Yasmin Rufo BBC News Reporting fromLeicester Square Getty Images James Gunn, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Peter Safran attended the premiere in Leicester Square Superman was the first superhero, created 87 years ago. He’s appeared in numerous books and films over the years and now he’s been rebooted again as James Gunn introduces...
Temperatures are predicted to hit 30C for the second day in London today as a heatwave continues. The east of England and the Midlands are both forecast to see highs of 28C, according to the Met Office. An amber heat health alert was issued for some areas on Friday by the UK Health Security Agency...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC “If this is true, all our troubles are over.” A British businessman fast running out of cash, William Knox D’Arcy, is said to have uttered those words when he received a telegram from Persia, 113 years ago. Oil had been discovered, after years of failed explorations under...
In a recent series of exchanges between Slavoj Žižek and Simon Critchley, the spectre of anarchism has once again emerged. In querying Critchley’s proposal in his recent book Infinitely Demanding (2007) for a radical politics that works outside the state – that take its distance from it – Žižek (2007a) says: The ambiguity of Critchley’s...
Armored National Guard trucks rumbling down Sunset Boulevard. The mayor declaring a citywide curfew. LAPD officers in riot gear firing flash bangs and rubber bullets. Street medics rushing to neutralize tear gas. I watched all this unfold on the streets of Los Angeles five years ago — in June 2020, when I lived in the...
The climate cultists never quit in California. Today the LA air quality gurus are set to vote on whether residents will still have to option to enjoy clean, efficient, affordable – and warm – natural gas appliances going forward to heat their water and their homes. Because, of course, Californians shouldn’t be allowed the freedom...
The BBC’s Anna Foster hosts a special Today Debate: Israel-Gaza – are we witnessing war crimes? On the panel are Lyse Doucet, the BBC’s chief international correspondent, and Michael Kleiner, president of the Supreme Court of the Israeli Likud party. We also hear from Afif Safieh, who was involved in talks that led to the...
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There was a happy piece of data that came in first thing this morning. The Consumer Price Index (CPI)Â did another little round of moderation right as everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the worst of Liberation Day to start hitting. NOT SO FAST Inflation eased to a four-year low in April as the nascent...
What to say? According to the Daily Mail, an Army Veteran “came back from the dead” to testify in court, begging for forgiveness of the man who killed him. And the court allowed the AI “cheap fake” to testify. AI-generated Army vet ‘comes back from the dead’ to forgive his killer. pic.twitter.com/8XzysVWY9J — Daily Mail Online...
This is going to be a quick little sprint through exercises in parliamentary democracy as we’ve come to know and abhor it here over the past couple of years. First, a quick touch on Canada, where the anointed and appointed liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Davos-blessed replacement for twee former Prime Minister Justin ‘Fidelito’...
New song online Gemma Rogers Words Fail Bandcamp Download Only Out today  You will remember Gemma Rogers for her recent No Future EP and further back her My Idea Of Fun anthem for rum-drinkers from 2022. But this time she’s serious and this standalone track released today has all profits going to the Heal...
Britain’s ruling class, in line with Washington, relentlessly promotes anti China propaganda in order to denigrate Chinese socialism – however this obscures the undeniable reality; extreme poverty has been eradicated, life expectancy continues to rise. China continues to lead the way towards a multipolar system of international relations in which countries cooperate and engage...