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Spanish police say they have shot dead five suspected terrorists in the town of Cambrils in a second vehicle attack, hours after another in Barcelona killed 13 people and injured dozens.

Image copyright Spanish National Police/ HANDOUT Image caption Police released this photo of Driss Oubakir, whose documents were used to rent the van.

The second man arrested was born in Melilla, the autonomous Spanish city on the north coast of Africa. »

The Oscar-nominated director behind Billy Elliot and The Hours is in early talks to helm a Star Wars stand-alone movie centering on Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi stand-alone is one of several projects being developed by Lucasfilm and Disney that fall outside the trilogies telling the saga of the Skywalker family.

Ewan McGregor, who played the younger Kenobi in the prequels, has said he would be open to playing the character again. »

A standalone adventure focused on the character played by Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor is in the works, with Stephen Daldry in talks to direct.

A standalone Obi-Wan Kenobi film is set to join the ever-expanding Star Wars universe.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the project is at a very early stage but has already attracted the Oscar-nominated film-maker Stephen Daldry, who is in negotiations to direct. »

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reportedly "gave excuse after excuse" for refusing to publish a trove of documents related to corruption within the Russian government, according to chat logs obtained by Foreign Policy.

" On Twitter, the WikiLeaks Task Force account wrote that the premise of Foreign Policy's article was "false," but did not elaborate.

In one message, WikiLeaks asked the person offering the Russian documents whether there was "an election angle.". »