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Shares in Falklands oil explorers plunge as Argentina threatens sanctions; UK car sales hit eight-year high – business live
Argentina has threatened sanctions against companies exploring for oil near the Falkland Islands, sending shares in Falklands-focused oil explorers sharply lower. The move revives long-running tensions between the UK and Argentina over sovereignty and resource rights in the South Atlantic, adding fresh risk for firms operating in the disputed waters. Elsewhere in the day’s business…
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Chat Pile’s third album brightens sound but strains for new identity
The Guardian’s review of Chat Pile’s third album, Who Loves the Sun, concludes that the Oklahoma sludge-metal band has swapped their trademark abrasive sound for a brighter, more melodic alt-rock direction. While this shift makes their lyrical preoccupations more accessible, the reviewer feels the record falls short of the striking originality that defined the group’s…
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Farage aides step down after undercover report on Reform UK donations
Reform UK suspended two senior officials, head of policy James Orr and Nigel Farage aide Dan Jukes, after undercover footage broadcast by Channel 4 News appeared to show them helping plot a way around electoral laws on foreign donations. The revelations landed hours before Farage’s party conference speech and prompted Labour and the Liberal Democrats…
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‘The Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ Director Shares Insight Into Her Hybrid Movie That Revisits Her Filmmaker Father’s Arrest and Death
Norwegian filmmaker Lene Berg has spoken to The Hollywood Reporter about her hybrid film The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which revisits the 1975 arrest of her father, director and author Arnljot Berg, who was charged in Paris with murdering his wife and later died by suicide in 1982. Berg was nine at the time of…
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‘Silo’ Boss Graham Yost Confirms Season 4 Is Heading for War After That Brutal Sci-Fi Finale
The Season 3 finale of Apple TV’s sci-fi drama “Silo” resolved one of the show’s central mysteries by revealing that the “Algorithm” governing Silo 18 is controlled by a person rather than a machine, a twist showrunner Graham Yost says reframes everything the characters have endured since the series began. Yost confirmed to Collider that…
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Lexar’s Muse is an ultra-slim portable SSD that’s less than 4mm thick
Lexar has unveiled the Muse Ultra-Slim Portable SSD, an external drive that sacrifices a standard USB-C port to achieve an exceptionally thin design, following a trend also seen from rivals such as Xteink. Due later this year in 512GB and 1TB capacities, the drive measures just 3.8mm at its thickest point, tapering to only 1mm…
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‘Everest: The Other Side’ Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Talk Grief, Loss and Their Most Personal Film Yet: ‘You Don’t Get to Choose Your Calling’
Documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, known for “Free Solo,” have made what they describe as their most personal film yet, “Everest: The Other Side,” premiering at the Venice and Toronto film festivals. The film follows ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson attempting an unprecedented descent of Mount Everest’s North Face, but…
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‘Dogs’ Director Bogdan Mirică to Take a Stab at Creator Economy With Biting Comedy ‘Magnum Opus’: ‘We’ve Taken It Too Far’
Romanian director Bogdan Mirică, best known for “Dogs” and HBO’s “Shadows”, is preparing a new film titled “Magnum Opus”, a tragicomedy about the creator economy and society’s obsession with curated self-image. The project will be presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, with Mirică saying constant use of cameras and social media has transformed how people…
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TV tonight: Joe Lycett broadcasts live from an East End pub – what could possibly go wrong?
Channel 4 airs the first episode of Joe Lycett’s new live series in which the comedian takes on the role of landlord at a brand-new East End pub, the Lycett Arms. Broadcast live for an hour every Friday at 10pm, the show sees Lycett welcome celebrity co-managers and guests alongside regular punters, with the format…