Trump often promised to bring peace to Ukraine in one day, but he may be coming to terms with reality.
Despite the White House pressure to end the Ukraine war, which has resulted in face-to-face talks, it has only worsened.
Andrey Kortunov, the former director of the Russian International Affairs Council, tells host Steve Clemons that war is a high priority for Moscow, and a low priority for Washington, so Russia is not in a rush to resolve the conflict according to United States President Donald Trump’s timeline.
Love Island fans reacted to tension on tonight’s episode as they claimed Ben displayed signs of huge ‘red flags’ during a very awkward interaction
Viewers issued a warning over one Love Island star tonight after an awkward scene aired on the show. It came after the first dumping of the new series earlier this week.
Tonight’s episode saw the islanders in the aftermath of Sophie Lee having left the villa on the ITV2 show earlier this week. She was dumped in last night’s instalment after Harry Cooksley and co-star Shakira Khan decided to recouple.
Shakira had been tasked with getting a boy to couple up with her after being left single in a twist that aired in the launch episode on Monday. She was told by host Maya Jama that either she would be the first star dumped or the partner of anyone she recoupled with would be instead.
There was tension between Toni and Ben tonight(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Following the dumping, at the start of tonight’s episode, there was tension between Toni Laites and Ben Holbrough. The pair have been coupled up since Toni ‘stole’ him from Shakira, which was the act that had left her single.
Toni and Ben were speaking as part of a group when she joked that the boys could be at risk next after all of the girls, except Toni, had been at risk of being dumped first in the twist that revolved around Shakira. Ben thought she was talking about him specifically and Toni teased that it isn’t all about him. Moments later he was seen walking off from the group.
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Toni said: “Boys, it’s your turn.” Asked what she meant, she clarified: “I think you’re not gonna be safe.” Ben appeared to say: “Why are you saying that about me in particular?” Toni reacted: “I said boys!” Alima confirmed: “She didn’t mean it about you. She meant all the boys.” Toni added: “Everything’s about him.”
He ended up leaving a group after comments were exchanged between them(Image: ITV/Love Island)
Ben reacted: “But no one said that.” Toni said: “You just said …” There was then mostly silence among the group as some of them appeared awkward in the aftermath. Ben ended up walking off and later said about the situation: “Is it the time and place to be joking about things like that? I’ve just got the ick.”
Fans weren’t impressed with Ben whilst watching the episode though. “BEN IS SUCH BAD VIBES,” one person wrote on X. Another said: “The red flags are really flagging with this Ben.” Someone else said: “Ben is soooooo sensitive omg.” One fan teased: “Ben is giving everyone the ick, not just Toni.”
One person wrote on Instagram: “He cannot take a joke to save his life.” Someone else said: “Bro needs humbling.” Another agreed, commenting: “Ben actually needs some humbling.”
Ben and Toni later spoke about their relationship, with the pair seemingly deciding to call time on a romance. During their conversation, after hearing that he had said she gave him “the ick” behind her back, Toni told him: “Say it to me.” Ben then said it and she replied: “You’re giving me the ick.”
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Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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TV star and model Lottie Moss has opened up on her scary experience of having a seizure following an overdose of Ozempic as she admitted she’s thought about taking it again
Model Lottie Moss has discussed her “terrifying” experiences with medication Ozempic on a new ITV show. The young model has revealed she was hospitalised after taking the medication, which is used to treat diabetes.
Lottie, Kate Moss’ younger half-sister, said: “I’d lost like, six or seven kg, like, it was so dramatic. “Coming off really quickly, and you almost don’t even notice it, because you’re so sick and, like, tired all the time. That’s why they, like, rushed me to the hospital. In the ER, I started to feel something really weird happen as soon as I got on the bed, I had the seizure, and they were holding me down. I was terrified.
“I do remember it, I started to feel, I honestly felt like I was dying. And it sounds really dramatic, but I’ve never had a seizure before. And I was just like this so isn’t worth it? Like, what am I doing to my body? Like, why did I feel like I needed to do this.
Lottie has admitted to using Ozempic ‘below board’(Image: Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Im)
“But I remember when I was just after I’d come out the hospital, I felt good because I was so slim, and I get how that feeling can be so addictive now.”
Despite all the pain and horror, Lottie says she has “thought about” going back to the injections before remembering it “didn’t work out for a reason”. Other celebrities have used the jabs or similar ones including Sharon Osbourne and Gemma Collins. While some have used the medication for weight loss purposes, the drug isn’t licensed for this. Instead, it is used to treat diabetes and side effects of the drug is weight loss.
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On ITV show The Price Of Perfection, Olivia Attwood speaks to Lottie and also continues her search for how science and social media are redefining beauty as we all chase the perfect selfie.
Lottie decided to open up on her scary hospital experience last year as she wanted to warn people of the dangers. She said on her Dream On with Lottie Moss podcast that her face and hands clenching up was one of the ‘scariest’ things she has ever gone through.
Medical professionals told her that the dosage she was injecting into her leg would have been prescribed to someone who weighed at least 100 kilos despite the star being in ‘her 50s’ range. She said: “A few months ago, I was not feeling happy about my weight, I had a friend, and she could get it for me.
“It was below board, from a doctor, but it wasn’t like you go into a doctor’s office and he prescribes it for you, takes your blood pressure, and takes tests, which is what you need when you go on something like Ozempic. At the end of the day, it is a medication, it is dangerous and really meant for weight loss of people of a very large size.
“When I was taking it, the amount that I was taking was meant for people who are 100 kilos and over and I’m in the 50s range. It’s these small things I wish I’d known before taking it. But I took it, you inject it into your leg, and it was the worst decision I ever made.
She added: “I would rather die any day than take it again. It made me feel so nauseous. I took it for two weeks. It comes with a pen and different doses, you take one injection one week, one injection the next week and you take it every week, and I’ve never felt sicker in my life. I was throwing up, it was horrible. I took a lower dosage the first time I took it then I went up higher. I ended up being in bed for two days, felt so sick, my weight had dropped.”
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The new series of Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection is available this Thursday on ITVX.
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Scarface star Harris Yulin has died aged 88 after a heart attack. The actor’s death has been announced by his family and manager Sue Leibman.
He died in New York on Tuesday. Yulin was an icon on Broadway having starred in Hedda Gabler, The Price, The Visit and Watch on the Rhine, among many others.
The actor was born on November 5, 1937 in Los Angeles and made his New York stage debut in James Saunders’ Next Time I’ll Sing to You. He was also a familiar face on television. His portrayal of Jerome Belasco, a crime boss on the much-loved sitcom Frasier, earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1996, and he also had a recurring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Yulin had an illustrious career on screen and stage ( Penske Media via Getty Images)
It wasn’t until 1980 that he made his Broadway debut, starring in a revival of Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine. He went on to make multiple appearances on Broadway, including The Visit, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Price and his final performance in Hedda Gabler in 2001.
The star also featured in films such as Multiplicity, All Square, Wanderland, Omni Loop, Game 6, and Candy Mountain. On the small screen, he had a significant storyline on the Netflix series Ozark, and memorable roles in Veep, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, And Just Like That, Billions, Divorce and WIOU.
He also had a bustling career off Broadway, performing at The Court Theatre in Chicago in Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The Chautauqua Festival. He took the lead role in Death of A Salesman in Dublin at The Gate Theatre, and was part of Arthur Miller’s final play Finishing The Picture at The Goodman Theatre.
He took centre stage in Frost Nixon at Bay Street Theatre where he also directed Men’s Lives by Joe Pintauro. In addition, he directed numerous plays including The Glass Menagerie at Guild Hall, Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful.
His directorial credits also include This Lime Tree Bower and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Yulin and Mercedes Ruehl performed together in many chamber pieces on the East End of Long Island, where he resided. The actor was collaborating on new projects with Stacy Keach until his passing.
The actor died from a heart attack ( Getty Images)
The seasoned actor also taught and directed at Juilliard for eight years, and at The Graduate School of the Arts at Columbia University and at HB Studios.
Just weeks before his death, Yulin was gearing up to start production this week in a starring role in the Michael Hoffman directed MGM+ series American Classic alongside Kevin Kline and Laura Linney.
According to his family, Yulin was thrilled to be working with Michael Hoffman (who had previously directed Yulin in Game 6 in 2005) along with such a star-studded cast.
Director Michael Hoffman paid heartfelt homage to Harris Yulin, stating: “Harris Yulin was very simply one of the greatest artists I have ever encountered,” and praising his unique blend of skill and spontaneity: “His marriage of immense technique with an always fresh sense of discovery, gave his work an immediacy and vitality and purity I’ve experienced no where else.
“And what he was as an actor, he was as a man, the grace, the humility, the generosity. All of us at American Classic have been blessed by our experience with him. He will always remain the beating heart of our show.”
Yulin is survived by his wife Kristen Lowman, son-in-law Ted Mineo, nephew Martin Crane, and godchildren Marco and Lara Greenberg.
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South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has joined an elite Lord’s club of two.
Famously, any player who takes five wickets or scores a century in a Test match has their name etched on to an honours board in gold lettering.
Before the first day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, only one other Test player in the storied 141-year history of the longer format at Lord’s has appeared on the honours board in both the home and away dressing rooms.
That quirky mark of cricket trivia belonged to legendary West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge.
His knocks of 214 not out and 103 against England in 1984 and 1988 respectively adorn the board in the away dressing room.
But less well known is the fact he is also on the home dressing room for the 122 he made for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the Rest of the World in 1987.
With South Africa allocated the home dressing room for the WTC final at the home of cricket, Rabada’s five-wicket haul was enough to see him join Greenidge in the exclusive club.
A piece of sticky batting tape with Rabada’s name written on it in pen has been attached to the board for his figures of 5-51, as is the tradition for players during matches. The gold lettering should soon follow.
And with no place for neutral Tests at Lord’s on the honours board since they were refurbished in 2018 it may well be stencilled on there permanently.
Did England great Broad help Rabada?
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Perhaps he benefited from some insider trading from the fast bowlers’ union to achieve the feat.
In a savvy move, South Africa engaged the services of Stuart Broad – a man who is on the honours board for batting and bowling – in the build-up to this match.
They did so on the premise the former England bowler could impart some pearls of wisdom on a ground where he took 113 wickets.
Rabada must have been eagerly taking notes – CricViz data showed that 84% of Rabada’s deliveries on day one were on a good length, which is the most of any innings in his career.
His dismissal of Australia opener Usman Khawaja, with a delivery from round the wicket which squared the left-hander up and took the edge, was Broadian by nature.
“Stuart gave us a few pointers on certain field placings and in general with the conditions with cloud cover and wind,” acknowledged Rabada, who has the second-best strike-rate (39.1) in the history of the game of bowlers with 100 wickets or more (beaten only by England’s George Lohmann, who took his wickets every 34.1 balls between 1886 and 1896).
There was also a redemption element of sorts to Rabada’s efforts with the ball.
The 30-year-old fast bowler had come into the match with something of a cloud hanging over him having recently served a short ban for recreational drug use.
“It wasn’t my best moment, as I have alluded to,” Rabada said, in a matter-of-fact manner.
“Life moves on. Every game that I play for South Africa, I try to do my best.”
On a day when 14 wickets fell at Lord’s it would be easy to assume the South Africa quick bowler’s five-wicket haul could be attributed to other factors.
“For day one of a Lord’s Test match, it was below average in terms of movement through the air, and just about average for deviation off the pitch,” said TMS scorer Andy Zaltzman.
“So that comes down to quality of bowling and consistency.”
Rabada also moved above legendary fast bowler Allan Donald and up to fourth on South Africa’s all-time Test wicket-takers list as he took his tally to 332 victims.
The three men above him on South Africa’s all-time list are Makhaya Ntini (390), Shaun Pollock (421) and Dale Steyn (439).
“As a player, growing up and representing South Africa, I have been inspired by those who have come before and seen what they have done on the big stage,” he added.
Sophie Lee was dumped from the Love Island villa last night and former islander Olivia Hawkins has shared her thoughts on the situation following the latest episode
A former Love Island star has shared their thoughts on Sophie Lee being dumped on last night’s episode
A former Love Island star has shared their thoughts on Sophie Lee becoming the first islander to be dumped on the new series. It’s included describing the situation as “brutal”.
Last night’s episode of the ITV2 show saw Sophie, 29, leave the villa after Harry Cooksley, who she had been coupled up with, recoupled with Shakira Khan. It meant that Sophie was left single and she had to leave the villa in Majorca, with her being dumped just days into the latest series.
Some fans were not impressed with the outcome of this series’ first dumping. Sophie, who has been described as inspirational, had been met with support after opening up about rebuilding her life in the aftermath of receiving burns in an accident involving fire in her early twenties.
Olivia Hawkins, 29, has said that it’s “such a shame” that Sophie didn’t get longer in the villa. The former islander, who appeared on Love Island back in 2023 before returning for All Stars earlier this year, said she’s a “big fan” of her.
Olivia told us: “I’m actually a big fan of Sophie. I’ve followed her for years, and her journey, and I think she’s so inspirational. When I saw she joined the cast, I was really excited, so it’s such a shame.”
Sophie Lee (left), pictured with Harry Cooksley (right), was dumped from Love Island last night(Image: ITV)
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She added that it’s “brutal” when someone has to leave so early on. Olivia said: “I love Love Island, I love the team, but it’s so brutal when someone gets dumped after 24 hours, especially when the process takes such a long time, like four or five months, you dedicate your whole world to it.”
Speaking on behalf of Mecca Bingo, Olivia added: “So, it’s such a shame, because I think she would have brought a different dynamic, and I know she would have been a fiery character. I think it’s a bit of a loss for the show, but someone had to go, didn’t they?”
Following her departure, Sophie said: “I just was myself, fully. My silly, wonderful and little bit cautious (but that’s just me) self.” She also said: “I don’t regret anything I’ve done. I did everything that I wanted to do. And summer’s not over!”
Former islander Olivia Hawkins, who appeared on All Stars this year, has since shared her thoughts(Image: Getty Images)
Fans shared their disappointed over her being dumped from the villa following the news last night. One wrote on X: “Sad to see her leave.” Another said: “They better bring Sophie back as a Casa bombshell. Justice for Sophie.”
A third said: “I feel bad for Sophie. I was [rooting] for her! She’s been through a lot and I wanted her to find someone.” Sharing their thoughts, someone else reacted to her departure by writing in a tweet: “Sophie leaving is so unfair.”
After landing back in the UK, Sophie expressed her gratitude for the support she’s received. She wrote in a post on Instagram today: “What a whirlwind. Thank you all so much for all the love and support. A short but sweet journey.”
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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