Tom Cruise to receive BFI fellowship: ‘I’ve been making films in the UK for 40 years and have no plans to stop’ | Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise thanked the British Film Institute after announcing that he would receive the highest praise, the BFI Fellowship. “I am truly honored to receive this approval,” Cruz said. “I've been making movies in the UK for over 40 years and have no plans to stop.” He continues. “The UK is home to very talented […]
IOC presidential elections: Sebastian Coe and rivals target highest office in sport – live | International Olympic Committee
Important Events Shows key events only Please turn on JavaScript and use this feature In addition to the seven candidates A total of eight IOC members will not be allowed to vote in the first round. They use an electronic voting process that includes some smart card currently being distributed. Share All important procedural things […]
Police name woman killed after van driven on to London pavement | UK news
The woman killed when the van loaded pavement in Aldwich in central London was named 20-year-old Arya Mahomed. She was declared dead at the scene near King's College London around noon on Tuesday morning. In a statement issued through Metropolitan Police, her family described her as “a bright, kind and beautiful soul.” Another 27-year-old woman […]
Israeli strikes on Gaza add to soaring child death toll | Gaza
At least 58 Palestinians were killed on strike across Gaza on Israel's third consecutive night, with many more injured, according to medical officials at the Strip hospital. The death toll is expected to increase as more casualties were excavated from the tile rub in the southern cities of Rafa and Khan Yunis and the northern […]
Zelenskyy to debrief EU leaders on Trump call before military chiefs head to London – Europe live | Europe
Tusk says, “The final stage of the first phase of a European project, perhaps the most important in decades,” Poland Prime Minister Donald Task After talking to reporters early in Warsaw, they set off for Brussels, and the EU summit said, “Confirm the first stages of perhaps the most important European project of the past […]
Bank of England expected to leave interest rates on hold today, as wage growth slows – business live | Business
Important Events Shows key events only Please turn on JavaScript and use this feature ONS: Wage growth remains relatively strong on Director of Economic Statistics Bureau Liz McKeun A summary of today's UK labor market report: “Overall wage growth is relatively strong, and despite the latter slightly slower in the latest period, wage growth has […]
Rate of UK shop closures expected to rise after budget tax changes – report | Retail industry
UK High Street is expected to be empty at a faster pace than this year as additional costs Rachel Reeves incurred businesses have been criticised for closures of shops and slowing down opening chain stores. The survey predicts that after a slowdown from last year's one-day, one-day, to ten-day per day in October, the store […]
China has debuted its new landing barges – what does this mean for Taiwan? | Taiwan
The short video is taken from a public beach in Guangdong, China. The unidentified filmer is standing quietly by a fishing boat and several tourists. Just to their right, a strange-looking line of ships looms in the fog. The giant ship is immovable and is raised up on the waves by thick pylons. A drop-down […]
Mahmoud Khalil and Trump’s assault on free speech – podcast | Protest
Mahmoud Halil, a recent Columbia University alumnus who worked with human rights groups and the UK government this month, was taken into custody in New York. The eight-month pregnant wife said her husband wasn't told why he was in custody and that the officers assume he is on a visa, but in fact he has […]
Buena Vista Social Club review – exuberant yet dramatically thin Broadway musical | Broadway
wFor restraint or surveillance that brought about the Buena Vista Social Club taking nearly 30 years to reach Broadway? The project began as a 1997 album. This is a surprise smash featuring a supergroup of veteran Cuban musicians who have been assembled to play classical music since the 1940s. Subsequent performances (and interviews with participants) […]