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Supporters join SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America members as they hold a "National Day of Solidarity" rally outside the Amazon and HBO offices in New York. The Screen Actors Guild has been on strike since July 14, and the Writers Guild since May 2. Writers and actors are demanding better pay and residuals, guarantees over the future use of artificial intelligence, and other working conditions. IMAGES
Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick expressed their excited over their upcoming comic book flick starring Ryan Reynolds. They commented, "Writing for Deadpool is the best. We were given a great gift in this character. He has the capacity to break the traditional storytelling rules". After going back and forth between an PG-13 and an R rating executives finally pushed the duo to go ahead with their edgier script. The duo also debated over which villains to include in the film but ultimately they got consolidated into Angel Dust in order to not clutter the narrative of the film. Deadpool is set to hit theaters February of 2016.
Technicians inspect the site where a major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv following bombardments from Russia forces. An AFP journalist in Ukraine's second-largest city saw the red-and-white spire of the 240-metre structure toppled after local officials reported a barrage by Russian forces. IMAGES
Several thousand teachers and other education staff are demonstrating in Paris to raise the alarm about their working conditions and salaries and to defend state schools, following controversial statements made by their minister Amelie Oudea-Castera. (COMPLETE VIDI34HD28T_EN) IMAGES
Hollywood actors and writers picket outside Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles in support of the Writers Guild of America, as the screenwriters’ union decides whether to accept a deal hammered out with studios that could agree to halt a months-long strike. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).