ChildrenTimelineNearly three years after Victoria Climbié's parents sent her to Britain from Africa in the hope of a better life a public inquiry begins into her murder. The investigation will determine why the horrific abuse she suffered was never tackled despite repeated contact with social services, the NHS and the police.
November 1998
Seven-year-old Victoria Climbié left her parents' house in the shanty suburb of Abobo in the Ivory Coast.
BEIRUT — The Gaza war has pushed together powerful Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitaries with militant Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in religious ideology but are united by opposition to Israel and the United States.
Hamas, which launched the attacks on Israel two months ago thatsparked the war, is a primarily Sunni Muslim Palestinian movement. The group — whose name is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement — is an offshoot of theMuslim Brotherhood, the powerful Islamist movement that was founded in Egypt in the 1920s.
Updated Kate Middleton often matches her outfits to a variety of occasions and themed events. The duchess is known for wearing festive colors that match the holidays. Here's a look at every time Middleton has proved she's an expert at situational dressing. In 2011, Kate Middleton attended the Calgary Stampede Parade in Canada in a rodeo-style outfit. Middleton in 2011. Julian Parker/Getty Images For the event, Middleton wore a Temperley London blouse with Goldsign jeans, a Butler and Wilson belt, and R.
The ObserverFictionReviewThe Everything I Know About Love author’s second novel mixes relationship maxims with sharp observations about thirtysomething life
Dolly Alderton knows a thing or two about mining life’s most intimate moments for creative material. Her hit memoir Everything I Know About Love distilled lessons learned the messy way in her 20s about romance in all its guises, and when she later published her debut novel, Ghosts, its plot felt tantalisingly autobiographical, centring on a successful young writer’s app-enhanced attempts at finding a lasting relationship.
Fans are known to get emotionally involved in their favorite artist's personal business and Guapdad 4000 is feeling the wrath of Yung Baby Tate's supporters. We previously reported on the Bay Area rapper getting air time on the latest season of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta as his relationship—or situationship—with Yung Baby Tate was played out for a global audience. Guapdad received backlash with how he handled letting Tate down gently as he faced accusations that he was gaslighting her.