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Disney unveils Avatar 3’s official title and new films
Disney unveils Avatar 3's official title and new films Snow White was among the new film titles promoted at D23 Details of new films including the title of the third instalment of Avatar, an addition to the Star Wars franchise and a sequel to Freaky Friday have been announced at a giant Disney fan event.
Starmer will be judged on how he tackles root causes of riots
Starmer will be judged on how he tackles root causes of riots BBC “This could have been so much worse,” a Downing Street adviser tells me. “People were trying to set fire to a hotel with people inside.” But the prime minister, they insist, is “focussed” - and after a career spent largely in the
The Hollywood Olympics: All you need to know about Los Angeles 2028
The Hollywood Olympics: All you need to know about Los Angeles 2028 BBC Americans in Paris are hoping for some Hollywood glamour at the next Games All the sporting action has now finished at the Olympics in Paris, and the famous five-ringed flag is being handed on to the 2028 host city, Los Angeles. US
Skin infections and hepatitis spread as Gazans resort to drinking and bathing in contaminated water
The blistering rash on 7-month-old Sobhia’s skin is the result of bacteria from polluted water, doctors told her mother. The infant, who was born a few months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, is one of many young children in Gaza coming down with ailments associated with drinking or bathing in contaminated water, according
Harris says she supports eliminating federal taxes on tips
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump. During a rally in Las Vegas she held alongside her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris praised the work of the Culinary Workers Union, which endorsed her on Friday, and
Democratic National Convention speakers include Biden, Obama and the Clintons
Several prominent Democratic figures are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been confirmed as speakers at the convention. Obama and the Clintons
As Maui wildfire victims wait for housing, a tiny home village sits mostly empty
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Twelve days after a massive fire tore through the historic town of Lahaina, killing at least 102 people and destroying nearly 2,200 structures, Maude Cumming rushed to break ground on housing for survivors. Through the Family Life Center, her Maui-based nonprofit organization, Cumming planned to build an 88-unit village of modular homes.
Battles rage in Russia as the Kremlin struggles to repel surprise Ukraine incursion
A convoy of burnt-out military trucks, some bearing the "Z" symbol of the Kremlin’s war and appearing to contain bodies, sits along the side of a highway. But the video, circulating on social media Friday and geolocated by NBC News, doesn’t show a beleaguered section of the front lines in eastern Ukraine. It is a
Man arrested in fatal road rage incident is charged in murder of beloved Detroit neurosurgeon found dead in his home
A man arrested in May after he was accused of fatally punching a 67-year-old driver in a road rage incident has now been charged in the murder of a beloved Detroit neurosurgeon found dead in his home last year. Desmond Burks, 34, was charged this week with first-degree murder, felony murder, larceny and other crimes
With a fire burning just miles away, residents of a Washington town dig in
SEATTLE — As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency management officials on Sunday raced door to door asking residents to leave. The evacuation warning had been raised to its highest level. “Boats are running,” said Rich Magnussen, an emergency management specialist with