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A year before the French election, De Gaulle remains politically fashionable

A year before the French election, De Gaulle remains politically fashionable

Published by Sam Flores

‘De Gaulle: Resistance’, is released in cinemas in France on June 3, the first part of a two-parter on Charles de Gaulle, the French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France. The much anticipated films took director Antonin Baudry and his team six years to make, with a budget of nearly 80 million euros. But even beyond the silver screen, with a year to go until the presidential elections, De Gaulle has perhaps never been so politically fashionable. Keywords for this article Source link

BBC’s Chris Mason Utterly Demolishes Reform’s Makerfield Candidate Over His Social Media History

BBC’s Chris Mason Utterly Demolishes Reform’s Makerfield Candidate Over His Social Media History

Published by Sam Flores

Robert Kenyon and Chris Mason BBC Reform’sMakerfield candidate had a car crash interview with the BBC’s political editor over his controversial internet history. Wigan councillor Robert Kenyon is running against Labour candidate, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, in the crunch by-election. While it is still seen as a two-horse race, Kenyon’s deleted social media posts have dominated much of the conversation during the campaign. As BBC political editor Chris Mason pointed out during an tense exchange, Kenyon once claimed Russia was “well within its rights” to invade Ukraine’s sovereign territory Crimea. “That will sound to some people that you’re sympathetic to Vladimir Putin,” the BBC journalist pointed out. Kenyon replied: “Absolutely not Chris, I’ve served in the Army Reserves since and I’m totally against illegal annexation of Crimea. Things have happened since, people change their opinions on things…” Mason replied: “Let’s talk about Brexit. You said that that the Leave campaign peddled ‘nationalistic pish’ during the Brexit referendum. Did you back Brexit?” “100%, hand on heart, I voted for Brexit,” Kenyon insisted. “So who was peddling ‘nationalistic pish’?” …

Lost WWII submarine discovered off the coast of Japan

Lost WWII submarine discovered off the coast of Japan

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. The wreck of an American submarine from World War II has been found off the coast of Matsua Island, Japan. The USS Herring (SS-233) currently rests over 300 feet down in the Pacific Ocean, where it is sitting upright and “maintains a high degree of integrity,” according to United States Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC). The discovery was announced exactly 82 years after the vessel sank, based on evidence collected from an international team of researchers.  Herring’s final mission The Herring was first launched from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine on January 15, 1942, and officially commissioned on May 4, 1942. The vessel completed eight war patrols in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the war. Herring sank seven enemy ships, …

French slavery law repealed: ‘Now we can start talking about reparations,’ historian says – Perspective

French slavery law repealed: ‘Now we can start talking about reparations,’ historian says – Perspective

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 02/06/2026 – 14:37Modified: 02/06/2026 – 14:40 07:54 min From the show Reading time 1 min Now that France has finally repealed the so-called Code Noir or Black Code, experts are urging the country to also consider the issue of reparations. The Code Noir was the law that effectively regulated slavery by making people like property, notably in the French colonies – enabling people to be worked, beaten, sold, raped and even killed. It was only repealed last week, even though France abolished slavery back in 1848. In Perspective, we spoke to Olivette Otele, a historian and professor at SOAS in London. By: Source link

why did Labour see its worst result in the history of devolution?

why did Labour see its worst result in the history of devolution?

Published by Sam Flores

Scottish Labour’s result in the 2026 election was its worst in devolution history, but it also sits forlornly in a pattern of serial decline for a party that I dedicated much of my adult life to and once led. The backdrop of the UK political context has been unhelpful to Scottish Labour in each of the devolved elections for at least two decades. Academic analyses of both the 2007 and 2011 elections foregrounded valence issues and perceptions of the relative competence and performance as explanations for Labour’s defeats to the SNP. But a strong part of that explanation concerns voter judgements on the party that best represents Scottish interests. In 2007, anger towards the UK Labour government for its involvement in the Iraq war was palpable. In 2011, Scots who had voted Labour in the preceding year’s general election, and for a Scottish Labour prime minister in the form of Gordon Brown, got David Cameron instead. The message that the SNP were better placed to stand up for Scotland’s interest than a Labour Party licking …

From season 4 airs disturbing twist and fans think history will repeat

From season 4 airs disturbing twist and fans think history will repeat

Published by Daniella Wilson

Warning: Spoilers ahead for From season 4 episode 6. Already, From season 4 has given us plenty of twists and turns, but fans are worried that history is about to repeat itself with a recent twist involving Henry. The latest episode of the MGM mystery-horror, which returned this week after a mid-season break, saw Sophia (Julia Doyle), target Henry (Robert Joy) in a big way. In a disturbing scene, Sophia (Julia Doyle) – who we know is a puppet of the villainous Man in Yellow – took advantage of Henry’s vulnerability, before spiking his drink with her own blood. The consequences of that gruesome moment haven’t been revealed just yet, but fans are concerned that it could see Henry fall under Sophia’s control – and perhaps even go down the same route as Boyd’s wife Abby (Lisa Ryder), who, driven to a breakdown after witnessing the horrors of the town, went on a shooting spree. One fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “HENRY MIGHT END UP LIKE ABBY,” while another added: “I need Henry to …

500-million-year-old fossil rewrites a missing chapter of Earth’s history

500-million-year-old fossil rewrites a missing chapter of Earth’s history

Published by Jenni Sidey

A remarkable fossil hidden in a museum collection for decades is helping scientists rethink one of the biggest mysteries in early animal evolution. The discovery of a 500-million-year-old arthropod in eastern Canada suggests that a period once thought to be marked by declining biodiversity may have been far richer and more complex than researchers believed. The newly described species, named Magnicornaspis garwoodi, comes from the late Cambrian Period and belongs to a rare group of extinct arthropods known as corcoraniids. These ancient creatures are considered important relatives of the lineage that eventually gave rise to modern chelicerates, a group that includes spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs. Researchers say the fossil provides valuable evidence from a poorly understood interval known as the Furongian, a period spanning roughly 497 million to 485 million years ago. For decades, paleontologists have puzzled over why relatively few fossils appeared to come from this time. The new findings suggest the apparent shortage may not reflect a true collapse in life on Earth. Instead, it may reveal gaps in where scientists have …

Malta’s prime minister declares historic victory in snap election – POLITICO

Malta’s prime minister declares historic victory in snap election – POLITICO

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Abela called a snap election in April, four years into his five-year term, amid fears the war in Iran and the ensuing economic shock could erode support for his government. Alex Borg, leader of the opposition Nationalists Party, appeared to concede defeat on Sunday, saying the outcome was “not the result we wanted, but it’s a very clear message.” Abela’s victory was widely expected, with polling ahead of Saturday’s vote showing his Labour Party on top. Still, the Labour Party’s majority appeared to be considerably smaller than its last victory in 2022, with around 18,000 votes separating the government from the opposition. The election was fiercely fought and drew some surprise interventions from Brussels, with Malta’s EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef, who was Abela’s chief of staff, controversially endorsing the prime minister in a campaign speech, and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola appearing at campaign stops alongside Borg. Source link

Three or One or None? A Short History of the “Soul”

Three or One or None? A Short History of the “Soul”

Published by Jenni Sidey

For Aristotle (384-322 BCE), all living things had a vegetative or nutritive soul; animals also had a sensitive soul; and humans, on top of that, had a rational soul. As a result, medieval theologians and philosophers debated whether humans had a plurality of souls. To pluralists such as Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Kilwardby (c. 1215-1279), the vegetative, sensitive, and rational souls were distinct entities stacked within the human body. For Kilwardby, this served to explain how Christ’s body remained holy in the tomb after his human soul had departed. The pluralists were fiercely opposed by unitists such as St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), who argued that a person with multiple souls would be no more than a bundle of parts, rather than a single, unified substance. For a short time after his death, Aquinas’s single soul “heresy” was banned in Paris and Oxford. Following centuries of debate, the unitist view, of course, came to prevail. Descartes’s Daughter The philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) completely changed the conversation. To uphold his dualism of mind and body and defend …

Backrooms Sets A24 Record with M Opening, Obsession Making History

Backrooms Sets A24 Record with $90M Opening, Obsession Making History

Published by Daniella Wilson

Kane Parsons is the new king of the box office with Backrooms. His $10 million adaptation of his viral YouTube short film series is eyeing the biggest opening in A24 history, with at least $80 million. Rival studios even think it could go as high as $90 million. It will easily take the No. 1 spot, after landing around $38 million on Friday, including Thursday previews. It focuses on a failed architect (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who stumbles across an endless series of rooms in the furniture store he manages. The ascension of Parsons, 20, comes just two weeks after fellow YouTuber Curry Barker became the hottest 20-something filmmaker in Hollywood thanks to surprise hit Obsession. The $750,000 feature, now in its third week, is making history as the first film outside of Christmas since 1982 to increase in both its second and third weekends. It is expected to be up 19 percent from last weekend, with an estimated $28.5 million. That’s after defying box office gravity last weekend, earning an unheard of 39 percent more in …