With an assist from Paul McCartney the Paralympic Games starts its 100-day race on Monday to the opening ceremony in Paris in August. The former Beatle has let “We All Stand Together” — the signature tune from an award-winning animated film he wrote and produced 40 years ago — be used in a promotional film for the International Paralympic Committee. “Sir Paul really understands what we stand for as a movement and he was so generous to us,” IPC president Andrew Parsons told The Associated Press.
Russia has launched a propaganda drive targeting German speakers for its army, and for its Wagner mercenary force, in the latest case of Vladimir Putin seeking ethnic minorities for cannon fodder.
As their final witness testifies, legal experts assess the evidence so far and chances of a conviction.