Since this was the biggest South Asian event at Cannes 2025, other film luminaries showed up to support the screening. India's Mira Nair (who won the Camera d'Or in 1988 for Salaam Bombay) leaned across two rows of seats to reach out to Johar. Pakistan's Siam Sadiq (who won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in 2022 for
Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan wasby the US, which the country's foreign ministry condemned as "strange and troubling".
Meanwhile, the head of the RSF Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemedti, wasin the country by former secretary of state Antony Blinken. The RSF has denied these charges.The rival forces have been struggling for power for the past two years, displacing around 12 million people and leaving 25 million needing food aid, more than double the population of London.
New sanctions will have little effect on the country as a result of these prior measures, according to the AFP news agency.This latest US move comes amid tensions over the alleged involvement of the United Arab Emirates in the conflict. The UAE and Sudan had maintained diplomatic ties
when the Sudanese government alleged the UAE provided arms to the RSF, an allegation the UAE denies.
Following US President Donald Trump's warm reception in the Gulf state last week, Democrats in Congress sought to block the sale of arms from the US to the UAE in part due to its alleged involvement in the conflict.Tavish Scott from Salmon Scotland, which represents salmon farming in Scotland, says the agreement to reduce checks would "speed up the delivery of our premium salmon to market".
The details here are still to be confirmed, but the winners would be those young people from both the UK and EU who would be able to work and study more easily across Europe and Great Britain. Other youth mobility schemes have focused on people aged 18 to 30.However, the impact of what is being called a "youth experience scheme" could be uneven.
Before Brexit more young people from the EU came to the UK than went the other way.And, remember, Sir Keir has pledged to "significantly" reduce immigration levels in the coming years. So there's a big question mark on what impact a UK-EU scheme could have on UK immigration levels.