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A forthcoming documentary is set to chart the career to date of New York-based Czech photographer Marie Tomanová. Entitled World Between Us, the film by Marie Dvořáková, a one-time Student Oscar winner, follows Tomanová and her creative partner and husband, the art historian and curator Thomas Beachdel, as she has become successful in recent years. The documentary, produced by HBO, is due out in 2024.

The minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, says that Czechia will not be forced to accept quotas of migrants, even in a crisis situation. Speaking to the daily Deník N on Saturday, Mr. Rakušan said it was no longer 2015 when the only alternative was each state accepting a calculated number of migrants.

The Czech opposition has accused the government of betrayal and failure after it backed an EU deal this month overhauling the bloc’s policies on migrants.

Mr. Rakušan said the new system, under which countries can pay to opt out of accepting migrants, was advantageous to Czechia, adding that solidarity was something that belonged to Europe.

Only nine countries have to date sent probes to the Moon, and Czechia could join them, Czech Television reported. The probe in question should also be the largest and heaviest the country has ever sent into space.

The new space project, called LVICE2, has now successfully completed the preparatory phase and experts are waiting for a decision on the money, Czech Television said. The European Space Agency and the Ministry of Transport are expected to contribute to the funding.

Previous probes that Czechia has sent into space have remained in Earth's orbit.

Saturday is expected to bring rain in the morning, which should slow to a drizzle in the afternoon. By the late afternoon and early evening the clouds are predicted to clear and there should even be a few hours of sun. Daytime temperatures are expected to reach a high of 23 degrees Celsius.