The Israeli police questioned a Palestinian director of an Oscar-winning documentary on Tuesday, according to the authorities and his lawyer, after witnesses reported that Israeli settlers attacked him near his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The police were holding Hamdan Ballal, 37, one of the directors of the film, “No Other Land,” and two
Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday. Raviv Rose/AP hide caption toggle caption Raviv Rose/AP JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land on Monday
A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” was beaten bloody near his home by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank on Monday evening, witnesses said. The director, Hamdan Ballal, was set upon in Susya, his home village, by at least 20 masked people, mostly teenagers
President Donald Trump has named Susan Monarez as his nominee for the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calling the candidate “a dedicated public servant.” Monarez, who is currently acting director of the CDC, replaces Trump’s original nominee for the role, Dr. David Weldon. The Trump administration never gave an
Ian Youngs Culture reporter, BBC News Getty Images Ant Middleton was chief instructor on SAS: Who Dares Wins from 2015-21 Former SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton has been banned from being a company director, after his company failed to pay more than £1m tax. The Insolvency Service said Mr Middleton and his wife,
A former elite soldier and host of SAS: Who Dares Wins on Channel 4 has been banned from being a company director after he failed to pay his taxes. Ant Middleton, previously the boss of Sway and Starting Limited along with his wife Emilie Middleton, both 44, left large amounts of money unpaid despite making
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants President Donald Trump to tap Sunshine State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director. DeSantis contends that the public health official could do more for the state at the CDC than he can now. “Overhauling the CDC would be beneficial to FL. Joe
Marty Callner, a pioneering director of comedy specials who set the template for the genre at HBO in the 1970s before going on to make music videos infused with humor during the early heyday of MTV, died on March 17 at his home in Malibu, Calif. He was 78. His son Jazz Callner said the
Tom Brooks-Pollock Newsnight BBC Peter Kosminsky directed Sir Mark Rylance in the first series of Wolf Hall in 2015 and the second in 2024 The director of acclaimed period drama Wolf Hall has revealed filming of last year’s second series was nearly called off weeks before it was due to begin because of budget pressures,
England began the Thomas Tuchel era with a 2-0 win over Albania at Wembley The German boss has made an impact already with his selection and demeanour LISTEN NOW: It’s All Kicking Off! Is England’s squad good enough to win the World Cup? By JACK GAUGHAN Published: 19:07 EDT, 21 March 2025 | Updated: 20:45