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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The world premiere of “Facing War,” the opening film of Copenhagen documentary film festival CPH:DOX, will be followed by a discussion between Jens Stoltenberg, the former NATO secretary general and current Norwegian finance minister – who is the subject of the film – and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. The pair will discuss the film and the future of the NATO alliance.

Annika Pham At a time when NATO faces an unprecedented crisis threatening its very existence, “Facing War,” due to open Copenhagen’s leading documentary festival CPH:DOX March 19, takes a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the military alliance’s war room. The trailer debuts below. Norwegian docu director Tommy Gulliksen, working alone, was allowed exceptional access to the organization’s inner sanctum through the current Norwegian finance minister and former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, viewed as “one of the great diplomatic beacons,” as stated by CPH:DOX.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s TV address on the challenges facing France and Europe in the “new era” of U.S. President Donald Trump drew 15.1 million viewers, according to local audience monitor Médiamétrie.

Christopher Vourlias As the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival prepares to host its 27th edition, which runs March 6 – 16, festival director Orestis Andreadakis sees no shortage of threats to truth, freedom and the values on which the democratic order is based.

to Congress—now is the time to get familiar with her name. She even joked in her speech, “I won’t take it personally if you’ve never heard of me.”This is Slotkin’s first term as a senator, but she’s been an important political figure for years now., then worked in national security roles during both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, per her .

Legendary punk rock band Green Day took a major swipe at Vice President JD Vance during a recent performance of one of their classic songs.As noted by Rolling Stone and other outlets, while playing “Jesus of Suburbia” in Melbourne, Australia, over the weekend, the band changed the words to suggest that Vance was “r—d.”“Am I r—d or am I just JD Vance?” lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong sang instead of the original lyrics, “Am I r—d or just overjoyed?”The band’s set included several other political points, with digs aimed at billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, and a line suggesting their support of Ukraine following the country’s botched deal with the U.S. last week.At another point in “Jesus of Suburbia,” Armstrong sang, “We are the kids of war and peace, From Ukraine to the Middle East,” instead of the original lyrics, “We are the kids of war and peace/ From Anaheim to the Middle East.”With both Ukraine and Vance mentioned in the song, it seems that the band was commenting on the tense Oval Office meeting between the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which the vice president accused the Ukrainian leader of disrespecting Trump.The meeting grew heated between the world leaders, prompting Trump to send Zelenskyy back to Europe without either signing a rare earth minerals deal between the two countries as originally planned.

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Wednesday laying out the challenges facing France and Europe in the wake of the United States’ changing position on Ukraine under President Donald Trump.

UPDATE: Five days after the blowup in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said that he had received a letter from Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky saying that he is “ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible.”

Green Day have mocked the United States’ Vice President JD Vance during a recent concert in Australia.At the band’s recent concert in Melbourne, Australia on March 1, Green Day hit out at JD Vance, who is currently serving as President Donald Trump‘s second-in-command. For the concert, the band performed the seminal ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ albums in full.During the ‘American Idiot’ portion of the set, Billie Joe Armstrong and co.

UPDATED: Donald Trump‘s first speech to a joint session of Congress will focus on the theme of the Renewal of The American Dream, a chance for him to assure the American public after a chaotic first six weeks in office.

President Donald Trump will conduct an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, providing a summary of his first weeks in his second term in office.

The long and winding road to the Oscars culminated in triumph for as Best Documentary Feature and The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Best Documentary Short.

Donald Trump has ordered a pause on aid to Ukraine, as his administration seeks to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky to work toward a peace deal with Russia, the AP and other outlets reported tonight.

John Oliver, to say the least, didn’t think the Trump-Vance White House ambush of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky last Friday was “great television,” as President Trump asserted just as his berating of Zelensky was winding down.

Calling last week’s Trump-Zelensky-Vance Oval Office showdown “one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen,” The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg made no secret of which side she’s on.

Ellise Shafer John Oliver has weighed in on Donald Trump and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s clash at the White House on Friday, saying “the whole spectacle was awful.” During the televised meeting, Trump called Zelenskyy “disrespectful” for not wanting to make a peace deal with Russia on his terms. Vice President JD Vance also urged Zelenskyy to thank Trump for his efforts, asking him: “Have you said thank you once this entire meeting?” Despite the conversation going off the rails, Trump — in a nod to his reality TV roots –acknowledged, “This is gonna be great television, I will say that.” But, according to Oliver, “that depends.” “Is watching the president shit on a weaker ally for not wanting to be conquered while his goon VP tries to see if he can wrap his lips around his boss’ arsehole from a neighboring cough good television?” the host said on a new episode of “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday.

Neil Young has announced plans to perform a free concert in Ukraine ahead of his upcoming European summer tour.The Canadian singer-songwriter is set to hit the road this summer with his ‘Love Earth’ world tour with the Chrome Hearts. It’ll follow Young’s bill-topping set at Glastonbury Festival in late June.Now, he’s shared plans to perform a free concert in Ukraine before the tour kicks off.

J. Kim Murphy The Oscars ceremony Sunday evening kept within the mold of prior awards ceremonies this year, steering clear of politics and avoiding even name-dropping Donald Trump.

The Oscars went without any mention of Donald Trump, but there was plenty of pushback to the first five weeks of the president’s tenure.

Halfway through an Oscar ceremony largely void of politics until that point, Daryl Hannah stood out. The Kill Bill star was a presenter to mark the 20th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino film’s Part 2 release. As she walked on stage, Hannah went off script, starting her remarks with “Slava Ukraine!”

Rod Stewart has weighed in on the clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stressing that “we must keep supporting the Ukrainians”.On Friday (February 28), the US president and his Ukrainian counterpart held a press conference in the White House which descended into a bad-tempered and fiery exchange of words, with Trump claiming that Zelenskyy was “not ready for peace” and “gambling with World War Three”.Since the meeting, figures including Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have expressed strong solidarity with Zelenskyy, with the former hosting a summit of European leaders in London today (March 2) to discuss how to support Ukraine moving forward.Zelenskyy himself attended the summit, and now Stewart has posted an image on his Instagram Stories of Starmer and Zelenskyy shaking hands in Downing Street. “Proud to be British,” he wrote.