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Added on the 01/10/2015 13:39:36 - Copyright : SPlash News EN
Images of the venue where four people were left critically injured and four others taken to hospital after a crush outside the Brixton O2 Academy in London, hosting a concert by Nigerian singer Asake, says UK police. A large number of people without tickets were attempting to force entry to the venue, according the Metropolitan Police. The sold-out show was the final of Asake’s three at the venue. IMAGES
Henley-On-Thames (United Kingdom), Sep 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Raúl Bobé / Clàudia Sacrest) The cream of British society returns these days to the small town of Henley-On-Thames (west of London) dressed in their best clothes to enjoy their peculiar festival, with a glass of champagne in hand, and artists such as James Blunt or Madness in the background. FOOTAGE OF THE FESTIVAL AND THE JAMES BLUNT CONCERT.SOUNDBITES OF THE SCULPTOR FRED GORDON.
Sao Paulo, May 12 (EFE).- (Camera: Wallace Carvalho) At 87 years old, Osvaldo Pereira has the same vigor as when he was 30. Considered the father of Brazilian DJs, he revolutionized the nightlife of Sao Paulo with his innovative techniques on the record player at a time of the full rise of Brazilian popular music.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF OSVALDO PEREIRE, DJ. TRANSLATION:"Then the opera 'Il Guarany' [on the radio] played, and I loved that but I didn't understand and I wondered how that little box could talk and at the same time play music.""I was lucky to work as a DJ from 1958 to 1968, so I left the profession to take care of the family. And also because I got a monotony of always doing the same thing.""My boss lent me a [record player]. I took it to the dance and started to play. When I was finishing a song I was already playing another. But at the end of the party, they came up to me and said:" Don't do this anymore, we didn't like it. "."[The pause] it was time to switch to change partners. If a lady was not liking the gentleman, she could expel him.""I think that for the DJ it is very fascinating to be there watching all the people dancing, it infects me with all that joy"
The first post-Brexit Eurostar arrives at Gare du Nord station in Paris from London on the first day of the UK's effective exit from the single European market. IMAGES
Business Insider reports former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday had sharp words for President Donald Trump's legal team. Christie told Martha Radditz on ABC's 'This Week' that the team's approach to overturning the election results was 'an absurdity.' It's an absurd idea to think that any state, or any number of states, no matter how good they are, can challenge another state's right to run the election as they see fit. Chris Christie Former Governor of the State of New Jersey Friday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the GOP-backed lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton due to lack of standing. In addition to Paxton, 17 state attorneys general and 126 Congressional Republicans had signed an amicus brief backing the lawsuit. "The reason the Supreme Court is not taking this is not because of a lack of courage. It's for the same reason that every court has thrown this out. It's a lack of evidence and a lack of any type of legal theory that makes any sense."
On Saturday, GOP Rep-Elect Bob Good of Virginia labeled the coronavirus pandemic as "phony." Good made the remarks at a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC. Business Insider reports he told the crowd they looked like a group of people that get that this is a phony pandemic." "It's a serious virus, but it's a virus. It's not a pandemic ... You get it. You stand up against tyranny." Just a day earlier, the US had roughly 231,000 new coronavirus infections and over 3,300 COVID-19 deaths. Both of those are record numbers for the country, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.