15 h. ago State of Statelessness review – Dalai Lama presides over intimate dramas about Tibetans’ life of exile

Tibetan directors, who all live outside Tibet, deliver a quartet of films that explore the pain of separation and migrationThe wrench of exile is the theme of this quartet of short films from Tibetan directors, who themselves all live outside Tibet. Their intimate, emotional family dramas tell stories of separation and migration. In two of them, the 90-year-old Dalai Lama smiles out from photographs on shrines, a reminder of the precariousness of Tibet’s future. As a character in one of the films puts it bluntly: will there be anything to stop China erasing Tibetan identity when its rock-star spiritual leader is no longer around?In the first film a Tibetan man lives in a kind of complicated happiness in Vietnam. He loves his wife, and they both adore their sunny-natured little daughter, but he has mournful eyes. Home is a town on the banks of the Mekong River, which has its source in Tibet. The river is a constant reminder of the region – and of Chinese might too, since Chinese hydr...

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32 h. ago 'I was a helpless addict with no direction or will to live': DJ Fat Tony reflects on his 28

The music star, 60, real name Tony Marnach, took to Instagram and opened up about his transformation, revealing that he was 'a helpless addict with no direction or will to live'.

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46 h. ago M48 Severn Bridge closure live: Bridge closed in both directions due to strong winds

Severn Bridge will reopen when wind speeds reduce to a safe level

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6 d. ago Chevy Chase sparks backlash after telling documentary director she’s ‘not bright’

The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star told director Marina Zenovich that it wouldn’t be ‘easy’ to understand him

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7 d. ago Chevy Chase sparks social media backlash after telling documentary director she’s ‘not bright’

The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star told director Marina Zenovich that it wouldn’t be ‘easy’ to understand him

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7 d. ago Moment DJ Fat Tony is punched unconscious by rival artist at leisure centre 'nightclub' as he tried to finish his set

Zack Bradley, 37, knocked the artist Fat Tony, 60, unconscious after brutally punching him twice in the DJ booth before he was scheduled to play.

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8 d. ago M1 traffic LIVE: Flipped lorry and crash close motorway lanes in both directions

Dramatic images show the HGV on its side on the M1 southbound near Milton Keynes which has led to tailbacks of nearly four miles and 30 minute delays for traffic

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2 w. ago Every EFL game being played today, who's on TV, and bizarre kick

A number of matches are set to take place across the English Football League on Monday, December 29, and football fans can watch each of them live and direct via Sky Sports

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3 w. ago Saturday Night Live pays tribute to Rob Reiner days after death of film director and his wife

The director and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home last week

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3 w. ago The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions

People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and diplomatic tacticsThe ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle.The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at Kharkiv’s puppet theatre, was a reminder that conflict has seeped into the fabric of almost everything in Ukrainian life over the past four years. “We can’t just put on comedies and escape from reality,” said Oksana Dmitrieva, the nativity play’s 48-year-old director. “The stage is a mirror, and we have to live through our emotions again, but this time from outside ourselves, together with others,” she said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Albanese announces new hate speech laws as he concedes more could have been done before Bondi beach attack

Australian prime minister unveils new measures to combat antisemitism as Coalition outlines own plan Victims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesHate speech laws will be expanded to directly target “hate preachers” under a new push to stamp out antisemitism, as Anthony Albanese concedes more could have been done to combat anti-Jewish sentiment ahead of the Bondi beach massacre.The home affairs minister will also be granted powers to cancel and reject visas of people who spread “hate and division” under a five-point plan announced on Thursday, after days of intensifying pressure on the prime minister to do more to address antisemitism and radicalisation after Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hanukah celebration. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Son in custody for Rob Reiner and wife’s murders as Trump insists late director was ‘bad for our country’: Live updates

The Hollywood couple's son, Nick Reiner, 32, arrested on suspicion of murder after father Rob and mother Michele were stabbed in their Brentwood home

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