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Terrified women and children are looking for places to hide from bombs. Suitcases are being filled with belongings for a quick getaway as men take up arms to defend Ukraine.

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Snoochie Shy is one of the 10 stars to be joining this year’s series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!The 29-year-old – who is a BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ – will join fellow contestants Richard Madeley and Danny Miller in Gwrych Castle this week. Shy – real name Cheyenne Davide – began her 1Xtra late night slot in 2019.

In the season finale of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver opened the show by mocking a certain Jan. 6 rioter.

Daniel Craig was cast as the next James Bond in Casino Royale. And after five blockbuster outings, the 53-year-old has bowed out from the role in No Time To Die.

Josh Sheehan has remained with Bolton Wanderers despite an initial call up to the Wales squad for the international break due to a back injury.

Will Tizard ContributorThe Czech Republic’s premier nonfiction fest, the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, launched its 25th edition Tuesday in the historic town’s renovated cultural center, previewing an impressive program that accompanies its first fully live version in two years.Fest director Marek Hovorka greeted the audience with fond memories of the improvements the event – and the communist-era hall – have seen since the Ji.hlava fest was launched as colleagues recalled

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor“Flowers Are Not Silent,” a film about the brutal suppression of demonstrations against last year’s rigged presidential election in Belarus, will open the 25th Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival on Tuesday.

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child and became ‘like a mother to him’ has shared a tearful message with people who tried to help him.Sergey Susha formed a close relationship with Jean Robertson while spending respite holidays as a 'disadvantaged' child in the city between 1994 and 1999, according to Glasgow Live.He was brought over by the charity ‘Children in Trouble’ after being diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo life-saving treatment including having an eye removed.The pair lost contact in 2001 after his father

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Naman Ramachandran Indian Media Entertainment Network (IMEN) has revealed a robust film and series slate that will keep it busy through 2023.First up is action film, Nilesh Sahay’s “Squad,” introducing Rinzing Denzongpa, which was shot extensively in Belarus.

Jackie Mason, the rabbi who later cultivated careers as a comedian, actor and author, died in a Manhattan hospital on Saturday, according to the New York Times. He was 93.

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The slipperiness of the Centre Court has plagued several players over the first few days of Wimbledon 2021, with Serena Williams the latest to be affected. In the tournament’s first big upset, the seven-time Wimbledon Grand Slam champion Serena Williams was forced to retire from her match against Belarusian player Aliaksandra Sasnovich yesterday (June 29).

BERLIN -- Belarus has ordered two German educational organizations to close, part of its retaliation against EU sanctions imposed over a diversion of a passenger jet by the ex-Soviet nation's authorities in order to seize a dissident passenger.Germany on Wednesday deplored Belarus’ decision to demand an end to all activities of the Goethe Institute, which promotes German language and culture worldwide, and the German Academic Exchange Service.“This step will contribute to further isolating

Serena Williams is exiting Wimbledon after suffering a tournament-ending injury.

Serena Williams, 39, broke down in tears on the tennis court in Wimbledon on June 29 after withdrawing from the tournament due to an injury. In the first set of Tuesday’s first-round match — during a matchup against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus — Serena appeared to slip on the wet grass and injured her right leg.

Seven-time Wimbledon winner Serena Williams was forced on Tuesday to retire from her match and withdraw from the tournament due to injury.

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Serena Williams needed three sets to make it past Mihaela Buzarnescu and into the third round of the French Open. Third seed Aryna Sabalenka defeated fellow Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich but another top-10 seed went out with Belinda Bencic beaten by Daria Kasatkina.

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Marta Balaga Watch Docs Belarus director Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska was arrested in Minsk on April 5, following the controversy surrounding an exhibition she co-organized, entitled “Machine is Breathing, and I Am Not”.The incident sparked a global outcry among the film community, which called the arrest “a classic piece of shameless brutality by the Belarusian authorities.” Belarus, often referred to as “Europe’s last dictatorship,” has been governed by Alexander Lukashenko since 1994.As

Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Film Festival in Belarus, has been released from prison and had charges against her dropped following an international outcry from film festivals and human rights organizations. Hatsura-Yavorska was arrested in Minsk on April 5, allegedly for her role in organizing an underground photo exhibition celebrating Belarusian health workers.

Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Film Festival in Belarus, has been released from prison and charges against her dropped after an international outcry this week from human rights organizations and festivals.

Marta Balaga Watch Docs Belarus director and activist Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska was arrested in Minsk on April 5, alongside other human rights defenders Natallya Trenina, Yuliya Semenchanka, Hanna Sakalouskaya and Volha Shapakouskaya.The arrest reportedly followed a COVID-19 exhibition co-organized by Hatsura-Yavorska. Entitled “Machine is Breathing, and I Am Not,” the exhibit focused on the struggles of local health workers and their patients amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The Sundance, Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals, along with numerous human rights and film industry groups, have called for the immediate release of Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Belarusian Watch Docs Festival, who was imprisoned April 5 for alleged anti-government activity.

A collective of human rights organizations, film festivals and industry have called for the release of Tatsiana (Tanya) Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Festival in Belarus, who was arrested on April 5 for her role in organizing an underground photo exhibition celebrating health workers.

Belarus has been disqualified from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The country’s initial song choice was rejected earlier this month because it broke the big contest’s rules on political lyrics.

Eurovision Song Contest after submitting two songs that were ruled to be in breach of competition rules.The band representing the country, Galasy ZMesta, is known for mocking anti-government protests.

Jay Weissberg The stymied popular uprising in Belarus that began in August 2020 is yet to completely play out, but it’s important to have Aliaksei Paluyan’s polished on-the-ground documentary now as a record of what happened last summer.

Manori Ravindran International EditorVadim Perelman’s “Persian Lessons” has been disqualified from the international feature film Oscar race, where the acclaimed WWII drama was representing Belarus.As part of the international feature film submission process, a country’s selection committee is required to provide a list of credits in key creative positions, both above and below the line.

Over the last 25 years of the national Rotary Shoebox Scheme, more than one million shoeboxes have been delivered.This year they are being taken to Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Albania and Belarus, including Chernobyl.

Christopher Vourlias Vadim Perelman’s “Persian Lessons” will represent Belarus in the best international feature film race at the 2021 Oscars, Variety has learned.The WWII drama, which world premiered in the Panorama strand of the Berlin Film Festival this year, stars Nahuel Perez Biscayart (“Beats Per Minute”) as a Belgian Jew who narrowly avoids execution by a Nazi firing squad when he claims to be Persian.