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Coldest storm of the season set to blast California — here’s where

Rain, whipping winds and heavy snow are set to slam California this weekend — marking the Golden State’s coldest storm of the season, forecasters warned. The frigid and potentially dangerous conditions will impact the Sacramento Valley starting late Sunday, creating travel nightmares for those heading to the mountains over the long Presidents Day weekend, the...

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Ilia Malinin falls twice as Kazakhstan’s Shaidorov stuns field for Olympic gold

  • Heavy US favorite falls twice in the free skate

  • Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claims shock title

For nearly two years, Ilia Malinin has made men’s figure skating feel predictable in the most spectacular of ways. On Friday night on the southern outskirts of Milan, the Olympic Games reminded the sport – and perhaps Malinin himself – that predictability is never guaranteed on its biggest stage.

The overwhelming favorite entering the free skate, the 21-year-old American instead saw the Olympic title slip away to Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov after an error-strewn performance that will rank among the biggest upsets in modern figure skating history.

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© Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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No Good Men review – intelligent and urgent Afghan romance

Berlin film festival: Shahrbanoo Sadat is a charming presence in front of the camera and a skilled film-maker behind in this shrewd and contemporary tale

The Afghan film-maker Shahrbanoo Sadat is a warm and approachable presence as writer, director and star of No Good Men – a tale of Afghanistan’s women in 2021 as they are about to be surrendered to the Taliban with the withdrawal of US troops.

It’s an urgent tale, which incidentally closes with a fervent finale reminiscent of Casablanca – although the central turnaround in the male lead’s heart, gallantly disproving the title, is maybe a bit smooth.

No Good Men is screening at the Berlin film festival and will be released at a later date

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© Photograph: ©Virginie Surdej

© Photograph: ©Virginie Surdej

© Photograph: ©Virginie Surdej

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