26 h. ago Danish PM strikes defiant tone on Greenland in New Year’s speech as Trump rehashes annexation plans: ‘we will stand firm’

‘Never before have we increased our military strength so significantly, so quickly,’ said Mette Frederiksen in a televised address to her nation

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32 h. ago London's Muslim mayor vows to stand up to Trump’s ‘bile’, bullying

London's Muslim mayor vows to stand up to Trump’s ‘bile’, bullying  PressTV

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36 h. ago Wuthering Heights, Michael Jackson and the ‘Trump effect’ – will 2026 see the end of the ‘woke’ blockbuster?

The president is scrutinising studio deals, and was rewarded with the promise of a Rush Hour reboot. With Supergirl, Hoppers and a live-action Moana on the way, can Hollywood stand up to Trump?It’s fair to say that Hollywood is in crisis, or at least in transition. Studios getting taken over, culture wars all over the place, and gen AI rearing its head. The last thing they need is an interventionist president determined to wage war on the entertainment industry, as well as no doubt extracting what value he can. Donald Trump, as we know, is very interested in the movie business: in his pre-politics days, he made dozens of appearances in films, as well as on TV. It seems very likely that he’s eyeing a place at Hollywood’s top table after he leaves office (presuming he does).Perhaps that’s what is behind his most spectacular recent intervention: demanding, and getting, a fourth Rush Hour movie from the new owners of Paramount Pictures, the studio that was recently taken over by David E...

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37 h. ago Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump a bully and vows to stand up to his ‘hatred and bile’

Labour London mayor hits out at the US President’s ‘pathetic name-calling’ and suggests warm meeting with Zohran Mamdani was just the New York mayor’s ‘diplomacy’

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1 week ago Cancelled US comedian Jimmy Kimmel to deliver Christmas message to UK

TV host who came under pressure from Trump government will say: ‘From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year’The US comedian whose late-night show was briefly cancelled after pressure from Donald Trump’s government is to urge UK audiences to stand up for free speech.In a defiant alternative Christmas message on Channel 4, Jimmy Kimmel will liken the first year of Trump’s second administration to the rise of fascism. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's BBC lawsuit 'puts him on the stand' where 'he must tell the truth'

Donald Trump, the US President, is seeking up to $10billion (£7.5billion) in damages in response to the editing of a speech he made which was featured in a Panorama episode

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2 w. ago DR RENEE HOEDERKAMP: As the Journal of Medical Ethics publishes an article defending female genital mutilation... I've seen the reality of this barbaric practice

Many years ago, I worked in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of a busy east ­London hospital, which served a large Muslim ­population.

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2 w. ago BBC right to ‘stand firm’ in face of Trump lawsuit, says minister

Stephen Kinnock said the broadcaster had been ‘very clear that there is no case to answer’ when it came to accusations of libel.

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2 w. ago DR RENEE HOEDERKAMP: As the British Medical Journal publishes an article defending female genital mutilation... I've seen the reality of this barbaric practice

Many years ago, I worked in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of a busy east ­London hospital, which served a large Muslim ­population.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer should stand up to ‘unreliable ally’ Donald Trump, Ed Davey says

US President Donald Trump is being ‘anti-UK’, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said.

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3 w. ago Mark Selby's class on full display with Judd Trump as referee says 'I stand corrected'

Mark Selby and Judd Trump were battling for the UK Championship crown, but the Jester from Leicester still wanted to display his sportsmanship in the clash

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3 w. ago George Clooney landed his wife Amal in hot water with joke about her 'work for Muslim Brotherhood'

On a US chat show, Clooney said his first date with now wife Amal Alamuddin was in London after her 'meeting at the Muslim Brotherhood' to 're-do' the Egyptian constitution.

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