‘Take up space’: Young models on mission to showcase South Sudanese talent
Longing to stride down international runways often collides with reality of conservatism and lack of structural support.

Longing to stride down international runways often collides with reality of conservatism and lack of structural support.


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Smoke was seen rising close to Roman ruins in the Lebanese city of Tyre after an Israeli strike hit a building nearby.
Alexander Butyagin, an academic with Russia’s Hermitage Museum, is accused of illegal excavations in occupied Crimea.

Oscar winner Pavel Talankin called for ‘an end to all wars’ as he received the best documentary award.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s political chase film earned six Oscars, beating the vampire thriller Sinners, which scored four.
One Battle After Another wins six Oscars, while Sinners takes four awards.
Acclaimed docudrama reconstructing killing of five-year-old girl in Gaza is nominated for best international feature.












British broadcaster has apologised for failing to edit out a racial slur shouted by a guest with Tourette syndrome.

Young Palestinian artists in Gaza are turning the city’s ruins into a canvas through ‘Breathe and Paint’.