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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says Hamas requests for changes to truce proposal ‘unacceptable’.Israel is sending a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed. In a statement late on Saturday, Netanyahu’s office said the team would travel on Sunday after the Israeli leader instructed negotiators “to accept the invitation for close talks”. But the statement said that “the changes Hamas is requesting to make to the Qatari proposal were delivered to us last night and are unacceptable to Israel”. It did not elaborate on what changes were being requested.…
Rescuers scoured flooded riverbanks littered with mangled trees Saturday and turned over rocks in the search for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others missing after a wall of water blasted down a river in the Texas Hill Country. The storm killed at least 32 people, including 14 children. Some 36 hours after the floods, authorities have still not given a number of how many people in total are still missing beyond the 27 children from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp along the river. The destructive fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 meters) in just 45 minutes before…
Nip/Tuck and Charmed star Julian McMahon has died. He was 56. Julian’s wife, Kelly McMahon, confirmed his death on Friday, July 4, following a private battle with cancer. “With an open heart, I wish to share with the world that my beloved husband, Julian McMahon, died peacefully this week after a valiant effort to overcome cancer,” Kelly told Deadline in a statement. “Julian loved life. He loved his family. He loved his friends. He loved his work, and he loved his fans. His deepest wish was to bring joy into as many lives as possible. We ask for support during…
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Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs.This week, MBW reported on Aventhis, the outlaw-country “artist” whose AI-generated tracks have garnered over 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. We also learned that Aventhis’ music was created with a combination of two generative AI music engines: Suno and Riffusion.Elsewhere, JT Myers and Nat Pastor, the co-CEOs of Virgin Music Group, sent a letter to VMG staff slamming “juvenile…
Sophia Hutchins, Caitlyn Jenner’s longtime friend and manager, has reportedly died following an ATV accident. She was 29. According to a TMZ report published on Thursday, July 3, Hutchins died following a fatal incident that occurred near Jenner’s home and was pronounced dead on Wednesday morning in Malibu, California. The outlet reported that Hutchins had been riding an ATV near Jenner’s home when it struck the bumper of a moving car. The impact reportedly forced the ATV and Hutchins 350 feet into a ravine. Hutchins was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Two people in the car…
Nazem Kadri‘s NMC may not be in the way of a move to Toronto, but that may not matter at all Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun: A source said on Wednesday that Calgary Flames center Nazem Kadri wouldn’t let a no-movement clause be in the way of any trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs. There is nothing to suggest that any trade is imminent. The source added that Kadri isn’t looking to be traded, likes playing in Calgary, and hasn’t been asked to waive his NMC. When current Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving was the GM of Calgary, he…
Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a cemetery in northern Vietnam, where scientists are using innovative DNA analysis techniques to match unidentified Vietnamese soldiers with their living relatives before U.S.A.I.D. cuts defund the program.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Former Labour MP Zarah Sultana has said she plans to launch a new party with Jeremy Corbyn, saying that Sir Keir Starmer’s government had “failed” voters during its first year in office.Sultana said in a social media post late on Thursday that she and Corbyn would “co-lead the founding of a new party, with other independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country”.However, an ally of Corbyn, who led the Labour party between 2015 and 2020, said he was frustrated Sultana had…