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HTSI. Inside Jean Cocteau’s dreamiest creation – now available to rent

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内容摘要:The exhibition included a charcoal sketch of Gandhi, asleep in his office, along with the oil portrait that is now set to be auctioned.

The exhibition included a charcoal sketch of Gandhi, asleep in his office, along with the oil portrait that is now set to be auctioned.

The details of the alleged attack are not clear - according to Bonhams, it was carried out by a right-wing Hindu activist.Hindu hardliners in India accuse Gandhi of having betrayed Hindus by being too pro-Muslim, and blame him for the division of India and the bloodshed that marked Partition, which saw India and Pakistan created after independence in 1947.

HTSI. Inside Jean Cocteau’s dreamiest creation – now available to rent

He was shot dead on 30 January 1948 at a prayer meeting by Nathuram Godse, an activist with nationalist right-wing groups.Three days on, and Ukraine is still digesting the full implications of Operation Spider's Web, Sunday's massive assault on Russia's strategic aviation.On Wednesday, the agency which orchestrated the attack, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), released additional, vivid footage of the attacks in progress, as well as tantalising glimpses into how the whole complex operation was conducted.

HTSI. Inside Jean Cocteau’s dreamiest creation – now available to rent

Satellite images that have emerged since Sunday, showing the wrecked outlines of planes sitting on the tarmac at the Olenya, Ivanovo, Dyagilevo and Belaya airbases, also help tell the story of the operation's unprecedented success.For Ukrainian observers, the whole operation, a year-and-a-half in the making, remains a marvel.

HTSI. Inside Jean Cocteau’s dreamiest creation – now available to rent

"This can be considered one of the most brilliant operations in our history," Roman Pohorlyi, founder of the DeepState, a group of Ukrainian military analysts, told me.

"We've shown that we can be strong, we can be creative and we can destroy our enemies no matter how far away they are."In March, Reeves was forced to announce £14bn in measures, including £4.8bn in welfare cuts, to restore headroom against her self-imposed fiscal rules.

While the OECD highlighted better-than-expected UK economic growth, which strengthened to 0.7% between January and March, it cautioned that "momentum is weakening" due to "deteriorating" business sentiment.It forecast the UK economy would expand by 1% in 2026, compared to the 1.2% it pencilled in a few months ago.

"The state of the public finances is a significant downside risk to the outlook if the fiscal rules are to be met," the OECD said.It suggested that Reeves should adopt a "balanced approach" of "targeted spending cuts" and tax increases to improve the UK's public finances.

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