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What to expect from emergency drill in September as public urged to 'get ready'
What to expect from emergency drill in September as public urged to 'get ready'

Daily Record

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What to expect from emergency drill in September as public urged to 'get ready'

This exercise will be the second nationwide trial of the system which was launched in 2023 Millions of phones across the country pinging with the same urgent message at the same time may sound like a scene from Armageddon or The Day After Tomorrow. But that is what will happen in just over a month's time. ‌ The circumstances and context of the message will not be apocalyptic in the slightest - so don't worry - but the public are being urged to get ready for the drill, which will be rolled out in early September. ‌ Mobile phones throughout the UK will trigger a prominent, inescapable siren as part of a national test of the UK Government's emergency alert system. ‌ And now, the message that will be sent to phones across the country, which is a rehearsal measure for genuine emergencies, has been published in advance as the government seeks to ready people for the alert. Millions of devices will vibrate and make a siren sound for around 10 seconds - even if the phone is on silent - as they receive the text of fewer than 100 words at around 3pm on Sunday, September 7. ‌ It will assure the public that they "do not need to take any action" and include a message in both English and Welsh. The government has been carrying out a public awareness campaign to ensure people know when the test is taking place, including those facing domestic abuse who may have hidden phones. On Monday, the Cabinet Office said the text message be sent to mobile phones on 4G and 5G networks in the UK. ‌ It will read: "This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a UK government service that will warn you if there's a life-threatening emergency nearby. "You do not need to take any action. In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe. Find simple and effective advice on how to prepare for emergencies at ‌ "Visit for more information or to view this message in Welsh. Ewch i am ragor o wybodaeth neu i weld y neges hon yn y Gymraeg." Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden said: "Just like the fire alarm in your house, it's important we test this system so that we know it will work if we need it. The alerts have the potential to save lives." This exercise will be the second nationwide trial of the system, which was launched in 2023, and has been activated five times since then to inform people of extreme weather conditions and other serious incidents. ‌ Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. Although the alerts are recommended for all, individuals can opt-out, especially those who might be at risk from a sudden alert. Campaigners have raised concerns about the potential danger of the siren exposing individuals with concealed phones to abusive partners, for example. Well, how you opt out depends on what phone you have. The Record has provided a step-by-step guide on how to deactivate the emergency alert on your phone, no matter if it's Android or Apple.

Everything to know about the life and career of Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' wife
Everything to know about the life and career of Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' wife

Business Insider

time28-06-2025

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  • Business Insider

Everything to know about the life and career of Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' wife

Lauren Sánchez married Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on June 27, 2025, in a dazzling Italian ceremony. Sánchez and Bezos' wedding was a star-studded affair, drawing some 200 guests, including billionaires and celebrities. Sánchez has captivated the public ever since her relationship with Bezos went public in 2019. Here's a look at Sánchez's life and career. Sánchez's early career in media Sánchez grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and studied broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California. She began anchoring UPN News 13 on Los Angeles' KCOP in 1999, where her team won a Los Angeles Area Emmy award in 2001. Sánchez went on to work as a host at various news channels before landing at Fox 11's "Good Day LA" in 2003, where she worked for six years. She then became a weekend anchor and special correspondent on "Extra" in 2009. In addition to once being an anchor in real life, Sánchez has played a news anchor in movies including "Fight Club," "The Day After Tomorrow," and "The Fantastic Four." She also used to host a dancing reality show; Sánchez was a host on the first season of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2005, but she left the show after one season. Sánchez's aviation career and company Sánchez is also a licensed plane and helicopter pilot. Sánchez learned how to fly while working as a news anchor and she started flying planes in 2011 before getting her helicopter pilot's license in 2016. Her interest in aviation seems to have been sparked at an early age, as her father was a flight instructor and mechanic who rebuilt planes. Sánchez founded Black Ops Aviation in 2016, a "female owned and operated" aerial filming company, which has shot footage for Amazon, Netflix, and Fox, among others. Sánchez also lent her aerial-filming knowledge to Christopher Nolan as a consultant on "Dunkirk." Sánchez's personal life and relationship with Bezos Sánchez was married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell for 13 years. Whitesell is co-CEO of the Hollywood agency WME, and his clients include Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Hugh Jackman. Whitesell and Sánchez married in 2005 and separated in the fall of 2018. They finalized their divorce in October 2019 with shared custody of their two children, People magazine reported. Sánchez also has a son from her previous relationship with NFL star Tony Gonzalez. Sánchez and Bezos got engaged four years after going public with their relationship. Bezos and Sánchez first connected at a 2016 Amazon Studios party for the film "Manchester by the Sea," according to Brad Stone's book, "Amazon Unbound." They would meet again in 2018, when Bezos hired Sánchez's company to film footage for his rocket company, Blue Origin. Their relationship came to light in a 2019 tabloid scandal, and the couple went public shortly after Bezos and his now-ex-wife, author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, announced their divorce in 2019 following 25 years of marriage. Sánchez and Bezos got engaged in May 2023. Sanchez was photographed with a large diamond ring on her left ring finger while onboard Bezos' yacht, Koru. Since then, Sánchez and Bezos have often been spotted cruising on his yacht or attending high-profile events, including President Trump's inauguration. In 2020, Bezos announced that he would commit $10 billion — about 7.7% of Bezos' net worth at the time — to fighting the climate crisis as part of an initiative called the Bezos Earth Fund. Sánchez serves as the organization's vice chair. She's also a children's book author — Sánchez's picture book, " The Fly Who Flew to Space," came out in September 2024. She's talked about how her own struggles with dyslexia were part of the inspiration for her writing the book. In April 2025, Sánchez went to space, leading Blue Origin's all-woman crew. The crew also included "CBS Mornings" cohost Gayle King, pop star Katy Perry, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, and film producer Kerianne Flynn. The roughly 11-minute journey took the six-person all-women crew past the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Blue Origin says this was the first all-female flight crew since Valentina Tereshkova's flight to space in 1963.

Lauren Sanchez: Who is Jeff Bezos's fiancee as the pair's wedding in Venice approaches?
Lauren Sanchez: Who is Jeff Bezos's fiancee as the pair's wedding in Venice approaches?

Evening Standard

time23-06-2025

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  • Evening Standard

Lauren Sanchez: Who is Jeff Bezos's fiancee as the pair's wedding in Venice approaches?

Lauren Sanchez is a Latina former news personality and helicopter pilot, who runs an aerial film production company called Black Ops Aviation. Before that, she was a well-known TV anchor and journalist on KTTV's Good Day LA and had further stints as a host on So You Think You Can Dance, Extra and Fox Sports. She has also starred in films including Fight Club, The Day After Tomorrow, Fantastic 4 and television show NCIS.

Stories about the end of the world feel like a relief to me. Here's why
Stories about the end of the world feel like a relief to me. Here's why

Hamilton Spectator

time22-06-2025

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  • Hamilton Spectator

Stories about the end of the world feel like a relief to me. Here's why

Spiking confrontation in the Middle East is leading some spectators to contemplate the end of the world. In one chapter of his new book 'In Crisis, On Crisis,' writer and Wilfrid Laurier University professor explores the apocalypse's cultural appeal. We go to end-of-the-world fiction for two obvious reasons. First, we want distraction. Explosions onscreen can block out explosions in our lives. I'd rather worry about storms in the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' than the tasks I said I'd finish before actual tomorrow. Second, perhaps incongruously, we want to feel hopeful. In Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower,' civilization is collapsing, yet Lauren Olamina never wavers from her commitment to survival and rebirth. At the end of Waubgeshig Rice's 'Moon of the Crusted Snow,' the Anishinaabe community leaves its apocalypse-ravaged reservation for a new beginning in the woods. Even Cormac McCarthy's 'emotionally shattering' 'The Road' ends with the adoption of the newly orphaned boy in the wake of his dead father's command to go on. The moral of the stories: We, humanity, shall overcome. Rumaan Alam's apocalyptic novel 'Leave the World Behind' enchants for a different reason. By painting a picture of total human annihilation — no plucky survivors, no one spared by design or by chance — the book offers the relief of surrender. Alam's novel begins with a white, middle-class family arriving at a bucolic vacation home east of New York City. The family splashes in the pool and fantasizes about owning marble countertops , solid oak floors, ample space. The mom, Amanda, can't resist checking her work email. Clay, the dad, sneaks cigarettes in the driveway. The kids — Rose, 10, and Archie, 13 — look at their phones. The centrality of technology is true to life and crucial to the plot. Cell signals, the internet and cable television stop working shortly after the family lands in the countryside. Probably, they think, their remote vacation spot is beyond reach of satellite networks. That night, though, when the owners of the house, the Washingtons , a kind, elderly Black couple, show up and ask to stay, Clay and Amanda learn that the loss of service is widespread. Drama unfolds on two tracks. There is tension between the families. Clay and Amanda are suspicious of the Washingtons , which has as much to do with the white couple's latent racism as with the unexpected appearance of the homeowners. Who has the right to call the shots: the white renters or the Black deed-holders? At what point does valid speculation about the crisis slide into harmful paranoia? On a second narrative track, the world is ending. The reader understands this early in the book more clearly than the characters ever do. There's plenty of evidence on Long Island that something is wrong. The blackout, communication breakdown, a deafening noise overhead, terrified neighbours, flamingos in the pool. A few days after the vacation begins, Archie's teeth fall out. The families know there is trouble, they are in trouble, but they never understand the extent of it. Not knowing is part of their terror. Around the novel's midpoint, a horrifying noise erupts from the sky. The noise divides the families' lives in two: 'the period before they'd heard the noise and the period after.' Inside the novel, no one discovers the source of the sound. However, readers learn from the Voice of God narrator ( VOG ) that top-secret fighter jets are scrambling toward a new era of battle over the eastern seaboard. If there were no VOG interruptions, no recurring omniscient assurances anchoring the contingencies of the interpersonal plot to the certainty of global apocalypse, 'Leave the World Behind' would be an anxiety novel. Is Armageddon nigh or not? Some of my favourite books are anxiety novels. Arguably, the end-of-the-world anxiety novel is scarier than speculative end-of-the-world fiction. Anxiety is torturous, paralyzing. It's a truism of the horror genre that anticipating the arrival of the monster can be more terrifying than the beast's appearance. But the uncertainty driving the anxiety novel, the book's ultimate source of terror, can't help but leave open the possibility that things might not be as bad as they seem. Nothing left to do but camp: Prince Amponsah, left, and Mackenzie Davis in the HBO Max television adaptation of the post-apocalyptic novel 'Station Eleven.' In 'Leave the World Behind,' there is no uncertainty. Because if the bombs are already in the air, the electrical grid is already down for the final time, the life-destroying echoes of the noise are already in your body, there is no future that isn't mass slaughter. As if to put a fine point on the guarantee of imminent death, the futility of resistance, Alam bores an unnoticed tick into Archie's ankle long before the boy is dying from noise-sickness. Why does Alam's crushing story captivate me? Why am I thrilled by the promise that we're on the edge of extinction? I think the book delights by allowing us to revel in the pleasures of giving up. Quit your job, break dinner plans, stop exercising, leave the relationship. What joy there is in not having to do the thing we thought we had to do. The world is ending and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it . In his essay 'On Giving Up,' the psychoanalyst Adam Phillips writes: 'We tend to think of giving up, in the ordinary way, as a lack of courage, as an improper or embarrassing orientation toward what is shameful and fearful.' However, Phillips argues, there is such a thing as 'a tyranny of completion, of finishing things, which can narrow our minds unduly.' The refusal to give up can be harmful, murderous. Phillips interprets 'Macbeth,' 'Lear,' and 'Othello' as tragic dramatizations of the tyranny of completion. My earliest memory of the desire to give up ends with my mother rejecting it. I was nine or 10 years old and wanted to quit the school choir. Mom and I stood in the kitchen before breakfast. I don't remember why it felt so important to quit, but I was crying, shaking, desperate for the relief of not having to sing that afternoon. Mom's response was sympathetic but stern: No. We don't quit things partway through. No negotiation. I felt like puking. I have quit things, though. And I've loved it. Oh, the joy of leaving that troubled 10-year relationship! I imagine it's what Scrooge felt waking on Christmas morning, learning that he has another chance. I instantly recall the butterflies, the excitement of quitting what seemed like a life destined for permanent frustration. The breakup was terrible. I hated hurting her. The logistics of moving were complicated, and she trashed the house when she left the final time. But I don't feel the pain of those hurtful memories as intensely as I feel the pleasure of the memory of giving up. Essayist, author and Wilfrid Laurier University professor James Cairns. The incredible thing is that most of the time, people don't give up. They struggle, they overcome, they get by, they make do. Why don't people kill themselves, asks Camus at the start of 'The Myth of Sisyphus.' Life is absurd; what's the point of living? Notwithstanding its obviousness, Camus's conclusion is profound: the nature of the human condition is to keep going, to not give up. That doesn't mean we don't fantasize about quitting, maybe even about leaving the world behind. It's the pleasure in the dream of quitting, not the politics of mass death, that I desire. In imagining the end of the world, I experience the release of countless other pressures. My own anxieties get transferred to the novel, where they disappear, if only for a fraction of a moment, in the blackout, the sound, the carnage of the plot. Research shows that watching horror movies can relieve psychological tension. There are better apocalyptic novels than 'Leave the World Behind.' For portraying social collapse as gradual and incomplete, Butler's 'Parable of the Sower' and Emily St. John Mandel's 'Station Eleven' are doubtless more realistic depictions of how modern society falls apart. The spirit of those books reminds me of Andreas Malm's admonition to fight climate change no matter the chances of victory. In 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline,' Malm argues that even if we know for certain that the climate crisis cannot be stopped there remains a moral imperative — a species-defining need — to fight until our last breath. 'Better to die blowing up a pipeline than to burn impassively,' writes Malm . The words could've come from Lauren Olamina's mouth. In Rice's 'Moon of the Crusted Snow,' once it's clear that widespread disaster has struck in 'the south' (the heartland of Canada, and, presumably, the world), Aileen, a community elder, says to her neighbour, Evan: 'In Crisis, on Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times' James Cairns 226 pages Wolsak and Wynn $22.00 ' What a silly word (apocalypse). I can tell you there's no word like that in Ojibwe. Well, I never heard a word like that from my elders anyway ... Our world isn't ending. It already ended. It ended when the Zhaagnaash (white man) came into our original home down south on that bay and took it from us. That was our world. When the Zhaagnaash cut down all the trees and fished all the fish and forced us out of there, that's when our world ended. They made us come all the way up here. This is not our homeland! But we had to adapt and luckily we already knew how to hunt and live on the land. We learned to live here ... But then they followed us up here and started taking our children away from us! That's when our world ended again. And that wasn't the last time.' Aileen is very likely right in assuming that the world will not end all at once. In 'Station Eleven,' 20 years after the pandemic killed 99.99 per cent of the human species, characters refer to themselves as living in the world after the end of the world. In the final pages of 'Prophet Song,' Paul Lynch writes that 'the world is always ending over and over again in one place but not another and that the end of the world is always a local event.' Viewed in one light, the world will not end even if it does. Of course, in a different light, one capable of simultaneously illuminating past, present, and future, the world will end, is ending . It's just a matter of time. In an essay about art's ability to alter experiences of time, Karl Ove Knausgård writes: 'We see the changes in the clouds but not the changes in the mountains,' because the 'now' of human perception excludes geologic time. In reality, mountains are moving, just more slowly than rivers and rabbits. It's anyone's guess how life on Earth is eventually snuffed out for good. Fire? Ice? Alien invasion? In any case, the party won't last forever. Butler and Mandel's realistic depictions of the gradual, uneven nature of collapse can make Alam's Big Bang version of the final crisis look foolish by comparison. But Alam is not wrong that one day it will all end in the passage of one second to the next. The light will be on, as it has been for millennia, and then, the light will go out. Alam's innovation is drawing that uniquely decisive moment from the (hopefully far-off) future and placing it in the now. Lights out tomorrow or next week. Whereas Butler, Mandel and Rice's main characters brim with insights about societal change and social justice, Alam's self-absorbed middle-class cast lusts over money and searches for Coca-Cola. Yet while stories of reproducing lives and communities in the aftermath of civilizational collapse are inspiring, admirable and satisfying, they're also exhausting, and not only because there are fires to build, continents to trudge across and gangs of murderous thieves to avoid. There's also the intense, inescapable fear on every page that survival won't work out. Nothing is guaranteed. By contrast, Alam's book guarantees the sudden and utter end of it all. There's catharsis in the swiftness and totality of such destruction. Amid today's overlapping political, economic and ecological crises, art's cathartic power is needed more urgently than ever. Show us the world vanishing on the page, and we may more clearly see sustainable paths ahead. Release in us the pleasure of giving up, and we may find new strength to struggle on. From 'In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times' by James Cairns. ©2025. Reproduced with the permission of Wolsak & Wynn, 2025.

Disaster film raising 'important issue' divides fans as it streams on Disney
Disaster film raising 'important issue' divides fans as it streams on Disney

Edinburgh Live

time12-06-2025

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  • Edinburgh Live

Disaster film raising 'important issue' divides fans as it streams on Disney

Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Film buffs are completely "gripped" by the apocalyptic vision of New York City crumbling under climate change in the disaster flick led by Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal. The Day After Tomorrow dials up the thrill factor by merging climate science with high-stakes drama, leaving audiences captivated. The crowning glory of the film lies in its striking special effects which have not only set it apart from its peers but also clinched a BAFTA for Best Special Visual Effects. Echoing sentiments of approval, a review on Rotten Tomatoes reads: "The Day After Tomorrow plays with the idea of global warming and flips it to global cooling. "The visuals and CGI are outstanding. The whole tsunami sequence and then subsequent freezing scenes are just spectacular to watch even today." They add: "The acting is a little shoddy, with decent performances from Dennis Quaid and Sela Ward. Otherwise, the film is really just a special effects extravaganza geared towards making a statement against global warming." Central to its tale is Jack Hall, portrayed by Dennis Quaid, an American paleoclimatologist who stumbles upon a colossal ice sheet breakage, setting off a catastrophic climatic upheaval. Now he must embark on a perilous trek back to New York City to find his son as the planet faces an abrupt descent into a frigid new world, reports the Express. In the bustling metropolis, Sam, alongside his friends, gets ready for an academic decathlon. However, strong superstorms and torrential rain have left Manhattan submerged, with residents wading through deep waters, immobilised by the flood. With the president urged by Hall to evacuate people further south in response to the icy conditions, he embarks on a treacherous journey to rescue Sam. The peril escalates, leaving audiences in suspense over their survival amidst these harsh elements. The encapsulating review states: "Unique and gripping! I hadn't seen a film similar to this before, so I thought this was great to watch. Great acting and very good effects. Will watch this again and again." Although The Day After Tomorrow has garnered acclaim for its visual effects wizardry, its story has not escaped criticism. A modest 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes reflects mixed feelings about the acting and script. An audience member expressed: "People who are looking for a great story and characters, this movie is not for you. But, if you like intense sequences that leave you on the edge of your seat, you will love this movie." Meanwhile, a viewer remarked: "Worth a watch during a snow day. There are several holes in the plot, but it's intense and entertaining!" For those intrigued by cinematic portrayals of global catastrophe, The Day After Tomorrow is available for streaming on Disney+.

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