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A grandmother’s tragedy: Heartbroken Ukrainian looks on as her grandson’s body is pulled from rubble after Russian missile hits apartment block
A Russian missile barrage on Kyiv killed at least 15 people and wounded around 40 others, in one of the fiercest bombardments of the war, with a grandmother filmed in anguish as her grandson’s body was pulled from the rubble of his apartment block. The attack struck 12 locations across the Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi…
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Nintendo Confirms Exactly How Much More Switch 2 Will Soon Cost in The UK
Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch 2 console will rise in price in the UK from 1 September, following similar increases already announced or applied in the US, Canada, mainland Europe and Japan. The console will go up from £395.99 to £419.99, an increase of £24, giving UK buyers a short window to purchase at…
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Boohoo fined €2.3m by French watchdog over deceptive discounts
Boohoo has been fined €2.3m (£2m) by France’s consumer watchdog after an investigation found the online fashion retailer had misled shoppers with fake discounts and mislabelled synthetic products as leather or suede. The penalty adds to a difficult period for the Manchester-based firm, whose parent company rebranded as Debenhams Group last year, as it faces…
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Roads turn to rivers as Italian tourist town is hit by flash floods – with Europe bracing for storms after brutal heatwaves
I wasn’t able to find any actual article content about the flash floods — the text provided is just the Daily Mail’s site navigation and a list of unrelated headlines (Harry and Meghan, GCSE results, Wayne Rooney, etc.), with no paragraphs describing the flooding, the town affected, casualties, rainfall figures, or the wider European storm…
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Four men are charged with 13 counts of rape against three schoolgirls over two years
Four men have been charged with a total of 13 counts of rape against three schoolgirls, with the alleged offending said to have taken place over a period of two years. The case represents a serious child sexual abuse prosecution involving multiple defendants and multiple victims, though the version of the article available provides no…
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Et tu, Fedorov? The betrayal of Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s former defense minister and a longtime political ally of Zelensky, called for a legal way to be found for Ukraine to hold wartime elections, even though the nation’s constitution forbids it.
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Venice Head Alberto Barbera Defends Selection Of Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s ‘DAU’: “It Is Not Pro-Putin Propaganda”
Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera has publicly defended the selection of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s film DAU, rejecting weeks of criticism from Ukrainian officials and activists over its inclusion in the festival’s main competition. In a lengthy Instagram post, Barbera called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “bloody and cruel” but insisted DAU was not “pro-Putin…
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FlareFlow & Europe’s Shorts Strike Four-Title Microdrama Pact
Microdrama platforms FlareFlow and Shorts have struck an exclusive four-title co-production deal aimed at pushing vertical drama beyond the romance-heavy formats that have dominated the genre so far. The partnership will produce short-form series built around fantasy, action, supernatural and revenge storylines, retaining the fast-paced, hook-driven style typical of microdrama while investing in richer world-building…
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Briton Hennessy in talks for undisputed world title fight
British boxer Francesca Hennessy is in talks to fight Danish fighter Dina Thorslund for the undisputed bantamweight world title in the UK later this year, BBC Sport understands. Promoter Boxxer has offered Thorslund close to £183,000 to face Hennessy in November or December, with the fight representing a significant career opportunity for the 21-year-old, who…
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HBO Max Picks 12 European Writers for Script Engine Program
HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery’s talent development arm, WBD Access, have selected 12 European screenwriters for this year’s Script Engine Program, a four-month scheme designed to help writers develop original, locally-rooted series concepts. The initiative underlines HBO Max’s growing focus on European storytelling as the streamer seeks distinctive local voices with international appeal, following…