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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with two new criminal charges including sex trafficking and engaging in prostitution, just a month before he is set to go on trial in New York.
The new accusations, made public on Friday in a Manhattan court, include allegations of more recent criminal offences against another victim.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Combs recruited, transported and forced this victim to engage in sex acts and prostitution from 2021 to 2024.
The hip-hop mogul has denied all the allegations against him, including those outlined in dozens of civil lawsuits filed. The BBC has contacted his lawyers for comment on the latest charges.

A plaque has been unveiled in Manchester honouring musician Johnny Marr with the title of “record store legend”.
The 61-year-old’s support of independent record stores worldwide has been commemorated with the sign at Piccadilly Records, situated in the city where he co-founded rock band The Smiths in 1982.
The accolade, which first awarded to Sir Elton John in 2017, is a joint honour presented by both Record Store Day US and UK.
Marr said he had known staff at the store for 20 years and the plaque was “a very nice thing to be associated with”.

Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005.
The charges relate to four separate women.
The comedian and actor has been interviewed multiple times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023 revealed multiple serious allegations against him.
The 49-year-old has previously denied the allegations, calling them “very, very hurtful”.

Ahead of his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution, acclaimed film-maker Ken Burns tells BBC special correspondent Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling US history, from war and conflict to baseball and jazz.

The Opera House is set to reopen after five years to host two Liberation Day concerts as part of celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the German occupation.
The opening concert at the Grade II listed building featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra will include World War Two songs performed by Jersey singer Georgie Mae-Bishop.
The Liberation International Music Festival is organised by Music in Action chairman James Mews who said the reopening of the Opera House for the celebrations would be a “momentous occasion”.
He said: “This iconic venue will once again resonate with the power of live performance, bringing world-class music to the heart of our community.”

After a pair of low-key, introspective albums, Ed Sheeran has returned to his roots with a shimmering new pop single, Azizam.
The track sees the star incorporate Middle Eastern influences, inspired by producer Illya Salmanzadeh’s Persian heritage.
The title means “my dear” or “my darling” in Farsi, and the track incorporates instruments like the ghatam, a clay pot commonly used as percussion in Southern India, and the santur, a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.
“Now the song’s finished, and it’s out, I’m discovering more and more every single day that Persians are really, really proud of their culture, and it’s great to celebrate it,” Sheeran told BBC Radio 1.

From Drop to A Minecraft Movie, these are the films to stream at home and watch at the cinema this month.

When Aneila Afsar first appeared on Gladiators, she made history.
The popular BBC One show which pits gladiators against contenders in a series of physical challenges was rebooted last year and Aneila has made it to Saturday’s semi-finals.
She became the first person ever to compete on the show wearing a hijab and says she gains strength from wearing it.
“I love that I have the opportunity to go on this iconic show and inspire young Muslim girls, women from my community, and show them that there’s nothing we can’t do,” the 26-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat.

Tom Cruise has paid tribute to his Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer, who died earlier this week aged 65.
Appearing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Cruise led a crowd in The Colosseum theatre in a moment of silence to “honour a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer”.
“I can’t tell you how much I admired his work, how much I thought of him as a human being and how grateful and honoured I was when he joined Top Gun,” Cruise said of Kilmer, who played his rival Ice Man in Top Gun in 1986.
The 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick marked Kilmer’s last movie role. Kilmer, also known for his roles playing Batman and Jim Morrison in The Doors, died Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

The director of a new film set in a sweltering London over 24 hours on A-Level results day says that the city he grew up in is now “inaccessible” to many Gen Z young adults.
Last Swim, Sasha Nathwani’s first feature film, is the story of an ambitious British Iranian teen, Ziba (played by Deba Hekmat), who, along with her group of friends savours a day of total freedom, as well as experiencing tough decisions and heartbreak, before the group go their separate ways after school.
The director tells the BBC that “the film was developed and made by Millennials, but it’s a Gen Z coming of age story”.
He says his interest in making the film was exploring the idea of lost youth and that the script, co-written by producer Helen Simmons, was written at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, although filmed after restrictions ended.