"...one turns to fictional horrors because there are so many horrors in reality. Where else, we ask, to put the feelings, pending revolution? A scary movie shrinks the world's horrors down into, not manageable exactly, but bounded, feelable parcels. In a landscape dense with quiescent cultural products, horror is anti-anesthetic." Sophie Lewis, Square Peg, Round Hole.
With the US and Israel apparently without a postwar plan for the country, we explore four possible scenarios
Piecing together what US and Israeli officials have said about the attack on Iran, its objectives appear to be to inflict maximum damage on the pillars of the country’s power, specifically its nuclear and missile programmes and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The ultimate objective however, as repeatedly expressed by Donald Trump at least, is to pave the way for a popular uprising that would sweep away the cleric-led regime that has run the country for 47 years. Trump has presented the devastating assault as a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the people of Iran to “take back your government”.
Continue reading...Petr Vlachovsky given a suspended prison sentence
He has not been banned from coaching abroad
The Czech player union has called for a lifetime football ban for a coach who avoided jail despite being convicted of secretly filming his female players in the changing rooms and showers with a hidden camera.
Petr Vlachovsky was convicted in May 2025, without a public hearing, and handed a suspended one-year prison sentence and a five-year domestic coaching ban, after being found to have filmed 14 players at FC Slovacko over a four-year period. He was also caught in possession of child sexual abuse material.
Continue reading...Amid schadenfreude back home as UK nationals express their fears, others say they are not leaving anytime soon
It is not always seen as a positive when the ruling family of a dictatorship makes a public show of mingling among the people.
On Monday, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the royal who is both president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, joined Dubai’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, for a stroll around Dubai’s mall, before settling down alongside awkward looking officials on the banquette-style seating at one of its most visible cafes.
Continue reading...Organizing your home doesn’t have to use up all your retirement savings, time or peace of mind
Overcurated home organization content has flourished on social media for the past decade: well-lit photos of pantries, closets and bathrooms with contents arranged in clear acrylic bins. Usually, everything is color coordinated.
I love a tidy, organized space, but these images stress me out. My mouth gets dry when I imagine the upkeep necessary to keep those spaces looking pristine. How much does it cost to acquire hundreds of identical storage bins? How long did it take to aesthetically arrange Khloé Kardashian’s cookies like that? Is this really what I’m supposed to be doing with my one wild and precious life?
Continue reading...DUBAI (ANP/RTR) - Irak zal worden gedwongen binnen enkele dagen zijn olieproductie flink te verminderen als olietankers niet vrij kunnen bewegen door de Straat van Hormuz. Twee Iraakse oliefunctionarissen melden dat de productie dan met meer dan 3 miljoen vaten per dag moet worden teruggebracht.
Door de verstoringen in de export vanuit de Straat van Hormuz zijn de opslagniveaus in de zuidelijke havens van Irak volgens hen gedaald tot kritieke niveaus. Irak heeft sinds dinsdag de productie op het Rumaila-olieveld al met 700.000 vaten per dag verminderd. Op het West Qurna-2-veld worden 460.000 vaten per dag minder olie geproduceerd, aldus de functionarissen.
De Straat van Hormuz is een belangrijke zeestraat voor olietankers. Ongeveer een vijfde van al het vloeibaar gemaakt aardgas (lng) in de wereld passeert de Straat van Hormuz. Iran meldde eerder de zeestraat te hebben afgesloten voor de scheepvaart.
Maandag besloot Qatar al voorlopig te stoppen met de lng-productie vanwege de aanvallen op energiefaciliteiten door Iran.
F1 TV lead commentator and F1.com analyst Alex Jacques has picked out five of the most exciting young drivers already on the books of Formula 1 teams and just waiting for their big chance…