Under the leadership of 89-year-old Mahmoud Abbas, who hasn’t named a successor, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has announced the creation of a vice presidency.
The organization’s central council approved creating the position of vice chairman of the PLO Executive Committee after a two-day meeting on Thursday. The Palestinians hope that the State of Palestine’s vice president will eventually receive full international recognition for their contributions.
Although it’s unknown when or exactly how that position will be filled, it is anticipated that someone with that position will be in the lead candidate to succeed Abbas. The other 15 members of the PLO’s executive committee will select Abbas as his vice president.
The Palestinian Authority (PA), which is the Palestinian people’s internationally recognized representative, is in charge of some of the areas of Israeli-occupied West Bank where the PLO exercises limited autonomy. For 20 years, Abbas has taken charge of both organizations.
Hamas is not a member of the PLO, having won the last national elections in 2006. Since the PA security forces seized control of Gaza in 2007, reconciliation efforts have repeatedly failed.
Recent polls have revealed a decline in his and his Fatah party support.
For the PA to play a role in post-war Gaza, donors from the West and the Arab world have demanded reforms. The organization has long been accused of corruption and poor governance, but it is incredibly unpopular. His critics might be at ease if they were to name an heir apparent.
Abbas was criticized by Hamas on Thursday for remarks he made the day before, in which he called the group “sons of dogs” and demanded that it be free of Israeli prisoners and lay down weapons.
Senior Hamas official Basem Naim stated, “Abbas repeatedly and suspiciously places the blame on our people for the crimes committed during the occupation and its ongoing aggression.”
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports that at least 1 928 people have died there since Israel’s war broke out in October 2023, bringing the total toll to at least 51,305.
After being largely sidelined, Abbas has been looking for more relevance and a place in post-war planning for the Gaza Strip.
Despite leading 4-0 in the quarter-finals of the Premier League Darts in Liverpool on night 12, an emotional Luke Littler was defeated by Michael van Gerwen.
Because of his support for Manchester United, the adolescent posted on social media on Wednesday, saying “bring on the boos Liverpool.” He received the desired response.
However, he overcame that and took the lead 44-0 over Van Gerwen, who had already beaten him seven times in the Premier League. He averaged more than 20 points per visit.
The 18-year-old made a dart at bullseye to cut the deficit to 4-3, which Van Gerwen did after falling for the team for 5-0.
Littler nodded to the crowd before gesturing to them to calm down before moving a leg away with a stunning 160.
In leg nine, he missed match darts at tops and doubles, but Van Gerwen was able to recover that and the following two legs to win 6-5.
If Luke Humphries wins the evening, Littler, who was hoping to record his fifth nightly victory of the year, could cut his lead by two points.
In the opening quarter-final, Humphries defeated Nathan Aspinall 6-3, which Littler defeated in last year’s grand final.
He controlled Aspinall, who had an average of 104.03 and was 75% on the double, and he had an average of 113.5% of his checkouts taken out by him.
Stephen Bunting, the bottom-of-the-table, was brushed aside 6-1 in a dominant victory over 2018 world champion Rob Cross.
Results for Premier League Darts night 12
Final
Rob Cross/Gerwyn Price vs. Luke Humphries/Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finals
Michael van Gerwen vs. Luke Humphries
Gerwyn Price vs. Rob Cross
Quarter-finals
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Luke Humphries
Luke Littler 6-5 Luke van Gerwen
Rob Cross 6-1 Stephen Bunting
Format and points system for Premier League Darts
Premier League Darts is played in 16 league starts, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals on each night.
In the quarter-finals in weeks one through seven and nine through fifteen, with the eight and sixteen fixtures being eliminated from the table, each of the eight players is guaranteed to face the other seven. On the final league-stage night, Sheffield will play host to fourth-and-fifth place teams, with potential playoff spots also in the cards.
Players are awarded two points for each quarter-final victory, five for each semi-final victory, and five for each night’s victory.
In a best-of-19-leg competition, the top four players will advance to the play-off night on May 23 at London’s O2 Arena, with first facing first and second facing third. The best leg of the 21 legs is the final.
Bianca Censori, an Australian star, and rapper Kanye wed in December 2022, just weeks after their divorce from Kim Kardashian was finalized, but the pair are currently in crisis talks.
Bianca and Kanye appear to be back together.
Bianca Censori has reportedly given Kanye West an ultimatum – support her ambitions or risk losing her for good. According to two individuals close to the pair, tensions have reached boiling point between the couple, with Australian model Bianca, 30, pushing back against Kanye’s resistance to her pursuing solo opportunities in the fashion world.
She desires more liberty. One insider said, underscoring Bianca’s growing need for autonomy, “she’ll leave and move on” if he doesn’t accept. Kanye has allegedly prevented Bianca from engaging with them despite receiving numerous well-known offers from major fashion companies, which has “generated a lot of tension” behind the scenes.
The insider claimed that “she misses doing her own work.” She doesn’t want to feel constrained, she says. She wants to establish herself as a powerful, independent woman because of her extreme creativity.
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Kanye is said to be hesitant about allowing his wife to enter the spotlight without him, despite having experienced professional repercussions in recent years as a result of online controversy. He reportedly agreed to let loose, though.
Bianca Censori has reportedly given Kanye West an ultimatum(Image: Instagram/ye)
The pair, who recently made headlines by making an unexpected appearance in Spain to address rumors of a split, are reportedly using the trip to conduct what one source calls “crisis talks,” according to The Sun.
Without Kanye’s involvement, Bianca reportedly has discussions with two major fashion houses. She is pushing for solo appearances in public and ambassadorial roles.
Another insider revealed that “Bianca felt trapped inside a cage.” She doesn’t want to be anything other than Kanye’s wife. She is relieved that he finally granted her wishes. Bianca misses her independence because she is very intelligent. Hopefully, she will start anew with this.
There have been rumors for several weeks that the controversial rapper and his wife, Bianca, from Yeezy have separated. However, Kanye recently dispelled the speculation by posting a photo of the two posing in front of a wall.
Bianca is hungry to make a name for herself(Image: ye/Instagram)
While wearing a corset body and thigh-high boots, Bianca wore his customary black trousers, shirt, and hoodie. In December 2022, a few weeks after Kim Kardashian’s divorce was finalized, rapper Kanye, who is now legally known as Ye, wed.
The first glimpse of her and Ye was taken at the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria in early January 2023. They strolled around hand-in-hand during a lunch date at the hotel.
On social media and in public places, the pair frequently exchanged contentious looks. Bianca’s body is almost entirely visible in public. One of their most outrageous appearances was made earlier this year at the 67th Grammy Awards, when Bianca walked the red carpet in a completely opaque outfit.
At the time, some fans were calling for her to face jail time, labelling her nude appearance “disgusting”. Despite their seemingly close bond, Ye appeared to indicate time had been called on their relationship. The controversial star announced the news in the form of lyrics from his new song.
Bianca married Kanye back in 2022(Image: Instagram/ye)
Ye claims that his wife “ran away” after she tried to get the troubled star to “commit” herself in the lyrics to the song, which is from his new album WW3. He pleades for the couple to rekindle in the chorus of the song, according to the song’s lyric website Genius.
Ye implies that Bianca was the one who ended their romance by saying, “I just want you to come back, come back to me, I know what I did make you mad.”
Ye asserts elsewhere in his new song: “She’s having a panic attack and she is not liking the way that I tweeted/Until Bianca’s back I stay up all night I stay up all night I’m not going to sleep/I really don’t know where she’s at.”
Following the rapper’s numerous vile rants on social media, it was released. Both of them have not yet made a formal statement about their relationship.
The Mirror has approached Bianca’s representatives for comment on this story.
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After the former cricket player opened up about their time on Top Gear in a new documentary, Patrick McGuinness revealed that he enjoys laughing every day while working alongside Freddie Flintoff.
Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff struck up a close bond on Top Gear(Image: Paddy McGuinness/Instagram)
Paddy McGuinness has declared his love for Freddie Flintoff as the former Top Gear star said he might find it ‘triggering’ to see him in person. Comedian and TV presenter Paddy, 51, said he still messages his former co-host and is looking forward to watching Freddie’s documentary ‘Flintoff’, which includes detail of the former cricketer’s near-fatal crash in December 2022.
Speaking in the special, Freddie admitted he ‘felt bad’ for not seeing Paddy in two years and wrongly feared he’d derailed his pal’s career when his accident took Top Gear off air. Freddie and Paddy worked closely together on the hit show alongside former racing driver Chris Harris.
Speaking in his Disney+ documentary released on Friday, Freddie says: “I feel bad I haven’t been in more contact with Chris and Paddy. Part of it is for myself a little bit. I hate the word triggering, but I’m worried about that. It’s also something that has stopped, I suppose, in some ways, because of what happened to me. Like their careers have been altered as well. So I feel not guilty, but I feel bad for him.”
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Showing his support for pal Freddie, Paddy said: “I love Fred. He’s a good lad. The mad thing about me getting on with him so well is that I know absolutely zero about cricket. I’ve never watched it, never been into it and never played it. I knew of Freddie and Ian Botham and Michael Vaughan… the famous names.” Despite his lack of knowledge on Freddie’s stellar England career, the pair struck up a close bond while filming the BBC motor show.
Paddy McGuinness said he was always laughing while working with Freddie Flintoff on Top Gear(Image: PA)
Paddy recalls Fred and Chris Harris laughing every time we collaborated. Such a lovely experience. As someone who wasn’t well traveled to the locations we visited in Top Gear and venture off the beaten path, this was one of those jobs.
When I consider what a privilege it is to have done that job, it was only when I consider what we did. I’m still messaging Freddie. However, everyone lives busy lives. You work with people and stay in touch with them on every show I do, but not everyone does. It’s like a bottle of lightning bringing everyone together.
With his Nearly There… tour, which wraps up this weekend in Glasgow, Paddy has been performing stand-up for the first time in almost a decade.
The most intelligent pub-goer in the UK is being discovered by Paddy McGuinness across the country.
I have more life experience to talk about than the last time I played on stage, which I did ten years ago. It’s been a pleasure to return. This one deserves my praise. Although I still struggle with nerves, I completely forget about it once I’m on stage. When there is a good atmosphere and laughter, you act accordingly.
This May, Paddy and Marston’s will host a nationwide pub quiz to identify the most intelligent pub-goers in the UK.
I’m good at a pub quiz, I say. Because of how well my eyes looked in the photo round, they used to refer to me as The Jackal! Although I’m not particularly interested in geography, I have a lot of useless trivia in my possession!
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“We want as many people as possible to visit their neighborhood each week to take the quiz. Working with Marston’s, I’m so excited to find the most innovative pub in the country and to help some fantastic community causes. I’m eager to meet the winners and the community projects to personally congratulate them on.
As part of the partnership, the winners of Paddy’s pub quiz will get the chance to win huge prizes and to meet Paddy himself… as well as have bragging rights for being part of the Smartest Pub of the week. The Big Pub Quiz, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, kicks off on Thursday 1st May at 8pm.
After friends discovered fake Facebook profiles using her likeness, BAFTA-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has made an urgent statement.
After fans were deeply enraged by a significant fake scam, Miriam Margolyes issues an urgent statement.
Miriam Margolyes released an urgent statement after friends made her aware of fake Facebook profiles using her likeness. The iconic Harry Potter star was the victim of several fraudsters using her name on Facebook in order to gain favour with followers, friends as well as charitable causes.
One of the allegedly phony accounts allegedly tried to extort money from a charity she supports by messaging them while pretending to be her. Because Miriam doesn’t pay to have her real account verified on the Mark Zuckerberg-owned website, the accounts have been reported to Meta, but no action has yet been taken.
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Miriam released an urgent statement(Image: Getty Images)
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Miriam, 83, described the situation as “nothing but billionaires profiting from rogue fraudsters roaming free on social media platforms.”
She is also asking Meta’s management to support creatives and Facebook users by removing the accounts that have been reported without having to pay the site any more for their services.
My close friends have reported to me over the past few weeks that there is a fake profile of me on Facebook with over 35, 000 followers as well as a number of Facebook groups that purport to be about me.
She said one fake profile had 35,000 followers(Image: Youtube)
Concerningly, this fake account has been messaging well-known friends and contacts of mine, as well as organizations I support. My friends and causes have been targeted by the account’s liars who have been trying to extort money. This is utterly outrageous to me.
“What’s more is that it appears that I only pay £9.99 per month to have my profile verified, which means Meta, the Facebook owners, will take any action.”
To me, this is also egregious. The billionaires who are being defrauded by fraudsters who profit from the reputations of actors, musicians, and creatives can benefit from this payment. This needs to be addressed urgently.
She continued, “I am well aware that these deep fake accounts, which only exist for the purpose of extorting money and reputation,” are not my only victims. People in all walks of life experience this every day, but our business is one of the hardest to see the impact.
“It’s fortunate that I have the opportunity to speak out against many of these dangerous fraudsters.” By removing and banning these accounts as soon as they are reported, without having to pay additional funds, I am asking Meta to support my fellow actors, musicians, creatives, as well as the Facebook community as a whole.
Without having extensive fake accounts to contend with, being an artist is difficult enough.
The Mirror have reached out to Meta for comment.
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According to medical sources, at least 59 people have died as a result of Israeli-related attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip.
At least 12 members of the same family were killed on Thursday when their home in northern Gaza’s Jabalia was targeted, according to rescue teams and medical personnel in the enclave.
A couple and their four children were among the six people killed when an airstrike levelled their home in Gaza City, according to a statement from the civil defense.
After the attack, first responder Ahmed Arar in Gaza City reported that there were “a large number of body parts and remains,” many of which were children.
“We have only hands, legs, and heads,” he said. They have all been severed and torn, according to Arar.
A statement from the Indonesian Hospital, where the casualties were taken, claimed that another 10 people were killed and several others were hurt in a bombing of a former police station in the Jabalia region of northern Gaza.
Abdel Qader Sabah, 23, from Jabalia, described the attack that hit the station near a market as “everyone started running and screaming, without knowing what to do from the horror and severity of the bombing.”
Palestinian woman reacts when Israeli forces attack a home in Gaza City [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
Without revealing whether it was aiming at the police station, Israel’s military said it attacked what it described as a Hamas “command and control center” in the Jabalia neighborhood. Similar justifications have previously been used by the army in attacks on hospitals and numerous shelters for Palestinian refugees.
According to the civil defense agency and the medical staff, at least 26 people have been killed in previous Israeli attacks on the same area.
According to Tareq Abu Azzoum of Al Jazeera, who is based out of Deir el-Balah, there is “an ongoing increase in the rate of Israeli attacks on the entire Gaza Strip.”
He claimed that civil defense personnel are still attempting to clear the debris from the most recent attack in Jabalia.
One rescuer, he cited, claimed that many of the victims had burned themselves.
Offensive to say “larger”?
On March 18, Israel resumed its military assault on the Gaza Strip, ending a two-month ceasefire that had temporarily put an end to fighting in the squablocked area.
In addition to bombardment, the military is still securing crucial border crossings for the eighth week in a row, worsening an already severe humanitarian crisis by preventing access to desperately needed humanitarian aid, including medical supplies and fuel.
If Israeli soldiers aren’t freed in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel’s army chief, who was visiting soldiers in Gaza on Thursday, threatened a “larger” offensive.
We will move our operations to a larger, more significant operation if we don’t see any progress in the hostages’ return in the near future, according to Eyal Zamir.
In the meantime, the Israeli military instructed the residents of Beit Hanoon and Sheikh Zeid, both in the north, to leave their homes.
The UN has warned that Israel’s expanding evacuation orders for Gaza are causing “forcible transfers” of people into ever-shrinking areas.
Since the start of the war, aid organizations have estimated that the majority of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents have been forced to move somewhere else.
The Durra Children’s Hospital in Gaza City was declared nonoperable on Thursday by the Gaza Health Ministry after an Israeli bomb struck the building’s upper part, causing damage to the intensive care unit and the destruction of the facility’s solar power system.
Israel’s 18-month-old military campaign has devastated Gaza’s healthcare system, putting many of its hospitals in jeopardy, killing doctors, and reducing essential supplies.
Important mediators Qatar and Egypt have so far failed to reach an effective ceasefire despite their best efforts being supported by the US.
At least 1, 978 people have died in Gaza since Israel resumed its assault, bringing the total to at least 51, 355 people dead since October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
According to the initial findings of an investigation, a UN worker was killed last month by an Israeli tank fire in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Thursday.
It had initially denied operating in the area where a UNOPS employee from Bulgaria was killed on March 19.
The findings follow a separate investigation into the killing of 15 Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza, which the military reported on Sunday.
A field commander would be fired, and it was finally stated that operational failures caused their deaths.
