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Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-10T18:02:55+00:00
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Laurence Olivier honoured with blue plaque unveiled by Ian McKellen

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T18:01:11+00:00

Ceremony takes place at actor’s former home in Pimlico, central London, where he lived from the age of five to 12Laurence Olivier has joined David Garrick, Henry Irving, Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward in having an English Heritage blue plaque outside his former London home.Ian McKellen unveiled the plaque at 22 Lupus Street in Pimlico, where Olivier lived from the age of five to 12 and discovered a talent for acting under the watchful eye of his father, a curate at St Saviour’s church across the road. Continue reading...

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Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T18:00:53+00:00

The actor and director who have long been snubbed will finally take home Oscars at November’s Governors awardsGlenn Close and Ridley Scott are among the names set to receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors awards.The two have long been snubbed at the Oscars, with Close receiving eight nominations and Scott receiving four. The pair will be awarded this November alongside animator Floyd Norman and producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. Continue reading...

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Sofiane Hadjadj et Selma Hellal, éditeurs en Algérie : « La mémoire de la guerre d’indépendance est encore à vif »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-10T18:00:12+00:00

En conclusion de la série « Les mémoires blessées de la guerre d’indépendance », la journaliste Florence Beaugé interroge, dans un entretien au « Monde », deux figures de l’influente maison d’édition indépendante Barzakh, à propos de la survivance de la guerre d’indépendance dans les consciences algériennes.

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Crowds turn out in Barcelona for pope blessing Sagrada Família’s final tower

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:57:44+00:00

As completion of 144-year basilica nears, questions swirl over resemblance of church to architect’s original plansIt has been a long wait but 144 years after work began, Pope Leo XIV has blessed the recently completed central tower of Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família church in the presence of members of the Spanish royal family, the prime minister and hundreds of bishops.With the completion of the Jesus Christ tower, the tallest of 18 in the temple, the basilica has reached its full height of 172.5 metres. It is now not only the world’s tallest church but Barcelona’s tallest building. It was con

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky participera au sommet du G7 mardi, annonce Emmanuel Macron

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-10T17:49:28+00:00

« C’est très important pour nous parce qu’il faut recréer de la convergence au G7, en soutien à l’Ukraine », y compris sur la nécessité de négociations, a déclaré le président français, dans une allusion aux divergences entre les Européens et Donald Trump sur ce dossier.

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Trump says Iran ‘playing us for suckers’ and says US will launch fresh strikes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:47:20+00:00

Two sides trade fire overnight and Trump promises more to come, a day after claiming a peace deal was close Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has said the US will attack Iran on Wednesday, and accused Tehran’s peace negotiators of “playing us for suckers”, just a day after claiming again that a peace deal was imminent.The threat came hours after the two sides had traded fire, drawing neighbouring Gulf states back into an on-and-off war that has consumed the region since late February. Continue reading...

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US strikes Iran for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:47:20+00:00

Donald Trump had vowed to ‘hit them hard again’ after accusing negotiators in Tehran of ‘playing us for suckers’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US has launched new strikes against targets in Iran for the second consecutive day.Donald Trump had promised to “hit them hard again” as a two-month-old ceasefire appears close to collapse. Continue reading...

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House panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:37:32+00:00

Republican who chairs House panel says he based decision on testimony from Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley GroffRepresentative James Comer, the Republican who chairs the House committee on oversight and government reform, announced that he would be asking Alan Dershowitz, Epstein’s former attorney, to appear before the panel as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.“I am going to ask Alan Dershowitz to come in, we will have questions for him and we will give him an opportunity to come in,” Comer said on Wednesday morning, adding that the decision was based on the testimony of Les

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Trump says ‘I love the inflation’ as rate rises to 4.2% amid Iran war pressure

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:37:06+00:00

Before the conflict began, inflation was at 2.4%, but the closure of the strait of Hormuz has affected energy pricesDonald Trump said “I love the inflation” after new data showed that inflation jumped to an annual rate of 4.2% in May, the third consecutive monthly increase since the start of the Iran war and a three-year high.Speaking from the White House on Wednesday, the US president said that he was not concerned about inflation because of recent developments in the conflict. Continue reading...

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Is Fortress Europe becoming more strict?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:33:44+00:00

The new EU's Pact on Migration and Asylum is the most sweeping overhaul of European asylum law in decades.

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Trump says US will hit Iran 'hard' again today

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:33:22+00:00

The US president warns Iran "will have to pay the price" for taking too long to agree a deal, after Tehran vows retaliation to any attacks.

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US dismantles overseas birth tourism networks, revokes hundreds of visas

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-10T17:26:46+00:00

The State Department said embassies across Europe, West Africa, and North Africa uncovered organised schemes involving visa fraud, coaching systems, and coordinated travel arrangements

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UK minister defends changes to student loans as pressure grows for reforms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:25:14+00:00

Treasury minister Lucy Rigby says the government has the right to alter terms of existing agreementsMinisters have rejected accusations that recent changes to student loans were unfair, arguing they are so heavily subsidised that the government has the right to alter their terms.Pressure has been intensifying on the UK government to reform the student loans system but the chief secretary to the Treasury, Lucy Rigby, told MPs on Wednesday that less than half of young people go to university, and the government had to bear in mind “fairness to taxpayers as a whole”. Continue reading...

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UK minister defends changes to student loans as criticism mounts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:25:14+00:00

Lucy Rigby says heavily subsidised system gives the government the right to alter terms of existing agreementsMinisters have rejected accusations that recent changes to student loans are unfair, arguing that they are so heavily subsidised that the government has the right to alter their terms.Pressure has been intensifying on the UK government to reform the student loans system but the chief secretary to the Treasury, Lucy Rigby, told MPs on Wednesday that less than half of young people go to university, and the government had to bear in mind “fairness to taxpayers as a whole”. Continue readin

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US hits Iran-linked arms network with fresh global sanctions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-10T17:15:38+00:00

According to the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, nine of those designated are based in China and Hong Kong and were involved in facilitating procurement and financial transactions, including activity tied to a clandestine banking network

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Trump says Iran will ‘pay the price’ as tensions escalate in region

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-10T17:06:48+00:00

Trump said Tehran had delayed negotiations and called it ‘all talk and no action’, while hinting at possible new US strikes on Iranian infrastructure, including power plants and bridges.

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US measles cases pass 2,000 as outbreak nears worst in decades

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:01:37+00:00

Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state responseThe US has recorded more than 2,000 confirmed measles cases so far this year – near the total of 2,228 recorded in all of 2025, and on track to become the worst year for measles in decades as states struggle with the loss of federal funding for public health.The virus continues to spread in unvaccinated and under-vaccinated communities, including among babies too young to be vaccinated, and it reveals the depths of the twin crises of misinformation and public health in the US. Continue

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Trump, ever the unreliable narrator, is unable to force reality to match his preferred story

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:00:33+00:00

A cycle of threat, detente and deadlock repeats itself wearisomely as the president’s war in Iran drags onUS politics live – latest updatesAs the story of the US-Iran war is written direct to social media, Donald Trump may be the genre’s premier unreliable narrator.Since the war began, Trump has again and again threatened Iran with fearsome consequences if Tehran doesn’t come to the table and sign a peace deal that the US president said was imminent weeks ago. And he has also repeatedly claimed that an Iran deal is “close” – without any result. (A CNN tally put the number of times he’s claimed

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Trump, ever the unreliable narrator, is unable to force reality to match his preferred story on Iran

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:00:33+00:00

A cycle of threat, detente and deadlock repeats itself wearisomely as the president’s war in Iran drags onUS politics live – latest updatesAs the story of the US-Iran war is written direct to social media, Donald Trump may be the genre’s premier unreliable narrator.Since the war began, Trump has again and again threatened Iran with fearsome consequences if Tehran doesn’t come to the table and sign a peace deal that the US president said was imminent weeks ago. And he has also repeatedly claimed that an Iran deal is “close” – without any result. (A CNN tally put the number of times he’s claimed

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Trump the unreliable narrator fails to force reality to match his story on Iran

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T17:00:33+00:00

A cycle of threat, detente and deadlock repeats itself wearisomely as the president’s war in Iran drags onUS politics live – latest updatesAs the story of the US-Iran war is written direct to social media, Donald Trump may be the genre’s premier unreliable narrator.Since the war began, Trump has again and again threatened Iran with fearsome consequences if Tehran doesn’t come to the table and sign a peace deal that the US president said was imminent weeks ago. And he has also repeatedly claimed that an Iran deal is “close” – without any result. (A CNN tally put the number of times he’s claimed

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Bill Gates tells US House ‘I have never victimized anyone’ in Epstein testimony

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T16:55:32+00:00

Microsoft co-founder appears in closed-door session as part of lawmakers’ investigation into convicted sex offenderBill Gates testified in front of the House committee on oversight and reform on Wednesday, and told lawmakers in his opening remarks that he “never witnessed nor had any indication” that Jeffrey Epstein was “engaged in ongoing criminal conduct”.“I am here to answer your questions about my interactions with Jeffrey Epstein and to help contribute to the committee’s important work,” Gates said in his opening statement seen by the Guardian. “I support the release of all the Epstein f

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Trump signs $70bn immigration act ensuring ICE funding through 2029

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-10T16:52:01+00:00

Package allocates $38bn to ICE, $26bn to Customs and Border Protection and $5bn more to the DHSSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump signed a nearly $70bn immigration enforcement package into law on Wednesday after the House narrowly passed the legislation, ensuring funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol activities through the rest of Trump’s presidency.The Secure America Act passed in a 214-212 vote that was largely along party lines, with Kevin Kiley, an independent who aligns with the Republicans, joining all Democrats in voting no. T

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