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The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era | Sidney Blumenthal

The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era | Sidney Blumenthal

In the early morning of 14 June, according to authorities, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised as a police officer and wearing body armor and a face mask, drove his black Ford Explorer SUV, equipped with flashing lights, to the home of the Minnesota state senator John Hoffman. There, he shot Hoffman nine times, critically wounding him, and shot his wife eight …

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‘I want my viewer to ask – what is happening here?’: Meysam Hamrang’s best phone picture | Photography

‘I want my viewer to ask – what is happening here?’: Meysam Hamrang’s best phone picture | Photography

For Meysam Hamrang, this image was years in the making. The Iranian photographer took it in 2019 at a religious ceremony in the village of Masuleh, part of a historic city in the northern province of Gilan, Iran. “On the sixth day of Muharram – the first month of the Islamic calendar – Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in a ritual …

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Israel-Iran war live: fresh attacks exchanged as Israel says it has set back Tehran’s nuclear programme by ‘at least two or three years’ | Israel

Israel-Iran war live: fresh attacks exchanged as Israel says it has set back Tehran’s nuclear programme by ‘at least two or three years’ | Israel

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Five Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli attacks – Iranian media Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say five of its members have been killed in Israeli strikes in the Iranian city of Khorramabad on Saturday, Reuters is citing Iranian media is saying. Share Updated at 08.59 CEST Israel’s military says …

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TV tonight: how Serena Williams nearly became a punk guitarist | Television & radio

TV tonight: how Serena Williams nearly became a punk guitarist | Television & radio

In the Arena: Serena Williams 11.10pm, BBC One The Williams sisters are almost always approached as a pair, sharing a destiny from early childhood. In this series, Serena tells her own story – though, of course, Venus chips in. The opening episode looks at the influence of their father Richard, who saw tennis as his family’s passport out of Compton. …

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