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Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule
Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, women and girls told the BBC that restrictions have transformed their lives, limiting education, employment, travel and personal ambitions. Their accounts illustrate how policies imposed since 2021 have left many focused on survival amid poverty and fearful of speaking openly, while the Taliban maintains that…
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Kate O’Flynn on Her ‘Widow’s Bay’ Breakout, Mike Leigh’s Final Film and Her Emmy Nomination: ‘I Felt Like an Ostrich’
Kate O’Flynn has received an Emmy nomination for her supporting role in Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay”, a recognition she describes as overwhelming but meaningful after two decades of work, much of it in British regional theatre. Although she accepts the description of herself as a breakout, she says her experience and life outside acting have…
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Rakim, Kurupt, & Masta Killa Announce New Album The Godbody: Hear “Goin Down”
Rakim, Kurupt and Masta Killa have announced a collaborative album, The Godbody, and released its opening single, “Goin Down”, featuring Kokane. The project brings together three veteran rappers from different hip-hop traditions and follows Rakim’s recent return to releasing albums after a lengthy hiatus. The Godbody is due on 18 September and contains 16 tracks,…
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Selena Gomez’s Mental Health Startup Was a Sham, Investors Claim in Federal Lawsuit
Investors have sued Selena Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey and entrepreneur Daniella Pierson in Delaware federal court over claims that their mental-health startup Wondermind misrepresented its leadership, planned products and commercial partnerships. The lawsuit alleges securities fraud, common-law fraud and breach of contract, and seeks to undo the investment agreement and recover damages; the claims…
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Watch live: Trump touts federal crackdown on crime at New York rally
President Trump will deliver remarks Friday from Long Island, N.Y., where he is expected to tout his administration’s efforts to combat violent crime. The appearance comes as the Trump administration ramps up its focus on crime in Democratic-led cities, including extending the National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C. The president has defended the federal crackdown,…
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Europe’s top clubs threatened Club World Cup boycott before Fifa plan collapsed
Europe’s leading football clubs threatened to boycott future Club World Cups unless Fifa president Gianni Infantino abandoned a proposed Football Forward Enterprise scheme. The warning, issued shortly before the plan was withdrawn on 1 August, matters because European clubs’ absence would make the tournaments effectively unviable. The European Football Clubs group said the scheme appeared…
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Ewan McGregor Would Like to Play Obi-Wan Kenobi Again — Even If His ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Were “Dragged Through the Mud”
Ewan McGregor has said he hopes to play Obi-Wan Kenobi again, suggesting there could be further television series or films centred on the Star Wars character. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, he reflected on the initially harsh reception to the prequel trilogy and said the later Obi-Wan Kenobi series revealed stronger fan affection…
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The Watcher is a creepy surveillance thriller with shiny Unreal Engine props – I just hope it’s not as talkative as its trailer
The Watcher is an upcoming surveillance thriller in which players work for a totalitarian state, monitoring residents of an opposite apartment block for suspicious behaviour. Rock Paper Shotgun finds its core premise appealing—combining voyeurism, deduction and moral choices—but is concerned that the game’s trailer makes it seem overly talkative and tonally uncertain. Players will build…
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Cardi B Reignites BIA Feud With a Spaces Rant After BIA Doubles Down on Diss Track
Cardi B has renewed her public dispute with fellow rapper BIA after BIA reaffirmed claims made in her 2024 diss track on X. Cardi responded in an X Spaces broadcast with personal criticism and denials of allegations that she had copied BIA creatively or cheated on her estranged husband, Offset; the exchange matters because it…