World Council of Churches expresses dismay over Hagia Sophia

Manchester United provide most of the fee they are close to agreeing for Ferran Torres.City are hoping to complete the initial £21m deal for Valencia winger Torres in their first major signing of the summer.

straight to your inbox Fresh allegations made by Der Spiegel contain one glaring error which calls into question the balance of their investigation. The German newspaper has published a fresh batch of hacked emails which it says show that Manchester City misled the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

For the past few days, women have been nominating each other on Instagram to post black-and-white photos of themselves along with the caption “Challenge accepted” and the hashtag #womensupportingwomen. People have assumed that the challenge is about women’s empowerment.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe 77th Venice Film Festival (September 2 – 12) has revealed all jury members, with Competition jury president Cate Blanchett joined by Austrian director Veronika Franz (Goodnight Mommy), Brit filmmaker Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir), Italian writer Nicola Lagioia, German filmmaker Christian Petzold (Barbara), Romanian director Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival has revealed the rosters of its main juries — a move that indicates organizers expect a robust contingent of top international talent and industry executives to make the trek to the Lido for the fest’s planned physical edition in September.The U.K.’s Joanna Hogg (“The Souvenir”), Germany’s Christian Petzold (“Undine”) and Romania’s Cristi Puiu (“Sieranevada”) are among the directors who will join the fest’s main jury, over which

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday held a virtual panel on the call for a global conversion therapy ban. 

Aşk 101 on Netflix, upon request from the country’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).“With bilateral talks, the problem about that character has been removed,” a representative from RTÜK said, asking to preserve anonymity.The discussions regarded a character named Osman in the series, who was initially written as homosexual but was then changed following RTÜK’s request.A rule passed in August 2019 allows RTÜK to regulate television, radio and on-demand broadcasting in Turkey, which

Celtic have made an opening offer for him and he expects more to happen in the coming days. Weissman has been in incredible form since moving the Austrian Bundesliga club, netting 37 goals in 40 games.

Chris Brown is in love and is not afraid to show it! The singer has been flirting with his baby mama, Ammika Harris on social media quite a lot lately while she’s still away with their son in Germany. Now, one insider report claims to know that the star is definitely proud to let his feelings for her be seen by the whole world! And that’s exactly what he has been doing with his posts and comments that always reflect his attraction to his beautiful IG model girlfriend.

busiest airport has accused Holyrood ministers of "dithering" over a decision on which countries holidaymakers can travel to without facing quarantine restrictions. A list of air corridors has already been drawn up by the UK Government that explains which airports British holidaymakers can fly to from this month.

ISTANBUL -- In its more than 1,400-year existence, the majestic domed structure of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served as the Byzantine Empire’s main cathedral, a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and a museum under modern Turkey, attracting millions of tourists each year.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Pablo Larrain’s Princess Diana movie Spencer, which is set to star Kristen Stewart as the former royal, was a hot seller for FilmNation out of the Cannes virtual market.The New York-based firm all but sold out on the project, closing deals for the UK, France, Italy and Benelux (STX Entertainment), Germany and Switzerland (DCM), Australia/NZ (Roadshow), Latin America, Spain and Portugal (Sun), South Korea (Green Narae) and Japan (Tohokushina).Buyers