Donald Trump and Polish President, Andrzej Duda discussed the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East over dinner Wednesday in New York, the former US president’s reelection campaign said. Real estate magnate Trump, on a one-day break from court appearances in his hush money criminal trial, hosted Duda at his Trump Tower property in Manhattan. Read More
The pair dined together for more than two hours.
“Civil War,” the latest and ostensibly final film from director Alex Garland, has a lot on its mind. From the first scene in which the unnamed U.S. president, played by Nick Offerman, addresses a divided nation, it’s clear that this film was intended to comment on modern times. What’s less clear, however, is what it
Former president’s comments are being described as a shift in tone days before Republicans vote on a multibillion-dollar aid package. What we know on day 786See all our Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has said the survival of Ukraine is important to the US, in what Reuters describes as a shift in tone days before Republicans are due to vote on a $61bn aid package in the US House of Representatives. “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than...
For those of us who love A24, Civil War is a milestone: It earned the quirky indie distributor its highest opening weekend box office to date. Granted, built-in controversy surely drew many viewers to this dystopian drama from English writer-director Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex Machina), which depicts a U.S. civil war in the present day. The deal We join said war already well in progress. It all appears to have started when the unnamed U.S. president (Nick Offerman) decided he...
Ukraine’s Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi says Russia has intensified armoured assaults as battles rages over village near Bakhmut. What we know on day 781See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageGermany will supply a US-made Patriot air defence system and air defence missiles to Ukraine at a “critical time”, as Kyiv struggles to defend its energy system from Russian bombardment, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app that he was grateful to Germany’s...
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereHere are some of the latest images coming through from photo agencies:We’ve got a bit more on Ukraine’s new mobilisation bill aimed at boosting troop numbers. Continue reading
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Alex Garland's Civil War is about an American civil war, though it's not in the sepia tones of the 19th century - it's in the lurid shades of the here and now.
The funds are needed. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute outlined that Russia’s military spending increased by 24 per cent to an estimated $109bn in 2023, marking a 57 per cent rise since 2014, the year that Russia annexed Crimea. Not including international aid Ukraine’s spending surged to reach $64.8bn. Ukraine’s military spending in 2023 was 59 per cent the size of Russia’s. Therefore, this new package from the US, along with aid from allies across Europe and the world, will...
Ukraine has been under the gun for more than two years, and the constant Russian attacks have begun to wear on the Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
The actor said he was expecting a much warmer reception for the comedy sequel, but the shock gave him time to rethink his careerBen Stiller has said that he was “blindsided” by the failure of his 2016 sequel to Zoolander, the much-loved male model comedy from 2001.Speaking to David Duchovny on the latter’s podcast, Fail Better, Stiller said he was surprised by the critical and commercial scorn with which the movie was received. Continue reading