What message does Putin’s visit to India send?

Talks held on trade as Washington wants New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil.

From limo diplomacy to a ceremonial guard, Vladimir Putin got a red-carpet welcome in India this week.

He was there to talk trade ties and energy supply with Narendra Modi – and make a statement that his country is far from a global pariah.

But as New Delhi tries to walk a tightrope between Moscow and Washington, what is at stake and who stands to benefit the most?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Brahma Chellaney – Professor of strategic studies at the Center for Policy Research

Thomas Pickering – Former diplomat and US ambassador to India and Russia

I’m A Celeb stars with ‘huge egos’ named and shamed by Ruby Wax who ‘took them down a peg’

Ruby Wax shared her insight into her I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! campmates as she confirmed who she had to take down because of their sweltering egos

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Ruby Wax has been busy sharing her take on her former campmates since her departure from the jungle. The popular TV personality named who she thought had ‘huge egos’ until she “took them down a peg.”

Ruby, 72, became the fifth celebrity to exit the camp on Wednesday and has wasted no time since then in giving her very honest opinions about the whole experience. Speaking to podcast hosts Ally and G she was asked the most shocking thing the experience had taught her.

The question prompted her to mention two people in particular. First up was Angry Ginge as she detailed how she had learnt a lot about his life. She said: “Suddenly, he became quite vulnerable with his story. I like digging deep.”

She then turned her attention to Aitch, as she added: “I liked Aitch’s answers to what he wants in life and it was just a dog and a wife and a kid. So they’re [Aitch and Ginge] so straight, underneath their wild exteriors.”

Ruby then added her trademark cheeky twist to her response continuing, “They’re just boys who want a normal life and a wife. A wife who will probably cater to them, because their egos are huge. I took them down a few pegs.”

Ruby’s exit rocked the camp and as she chatted with show hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly she spoke about the great friendships she had formed with the pair. However she was left disappointed when she learned about their milk bottle stealing fiasco.

Ruby also shared her hopes for who the eventual winner will be as she shared how she felt “sure” that ultimately the winner would be Ginge, she also described him as a “deserving winner” and said that she would be willing to put money on it.

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While Ruby seemed happy to support her new friend as the potential victor, she still wasn’t too happy about her exit meaning she was now ruled out of a place in the final on Sunday, December 7.

Speaking on This Morning following her exit, she said:”‘I’m totally devastated. I’ve been ripped from my family, ripped from the womb.

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“I’m so upset I can’t even tell you. I belong in that jungle. I want to go to my people. I didn’t think it was going to be so adorable, I didn’t know I’d love those people more than most people I know. I should have won!”

Last year’s winner, McFly star Danny Jones, has already been seen spending time in Australia ahead of the final, where he will be on hand to crown his successor. Contestants still in the running are Aitch, Ginge, Shona McGarty and Tom Read Wilson.

Kane Scores Hat-Trick As Bayern Stroll Past Stuttgart

Harry Kane came off the bench to score a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thrashed Stuttgart 5-0 on a day of late drama in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Kane struck three times in the second half to crush spirited resistance from Stuttgart, while St. Pauli and Heidenheim both grabbed injury-time goals.

Playing their fifth game in two weeks, Bayern rested several big names in Stuttgart, with Manuel Neuer, Harry Kane and Jonathan Tah all starting on the bench.

Vincent Kompany’s side still started strongly. Nicolas Jackson had an early chance, before Konrad Laimer opened the scoring with a delicate backheel on 11 minutes.

Stuttgart fought back before half-time, and were unlucky not to be level at the break after Nikolas Nartey’s headed equaliser was ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR check.

Bayern rallied after Kane came off the bench in the second half.

The England striker doubled the lead from the edge of the area and Josip Stanisic whipped in a third 12 minutes from time.

Bayern Munich’s English forward #09 Harry Kane (C) scores from the penalty spot during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich in Stuttgart on December 6, 2025. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

Kane then added a fifth from the penalty spot after a goal-line handball from Lorenz Assignon, before completing his hat-trick with a late tap-in.

The 32-year-old now has 17 goals in the league this season and 28 in all competitions.

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Elsewhere, Christian Eriksen helped Wolfsburg to their first home win in almost a year with a 3-1 victory against Union Berlin.

Wolfsburg had not won at home in 14 games, but stunned Union with two brilliantly worked first-half goals from Patrick Wimmer and Mohamed Amoura.

Eriksen then orchestrated the third after half-time, pouncing on a mistake by Stanley Nsoki to race forward and set up Lovro Majer in the box.

The hosts then weathered a late revival from Union, who pulled a goal back through Nsoki before Leopold Querfeld missed a penalty late on.

Wolfsburg’s win was not the only surprise of the day, as Augsburg snatched a shock 2-0 victory over Leverkusen in their first game since sacking coach Sandro Wagner.

Dimitrios Giannoulis caught the Bayer defence napping early on before Anton Kade doubled the lead with a header later in the first half.

Elsewhere, St. Pauli avoided a tenth defeat in a row with a 1-1 draw at Cologne, while Heidenheim came from behind for the second week in a row as they beat Freiburg 2-1.

Cologne looked set for victory after Said El Mala gave them the lead with a blistering counter-attack just after the break, but English striker Ricky-Jade Jones snatched a late equaliser with St. Pauli’s first shot of the match.

A week after they scored twice in injury time against Union, Heidenheim left it late again against Freiburg.

Patrick Mainka cancelled out Johan Manzambi’s opener in the second half before Stefan Schimmer found the net in the 94th minute to hand the hosts a dramatic victory.

Manchester City Thrash Sunderland, Chelsea Wobble Against Bournemouth

Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-0 to close within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal. 

City took full advantage of Arsenal’s loss to Aston Villa to close the gap at the top with a routine 3-0 win over Sunderland.

On a rare shot-shy day for Erling Haaland, City’s centre-backs lead the way as Ruben Dias blasted into the top corner from distance before Josko Gvardiol headed in a second before half-time.

Manchester City’s Portuguese defender #03 Ruben Dias celebrates scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)

Phil Foden scored for the fifth time in three games to round off the scoring in the second half.

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Chelsea’s Title Hopes Fading

Chelsea’s Argentinian midfielder #08 Enzo Fernandez (C) reacts after the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Chelsea at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)

Chelsea’s title challenge is fading fast after three games without a win.

Cole Palmer’s return to the starting line-up for the first time since September could not inspire the Blues as they were held 0-0 at Bournemouth to sit eight points off the lead in fourth.

Tottenham eased the pressure on Thomas Frank with their first home league win since the opening day of the season, against his former club Brentford.

Spurs were winless in five games in all competitions, but moved back into the top half with a 2-0 win courtesy of first-half goals from Richarlison and Xavi Simons.

Newcastle continued their upward trajectory with a 2-1 win over 10-man Burnley to climb up to 10th.

Bruno Guimaraes opened the scoring directly from a corner before Anthony Gordon added a second from the penalty spot after Lucas Pires saw red for the visitors.

Sean Dyche’s return to Everton as Nottingham Forest boss ended in a 3-0 defeat.

Nikola Milenkovic’s own goal opened the scoring before Thierno Barry’s first Everton goal and a late third from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall lifted the Toffees up to fifth.

Liverpool are aiming to halt their slide down the table later when they travel to Leeds, who beat Chelsea 3-1 in midweek to climb out of the relegation zone.

Crusaders performance a ‘disgrace’ and ’embarrassment’

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Crusaders manager Declan Caddell says the 4-0 home defeat by Portadown was an “embarrassment” and a “disgraceful performance”.

Eamon Fyfe opened the scoring at Seaview before Ben Wylie scored twice after half-time.

Ben Quinn added a fourth to condemn Crusaders to an 11th defeat in 18 Irish Premiership matches.

“Their first two goals were comical, and once the second one went in we just gave up,” Caddell told BBC Sport NI.

“That isn’t good enough at this football club and I won’t tolerate it.

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Despite the defeat, which leaves the Crues languishing in 10th place in the table, Caddell says he has “no concerns” over his role as manager, and believes he is doing everything he can to give the players a platform to perform.

“No, I’m surprised you asked me that, to be honest,” he added when questioned if he was feeling any pressure on his role.

“There’s no concerns from me. Ultimately it’s a results-based business and they’ve got to improve.

“Should we be higher than we are currently based on performance?

‘Mentality issue’

Caddell says the defeat by Portadown was down to a “mentality issue” and his young side “have to learn quickly”.

“We started off slow and never got going. We conceded at a bad time, which we have done in the past couple of weeks,” the former Crusaders midfielder added.

“We wanted a response from them at half-time but it never came.

“If you asked me if Portadown were excellent today? Probably not.

“But they worked hard, got their goals and won every personal battle.

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Caddell felt that “what happened on the pitch today is nothing to do with me or the coaching or the preparation” and said he has taken responsibility when he has got things wrong this season.

He says the players will have to respond quickly before Tuesday’s north Belfast derby with Cliftonville at Seaview.

“It’s to do with the willingness of players to put their body on the line and give everything they have. They didn’t do that,” Caddell continued.

“The players thought it was going to be an easier game, but you won’t get anything in this league if you aren’t going to roll your sleeves up.

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Piers Morgan announcement halts the news as former ITV star makes £100m move

Piers Morgan is set to expand his Uncensored YouTube channel brand after raising £22.5million from investors which will now allow his brand to be global media business

News talk show host Piers Morgan is set to finalise a £22.5million fundraising deal to expand his Uncensored brand. The YouTube channel currently has more than 4 million subscribers and news of its multi-million expansion interrupted a Sky News segment.

The news anchor issued a breaking news alert to tell viewers that “Piers Morgan is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding to turn his Uncensored brand into a broad based global media business.” The 60 year old TV personality, who has covered some of the world’s biggest stories to date, posted the breaking news clip and shared it to his Instagram.

In the clip his fans saw Sky News City Editor Mark Kleinman, explain the details of the investment which could change the media world as viewers know it. He said: “The Piers Morgan YouTube show has amassed well over four million subscribers. And I understand that he is in the process of finalising the fundraising of about $30million to expand the Uncensored brand globally.”

He added: “This deal will value the business just under £100 million before the new money is factored in and we’ll see it launch new areas, such as in history, technology and sport.”‘

Providing the Sky News City Editor with a statement, Piers said: “I’m very excited that some of the most experienced and successful players in the global media industry share my ambitious vision for Uncensored. This is the future of modern media.”

He captioned his social media post saying: “Some exciting news for Uncensored…” Rushing to the comment section, one follower said: “Deserved success.” Another penned: “Big congratulations.” Meanwhile a third person wrote, referring to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: “Well done you as an aside couldn’t help but think there’ll be plates smashing in Montecito.”

The new investors include New York Merchant bank The Raine Group and Greek media mogul Theo Kyriakou. This comes after he refused to be drawn in on answering whether he was set to apply for the position of Director General of the BBC, while on Newsnight.

Piers appeared on the news programme last Monday and simply replied “no comment” after he was being probed over whether he would consider taking on the role, following the broadcaster’s latest scandal.

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Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire moved away from the discussion of Donald Trump and Ukraine, and turned to Piers and said: “The advert for the new Director General has gone out tonight.”

She went on to say: “A former Conservative cabinet minister, Michael Gove, recently tweeted that you would be the man for the job. I guess that was a joke.” In response, Piers quipped: “Oh, he’s a very smart guy. No, I think he was deadly serious. Why would that be a joke?”

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