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  Baftas 2023 highlights: From the Batmobile to a drunken Pinocchio News Created By News Off The World   German language war film All Quiet on the Western Front was the big winner at the Baftas on Sunday night, picking up seven awards and breaking the record for the most wins for a film not in the English language in the process. The Banshees of Inisherin and Elvis also enjoyed success with four wins apiece at the event, which was held at London's Royal Festival Hall for the first time. But while you may be up to date with who won what, here are eight of the snippets you might have missed from both the ceremony and backstage.   News Created By News Off The World  Richard E Grant is the next Batman Well, not exactly. But he did arrive at the venue on the river Thames in the Batmobile, on the advice of Hollywood star Steve Martin no less. However, Grant chose to ignore one other piece of advice from the veteran star - don't wear white. In fact, Grant wore w...

Israel says it hit 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers in Lebanon Witness in Beirut: 'I saw people without hands, without eyes' I saw people without hands, without eyes," Sara Rammal, who now lives in Beirut, tells the BBC. She was forced to leave her home in southern Lebanon shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October and is unsure when she'll be able to return, with Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in the region. Rammal further describes what she witnessed in Beirut: "I saw a father carrying his seven-year-old kid bleeding with his hand cut off. He was rushing him to the hospital." She says she knows healthcare workers who died "because their pagers were tampered with by Israel". Israel hasn't claimed responsibility for the attacks Lebanese economy 'deeply affected' by attacks, says minister Lebanon's Minister for Economy and Trade says this week's "really outrageous" attacks have "deeply affected" the c...

  Winds lash Madagascar's coast as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall   At least four people have died after a tropical cyclone battered Madagascar's east coast, with heavy rain and powerful winds tearing roofs off houses and triggering a storm surge. Cyclone Freddy made landfall on Tuesday, weeks after another tropical storm killed 33 and left thousands without shelter. Schools have been shut and traffic has been suspended. Earlier, Freddy caused some damage in Mauritius, flooding beachside hotels. The Indian Ocean island nation is particularly vulnerable to cyclones. It is hit by an average of 1.5 cyclones every year, the highest rate in Africa, according to the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The cyclone slightly weakened once it made landfall on Madagascar, situated off the south-east coast of Africa, with wind gusts exceeding 130km/h (81mph). The country's meteorological service warned that torrential rains would continue alon...