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The Strokes end Coachella set with fiery video condemning US and Israeli bombings in Iran and Gaza

The Strokes end Coachella set with fiery video condemning US and Israeli bombings in Iran and Gaza

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The Strokes ended their set at weekend two of Coachella with some politically charged messaging. While the indie rock band performed their song “Oblivius” for the first time in a decade Saturday night, they showed a video montage that accused the CIA of enforcing regime change through political violence and concluded with footage of Israel bombing Gaza and the United States bombing Iran. The video on the massive LED screens alleged that the CIA has been linked to the deaths of foreign political figures, including Panama’s Military Leader Omar Torrijos, former President of Guatemala Jacobo Árbenz and former President of Ecuador Jaime Roldós Aguilera. It also gave voice to the conspiracy theory that the U.S. was involved in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Footage of recent bombings in the Middle East were captioned, “Over 30 universities destroyed in Iran.” Another explosion …

The Strokes end Coachella set with fiery video condemning US and Israeli bombings in Iran and Gaza

The Strokes end Coachella performance with fiery political video condemning US government

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The Strokes ended their set at weekend two of Coachella with some politically charged messaging. While the indie rock band performed their song “Oblivius” for the first time in a decade Saturday night, they showed a video montage that accused the CIA of enforcing regime change through political violence and concluded with footage of Israel bombing Gaza and the United States bombing Iran. The video on the massive LED screens alleged that the CIA has been linked to the deaths of foreign political figures, including Panama’s Military Leader Omar Torrijos, former President of Guatemala Jacobo Árbenz and former President of Ecuador Jaime Roldós Aguilera. It also gave voice to the conspiracy theory that the U.S. was involved in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Footage of recent bombings in the Middle East were captioned, “Over 30 universities destroyed in Iran.” Another explosion …

In fiery speech, Pope Leo says ‘Enough to war!’

In fiery speech, Pope Leo says ‘Enough to war!’

“DELUSION OF OMNIPOTENCE” Responsibility also fell to the “immense multitude” that rejects war, Leo said, urging them to build a “Kingdom of peace…in our homes, schools, neighbourhoods, and civil and religious communities.” “A Kingdom that counters polemics and resignation through friendship and a culture of encounter. Let us believe once again in love, moderation and good politics.”  The pope described the Kingdom of God as a “bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive.” It also was a place with “no sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialisation of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding and forgiveness.” Leo painted a grim picture of the current state of the world, “where there never seem to be enough graves, for people continue to crucify one another and eliminate life, with no regard to justice and mercy.” Pope Leo, who was elected pontiff last May following the death of his predecessor Francis, is moderate and known as a bridge-builder. But he has been increasingly denouncing the conflicts dividing …

Bob’s Burgers star shares health update after sustaining ‘serious injuries’ in fiery crash

Bob’s Burgers star shares health update after sustaining ‘serious injuries’ in fiery crash

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Eugene Mirman, the voice of Bob’s Burgers’ Gene Belcher, has assured fans he is recovering after being involved in a fiery car crash earlier this week. On Tuesday, the Russian-born voice actor, 51, crashed his 2026 Lucid Gravity into the Bedford Toll Plaza on the Everett Turnpike in New Hampshire. State police said that they received calls that “indicated the vehicle had caught fire, and someone in the vehicle appeared to be trapped.” Mirman was pulled from the wreckage by a state trooper and bystanders and was transported to the hospital with “serious injuries,” according to a police press release. In an Instagram post shared Friday, Mirman spoke out for the first time since the accident, expressing his gratitude “for all the well wishes, love and kind messages from friends and strangers.” “I am extraordinarily thankful to the heroic people that …

Bob’s Burgers star Eugene Mirman in hospital with ‘serious injuries’ after fiery car crash

Bob’s Burgers star Eugene Mirman in hospital with ‘serious injuries’ after fiery car crash

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Actor and comedian Eugene Mirman has been hospitalised after sustaining serious injuries in a car crash at a toll plaza in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The crash took place just before noon when his 2026 Lucid Gravity struck a toll plaza in Bedford and caught fire, according to the New Hampshire State Police. They added that calls made to the emergency line “indicated the vehicle had caught fire, and someone in the vehicle appeared to be trapped”. The police identified the driver as Yevgeny Mirman, a 51-year-old Massachusetts resident, and said he was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital with “serious injuries”, according to a press release from the department. A veteran state trooper who had been assigned to New Hampshire governor Kelly Ayotte’s security detail arrived at the scene and saw that the vehicle was “actively on fire” with …

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vows vengeance in fiery first statement

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vows vengeance in fiery first statement

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a fiery first public statement Thursday, vowing to keep blocking the vital Strait of Hormuz oil trade route and attacking neighboring countries that host U.S. military bases. The written statement was one of defiance, even as President Donald Trump indicates that he would like to wrap up the conflict soon as global energy markets face an economic shock from the strait’s closure. The health and current whereabouts of the new leader, 56, are still both unclear, after Iranian state TV previously indicated he had been wounded in the wave of U.S. and Israeli strikes that killed his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, and several of their relatives. Even on Thursday, state TV offered no explanation for why Khamenei did not appear in person, with only a written statement attributed to him read out by an announcer. Israel has previously indicated it would target anyone appointed to succeed the slain elder Khamenei, and experts suggest the written statement poses less security risk to the new supreme leader …

The Heat line-up: Meet the cast in Olivia Attwood’s fiery new series

The Heat line-up: Meet the cast in Olivia Attwood’s fiery new series

Olivia Attwood is back on screens in an exciting new reality series, The Heat. The new show, launching tonight on ITVX, sees 10 ambitious chefs travel to Barcelona, working under multi Michelin Star chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, who is opening an exclusive summer restaurant and is on a mission to find the next rising star. But this is no MasterChef, because each day when the kitchen service is over, the cameras keep rolling… From post-shift dates to staff nights out, there is no escaping The Heat… So, who are the young hopefuls taking part? Read on to find out more about the cast of The Heat. The Heat line-up: Meet the cast of new ITV2 reality series Akito Akito. ITV Age: 24 Location: Cheshire Akito has fused his love of cooking with content creation, building a massive audience and racking up millions of views with his high energy, fast-paced takes on chef life. His cooking career began at just 16 years old, when he entered fine dining restaurants as a kitchen porter before working his way up …

Minnesota officials face off at fiery Senate hearing over ICE: 5 takeaways

Minnesota officials face off at fiery Senate hearing over ICE: 5 takeaways

Senators faced off with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison during a fiery hearing Thursday that brought bitter divisions over the actions of federal immigration law enforcement officials in Minnesota to Capitol Hill. Ellison defended his criticisms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the hearing, while GOP witnesses went on the attack against Democrats in… Source link

Starmer Hammered In Fiery PMQs For Giving Peerage To ‘Paedophile Apologist’

Starmer Hammered In Fiery PMQs For Giving Peerage To ‘Paedophile Apologist’

Keir Starmer was accused of filling his government “with paedophile apologists” by opposition leaders during a brutal prime minister’s questions today. Starmer’s former comms chief Lord Doyle had the Labour whip removed on Tuesday over his links to a convicted sex offender. Doyle campaigned for a former Labour councillor, Sean Morton, after he had been charged with child sex offences in 2017. Though this was reported late last year, the prime minister still promoted his former aide to the upper chamber just two weeks ago. Doyle’s suspension from Labour comes days after fellow peer, Lord Mandelson, quit the party as the depth of his friendship with convicted padeophile Jeffrey Epstein emerged. The PM appointed the former Labour grandee to be the UK’s ambassador to the US last year though Mandelson was sacked in September. The Doyle scandal adds to the mounting public anger over Mandelson, and puts even more pressure on Starmer who is fighting to save his job. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch torched the prime minister over the two incidents in PMQs, saying: “The …

Granit Xhaka involved in fiery exchanges with West Ham fans

Granit Xhaka involved in fiery exchanges with West Ham fans

West Ham are unchanged from their last minute 2-1 victory away at Tottenham, but midfielder Lucas Paqueta is absent from the squad, with the 28-year old Brazil international the subject of interest from Brazilian side Flamengo, amid a potential departure from the London Stadium. Last weekend’s match-winner Callum Wilson is on the bench. West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Scarles, Bowen, Soucek, Fernandes, Summerville, Pablo Felipe, Castellanos.Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Ward-Prowse, Wilson, Diouf, Magassa, Potts, Kante. Sunderland will be without captain Granit Xhaka for this match, after the 33-year old picked up an ankle injury in last weekend’s 2-1 home victory against Crystal Palace. Eliezer Mayenda replaces him in the starting XI. Sunderland: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Mandava, Hume, Sadiki, Le Fee, Mundle, Mayenda, Brobbey.Subs: Patterson, Cirkin, Geertruida, Talbi, Rigg, O’Nien, Isidor, Diarra, Adingra.Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield) Source link