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CNN from the communications company representing her family.“[As] I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I might be here forever,” Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, wrote. NEW: A letter from Brittney Griner was sent to the White House today, making a direct appeal to President Biden for her freedom. Representatives shared the following excerpts: pic.twitter.com/pvh4IpOfou“On the 4th of July, our family normally honors the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father who is a Vietnam War Veteran.

A woman who was killed in a horror shark attack at a popular beach has been named as Elisabeth Sauer.

A second woman has died in a brutal shark attack in Egypt that killed another swimmer. It was revealed yesterday that an Austrian woman had her arm and leg savagely ripped off while swimming in the Red Sea.

The U2 frontman has a half-brother he has not talked about before, who was born after his father had an affair while living at home in Dublin with Bono, his brother Norman and their mother. Bono describes the discovery, and tells how he finally resolved his difficult relationship with his late father, a postal worker Brendan “Bob” Hewson, in a candid radio interview in the runup to the publication of his memoir, Surrender. “I do have another who I love and adore,” he tells Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this morning.

Pink Floyd have announced a physical release date for their Ukraine benefit single ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’, which marked the rock titans’ first new song in 25 years when it arrived digitally back in April.The new song will be available as both a seven-inch vinyl and CD single on July 15 in the UK, Europe and other markets, while it will be released on August 3 in Japan. In North America, Canada, Australia and Mexico, it will arrive on October 21.The B-side will feature a reworked version of ‘A Great Day For Freedom’, from Pink Floyd’s 1994 album ‘The Division Bell’, reimagined by David Gilmour based on the original tapes for the track.‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ was recorded in March of this year.

K.J. Yossman The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the annual Eurovision Song Contest, has categorically stated that next year’s competition will not take place in Ukraine.“The EBU fully understands the disappointment that greeted the announcement that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) cannot be staged in Ukraine, this year’s winning country,” they said in a statement.

Marta Balaga Ukraine’s film-TV industry is putting words into action through “Ukrainian Content. Global Cooperation,” a joint initiative kick-started by key local media companies (https://www.facebook.com/ukrainiancontent.globalcooperation) as well as the Ukraine Content Club, a newly established worldwide community and fund that aims to sustain the industry impacted by Russian invasion.The latter, still in an early development stage and mentioned during the Stand with the Ukrainian Media Industry panel at Toledo’s Conecta Fiction, will help finance development and production of scripted drama, animation and factual content.An independent board will allocate the money to productions based on pre-defined selection criteria.

Escape From Tarkov has seen the Customs map visited by every boss in the game, and teases the same wipe date that developer Battlestate Games hinted at yesterday (June 21).Today (June 22), Battlestate Games shared a photo on Twitter which shows the frontpage of a Russian newspaper.The newspaper includes a photo of every Escape From Tarkov boss stood together, and as reliable translator BakeeZy has confirmed, the story says they are all meeting on Customs.#EscapefromTarkov pic.twitter.com/mHl0aSk8V6— Battlestate Games (@bstategames) June 22, 2022The pre-wipe event is live now, as Escape From Tarkov players are already reporting getting into fights with each of the shooter’s bosses on Customs.Interestingly, today’s event appears to include another hint at when the next Escape From Tarkov will be. Below the headline, the number 30 appears: this could mean the next wipe will take place next Thursday (June 30), a date that Battlestate Games has already teased.The pre-wipe event added yesterday (June 21) also hinted at the same date, with a modified version of the Obdolbos Cocktail Injector appearing in raids with a five per cent chance of causing 3006 (30/06) damage to players.On top of these changes, this week’s first pre-wipe event continues to send multiple airdrops into every raid.As it stands, all signs point to the next Escape From Tarkov wipe taking place next Thursday.

TV star Graham Norton has spoken about the 'terrible' decision to stop Ukraine hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) concluded it cannot be held there due to the ongoing war.

Christopher Vourlias After pulling off the near miraculous feat of mounting two in-person editions in the middle of a global pandemic, the organizing team of the Transilvania Film Festival had hoped for a return to normalcy this year – hopes that were quickly dashed when Russian troops invaded neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24.The tone and tenor of this year’s event swiftly shifted gears, says TIFF founder Tudor Giurgiu, as festival leadership looked to strike a precarious balance.

Netflix has unveiled a first look at the second volume of Stranger Things season four.The brand-new images below show the characters uniting in their respective groups as they prepare for the season’s dramatic conclusion.The character groups still appear to be separated and faced with their own individual dilemmas, with those in Hawkins trying to find a way to defeat Vecna, Eleven trying to regain her powers, and Hopper still trying to escape Russia.The first seven episodes of Stranger Things season four were released on Netflix last month. Volume two will consist of two longer episodes, which will arrive on July 1.The eighth episode will be one hour and 25 minutes in length, while the finale will be the show’s longest instalment yet, running at two hours and 30 minutes.Ahead of the final two episodes, Netflix previously released a teaser trailer which picks up after the events of episode seven ‘The Massacre At Hawkins Lab’.