Mohammad Tahir and his colleagues operate through bombing and blackouts in barely functional hospitals – but there are moments of relief amid the documentary’s tragedy and gore What this documentary might lack in film-making finesse it makes up for with sheer visceral and emotional impact. British nerve surgeon Mohammad Tahir ...
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UN agency pauses ship evacuations through strait of Hormuz after vessel struckUN agency pauses ship evacuations through strait of Hormuz after vessel struck
International Maritime Organization says safety guarantees must be confirmed before ships can move again A United Nations agency has paused the evacuation of ships through the strait of Hormuz after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman following the passage of ...
Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys review – ghosts, guns and guileless youth on generational songwriter’s returnPhoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys review – ghosts, guns and guileless youth on generational songwriter’s return
(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years off after becoming ‘world-weary’ of public life – and in the meantime, her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinvention In the press materials for Phoebe Bridgers’ return, the 31-year-old US singer talks about taking time to make her third album ...
Scenes of destruction after deadly earthquakes in Venezuela – visual guideScenes of destruction after deadly earthquakes in Venezuela – visual guide
Rescue efforts under way after buildings reduced to rubble in capital and along northern coast Hundreds of people are feared to have died and thousands have been injured in Venezuela’s largest earthquake in more than a century. Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit 39 seconds apart near the ...
The Bear review – this kitchen nightmare of a show dials it up to 11 for its last ever seriesThe Bear review – this kitchen nightmare of a show dials it up to 11 for its last ever series
It’s won all the awards and now it’s going out in a blaze of comedy. Everything that could possibly go wrong for the restaurant does … but who cares when the fusion of tragedy and laughter is this good? It may not be a gastronomic reference many midwestern gourmands would ...
The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children | Moira DoneganThe Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children | Moira Donegan
A document on an embryo adoption program may be marginal – but it marks an escalation in the pursuit of fetal personhood The Trump administration quietly declared frozen embryos to be children last week. In a call for grant applications related to a nearly 20-year-old program meant to raise awareness ...
Israeli forces arrest Palestinian ‘doctor of the poor’Israeli forces arrest Palestinian ‘doctor of the poor’
Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician well known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested in the occupied West Bank Israeli forces on Sunday arrested a prominent 71-year-old Palestinian physician known as the “doctor of the poor” in a pre-dawn raid on his home in the occupied West Bank, ...
Iran rejects UN-backed plan to free ships trapped in strait of HormuzIran rejects UN-backed plan to free ships trapped in strait of Hormuz
Blocking of proposal backed by Oman signals new threat to free passage through strait vital to world economy Iran has rejected UN-backed plans for the mass evacuation of ships through the strait of Hormuz, creating a new threat to the free passage of commercial ships through the strait. The proposal, ...
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for end to Israeli occupation of PalestineArchbishop of Canterbury calls for end to Israeli occupation of Palestine
Sarah Mullally ends visit to region with call for two-state solution that allows Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace The archbishop of Canterbury has called for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine after a pilgrimage in which she met Palestinians attacked by settlers and others detained without ...
JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?
Vice-president, leading a foundering peace deal to end the kind of war he’s opposed in the past, is left holding the bag JD Vance has taken the greatest gamble of his vice-presidency by making himself the face of the Iran ceasefire deal – a shaky agreement that already seems to ...