Hundreds of migrants on Banksy boat rescued after overcrowding off Libya coast

Manchester United icon is set to return to the fray in his native Uruguay in sensational fashion.The striker has enjoyed a fantastic career, including a stint at Old Trafford where he became a cult hero during his two years at the club.While he only scored 10 Premier League goals from 2002 to 2004, Forlan would enjoy La Liga much more where he became a huge star.Four years each at Villarreal and Atletico Madrid saw him become one of the top finishers in the game.He retired in 2019 - a year after leaving his last club Hong Kong side Kitchee - where he scored five times in eight games.But the United icon’s love for the game has clearly not died down and he looks set to return imminently.The veteran will join the Old Boys & Old Girls Club for over 40s in the La Liga Universitaria de Deportes de Uruguay (Uruguayan Universities League).The announcement was made on social media with Forlan saying: "The idea is to have fun and share with friends.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMia Wasikowska will take on the lead role in “Little Joe” director Jessica Hausner’s cult thriller “Club Zero,” Variety can reveal.The Australian actor will portray an unusual schoolteacher in Hausner’s second English-language film, which begins shooting in the U.K. and Austria in July.Wasikowska was most recently seen in Mia Hansen-Løve’s Cannes-premiering film “Bergman Island.”In “Club Zero,” Wasikowska’s teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students — a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.Discussing the film at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event last year, Hausner described the film as “a lot about eating,” relating to eating disorders and “eating behaviors.” This will be Hausner’s sixth feature.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian director Roberta Torre, known for campy Mafia musical “Tano to Die For” and other anarchic pics, is making “Le Favolose,” about a group of transgender women who reunite after 20 years to commemorate a dead friend and do right by her after her identity has been violated.“Le Favolose,” which translates as “The Fabulous Ones,” is being produced by Donatella Palermo, who is at the Berlinale with auteur Paolo Taviani’s competition entry “Leonora Addio.”Palermo, who has a longstanding rapport with Torre, is the Italian producer behind two Berlin Golden Bear winners: the Taviani brothers’ “Caesar Must Die” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea.” “When a person decides to face the [gender] transition from man to woman it can be a very painful process in several different ways: social, physical, etc.,” said Palermo, who notes that “when a trans dies, most of the time their body is returned to their families.” Torre’s new pic is based on a real-life story of Antonia, one of the “Fabulous Ones,” who is buried by her family dressed as a man under her original name, Giampaolo, amid the indifference of most.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorArna Media, the Russian distribution company run by Nadezda Motina, has secured the rights to “Brother and Sister,” “The Tank,” “Little Allan – The Human Antenna” and “The Colors of Fire” for its theatrical pipeline. Arnaud Desplechin’s family-drama “Brother and Sister” stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud and Golshifteh Farahani. Cotillard and Poupaud play the titular siblings who, following the death of their parents, reunite after decades of silence.

Jamie Lang After a banner 2021 for high-end genre films, industry vets are hopeful that the fantastic can resurrect the corpse of pre-COVID theatrical distribution.As bolts of lightning reanimated the body of Frankenstein’s monster, Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” which turned heads when it took the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner “Nanny,” a supernatural tale from director Nikyatu Jusu, have revitalized the festival scene.While “Nanny” may have been the jewel in the genre crown at Sundance, the influence that genre cinema held over 2022’s first major festival was wide-ranging and undeniable. Chloe Okuno’s psychological thriller “Watcher” impressed — segueing into several sales deals — as did Hanna Bergholm’s psycho-horror feature “Hatching,” sold by Wild Bunch and Charades-sold Spanish standout “Piggy,” the follow-up to Carlota Pereda’s 2019 Spanish Academy Award-winner “Cerdita.” Among genre titles at Berlin this year are Dario Argento’s serial killer thriller “Dark Glasses” in the Berlinale Special section, while Bertrand Bonello’s subconscious voyage “Coma” and Peter Strickland’s gory “Flux Gourmet” (pictured above) feature in Encounters.

Amidst family drama piled miles high, Travis Scott looks as chilled out as ever; but then again, maybe it’s just new dad exhaustion! In the first photos of the rapper since the birth of his second child with wife Kylie Jenner, the rapper wore a comfortable outfit and statement hoodie as he arrived at the Fanatic Super Bowl party on Feb. 12. Travis and Kylie welcomed a son, Wolf Webster, on Feb. 2nd.

"I’ve played with Katie Zelem since I was 12 years old. I’m not going to sit here and say I don’t want her to do well. She’s one of my best friends and always will be," Keira Walsh explains.

Luke Shaw has told Jadon Sancho to keep his head high after emerging as a shining light during Manchester United's difficult run of form.

The Met Office is warning of snow and torrential rain set to hit Britain in the coming days. According to the UK's national weather service, an active jet stream is to bring a change to the weather with a series of low-pressure systems across the country.The first of these low-pressure systems will cross to northern regions including Scotland bringing extraordinarily wet and windy weather hitting winds of up 77km/h.

Elizabeth Hurley has left many fans feeling hot under the collar with her latest post, which had her flaunting her ab-defined body in swimwear.56-year-old model Liz proved that she is an age-defying goddess with her latest Instagram post to her 2.3m followers.The actress donned a tiny white two-piece bikini with golden bedazzlement, which put her ample cleavage and toned stomach on full display.In the video, the immaculate English actress is flaunting her sensational figure as she raises her arms above her head and poses up a storm next to a swimming pool in a tropical location.She simply captioned the post, "Happy weekend".The brunette beauty had accessorised with a straw hat on her head to protect her eyes from the intense sunlight and had her brunette locks naturally fall down.Liz finished the look with a more natural-looking minimal make-up glow, which radiated her attractive features.There's no doubt that the video had followers feeling hot under the collar, with many fans and celebrity pals commenting on the gorgeous video.Fashion guru Susannah Constantine penned "Minx" with a love-struck emoji.Author Sandy Litner commented: "Good Afternoon."A gushing fan wrote: "You're absolutely gorgeous, and your figure is unreal". The gorgeous mum of one opened up about her diet and fitness plans in an exclusive chat with MailOnline.The actress admitted she finds it harder to stay in shape than she used to but doesn't let it bring her mood down.She confessed: 'I'm at least 10 pounds heavier than I was 20 years ago, but I don't care."Discussing the secrets behind her phenomenal figure, she added: "I love working in my garden and am never happier than when wielding a strimmer.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are enjoying a day out with friends!

The 2022 Super Bowl is one day away and we have all the details you need to know about the big game!

The stars are stepping out for Christian Siriano‘s latest fashion show!

Fairtrade, rainforest-friendly, organic? And why is coffee so contentious?Part of the problem with coffee is down to geography. Like chocolate, almost all coffee is grown in the tropics, largely in the ‘Global South’, the less developed, lower-income areas of the world.

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A “pandemic of suicide ” exists at one of the Army’s largest military barracks, according to soldiers inside the base.

When it comes to de-cluttering your loft space - or anywhere else in your home for that matter - how many times have you come across old items from your childhood?

Thousands of children were made homeless during the pandemic, according to shock new figures branded a “national disgrace.”

refugee rescue boat in the Mediterranean have been transferred to another humanitarian ship, while dozens were helped by the Italian Coastguard.Those associated with the Louise Michel former French navy vessel warned: "It's not over", as they demanded safe refuge for "survivors".At one stage there were 219 people on board the boat, including 33 in a life raft deployed by its side and one corpse in a body bag, someone involved in the mission said.The vessel - launched under its new humanitarian guise last week - was left stranded off the coast of Malta for around 12 hours into Saturday, according to tweets posted from the ship's account.Those associated with the vessel, which features a Banksy painting depicting a young girl holding on to a

Banksy have claimed several EU officials ignored their calls for help after they came close to a “state of emergency”.The street artist financed the Louise Michel boat, named after a 19th-century French anarchist and teacher, to help refugees attempting to reach Europe from North Africa.The former French navy boat became stranded in the Mediterranean Sea earlier today (August 29) after its deck became overcrowded. The 10-person crew said on the boat’s Twitter account they were “safeguarding 219 people” after coming to the aid of 89 people on Thursday (August 27) and a boat of 130 on Friday (28).“There is already one dead person on the boat,” read the Twitter account.