12212025Sun
Last updateThu, 18 Dec 2025 3pm

rectangle placeholder

Mexican filmmaker delivers heartfelt defense of ‘undocumented dreamers’

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, the 52-year-old Mexican filmmaker who won an Oscar in 2014 for directing the sci-fi epic “Gravity,” has taken an eloquent jab at business mogul Donald Trump, who is running for president of the United States.  

Without mentioning the Republican Party candidate by name, Gonzalez made his comments after being honored at the recent Art+Film gala of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.


Expats unable to vote

Many British expats were unable to vote in the May 7 general election as ballot papers failed to arrive in time for their postal vote to be counted.   Meanwhile, the re-election of the Conservative government has meant that expats who have been outside of the country for more than 15 years may now be allowed to vote, in a proposed change to the law set up under Tony Blair’s government.