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Behind The News: The Venice Film Festival through an analogue camera | AFP
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- Behind The News: The Venice Film Festival through an analogue camera | AFP
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- AFP photographer Stefano Rellandini set himself a challenge this year: to cover the Venice Film Festival using a camera from the 1950s and a few rolls of black-and-white film. It’s an approach to photography that is “slower, more soothing,” but one that also comes with its own set of challenges.
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- Florida: Damage and power outages as Hurricane Isaias makes landfall | AFP
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Images filmed in Pensacola, Florida, show streets littered with debris, heavy rainfall and guests waiting in the lobby of a hotel without power, where men are working around a generator. With sustained winds reaching 165 km/h, Category 2 Hurricane Isaias threatens northwestern Florida, where authorities fear extensive damage.
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- View of Florida beach at Hurricane Isaias threatens coastline | AFP
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Mist is seen amid strong winds on the shore in Pensacola Beach, Florida, as Hurricane Isaias approaches as a category 3 storm.
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- Choppy waters, strong winds in Florida as Hurricane Isaias looms | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Images show choppy waters in a harbor in Pensacola, Florida, as Hurricane Isaias approaches as a category 3 storm.
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- Rough surf along Florida shoreline as Hurricane Isaias approaches | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Images show rough surf along the shoreline in Pensacola, Florida, and swaying trees amid strong winds as Hurricane Isaias approaches as category 3 storm.
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- Thousands protest in Barcelona for better housing rights after evicted retiree’s death | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Thousands of protesters march in the streets of Barcelona to demand better housing rights after the death of Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old retired woman whose eviction from her lifelong home sparked nationwide housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections.
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- View of Florida coastline as Hurricane Isaias looms | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- View of the Florida coastline as Hurricane Isaias intensifies into a major Category 3 storm, prompting mandatory evacuations ahead of its expected landfall along the US Gulf Coast.
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- UN: Livestreaming US execution would amount to torture | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- A decision by US officials to livestream the execution of convicted killer Nidal Hasan would amount to torture, the UN says. US defence officials said US Army psychiatrist Hasan, who shot and killed 13 people at a military base in 2009, would face a firing squad and the execution would be broadcast live, adding that details would come later.
"Public executions constitute a form of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment," Shabia Mantoo said, the UN Human Rights Office spokesperson during a press conference in Geneva.
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- Gas station closes as category 3 Isaias nears Gulf Coast | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- A gas station in Florida is closed as Hurricane Isaias, now a major Category 3 storm, heads toward land, with landfall expected within 24 hours in Florida, Alabama, or Mississippi.
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- Dutch PM urges dialogue after US sanctions on ICC | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:26
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten says a six-month pause before US sanctions on the International Criminal Court take effect should be used to pursue negotiations with Washington. SOUNDBITE
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- Iranian stuntwomen breaking gender norms with daring feats | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Iran's sole all-female stunt crew is breaking gender stereotypes by carrying out daring acts. Stunt teams are a vital area of filmmaking which is traditionally controlled by men, but Iranian women are increasingly establishing themselves in the industry.
Mixed-gender participation remains banned in many sports in Iran, where men and women are not even permitted to visit the same gym.
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- ICC in The Hague as US imposes sanctions on court, hours after Nobel award to former judge | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Images of the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the United States imposes sanctions on the ICC, vowing to cripple the tribunal's operations just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize went to a former judge who warned of mounting political attacks on the court.
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- EXPLAINED: Why are French high school students protesting? | AFP
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- A wave of protests has swept across high schools in France, with students blocking entry to their institutions and facing off against riot police. Rights groups have condemned what they call heavy-handed police tactics, after some students have been seriously injured. But why are the students protesting? And how is the government responding? AFP journalist Will Edwards explains.
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- BTS fans gather in Lima ahead of South Korean band's first concert in Peru | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- BTS fans gathered in Lima ahead of the first of three concerts by the South Korean K-pop group in Peru. Fans from across the country and beyond queued outside the venue carrying flags and wearing BTS merchandise. "They introduced me to a whole new world, and I'm so excited to finally be able to see these people after so long" says Carolina Montoya, as she waits in line to enter the venue.
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- Orangutans rescued in Indonesia fires | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands.
The wildfires have also piled pressure on already endangered orangutans, forcing local groups and authorities to carry out high-stakes rescues of animals suffering smoke inhalation and burns.
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- EU commerce chief calls China talks a 'crucial first step' to rebalance trade | AFP
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- The European Union's commerce chief says that talks with his Chinese counterpart are a "crucial first step" to rebalancing trade between the two sides, which Brussels has long said is marred by an unsustainable deficit. "It's a crucial first step, but only a first step in the process of rebalancing," Maros Sefcovic tells a news conference, adding that "dialogue needs results, and where the dialogue cannot deliver, the EU will use its tools to ensure a rebalancing". SOUNDBITE
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- Siberian town residents 'worried' following reported plague death | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- People in Shelekhov, Siberia, express concern after a woman died of suspected plague in the town, despite efforts by the authorities to play down the incident. "Of course we’re worried, but given our situation here… How on earth are we supposed to protect ourselves?" says construction technician Tatyana. Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region says.
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- UN following France school protests 'with concern' | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- The United Nations says it is watching "with concern" school protests in France that have resulted in thousands of youngsters being arrested and several seriously injured. "We are following with concern incidents related to the student protests and high school blockades in France, some of which have turned violent," says Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson for the UN human rights agency, urging people on all sides to ensure they remain peaceful. SOUNDBITE
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- Yayoi Kusama works on display after artist's death | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Three installations by Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama have gone on public display in Tokyo as part of a new international exhibition in Japan's capital titled Tokyo Atlas. Known as the "polka dot queen", the artist died aged 97 on 14 August 2026.
After studying art in Japan, Kusama moved to the United States in the late 1950s, and made a splash in New York's avant-garde scene. Despite facing discrimination as a Japanese woman, she won fame for bold, big paintings and provocative 1960s "happenings" featuring body painting and polka dots.
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- South African judge Navi Pillay reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- South African judge Navi Pillay reacts to winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Pillay headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. She is currently a judge at the International Court of Justice.
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- Ethiopian federal police patrol streets of Tigray's capital Mekelle | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Ethiopian federal police patrol streets of Tigray's capital Mekelle as Ethiopian Airlines says it would resume flights to the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle on October 11 after they were disrupted by conflict last month. The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front seized control of Mekelle airport from federal police on September 23 as they launched attacks against government forces, but have retreated out of the city over the past week.
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- Iranian stuntwomen breaking gender norms with daring feats | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- An Iranian woman challenges social conventions by training female stunt performers to execute daring feats before an impressed Tehran audience. Nasrin Teymouri, 36, is leading Iran’s first and only all-female stunt crew, breaking into a male-dominated field of filmmaking where women are increasingly making their mark. "I'm a very fearful person," she says. "But facing my fear gives me immense pleasure."
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- Manchester City titles 'absolutely not' tainted, says Maresca | AFP
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca says the titles the club has won since an Abu Dhabi-backed takeover in 2008 are "absolutely not" tainted, after it was found guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules. They have won eight Premier League titles, the Champions League and multiple other trophies over the past 15 years. TO COMPLETE VIDEO D2Q34NQ
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- Macron and Steinmeier visit space vehicle manufacturer | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
- Description
- Le président français Emmanuel Macron et son homologue allemand Frank-Walter Steinmeier visitent l’entreprise franco-allemande de construction de véhicules spatiaux The exploration Company, dans le cadre de la visite d’Etat en France du président allemand, après une première rencontre à l'Elysée où Steinmeier a assuré que "les Allemands vont rester de bons Européens", malgré tous les "changements" auxquels ils sont confrontés.
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- Nobel committee tells AFP it does not take stand on whether Gaza constitutes genocide | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- The Nobel peace committee says that it is not saying whether Israel's war on Gaza amounts to genocide, after it honoured South Africa's Navi Pillay, who headed a UN committee which last year said just that. SOUNDBITE
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- Behind the News: Photographing the Bahrain Grand Prix | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- AFP photographers Lillian Suwanrumpha, Jade Gao and I-Hwa Cheng covered the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, a race which was won by Max Verstappen in chaotic conditions following a storm delay. Here’s a look at what it takes to cover a Formula One race as a photojournalist.
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- South African Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize | AFP
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- South African jurist Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay served as the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. SOUNDBITE
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- Indonesian firefighters battle peatland blaze near homes | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Firefighters battle a peatland fire near homes in Indonesia's Palangkaraya, with limited water supplies and difficult terrain hampering their efforts. Flames were reported about 300 metres from a residential area, where residents feared the blaze would spread to their houses.
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- Police stand guard outside Assas University in Paris as student protests continue | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Police stand outside a building at Assas University in Paris after officers intervene to remove protesters attempting to block the site, with a police officer saying the establishment will remain closed for the day. The intervention comes as student organisations call for a "fifth round" of mobilisation, while the government and youth representatives agree to continue talks.
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- Thailand's Queen Suthida flies fighter jet solo | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Thailand's Royal office's handout video shows Thailand's Queen Suthida flying a Saab JAS 39C Gripen solo on October 8, 2026 at the Royal Thai Air Force’s Wing 7 in Surat Thani province.
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- Injured orangutan rescued from Indonesia wildfire receives intensive care | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- A young orangutan rescued from a fire-hit area in Indonesian Borneo is receiving intensive care for burns to her hands and feet sustained while escaping wildfires that have devastated wildlife habitats. Officials say her wounds are improving, but warn she may not fully recover.
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- Seals and sea lions get hearing tested at Australian zoo | AFP
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Scientists in Australia trained sea lions and seals to respond to a hearing test for research into how the marine mammals are affected by human-made noise. Keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo trained two sea lions and two fur seals to listen to sounds and press a paddle when they heard a tone. They were rewarded with fish for the right answers.
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- Thick haze shrouds capital of Central Kalimantan on Indonesia's Borneo | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- A blanket of haze shrouds the sky in Palangkaraya, the capital of Central Kalimantan, as wildfires continue to ravage Indonesia's Borneo and Sumatra islands.
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- Torrential rain leaves streets flooded with mud in Santiago | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- A torrent in the Las Condes area, in an affluent municipality of the Chilean capital, left streets flooded, vehicles swept away, people trapped, and hospitals affected by accumulated water amid heavy rains.
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- Torrential rain leaves streets flooded with mud in Santiago, Chile | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- A torrent in the Las Condes area, in an affluent municipality of the Chilean capital, left streets flooded, vehicles swept away, people trapped, and hospitals affected by accumulated water amid heavy rains.
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- US sailors reunite with families as USS Abraham Lincoln returns home | AFP
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- US sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln reunite with their families as the aircraft carrier returns to its home port in Coronado, California, following a months long deployment to the Middle East. The massive nuclear-powered warship left California in November 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began in late February.
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- USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier back in California after lengthy deployment | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returns to its home port in Coronado, California, after several months of deployment in the Middle East, where it took part in military operations against Iran. The lengthy deployment took a toll on US military personnel on the Lincoln and accompanying warships. In August, military families and lawmakers sounded the alarm about issues including reported suicide attempts and food shortages aboard the carrier.
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- US midterm elections explained | AFP
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Americans go to the polls on 3 November for midterm elections that will shape the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency — although the president himself will not be on any ballot.
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- Protest at Columbia University against alleged Cornell gang rape case | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Dozens of students and faculty members shout slogans as they rally in support of 'Jane Doe', the alleged victim of a gang rape at Cornell University's Chi Phi fraternity house.
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- Rubio says Ukraine war stalemate 'very dangerous' | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Russia and Ukraine are at a stalemate that could see one or both sides escalate to break the impasse, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says, warning of a "very dangerous" situation. Any escalation between Moscow and Kyiv, which have been at war since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, "could quickly turn what is a war between two countries into a much broader and far more dangerous regional conflict", Rubio says during a stopover in Portugal at the end of a tour of Europe.
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- Crew-12 capsule splashes down off California coast after almost eight months in space | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying NASA's Crew-12 astronauts splashes down off California's coast, ending their nearly eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station. According to NASA's video feed, the capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean at 3:34 p.m. GMT after descending under large parachutes. The crew is commanded by NASA's Jessica Meir, with Jack Hathaway as pilot, and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency and Andrey Fedyaev of Russia's Roscosmos serving as mission specialists.
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- EXPLAINED: Why are French high school students protesting? | AFP
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- A wave of protests has swept across high schools in France, with students blocking entry to their institutions and facing off against riot police. Rights groups have condemned what they call heavy-handed police tactics after some students have been seriously injured. But why are the students protesting? And how is the government responding?
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- Russian city grapples with plague scare | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- The Russian city of Shelekhov has been grappling with a plague scare after a woman employed at a plague research institute died of the disease, possibly after contracting it from a broken test tube.
Russia's public health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has there is no risk of an epidemic among the wider public.
The United States, European Union and World Health Organization have called on Russia to be transparent about the situation.
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- Students demonstrate at Place de la Bastille in Paris | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- During a demonstration in Paris called by student and sixth-form organisations, some students take over the July Column at Place de la Bastille. Most educational institutions have reopened, but blockades of secondary schools and universities persist on this new day of mobilisation, with demonstrations taking place in several major cities.
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- AIDS drama 'Elsinore' opens London Film Festival | AFP
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- "Elsinore", starring Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott, opens the London Film Festival. The drama tells the story of actor Ian Charleson as he prepared to play Hamlet while living with AIDS in the final months of his life. Directed by Simon Stone, it raises the curtain on the 2026 festival, which showcases 251 films from 88 countries. Set in the late 1980s, the film follows Charleson as he rehearses for "Hamlet" at London's National Theatre. Despite his illness, Charleson completed 24 three-hour performances of the play before his death in 1990 at the age of 40. "He was a real hero for doing it," says Scott, who has won critical acclaim for his portrayal.
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- Japan's 'polka dot queen' works on display at Tokyo exhibition | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Giant balloon sculptures and a field of silver spheres by the late Japanese "polka dot queen" Yayoi Kusama go on display ahead of the opening of Tokyo Atlas, a new international exhibition in the capital. Her two balloon works are being shown together for the first time anywhere in the world, according to the exhibition's organisers. The artist died in August, aged 97.
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- Searing AIDS drama 'Elsinore' opens London film festival | AFP
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- AFP was on the red carpet for "Elsinore," starring Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott. The film tells the true story of an actor dying of AIDS as he prepares to play Hamlet.
Directed by Simon Stone, it opened the London Film Festival, which runs until 18 October and features 251 films from 88 countries.
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- Israel drastically reduces British diplomatic presence in Jerusalem | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Israel's foreign minister Gideon Saar says the British consulate in Jerusalem is "ceasing operations" but that seven diplomats would be allowed to remain in a limited capacity. The move comes after Israel ordered the closure of the consulate in September as retaliation after London led Western sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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- Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize, says jury | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:26
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Canadian poet Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her writings about love, desire and despair. The 76-year-old is honoured "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the Swedish Academy says. SOUNDBITE
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- Madrid residents pay tribute to Maricarmen Abascal, symbol of Spain's housing crisis | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- People observe a minute of silence and light candles in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square in tribute to Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Madrid pensioner who died a day earlier after being evicted from her lifelong home on September 23. Outrage over her eviction triggered nationwide demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis and sparked a political debate that culminated in early elections.
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