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Guy Lambert Entertainment reporter Getty Images Popstars snuck into the audience at Coachella to watch each other perform this weekend – as Lady Gaga wowed festivalgoers with a dramatic main stage set. Fans swarmed to catch the Poker Face singer perform songs from her new album Mayhem, delivering a visual spectacle by opening her set…

A congressional committee in Peru has dismissed an investigation into President Dina Boluarte over allegations she accepted Rolex watches as bribes. The decision by the subcommittee means Boluarte – whose approval ratings are in single digits – is shielded from impeachment proceedings while in power. However, she could still potentially face charges when she leaves…

At least 32 people have been killed and 84 injured, including 10 children, after a Russian attack on the centre of Sumy, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “terrible strike by Russian ballistic missiles” hit an “ordinary city street, ordinary life” adding that, without strong pressure, “Russia will continue to drag…

Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan’s civil war have continued for a third day, residents have told the BBC. One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as “extremely catastrophic” while another said things were “dire”. More than 100 civilians, among them at least 20…

The emergency services in Ukraine say at least 21 people have been killed and dozens of others have been wounded in a Russian ballistic missile strike on the north-eastern city of Sumy. The city lies around 30 miles (48km) from the Russian border. Posting on his Telegram channel, President Zelensky says Russia hit the centre…

Tanzania’s main opposition party has been barred from participating in this year’s election, days after its leader was charged with treason. Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, said that Chadema had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was due on Saturday, meaning the party was disqualified from…

Vitaliy Shevchenko Russia editor, BBC Monitoring Getty Images A file photo shows a woman and child walking past a poster proclaiming “For Russia! For the President! For Sevastopol!” “Russians are trying to ban everything Ukrainian here: language, and also traditions. Even Ukrainian holidays are forbidden.” This is the sorrow and fear of a rarely heard…

Andrew Rogers and Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Bella Ramsey reprises her role of Ellie in season two of The Last of Us “I made a real decision when I was, like, 11 that I wasn’t gonna be like a typical teenager,” says Bella Ramsey. Talk about an understatement. By the time Bella was…

Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent Getty Images Flames rise near the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital An Israeli strike has destroyed the intensive care and surgery departments of the main medical facility in Gaza City, Hamas has said. Video posted online appeared to show huge flames and smoke rising from Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after missiles hit a two-storey…

Getty Images Minecraft Movie star Jack Black joined SNL cast member Michael Longfellow in a recent Saturday Night Live sketch US TV institution Saturday Night Live has entertained viewers and created comedy stars for 50 years. Can a British version reach the same heights? For five decades, the phrase “Live from New York, it’s Saturday…