Do you stay at home 5 Series and Movies to

Do you stay at home? 5 Series and Movies to Watch This Weekend

With endless streaming services, blockbuster movies hitting theaters every week, and a steady stream of new series we’re told we need to watch, it can be pretty difficult to keep up. Sure, we keep track of lists like Netflix’s most watched titles, but blockbusters aren’t always worth watching. How do you analyze all this?

Rest assured that you no longer have to scroll between your streams. We’ve made your job a little easier by showing you which ones are worth checking out this weekend.

From And Just Like That Season 2 to Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction 2, here’s what to watch this weekend.

5 series and movies to watch this weekend

And just like that | Max

The first two episodes of And Just Like That Season 2 are now available to stream on Max. The spinoff follows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) as they prove navigating relationships in their 30s isn’t as complicated as it was in their 50s.

The Mystery of the Maya

This documentary is about a family permanently scarred by the system. The story begins with the Kowalskis taking their daughter, Maya, to the emergency room for treatment for her rare chronic illness. They are wrongly accused of child abuse and forced to fight for custody of their daughter.

Rescue 2 | Netflix

If you enjoyed Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction, be sure to tune in to this new sequel. This time, Tyler Rake must rescue a family captured by a coldblooded criminal. Although the action film premiered on June 16, it has already secured the number one spot on Netflix’s mostwatched movies list.

black mirror

Black Mirror Season 6 is now available on Netflix. It contains five standalone episodes starring Annie Murphy, Nia Long, Aaron Paul and more. And yes, the plots are as complicated as one would expect.

I never | Netflix

The fourth and final season of Never Have I Ever is now streaming on Netflix. The series centers on an IndianAmerican teenager named Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) who is determined to climb the social ladder at school.

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Quiz: Can You Name These 5 Tom Hanks Characters? – Seriously.com

Tom Hanks in the films Philadelphia, Green Line and Forrest Gump

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If you can correctly name the five Tom Hanks characters in this quiz, then you’ll be a true fan of the American actor. Ready to take on the challenge?

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What is the name of this character?

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If they are all characters from the Apollo 13 movie, Tom Hanks plays the role of Jim Lovell.

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His character’s name is Sam Baldwin and he’s from Nuits Blanches in Seattle.

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This is Colonel Tom Parker in the movie Elvis.

What is the name of this character?

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This photo is from Saving Private Ryan and Tom Hanks plays John H. Miller in it.

We close with the simplest question: what is the name of this character?

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It’s almost a free point, it’s Forrest Gump!

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Despite the odd flaw, we can say that the characters played by Tom Hanks have very good memories and are something to be proud of!

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Unfortunately, you only seem to know the most famous characters from Tom Hanks’ repertoire… not enough to shine in this quiz!

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Accident on Route 204: the victim came from Saint-Gédéon – EnBeauce.com

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Sandra Torres, Edmond Mulet and Zury Ríos: the candidates for the presidency of Guatemala

More than 9.3 million Guatemalans are called to the elections this Sunday to elect the president, in addition to the renewal of congressional and other local offices. Citizens can choose from 22 options on ballots for the presidency, with three polls showing the best chance of entering the second round, which takes place on August 20.

The frontrunners are Sandra Torres, the former first lady who moved from Social Democracy to a more conservative office and is seeking the presidency for a third time, and centre-right diplomat Edmond Mulet, who analysts say has the skills to do so to pool the useful voice of citizens fed up with Guatemala’s corruption and authoritarianism, and former conservative Congresswoman Zury Ríos, daughter of dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, who promises to repeat Bukele’s anti-gang policies. No candidate has won in the first round since the first democratic elections in 1985. And this year seems to be no exception.

These are the candidates running for President:

Sandra Torres’ third attempt at becoming president

Sandra Torres at a campaign rally in Guatemala City on June 23.Sandra Torres at a campaign rally in Guatemala City on June 23. JOHAN ORDONEZ (AFP)

Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova defines herself as a woman of the people who was born in Melchor de Mencos, a small town in the Petén department of northern Guatemala, on the border with Belize. She is known to the Guatemalans as First Lady during the reign of Álvaro Colom, who died that year. Those who have worked with her say that this 67-year-old communicator has a strong and demanding character. The candidate from the National Unity of Hope (UNE) gives few interviews to the press and, when she agrees, takes a confrontational stance at every interview. She dislikes criticism so much that in 2019 she accused six editors of elPeriódico of violence against women to prevent the magazine from publishing anything related to her.

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One of the biggest shadows of his career was the complaint about alleged concealment of electoral finance during the 2015 election campaign, when his main fundraiser was Gustavo Alejos, former private secretary to former President Álvaro Colom. An audio recording leaked to the press depicts a conversation between Torres and Alejos: he assures her that a developer has offered him $5 million, a case being handled by the Juan Francisco Sandoval prosecutor’s office. The conversation took place, but the candidate assures that she did not receive the money. For that case, Torres was jailed for four months before regaining his freedom under the guidance of Attorney General Consuelo Porras, the controversial head of the public ministry accused of obstructing the fight against corruption. The former prosecutor in the case, now in exile, accused his boss of “altering and misrepresenting” the allegations against Torres.

In the previous two elections, Torres reached the second round, losing to Jimmy Morales and Alejandro Giammattei. This has led to him being dubbed “the candidate who makes president” in political circles. This is because while it has a tough vote of nearly 1.5 million Guatemalans, as seen in previous elections, it also has a very strong opposition (41.4%), the highest among presidential candidates. And this vote to punish Torres favors whoever opposes her.

As Colom’s wife, Torres assumed power beyond the First Lady’s social figure, a post from which she promoted programs such as the Bolsa Solidaria, a food package for the poor that she promises to give back if she achieves the presidency now as an “improved.” stock market”. The memory of the relief supplies reaching areas that the Guatemalan state has traditionally forgotten brings great support to Torres on the ground.

“The vast majority of people in rural areas choose them to support social programs,” confirms Aura Cumes, a Mayan Kaqchikel researcher and teacher from the city of Chilmtenango. “In fact, a large part of the state budget has been allocated to it. And while it has reached the people, it has garnered votes in rural areas. This also happened in the urban realm, in the so-called outskirts.” However, Cumes acknowledges that the candidate also has a “strong anti-voice”, which he attributes in part to machismo and classism on the part of the non-indigenous urban population, who reject it what he represents.

In the book Rendición de Cuentas, former finance minister Juan Alberto Fuentes reports that during the Colom government it was Torres who wielded real and absolute power. The former first lady, who settled in the social democratic party UNE with which her husband presided over the country, has shown a right-wing ideological turn in her positions but avoids speaking out about her ideology. When Torres was asked in a recent interview how he identified himself, he downplayed his performances and concluded with the sentence: “My ideology is Guatemala.” In these elections he integrates a binomial with the evangelical ex-pastor Romeo Guerra.

Edmon Mulet, the conservative diplomat who can win useful votes

Edmond Mulet at a hotel in Guatemala City this Thursday during the conclusion of the campaign.Edmond Mulet at a hotel in Guatemala City this Thursday during the campaign wrap-up. SANDRA SEBASTIAN (SANDRA SEBASTIAN)

Edmond Auguste Mulet Lesieur is a 72-year-old lawyer and diplomat who was born into a conservative family, a political school of thought he fosters in the centre-right Cabal party, which he founded in 2020, and in which former officials and militants from other countries are involved are represented parties participate. .

Mulet has devoted most of his life to the diplomatic service, but also has political experience, having served in two terms as an MP at the dawn of Guatemala’s democratic era between 1985 and 1993. Previously, in 1982, he co-founded the Partido Nacional Renovador and was elected deputy but was unable to take office due to the attack on the power of the dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.

This is the second time Mulet has run as a presidential candidate, which is encouraged because he came third in 2019 with the support of nearly half a million Guatemalans, 11% of the valid vote. On this occasion, Mulet is running as a vice presidential candidate along with political communications strategist Max Santa Cruz Anchissi. From his practice as a lawyer, Mulet raises questions about the irregular adoptions of children for families abroad in the 1980s, but asserts that he proved in court that the procedures were lawful and that he acted on humanitarian grounds.

Mulet’s diplomatic career began 30 years ago when he was appointed Guatemala’s ambassador to Washington, United States. In 2006, the diplomat was appointed by the United Nations to head a peace and stabilization mission in Haiti, the poorest country in Latin America. The appointment surprised this quiet man while he was pursuing one of his hobbies: kayaking on Lake Atitlán in the Guatemalan highlands. Later, after holding other positions in the international organization, he returned to the Caribbean country to lead the UN mission after the 2010 earthquake.

Mulet asserts that there was no genocide in Guatemala because the state did not persecute an “ethnic group” but that the war was all against all in a serious context of human rights violations. A court convicted dictator Efraín Ríos Montt of genocide against the Ixil people during the internal armed conflict, but the Constitutional Chamber reversed the verdict.

Mulet is critical of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), the defunct United Nations agency that has launched dozens of prosecutions into large-scale corruption cases in the country, saying it lacks an accountability system. On the other hand, he expressed concern about the persecution of opponents in Guatemala, such as the founder of elPeriódico, Jose Rubén Zamora, who was recently sentenced to six years in prison in a case criticized by human rights organizations for alleged money laundering and political persecution. This support for Zamora cost him a criminal complaint of obstruction of justice against Attorney Rafael Curruchiche, who is considered an anti-democracy actor by the US State Department.

According to political scientist Ricardo Sáenz, Mulet enjoys the support of some sections of the business elites associated with the government of Óscar Berger (2004-2008), as well as “chiefs of their regional power groups in different districts of Huehuetenango, Quiché”. and Alta Verapaz”. He also enjoys the support of a significant section of the urban middle classes, who see him as the only one capable of “putting a little stop to the authoritarian offensive and curbing widespread corruption in Guatemala.” It’s an opinion shared by several analysts in the country: that the Cabal candidate has the ability to garner the useful voice of Guatemalans who are fed up with the decline the country has taken in recent years.

Zury Ríos: The dictator’s daughter promises to take over Bukele’s anti-gang policies

Zury Ríos, at the campaign's closing event on Thursday in Guatemala City.Zury Ríos, at the campaign’s closing event on Thursday in Guatemala City. Moises Castillo (AP)

It is impossible to separate Zury Ríos Sosa from his father, the dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, because he followed in his footsteps in the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) party, but also because he never missed an opportunity to validate his legacy , as he did At the end of his campaign, he recalled the message his father gave him before he died in 2018 at the age of 91, when he was charged with the genocide of indigenous Mayan Ixils during the country’s long civil war ( 1960-1996) said in court: “Zury: If one day God gives you an opportunity to serve Guatemala, do it with love, do it with service, do it with devotion, do it responsibly and do it with character and courage,” he assured her.

In previous elections, the Constitutional Chamber rejected the participation of the general’s daughter on the grounds that the constitution prohibits the putschists’ children from standing as candidates, as does their father. Aside from the legal argument, Ríos has said more than once that “the sins of the parents are not the sins of the children.”

The current court, made up of old acquaintances from conservative politics such as Roberto Molina Barreto, the former vice presidential candidate who accompanied her in her unsuccessful 2020 bid, and her attorney Luis Rosales, changed the criteria and endorsed the candidacy. In these elections, Ríos, a 55-year-old city woman, is running for the Valor-Unionista coalition, which brings together members of the conservative Unionista party such as former Secretary of State Sandra Jovel and Enrique Degenhart, former Secretary of the Interior during the Jimmy Morales government.

Ríos is a lawyer, has a degree in political science and has been an MP for four terms. They still remember her as a worker and her willingness to enter into alliances with those who thought differently politically than her conservative, Christian court and the traditional family advocated.

He promoted legal reforms, oversaw health issues, and participated in the passage of the Sexual Violence Act and the preparation of the Missing Children Transcript. In the current campaign, Ríos offered to repeat Nayib Bukele’s anti-gang policies and “civil death,” ie disqualification from holding public office, of those responsible for corruption.

As a vice-presidential candidate, Ríos will be accompanied by Héctor Cifuentes, one of the confidants of former President Álvaro Arzú, who is under investigation for allegedly evading public funds to finance political campaigns involving Byron Lima Oliva, the man he killed, Bishop Juan Gerardi , author of the memoirs documenting the horrors of the Civil War.

22 applications

Although these are the three candidates most likely to advance to the second round, there are a total of 22 couples present in this election, not including the three excluded by court decisions. All parties gaining more than 5% of the valid votes will receive a public sponsorship of $2 per vote.

Running candidates include Sammy Sosa, brother of former President Jimmy Morales, who ended CICIG’s mandate in Guatemala, and Luis Lam Padilla, former Guatemalan Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), who describes himself as “the advocate der got” called CICIG from Guatemala.” Both belong to the group of candidates with less than 2 percent voting intention.

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Lúcar reiterates not to take part in the selection: "I have to see that the federation wants to make changes"

clear attitude. Alianza Lima ended their participation in the regular phase of the Women’s League with a 4-0 win over Deportivo Municipal. The reigning two-time champions showed no mercy to their rivals on duty and one of the main protagonists was the striker Adriana Lucar, who shone with a brace and hit the impressive mark of 50 goals in the competition. At the end of the game, the “Bombardera” expressed their joy at their team’s victory and emphasized the presence of the coach of the Peruvian team, Emily Lima.

“It’s a motivation for all players. All girls want to shine and eventually be in the national team. I hope that they keep coming and keep seeing us, because it’s important that they do that to make it “Player out,” he said at the beginning of the dialogue with Nativa TV.

However, when asked about the possibility of dressing the red-whites again, the top artilleryman of the intimate group again refused an appeal, but did not close the doors to the national team; However, she criticized that there is no serious project for women’s football in the FPF.

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“I’ve already spoken to Emily (Lima). I told her no at the moment that I am 100% focused on Alianza. I explained to her the problems I had with the Federation, she understood me. I don’t want that.” Close the doors to the national team. “But if we’re going to make a change, there are a few things we need to do. If we want women’s football to grow in Peru, it’s not a matter of one year, it’s a long-term task. Really.” “I need to see what the association wants to do with these changes and be committed to making these changes because women’s football is a reality around the world,” he explained.

It should be noted that the victory against the “Academy” was achieved by the team led by the Colombian Jhon Albert Ortiz end up in the second box of the competition. This will allow Alianza to focus on the national title playoffs, where they will aim for a three-time championship.

Teams that qualified for the Women’s League title playoffs

The first six teams in the table are responsible for the fight for the national title. The last classification is defined between Cantolao and Defensor del Ilucán: Las Chalacas meets Sporting Victoria while Cantolao meets Sporting Cristal (both games will be played this Sunday 25 June at 11:00 CET).

  • University (36 points)
  • Alianza Lima (34 points)
  • Carlos Mannucci (27 points)
  • Sporting Cristal (23 points)
  • Municipal sport (22 points)
  • Cantolao (20 points)
  • Illuacán defender (17 points).
  • Lucar reiterates not to take part in the selection quotI Qualified for the Women’s League Playoffs. Photo: Women’s League.

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    Michigan high school gunman Ethan Crumbley exhibited sporadic troubling behavior

    Michigan high school gunman Ethan Crumbley exhibited “sporadic, troubling behavior” in prison.

    Michigan high school gunman Ethan Crumbley was caught on prison bodycam “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” while awaiting sentencing next month.

    He pleaded guilty to killing four of his classmates and wounding seven others in a shooting on November 30, 2021.

    17-year-old Crumbley will find out if he will serve a life sentence at a court hearing scheduled for July 27.

    His recent alarming behavior was highlighted in a court document Thursday and at a routine monthly hearing in the Oakland County Courthouse on Friday.

    However, prosecutors expect he is competent enough to attend his upcoming hearing and sentencing.

    Michigan high school gunman Ethan Crumbley was caught on prison bodycam

    Michigan high school gunman Ethan Crumbley was caught on prison bodycam “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” while awaiting sentencing next month

    He pleaded guilty to killing four of his classmates and wounding seven others in a shooting on November 30, 2021

    He pleaded guilty to killing four of his classmates and wounding seven others in a shooting on November 30, 2021

    Crumbley pleaded guilty to a total of 24 counts in Oakland County Circuit Court, including one count of terrorism resulting in death and four counts of first-degree murder on October 24 last year.

    He was also charged with seven counts of assault with intent to murder and twelve counts of possession of a firearm in connection with the commission of a crime.

    The then 15-year-old teenager opened fire at Oxford High School outside Detroit with a semi-automatic pistol his father had bought him as a Christmas present days before the massacre.

    Two boys, aged 17 and 16, and two girls, aged 17 and 14, were killed, while six other students and a teacher were injured.

    Prosecutors did not provide details of Crumbley’s public conduct, but shared it privately with Judge Kwame Rowe and Crumbley’s attorneys.

    “Recently, the defendant has begun exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior,” Assistant District Attorney Marc Keast said in the court filing.

    “This behavior has been documented through reports and body-worn cameras by prison staff responding to various incidents. It is not readily apparent what the trigger or cause of this behavior is.”

    The filing said the court had a duty to consider Crumbley’s conduct and his ability to attend future hearings. “These incidents are related to the competency of the defendant,” it said.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, the conduct referred to in this filing is recent and did not occur when the defendant filed his cause of action.” There is no evidence casting serious doubts as to the defendant’s competence at this time would let.”

    A prosecutor described the teenager’s actions during a routine Friday morning hearing into his detention as a minor in an adult prison.

    A memorial to the four victims of the Ethan Crumbley high school shooting

    A memorial to the four victims of the Ethan Crumbley high school shooting

    A parent hugs a child after the Oxford High School shooting on November 30, 2021

    A parent hugs a child after the Oxford High School shooting on November 30, 2021

    The teenager's parents Jennifer Crumbley (left) and James Crumbley (right) are facing manslaughter charges over their son's actions

    The teenager’s parents Jennifer Crumbley (left) and James Crumbley (right) are facing manslaughter charges over their son’s actions

    Crumbley’s attorneys and the prosecutor agreed that he is well enough to attend his upcoming July 27 hearing and sentencing.

    Prosecutors will argue why the teenager should be sentenced to the state’s harshest sentence, which is life in prison without parole.

    While his defense attorneys will present mitigating circumstances for a multi-year prison sentence.

    They declined to refer him for a forensic examination and possible treatment at Friday’s hearing.

    Crumbley appeared remotely via video, speaking only to confirm his name and to say he could hear Judge Rowe.

    The teenager was charged as an adult and first-degree murder carries a life sentence in Michigan.

    But because of his age, Crumbley is entitled to a hearing where Rowe will hear testimony about his family life, mental health and other factors and decide if a shorter sentence would be appropriate.

    Regardless, his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, must be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

    They are accused of ignoring their son’s psychological needs and making a gun available at home.

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    War Update: Russian troops are concentrating their efforts in three directions – Ukrinform

    Russian troops are concentrating their forces on the Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. There have been more than ten military clashes there in the last 24 hours.

    The corresponding statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, reports an Ukrinform correspondent.

    According to the updated information, in the past day Russian invaders fired 40 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles on the territory of Ukraine, as well as nine Kh-22 missiles, two Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles, two S-300 guided missiles and three Shahed drones. Ukraine’s air defense units destroyed 40 Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles, one Kalibr missile and three Shahed drones.

    The enemy attacked Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih with Kh-22 missiles. Unfortunately, casualties were reported among civilians. Dozens of family houses, farm buildings, infrastructure objects and more than 50 cars were destroyed.

    In general, Russian troops launched 53 missile strikes, 11 air strikes and opened fire with multiple rocket systems (MLRS) more than 30 times.

    The threat of Russian missile and air strikes remains throughout Ukraine.

    In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged.

    In the direction of Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi, Russian invaders launched mortar and artillery attacks on the Halahanivka in the Chernihiv region. Novovasylivka, Chuikivka and Fotovyzh in the Sumy region; Okip, Chervona Zoria, Veterynarne, Pylna, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Bochkove, Budarky and Chuhunivka in the Kharkiv region.

    In the direction of Kupyansk, the Russian occupiers carried out offensive actions against Berestov, but were unsuccessful. The enemy launched artillery and mortar attacks on the Krasne Pershe, Fyholivka, Dvorichna, Masiutivka, Kyslivka and Berestove areas of the Kharkiv region.

    In the direction of Lyman, Russian troops conducted unsuccessful offensive actions against Vesele. The enemy launched air strikes near Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, as well as artillery strikes on Nevske and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, and in Torske, Serebrianka, Verkhniokamianske, Spirne and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region.

    In the direction of Bakhmut, Russian invaders conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near Ivanivske. The enemy launched artillery strikes on the Vasiukivka, Minkivka, Orikhovo-Vasilyvka, Bohdanivka, Khasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Ozarianivka and New York regions of the Donetsk region.

    In the Avdiivka direction, Russian troops launched air strikes near Avdiivka and Sieverne, as well as artillery strikes on the Novooleksandrivka, Keramik, Novokalynove, Avdiivka, Sieverne, Vodiane, Umanske, Vesele, Karlivka, Pervomaiske and Nevelske areas of the Donetsk region.

    In the direction of Marinka, Russian invaders conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near Marinka in the Donetsk region. The enemy launched artillery strikes on the Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Pobieda, Kurakhove, Oleksiivka and Heorhiivka areas of the Donetsk region.

    In the Shakhtarske direction, Russian occupying forces launched air strikes near the cities of Zolota Nyva, Makarivka and Prechystivka in Donetsk region and shelled Katerynivka, Bohoyavlenka, Novomykhailivka, Blahodatne, Wuhledar, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva and Novoukrainka.

    In the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, Russian troops continue to defend. The enemy is concentrating its efforts on preventing the advance of Ukrainian forces. Russian invaders launched airstrikes near the cities of Novodanylivka, Orichiv and Robotyne in the Zaporizhia region. The enemy artillery attacked over 40 settlements, including Novodarivka, Levadne, Poltavka, Zalisnykhne, Huljaipole, Huljaipilske, Kharivne, Bilohiria, Orikhiv and Prymorske in the Zaporizhia region. Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region; in the Kherson region: Dudhany, Beryslav, Vesele, Kozatske, Inzhenerne, Antonivka, Selenivka, Bilozerka, Dniprovske and Kizomys.

    According to available data, Russian troops continue to loot civilians in the temporarily occupied areas. In a smelting cooperative located between Luhivka and Fabrychne, Russian soldiers are stealing property and personal belongings from local people’s homes.

    In the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian air force has launched 18 attacks on enemy troops and destroyed an anti-aircraft missile system.

    Ukrainian rocket and artillery units fired on the Russian Strela surface-to-air missile system, three Russian personnel and military equipment groups, 12 guns in firing position and two electronic warfare systems.

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    Elon Musk outlines key upgrades ahead of next Super Heavy

    Elon Musk outlines key upgrades ahead of next Super Heavy rocket launch

    SpaceX will need about six more weeks to implement hundreds of changes to its Super Heavy/Starship rocket and the giant launch vehicle’s Texas launch pad before it will be ready for a second attempt at orbit, company founder Elon Musk said on Saturday.

    This assumes that the Federal Aviation Administration will clear the Super Heavy to fly after its dramatic April 20 maiden launch, in which the rocket self-detonated after multiple engine failures and the spacecraft’s upper stage failed to separate from the first-stage booster.

    In a Spaces discussion on Twitter with author Ashlee Vance, Musk said that SpaceX is making “well over a thousand” changes and “I think the likelihood of this next flight working and getting into orbit is a lot higher than the last one.” .” Maybe it’s 60%. It depends on how well we do at phase separation.”

    A SpaceX Super Heavy Booster (silver) and a spacecraft upper stage (black) are seen at their launch stand at the company’s flight test facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The fully reusable two-stage rocket is the most powerful in the world. SpaceX

    The Super Heavy’s reusable first stage features 33 methane-powered Raptor engines, while the Starship second stage has six. The original design called for the Super Heavy’s engines to shut down after the spacecraft was elevated from the lower atmosphere. The spacecraft would then separate and fire its own thrusters to continue into orbit. SpaceX is building a variant of the Starship to serve as a lunar lander in NASA’s Artemis program.

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    During the Super Heavy’s maiden flight, half a dozen engines died or never started, and the spacecraft never separated from the Super Heavy’s first stage.

    After reaching an altitude of only about 24 miles, the entire craft began to tumble and crashed about six miles before its self-destruct system activated and the missile blew to pieces. The self-destruct system took longer than expected to respond.

    For his second flight, Musk said the stage separation system was modified, a “late game-breaking change that’s really very significant.”

    The spaceship’s engines begin firing before all of the super-heavy engines shut down. This so-called “hot staging” technique has been used on Russian missiles for years, and Musk said it would improve the Super Heavy-Starship’s performance.

    “We shut down most of the booster engines, let only a few run, and then started the ship’s engines or the upper stage at the same time,” he said. “Obviously that results in the booster being blown up, so you have to protect the top of the boost stage from being burned by the upper stage thrusters.”

    The solution is to add a shield to the top of the Super Heavy stage and add an extension with vents to direct the upper stage engine’s exhaust plumes away from the lower stage on initial launch.

    “With hot staging, there’s a significant payload-to-orbit advantage that conservatively equates to about a 10 percent improvement if you basically just never stop thrusting,” Musk said. “To do that you actually need vents, the super-hot plasma from the upper stage engines has to go somewhere.

    “So we add an extension to the booster that’s basically just vents. This allows the upper engine plume to flow through the vented extension of the booster and not just blow itself up. That’s the riskiest thing in my opinion.” Think about the next flight.

    To address engine problems encountered during the rocket’s first flight, Musk said engineers are making changes to the Raptor’s hot gas manifold, which directs superheated methane-rich gas into the combustion chamber. The high temperatures can create leak paths through the bolt holes that the manifold is attached to.

    The manifold itself has been redesigned, Musk said, and higher torque settings are used to tighten the bolts more securely and eliminate potential leak paths in the bolt holes.

    Another major issue being addressed: damage to the Super Heavy/Starship launch pad at SpaceX’s flight test facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

    During the Super Heavy’s maiden flight, exhaust from the Raptor first stage engines severely eroded the platform’s concrete foundations. Musk said the company is in the process of adding about 1,000 cubic yards of high-strength reinforced concrete.

    “On top of that, we have a sort of steel sandwich, which is basically two thick steel plates welded together, with channels (with) perforations running down the top, so there’s actually a lot of water splashing out,” he said.

    “Think of it like a gigantic shower head turned upside down. It will basically blow water up while the rocket is over the pad to counter the tremendous amount of heat from the booster. The Booster is basically like the largest cutting torch in the world with a massive amount of… heat, but also a massive amount of power.

    He said the modifications were “overkill” and should result in “the base of the pad being in much better shape than last time.” In addition, the rocket launches with a higher throttle setting to get the vehicle off the ground faster.

    One issue not raised in Saturday’s discussion was the Super Heavy/Starship’s self-destruct system, which took much longer than expected to activate after the missile went out of control in April.

    The FAA must approve this system and any other safety-related upgrades before a launch license is granted.

    When asked how much SpaceX has invested in the Super Heavy/Starship program so far, Musk said he doesn’t know the exact amount, “but it’s over $2 billion” and could be close to $3 billion by the end of this year -dollars.

    When asked what he thinks is the biggest challenge for the Super Heavy/Starship in terms of making a commercially viable rocket, Musk said he doesn’t know yet “because we haven’t reached orbit yet.”

    “If we knew what it was, we would actually fix it before launch,” he said. “So at launch you’re trying to resolve the unknowns that you may not know before launch, or at least we’re not smart enough to know. As I said, the biggest risk right now seems to be stage separation.”

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