Outspoken Spanish star Javier Bardem told AFP he was "getting more work than ever" despite his public campaigning against Israel's war in Gaza, something he attributed to "the narrative changing" around the conflict.
At the last Oscars ceremony in February, the openly political star of "No Country for Old Men" used his time presenting the award for best international feature film to state: "No to war and a free Palestine."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call to gradually end Israel's reliance on US military aid could boost strategic flexibility, analysts said, though a full break from Washington's support remains unlikely anytime soon.
The United States currently provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually under a 10-year memorandum of understanding signed in 2016 under Barack Obama's administration.
The vast majority of the funds must be spent on American-made equipment, according to the agreement.
Israel said Saturday it had killed Hamas armed wing chief Ezzedine Al-Haddad in an airstrike in Gaza the previous day, describing him as a key architect of the October 7 attacks.
Since Hamas's October 7, 2023 cross-border assault, the Israeli military and intelligence services have waged a campaign targeting the group's senior political leaders and militant commanders in Gaza and across the region.
The military said Friday it had carried out an airstrike in Gaza targeting Haddad, before confirming his death on Saturday.
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:
- US aircraft carrier returns -
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Middle East ahead of the outbreak of war with Iran, returned home to the United States on Saturday after a 326-day deployment, the Pentagon said.
The Ford's deployment saw it take part in US operations in the Caribbean and later the Middle East to participate in combat operations against Iran.
- Iranian World Cup team to depart -
France-born Ayyoub Bouaddi has been approved to play for Morocco less than a month before the 2026 World Cup kicks off.
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) confirmed Friday they had received approval from world football governing body FIFA's Status Chamber to change Bouaddi's sporting nationality, making him immediately eligible to represent Morocco in all international competitions.
Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite an extension of the truce between the two countries.
Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah but the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine villages.
And the continuing bombardment has only increased scepticism about the truce among the many thousands of Lebanese driven from their homes in the south.
Hundreds of ecstatic fans waving Bulgarian flags turned out at Sofia airport Sunday to give a triumphant welcome home to Dara, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, after her surprise victory.
Leading figures from the fields of sport, music and politics in Bulgaria fired off messages of congratulations -- some of whom had even helped rally support for her before Saturday's voting.
Dara triumphed in Vienna with catchy floor-filler "Bangaranga", which swept the 70th edition of the world's biggest live televised music event.
US authorities on Friday detailed charges against a commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who was allegedly involved in plotting terrorism against Jewish people in Europe, Canada and the United States.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, is said to have directed and urged others to attack US and Israeli interests, and to kill Americans and Jews, in retaliation for the war against Iran.
He was identified as a senior figure in Kataeb Hezbollah, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty for a Chicago man charged with fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers in the US capital last year.
Elias Rodriguez was arrested immediately after the May 21 shooting of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and his fiancee, Sarah Milgrim, 26, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a court filing that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Rodriguez, who faces murder, firearms and hate crime charges.
Lawyers for a prominent pro-Palestinian protest leader requested Friday that US immigration authorities terminate their push to deport him, alleging the Trump administration "secretly engineered" the outcome of his case.
US President Trump has championed the effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil who was arrested by undercover federal agents in March 2025, one of the first detentions of foreigners linked to pro-Palestinian activity in the United States.
