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Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony: a high-kitsch, riverside spectacle

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 22:18

An armada of boats carrying athletes along the Seine, dangling dancers and parading drag queens – all under torrential rain

The Paris Olympic Games opened on Friday night with a high-kitsch, riverside spectacle, as an armada of boats carried athletes along the Seine, dancers dangled from high poles, drag queens paraded on bridges and the Olympic rings lit up the Eiffel Tower – all under unrelenting, torrential rain.

France had promised its opening ceremony would be the biggest open-air show on Earth. More than 300,000 people watched the riverside and bridges – and hundreds more stood at windows and balconies – as a show of dance, live-music and acrobatics unfolded along more than 6km of river from the Pont d’Austerlitz to the Eiffel Tower.

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Who launched attack on the French rail network – and why?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 17:41

Arsonists used crude methods but disruption to opening of the Olympic Games in Paris was severe

It was about 1.15am when the SNCF maintenance workers, carrying out repairs by moonlight, spotted the group of people a little further down the railway line by a signal box outside the sleepy village of Vergigny, in the northern French department of Yonne.

They were concerned enough by the unlikely sight at such an hour to approach the intruders, and then to make a call to the local police as those they had interrupted ran off into the dark.

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Sinéad O’Connor waxwork pulled from Dublin museum over backlash

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 16:18

Irish singer’s brother speaks of shock at ‘hideous’ figure which ‘looked nothing like her’

Dublin’s wax museum is withdrawing a figure of Sinéad O’Connor amid criticism from her family and members of the public that it looked “nothing like her”.

Many reacted with shock when the waxwork figure was unveiled on Thursday.

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Norwegian princess investigated over role in commemorative wedding gin

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 14:53

Märtha Louise is not allowed to use her title commercially after renouncing her royal duties two years ago

A letter has claimed that the Norwegian princess Märtha Louise was more deeply involved with a gin launched to mark her forthcoming wedding than previous stated, amid growing questions over the use of her name on the bottle.

The royal, who will marry the American businessman Durek Verrett in a four-day fjord-side wedding in Geiranger, Norway, next month, is not permitted to use her princess title in commercial contexts.

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German man sentenced to death in Belarus begs for help on state TV

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 14:20

Rico Krieger admits role in Ukrainian plot and pleads for German chancellor to save him during broadcast

A German man sentenced to death in Belarus has appeared on state television in the country, in tears and begging the German government to intervene in his case.

“Mr Scholz, please, I am still alive … it is not yet too late,” said Rico Krieger, who was pictured handcuffed inside a cell, appealing to the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.

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Artworks in the Seine and a Swedish shipwreck: photos of the day – Friday

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 13:15

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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Russia arrests former deputy defence minister on corruption charge

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 12:44

Arrest of Dmitry Bulgakov is latest high-profile incident in ongoing purge within Moscow’s military top brass

A former senior Russian defence official has been arrested and charged with corruption in the latest high-profile incident in an ongoing purge within the country’s military top brass.

Dmitry Bulgakov, who was a deputy defence minister in charge of military logistics for almost 15 years until he was dismissed in September 2022 , was detained by the FSB security service on Friday and placed in the notorious Lefortovo prison in Moscow.

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Why bolero trend seen in Emily in Paris should not be shrugged off

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 12:35

Reimagined Y2K-era micro-jacket is ideal for erratic weather and Olivia Rodrigo to Bella Hadid are early adopters

Emily in Paris, the hit Netflix show that follows the American expat Emily Cooper as she navigates the capital, is known for outraging Parisians with its cliches about berets, their rudeness and fondness for long lunches. However, it was millennials this week who were left horrified after the release of a trailer for its highly anticipated fourth season. In the sneak peek, its protagonist, Emily, is seen wearing a bright pink bolero, reminiscent of the tiny shrugs that dominated wardrobes circa 2000.

“Been there, done that, no need to revisit,” reads one comment on social media . “Hideous,” reads another. One user simply wrote “NO”.

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One person dead and another injured in Bulgarian firework factory explosion

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 11:51

Blaze on Thursday night at warehouse in Elin Pelin near Sofia set off series of dramatic fireballs

One person was killed and another seriously injured when a blaze at a firework factory in Bulgaria set off a series of dramatic explosions on Thursday, local officials and medical staff said.

The blasts began at about 6.30pm in the town of Elin Pelin near the capital, Sofia, sending mushroom clouds into the evening sky, some flecked with the reds and whites of exploding fireworks.