29 h. ago Sopranos creator David Chase to write HBO limited series on CIA drug program

Return marks his first TV series since groundbreaking mob drama, and will examine covert mind-control programDavid Chase is returning to television. The Sopranos creator will write MKUltra, a limited series on the CIA’s secret cold war-era mind control program, for HBO.The project, first reported by Deadline, will be Chase’s first series since the era-defining HBO mob drama. The dramatic thriller, based on John Lisle’s book Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKUltra, focuses on Gottlieb, a notorious scientist known as the “black sorcerer” who led Project MKUltra, the CIA’s covert psychedelic program that tested hallucinogenic drugs, hypnosis, and torture on willing and unwilling subjects from 1953 until it was halted in 1973. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘Our world is combustible’: Kathryn Bigelow on AI, Andy Warhol and nuclear Armageddon

The record-breaking Oscar winner explains how her new film, A House of Dynamite – starring Idris Elba as the US president – is rooted in her cold war childhood and the urgent threats we all face todayKathryn Bigelow has been thinking about death: hers, and mine, and yours as well. History will always remember her as the first woman to win a best director Oscar, which she did in 2010 for The Hurt Locker. But in her new film, A House of Dynamite, history may not have long to run. It is the story of a nuclear missile, launched at an American city. The rest is about what happens next. Bigelow would like you to consider Armageddon.“Someone I know said the bomb for the audience is realising this is possible,” she says. She smiles. “I’m glad if people come away from the movie as concerned as I am.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Stone cold masterpiece' and 'greatest ever war film' streaming now

Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, is regarded as one of the finest war films ever made, and it's now available to watch on Sky Cinema and Amazon Prime Video

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8 d. ago Sweden stockpiles food for first time since Cold War as threat from evil Putin looms

Sweden is pushing ahead with plans to strengthen what it calls its 'total defence' strategy by stockpiling food for the first time since the Cold War as fears of a conflict with Russia loom

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2 w. ago Appeal to preserve last flying Vulcan bomber for future generations

The Vulcan to the Sky Trust said the Cold War bomber has a home but they need funds

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2 w. ago The 'highly unique' underground bunker on the market for £20,000

This property dates back to the cold war era

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2 w. ago Nuclear bunker hidden underneath car park in Welsh town and nobody realises

During the Cold War, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher implored local councils to build nuclear bunkers at a cost of £400,000 in case World War Three started. Naturally, Carmarthen District Council thought it was a good idea

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2 w. ago Putin mocks drone panic in Europe, saying: 'OK, I won't do it again!'

Vladimir Putin has mocked Europe's drone panic amid fears Russia is sending drones to test the continent's response to provocation, joking that he 'won't do it again'.

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3 w. ago From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War

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3 w. ago Tantalizing rare look inside top secret mountain city that will protect Trump if nuclear war breaks out

Buried beneath a mile of granite, the Cold War-era fortress built to withstand nuclear war has been reopened to the press - with its commander delivering a chilling warning.

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3 w. ago Russia says 'Cold War' is over and a 'fiery conflict' with the West has now begun

Russia has declared that a Cold War is over and a 'fiery' conflict with the West is now under way.

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3 w. ago GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut

The 1995 spy adventure introduced Brosnan as 007 and Judi Dench as M – blending high-octane action with a cheeky post-Soviet self-awarenessThis James Bond film from 1995, reissued for its 30th anniversary, is named after Ian Fleming’s own “Goldeneye” estate in Jamaica – though perhaps oddly, the film’s only Caribbean location is supposed to be Cuba. There’s a fair bit to enjoy here, although perhaps it’s best experienced on TV over Christmas in a Quality Street stupor. GoldenEye was the first to star Pierce Brosnan as 007, the first to see Judi Dench as M, and the first film to challenge its own franchise identity. As M crisply says to Bond: “I think you are a sexist, misogynist dinosaur and a relic of the cold war” – although her criticism of her star agent begins and ends with that description.The film gamely attempts to reposition itself in the new post-Soviet world, with a key scene (and some of the opening sequence) taking place among the discarded, crumbling statues of Soviet ...

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3 w. ago ‘Russia will not stop until they are forced to do so,’ Danish PM warns European leaders summit – Europe live

More than 45 leaders meet in Copenhagen for the seventh summit of the European Political Community European Council president António Costa opens his speech with congratulations for Moldova and its president Maia Sandu for the win of pro-European forces in last weekend’s parliamentary elections there.He also congratulates the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for their recent peace deal.“I know that for some of you, the threat from Russia is very clear and very present. For others, it still seems further away, but none of us can no longer be naive. The war was never just about Ukraine. It is about Europe, all our nations, all our citizens, our values and our freedom.”“Please just take one look at the history of our continent, from the expansion of the Russian Empire to Soviet tanks rolling across several borders during the cold war, shattering hopes of freedom. Recent history tells us the exact same story. So why shouldn’t it happen again? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago From a Utah church to a Denver museum: the man who found 75 pyramids in the US

Over a decade, Ian James captured an array of pyramid structures across 20 US states, now documented in a new bookOn a summer afternoon in 2017, Los Angeles-based artist Ian James found himself at the Pain Reliever Bar & Grill, the only functioning establishment in Nekoma, North Dakota.Lingering until midnight, while trying not to look too much like a Californian in a town of less than 30 residents, James struck up a conversation with a local couple who explained how to gain access to the Stanley R Mickelsen Safeguard Complex. The former anti-ballistic missile military facility, constructed during the cold war and only operational for six months before being decommissioned, was his destination: specifically, its brutalist concrete radar tower resembling an Egyptian pyramid without an apex. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cold War bunker designed to survive nuclear blast and monitor the devastating fallout goes on market for £20k

The Royal Observer Corps facility in Bristol is one of 1,500 scattered across the UK.

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3 w. ago Russia’s hybrid war is ‘only the beginning’, warns Danish PM

Mette Frederiksen says Nato needs to adjust its response to Russian provocations

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3 w. ago As US warships prowl the Caribbean, our region must hold fast against Trump’s gaslighting

American attacks have killed more than 14 people they claim were drug traffickers in our waters. Now our islands are at risk of being dragged into a manufactured conflict we are ill-equipped to endureFor decades, the Caribbean has been caught in the slipstream of other people’s wars – from cold war proxy battles to Washington’s “war on drugs” and “war on terror”. Our islands have too often been turned into the frontlines for policies scripted elsewhere but fought in our waters, our communities, and on the backs of our most vulnerable.The recent US naval strikes against alleged “drug boats” leaving Venezuela, and the decision of Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, to grant access to territorial waters without first consulting the Caribbean collective of developing countries, Caricom, risk dragging our islands into yet another manufactured storm. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond | Sergey Radchenko

Despite the cost of shooting down fighter jets and drones, small skirmishes remind both sides of the dangers of escalationEarlier this month, a swarm of Russian drones violated Poland’s borders. Some were shot down. A few days later, another Russian drone overflew Romania en route to Ukraine. The Romanian air defence let it get away. Then, on 19 September, three Russian MiG-31 fighters intruded into Estonia’s airspace. Italian F-35s – in the area on a Nato mission – intercepted the Russians and saw them off.Although this is hardly the first time Russia has violated Nato’s airspace, the extent and the brazen nature of these latest provocations make them stand out. Incursions will end only when the intruders are shot down. Fortunately, shooting down an occasional Russian fighter jet, never mind drones, is very unlikely to lead to a broader escalation. It may even help cool down tensions by reinforcing the red lines.Sergey Radchenko is Wilson E Schmidt distinguished professor at the He...

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3 w. ago Nato ramps up defences in Baltic Sea as drones menace military bases and airports across Europe in ‘hybrid war attack’

NATO has ramped up defences in the Baltic Sea after mysterious drones continued to menace military bases and airports across Europe. It comes just a day after suspected drones swooped over Denmark's largest military base - sparking security fears. More drones were observed over Danish military sites overnight for the second straight day, Denmark's army said...

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3 w. ago Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2025: Look inside the hidden Cold War bunker used as nuclear shelter for the Queen

Visitors will be able to walk round the Second World War complex for free with paid tours around the secret underground bunker.

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