Emma Watson has reportedly been banned from driving for six months
Emma Watson has reportedly been banned from driving after she was caught speeding, according to multiple news outlets.
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The British actress best-known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series was 'driving her blue Audi at 38 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone in England,' BBC is reporting. The incident of speeding took place on July 31 last year.
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- CBC
Russian missile, drone attacks on Kyiv have killed at least 16, Zelenskyy says
Highest number of children injured in single attack on capital since 2022 invasion Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the death toll has risen to 16 following a spate of overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's capital, with two children among the dead. "As of now, as a result of Russia's terror attack on Kyiv, 16 people have been killed, including two children and one policeman," he said in a post on X late Thursday. "Over 150 have been injured, including 16 children and six policemen." Ukraine's Emergency Service said that a five-month-old girl was among the wounded children, which had been earlier reported at 14. It was the highest number of children injured in a single attack on Kyiv since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to public records consulted by The Associated Press. Partial collapse of residential building Explosions rocked Kyiv from about midnight local time onwards and blazes lit up the night sky. A large part of a nine-storey residential building collapsed in the attack, City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. Rescue teams searched for people trapped under the rubble. Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home. "It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left," said Zhabborova, a mother of a five-month-old infant and a five-year-old child. WATCH | Rescuers pull people out of rubble after Russian attack hits apartment block in Kyiv: Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones, and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukrainian air defences intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles. Five missiles and 21 drones struck targets. Yurii Kravchuk, 62, stood wrapped in a blanket next to a damaged building with a bandage around his head. He had heard the missile alert but did not get to a shelter in time, he told Reuters. "I started waking up my wife and then there was an explosion. My daughter ended up in the hospital," he said. Russian troops also struck a five-storey residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, according to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin. He said one person was killed and at least 11 more injured. At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit by the attack, Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage seen in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. More than 100 buildings were damaged in Kyiv, including homes, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities and universities, he said. Russia, which denies targeting civilians, has stepped up airstrikes in recent months on Ukrainian towns and cities far from the front lines of the war. Thousands of civilians, the vast majority of them Ukrainian, have been killed since Moscow's all-out invasion began nearly three and a half years ago. Russia says it shot down drones overnight Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defence said Thursday that it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight. A drone attack had sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia's Penza region, local Gov. Oleg Melnichenko said. He didn't immediately give further details other than to say that there were no casualties. In the Volgograd region, some trains were also halted after drone wreckage fell on local railway infrastructure, state rail operator Russian Railways said. Russia's Defence Ministry also said its forces took full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Ukrainian officials, who typically don't confirm retreats, didn't immediately comment. Zelenskyy calls on allies to pressure Moscow Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine's eastern defences. Victor Trehubov, a Ukrainian military spokesperson, told The Associated Press that Russia's claim was untrue. "Just a fabrication, there wasn't even a change in the situation," he said. A report on Thursday from Ukraine's Army General Staff said there were seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town as being under Russian control. DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early Thursday that neighbourhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained as so-called grey zones, or uncontrolled by either side. The attack targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine's capital being the primary target, Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging service. "Today, the world once again saw Russia's answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe," Zelenskyy said. "New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible." He called on Ukraine's allies to follow through on defence commitments and pressure Moscow toward real negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — Aug. 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs. He said on Thursday that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Russia after his current stop in Israel. Trump has grown increasingly critical of Russia. "I think it's disgusting what they're doing," he said after the latest attacks. The U.S. is ready to impose sanctions, but "I don't know that sanctions bother him," he said, referring to Putin. Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his feet in U.S.-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land. Some observers are skeptical that sanctions will change that. "He's shown that he is quite willing to continue his course of action, despite whatever Western sanctions there are," Mark N. Katz, a retired George Mason University professor and Russian foreign policy specialist, told Times Radio.
CTV News
7 hours ago
- CTV News
U.K. ninja sword ban begins as 1,000 weapons surrendered in knife crime crackdown
A Union flag flies near Big Ben in London, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, on the 5th anniversary after the U.K. officially left the European Union. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) At least 1,000 weapons have been surrendered under a British government amnesty launched last month to combat knife crime, the interior ministry announced on Friday, as a new ban on ninja swords came into effect. Overall, knife crime in England and Wales has risen 87% over the past decade, with 54,587 offenses recorded last year alone, a 2% rise from 2023 and among the highest rates in Europe. On July 29, 2024, teenager Axel Rudakubana attacked a Taylor Swift-themed children's dance event in the northern English town of Southport, killing three girls and stabbing 10 people in one of Britain's most harrowing knife assaults. Since then, the government has pledged tougher age checks for knife buyers, warned social media firms they could face fines for failing to curb sales and promotion of weapons, and banned zombie-style knives, machetes and ninja swords. Over the month of July this year, the government urged young people to drop off weapons, including bladed ones, at 'amnesty' bins or a mobile van - part of efforts to control knife crime, particularly when it involves youths. The government said at least 1,000 weapons have been handed in. A mobile van will be deployed at the Notting Hill Carnival in London later this month in response to past knife-related violence by a small number of attendees. It is unclear whether the 'amnesty' bins will stay in place once the month-long campaign comes to an end. The interior ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. Charities and experts call the government's efforts a step forward but say they fail to address the root causes. The interior ministry said that knife-related robberies have fallen in seven highest-risk areas, dropping from 14% of all robberies in the seven highest-risk areas in the year ending June 2024 to 6% in the same period to June 2025. The ban on buying and selling ninja swords is part of the government's pledge to introduce Ronan's Law, named in honor of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was fatally stabbed with a ninja sword in 2022. Campaigner Martin Cosser, whose son was killed in a knife attack two years ago, previously told Reuters that the issue was not just about the weapon itself, but about the 'emotional drivers' that lead people to carry knives in the first place. By Catarina Demony (Reporting by Catarina Demony; editing by Mark Heinrich)
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Conor McGregor loses appeal against civil jury's finding he sexually assaulted a woman
LONDON — Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor on Thursday lost his legal appeal against a civil court's finding that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Dublin hotel. In November a jury at the High Court in Dublin found McGregor liable for assaulting Nikita Hand, who says he 'brutally raped and battered' her in a hotel penthouse in 2018. He was ordered to pay Hand almost 250,000 euros (US$285,000), as well as about 1.3 million euros ($1.5 million) in legal costs. Hand, 35, successfully sued McGregor in civil court after prosecutors declined to bring charges, saying there was insufficient evidence and a conviction was unlikely. The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual violence unless they come forward publicly, as Hand has done. McGregor alleged that Hand fabricated the allegations after the two had consensual sex. He launched an appeal, but at a hearing earlier this month his lawyer unexpectedly withdrew a request to introduce new evidence. Three appeals court judges in Dublin on Thursday dismissed the appeal 'in its entirety.' Hand was in court for the ruling, but McGregor was not. The 37-year-old fighter, once the face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship but now past his prime in the ring, has become known for anti-immigration statements and criticism of Irish politicians. He has flirted with the idea of running for president of Ireland. U.S. President Donald Trump, a UFC fan, invited McGregor to the White House to mark St. Patrick's Day in March. McGregor also faces a lawsuit in Florida for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of the Kaseya Center, home arena of the Miami Heat, during a 2023 NBA finals game with the Denver Nuggets.
