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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has announced the full line-up for its 10th edition, which will run from Oct. 16 to Oct. 25 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. The festivities will kick-off with the hometown-set “Queens of the Dead,” a zombie apocalypse horror comedy from director Tina Romero about a group of drag queens and club kids surviving the night in Brooklyn. The cast includes Jaquel Spivey, Katy O’Brian, Margaret Cho, Jack Haven and Cheyenne Jackson. This year’s BHFF will also host two world premieres, with Adam MacDonald’s queer apocalypse feature “This Is Not a Test,” adapted from Courtney Summers’ novel…

Mark Wood is set to miss the entire home summer, with England deciding to take an ultra-cautious route with the fast bowler they deem central to their Ashes hopes this winter.Wood, 35, underwent knee surgery in March and was initially targeting a return for the fifth Test against India in late July. Despite bowling in the intervals during that series, this target was then pushed back to a possible late season outing for Durham in the County Championship.But barring a late change of heart, Wood will now miss Durham’s remaining two fixtures against Worcestershire and Yorkshire and make his comeback…

Before he was elected Pope, American-born Bishop Robert Prevost served on Peru's northern coast. You can explore the landmarks of his life there.

Published On 9 Sep 20259 Sep 2025The Israeli military has said that explosions seen and heard in the Qatari capital Doha were the result of an assassination attempt against members of the Hamas leadership and senior officials of the Palestinian group.It is the first such attack by Israel in Qatar, a key mediator in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, and home to the region’s largest US military base, Al Udeid Air Base.Israel has been bombarding Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria, as well as carrying out daily attacks in the occupied West Bank in Palestine.A Hamas source told Al Jazeera…

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesMillions of motorists should be paid compensation next year for the mis-selling of car loans, the UK’s financial regulator has told MPs.The payouts are over commission arrangements between lenders and dealers, and inaccurate information given to car buyers following a ruling by the UK’s highest court.While the Supreme Court decision limited the breadth of these cases, up to 30 million agreements between 2007 and 2020 could be reviewed. Not all of those will be eligible for compensation. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said a finance redress scheme is yet to begin but it is…

Honorable MentionsPhotograph: Kat MerckShark FlexBreeze HydroGo for $120: I love the original Shark FlexBreeze (above), so I was very excited to see Shark had released a rechargeable portable fan in seven colors, including ones not normally seen in fans like Lilac and Honeydew. Shark says it can run 30 minutes with the mister consistently on or 60 minutes with it in (interval mode?), and after testing it at my son’s soccer practices, I was impressed that these estimates were more or less accurate. However, the mist that comes out of the middle is so fine and in such a small…

The actor Michael Caine has again come out of retirement for one last job – in this case, Vin Diesel sequel The Last Witch Hunter 2. Caine will be reprising his role as a priest who assists the immortal warrior played by Diesel to stop the plague ravaging the planet.Caine, 92, first retired in 2009, after shooting gang crime drama Harry Brown and then again, 24 films later, in 2021, after starring as novelist in Best Sellers. He returned for little-seen Croatian historical drama Medieval in 2022 and, the following year, starred in The Great Escaper as a D-Day veteran…

It is clear that Nuno’s counter-attacking style differs largely from Postecoglou’s approach, so what does this mean for Forest?Forest’s transfer business this summer appears to have been done with an eye on becoming a more technical, ball-dominant side.Interestingly, James McAtee, Douglas Luiz and Oleksandr Zinchenko are all players who have all developed at Manchester City, highlighting the change in intent.Big-money signing Omari Hutchinson and fellow Chelsea graduate Calum Hudson-Odoi might also enjoy playing in a way that ensures they keep the ball more, with licence to create.Questions arise when looking at the out-of-possession differences between both managers.Nuno has often held…

Last December I wrote about a hopeful change in airline passengers’ rights in the United States. Unfortunately, since that time, the proposal has been squashed.Domestically, there remains no requirement for airlines to provide compensation (or duty-of-care amenities) to passengers after a flight delay or cancellation.The Department of Transportation only requires an airline to do one of two things during an extended flight delay or cancellation: Move the passenger to the next available flight on their own fleet. Depending on availability, this replacement flight could be hours or even days later. Or, refund the passenger’s ticket, so that they can find their own…

The US currently subsidizes the fossil-fuel industry to the tune of nearly $31bn per year, according to a new analysis.That figure, calculated by the environmental campaign group Oil Change International, has more than doubled since 2017. And it is likely a vast understatement, due to the difficulty of quantifying the financial gains from some government supports, and to a lack of transparency and reliable data from government sources, the group says.These handouts pose a massive barrier to decarbonization, says the new report, which experts have long warned is urgently necessary to avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis.“These subsidies…