18+ hour ago  (12+ words) Man charged with criminal damage after Churchill statue sprayed with graffiti'The Guardian...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (802+ words) Tilda Swinton among those to sign petition supporting Tricia Tuttle, who reportedly faces sack after pro-Palestine speeches at gala Prominent directors and actors have rallied in support of the American head of the Berlin film festival in response to reports…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (86+ words) 'Israel is promised only to the Jewish people' | In search of Palestine: episode 2 " video'The Guardian 'Israel is promised only to the Jewish people' | In search of Palestine: episode 2 " video In the second episode of a new series, reporter Matthew Cassel…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (707+ words) Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent state The US will provide on-site consular services in two Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, breaking with previous policy, in a…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (783+ words) Emergency meeting called to discuss festival's "future direction' after series of controversies The organisation that manages the Berlin film festival is to meet for talks amid reports that its American director faces dismissal after a series of rows over Gaza....

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1043+ words) Wim Wenders said German director "lker "atak's Turkey-set film tackling creeping authoritarianism gave jury "chills' Yellow Letters, a drama set in Turkey about creeping authoritarianism, has won the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival, after a 10-day…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (700+ words) I mourn the vibrant life we lived before. But though our faces anxiously turn to the sky, our hands are joined in a solidarity that rises above hunger, says Majdoleen Abu Assi, a humanitarian practitioner in Gaza This Ramadan in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (455+ words) Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims" access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem"s most sensitive holy site has "collapsed" under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the Israeli government,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (691+ words) Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time More than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (437+ words) At least 80 film-makers and stars sign open letter after German festival jury president Wim Wenders says they should keep out of politics More than 80 current and former participants of the Berlinale, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKay have…...