• कोरोनर का कहना है कि Troubles के दौरान Belfast में हुई घटना में मारे गए पांच नागरिकों में से किसी को भी गोली नहीं मारी जानी चाहिए थी
• एक जांच न्यायाधीश ने फैसला सुनाया है कि 1972 में Northern Ireland में पांच नागरिकों की हत्या में ब्रिटिश सेना के सैनिकों ने "नियंत्रण खो दिया" था और ऐसे बल का प्रयोग किया था जो "उचित नहीं" था
• न्यायमूर्ति Scoffield ने गुरुवार को कहा कि 9 जुलाई 1972 को पश्चिम Belfast के Springhill और Westrock क्षेत्रों में जब गोली मारी गई, तब पीड़ितों में से चार - दो किशोर, छह बच्चों के पिता और एक Catholic पादरी - से कोई खतरा नहीं था। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
2022 में, Aneil Karia ने Riz Ahmed अभिनीत अपनी शॉर्ट फिल्म के लिए Academy Award जीता था। अब, वह Jack Lowden और एक अप्रत्याशित ऑनलाइन प्लेटफॉर्म की मदद से Reform-style के संसदीय उम्मीदवारों पर कटाक्ष कर रहे हैं। कुछ फिल्म निर्माताओं की अपने काम को लेकर अवास्तविक उम्मीदें होती हैं; Aneil Karia उनमें से नहीं हैं। वे अपनी नई फिल्म, Vote Gavin Lyle के बारे में कहते हैं, “मैं इतना भ्रमित नहीं हूं कि यह सोचूं कि यह सरकार गिरा देगी” – लेकिन आप कभी नहीं जानते, शायद यह ऐसा कर दे।
एक मजेदार, चतुर, शानदार अभिनय वाली और संक्षिप्त पर प्रभावशाली व्यंग्य फिल्म, Vote Gavin Lyle में Jack Lowden ने Fletcham और Wold के काल्पनिक मध्य-इंग्लैंड निर्वाचन क्षेत्र के लिए एक Reform-style के आकांक्षी संसदीय उम्मीदवार की भूमिका निभाई है। केवल 16 मिनट लंबी यह फिल्म दक्षिणपंथी मानसिकता पर कड़ा प्रहार करती है; अल्पसंख्यकों को निशाना बनाने वाले या झंडा लहराने वाले सड़क के गुंडों पर नहीं, बल्कि उन चतुर और सुसंस्कृत Farageists पर जो इस विचारधारा के नेतृत्व पर हावी हैं।
फिल्म के अंतिम मोड़ का खुलासा किए बिना, यह कहना उचित होगा कि इसके मुख्य पात्र के प्रति सहानुभूति, यहाँ तक कि संवेदना का पुट भी है। Karia कहते हैं: “मुझे नहीं लगता कि इन लोगों – दक्षिणपंथी राजनेताओं, पार्षदों, संभावित उम्मीदवारों, चाहे जो भी हों – को देखना और बस यह कहना दिलचस्प या उपयोगी है कि वे कितने बुरे लोग हैं। मुझे उनके बारे में जो बात प्रभावित करती है, वह यह है कि वे भी हम बाकी लोगों की तरह ही असुरक्षित और डरे हुए हैं। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
• Amber Davidson-Orozco ने कहा कि California से बाहर जाने के दौरान परिवार ने अपना बिल्ली, Dodger, खो दिया था
• California से पूरे अमेरिका में स्थानांतरण के दौरान खो जाने वाला एक पारिवारिक बिल्ली, सात साल से अधिक समय के बाद हुए एक अप्रत्याशित – लेकिन लंबे समय से प्रतीक्षित – पुनर्मिलन के बाद अब Georgia में अपने नए घर में अपने इंसानों के साथ फिर से अपनी पुरानी आदतों में ढल रहा है।
• जैसा कि मालकिन Amber Davidson-Orozco ने बुधवार को एक साक्षात्कार में बताया, उनका बिल्ली Dodger अभी भी अपने नाम पर प्रतिक्रिया देता है और उनके बेटों को खेल-खेल में उसे अपने कंधों पर उठाने देता है, बावजूद इसके कि वह उनसे इतने समय तक दूर रहा जो एक बिल्ली के लिए लगभग 24 वर्षों के बराबर था। आगे पढ़ें...
• डबलिन के विद्वानों को नॉर्थम्ब्रियन पशु चरवाहे द्वारा रचित Caedmon’s Hymn की 1,200 साल पुरानी पांडुलिपि मिली
• सातवीं शताब्दी में एक नॉर्थम्ब्रियन पशु चरवाहे द्वारा रचित एक कविता की एक खोई हुई प्रति – अंग्रेजी भाषा की सबसे पुरानी जीवित कविता – रोम में खोजी गई है
• ट्रिनिटी कॉलेज डबलिन (TCD) के विद्वानों ने रोम की National Central Library में उस पांडुलिपि का पता लगाया जिसमें Caedmon’s Hymn शामिल है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
Mark Young battled dehydration and killed a rattlesnake while his children and others looked for him for daysA Vietnam war veteran says he is a living “miracle” after getting lost in Arizona’s wilderness for four days with precious few supplies – and ultimately being rescued by his own son.“I’ve never felt so loved,” Mark Young said in an interview aired on Phoenix’s KNXV news station about the moment he realized it was his son who had delivered him from his plight. “My gratitude is inexpressible.” Continue reading...
Christina Snow was one of two women injured when gunman opened fire on a family in Shreveport, killing eightSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe mother of three children killed over the weekend in a mass shooting in Louisiana is reportedly recovering in hospital with a bullet still lodged in her face.Jamarckus Snow told NBC News that his cousin, Christina Snow, was one of the two women who were shot and injured early Sunday when a gunman opened fire on his family in Shreveport. Police described the shooting as a “violent domestic incident” in which 31-year-old Shamar Elkins fatally shot eight children – including seven of his children and a cousin. Continue reading...
Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserveThe Ministry of Defence has lost track of military veterans they intend to recall at a time of national danger, according to a key government adviser.About 95,000 former soldiers and officers are in the strategic reserve but it is claimed that officials have failed to maintain a full record of their contact details. Continue reading...
US vice-president defends pre-election visit to Hungary with fresh barbs against EU in first comments since Orbán’s lossHungarian election winner Péter Magyar has been invited to meet with the Hungarian president, Tamás Sulyok, on Wednesday to discuss the government-formation process following the stunning win over Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s election.The meeting could be a bit awkward, given Magyar’s repeated calls for Sulyok, an Orbán loyalist, to resign from the office.“He’s one of the few European leaders we’ve seen who’s been willing to stand up to the bureaucracy in Brussels that has been very, very bad for the United States. So for example, when you see a European bureaucrat go after an American company, sometimes the only vote ‘no,’ the only vote to protect that American interest, has been Viktor Orbán.”“I think that his legacy in Hungary is transformational, 16 years, fundamentally changing that country.” Continue reading...
Woman tells court ‘I lost my teenage self’ from abuse by teacher William ‘Rob’ Gilfillan, already in prison for offences against daughter Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in the 1980s by her high school PE teacher has told a court how the man’s actions resulted in her life being changed “negatively for decades”.In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 16. The five counts against two victims took place at Traralgon high school in Gippsland. Continue reading...
Mariam Sabbah, 10, to get specialist care in Britain instead of US, after Trump halted visitor visas for PalestiniansA Palestinian child who lost her arm during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza arrived in the UK for specialist treatment on Tuesday, amid ongoing pressure on the British government to step up efforts to help evacuate critically ill and injured children from the territory.Mariam Sabbah arrived at Heathrow airport with her mother, Fatma Salman, and two brothers. They were met by a small crowd bearing gifts, balloons and bouquets. Continue reading...
Episodes from William Hartnell era are from mostly lost 12-part adventure called The Daleks’ Master PlanTwo episodes of Doctor Who from the William Hartnell era, which have not been seen since 1965, have been released after being discovered in a private film collection.The two episodes, released on Friday and starring Peter Purves as the Doctor’s companion, are parts one and three of a mostly lost 12-part adventure called The Daleks’ Master Plan, written by the Dalek creator Terry Nation and broadcast as part of the third series of Doctor Who in November 1965. Continue reading...
Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an eggSperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like an untethered astronaut, according to Adelaide University researchers. Continue reading...
The phrase should evoke optimism, positive expectations about the future, trust and belonging. That seems almost out of reach in a chaotic worldOne term has already become the well-intentioned weasel word of 2026: “social cohesion”. A phrase that can be dropped into speeches, inquiries and legislation, its meaning shape-shifts depending on the audience. Is it about “glue” or the rule of law? About community resilience or countering fear? Does it mean finding places of real exchange, or shutting up and getting on?Although it has been in the political lexicon for years, the terror attack that targeted Jewish people celebrating Hanukah in Bondi last December brought social cohesion to the fore as an urgent problem to solve. Continue reading...
Badr Albusaidi claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make the ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on IranMiddle East crisis – live updatesOman’s foreign minister has claimed the US has “lost control of its own foreign policy” and accused Israel of persuading Donald Trump’s administration to go to war with Iran – a conflict he described as a “catastrophe” and “grave miscalculation”.Writing in the Economist, Badr Albusaidi, the Omani minister who mediated the latest nuclear talks between Iran and the US, offered an unusually damning assessment of events leading up to the US and Israel’s bombing of Iran and the war that it has triggered across the Middle East. Continue reading...
• The Trump administration is using Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act to investigate foreign factory capacity and forced labor, aiming to offset $1.6 trillion in tariff revenue lost due to a Supreme Court ruling on February 20.
• Public hearings are scheduled for May 5 on factory capacity and April 28 on forced labor, with the goal to complete probes before the current 10% import tariffs expire in 150 days.
• Trump imposed a temporary 10% tariff on all imports post-ruling, plans to raise it to 15%, but faces challenges from two dozen states; remaining tariffs on China, Canada, steel, lumber, and cars expected to yield $668 billion over a decade.
