Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81

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Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday

Udo Kier, the German actor who appeared in 275 roles across Hollywood and European cinema, including multiple films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died aged 81.

Kier died on Sunday morning, his partner Delbert McBride told Variety. The actor died in hospital in Palm Springs, California, his friend the photographer Michael Childers announced on social media. No cause of death was given.

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Theresa May and Cate Blanchett to guest edit BBC Today programme

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Former PM to examine issue of trust in politics and Oscar-winning actor’s show will discuss AI

The former prime minister Theresa May is to guest edit Radio 4’s Today programme and use it to explore the issue of dwindling trust in politics.

May, who resigned in 2019 with a tearful statement about the honour she felt in holding the office, will edit Today on New Year’s Eve.

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‘An inner duty’: the 35-year quest to bring Bach’s lost organ works to light

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Musicologist Peter Wollny chanced upon the manuscripts in 1992 and authenticating them took half of his lifetime

The best fictional detectives are famed for their intuition, an ability to spot some seemingly ineffable discrepancy. Peter Wollny, the musicologist behind last week’s “world sensational” revelation of two previously unknown works by Johann Sebastian Bach, had a funny feeling when he chanced upon two intriguing sheets of music in a dusty library in 1992.

His equivalent of the Columbo turn, from mere hunch to unravelling a secret, would take up half his life.

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Israeli strike on Beirut kills top Hezbollah military official – The Washington Post

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  1. Israeli strike on Beirut kills top Hezbollah military official  The Washington Post
  2. Israel Says It Assassinated Top Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon  The New York Times
  3. Who was Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah official killed by Israel?  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel-Gaza live updates: Lebanon president condemns Israeli attack in Beirut  ABC News
  5. Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months  Politico
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Airlines cancel flights to Venezuela after FAA’s “heightened military activity” alert – Axios

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  1. Airlines cancel flights to Venezuela after FAA's "heightened military activity" alert  Axios
  2. 6 airlines cancel flights in Venezuela after FAA warns of dangers from "heightened military activity"  CBS News
  3. FAA warns all pilots of risks of flying over Venezuela over ‘worsening security situation’  AP News
  4. Several international airlines cancel their flights in Venezuela after US warning  Reuters
  5. Airlines Cancel Venezuela Flights as US Warns of Security Risks  Bloomberg.com
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Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire – BBC

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  1. Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire  BBC
  2. Unrwa says Israel is blocking aid as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis worsens  Middle East Eye
  3. Updated Gaza data shows famine claims likely inflated by UN-backed monitor  The Times of Israel
  4. As the Occupying Power, Israel Must Let Gaza Feed Itself  Haaretz
  5. WFP Palestine Food Security Analysis - Market Monitor - Palestine, November 2025  ReliefWeb
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Budget 2025: What can nervous businesses expect from the Budget? – BBC

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  1. Budget 2025: What can nervous businesses expect from the Budget?  BBC
  2. Labour MPs urged to 'unite for Budget' and '1,000 abuse victims safer'  BBC
  3. Bond market power: why Rachel Reeves is keen to keep the £2.7tn ‘beast’ onside  The Guardian
  4. Rachel Reeves hits back at ‘misogynists’ and tells Labour MPs to unite  The Times
  5. Markets are on tenterhooks over the UK's budget plans, here's what's at stake  CNBC
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US woman behind Slender Man stabbing is missing after leaving group home

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Morgan Geyser of Wisconsin cut off her electronic monitoring device and was last seen with an acquaintance

A Wisconsin woman who admitted to stabbing a classmate nearly to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man is missing after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said on Sunday.

Madison police issued an alert on Sunday for Morgan Geyser, now 23, saying she was last seen around 8pm on Saturday with an adult acquaintance.

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Israel Military Commanders Punished Over Hamas Attack Mistakes – The New York Times

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  1. Israel Military Commanders Punished Over Hamas Attack Mistakes  The New York Times
  2. Gantz backs Zamir as IDF chief challenged by Katz  The Times of Israel
  3. Israeli army chief fires, reprimands commanders for failures in October 7 attack  NBC News
  4. Israeli army chief announces dismissal of generals over October 7 attack  France 24
  5. Israel fires military commanders over October 7 failures  Al Jazeera
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US senator slams Republicans’ silence on Trump’s violent threats to Democrats

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Mark Kelly, a veteran and Democrat targeted by Trump over military comments, says he is ‘not going to be intimidated’

Senator Mark Kelly on Sunday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who stated that military personnel are not obligated to follow illegal commands.

“We’ve heard very little, basically crickets, from Republicans in the United States Congress about what the president has said about hanging members of Congress,” Kelly, of Arizona, said on CBS’s Face the Nation.

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