time to feature for the Gers at Ibrox Stadium. Aribo has played a key role in his side’s opening three games against  Aberdeen , St. Mirren and St. Johnstone, helping them clinch victories in the encounters. Gerrard is, however, hoping to welcome the  Nigeria  international back to his squad when they face  Kilmarnock  in their next league game. "He has a little knock. We are hoping to have him available next weekend. It was too risky to do it [against Livingston]," Gerrard was quoted as saying by  Glasgow Times. Aribo teamed up with the I...

  Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, attends a news conference on August 10, 2020 in Minsk. Belarusian opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday she was ready to lead the country, which is gripped by a wave of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. "I am ready to assume my responsibilities and act as a national leader", she said in a video from her exile in Lithuania. She added that she did not "want to become a politician" but that "destiny decreed that I would be on the front line in the face of arbitrariness and injustice " The 37-year-old opponent released this video the day after one of the largest opposition rallies in Belarusian history, which saw tens of thousands of people gather in Minsk to demand the departure of their political leader. Tsikhanouskaya, who had taken over as a candidate from her imprisoned husband, denounced massive fraud during the August 9 ballot, within which she of...

  Twitter announced on Thursday that it will introduce a new label for government officials and state-backed media organisations in an effort to be more transparent. The  social media platform added  that it will also "no longer amplify state-affiliated media accounts or their Tweets through our recommendation systems, including on the home timeline". The new feature will first be applied to countries represented in the five permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US but the platform said it would then extend it to other countries. On the political side, the new labels will be added to the account of key government officials including foreign ministers, institutional entities, ambassadors, official spokespeople, and key diplomatic leaders. Heads of states are to be excluded, "as these accounts enjoy widespread name recognition, media attention, and public awareness," Twitter said. "Our focus is on se...

  Governor Aminu Masari on Saturday August 15, said that the blame for banditry should go to the country's service chiefs and not President Buhari.    The Governor of President Buhari's home state who said this while presenting a N10 million economic empowerment cheque to 1,000 women and N7 million scholarship support cheque to 701 students in Rimi Local Government Area of the state, insisted that the Nigerian leader has done all it takes to ensure security in the region.   Masari added that he can't understand why the service chiefs haven’t done more to help the region since they are all Northerners.   He said;  “We know them and their parents. To identify bandits in rural communities is not a difficult task, because you know his business, his farmland capacity, his livestock. “And if one day he buys a new motorcycle amounting to over N200,000 naira, then you must know that he is selling people’s lives.”

  While it may not be as easy as it once was, finding comprehensive travel insurance is still possible during COVID-19. Below, we answer some of the most common questions on travel insurance cover in 2020, from finding specialist providers for “no-go” destinations to claiming for delays and enforced stays. Need to know Do travel insurance companies cover pandemics? After the WHO announced that the coronavirus was a global pandemic on 11 March, many travel insurance companies said they wouldn’t cover COVID-19-related claims. However, there are still some firms that are covering medical expenses for COVID-19-related incidents while on holiday, provided that the destination isn’t on non-essential travel advisories before departure. Insurance price comparison website, Compare the Market, said that all the travel insurance policies listed on their website are “likely to cover claims related to COVID-19 for emergency medical and repatriation costs.” However, be aware that not all policie...