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The Siege

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Initial release USA
Directors Edward Zwick
Story by Lawrence Wright
Screenplay Edward Zwick
Lawrence Wright
Menno Meyjes
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After terrorists attack a bus in Brooklyn, a Broadway theater and FBI headquarters, FBI anti-terrorism expert Anthony Hubbard (Denzel Washington) teams up with CIA agent Elise Kraft (Annette Bening) to investigate. Soon, martial law is declared in New York City, and General William Devereaux (Bruce Willis), a sadistic racist, is put in command. When Devereaux begins rounding up Arab-Americans and forcing them into a detention camp, Hubbard and Kraft must fight back in the name of freedom. …

24 Hours in Police Custody: Bedford takeaway siege recounted

24 Hours in Police Custody: Bedford takeaway siege recounted
Dec 2,2023 10:11 am

... The Siege continued throughout the day with Turner throwing paint and plants from a balcony, damaging several vehicles below...

London Gaza rally: Braverman accuses Met of bias over Gaza marches

London Gaza rally: Braverman accuses Met of bias over Gaza marches
Nov 9,2023 12:31 am

... Mrs Braverman said the pro-Palestinian marches, which began last month amid The Siege of Gaza, had been " problematic" because of " violence around the fringes" as well as " highly offensive" chants, posters and stickers...

Rafah crossing: Thousands of people arrive at Gaza-Egypt border

Rafah crossing: Thousands of people arrive at Gaza-Egypt border
Oct 16,2023 3:51 pm

... Israel says The Siege will not end until Hamas releases the hostages it seized from Israel on 7 October...

James Nachtwey: The last of the great photojournalists

James Nachtwey: The last of the great photojournalists
Sep 22,2023 11:11 pm

... The Siege of Kabul was one of the last battles of the 20th Century...

Sudan conflict: Risking lives to bury the dead in Omdurman

Sudan conflict: Risking lives to bury the dead in Omdurman
Sep 16,2023 8:11 pm

... He said an operation by his forces had ended The Siege, though some Sudanese suspect that foreign mediators had brokered an under-the-table agreement that saw the RSF allow him to leave...

El Salvador rings off entire region to hem in gangs

El Salvador rings off entire region to hem in gangs
Aug 1,2023 9:21 pm

... He stressed that The Siege would not be lifted until " all the criminals" were apprehended...

Hospital armed siege turned me from BBC reporter to negotiator

Hospital armed siege turned me from BBC reporter to negotiator
Jun 3,2023 8:20 pm

... But negotiating with a gunman was not what I expected after arriving to cover The Siege as the local BBC reporter...

Ukraine: The Mariupol steel workers longing for home

Ukraine: The Mariupol steel workers longing for home
May 17,2023 7:50 pm

... As is the case with other members of the Mariupol diaspora, Ivan s home was destroyed during The Siege...

The Papers: Johnson's 'loud' home row splashed across papers

May 13,2023 7:40 pm

Photographs of Boris Johnson and his girlfriend dominate The Front pages, After their neighbour called police to report a noisy argument between the Couple .

, the former mayor of London's bid to become Prime Minister is "in chaos" following The Incident , which The Paper describes as "a blazing row".

The Deputy political editor of the are the sort of upset Mr Johnson's team have been desperate to avoid and will underline demands from opponents that he should face rigorous scrutiny.

"Mr Johnson will now need to ditch his policy of avoiding tough questioning and come out into the open", he writes, "if he is to have a chance of keeping his leadership bid alive".

'Suitability to lead'

The Paper 's editorial calls on the former foreign secretary to "get his house in order" and understand that running for the highest office in The Land "is a serious business".

have "reignited concerns about Mr Johnson's suitability to lead the country", but admits it is "far from clear" how the latest turbulence in his Private Life will play with Conservative Party members "who have so far shown little inclination to condemn his moral frailties".

on its website yesterday and also leads on the story.

The Paper also highlights President Trump's claim that he stopped an attack on Iranian targets with ten minutes to go, After being told the airstrikes could kill 150 people.

The Paper says Mr Trump's tweets show how close The World may have come to a Middle East conflagration, and "raise questions as to why he was told so late about the predicted loss of life".

The Guardian 's world affairs editor, Julian Borger, argues that with hawks in the White House, "this will not be The Last time that the US gets So Close to conflict".

Wildfires 'new normal'

A warning that wildfires are becoming "normal" in the UK is.

It says analysis by the London School of Economics shows there have been 134 recorded wildfires so far this year, compared to 79 in the whole of 2018 and just 19 in 2017.

Marsden Moor, West Yorkshire , saw wildfires in February this year

Scientists have told The Paper fires will strike more frequently due to longer dry spells prompted by Global Warming .

It says people living in the countryside or on The Edge of towns could be forced to organise their gardens to limit The Risk of fire to their houses, in the same way homeowners do in Southern Europe .

Seagulls 'keeping hostages'

With the headline, "Seagulls held us hostage for six days", the how Roy and Brenda Pickard were unable to leave their home in Lancashire because a pair of nesting birds attacked them every time they did so.

, the gulls were protecting two chicks which had slipped down the roof onto a canopy above The Front door.

After being hit on The Head by one of The Birds , which are protected when nesting.

The that The Siege was ended when BBC Radio Lancashire arranged for a gazebo to be Set Up outside the property, so the Couple could escape via their garage.



Source of news: bbc.com

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