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Minneapolis readers, how are you? We are watching the news and thinking about you all the time. My friend, who lives in south Minneapolis, told me that ICE came to his daughter’s school last week; agents threw the vice principal on the ground, shot tear gas into a crowd of students, and hauled off two teachers and a student. Elliott Payne, the president of the City Council, told the New York Times that “it feels like a military occupation.” This morning, I asked my friend how things were feeling in the city, and here was his reply: “Scary. Sad. Enraging.…
TSGT Scott Reed, USAFAl-Udeid is the largest US military base in the Middle EastThe US and UK are reducing the number of personnel at the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, as US President Donald Trump considers whether to take action against Iran over its crackdown on anti-government protests. Officials have told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, that the partial American withdrawal was a “precautionary measure”. The BBC understands some UK military personnel are also being removed. A Qatari government statement said the measures reportedly being taken by the US were “in response to the current regional tensions”.The Foreign Office has…
Vance says Greenland is ‘critical’ in defending the US and the world from missile attacks
Netflix is continuing to double down on podcasts, with the streaming service’s announcement that it has hired talent to host two original shows for its platform. The first show stars NFL Hall of Famer-turned-analyst Michael Irvin and the second is a talk show for former Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson.The White House with Michael Irvin premieres January 19. The abode in the title refers to a building near the Dallas Cowboys facilities rather than the seat of US presidential power, but the overlap was intentional. “In a crowded media landscape, recognition matters — and few names carry the…
Amazon Prime’s live-action God of War series is in pre-production, and it has found its Kratos. Funny enough, the actor portraying the Ghost of Sparta is no stranger to the franchise, having previously voiced the God of Thunder in the most recent game.Deadline reports that actor Ryan Hurst will portray Kratos. Hurst is probably best known for his role as Opie Winston in the FX series Sons of Anarchy, and he most recently appeared in the Netflix series The Abandons last year. However, Hurst also provided the voice of Thor in 2022’s God of War Ragnarök, a performance that earned…
Watch: “Fundamental disagreement” with US over Greenland remains, says Danish foreign ministerDenmark’s foreign minister has said there is a “fundamental disagreement” with the US over Greenland after talks at the White House.Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the meeting with Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday had been “frank but constructive”. But he added that US President Trump was insisting on “conquering” Greenland which was “totally unacceptable”. “We made it very, very clear that this is not in the interest of [Denmark],” he said.Trump afterwards reiterated his interest in acquiring the resource-rich island, a position that has…
Chris Bell,BBC News Investigations,Joshua Nevett,Political reporterandIain Watson,Political correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesThe families of victims of the Manchester Arena bombing say they cannot support the current form of a new law being designed to stop cover-ups.Campaigners met Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday in Parliament to press their case that the Hillsborough Law should apply to individual employees of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ and leave no public authority exempt.Last week, families bereaved by the arena attack in 2017 wrote to him saying MI5 had failed them and argued that the proposed law must apply fully to security services.But following their…
Amazon’s upcoming God of War live-action TV adaptation has cast Ryan Hurst as its Kratos. Sony announced the casting today on X with a brief post and an image of both Hurst and Kratos in full scowl mode. Hurst is already sporting a very Kratos-style beard, so he’s already got the right vibe going for him. He has past credits on familiar shows such as Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead. The upcoming Amazon series also isn’t his first rodeo acting in this universe; Hurst voiced Thor in the video game God of War Ragnarok. But the most important…
Nadine YousifSenior Canada reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesManitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Ontario Premier Doug Ford generally have a friendly relationship but are taking shots at each other over whiskyA British owned, Canadian-made whisky is at the centre of a spat between two provinces that is testing a unified “Team Canada” approach in the face of US tariffs.It started after the whisky maker, Diageo, said it will shut down a bottling plant in Ontario to move some of it closer to US consumers. Soon after, Ontario Premier Doug Ford angrily poured out a bottle of Crown Royal in front of reporters,…
BBC Verify pieces together how the US mission to capture the Venezuelan President unfolded