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In Short: The renewal comes after 'Slow Horses' won another Emmy Award, with Saul Metzstein winning Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
The first season of 'The Rings of Power' reached number one on the service in more than 105 countries.
All eight episodes of the first season were released on October 7 and are currently streaming in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video.
Meanwhile, Netflix has decided not to proceed with a third season of 'Ransom Canyon,' which faced challenges after a modest first season and a long wait for renewal.
Pope Leo XIV's tour of Latin America is expected to encourage missionary renewal and strengthen calls for unity, peace, and care for the Amazon.
In geopolitical news, the U.S. And Israeli leaders are sharpening their threats against Iran ahead of elections in both countries.
Many Iranians are bracing for a possible return to all-out war, with some stockpiling over-the-counter medicines and food.
What this adds
The renewal of 'The Rings of Power' was announced after a successful first season, but the show's international appeal is significant.
What's confirmed
- The first season of 'The Rings of Power' reached number one on the service in more than 105 countries.
- All eight episodes of the first season were released on October 7 and are currently streaming in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video.
- Meanwhile, Netflix has decided not to proceed with a third season of 'Ransom Canyon,' which faced challenges after a modest first season and a long wait for renewal.
- Pope Leo XIV's tour of Latin America is expected to encourage missionary renewal and strengthen calls for unity, peace, and care for the Amazon.
- In geopolitical news, the U.S. And Israeli leaders are sharpening their threats against Iran ahead of elections in both countries.
- Many Iranians are bracing for a possible return to all-out war, with some stockpiling over-the-counter medicines and food.
What's still developing
- The renewal also comes after Slow Horses picked up another Emmy Award over the weekend, with Saul Metzstein winning Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
- Season 2 returned to Netflix on July 23 after the show spent more than two months waiting for a renewal following its first-season debut.
- Fereshteh Hajipour, 35, the mother of a toddler, said she was stockpiling over-the-counter medicines and food for fear of a "possible war and bigger bombs."
- The Prime Minister's Office also stated that the meeting focused on "strengthening the relations between the two countries and on regional challenges." The visit included Netanyahu's wife, the National Security Council head, the head of the Mossad, the military secretary, and an additional political advisor.
- Deadline reported that she is based in Chicago and served in the Army's 110th Special Investigations Unit.
- Bishops across the three countries expect the Pope’s tour to encourage missionary renewal, engage young people and strengthen calls for unity, peace and care for the Amazon Church leaders across Latin America have hailed Pope Leo XIV’s visit as a moment of renewal and encouragement for a continent that remains home to almost half of the world’s Catholics.
- Wednesday was the deadline set out in the text of the deal for each country to declare whether they want to extend it to 2042 or renegotiate its terms.
- The US administration reinstated sanctions on seaborne Russian oil by allowing a temporary exemption to lapse without renewal, RFE/RL reported.
- The carve-out had allowed countries such as India to keep buying Russian crude during the war and drew criticism from both parties in Washington.
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is going the reboot route with Season 3, as Apple TV and Legendary Television are in renewal talks for a third season that takes the show in a new direction with new Titans from the Monsterverse, according to Deadline.