Artist defends Churchill video at National Portrait Gallery after being accused of ‘barefaced lie’

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Helen Cammock says her comments blaming wartime leader for Bengal famine were intended to create ‘dialogue’

A Turner prize-winning artist accused of telling a “barefaced lie” about Winston Churchill in a video piece installed at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has defended her work, saying it was intended to create a “dialogue” about figures in the gallery’s collection.

Helen Cammock’s 40-minute moving image piece called Persistence has been at the centre of a row about the role Churchill played in the Bengal famine of 1943.

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Ukraine Targets Moscow Oil Facility With Drones as G7 Leaders Meet – The New York Times

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  1. Ukraine Targets Moscow Oil Facility With Drones as G7 Leaders Meet  The New York Times
  2. Ukrainian drone strike halts operations at Moscow oil refinery, sources say  Reuters
  3. Ukraine Hits Moscow Oil Refinery in Attack on Russia Capital  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ukraine to keep targeting Russian energy after hitting sea terminal  Al Jazeera
  5. Ukraine strikes Russia's industrial facilities  DW.com
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Hot mics capture world leaders’ chats between weighty topics at G7 summit – PBS

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  1. Hot mics capture world leaders' chats between weighty topics at G7 summit  PBS
  2. Hot mics at the G7 capture world leaders’ chats between weighty topics  AP News
  3. Meloni delights world leaders by revealing she has quit smoking  The Telegraph
  4. From Meloni's cigarettes to Trump's Greenland, hot mic moments capture lighter side of G7 summit  The Times of India
  5. Host Broadcaster hot mics give glimpse of personal interactions between G7 leaders at summit  Yahoo
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Hundreds of cats stolen for food in Vietnam rescued by police, welfare group says – BBC

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  1. Hundreds of cats stolen for food in Vietnam rescued by police, welfare group says  BBC
  2. Police rescue more than 400 cats from being eaten in Vietnam in a bust of a major animal theft ring  AP News
  3. Vietnam police rescue more than 400 cats from animal theft crime ring  Al Jazeera
  4. Police rescue hundreds of cats from being eaten in Vietnam with bust of major animal theft ring  Yahoo
  5. AP Trending SummaryBrief at 10:48 a.m. EDT  wdtimes.com
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In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort – NPR

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  1. In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort  NPR
  2. What Jared and Ivanka want, Jared and Ivanka get? Not if Albania’s ‘flamingo revolution’ has any say in it  The Guardian
  3. A look at the Albanian island where a Kushner-Trump resort plan has sparked protests  PBS
  4. Albania’s flamingo protests target Donald Trump’s son-in-law  The Economist
  5. Albanian PM Rama Slams ‘Fascist’ Protesters Against Kushner And Ivanka Resort  Forbes
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UK forces face operational cuts without more cash, defence chief warns – BBC

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  1. UK forces face operational cuts without more cash, defence chief warns  BBC
  2. UK defense chief says operations to be ‘dialed back’ without additional spending  Breaking Defense
  3. UK Cabinet Pushes Starmer to Increase Defense Spending Amid Row  Bloomberg.com
  4. Opinion | The Revolt of Britain’s Defenders  WSJ
  5. The old ‘warfare v welfare’ arguments are back – but it’s Britain’s real duty to spend on both | Frances Ryan  The Guardian
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France to ditch Palantir’s AI data tools in favour of domestic provider

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Move to ChapsVision is to avoid ‘strategic dependencies’, says PM amid concern about reliance on US-controlled tools

France’s domestic intelligence service is to ditch AI data tools from the US tech company Palantir in favour of a domestic provider in an effort to avoid “strategic dependency”, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said.

“We must use our own AI models; we cannot accept new strategic dependencies in ‌the digital sphere,” Lecornu posted on social media. “We cannot rely on tools developed by foreign powers. France must have its own tools.”

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UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey – as it happened

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Ex-defence secretary John Healey and ex-defence minister Al Carns have given resignation statements to MPs

Speaking to reporters at the G7, Keir Starmer also defended the defence investment plan (DIP) draft that led to John Healey’s resignation as defence secretary last week. Starmer confirmed that Dan Jarvis, the new defence secretary, is getting some input before the publication of the DIP in its final version.

Starmer said:

The position on investment in defence is firstly that we increased last year defence spending from 2.3% to 2.6%, that’s the biggest increase since the 1980s, and that means £270bn will be spent this parliament on defence.

On top of that [the] defence investment plan which obviously gives us capability for the future. We will put even more money in relation to that. I’ve been really clear that’s required difficult decisions, I have taken the decision to reallocate money from other departments.

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Russian artist and Putin critic Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland – CBS News

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  1. Russian artist and Putin critic Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland  CBS News
  2. Exiled Russian artist known for anti-Putin cartoons shot dead in Poland  CNN
  3. Russian opposition artist Robert Kuzovkov shot dead in exile in Poland  BBC
  4. A Russian artist who was critical of Putin is killed near his home in Poland  AP News
  5. Russian Artist Critical of Putin Is Fatally Shot in Poland  The New York Times
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Iran’s top envoy says peace deal with US dependent on Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon – The Guardian

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  1. Iran’s top envoy says peace deal with US dependent on Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon  The Guardian
  2. Iran says the deal to end the war with the U.S. requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon  PBS
  3. Iran says deal with US ensures Lebanon’s sovereignty, Israeli attacks would violate terms  The Times of Israel
  4. Lebanon ceasefire lifts veil on scale of destruction and trauma  Reuters
  5. Iran says Israel’s continued presence in south Lebanon would nullify deal with US  The Times of Israel
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Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says – The Guardian

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  1. Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says  The Guardian
  2. Nearly all children globally exposed to at least one climate hazard: Report  Al Jazeera
  3. Climate change threatens nearly every child’s health, UNICEF warns  Euronews.com
  4. Tropical storms, heat and drought putting millions of Vietnamese children at risk: UNICEF  Asia News Network
  5. Almost all of world's children exposed to climate hazards, UN agency says  Reuters
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“China shock” fear shapes EU trade policy – Axios

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  1. "China shock" fear shapes EU trade policy  Axios
  2. China Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese exports threaten Europe's economy, raising concern at G7 summit  AP News
  3. Why Europe’s fight against a ‘China shock 2.0’ could end before it even begins  South China Morning Post
  4. EU leaders to converge on harder line toward China  politico.eu
  5. EU struggles to find both unity and urgency in China crisis talks  Financial Times
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Why Trump’s proposal for Syria to fight Hezbollah will send shudders across Lebanon – CNN

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  1. Why Trump’s proposal for Syria to fight Hezbollah will send shudders across Lebanon  CNN
  2. Iran war live: Israel kills 4 in Lebanon as Trump criticises Netanyahu  Al Jazeera
  3. Trump criticizes Israel's tactics in Lebanon, says it is killing civilians  The Detroit News
  4. Trump says Netanyahu "has to be more responsible" with Lebanon, recent Israeli attack there was "too much"  CBS News
  5. Renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah could scupper the U.S-Iran deal  NBC News
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