lawyers for ghislaine maxwell will start her defence in a new york court later. she s accused of grooming underage girls for abuse by the billionaire jeffrey epstein. it s thought they will call dozens of witnesses, although it s not yet clear if the 59 year old will take the stand herself. two children have died and several have been critically injured on the australian island of tasmania, after an inflatable castle was blown into the air by a gust of wind. police said the children, from a primary school in devonport, fell from a height of about ten metres. the influential black feminist known as bell hooks has died at the age of 69. the author, professor, poet, and activist, whose real name was gloria jean watkins, wrote some a0 books. herfirst major work ain t i a woman was published in 1981 and became widely recognised as an important feminist text. in 2004, she established the bell hooks center in kentucky as an inclusive space for historically under represented students.