A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch
When she was seven years old, Bayo Randle’s great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta was presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle as a “diplomatic gift” from an African king.
Victoria would go on to pay for Bonetta’s education, approve her marriage to one of west Africa’s wealthiest men, and become godmother to her eldest daughter.
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© Photograph: Royal Collection Trust / William Bambridge (1819-79)
© Photograph: Royal Collection Trust / William Bambridge (1819-79)
© Photograph: Royal Collection Trust / William Bambridge (1819-79)
Descendants say theft from Portchester Castle reflects racism that has haunted ‘generation after generation’
The theft of a plaque in Hampshire that told the little-known story of African-Caribbean prisoners in 18th-century Britain reflects the enduring racism that has fuelled centuries of atrocities against Black and Indigenous Caribbean people, their descendants say.
Ronald Raymond McDonald, a professional drummer, was part of a delegation that travelled from Belize and elsewhere to Portchester Castle near Portsmouth last week to honour their ancestors: 2,500 men, women and children transported to Britain as prisoners of war in 1796.
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© Photograph: English Heritage
© Photograph: English Heritage
As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’
A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit – it is the spirit of colonialism and oppression roaring back to life. It is a pivotal scene in Sky’s supernatural series Possession and symbolises a wider shift in Jamaica’s film industry, where directors are increasingly using the landscape to tell Jamaican stories – including those that confront enslavement, trauma and historical memory.
The series is about a biracial British lawyer who travels to Jamaica to investigate a multimillion-pound inheritance dispute, only to uncover a dark, vengeful spirit tied to the plantation’s brutal colonial past.
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© Photograph: Des Willie
© Photograph: Des Willie
Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez has endorsed Xavier Becerra in California’s gubernatorial race, urging Latino voters to turn out on Nov. 3 and warning against efforts to intimidate the community and discourage participation in the election.
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Derbez announced his support for the Democratic candidate on Thursday at an event in Los Angeles marking Hispanic Heritage Month. He called on Latinos to exercise their political influence and defend their right to vote.
“Together, we are powerful, and we will use that power. I became a U.S. citizen several years ago because I was determined to make my voice heard,” Derbez said.
El actor Eugenio Derbez denuncia la intimidación a los latinos en Estados Unidos en un momento en que esta población podría tener un peso importante en las elecciones del 3 de noviembre.https://t.co/vvNU3aShP1
— EFE Noticias (@EFEnoticias) October 16, 2026
Text Reads: Actor Eugenio Derbez denounces the intimidation of Latinos in the United States at a time when this population could have significant weight in the November 3 elections.
He questioned why anyone would seek to discourage Latino voters if their participation did not matter.
“This is no coincidence. It isn’t. I ask all of you: If your vote were not important, why are they trying to intimidate us into not voting? What are those who want to intimidate us afraid of?” he said.
Derbez said Becerra understood the challenges facing the Hispanic community, making him a strong choice to lead California. Latinos account for at least 40% of the state’s population, according to the source material.
Becerra, a former U.S. health secretary and California attorney general, has also urged Latino voters to consider the interests of immigrant families and those unable to vote.
“Vote for the Dreamers and for their families, who are also living in the shadows and hoping that one day they can emerge without being attacked by ICE,” Becerra said in Los Angeles, referring to recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and their relatives. ICE is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
As California attorney general, Becerra defended DACA, which protects eligible immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. President Donald Trump sought to end the program during his first administration.
Becerra is the son of a Mexican immigrant mother and a California-born father of Mexican descent who grew up in Mexico. He invoked his family’s experience as he called on voters to support immigrant communities.
“Vote for everyone who counts. I thank you on behalf of my mother, my father, the Dreamers and the new voters. Thanks to you, we defeated Trump’s policies that attack our immigrant families; together, we will do it again,” he said.
A poll by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies showed Becerra leading Republican rival Steve Hilton by 58% to 37% among voters surveyed.
Hilton, who was born in the United Kingdom and is aligned with Trump, accused Becerra on social media of using his parents’ experiences to attract votes. “Unlike Xavier Becerra, I am an immigrant,” Hilton said.
O objetivo era ultrapassar cada obstáculo e chegar à meta em conjunto – o desafio da Lynx Race Albufeira, que contou com 358 atletas inscritos e foi realizada no dia 11 de outubro, na Pista de Corta-Mato das Açoteias.
A corrida reuniu participantes dos 9 aos 59 anos e mostrou como a entreajuda pode fazer a diferença ao longo de um percurso exigente.
Entre os participantes esteve uma criança de 9 anos, que fez dupla com o pai. O atleta mais velho tinha 59 anos. Atletas de elite e pessoas menos habituadas à prática desportiva partilharam o percurso, enquanto famílias, residentes e turistas acompanharam a corrida e incentivaram as equipas.
Na Lynx Race, o esforço foi partilhado do princípio ao fim. Cada dupla teve pela frente 7km de corrida, 20 obstáculos e 2 ergómetros, de 1.000 m cada. Para completar a prova, foi preciso combinar força e resistência com a capacidade de apoiar o colega e encontrar um ritmo comum.
Participaram as 179 duplas incritas: 82 masculinas, 77 mistas e 30 femininas. 70% dos atletas eram provenientes do Algarve, mas o desafio também atraiu participantes de outras regiões do país, com equipas de Beja, Lisboa, Mafra, Oeiras, Cascais e Setúbal.
A vencedora da classificação geral e masculina, com um tempo de 43 minutos foi a equipa NOVA MORADA, de Oeiras. Nas duplas femininas, o primeiro lugar pertenceu à equipa do OCR PORTUGAL LAB, de Cascais, enquanto que na categoria mista, venceu a equipa do clube XTEAM, de Lisboa.
A par da disputa pelos primeiros lugares, houve espaço para viver a corrida ao ritmo de cada dupla. Concluir o percurso lado a lado deu sentido a uma prova em que a confiança no colega e o incentivo mútuo foram tão importantes como a preparação física.
A vereadora Maria Cristina Corado, presente na prova, salientou que “ver crianças, jovens e adultos a partilhar este desafio mostra a capacidade do desporto para unir diferentes gerações. A entreajuda ultrapassou os limites de cada dupla, com as equipas a incentivarem-se mutuamente, o que tornou esta experiência ainda mais especial”.
Destacou também a Pista de Corta-Mato das Açoteias como “um espaço de excelência para a prática desportiva em Albufeira”.
A competição integrou a programação de Albufeira Cidade Europeia do Desporto 2026 e com a especial colaboração dos voluntários da EBSA – Escola Básica e Secundária de Albufeira, da Escola Secundária de Albufeira e do Agrupamento de Escutas 714 de Albufeira.
Ultrapassar cada obstáculo e chegar à meta em conjunto foi o desafio da Lynx Race Albufeira, que contou com 358 atletas inscritos. Realizada no dia 11 de outubro, na Pista de Corta-Mato das Açoteias, a corrida reuniu participantes dos 9 aos 59 anos e mostrou como a entreajuda pode fazer a diferença ao longo de […]
Amid renewed speculation about an early General Election, now is the time to look at whom to put money on as the next party leaders, says Mark Littlewood in his latest Political Betting column for the Daily Sceptic.
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He argued there was no evidence to suggest the result of the Brexit vote had been swayed as a result of the effort
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, has said he does not agree with his colleague Suella Braverman’s assertion that black people cannot be English.
Asked about her views in an interview on Sky News, Yusuf said:
In my view Ashley Cole is the best English fullback in history, and I won’t take any other position. So in my view, Ashley Cole is English. I think the argument that he’s not English doesn’t hold water with me.
Nasser Hussain, who I grew up watching when I went to the cricket, the idea that those people aren’t English is an alien concept to me.
I would respectfully disagree with people, who make the opposite argument.
To say I’m English is to take a ‘laissez-faire, anything-goes’ attitude to ethnicity, citizenship and identity. It also denies me my Asian heritage. The liberals (many of them in today’s Conservative party) take this cosmopolitan approach to Englishness. They’re terrified of being called racist so they say that anyone, as long as they’re born here, can be English.
I take the conservative approach. Englishness is an ethnicity. There have been English people for centuries and we need to recognise this more if we are to start taking a more muscular approach to citizenship and nationality. And no, it’s not racist to say this.
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© Photograph: Jonathan Brady/Reuters
© Photograph: Jonathan Brady/Reuters
China’s artificial intelligence and digital-infrastructure investments in the Gulf Arab states are increasingly colliding with a far larger and more strategically privileged American technology presence, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While Beijing offers Gulf governments cloud platforms, 5G networks, smart-city systems, surveillance technologies and lower-cost digital infrastructure, Washington offers the […]
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When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington last week, artificial intelligence was among the issues dividing their countries. Days earlier, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two sides had agreed to establish a formal AI dialogue, including an incident line, though its protocols had yet to be worked out. The summit produced no […]
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When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington on September 24, AI and Taiwan shared the agenda. Xi said AI should remain “under human control” and called for continued US-China dialogue on its risks and benefits. On Taiwan, he urged Washington to “oppose Taiwan independence” and handle the issue “with caution.” Trump, for his […]
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