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Netflix Hires ‘Harry Potter: Return To Hogwarts’ Dev Producer For U.S. Docs Team
Netflix has hired Mohammed Adnan, a development producer on HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, as manager of documentary series in the U.S. Adnan joins from the UK’s Story Films, where he was Vice President of Development, based in New York. Adnan said he will “work alongside some of the world’s most…
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Democratic senate candidate called for mass release of criminals during prison abolition webinar
Abdul El-Sayed called for decarceration and abolishing prisons in an unearthed 2020 webinar, raising concerns about his Michigan Senate race bid.
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What WILL Burnham tax to fund Labour’s lurch to the Left? Fears mount over raids on council tax, inheritance and pensions after PM-in-waiting says there is ‘room’ to increase burden
The former Greater Manchester mayor is almost certain to replace Keir Starmer in Downing Street on 20 July after returning to Parliament at the Makerfield by-election.
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When the Law Kills Your Electric Car Dealership
Dealers who invested in Polestar won’t be able to sell in the US next year after the federal government denied an authorization that would have allowed the company to avoid a Chinese tech ban.
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Rise of the New Labour zombies! Ed Balls ‘set for shock return’ under Burnham alongside ex-Cabinet minister James Purnell – with David Miliband tipped for Foreign Secretary
There is speculation that Ed Balls, another stalwart from the Blair and Brown era, could make a shock comeback to the political frontline.
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Hossam Hassan and the blurring of lines between football and politics in Egypt
Egypt face Australia in a historic World Cup game on Friday and the manager has been keen to highlight president Al-Sisi’s role in the achievementAfter Egypt’s 3-1 victory over New Zealand at the World Cup, the national team coach, Hossam Hassan, issued a statement of gratitude to the country’s president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.Al-Sisi had sent…
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Burnham’s funding gap: what state are UK finances in for the PM-in-waiting?
Given pressures on the public purse, the Makerfield MP may have to look at autumn tax rises to fund his ‘new direction’An economy rattled by a global energy shock, jittery bond markets and rising spending demands. As Andy Burnham prepares for government, the pressures on the public finances are in focus.The prospective prime minister pledged…
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Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
A government customer of NSO Group used the company’s Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.
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Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, report finds
Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committeeNSO Group’s hacking software was repeatedly used against a member of the European parliament while he was conducting an investigation of spyware abuses in Europe, according to a new report.Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said they could not…
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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.