to prevent their kidnap or murder by Islamist terrorists. He also calls for "secure armouries" of "lethal weapons" to be installed at high-security prisons - to help to tackle violent inmates.
is a TikTok creator with nearly 90 million followers, a Netflix movie star and also a singer on the brink of releasing her debut studio album.Called Addison, it’s out on Friday and the 24-year-old says it has been inspired by the music of Charli XCX and Madonna.
Overseen by Swedish super producer Max Martin's publishing company, Rae has co-written every song, with the album produced between Los Angeles, New York and Sweden.Five songs from the album have already been released – with last year's summer hit Diet Pepsi by far the biggest success story.It reached the top 10 in the UK singles chart and served as Rae's breakthrough hit.
Fans can expect "hypnotic, trance-like pop songs, pulsating and lush" on the album with lyrics that make you feel "young, fun and free" accordingA South African children's choir has been performing across the west of England as it takes part in a cultural exchange tour.
Made up of 20 school children from the Madadeni Township in South Africa, the choir is visiting the UK as part of Project Zulu, an initiative by the University of the West of England (UWE).
Raising funds for their schools back home, they have showcased their traditional Zulu song in a number of West Country locations, including a Bristol Bears game and in Bath and Bristol city centres.Under a trade truce struck in May at Geneva, the US lowered tariffs imposed on goods from China from 145% to 30%. China's retaliatory tariffs on US goods dropped from 125% to 10%.
But a larger trade deal between the countries has not been established.On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Bessent
told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, details of the trade will be "ironed out" once Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump speak, but he did not say exactly when that conversation is expected."What China is doing is they are holding back products that are essential for the industrial supply chains of India, of Europe. And that is not what a reliable partner does," Bessent said.