- UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future The New York Times
- As US support for NATO wobbles, France and UK strengthen nuclear ties The Hill
- Britain and Europe are changing together European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
- U.K. and France recommit to Storm Shadow missile and its successor Axios
- U.K. Tries to Mend Fences in Europe to Defend Against Threats The Wall Street Journal
Festivalgoers help drive Burberry to best sales performance in 18 months
Music fans snap up wellies, scarves and light jackets, with shares rising more than 4% on back of better-than-expected performance
Shoppers snapping up Burberry wellies, scarves and light jackets to wear at music festivals have helped the fashion brand to its best sales performance in 18 months despite lacklustre spending by tourists around the world.
Sales of the luxury British brand fell by 2% to £433m in the three months to the end of June, with a 1% decline at established stores, an improvement from the 6% fall in the previous quarter and the best performance since Christmas 2023.
Continue reading...North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening
Tourism authorities say foreigners are "temporarily" not allowed to visit the Wonsan Kalma resort.
North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening
Tourism authorities say foreigners are "temporarily" not allowed to visit the Wonsan Kalma resort.
Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement – The Guardian
- Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement The Guardian
- Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration The New York Times
- ‘Not Trump’s dumping ground’: Outrage over arrival of foreign US deportees in tiny African nation CNN
- Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time PBS
- Trump administration restarts third-country deportations with flight to Eswatini NBC News
One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others – The New York Times
- One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Others The New York Times
- Trump says BRICS would end quickly if they ever form in a meaningful way Reuters
- BRICS and the future of strategic non-alignment The International Institute for Strategic Studies
- ‘Little group fading fast’: Donald Trump mocks Brics; reiterates 10% tariff threat to protect US dollar d Times of India
- The Brics Coalition Is Starting to Gel Into a Real Threat to the West Barron's
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics – Politico
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics Politico
- Browse political cartoons for the week of July 14 The Morning Call
Native title win for Millewa-Mallee First Nations peoples in Victoria after decades-long fight
Historic decision in Australia’s federal court gives traditional owners in state’s north-west the right to control access to their country
After a difficult journey spanning more than two decades, traditional owners say they’ve “weathered the storm” to finally have their native title rights recognised.
The federal court on Friday awarded the historic native title determination to the Indigenous peoples of the Millewa-Mallee from north-west Victoria, for the first time granting exclusive native title rights in the state.
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Continue reading...Europeans warn Iran of UN sanctions if no concrete progress on nuclear issue – Reuters
- Europeans warn Iran of UN sanctions if no concrete progress on nuclear issue Reuters
- France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran next month without progress on a deal AP News
- Iran faces August deadline to accept comprehensive nuclear deal or face renewed UN sanctions Fox News
- Iran faces stiff sanctions if no deal by end of August, U.S. and allies agree Axios
- Iran Makes Nuclear Threat Newsweek
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort – ABC News
- North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort ABC News
- North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening BBC
- Wonsan Kalma Beach Resort Hosts a High-Level Visit 38 North
- North Korea Bans Foreigners From Beach Resort After Lavrov Trip Bloomberg.com
- Kim Jong Un’s New Water Park Promptly Boots Out Tourists The Daily Beast
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort – AP News
Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak
Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save lives
The former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the use of an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led to the UK government relocating 15,000 Afghans.
The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was created in haste after it emerged that personal information about 18,700 Afghans who had applied to come to the UK had been leaked in error by a British defence official in early 2022.
Continue reading...Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live
Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’
Grant Shapps said he supported the publication of a defence assessment which formed the basis of the superinjunction over the Afghan data leak and he was “surprised” the gagging order had remained in place “so long”.
Asked whether he backed calls from the Intelligence and Security Committee for the report to be released, the former defence secretary told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Yes I would.
Continue reading...Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time
Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’
Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming company’s boss said will make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality.
Ted Sarandos, a co-chief executive of Netflix, said the Argentinian science fiction series El Eternauta (The Eternaut) is the first it has made that involved using generative AI footage.
Continue reading...Colbert says The Late Show will end after 33 years
Network CBS called it a financial decision tied to the "challenging backdrop in late night" TV.
After quitting government, Haredim launch scathing attacks on PM, national religious MKs – The Times of Israel
- After quitting government, Haredim launch scathing attacks on PM, national religious MKs The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu’s governing coalition is fracturing. Here’s what it means for Israel and Gaza AP News
- The Wheels Are Falling Off Netanyahu’s Government The Atlantic
- Ultra-Orthodox party quits Israeli coalition, weakening Netanyahu The Washington Post
- Israel's Protest Movement Failed to Break Through Netanyahu's Glass Ceiling Haaretz
Why thousands of Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK – podcast – The Guardian
- Why thousands of Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK – podcast The Guardian
- The U.K. government secretly relocated thousands of Afghans to Britain for 2 years NPR
- This fiasco didn’t start when Britain leaked Afghans’ names, but when we invaded their country | Simon Jenkins The Guardian
- How bad is Afghan data breach for MI6 and SAS? BBC
- The British people have been kept in the dark for two years The Economist
Israel says it ‘deeply regrets’ strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, pledges investigation – CNN
- Israel says it ‘deeply regrets’ strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, pledges investigation CNN
- Israel says it 'deeply regrets' deadly strike on Catholic Church in Gaza NBC News
- Cardinal brings aid to Gaza after Israeli strike on Catholic church Reuters
- Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Gaza during phone call with Israeli PM Netanyahu Vatican News
- Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after Israel's church strike AP News
Australian Base jumper James Nowland dies in competition accident in northern Italy
Perth man, 42, reportedly died on Wednesday after jumping from the peak of Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites region
An Australian who reportedly died earlier this week in an accident at a competition in northern Italy has been remembered as a much-loved member of the international Base jumping community.
James Nowland, 42, died on Wednesday after jumping from the peak of Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites region during the Pordoi Base race, Italy’s Ansa news agency reported.
Continue reading...First tickets to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sell out – a year before its 2026 release
The blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic has not finished filming and has no official runtime. But super fans – and scalpers – already have seats
The first tickets to Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s Odyssey have gone on sale – before he’s even finished filming it and a year before the film is even out, in what is likely the longest pre-sale in cinematic history.
The Odyssey, which stars Matt Damon as the cunning Odysseus as he fights his way home after the end of the Trojan war, will be released on 17 July 2026. But on Thursday, Imax released tickets to the first screenings at the 26 Imax cinemas around the world that have the staff and equipment required to project in 1570 format.
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