16 h. ago Children rescued seconds before school wall collapses on top of them as flash floods slam Iraq

More than 30 students were rescued in the Chamchamal district of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, after heavy rain brought flooding that caused a school wall to collapse, according to surveillance footage and local authorities, on Tuesday (9 December).

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26 h. ago ‘It’s not going to be some miraculous recovery’: film charts healing of Ukrainian children rescued from Russia

Director of After the Rain, set in animal therapy retreat, says she aimed to portray ‘children as children, not as a statistic’Sasha Mezhevoy was five years old when she, her older brother and sister were sent to an orphanage in Moscow. They were told they were going to be adopted by a Russian family. But they were not orphans. They were Ukrainian children who had been forcibly removed from their father.Sasha grew up in Mariupol, the port city that endured more than 80 days of bombardment in one of the bloodiest and most destructive chapters of the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago 'Awkward' action film tops Netflix charts despite abysmal Rotten Tomatoes score

A "stupid" film starring a Hollywood legend has quickly become one of Netflix's most-watched movies.

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4 d. ago Who, If Not Us? The Fight for Democracy in Belarus review – activists display their defiance

Collateral comedy spins out from underneath the repression and violence charted in this sobering documentary that follows three indefatigable womenThere are many symptoms of totalitarian sickness gripping Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus. You risk being arrested for wearing red and white together, the colours of the outlawed flag of the country’s opposition movement. Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four has been banned, which seems rather on the nose. But these are just some of the more farcical elements, the collateral comedy spinning from the deep repression, violence and psychological wounds charted in this sobering film that follows a trio of Belarusian activists, starting from the pandemic through to the invasion of Ukraine.Director Juliane Tutein fashions a melancholic mood-piece which chronicles ineffectualness in the face of impregnable state machinery, and the meaning of resistance under such circumstances. Nina, who is 74, is a kind of Belarusian Batman; an indefatigable symbol of ...

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1 week ago 'Underdog' Marvel film tops Netflix chart despite abysmal 10% on Rotten Tomatoes

‘One of the worst movies’ may have left Marvel fans wanting more but that hasn’t stopped it from soaring to the top of Netflix’s most-watched list.

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1 week ago Terrifying moment family is forced to scale down 150ft crane after getting trapped at ‘sky

A FAMILY had to make a terrifying climb after they were left dangling 150ft in the air at a sky-dining restaurant. The family of four, including two children, were rescued on Friday after a crane malfunction left them stranded in the sky. They were stuck in the air for more than two hours at the...

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1 week ago Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescue

Hundreds of parents in Nigeria are pleading for the rescue of their children abducted from a Catholic school last week

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2 w. ago Man accused of murdering his ex's sister and her three children in house fire 'refused medical treatment after being rescued from blaze'

Sharaz Ali allegedly set fire to the home of Bryonie Gawith in a botched revenge attack on his former partner - Bryonie's sister, Antonia Gawith, prosecutors have claimed.

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2 w. ago ‘We’ve got to find answers’: Corby families affected by cancer searching for truth about toxic waste sites

Alison Gaffney believes her son’s rare leukaemia was caused by dumped toxic waste from the town’s steelworksAlison Gaffney and Andy Hinde received the devastating news that their 17-month-old son, Fraser, had a rare type of leukaemia in 2018.Two years of gruelling treatment followed, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, before a stem cell transplant. Fraser, then aged three, made a “miraculous recovery” from the surgery, before doctors declared the cancer in remission. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'Spellbinding performances' in 'gripping' war film now streaming on Netflix

A gripping war epic — starring Chris Pine and Florence Pugh — charts an important era in Great Britain's history and the film is now available to stream on Netflix UK

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