2000 Zambian villagers to sue UK mining company in London

At leaset 2,000 Zambian villagers have been given the go ahead to sue mining giant Vedanta in a UK court.

 The villagers who live in Nchanga in the country's Copperbelt province are suing for injury and damages to their property for what they say is numerous and ongoing toxic discharges around where they live.

 Vedanta Resources has an asset base of almost $40bn (£30bn) spread across the world and Its Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) had appealed against a ruling in May 2016 when a High Court judge decided the claim could proceed.

 KCM which employs 16,000 people in Zambia had wanted the claims to be heard in the country. Reuters however reports that the judgment will play a significant role in defining the future liability of multinational companies based in the UK for alleged human rights and environmental abuses outside the country.

Mexican actor slaps reporter on the face on Hollywood red carpet

A Mexican telenovela star took the drama to the red carpet on Tuesday when he lost his temper and slapped a reporter.

Eduardo Yanez, 57, was being interviewed on the red carpet by Univision reporter, Paco Fuentez, when he took offense at a question and attacked.

Paco is seen in the video asking Eduardo a question about the GoFundMe page his son created to pay for a car he recently crashed. The topic of his son is a sore one for Eduardo because he and his son have a strained relationship that became public back in June after the son accused his famous father on Twitter of being a drug addict, racist and woman abuser.

Paco asked Eduardo why his son couldn’t just go to him for the money and the actor felt the question was disrespectful and warned the reporter.

Eduardo responded in Spanish: “If you're so worried about my son, you send him the money.”

The reporter responds that he's just doing his job and reminds Eduardo the press is the link between public figures and the people. 

At this point, Eduardo accuses Paco of trying to make a big deal out of the situation and calls him a “pure a**” adding: “You're not the link between anything and stop disrespecting me.”

Paco started to explain that he never disrespected him but mid-sentence, Eduardo stretches out his palm and hits him across the face.

The assault was caught on video and has gone viral with fans urging Paco to sue. Eduardo, who is said to have a history of being violent towards reporters, later tweeted an apology in Spanish.

Eduardo wrote: “I want to ask a sincere apology to the public and the person affected by my action. It was not correct. My personal life is not for sale.”

According to TMZ, he is now under criminal investigation after the reporter filed a report with the LAPD claiming assault and battery. 

Watch the video below.

Wife of Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo accuses his Chile team-mates of skipping training & drinking after they failed to qualify for 2018 World Cup

Carla Prado, the wife of Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo took to Instagram to blast the Chile squad after they failed to qualify for 2018 World Cup, which will hold in Russia.

Last night, Chile were defeated 3-0 by Brazil, as they slumped to sixth in the table after Argentina beat Ecuador and Peru drew with Colombia. 

Displeased by the poor result, Carla shared a group picture of the Chile National team celebrating one of their Copa América titles and accused some of her husband's teammates of partying and missing training due to hangovers.

'Thank you, Captain America, for all that you have experienced. It was really beautiful. 

'But when they put on the shirt it has to be with professionalism. I know that most of them busted their asses, while others left parties and even did not train due to their hangovers.

'If the cap fits, put it on and stop crying. Because now it is a whole country that is crying. Here we wait for you with open arms my captain,' She wrote.

When Bravo who's the captain of Chile was asked about his wife's comments after their defeat, he simply said: 'Those things are spoken about internally.' 

ECOWAS court orders Nigeria to compensate officer with $75k for his son’s death

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has given judgment in the case of Wing Commander Danladi Angulu Kwasu and the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), stating that the FRN violated the right of life in respect of the son who died during the watermanship training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, on April 30, 2015.

Kwasu’s son died by drowning and the court held that there was a failure to provide safety measures during the training or investigate the matter after the death.  The court ordered Nigeria to investigate the matter and punish those responsible and ordered Nigeria to pay a compensation fee of 75,000 US dollars to the applicant (Kwasu).  

 Nigeria was found to be in breach of the right to life under Art 4 of the African Charter as the death is an unlawful killing and the failure to investigate is also s breach of Art 4.  The applicant’s son was forced to carry out watermanship training at a dam in Kaduna in April 2015 even though he could not swim.  

 Safety measures were not provided and after his death, there was no investigation or compensation provided to the family.  The court in the initial part of its judgment ruled that it did have jurisdiction to entertain the suit as the FRN had argued that the CCJ did not have jurisdiction.  In 2015, Danladi Kwasu had accused the authorities of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) of murdering his son, who was until his death an officer cadet in the Academy.

 The retired Air Force Officer accused the NDA officials of pushing his 19-year-old son, El-Shadai Kwasu, with academy number NDA/10037, deliberately into a 100 meter-deep lake and drowning him during a training exercise on April 30, 2015.  According to him, his son died out of negligence by the Academy’s instructors who took him to the river.  He also alleged that about 20 officer cadets had been killed in similar circumstances over the years with the NDA authorities doing nothing to change the situation, although the NDA authorities declined to make an official comment on the allegation.  But a letter from the management of the NDA showed that the deceased died from cardiopulmonary arrest after he was drowned in a river while undergoing a routine watermanship training exercise at Kangimi Dam in Kaduna State.

Donald Trump's first wife Ivana calls herself 'First Lady'

USA President Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump, referred to herself as "first lady" in a new interview with ABC News on Monday ahead of the release of her new book, "Raising Trump." , and also boasted that she had direct number to Trump who she calls once every two weeks.

Now, President Donald's current wife, First Lady, Melania Trump, has fired back at Ivana, a rare move, saying Ivana is just 'seeking attention''

"I have the direct number to White House but I don't really want to call him there because Melania is there and I don't really want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that because I'm basically first Trump wife, OK? I'm first lady, OK?" she told ABC.

Melanie Trump responded through her communications director, Stephanie Grisham, to CNN.

"Mrs. Trump has made the White House a home for Barron and the President. She loves living in Washington, DC, and is honored by her role as first lady of the United States. She plans to use her title and role to help children, not sell books," Grisham said, adding, "There is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex, this is unfortunately only attention-seeking and self-serving noise."

Ivana Trump, is the mother of Donald Trump's three eldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric and divorced the U.S president in 1992 following his affair with Marla Maples.

Super Eagles player, Leon Balogun, broke down in tears after they won their match against Zambia

Leon could not contain his joy as he broke down in tears after himself and his teammates, The Super Eagles, beat Zambia 1-0 to qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. Leon gave a brilliant performance during the game. 

Illegal alcohol kills nine people in Tanzania

At least nine people have died and several others have been hospitalized in Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam after consuming illicit alcohol.  

 According to local authorities, the liquor contained an industrial chemical called 'GV' Gentian violet, an antiseptic dye normally used to treat infections of the skin, which is suspected to have caused the deaths.  

 While local brews are usually made using seeds, grains or vegetables in homes, some brewers are believed to be including deadly chemicals in an attempt to make the liquor more concentrated and attract more customers.  

Reports have ot that the local drink, gongo, is consumed more than any other liquor because it is cheaper than commercial brews.