Woo lowers his guns
He made his name splattering the streets of Hong Kong with blood-soaked thrillers, but director John Woo is about to show his warmer, softer side. And it's all for the kids.
Woo yesterday was promoting the DVD box sets of his A Better Tomorrow series (all three parts) and a The Killer/Bullet In The Head double feature (which will be released on Thursday), when he revealed his next project would be something completely different - a Unicef film to heighten awareness of the plight of some of the world's underprivileged children.
All the Invisible Children will feature seven short films from international directors such as Woo, Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and Brazil's Katie Lund (City of God).
Iran demands explanations from Saudis and UAE after Chinese-made drone was shot down
Tehran says it has shot down a Wing Loong II, which could be proof of ‘active complicity’ in the US-Israeli war
Both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are known to have the reconnaissance and precision strike drones in their arsenals.
The drone was shot down over the city of Shiraz on Thursday, according to Esmail Baqaei, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry.
Downed US airman found after ‘heavy firefight’ in Iran
Donald Trump says on social media the missing crewman had been injured but is now ‘safe and sound’
Trump posted on social media: “WE GOT HIM! … I am thrilled to let you know [he] is now SAFE and SOUND.”
Earlier, a US government official told Al Jazeera the airman had been located following a “heavy firefight”.
Trump said the US military had carried out a search and rescue operation over several hours, sending dozens of aircraft armed with “the most lethal weapons in the world” to retrieve the airman. “He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine,” Trump wrote.
According to The New York Times, rescue planes flew the airman to Kuwait for medical treatment.
