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IT only takes an exploding firework or slammed car door to drag former airman John Nichol back three decades to the bombs peppering Baghdad. A haunting reminder of dark nights when, shivering in a Iraqi cell, the waves of allied warplanes unleashed an incendiary storm that seemed to creep ever closer. By rights it should have been Nichol carrying out sorties over Saddam Hussein’ s Iraq as Gulf War One raged. Instead, he was cowering in a cell after being shot from the skies and paraded on world’s TV screens for Geneva Convention-denying propaganda. Battered and bruised pictures of the RAF navigator and his pilot John Peters became the defining images of the 1991 conflict, immortalised in The Sun’s front page splash headlined "Bastards of Baghdad". Today, 30 years since the war officially ended, the dad-of-one and best selling author reveals: “Being paraded on TV was the worst moment of my life. “A moment I still think of with shame and regret. I felt I was … [Read more...] about Veterans Andy McNab and John Nichol reveal horrors of Gulf War torture including having teeth pulled out with pliers

DISNEY+ has added hundreds of new TV shows and movies today. Some of the biggest additions include Lost, Borat , Pretty Woman and Desperate Housewives. The service launched back in 2019 and has quickly become one of the world's biggest platforms, rivalling even Netflix . It's got household franchises from Disney, Star Wars , Marvel , Nat Geo and more. But much of the content is child-friendly, so Disney+ is hoping to change that with Star. Star arrived on Tuesday, February 23, and adds a huge selection of more adult-oriented content. You'll get TV shows and movies like Scrubs , The Grand Budapest Hotel, 24 and Modern Family . There are several Star Originals making their way to the platform to. One is a crime thriller about missing women called Big Sky. Excitingly, it's created by David E. Kelly, who was behind Big Little Lies and The Undoing. All of this Star content will only become accessible once you enter your account password. And … [Read more...] about Disney+ Star: Full list of TV shows & movies added to service including Lost and Borat

A new lockdown has been imposed across the West Bank as Palestinians face a fresh surge of coronavirus cases and a continued wait for a proper vaccine rollout. The Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced the 12-day shutdown late on Saturday and blamed it on the struggle to get vaccines delivered to the territory. In the last 24 hours there have been 910 new cases and five deaths in the West Bank. To date Palestinians in the West Bank have received 10,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine. A separate delivery of 20,000 Russian vaccines has been delivered to the other Palestinian territory, Gaza. Advertisement The Covax scheme, the global initiative to get vaccines to poorer nations, has yet to provide any for Palestinians but a delivery is expected this week. Israel has now vaccinated half of its population but has only provided 2,000 jabs to the West Bank. More from Covid Captain Sir Tom Moore - life, legacy … [Read more...] about COVID-19: New West Bank lockdown as Palestinians faces surge of coronavirus cases

"I lost touch with my family five years ago; I only learned of my father's death one year later," a teary-eyed Abdüsükür tells DW. The 32-year-old is based in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu neighborhood, where most of the city's Uighur immigrants live and work. He earns a living working in a secondhand shop for mobile phones. Abdüsükür is one of approximately 50,000 Uighurs who have recently fled China seeking safety in Turkey . The Chinese government has been persecuting the ethnic minority, with witnesses reporting that Uighurs have been detained in inhumane conditions in reeducation camps. Many of them, including minors, are picked up and deported without warning. Abdüsükür fled China's northwestern Xinjiang province five years ago. "We were constantly persecuted in East Turkestan [Xinjiang province]," he tells DW. "Many people were jailed, or taken to reeducation camps, just for praying." Watch video 04:10 China's treatment of Uyghurs exposed The Uighurs … [Read more...] about Uighur exiles living in fear in Turkey

It doesn't seem that long ago, but it was 20 years today that Pokémon was born - and along with it Pikachu. Since then it's spawned game and after game , tons of Pokémon, an animated series, movies and even random merchandise like the huge Snorlax sleeping cushion (we all need one). But while you may think you know everything about the popular brand , there's probably a few facts that have slipped past you. Here are 20 random facts to mark Pokémon's 20th anniversary. 1. 'Pokémon' is just the joining of two words Pocket and monster. It was inspired by creator Satoshi Tajiri's love of insect collecting as a kid (as you do). He wanted everyone to enjoy collecting bugs, even if they lived in the city. Yeah... 2. It could have all been very different While we all know Pikachu from the animated series, she wasn't the intended sidekick. The original partner was Clefairy. Bonus fact: Pikachu's name is a combination of the Japanese onomatopeia for sparkle, pikapika, and the … [Read more...] about 20 things you probably didn’t know about Pokémon as it turns 20