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‘Avoid the area’ warning and road closed after serious South Yorkshire crash
The article’s content could not be retrieved, so its substance cannot be summarised. Instead of the news report, the page returned only a browser interstitial reading “Just a moment… Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue”, which is a security or anti-bot check rather than the story itself. Based on the headline alone, the piece appears…
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From Greek epics to biblical blockbusters: the 20 best mythological movies – ranked!
Ahead of the release of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, the Guardian counts down its 20 best films drawn from myths, legends and fables, spanning Greek epics, Norse sagas, biblical tales and Chinese folklore. Here is the lower half of the ranking (positions 20 to 10). – 20. Immortals (2011) — Henry Cavill’s Theseus in a visually…
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Jeb Bush praises Trump for crippling Iran’s military, but warns of ‘threat’ to US from reported drones in Cuba
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has praised President Donald Trump for what he described as severely weakening Iran’s military capabilities, while simultaneously cautioning that Cuba is now believed to possess hundreds of Iranian-made explosive drones. Speaking as chairman of the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), Bush framed the reported drone stockpile so close…
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Iran war takes terrifying turn as missiles bombard NUCLEAR plant and flights are thrown into chaos
The article reports a sharp escalation in a conflict between the United States and Iran, after President Donald Trump declared a previous ceasefire “over” and US forces struck more than 170 Iranian regime targets. In response, Iran fired missiles and drones at US allies in the Middle East, while Iranian officials said US strikes had…
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MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS
A second parliamentary body, the Commons health and social care select committee, has called on the Labour government to scrap Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS’s federated data platform (FDP), which unifies and analyses highly sensitive patient data. The cross-party group cited “serious mistrust” of the system among the public and medical profession, contested…
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US music coalition urges US Trade Representative to oppose EU proposal it says could cost American artists nearly $300M a year
A coalition of US music industry organisations has written to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) urging it to oppose a European Commission proposal that they say could jeopardise nearly $300 million a year in royalties paid to American artists and rightsholders. The proposal would overturn the 2020 RAAP ruling by the Court of Justice…
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‘Madonna: Into the Groove’ Photo Book Chronicling Singer’s Massive 1985 Will Feature Never-Before-Published Images
Simon & Schuster is to publish a new photo book, *Madonna: Into the Groove: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen of Pop*, chronicling the singer’s breakthrough year of 1985. Due out in October, the 160-page volume centres on images by the late rock photographer Ken Regan, most of which have never been published before, capturing…
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‘Summer House’ Headed to Canada (Exclusive)
NBCUniversal has commissioned Summer House Canada, the first international adaptation of Bravo’s popular reality series, which is now ten seasons into its US run. Produced by Vancouver-based independent company Lark Productions, the ten-part series is already in production in southern Ontario and will launch exclusively on NBCUniversal’s reality streaming platform Hayu in 2027. The move…
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3 Folk Songs From the 1960s That Are as Visual as Any Painting
American Songwriter has published a short appreciation piece highlighting three 1960s folk songs it considers strikingly visual, arguing that their writers could conjure vivid mental imagery through words and melody alone. The article frames these tracks as musical equivalents of paintings, where lyrics become physical characters, colours and tangible emotions that listeners cannot help but…
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A Hezbollah veteran is hunting Jews in US courts — we just named him to the DOJ
In an opinion piece for Fox News, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of the Shurat HaDin Law Center writes that her NGO has filed a complaint with the US Attorney General urging an investigation into the Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), which she characterises as a “hunting operation” targeting Jews rather than a human-rights body. The author argues…