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Nick TriggleHealth correspondentEPAResident doctors last walked out in November, demonstrating in Liverpool (pictured) as well as across EnglandThe British Medical Association has announced a fresh round of strikes in England in the long-running pay dispute.Resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, will stage a five-day walkout from 17 December.This will be the 14th strike by the doctors’ union since March 2023 and is expected to cause significant disruption, particularly in hospitals.NHS bosses said it was an “inflammatory act” by the BMA as the lead up to Christmas was always challenging.But the union said it had been left with no…

When Sean Ono Lennon teamed up with filmmaker Dave Mullins to create the short film War Is Over!, winning an Academy Award was the last thing on his mind. His focus was taking the anti-war anthem “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” — written and recorded by his parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, in 1971 — and introducing it to a new generation in an animated film about enemy soldiers in World War One playing chess via a carrier pigeon. The 11-minute film played at a number of film festivals, and it ultimately picked up an Oscar for Best Animated…

Two devoted scarecrows plan the perfect wedding – until a rival threatens everything.

Flora DruryandBBC IndonesianWatch: BBC reports from the site of deadly flooding in West SumatraThe death toll in the floods which struck Indonesia last week has now climbed to more than 500, with rescue workers still battling to reach affected areas.The floods, which were caused by a rare cyclone that had formed over the Malacca Strait, have hit three provinces and impacted some 1.4 million people, according to the government’s disaster agency.Another 500 people remain missing, while thousands more have been injured.Indonesia is just one part of Asia which has been hit with torrential rain and storms in recent days, with…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The White House is moving quickly to tighten legal immigration reviews after last week’s shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital. The shooting suspect, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, has been charged with first-degree murder. He was granted asylum this year after arriving in the U.S. through a Biden-era program that provided temporary legal status for those who assisted the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Members of…

Hollywood fears AI might threaten prestige films and award-season scripts. The first real shift is happening somewhere else. The fastest-growing category in filmed entertainment is the one-minute vertical soap opera, the micro-drama. Viewers enter these stories the way they enter social feeds, without intention or commitment. They consume them in short stacks, often ten or more episodes at a time, with average session lengths on leading apps exceeding twenty minutes. The content is designed for idle moments. It is built to be forgettable. That structure makes it an early candidate for full automation. If viewers cannot tell the difference, there…

If you know the name Ron Gilbert, it’s probably for his decades of work on classic point-and-click adventure games like Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Monkey Island series, and Thimbleweed Park. Given that pedigree, October’s release of the Gilbert-designed Death by Scrolling—a rogue-lite action-survival pseudo-shoot-em-up—might have come as a bit of a surprise. In an interview from his New Zealand home, though, Gilbert noted that his catalog also includes some reflex-based games—Humungous Entertainment’s Backyard Sports titles and 2010’s Deathspank, for instance. And Gilbert said his return to action-oriented game design today stemmed from his love for…

Manchester City could move to sign AFC Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo in January, while Barcelona are monitoring RB Leipzig’s Antonio Nusa. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Slot: Salah still ‘so important’ after being dropped at West Ham- Frank: Spurs supporters booing Vicario are ‘not true fans’- Glasner fumes at Crystal Palace for not strengthening squadBournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo has registered six goals and three assists int he Premier League so far this season. Nigel French/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS- Manchester City could trigger Bournemouth winger…

Former US immigration judge among dozens fired

When Cara Hunter, the Irish politician, looks back on the moment she found out she had been deepfaked, she says it is “like watching a horror movie”. The setting is her grandmother’s rural home in the west of Tyrone on her 90th birthday, April 2022. “Everyone was there,” she says. “I was sitting with all my closest family members and family friends when I got a notification through Facebook Messenger.” It was from a stranger. “Is that you in the video … the one going round on WhatsApp?” he asked.Hunter made videos all the time, especially then, less than three…