Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Syria’s new leader is keen to build ties with Moscow.
At talks in the Russian capital on Thursday, Al Thani assured the Russian leader that interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa was seeking to build relations with Russia, after the removal of former President Bashar al-Assad, who was a close ally of Moscow.
“As for Syria, a few days ago President al-Sharaa was in Qatar, and we spoke with him about the historical and strategic relationship between Syria and Russia,” Al Thani told Putin.
The talks come as Putin attempts to retain Russia’s use of two military bases in Syria to maintain its influence in the region after al-Assad fled the country in December as opposition fighters led by Ahmed al-Sharaa closed in on the capital.
Putin said Syria’s situation, rocked by sectarian violence in recent weeks, was of serious importance.
“We would like to do everything to ensure that Syria, firstly, remains a sovereign, independent and territorially integral state, and we would like to discuss with you the possibility of providing assistance to the Syrian people, including humanitarian assistance,” the Kremlin leader told the emir.
The two men also discussed the situation in Gaza, where Qatar played a key role in brokering a January ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas for a three-phase ceasefire.
Israel restarted its offensive in the besieged enclave in March, and talks to try to restore the ceasefire have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough.
“We reached an agreement regarding Gaza a few months back, but Israel has not adhered to the agreement,” Al Thani said.
“Qatar, in its role as a mediator, will strive to bridge differing perspectives in an effort to reach an agreement to end the suffering of the Palestinian people.”
Putin told the emir, “We know that Qatar is making very serious efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Unfortunately, the initiatives put forward, including by you, have not been implemented. Peaceful people continue to die in Palestine, which is an absolute tragedy of today.”
It has been announced that Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has appointed Jason Knauf – who recently gave a bombshell TV interview about his time working at Kensington Palace – as its new CEO
Prince William with Jason Knauf, the new CEO of the Earthshot Prize (Image: PA)
Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has handed a top job to his former royal aide who was at the centre of the Meghan Markle bullying claims. It has been revealed that Jason Knauf has now been appointed the CEO of the Earthshot Prize, as former executive Hannah Jones has decided to step down from the position after four years leading the environmental project.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace for both Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, as their communications secretary. He hit headlines when it emerged he made a bullying complaint against Meghan – emailing his concerns to William’s then-private secretary, in an apparent attempt to force Buckingham Palace to protect staff. Meghan has always strenuously denied the allegations, with her team branding them a “calculated smear campaign”.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace (Image: REUTERS)
He was formerly chief executive of William and Kate’s Royal Foundation, stepping down at the end of 2021 and helped oversee the launch of the Foundation’s Earthshot Prize – William’s £50 million environmental prize, now an independent charity, which recognises solutions, ideas and technologies that “repair the planet”.
The future king is the driving force behind the annual environmental competition, which staged its last awards ceremony in Cape Town in November, after prize-giving events were held in Singapore in 2023, Boston in 2022 and the inaugural event at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2021.
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Speaking about the change, William, who is also president of the Earthshot Prize, said: “As the first CEO, Hannah has built The Prize into a world -class organisation with an incredible team delivering an annual Prize, powering a platform for speeding solutions to scale and catalysing a movement to encourage young people, spark imaginations and infuse urgent optimism across the world.
” As we look ahead to the future of The Prize and the urgent work needed to scale more inspiring solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, I look forward to working with Jason to chart the course for the next five years of The Earthshot Prize and beyond. “
William at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town last year(Image: PA)
Mr Knauf’s appointment comes just weeks after he gave a rare public interview where he broke his silence on the Meghan bullying row and the media storm. Speaking on 60 Minutes Australia, he explained how he wouldn’t “change anything”.
He explained:” I think it, it’s tough, but it’s probably quite good. You know someone who has been helping other people through how to deal with the public eye. You probably had to take your own medicine sometimes.
“You can’t choose just to take the fun stuff in any job. And that applies to the Prince and Princess]of Wales] as well as everyone else working for them. So I wouldn’t change anything”. When asked if he had any regrets from his time in the role, he replied: “No, it’s not what I would’ve sought, but you know, at the end of the day, you get to do an amazing job. You’ve got to take everything that comes with it”.
Also in the interview, Mr Knauf revealed that William was at his ‘lowest” after Kate was diagnosed with cancer. Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer last year. Kate is now in remission and Charles is having ongoing treatment. He said: “Within a couple of weeks if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn’t believe it.”
Describing a phone call with William about Kate’s diagnosis, which was made public in March last year, Mr Knauf said:” It was awful, absolutely awful. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him. But the problem was that all this crazy conspiracy theory stuff kicked off in the background, online. ‘ Was she really ill? ‘.
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“But they didn’t want to say yet that she had cancer because they hadn’t told the children and they were still working through how to tell the children”. Mr Knauf said what he used to talk about the ‘ most ‘ in the past with William was “how he and the princess were going to prepare their children for life in the public eye”.
He added: “His childhood in front of the media was quite difficult at times, and he knew that he was going to be raising his kids to deal with social media and mobile phones and all of that stuff”.
It has been announced that Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has appointed Jason Knauf – who recently gave a bombshell TV interview about his time working at Kensington Palace – as its new CEO
Prince William with Jason Knauf, the new CEO of the Earthshot Prize (Image: PA)
Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has handed a top job to his former royal aide who was at the centre of the Meghan Markle bullying claims. It has been revealed that Jason Knauf has now been appointed the CEO of the Earthshot Prize, as former executive Hannah Jones has decided to step down from the position after four years leading the environmental project.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace for both Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, as their communications secretary. He hit headlines when it emerged he made a bullying complaint against Meghan – emailing his concerns to William’s then-private secretary, in an apparent attempt to force Buckingham Palace to protect staff. Meghan has always strenuously denied the allegations, with her team branding them a “calculated smear campaign”.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace (Image: REUTERS)
He was formerly chief executive of William and Kate’s Royal Foundation, stepping down at the end of 2021 and helped oversee the launch of the Foundation’s Earthshot Prize – William’s £50 million environmental prize, now an independent charity, which recognises solutions, ideas and technologies that “repair the planet”.
The future king is the driving force behind the annual environmental competition, which staged its last awards ceremony in Cape Town in November, after prize-giving events were held in Singapore in 2023, Boston in 2022 and the inaugural event at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2021.
Article continues below
Speaking about the change, William, who is also president of the Earthshot Prize, said: “As the first CEO, Hannah has built The Prize into a world -class organisation with an incredible team delivering an annual Prize, powering a platform for speeding solutions to scale and catalysing a movement to encourage young people, spark imaginations and infuse urgent optimism across the world.
“As we look ahead to the future of The Prize and the urgent work needed to scale more inspiring solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, I look forward to working with Jason to chart the course for the next five years of The Earthshot Prize and beyond.”
William at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town last year(Image: PA)
Mr Knauf’s appointment comes just weeks after he gave a rare public interview where he broke his silence on the Meghan bullying row and the media storm. Speaking on 60 Minutes Australia, he explained how he wouldn’t “change anything”.
He explained: “I think it, it’s tough, but it’s probably quite good. You know someone who has been helping other people through how to deal with the public eye. You probably had to take your own medicine sometimes.
“You can’t choose just to take the fun stuff in any job. And that applies to the Prince and Princess [of Wales] as well as everyone else working for them. So I wouldn’t change anything.” When asked if he had any regrets from his time in the role, he replied: “No, it’s not what I would’ve sought, but you know, at the end of the day, you get to do an amazing job. You’ve got to take everything that comes with it.”
Also in the interview, Mr Knauf revealed that William was at his ‘lowest” after Kate was diagnosed with cancer. Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer last year. Kate is now in remission and Charles is having ongoing treatment. He said: “Within a couple of weeks if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn’t believe it.”
Describing a phone call with William about Kate’s diagnosis, which was made public in March last year, Mr Knauf said: “It was awful, absolutely awful. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him. But the problem was that all this crazy conspiracy theory stuff kicked off in the background, online. ‘Was she really ill?’.
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“But they didn’t want to say yet that she had cancer because they hadn’t told the children and they were still working through how to tell the children.” Mr Knauf said what he used to talk about the ‘most’ in the past with William was “how he and the princess were going to prepare their children for life in the public eye”.
He added: “His childhood in front of the media was quite difficult at times, and he knew that he was going to be raising his kids to deal with social media and mobile phones and all of that stuff.”
It has been announced that Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has appointed Jason Knauf – who recently gave a bombshell TV interview about his time working at Kensington Palace – as its new CEO
Prince William with Jason Knauf, the new CEO of the Earthshot Prize (Image: PA)
Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has handed a top job to his former royal aide who was at the centre of the Meghan Markle bullying claims. It has been revealed that Jason Knauf has now been appointed the CEO of the Earthshot Prize, as former executive Hannah Jones has decided to step down from the position after four years leading the environmental project.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace for both Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, as their communications secretary. He hit headlines when it emerged he made a bullying complaint against Meghan – emailing his concerns to William’s then-private secretary, in an apparent attempt to force Buckingham Palace to protect staff. Meghan has always strenuously denied the allegations, with her team branding them a “calculated smear campaign”.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace (Image: REUTERS)
He was formerly chief executive of William and Kate’s Royal Foundation, stepping down at the end of 2021 and helped oversee the launch of the Foundation’s Earthshot Prize – William’s £50 million environmental prize, now an independent charity, which recognises solutions, ideas and technologies that “repair the planet”.
The future king is the driving force behind the annual environmental competition, which staged its last awards ceremony in Cape Town in November, after prize-giving events were held in Singapore in 2023, Boston in 2022 and the inaugural event at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2021.
Article continues below
Speaking about the change, William, who is also president of the Earthshot Prize, said: “As the first CEO, Hannah has built The Prize into a world -class organisation with an incredible team delivering an annual Prize, powering a platform for speeding solutions to scale and catalysing a movement to encourage young people, spark imaginations and infuse urgent optimism across the world.
“As we look ahead to the future of The Prize and the urgent work needed to scale more inspiring solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, I look forward to working with Jason to chart the course for the next five years of The Earthshot Prize and beyond.”
William at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town last year(Image: PA)
Mr Knauf’s appointment comes just weeks after he gave a rare public interview where he broke his silence on the Meghan bullying row and the media storm. Speaking on 60 Minutes Australia, he explained how he wouldn’t “change anything”.
He explained: “I think it, it’s tough, but it’s probably quite good. You know someone who has been helping other people through how to deal with the public eye. You probably had to take your own medicine sometimes.
“You can’t choose just to take the fun stuff in any job. And that applies to the Prince and Princess [of Wales] as well as everyone else working for them. So I wouldn’t change anything.” When asked if he had any regrets from his time in the role, he replied: “No, it’s not what I would’ve sought, but you know, at the end of the day, you get to do an amazing job. You’ve got to take everything that comes with it.”
Also in the interview, Mr Knauf revealed that William was at his ‘lowest” after Kate was diagnosed with cancer. Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer last year. Kate is now in remission and Charles is having ongoing treatment. He said: “Within a couple of weeks if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn’t believe it.”
Describing a phone call with William about Kate’s diagnosis, which was made public in March last year, Mr Knauf said: “It was awful, absolutely awful. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him. But the problem was that all this crazy conspiracy theory stuff kicked off in the background, online. ‘Was she really ill?’.
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“But they didn’t want to say yet that she had cancer because they hadn’t told the children and they were still working through how to tell the children.” Mr Knauf said what he used to talk about the ‘most’ in the past with William was “how he and the princess were going to prepare their children for life in the public eye”.
He added: “His childhood in front of the media was quite difficult at times, and he knew that he was going to be raising his kids to deal with social media and mobile phones and all of that stuff.”
It has been announced that Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has appointed Jason Knauf – who recently gave a bombshell TV interview about his time working at Kensington Palace – as its new CEO
Prince William with Jason Knauf, the new CEO of the Earthshot Prize (Image: PA)
Prince William’s Earthshot Prize has handed a top job to his former royal aide who was at the centre of the Meghan Markle bullying claims. It has been revealed that Jason Knauf has now been appointed the CEO of the Earthshot Prize, as former executive Hannah Jones has decided to step down from the position after four years leading the environmental project.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace for both Prince Harry and Meghan, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, as their communications secretary. He hit headlines when it emerged he made a bullying complaint against Meghan – emailing his concerns to William’s then-private secretary, in an apparent attempt to force Buckingham Palace to protect staff. Meghan has always strenuously denied the allegations, with her team branding them a “calculated smear campaign”.
Mr Knauf previously worked at Kensington Palace (Image: REUTERS)
He was formerly chief executive of William and Kate’s Royal Foundation, stepping down at the end of 2021 and helped oversee the launch of the Foundation’s Earthshot Prize – William’s £50 million environmental prize, now an independent charity, which recognises solutions, ideas and technologies that “repair the planet”.
The future king is the driving force behind the annual environmental competition, which staged its last awards ceremony in Cape Town in November, after prize-giving events were held in Singapore in 2023, Boston in 2022 and the inaugural event at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2021.
Article continues below
Speaking about the change, William, who is also president of the Earthshot Prize, said: “As the first CEO, Hannah has built The Prize into a world -class organisation with an incredible team delivering an annual Prize, powering a platform for speeding solutions to scale and catalysing a movement to encourage young people, spark imaginations and infuse urgent optimism across the world.
“As we look ahead to the future of The Prize and the urgent work needed to scale more inspiring solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, I look forward to working with Jason to chart the course for the next five years of The Earthshot Prize and beyond.”
William at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town last year(Image: PA)
Mr Knauf’s appointment comes just weeks after he gave a rare public interview where he broke his silence on the Meghan bullying row and the media storm. Speaking on 60 Minutes Australia, he explained how he wouldn’t “change anything”.
He explained: “I think it, it’s tough, but it’s probably quite good. You know someone who has been helping other people through how to deal with the public eye. You probably had to take your own medicine sometimes.
“You can’t choose just to take the fun stuff in any job. And that applies to the Prince and Princess [of Wales] as well as everyone else working for them. So I wouldn’t change anything.” When asked if he had any regrets from his time in the role, he replied: “No, it’s not what I would’ve sought, but you know, at the end of the day, you get to do an amazing job. You’ve got to take everything that comes with it.”
Also in the interview, Mr Knauf revealed that William was at his ‘lowest” after Kate was diagnosed with cancer. Both the King and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer last year. Kate is now in remission and Charles is having ongoing treatment. He said: “Within a couple of weeks if you’re Prince William, you find out that both your wife and your father have cancer. I couldn’t believe it.”
Describing a phone call with William about Kate’s diagnosis, which was made public in March last year, Mr Knauf said: “It was awful, absolutely awful. It’s the lowest I’ve ever seen him. But the problem was that all this crazy conspiracy theory stuff kicked off in the background, online. ‘Was she really ill?’.
Article continues below
“But they didn’t want to say yet that she had cancer because they hadn’t told the children and they were still working through how to tell the children.” Mr Knauf said what he used to talk about the ‘most’ in the past with William was “how he and the princess were going to prepare their children for life in the public eye”.
He added: “His childhood in front of the media was quite difficult at times, and he knew that he was going to be raising his kids to deal with social media and mobile phones and all of that stuff.”
Oasis are reuniting for the first time in 15 years this summer for the Live 25 tour – and Liam Gallagher has revealed how they won’t miss a drop of the excitement
Liam Gallagher says he’ll be ‘live blogging’ the Oasis tour for fans(Image: PA)
Liam Gallagher has promised to keep fans informed and entertained on the Oasis Live 25 tour – saying he is going to “blog” between gigs on social media. The cheeky frontman often replies to fans ‘ questions and messages on ‘ X ‘ after going for his morning exercise or walks with his dog Buttons.
And speaking to fans this week he was asked if he will continue to tweet when on tour. Liam replied: “Oh I’m doing a tour blog, you’re gonna be sick of the sight of me. My middle name is content”.
Liam is known for his sarcasm on the social media site and also was asked about what he will wear on tour, he replied: “I’ll grab something on the way out”.
And in another comment likely to be laced with humour, he was “Ricky Martin” when asked who would be supporting Oasis on the South American leg of the world tour.
The comment came after Ball Park Music were announced as the support act for the Australian leg of gigs at the end of the year. They are an Australian five-piece indie rock band from Brisbane who formed in 2008.
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Noel and Liam will walk on stage for the first time together since the band split in 2009 on July 4 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The line up for the band is also now thought to have been completed with rehearsals for the whole band also expected to start soon in the coming month.
Liam and Noel Gallagher are bringing in newcomer Joey Waronker on drums alongside more established former Oasis band members on guitars.
The full line up is thought to be Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Joey Waronker.
The UK shows will also feature special guests Richard Ashcroft and Cast, who are friends up the band.
Oasis frontman Liam, 51, admitted last year he was responsible for making up after fighting with Noel for years.
And Liam said it was him who picked up the phone to patch things up with his brother. It is thought he had been encouraged to do so by mum Peggy, partner Debbie and guitarist Paul ‘ Bonehead ‘ Arthurs.
Asked on X, formerly twitter, who called first him or Noel, Liam replied: “I called him but don’t tell anyone as I don’t want folk thinking I’m a soft lad and stuffs keep it between me n you cheers x”.
The reply was laced with humour which is typical of Liam’s responses on social media.
