NEW YORK: Actor George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, are donating $500,000 to students organizing nationwide marches against gun violence, and they say they’ll also attend next month’s planned protests.
In a statement released Tuesday, the couple says they’re inspired by the “courage and eloquence” of the survivors-turned-activists from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people were killed at the school and others wounded when a former student went on a rampage with an assault rifle. Students are mobilizing a March 24 march in Washington and elsewhere to urge lawmakers to enact tougher gun control.
The Clooneys say they’re donating the money in the names of their eight-month-old twins Ella and Alexander. The couple also says the family plans to “stand side by side” with students next month.
George and Amal Clooney donate $500k to march against guns in the US
George and Amal Clooney donate $500k to march against guns in the US
Nigeria’s president to make a state visit to the UK in March
LONDON: Buckingham Palace said Sunday that Nigeria’s president is set to make a state visit to the UK in March.
Officials said President Bola Tinubu and first lady Oluremi Tinubu will travel to the UK on March 18 and 19 in the first state visit to Britain by a Nigerian president in almost four decades.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will host them at Windsor Castle. Full details of the visit are expected at a later date.
Charles, who visited Nigeria four times from 1990 to 2018 before he became king, previously received Tinubu at Buckingham Palace in September 2024.
Previous state visits by a Nigerian leader took place in 1973, 1981 and 1989.
A state visit usually starts with an official reception hosted by the king and includes a carriage procession and a state banquet.
