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Singing, dancing and a stiff upper lip: is Starmer’s Bollywood plan what the world has been waiting for? | Bollywood

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Bollywood’s latest star is an expected one: Keir Starmer. The British prime minister has flown to Mumbai with the largest trade delegation ever and unlike previous slightly dodgy ones from the 1700s that went for spices and tea, he’s gone to Yash Raj Films – one of Bollywood’s biggest studios, with the hope of creating a new genre: BollyBrit.Singing, dancing, the stiff upper lip. Never before in cinema history have these combined. And for good reason.That’s why, when Starmer initially announced that three new Bollywood productions would be shot in the UK, film-makers here in Mumbai shrugged, assuming it was…

Italian businessman’s phone reportedly targeted with Paragon spyware

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A prominent Italian businessman was targeted with Paragon spyware, according to local news reports. On Thursday, Italian online investigative website IrpiMedia and newspaper La Stampa reported that Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone was among around 90 people who received a notification from WhatsApp in January, alerting him that he had been targeted with spyware made by Paragon Solutions. It’s not immediately clear for what reason Caltagirone was targeted, and a spokesperson for his holding company, Caltagirone SpA, did not respond to a request for comment. Caltagirone’s namesake holding company owns several firms across different industries, including construction, real estate, finance, and publishing,…

Ricky Hatton funeral: ‘Saint of Manchester’ remembered as city prepares for farewell

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Rock band Oasis, who Hatton adored and would later befriend, were building on Manchester's reputation as a capital of the music world.Manchester United were dominating English football.Hatton was playing his part in the ring and also giving his Manchester City-supporting backers something to cheer while their team struggled in the Red Devils' shadow.In the city centre, a new venue opened and staged a Torvill and Dean performance on its opening night."It was fortunate that they built the Manchester Arena when they did," said Speak of the indoor venue that welcomed its first customers in 1995.This is where Hatton had 15…

Delta CEO says no impact on airline’s operation

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A Delta Air Lines Airbus A220 airplane prepares to takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC that the carrier's operation is running smoothly despite the federal government shutdown, but if it goes another 10 days that could change.More than 13,000 U.S. flights were delayed this week, some of them due to shortages of air traffic controllers, raising concerns about strains on the country's aviation industry during the shutdown.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration is seeing a…

GitHub Status – Incident with Webhooks

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Subscribe to updates for Incident with Webhooks via email and/or text message. You'll receive email notifications when incidents are updated, and text message notifications whenever GitHub creates or resolves an incident. VIA SMS: Afghanistan (+93) Albania (+355) Algeria (+213) American Samoa (+1) Andorra (+376) Angola (+244) Anguilla (+1) Antigua and Barbuda (+1) Argentina (+54) Armenia (+374) Aruba (+297) Australia/Cocos/Christmas Island (+61) Austria (+43) Azerbaijan (+994) Bahamas (+1) Bahrain (+973) Bangladesh (+880) Barbados (+1) Belarus (+375) Belgium (+32) Belize (+501) Benin (+229) Bermuda (+1) Bolivia (+591) Bosnia and Herzegovina (+387) Botswana (+267) Brazil (+55) Brunei (+673) Bulgaria (+359) Burkina Faso (+226)…

Federal court to weigh Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago area

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President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Illinois faces legal scrutiny Thursday at a pivotal court hearing, a day after a small number of troops began protecting federal property in the Chicago area. U.S. District Judge April Perry will hear arguments over a request to block the deployment of Illinois and Texas Guard members. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and local officials strongly oppose the use of the Guard. READ MORE: National Guard troops are now outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon An “element” of the 200 Texas Guard troops sent to Illinois started working in the…

Dreaming Whilst Black series two review – we’re already desperate for series three | Television

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Back in 2018, when the first, web series of Adjani Salmon’s sitcom was released, its very existence was a boon to a British film/TV industry notably lacking diversity at all levels, and still in thrall to all-white period dramas. Here was a show about working-class Black Britons that both eschewed the usual drug-dealing stereotypes and was created by a real-life Black person. Salmon co-wrote and starred as Kwabena Robinson, an aspiring film-maker struggling to get a career foothold, while also making his rent and cultivating a romance with doe-eyed love interest, Vanessa (Babirye Bukilwa).The fact that Dreaming Whilst Black was…

India pilots AI chatbot-led e-commerce with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude in the mix

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India has kicked off a pilot to let consumers shop and pay directly through AI chatbots, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT leading the rollout and integrations with Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude in development, as the South Asian nation becomes the next major market for global AI companies. On Thursday, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the federal body behind the country’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI), partnered with OpenAI and fintech firm Razorpay to enable consumers to shop and pay directly through ChatGPT. Razorpay confirmed to TechCrunch that the pilot is being rolled out nationwide and will become widely…

England vs Wales: Striker Ollie Watkins set to start in absence of Harry Kane

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England head coach Thomas Tuchel is poised to hand striker Ollie Watkins his first international start since November in the friendly against Wales on Thursday night.Captain Harry Kane is unavailable after picking up a foot injury while playing for Bayern Munich at the weekend - but hopes to be fit to face Latvia in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier.It is understood Watkins is in line to replace England's record scorer as the lone centre-forward for the visit of Craig Bellamy's side to Wembley.The Aston Villa striker has been a regular in the England set-up since his debut in March 2021, but…

PepsiCo (PEP) Q3 2025 earnings

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PepsiCo on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectations, as international growth offset another quarter of declining volume in North America.Shares rose 1% in premarket trading.Here's what the company reported for its fiscal third quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.29 adjusted vs. $2.26 expectedRevenue: $23.94 billion vs. $23.83 billion expectedPepsi reported third-quarter net income attributable to the company of $2.6 billion, or $1.90 per share, down from $2.93 billion, or $2.13 per share, a year earlier.Excluding restructuring and impairment charges and other items, the company earned $2.29…