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LA Times,Butler, who grew up in Somalia and Jamaica, directed nearly a dozen films during his 40-year career. With a master’s degree in creative writing from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in Roanoke, Virginia, under his belt, he got a job as a reporter at Newsweek.

Documentary filmmaker George Butler, best known for his 1977 film Pumping Iron that raised Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger to Hollywood prominence, died of pneumonia Oct. 21 at home in New Hampshire. He was 78 and his death was confirmed by his son, Desmond Butler, a Washington Post reporter.

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The man arrested for the murder of MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats will not stand by-election candidates after the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, according to reports tonight.

The U.S. on Thursday regained a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, three years after the previous administration withdrew from it.

Marta Balaga Finnish writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, born in Mogadishu, continues to enjoy his first feature’s successful festival run. Screening this week in Toronto, “The Gravedigger’s Wife” premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in July.“We finished the shoot in 2019.

It took a lot of reassurance to get Yasmin Warsame to make her acting debut in the TIFF drama “The Gravedigger’s Wife”. The Canadian-Somali model was very comfortable in front of the camera when it came to still fashion photography, but film was a new challenge for her.

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson ended his 17-minute monologue on Afghan refugees Wednesday night by going after Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has sparred with him indirectly for years.

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Richard Kuipers If North Korea and South Korea ever reunite and hold a celebratory film festival, “Escape from Mogadishu” is a sure thing for selection. Based on the amazing true story of embassy staff from both countries joining forces to escape probable death in the civil war-ravaged Somali capital in 1991, this propulsive and intelligently written South Korean adventure thriller casts partisan politics aside and celebrates what can be achieved when adversaries come together.

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Shellac, who in another UK exclusive will be bringing their experimental post-hardcore sound to the Roundhouse, while Electric Wizard will close out the festival on Sunday.Other acts confirmed include Corrosion Of Conformity, Orange Goblin and Truckfighters, who all played the festival in its debut year in 2012, as well as Integrity, Somali Yacht Club, Khemmis and Stoner.To see the full line-up and buy tickets, visit the Desertfest official website here.A post shared by Desertfest London

Iman is reflecting on the racism that she encountered after moving to the U.S. to begin her career as a model.

direct to your inboxPortugal will be removed from England’s travel ban red list, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.The decision means returning travellers will be able to quarantine at home, rather than in a hotel at a cost of £1,750.But Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar have been added to the red list to “protect the country against new variants of Covid-19”, the DfT said.The changes come into force at 4am on Friday, March 19.Visitors who have departed from or transited through

Marin Ireland has taken the lead role in Muslimah, Jamil Munoz’s debut feature for indie producers and film financiers Dweck Productions and Vanishing Angle. The indie drama will see Ireland play Diana, an American convert to Islam who moves to upstate New York with her young son, Nabil, after the events of September 11th, 2001.

President Trump’s pardon of four Blackwater guards convicted in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians was "disgraceful," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., asserted Saturday.

Bolton, in February 2014. Leaving the victim for dead, Ibraahim ran away from the scene before fleeing the UK for Somalia.He avoided detection for five years until police finally caught up with him when he was involved in another collision last year.Ibraahim was convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a trial last month, but is believed to have fled the country yet again.

a paramedic told the court.The defendant, Skana, is from the Balkan country of Albania - rather than the East African nation of Somalia.

BBC journalist spoke to Sir Mo Farah about his immigration to the UK. The Olympian, who was born in Somalia, discussed having relocated to London when he was eight.He revealed that he was initially unable to speak any English, telling Victoria and fellow campmate Giovanna Fletcher that sport was so important to him because it connected him to others.

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Gwrych Castle next week (November 15), and line up with the rest of the celebrities to undergo some new trials and stay in a new camp.It'll be different from the Aussie bush that's for sure.Let's find out more about Sir Mo.Olympian and huge I'm a Celeb fan Mo is said to have been inspired by fellow runner, Linford Christie to enter the challenge show.Sir Mo, who was born in Somalia, is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.The 37-year-old has ten global

A homeless woman attacked a string of cops - punching one and spitting on others, a court heard.Warda Mohammed, 31, a refugee from Somalia with a history of drug use and violence, has now been made the subject of a hospital order under the Mental Health Act after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.A member of the public alerted police when they noticed someone with a hammer close to where children were playing in Piccadilly Gardens on a warm sunny day in May last year.A police constable

Maya Jama has announced the sad news that her grandfather has died. Sharing a series of photos of her family on Instagram, the star wrote: "Rip Grandad," adding that heaven had "gained another angel".The 25-year-old posted an incredible photograph of herself and her brother Omar cuddled up to their grandfather, writing: "Real g's immigrated from Somalia and built a life for themselves, started working, started a family, bought a house.

Yesterday, it was announced that an additional 45 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in the UAE. 

NEW YORK -- Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and his allies, has a book deal.

NEW YORK -- Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and his allies, has a book deal.