Toronto film festival: Angelina Jolie, Saoirse Ronan and Keanu Reeves lead lineup

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The 50th edition of the Canadian film festival will also feature world premieres starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Sydney Sweeney and Matthew McConaughey

World premieres starring Angelina Jolie, Saoirse Ronan and Keanu Reeves lead this year’s lineup for the Toronto film festival.

The 50th edition of the festival will again feature a string of films hoping to gain awards traction, taking place after the Venice film festival.

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Israeli military launches first ground operation in Deir al-Balah – Euronews.com

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  1. Israeli military launches first ground operation in Deir al-Balah  Euronews.com
  2. Smoke billows from Gaza's Deir al-Balah as Israeli tanks launch ground assault in city  BBC
  3. At least 65 killed in Gaza attacks as Israel sends tanks into Deir el-Balah  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel sends tanks into Gaza's Deir al-Balah, hostage families concerned  Reuters
  5. Hamas's last stronghold: Why the IDF steered clear of Deir al-Balah - until now - analysis  The Jerusalem Post
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‘Break the siege’: Calls mount for Pope Leo to visit Gaza – Middle East Eye

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  1. 'Break the siege': Calls mount for Pope Leo to visit Gaza  Middle East Eye
  2. Cardinal Pizzaballa: The Church will never abandon afflicted people of Gaza  Vatican News
  3. Israel says it ‘deeply regrets’ strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, pledges investigation  CNN
  4. Pope Leo demands end to Gaza 'barbarity' after Israeli strike on Catholic church  NBC News
  5. Palestinian leader calls pope as Gaza pastor recounts Israeli shelling of church  National Catholic Reporter
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China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam

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1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Bangladesh

Construction of the world’s biggest hydropower megadam has begun, China’s premier has said, calling it the “project of the century”.

The huge structure is being built on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, in Tibetan territory.

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Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral – Al Jazeera

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  1. Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral  Al Jazeera
  2. A couple were accused of having an ‘illicit’ relationship. Their community allegedly shot them dead  CNN
  3. "Honor killing" of newlywed couple leads to 11 arrests, police in Pakistan say  CBS News
  4. Pakistan authorities arrest 13 suspects over ‘honour’ killing video  The Guardian
  5. 11 more suspects arrested in Balochistan couple’s killing, case transferred to SCIW: police  Dawn
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Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he’s witnessing firsthand – NPR

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  1. Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand  NPR
  2. War seen from an emergency room  MSF
  3. British doctor claims IDF are deliberately wounding children in Gaza ‘like a game’  The Independent
  4. British surgeon gives first-hand account of treating wounded in Gaza  VPM
  5. ‘Unprecedented’ malnutrition surges in Gaza  The Telegraph
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UK police arrest 6 after protesters descend on a hotel housing asylum seekers – ABC News

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  1. UK police arrest 6 after protesters descend on a hotel housing asylum seekers  ABC News
  2. Epping asylum hotel protest a 'powder keg', says council leader  BBC
  3. ‘We can’t walk safely day or night’: How an Essex town reached boiling point over a migrant hotel  The Telegraph
  4. British bishop calls on UK government to support asylum seekers  Crux | Taking the Catholic Pulse
  5. Farage defends protesters outside Essex asylum hotel as ‘concerned families’  The Independent
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Ex-Ukrainian official reportedly found dead in pool at Spain resort where Russian military defector was killed – CBS News

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  1. Ex-Ukrainian official reportedly found dead in pool at Spain resort where Russian military defector was killed  CBS News
  2. Former Ukrainian Interior Ministry officer found dead in pool at Spanish complex where Russian defector pilot was previously killed  Meduza
  3. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirms death of former Interior Ministry official in Spain  Українська правда
  4. Ex-Ukrainian anti-organized-crime official found dead at the same Spanish resort where Russian defector was killed: reports  New York Post
  5. Second Mysterious Death in Spanish Complex: Ex-Ukrainian Police Officer Found Dead  Kyiv Post
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Elon Musk’s X slams French criminal investigation as politically motivated – politico.eu

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  1. Elon Musk’s X slams French criminal investigation as politically motivated  politico.eu
  2. Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically motivated' French investigation  CNBC
  3. Paris prosecutors say they requested information about algorithm, not private data, from Musk's X  Reuters
  4. X slams French criminal probe over alleged algorithm ‘manipulation’  Financial Times
  5. X says French accusations of data tampering and fraud are politically motivated  AP News
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