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Sony Pictures/MarvelFans have been queuing outside cinemas to catch the latest Spider-Man film, with many hailing it as a spectacular return for the web-slinging superhero.Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks Tom Holland’s fourth standalone adventure as the protagonist and hero Peter Parker.Picking up after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the film follows Parker as he devotes his time to protecting New York City while adjusting to a life in which everyone, including his closest friends, has forgotten who he is.The fourth Spider-Man film is director Destin Daniel Cretton’s second project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), having previously been…
Watch: Migrants started to return to Morocco after thousands entered Spain’s Ceuta on 30 JulyMost of the tens of thousands of migrants who swam into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday have now returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish soldiers and police.But the extraordinary surge of arrivals has left at least 67 people dead, their bodies pulled from the sea where they floated alongside abandoned rubber rings and flippers.This week’s events have also shaken Europe politically, once again exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration.And they’ve left lingering questions about what sparked the sudden influx:…
ReutersDonald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran provided a deal was struck “rapidly” with the country.In a post on Truth Social, the US president wrote that he had decided to “cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL” – which would include the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to “Iran’s nuclear threat”.Trump said the decision had been taken alongside Israel. The announcement came amid US media reports that Washington might have been planning new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend.Tehran earlier accused the US of escalating tensions, saying…
@lanasololife/@dramafreediaries/@devonandwilloContent creators sharing the peace of solo living is making the rounds on social mediaIt’s a Friday night. A young woman trudges back to her apartment after a day of work. She enters a spotless kitchen, unloads a bag of groceries, and unwraps a frozen pizza before sliding it in the oven.What follows is a nightly routine that is almost meditative in its mundanity: she lights a candle and gazes briefly at the snow-covered landscape outside her window, piles a premade salad onto a plate with the pizza, and settles on her sofa to eat in front of the TV.The…
Swedish PoliceAtilla Azimov posing with a gun three months before he killed Murad AbdelkaderIn a Stockholm suburb a man dressed in black appeared out of the winter night. Carrying a handgun, he approached 20-year-old Murad Abdelkader, a student on his way back from a shift at McDonald’s. The gunman opened fire, shooting again and again as he approached his target. He fired the last shot into his victim’s head as he lay helpless on the ground. The killer was 18-year-old Atilla Azimov. On that February night last year, he had killed the wrong man.He had done it for money -…
Getty ImagesSpain declared a national state of emergency as it grapples with several major wildfiresThe wildfires currently ravaging Europe feel close to home for Professor Marta Yebra, despite being on the other side of the world.Originally from Spain, the Canberra-based bushfire expert has spent years developing ways for Australia – home to some of the most fire-prone landscapes in the world – to battle its own blazes.She heads up the Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence, which was set up in the aftermath of Australia’s worst fire season on record: the Black Summer fires of 2019-20, which razed a combined area…
Getty ImagesUS actor Vincent Pastore, who played Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in the hit show The Sopranos, has died aged 80, according to several US outlets.Pastore was found at his home in the Bronx, New York City and there was no indication of criminality, the BBC’s US partner CBS News reported.In The Sopranos, Pastore played Tony Soprano’s best friend who ultimately became an informant for the FBI. His character’s death in series two was one of the show’s most memorable storylines.Robert Attermann, Pastore’s manager, told CBS News: “To the world, he will always be remembered as the unforgettable ‘Big Pussy,’…
Daniel MurphyDaniel Murphy went from being a loving husband to a man who believed his family wanted to kill himDaniel Murphy thought he was taking a safe and tested dietary supplement that would help him put on muscle in the gym.But over the following two years, his mental health spiralled to such a degree he ended up in a state of psychosis in which he believed his wife was trying to steal his business and his mother-in-law was going to kill him.Unknown to Daniel, the daily pills he had been taking had been mixed with testosterone.The 32-year-old is one of…
AFP via Getty ImagesImage of gigantic geoglyphs, known as the Nazca lines, built by people belonging to the Nazca culture, around 1600 years ago in Nazca, PeruA small plane carrying tourists has crashed in Peru, killing all 13 people on board, according to local news reports and Peruvian officials. The aircraft had been flying over Nazca Lines archaeological site when it went down on Saturday. Eleven passengers and two pilots were on board. The cause of the crash and the identity of the passengers is not yet clear. Nazca Lines is a popular tourist attraction and UNESCO World Heritage site…
Getty ImagesAt least three people have been killed and 21 injured after a woman detonated a homemade explosive device at a restaurant in Moscow, Russian state media quotes security officials as saying.The blast happened at around 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Kudrinskaya square near the city centre. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK) said the woman tried to enter the restaurant but was stopped by a security guard. The attacker blew herself up, killing the guard and a visitor to the restaurant.Witnesses were quoted on Telegram as saying the venue was hosting a private function, adding that they saw people…