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Japan’s football team sports cowboy hats ahead of World Cup
Japan’s national football team wore cowboy hats as fans welcomed them to Monterrey, Mexico.
![Tomoki Hayakawa, center, of the Japanese national soccer team arrives at their hotel in Monterrey, Mexico, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 [Jorge Mendoza/AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-1780519703.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Sir Idris Elba, activist, actor and musician, poses with his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba, after being made a Knight Bachelor by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Britain on June 2, 2026. [Andrew Matthews/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-1780441816.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Cannes juror denounces Hollywood boycott of actors for Gaza war views
2026 Cannes Film Festival juror Paul Laverty denounced Hollywood for boycotting actors who’ve opposed the Gaza war.
Published On 12 May 2026
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Picking up the torch from Shireen Abu Akleh
Shireen’s killing was meant to scare Palestinians into silence. Instead, it has inspired many to speak up.
Gaza filmmakers slam BBC after shelved documentary wins Bafta
‘We refuse to be silenced and censored,’ journalist and presenter Ramita Navai says while accepting the award.
Niger suspends nine French media bodies: Watchdog slams ‘abusive’ decision
Niger’s military government has banned dozens of local and foreign reporters since seizing power in 2023.
FBI’s lack of progress on Israeli killing of journalist ‘troubling’: CPJ
The CPJ says the ‘lack of concrete progress’ in the FBI investigation represents a failure by the US government.
CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87
No cause of death disclosed for the US media mogul who revolutionised news broadcasting.
Burkina Faso authorities accused of secretly detaining prominent journalist
RSF says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities’ account.
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World Press Freedom Day marked in Gaza as journalist death toll rises
Palestinian journalists in Gaza marked World Press Freedom Day by honouring colleagues killed and targeted by Israel.
Published On 3 May 2026
World’s top media outlets urge Israel to allow independent access to Gaza
Israel continues to deny foreign reporters access to the Gaza Strip despite a ‘ceasefire’ being in place.
Press freedom worldwide falls to its lowest level in 25 years
Reporters Without Borders warns that ‘journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide’.
![Journalists in Gaza hold a vigil condemning the killing of Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah and ongoing attacks on media workers [Abdelhakim Abu Riash / Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/873A0498-1775753958.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
