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‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin

Accoladed director Andrey Zvyagintsev has sent a direct message to Vladimir Putin urging him to start listening to the Russian people and end the “senseless” war in Ukraine, continuing a war of words between Russia’s most revered living…

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Resistance is elected officials

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‘Not a done deal’: California vows ‘vigorous’ review of Paramount-Warner Bros takeover

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, said his office will investigate a possible merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery, hours after Netflix backed away from a planned takeover.

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Resistance is speaking out

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‘I’ve never been so frightened’: the veteran reporter who turned his lens on the empty bedrooms of school shooting victims

But since 1997, Hartman has also been reporting on school shootings, which have become a horrifyingly common feature of American life. (CNN reports that there were at least 78 in 2025, though there is no universal definition of a school…

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‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin

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Accoladed director Andrey Zvyagintsev has sent a direct message to Vladimir Putin urging him to start listening to the Russian people and end the “senseless” war in Ukraine, continuing a war of words between Russia’s most revered living film-maker and the Kremlin that started at the Cannes film festival awards ceremony over the weekend.

Accepting the Grand Prix for his new film Minotaur on the French Riviera on Saturday night, Zvyagintsev had appealed to Putin to “stop this butchery […] the whole world is waiting for this.”

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‘I’ve never been so frightened’: the veteran reporter who turned his lens on the empty bedrooms of school shooting victims

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But since 1997, Hartman has also been reporting on school shootings, which have become a horrifyingly common feature of American life. (CNN reports that there were at least 78 in 2025, though there is no universal definition of a school shooting, which means that numbers vary depending on the source. Other reports suggest a much higher figure.)
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