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Bardem, stars back boycott as Israel’s culture minister targets film academy : NPR

Javier Bardem arrives for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images In response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, A-list Hollywood actors and filmmakers have pledged to boycott Israel’s state-funded movie industry. Their action comes at […]

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Civilians made up 15 of every 16 people Israel killed in Gaza since March, data suggests | Gaza

About 15 of every 16 Palestinians the Israeli military has killed since its renewed offensive in Gaza began in March have been civilians, data collected by the independent violence-tracking organisation Acled indicates. The civilian death rate implied by a report from Acled, which stands for Armed Conflict Location & Event Data, is one of the […]

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CDC vaccine panel opens Day 2 with a reversal and a surprise : Shots

Martin Kulldorff (right) speaks with Robert Malone during a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Chamblee, Ga. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images In a surprise move on Friday morning, a panel of vaccine advisors to the federal government backed off from a […]

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Judge quashes Home Office decision to extradite vulnerable man to US | Extradition

A high court judge has quashed a Home Office decision that paved the way for a vulnerable autistic man to be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges carrying a possible 52-year sentence. The UK government has accepted that Diogo Santos Coelho, 25, a Portuguese national, was groomed and exploited online by adults from the […]

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Why grocery prices are so high — and what people are doing about it : NPR

  Food prices rose 3.2% in the last 12 months, outpacing overall inflation. Fifty-three percent of the people surveyed by The Associated Press and NORC this summer said rising grocery prices are a significant source of stress. Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption toggle caption   Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR   NPR’s series Cost of Living: The […]

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Donald Trump suggests broadcasters could be punished over critical coverage amid Kimmel suspension – US politics live | Trump administration

      Opening summary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that TV networks which cover him “negatively” could be punished by the government […]

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Does Jimmy Kimmel’s removal over Charlie Kirk violate freedom of speech? | Arts and Culture News

  United States television host Jimmy Kimmel’s live show was pulled off the air by Disney-owned ABC after he made comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot last week in what has been deemed by right-wingers in the US a political assassination. But critics claim Kimmel’s removal is a violation of his […]