## Sam Neill, Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders actor, dies aged 78

Authored by bbc.com

While Sam Neill is known as one of New-Zealand's best known actors, his roots lie in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Neill's New-Zealander father was stationed in Omagh as an officer with the Irish Guards when Neill was born in 1947.

"I was born in Omagh, we lived in Armagh and my favourite place here was Tyrella beach, I sort of think that's where I grew up," Neill told the BBC in 2012.

He lived in Northern Ireland until he was seven, when he and his family moved to New Zealand - however Neill returned to his roots when cast as a Belfast police chief in BBC's Peaky Blinders in 2013.

At the time, Neill said his Northern Ireland accent had been "well beaten out" of him by classmates in New-Zealand, and that he had to get help from friends and fellow actors James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson to re-learn it for the role. »

### Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian oil depot in Stavropol Krai, explosions reported in Moscow Oblast

Authored by kyivindependent.com

Ukraine struck an oil depot in southern Russia's Stavropol Krai, and explosions were heard in Moscow Oblast as air defenses were engaged overnight on July 13, monitoring channels reported.

Meanwhile, independent Russian outlet Astra reported strikes took place at an oil depot in the nearby village of Vyazniki, according to local residents.

Later in the night, explosions were also reported in the town of Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, as air defenses were engaged, Exilenova Plus reported. »

### The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

Authored by newyorker.com

Another example is Ukraine, which was the biggest single beneficiary of aid—and that was energy infrastructure that kept heat going.

I could go into the ways that U.S.A.I.D. was insuring that vaccines were going out in the world.

Atul, there’s a great deal of discussion about the number seven hundred thousand and the mortality data itself. »

### On the same day, a Florida airport and a Tennessee bridge are renamed after Trump

Authored by nbcnews.com

Airport officials announced that Palm Beach International Airport has officially been renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

“A very big day in Palm Beach, Florida, where it was my Great Honor to have the Palm Beach International Airport be renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J. Trump International Airport,” Trump wrote Thursday evening on Truth Social.

The new signage went up in Florida and Tennessee weeks after Trump’s name was removed from the Kennedy Center in Washington. »

### Pakistan ends sales tax on sanitary products in fight against period poverty

Authored by middleeasteye.net

Campaigners say this is the result of successive governments leaving issues around menstruation unacknowledged and shrouded in a culture of silence and shame.

Mahwari Justice organiser Bushra Mahnoor, 26, addresses a crowd at Aurat March Lahore in 2022, advocating for gender equality in Pakistan (supplied).

Mahnoor, meanwhile, was recently awarded the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Award for her work with Mahwari Justice, becoming only the fourth Pakistani recipient of the honour. »

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