4 h. ago If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux

The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could captureIt wasn’t something I saw coming. A film about the situation in the West Bank – an evergreen story if ever there was one – going viral. Appreciation, dismay, gratitude, outrage at what the film showed Through the week it kept going. More retweets, more feedback, a little bit of pushback. Shock was the theme of many messages – the idea that this was going on. And a feeling of: “At last.” “At last, mainstream British TV is saying something about what is happening.”The film was a follow-up of sorts. In 2010, I’d made a documentary called Ultra Zionists. It was a look at the Israeli religious nationalist community that exists in the West Bank – the area across the eastern edge of Israel that has been under military occupation since the six-day war of 1967. Now, a decade and a half on, with the world’s attention on Gaza, it was being reported t...

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5 h. ago Justin Baldoni makes decision over Scarlett Johansson movie ahead of Cannes

Justin Baldoni made a shocking decision over attending the upcoming Cannes Film Festival with Scarlett Johansson.

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26 h. ago 'BBC's The Settlers is Louis Theroux at his best showing humanity at its worst'

Documentary-maker Louis Theroux takes the divisive Israeli settlements in Palestine as his subject. Amnesty International describe the crisis as a 'genocide', while an interviewee in The Settlers says it is 'normal'

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41 h. ago New film claims to identify Israeli killer of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

In Who Killed Shireen?, IDF soldier Alon Scagio is named as shooter of the Palestinian-American in Jenin in 2022A new US-made documentary has produced evidence pointing to the identity of an Israeli soldier who shot dead the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022.The documentary, Who Killed Shireen?, concludes that a member of the Duvdevan Israeli special forces unit shot Abu Akleh while she was reporting for Al Jazeera in Jenin, on the West Bank. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Revenge of the Savage Planet release time – here’s when the colourful co

If you're in the mood for a playful and pulpy sci-fi adventure with a friend, you'll want to pay close attention to when the Revenge of the Savage Planet release time arrives.

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3 d. ago ‘Very chill’ wild beaver filmed on river after return of species to UK after 400 years

The wild beaver reportedly didn’t pay any attention to its observers in the rare sighting

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3 d. ago Last of Us star Bella Ramsey reveals details of agonising condition that left them housebound 'for months'

Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, the actor described the condition as 'all-encompassing' that resulted in them being unable to leave their home.

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4 d. ago Palestinian activist says home raided ‘in revenge’ for appearing in Louis Theroux documentary

Issa Amro shares videos of confrontations with balaclava-clad military who he claims ‘want revenge’ after the BBC film The SettlersA Palestinian activist who appeared in a Louis Theroux documentary about settlers in the West Bank has reportedly had his home raided by Israeli soldiers.Issa Amro, co-founder of the non-violent activist group Youth Against Settlements, shared videos on social media of confrontations with Israeli military at his home, and another of a group of Israeli settlers forcing entry to the property. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump’s 100% film tariffs to send ‘shock waves’ through global industry – US politics live

US president announces move, citing ‘national security threat’ to US film sectorMeanwhile, Germany has said it “strongly rejects” criticism by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of its domestic spy agency’s decision to label the far-right AfD party as an extremist group.“I reiterate that the insinuations contained (in his comments) are certainly unfounded,” foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said.This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”The UK is a world leader in film and TV production, employing thousands of talented workers, and this is a key growth sector in the government’s industrial strategy,” she said.“These tariffs, coming after Covid and the recent slowdown, could deal a knock-out blow to an industry that is only just recovering and...

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7 d. ago There is a war on journalists raging around the world: let their voices be heard | Annie Kelly

Today is World Press Freedom Day. The Guardian is determined to highlight the dangers faced by reporters working in some of the world’s most perilous places, and to tell their storiesSupport the GuardianThere is a war on journalists raging across the world. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recorded the highest number of media workers killed since it began collecting data three decades ago.According to that data, at least 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024 – nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Top UN court wraps a week of hearings on humanitarian aid to Gaza

The top United Nations court is wrapping a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank

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1 week ago Billions behind the badge: Neom join Saudi Arabia’s football revolution

Backed by same force as Newcastle, club’s’s promotion signals era of spending in futuristic city that is yet to existEurope’s biggest clubs may not pay much attention to Saudi Arabia’s second division, but a new and curious force in the international transfer market is emerging from that league. Neom Sports Club (SC) have not only never played a top tier game before but also represent a city that does not yet exist.Neom won promotion to the Saudi Pro League last week and will, from next season, take their place alongside the so-called “Big Four”: Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr of Riyadh, and Jeddah giants Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli. This group, home to Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Riyad Mahrez, are to become the “Big Five”. That is because Neom SC belong to the planned futuristic urban area of Neom, backed by the Public Investment Fund behind the aforementioned quartet, as well as Newcastle. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Middle East crisis live: Israel has turned Gaza into a ‘mass grave’, top UN court hears

ICJ holding hearing about Israel’s obligation to facilitate aid to Gaza and the West Bank amid the outlawing of UnrwaTehran has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy in negotiations after the Israeli prime minister repeated calls for Iran’s entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled.The US and Iran have so far held three rounds of indirect talks, mediated by Oman, aimed at sealing a deal that would block Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but also lift crippling economic sanctions imposed by Washington.Israel’s fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is so detached from reality that it hardly merits a response. What is striking, however, is how brazenly Netanyahu is now dictating what President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran Continue reading...

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1 week ago Louis Theroux praised for TV return in ‘masterpiece’ documentary

Interviewer revisited Palestinian West Bank 14 years after his documentary ‘Ultra Zionists’

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1 week ago Truth behind Darwin Nunez pouring champagne on Mohamed Salah's head in 'disrespect'

Darwin Nunez was seen paying no attention to Mohamed Salah when the forward waved his finger and indicated he did not want champagne poured over him after Liverpool's Premier League title win

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1 week ago Greta Garbo documentary reveals star as ‘a relaxed, silly, funny person’

Exclusive: Previously unseen footage of actor larking about with friends at home upends Garbo’s aloof imageShe is remembered as the ultimate reclusive film star, following her shock retirement at the height of her success. But the enduring image of Greta Garbo is being challenged by a new documentary, which will show that, far from withdrawing from life – as in her most famous line, “I want to be alone” – she lived it to the full, partying with close friends.The British film-maker Lorna Tucker has been given access to previously unseen behind the scenes footage in which the star, once described as “the most alluring, vibrant and yet aloof character ever to grace the motion picture screen”, can be seen larking about and laughing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Louis Theroux: The Settlers on BBC2: Theroux's bumbling gaucheness is wearing uncomfortably thin...

Mae West made her final movie, Sextette, when she was 84. She stars as a movie queen so irresistible that an entire squad of athletes are desperate to seduce her.

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1 week ago Louis Theroux: The Settlers paints a grim picture of life in the West Bank

Fourteen years after his first trip to the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, Theroux returns to find entrenched hostility, tacit government endorsement and a worsening security situation

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1 week ago Israel faces legal pressure at UN’s top court over Unrwa blockade

Hearings in The Hague over Palestinian aid agency ban mark major test of Israel’s compliance with international lawIsrael will come under sustained legal pressure this week at the UN’s top court when lawyers from more than 40 countries will claim the nation’s ban on all cooperation with the UN’s Palestinian rights agency Unrwa is a breach of the UN charter.The five days of hearings at the International court of justice in The Hague have been given a fresh urgency by Israel’s decision on 2 March to block all aid into Gaza, but the hearing will focus on whether Israel – as a signatory to the UN charter – acted unlawfully in overriding the immunities afforded to a UN body. Israel ended all contact and cooperation with Unrwa operations in Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem in November, claiming the agency had been infiltrated by Hamas, an allegation that has been contested. Continue reading...

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1 week ago What is the International Court of Justice and why is it weighing in on humanitarian aid in Gaza?

The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 countries on what Israel must do to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank

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