That's Adele's most recent music video. Here's the one for "Hometown Glory" from many years ago.
Adele opened up about being inspired to write her first song after attending a protest against the Iraq War.
Appearing on Desert Island Discs on Sunday (3 July), Adele discussed her musical history and how she came to write her debut single “Hometown Glory” as a teenager.
“I was with my friend Olivia, at the time, and my mum and we were at the flat in West Norwood and we were going to the march the following day against the Iraq War, down by Parliament,” she told Lauren Laverne.
“We were making our signs and I felt such a sense of power in that. Me and Olivia were like 15, 16, and we went and I was just mesmerised by everyone. I was really soaking it all in.”
She continued: “That night, when we got back and I got home, I wrote it. It was very profound and I was very proud to walk those streets with a million other people.”
If only the Iraq War ever ended and the foregin troops would leave. TASNIM reports:
A Logistical convoy of the US forces in Iraq’s Saladin was attacked on Sunday, according to Iraqi news outlets.
According to "Sabrin News" telegram channel, today (Sunday, July 3) at noon, a logistics convoy of the American army was targeted in "Makishefa" area of Saladin, in the country’s south.
Meanwhile, the government that can't form itself all these months after the October 10th elections also can't protect the Iraqi people. Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) reports:
A chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant in southern Iraq injured at least 300 people, officials said Monday.
The incident happened Sunday night when the potentially fatal gas leaked from a container in the plant in the district of Qal'at Sukkar north of the southern city of Nasiriyah.
Hundreds of people suffering severe respiratory distress from exposure to the chlorine were taken to a nearby hospital, said Abbas Jaber, Dhi Qar province's deputy governor.
Ahmed Maher (THE NATIONAL) provides this context:
Dhi Qar province has faced regular anti-government protests over the past three years, as has been the case with several other cities and towns in Iraq's south.
Protesters have sought to topple the entire political establishment in the country amid anger at endemic corruption, high unemployment and poor public services.
The demonstrations have been the bloodiest since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
An operation by security services killed at least 700 people and wounded thousands in the first six months since the protests began in October 2019, according to independent and international rights groups.
The unrest led to the resignation of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, prime minister at the time.
The Dhi Qar chlorine leak comes seven days after a fatal chlorine gas incident at the main Red Sea port of Aqaba in neighbouring Jordan, which killed 13 people and injured more than 250.
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