19/09/2025 10:00
The Guardian
Protesters gather outside Disney HQ after decision to indefinitely suspend the popular show. Plus, California records highest national poverty rate alongside LouisianaGood morning.The late-night show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon and the former host David Letterman have rallied behind Jimmy Kimmel after ABC’s decision to indefinitely suspend his popular program after his comments about the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed this month.How did Donald Trump respond? He celebrated, while suggesting TV networks that cover him “negatively” could be punished by the government.How did Jon Stewart react? He did his entire monologue in an all-gold studio saying only positive things about Trump in a mock-terrified tone, and interviewed the Nobel prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, who was imprisoned in the Philippines for her work and told Stewart Americans were “deer in the headlights” in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism.Where else have we seen crackdowns on comedy? In his attacks on some of the most prominent satirists, Trump has joined a cadre of illiberal leaders in countries such as Russia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.What did Trump say about Russia’s actions? Putin “has let me down”, he said. “He’s killing many people, and he’s losing more people than he’s killing. The Russian soldiers are being killed at a higher rate than the Ukrainian soldiers.”What’s the latest on the frontline? Ukrainian forces had pushed back some of the gains Russia made over the summer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He called the operation an “important success” after months of battlefield setbacks.What’s the latest on sanctions? The EU is expected to announce a new package of sanctions on Russia today, targetting banking and energy. Continue reading...
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