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‘Tense calm’ in Sweida after withdrawal of Bedouin fighters – Middle East crisis live

Syria struggling to contain sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters

The Reuters news agency has spoken to residents who say there is a “tense calm” in Sweida after the Islamist-led government declared that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city.

Kenan Azzam, a dentist, told Reuters residents were still, however, struggling with a lack of water and electricity.

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© Photograph: Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP/Getty Images

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‘Aretha Franklin hits notes that bring me to shivering tears of ecstasy’: Mick Hucknall’s honest playlist

The Simply Red singer gets emotional over Aretha and wakes up to Ravi Shankar. But which record healed his broken teenage heart?

The first single I bought
One of the first albums I bought was Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones; the first single was The Last Time. I was about 11 when my dad bought me my first record player, and I wore it out by listening to it so much.

The first song I fell in love with
My first love was an unrequited crush. I heard Let’s Stay Together by Al Green on the radio, went out and bought it, and played it over and over to heal the pain of teenage rejection.

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© Photograph: Dean Chalkley

© Photograph: Dean Chalkley

© Photograph: Dean Chalkley

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‘You can make really good stuff – fast’: new AI tools a gamechanger for film-makers

Instead of spending millions and taking years to complete, creative directors are producing high-grade work using the latest software, but critics voice copyright concerns

A US stealth bomber flies across a darkening sky towards Iran. Meanwhile, in Tehran a solitary woman feeds stray cats amid rubble from recent Israeli airstrikes.

To the uninitiated viewer, this could be a cinematic retelling of a geopolitical crisis that unfolded barely weeks ago – hastily shot on location, somewhere in the Middle East.

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© Photograph: Oneday Studios

© Photograph: Oneday Studios

© Photograph: Oneday Studios

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