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The controversial author has reignited tensions with Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, after making an obvious jab at the trio on social media. J.K. Rowling appears to have taken an indirect jab at Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint in a recent social media post on X, reigniting tensions with the actors. On Tuesday (18 March), when asked on social media, “What actor/actress instantly ruins a movie for you?” Rowling replied, “Three guesses. Sorry, but that was irresistible,” along with laughing emojis. Many have interpreted it as a clear dig at…
The chancellor added: “It is depressing for democracy in Turkey, but it is certainly also depressing for relations between Europe and Turkey.” The arrest of İmamoğlu, who hails from the opposition secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), happened just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate for the Turkish opposition. Prosecutors accuse him of corruption and aiding a terrorist group, arguing that he is suspected of leading a “criminal organization.” Protests erupted in Turkey on Wednesday evening following the arrest, with police detaining more than 100 people. “We can only call for an immediate end to…
Olivier Grondeau, who had been held in Iran since October 2022, said earlier this year that Tehran was using him as a bargaining chip. A French man imprisoned in Iran for almost 900 days has been freed, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Olivier Grondeau, 34, was detained in southern Iran in October 2022 while on holiday. He was later sentenced to five years in jail for “conspiracy against the Islamic republic”, a charge his family and the French authorities vehemently deny. The French government had accused Iran of holding Grondeau hostage, something human rights groups say Tehran does in an…
Defence spending is set to dominate this week’s EU Summit in Brussels. But as Ukraine is learning, speed is key to any investment in defence tech. The war in Ukraine is “a bit like World War One and World War Three combined,” according to James Appathurai, NATO’s deputy assistant secretary general for innovation, hybrid, and cyber. He said while everybody sees the heavy metal weapons and tanks being used in Ukraine, much like in the Great War, the key to the country’s defence is making tech commercially available and dual-use to fight war in the modern era. “That’s allowing the Ukrainians to…
The inquiry commission spent six months auditioning members of the film industry, and is set to publish a report in April. Four of France’s biggest male actors have testified at a parliamentary inquiry commission on sexual violence in the film industry last week.Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin and esteemed domestic stars Pio Marmaï, Jean-Paul Rouve and Gilles Lellouche attended an almost two-hour hearing to speak to lawmakers about their experience with the #MeToo movement. At their request, the hearing was held privately but the National Assembly released a transcript of the discussion on 18 March.The commission had already questioned dozens of film…
Lagarde said the ECB estimates that unilateral U.S. tariffs would hit the eurozone’s growth rate by 0.3 percentage points in the first year, and by as much as 0.5 percentage points if the EU retaliated in kind. Inflation could rise by 0.5 percentage points, she said. Lagarde said the estimates are subject to “maximum uncertainty” due to the rapid pace of events and stressed that any barriers to trade would dampen growth. However, she added, the EU could offset that with deeper ties with other trade partners. “Closer integration with the rest of the world, excluding the U.S., could more…
Updated: 20/03/2025 – 9:54 GMT+1Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony drew protests as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups clashed amid ongoing violence in the Israel-Hamas war. … More Pro-Palestinian protesters attempted to disrupt Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Tuesday, sparking a heated confrontation with pro-Israel counterprotesters. The event, held outside the El Capitan Theatre, was shielded from view by a tent as tensions flared on Hollywood Boulevard.”Gal Gadot represents Zionism and Hollywood and the industry that is riddled and dominated by Zionism,” said one protester. The demonstration came as renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed over 400…
Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy present their guide to the day ahead in British politics. As Kemi Badenoch launches her local election campaign, is Nigel Farage right, would a stint on I’m A Celebrity help the Tories’ chances?And, why Keir Starmer is continuing to market himself as the securocrat PM. 👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈
But the heart of the issue, Quéré warns, is one of funding, which legislation alone can’t entirely resolve. “It’s relatively easy to go after small-scale street dealers or even mid-level traffickers. It’s obviously more complicated — so it takes more time, more investigators, more resources — to track down the people behind them.” Spreading across France Drug trafficking has been a long-standing issue in big French cities like Paris and Marseille, which has been trying to rein in drug-related violence for decades. But in recent years it has “spread to medium-sized towns, even small ones, and rural areas,” a bipartisan…
As an umbrella measure, steel and aluminum might soon be classified based on where they were originally “melted and poured,” not in which country they got altered after that. This would allow the EU to tackle circumvention of existing duties on imports. “Is it enough? History will tell,” a Commission official said, after being granted anonymity to discuss the plan candidly. “But if we would have promised this a few years ago, no one would have believed it,” they said, referring to the Commission considering restrictions on scrap metal exports, tracking where steel is originally melted and poured, and erecting…