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Sudan’s el-Fasher ‘a crime scene’ after RSF takeover: UN aid chief

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The UN’s aid chief claims that Sudan’s el-Fasher has been transformed into a “crime scene” as it is pressed by the UN to gain access to the city after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month.

The western Darfur region was described as “an absolute horror show,” according to Tom Fletcher, who recently wrapped up a trip there.

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In a campaign that rights organizations and witnesses claim included widespread sexual violence and kidnappings, the RSF seized control of the state’s capital, El-Fasher, in late October.

In a video, Fletcher stated, “I spent a week in Darfur, which is now the epicenter of human suffering in the world.”

According to the evaluations of numerous survivors, El-Fasher is essentially a crime location. We need to stop deliberate attacks on civilians and bring these crimes to justice, as I’ve heard so many stories of them.

“Naked cruelty”

Fletcher’s remarks come shortly after the UN Human Rights Council ordered an investigation into “atrocities” committed in El-Fasher, which had fallen on October 26 from an 18-month siege.

As the council passed a resolution ordering the investigation, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stated on Friday that “the international community has a clear duty to act.”

“There was too much pretense, performance, and little action,” the statement read. It must stand up to these atrocities, which are intended to systematically oppress and rule over a whole population.

Any such incidents, according to the RSF, are carried out by rogue actors, the organization claims. However, evidence suggests that the armed group committed numerous mass killings, according to the UN, human rights organizations, and other observers.

Hundreds of thousands of residents of El-Fasher are reportedly trapped and without access to aid, healthcare, and other essential supplies, according to UN officials.

More than 100 000 people have reportedly fled the city to nearby towns and displacement camps since the RSF seized control of El-Fasher from the Sudanese Armed Forces, according to the most recent UN figures.

While American researchers claim satellite images suggest RSF forces are burying bodies in mass graves, survivors have described seeing bodies lining the streets.

The paramilitary group has been expanding its presence eastward into the nearby Kordofan region, where the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported “intensified air strikes, drone attacks, and heavy troop mobilization since early November.”

According to an update from UNHCR, residents of the towns of Babanousa, Dilling, and Kadugli have been besieged because their access to food, water, and health care is “roast deteriorating.”

Dragons quit WRU meeting over ‘not viable’ pro plan

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After leaving a meeting with the governing body, the Dragons claim that Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) plans for the professional game are “not viable or desirable.”

Chairman David Wright and CEO Rhys Blumberg abruptly departed from discussions with the WRU at Principality Stadium on November 6th.

Since then, Blumberg has spoken with the Union at Professional Rugby Board (PRB) meetings as the organization’s representative.

One of the current four professional men’s teams, Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys, Scarlets, has been proposed by the WRU to be cut by 2027, and possibly by the start of the next season.

The union’s desire to take control of rugby matters and leave clubs with just the commercial responsibilities is causing the Dragons to worry that there will be one in the west, one in Cardiff, and one in the east.

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The WRU announced plans to cut to three teams on October 24 after a consultation period on previous proposals to go down to as few as two.

The Dragons’ Association then spoke with the governing body about a “constructive and meaningful” engagement, according to the organization’s representatives.

Professional clubs would not have any influence over rugby decisions, including those regarding coaching, player selection, and player recruitment, according to the current WRU proposals, said a club statement.

This is not feasible or desirable for Dragons RFC, but we have consistently sought a constructive discussion about how to improve the Union’s plans.

It became clear and obvious shortly after the meeting that the WRU was not inclined to change their proposed governance structure. We subsequently abruptly adjourned the meeting.

The WRU was still insistent on controlling all rugby-related issues and demanding that they directly employ all players, coaches, and support staff.

The WRU’s central management of all rugby operations, which is a crucial and essential component of the club and business we purchased, is unacceptable, as are the club owners’ expectations of being fully accountable and accountable for all operations.

Dragons prop Chris Coleman celebrates a try against Scarlets in pre-seasonPicture agency for Huw Evans

When David Buttress, Wright, and Hoyoung Huh, the then chairman, completed a takeover, Dragons were WRU-owned from 2017 until 2023.

The nine-acre Rodney Parade site, which is the only stadium in the east of Wales to host professional athletes of the highest caliber, was included in the deal.

Supporters are aware that their club must select their team from within. They won’t put their weight behind a team that is assembled anywhere but Rodney Parade, Wright asserted.

We will continue to push for a deal that honors the club, strengthens the game, and respects supporters.

The WRU must now pause, reevaluate, and reevaluate both its financial and governance proposals.

After failing to capitalize on late opportunities in home draws against Sharks and Ospreys, the Dragons were unable to win the first block of the United Rugby Championship (URC).

Since Filo Tiatia’s team last won in the Challenge Cup at Newcastle in December, they haven’t won in the URC since the first weekend of the season.

Five members of the current Wales squad will be available for the autumn internationals thanks to the Rodney Parade club.

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I’m A Celebrity’s Ruby Wax’s devastating health condition she’ll never recover from

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Due to having a crippling illness, Ruby Wax must stay at home and shut herself out of the world.

Comedian, actor and presenter Ruby Wax is certainly no wallflower and has been at the centre of plenty of action, debate and story telling during her time in the Australian jungle for I’m a Celebrity.

The 72-year-old has however revealed that despite believing she was well and healthy, a disease that was discovered in the 1990s reared ugly head after 12 years and forced her to revert to a normal life.

The alarming realisation that her condition had returned occurred after she sought advice from her specialist and while she was abroad, away from her family, researching material for a book.

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In 2022, Ruby embarked on a series of “life-changing journeys” intended to help her discover meaning in life for the new book she was writing. She hoped to help people find purpose in a post-pandemic world. Her friend, the Rev Richard Coles, who finished in third place in last year’s I’m a Celeb, suggested she visit the Christian Brotherhood where he trained, but it was there that she became ill.

Ruby was diagnosed with depression in the 90s and it resurfaced in what should have been a peaceful place of solace. She said: “That time [in the monastery] could have been the most pleasurable experience,” she told the Guardian in 2023.

“Maybe it was because I’d got off medication to do the psilocybin (a ‘potential cure for depression’). But it can happen when your career is going really well… there is no predictor. Depression is a disease that decides to rear its head – like herpes.”

She has a lot of knowledge about mindfulness, something she is very knowledgeable about, and has kept herself well for the previous 12 years. She was made a University of Surrey Visiting Professor in Mental Health Nursing, received a master’s degree in mindfulness cognitive therapy, and received an OBE for her contributions to the field.

We’ve seen her with her jungle campmates meditating daily to maintain her inner calm. So it was a real shock when she was suddenly caught again.

She explained that she used to be able to see it coming and pull everything back. I would be aware to change, change, and change. Because I fear being locked into my room, I would go there in a secure location where no one could get me and where I could see the doorknob. I’ve been there for weeks, sometimes. I would wait for the dopamine instead of visiting a hospital. I used to work constantly and override it before I would become extremely ill. The tipping point is typically known to me. However, I missed it this time.

She called her psychiatrist, who informed her that she needed to return home and visit the hospital when she realized she was “spiralling” once more. Following the incident, the book, whose name was changed to I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, begins here.

She acknowledges that it was undoubtedly not intended. “I went on various, life-changing journeys before I started the book in search of meaning. I ended up in a mental health facility, and it’s obvious that things didn’t go my way. The mental car crash resulted in this account, and everything had to change from there, she writes.

Thankfully, Ruby, who is married to TV and film producer Ed Bye and has three grown-up children, was also able to visit other places, such as a refugee camp in Greece, a month-long silent mindfulness retreat in San Francisco, and the Dominican Republic, where she swam with whales. However, she knows that her illness is something she will never be able to truly escape from.

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She described depression as “the black hole of diseases, where you sit helpless as your mind hammers you with accusations.” Your brains are ejected like tiny demons that bite your brains. She tragically admits, “I’ve spent my life creating a ‘front’ to give the impression that everything is fine,” and it’s difficult to stay alive and listen. It isn’t and wasn’t, either.

Charlotte Crosby reveals dramatic run-in with the police while filming Geordie Shore

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Charlotte Crosby was absolutely crazy during her time on Geordie Shore, but the actress claimed that her mother was okay with it because she was “worse off-camera.”

Charlotte Crosby has revealed what happened that made her mum okay with her being on Geordie Shore, despite how “wild” it would get – and it involved a run in with the police.

Appearing on This Morning to promote her new TV show Geordie Stories: Charlotte Mam of Two. On the show, she shared that when she was on the show, she would go out partying in “Primark knickers” and shared that no TV show will match Geordie Shore’s wildness.

When asked if she would allow her daughters to perform such a show, she replied, “Thankfully, there will never be a show like Geordie Shore again.” It “never will be as wild.”

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She was asked what her mother thought about the series and her time on it, to which Charlotte surprised hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley by saying her mum was absolutely fine with it.

Charlotte said that being on the show calmed her down, and that her mother was “alright.” She and Geordie Shore were good because I did much worse off-camera.

She said she didn’t want to know what Charlotte might have been like when they were away from the cameras, adding that she had “run ins with the police.”

You don’t even want to know because there were police run-ins and everything. However, only disorderly and intoxicated. She continued to say that this was the real reason her mother didn’t mind her wild antics on Geordie Shore, saying that it helped to calm us down.

Charlotte was on Geordie Shore when it first began in 2011. She featured in 12 series of the show, with the last one being in 2024. Some of her most dramatic show moments included a fight with Marnie Simpson.

There were many scenes where Gaz Beadle urinated on herself, as well as attempts to get him to cheat on his girlfriend in this probably the most intense catfight of the series.

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Since leaving the show, Charlotte has had many of her own series, including Aussie Shores, where she moved to Australia, and Charlotte in Sunderland.

Gunmen attack Nigeria church, killing and kidnapping worshippers

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The first moments of a gun attack, which involved the murder of at least two people and the kidnapping of the pastor and worshippers, were captured on video from a Nigerian church service. The government of Nigeria has refuted recent US allegations of a “genocide” committed there against Christians.

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PDP Crisis: Behaviour Of Major Actors Disgraceful, Shows They’re Unworthy To Lead — Kila

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The Director, Centre for International, Advanced and Professional Studies, Anthony Kila, has criticised the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the internal crisis that led to chaos at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

Kila said the actions of the major actors showed that too many leaders or people aspiring to govern Nigerians were not worthy to lead.

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“If they are guided by a higher purpose of service to the state, a vision to improve society, there will be less need for this kind of thing.

” Unfortunately, they confirmed what I have always suspected a long time ago, that too many of the people ruling us, aspiring to rule us, are not worthy of being called statesmen or leaders.

“They result in thuggery and violence because they are not debating and consulting”, the professor said on The Morning Brief on Wednesday.

‘ Inevitable ‘ Crisis

He also said that the challenges facing the opposition party were unavoidable due to the anti-party activities of some of its leaders.

“I think what PDP is going through is inevitable because, for a long time, there have been people inside working for the outside, and there are people who do not share interests.

” This is the smell of rotten fish. The problem is not the smell itself, it’s the fish that is rotten that’s the problem we have here, “he added.

Kila, however, expressed displeasure over the role of the judiciary in the matter, saying that the continuous involvement of courts in party politics erodes the trust in the arm of government.

” I want our Bench and our Bar to take note that partisan politics in Nigeria is very corrupt, very debasing, very destructive, very toxic, and they should do well to stay away from it as much as possible.

“The continuous involvement of the judiciary in matters of political parties is eroding the trust that observers and the average citizens have in the judiciary”, he said.

Leadership Crisis

The crisis in the party took a twist on Tuesday when rival groups clashed at the PDP secretariat.

Chaos broke out when Taminu Turaki, who emerged as National Chairman at the Ibadan convention on November 15, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, and other members of the newly elected PDP executives arrived at the premises.

The police fired teargas as Anyanwu’s supporters tried to block the group from entering the secretariat.

Turaki later said on Tuesday that he had assumed office as the national chairman of the PDP.

During the convention, the group expelled Anyanwu, Wike, a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and others for anti-party activities.

However, Anyanwu and his group dismissed the suspension, describing it as a “jamboree” and illegality, and in turn, expelled Turaki, Mohammed, and Makinde, among others.

But on Monday, the police cordoned off the national secretariat of the PDP following the clash between two factions of the party.