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Opening summary: Scotland braces for amber weather alertGood morning and welcome to our blog covering Storm Floris with a yellow weather warning for wind already in effect for a swath of the northern UK and an amber wind alert for much of Scotland due to start at 10am. Heavy rain and winds of up to 85mph are possible, the Met Office said.Some trains and ferry services have already been cancelled with more likely to be affected.Train operator LNER has told passengers not to travel north of Newcastle while Avanti West Coast has advised passengers not to travel north of Preston,…

Cinema can “preserve history, influence mindsets, and provide a space for reflection and escape,” Cambodian auteur Rithy Panh (Graves Without a Name, Exile, Meeting With Pol Pot, Everything Will Be OK) said when he was unveiled as the surprise jury president of this year’s 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The long-time documentary chronicler is best known for his work about the 1970s Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, which saw his parents, siblings and extended family perish of starvation and forced labor. Panh escaped to Thailand and then to France, where he discovered filmmaking. In 2013, his The Missing…

Trump administration officials question data amid condemnation of dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics head.The White House has defended United States President Donald Trump’s firing of the top official responsible for compiling employment statistics after her dismissal raised concerns about the future credibility of crucial economic data.Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), on Friday, claiming without evidence that the latest jobs report had been “rigged” to make him look bad.On Sunday, Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, denied that Trump was “shooting the messenger” and questioned the accuracy of…

  Lusikisiki Mass Murder Trial Resumes in Court The trial of six men accused in the Ngobozana massacre resumes at the Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court, reports SABC News.The case was adjourned after the first witness, the brother of slain  African National Congress politician Mncedisi Gijana, gave emotional testimony. He described how three armed men in balaclavas came to their home looking for Gijana, who was later found shot multiple times. The attackers allegedly fled in his wife’s car. The state has now added Gijana’s case to the trial after linking the firearms used in both killings.  The state is expected to…

British Prime Minister, the progressive Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, is being cheeky, threatening to recognize a “Palestinian state” run by jihadists, at the United Nations General Assembly in September, 2025. As of August 1, 2025, Canada has announced that it will be recognizing the newly invented, non-existing “Palestine” as well. If Israel does not change its policy in the Gaza Strip, agrees to a full ceasefire, and commits not to annex territories, France, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal and San Marino are all in for recognizing, again, the non-existing “Palestine.” If any of these countries wanted…

It’s Monday, and another week of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.Who’s climbing the table? Who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 14 to come up with this week’s order of all 14 teams in the league. Let’s dive in.Previous ranking: 1Next match: Friday, Aug. 8 vs. Utah Royals, 10 p.m. ETIt took a while for Kansas City to break through against Racing Louisville in Kentucky, but Michelle Cooper provided a sharp pass in the 65th minute that Temwa Chawinga guided into goal, marking her ninth of…

In March 2020, about the time the Covid pandemic started, Christina Chapman, a woman who lived in Arizona and Minnesota, received a message on LinkedIn asking her to “be the US face” of a company and help overseas IT workers gain remote employment.As working from home became the norm for many people, Chapman was able to find jobs for the foreign workers at hundreds of US companies, including some in the Fortune 500, such as Nike; “a premier Silicon Valley technology company”; and one of the “most recognizable media and entertainment companies in the world”.The employers thought they were hiring…

Strong gusts of wind helped two huge waterspouts merge just off Italy’s Delta del Po, on the country’s east coast. A local tour boat operator paused an excursion so he could film the spectacle. Waterspouts are similar to tornadoes that occur over water. Around 500 occur in Europe every year, according to data from the European severe weather database.

An Indian Malayalam-language action drama centered on professional wrestling has scored a major international distribution coup, with “Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies” set to reach audiences in more than 100 countries through a partnership between Reel World Entertainment and The Plot Pictures. Set against the backdrop of WWE-style entertainment, the film, currently in production, aims to combines high-octane action sequences with dramatic storytelling, with the objective of translating the spectacle and emotional investment of professional wrestling into cinematic terms that resonate beyond regional boundaries. Headlined by Roshan Mathew (Busan winner “Paradise”) and Arjun Ashokan (“Bramayugam”), the ensemble cast also…

More than 60 migrants died when a boat carrying around 150 people sank off the coast of Yemen in bad weather on Sunday.The vessel capsized off Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, and 68 bodies have been recovered, the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told the BBC. He said 12 people had been rescued and dozens were still missing. Most of the victims are believed to be Ethiopian nationals, said the IOM, which called the incident “heartbreaking”.Yemen remains a major pathway for migrants from the Horn of Africa travelling to the Gulf Arab states in search of…