Glastonbury: Kanye West

Glastonbury: Kanye West delivers headline set.

US rapper Kanye West has delivered his highly anticipated Glastonbury festival set, telling fans he is "the greatest living rock star on the planet".

West's headline booking had caused some controversy and his performance divided opinion among the crowd on site.

He opened with number one hit Stronger and performed on a largely bare stage with a bank of white lights above.

But his set was briefly interrupted by a stage invasion by British comedian and prankster Lee Nelson.

The prankster, real name Simon Brodkin, wrote on Twitter: "Some people were saying Kanye shouldn't headline Glastonbury so I thought I'd give him a hand."

But he was swiftly bundled off stage by a security guard and West resumed his song Black Skinhead.

At one point, he left the stage to travel above the heads of the crowd in the cradle of a cherry picker for the songs Touch the Sky and All of the Lights.

His performance came after more than 134,000 people signed a petition objecting to his booking, and Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis had death threats on Twitter from a disgruntled fan.

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Lions to be re-introduced to Rwanda

Lions to be re-introduced to Rwanda two decades after human genocide wiped them out.

Lions will return to Rwanda for the first time in more than two decades after the endangered animal was wiped out in Rwanda's human genocide.

Seven lions, two males and five females, are being transported from South Africa and will arrive by air in Rwanda on Monday, where they will be taken and released after a two-week quarantine into the eastern Akagera National Park.

Lions in Rwanda were wiped out during the 1994 genocide, which left an estimated 800,000 people dead.

Fleeing refugees and displaced people occupied part of the park, with the lion being driven out or killed as people tried to protect their livestock.

Peter Fearnhead, the head of African Parks — which helps run the 112,000-hectare Akagera bordering Tanzania — said the reintroduction was "a ground-breaking conservation effort for both the park and the country of Rwanda".

As part of preparations for the re-introduction, the Akagera park team worked with nearby communities to promote harmonious co-existence with lions.

"Their return will encourage the natural balance of the ecosystem," said Yamina Karitanyi, head of tourism at the Rwanda Development Board

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500 Injured at Water Park explosion. Taiwan

Taiwan Formosa Water Park explosion injures hundreds.

More than 500 people have been injured in a fire and explosion at anamusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.

Saturday's incident happened on the main stage of the Formosa Water Park. A flammable powder is believed to have exploded as it spread into the crowd.

Footage showed people panicking and screaming, and rescuers carrying the wounded on stretchers.

More than 180 people have serious injuries. Some of them breathed in the powder, causing respiratory problems.

The cause of the incident is still being investigated. The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says officials believe the fire caused the coloured powder spray used to create a party atmosphere to explode.

The incident occurred about 20:30 (12:30 GMT). More than 1,000 people were near the stage at the time.

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