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Britain continues to be the real star of the show for our favourite films and TV series. Here’s where to visit. What do ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Marvel’, ‘Mission Impossible’ and ‘Succession’ all have in common? They were all filmed in Britain, in places you can visit.There’s no shortage of opportunities to walk in the footsteps of your beloved characters. And the real destinations have become celebrities in their own right.  In fact, more than 90 per cent of potential visitors to the UK are eager to explore a filming location during their trip.In January, Visit Britain officially launched its ‘Starring Great…

Behind the scenes: The PM said the U.K. will “do everything we can” to ensure a lasting peace and stressed that he is “in regular contact” with all the key players including Zelenskyy and Trump. While acknowledging Starmer can’t comment on specific security details, the Tory leader made clear her party “couldn’t write a blank check” in support of British peace-keeping troops in Ukraine without clear detail. What would happen if British troops are attacked, she asked? Keep calm: Starmer said only that conflict with Russia was “the last thing anybody wants to see” — but wouldn’t be drawn on…

“Just say thank you” is what many Ukrainians have already heard from occupying Russian soldiers. Svitlana Poltavska says this is what Russian soldiers told her as they came to her house amid beatings and searches: “Say thank you we are not touching your children. Yet.” Svitlana Poltavska is from Troitske, a settlement in the Luhansk region, which sits right on the border with Russia. When Moscow went on its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, her husband, a soldier of the State Border Guard Service, was sent to fight the invading forces and died in the first days of…

A full week on, the government is unable to say what impact the cut would have on international climate finance — a key plank of U.K. green diplomacy through which money is invested in poorer countries to help them build cleaner energy systems or protect against the effects of climate change.  “It’s too early to be able to respond,” Energy Minister Philip Hunt admitted to the House of Lords when asked on Monday. Hunt could only point peers to the government’s spending review, due in June, when more detail may be released.  Energy Secretary Ed Miliband last year promised the…

Danish officials framed the US president’s direct appeal to the island’s inhabitants to choose to be part of his country as a positive — at least in some way. US President Donald Trump’s latest comments about Greenland are a “positive development” expressing respect for Greenlanders’ self-determination, according to Denmark’s defence chief.Defence Minister Lund Poulsen responded on Wednesday to a direct appeal Trump made to Greenlanders in a speech to the US Congress, one week before the island’s inhabitants are set to head to the polls for parliamentary elections. “We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if…

“Quelqu’un de concret” Une partie des associations de la protection de l’enfance veut en tout cas croire à une possible politique de long terme avec Sarah El Haïry. D’autant que la Nantaise, un temps intéressée par les prochaines municipales, semble avoir mis le projet de côté, selon une source proche du château.  “Nous avons constaté que ça n’est pas quelqu’un qui fait de grandes déclarations, mais de concret dans ses actions”, analyse la présidente de la Voix de l’enfant Martine Brousse, qui a appuyé le nom de Sarah El Haïry pour le poste.  La présidente de l’association prend pour exemple…

The deal paves the way for a gradual start of the digital border system. European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc’s automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.The agreement, reached by interior ministers in Brussels, paves the way for a likely start of operations in autumn, although no fixed date has been set.Member states will now have two options: to launch the new system all at once or to launch it in several phases across a six-month transition period. At…

A group affiliated with the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern city of Bannu, the third since the start of Ramadan. A dozen people were killed in a twin suicide bombing that targeted a military base in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. Two suicide bombings breached a wall at a military base before other attackers stormed the compound and were repelled. Around 30 other people were wounded, according to officials and a local hospital. Jaish Al-Fursan, a group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack in Bannu and said that “dozens of members” of…

“As someone who has spent a lot of time with Volodymyr, been in Kyiv with him, has seen what he has had to go through for his country … to see him be called a dictator, told he started this war, for him to be treated that way was wrong,” said Sunak. Last month, Trump branded Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” falsely claimed he had poor approval ratings, and has pressed ahead with peace talks with Ukraine’s invader, Russia. He softened his tone towards Zelenskyy in an address to Congress Tuesday, but only after pulling U.S. aid to Ukraine. Sunak,…

The Tate brothers flew to Florida last week from Romania where they were facing rape and trafficking charges. A criminal investigation into self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan has been opened in Florida, authorities said Tuesday. The two brothers arrived in the state last week despite facing trial in Romania on charges of rape, people trafficking, money laundering and sex with a minor. Attorney General James Uthmeier posed on X that he directed his office to work with law enforcement to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the Tate brothers, including asking the state prosecutor’s office to issue…