Louis Tomlinson confesses he hates singing huge One Direction hit

What Makes You Beautiful, the debut single from One Direction, has been attributed to Louis Tomlinson, who has always hated it. It was the group’s first international success after X Factor, which saw them become a global celebrity.

After securing nationwide popularity during their tine on the X Factor, One Direction released their debut single What Makes You Beautiful. And while you’d assume that there would be a special place in Louis Tomlinson’s heart as it was the single that catapulted One Direction to global stardom overnight, it turns out this could not be further from the truth.

And 13 years later, it looks as though Louis, 33, still can’t stand to sing and perform the track. Louis, who decided to launch a solo career after the band took a hiatus in 2016 was one fifth of the pop group that included, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and the late Liam Payne. Liam tragically died after falling off a balcony while staying at a hotel in Argentina, October last year.

The singer was asked which song from the album of tracks he hated singing during a press conference prior to the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball next month. The fan responded, “Louis, I love you and all of your songs, of course. What song do you hate or hate performing, though?

He retorted, “It’s ironic because this game makes me an open book,” he said. I’ll just respond to your questions! I’m not sure there was ever a single time I performed One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful and enjoyed it, so maybe some people wouldn’t respond. He continued, “That was a challenge that I felt. So, yeah”.

Louis has unfortunately experienced his fair share of heartache following the tragic passing of his mother Johannah in 2016 despite the tragic death of his bandmate Liam, which is understandably expected to have caused him so much. Sadly, Johannah passed away after losing her battle with leukemia.

The coroner reported that his sister Felicite had a “fatal combination of drugs” when she died three years later. When a friend discovered Fizzy in her west London apartment, she was only 18, or Fizzy as she was known to those close, and she was unable to breathe after taking cocaine.

Although Felicite and a friend were initially reported to have taken cocaine the night before, traces of Xanax and OxyContin later emerged in her system. The combination was described as “the perfect storm” by coroner Shirley Radcliffe. According to reports, the sister of the internationally acclaimed singer had a fashion design dream.

Louis’ resolve to serve those who are close to him was demonstrated by his donation of £4,000 to pay for life-saving surgery, despite all the tragedy in his life.

His former bodyguard, who was in charge of the boys at the height of their fame, was given this responsibility. To clear the blocked arteries in both of his legs, Preston Mahon needed a sizable sum of money.

And after setting up a Go-Fund-me page, it was spotted that Louis had donated the large sum to help his once close pal. He told The Sun: “I’m so appreciative, it means the world to me.”

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Israeli attack kills two children in southern Gaza despite ceasefire

According to doctors, an Israeli drone attack east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip claimed the lives of two Palestinian children.

Witnesses reported to Al Jazeera that Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi, two brothers, were killed when drones dropped a bomb on a group of civilians close to al-Farabi School on Saturday morning.

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According to medical sources, the two boys were taken to Khan Younis’ Nasser Medical Complex with serious injuries and later declared dead.

The targeted area is located beyond the so-called Yellow Line, which represents the Israeli forces’ redeployment boundary, according to sources.

The Israeli military launched ground, naval, and air attacks on several of Gaza’s earlier on Saturday.

According to medical sources, Israeli air and rocket bombardment in the town of al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis, left three Palestinians dead.

On Saturday morning, Israeli aircraft also carried out raids in the Tuffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

Additionally, attacks targeted southern Gaza’s Rafah city’s eastern areas.

The attacks come one day after the Nasser Medical Complex announced that a Palestinian was killed by Israeli drone fire from the town of Bani Suheila outside of the Yellow Line.

Since October 2023, Israel has attacked Gaza killing nearly 70 000 people, primarily women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.

As Hamas demands that Israel beg the international community to abide by the truce, it has repeatedly broken it.

Israeli forces injure hundreds of Palestinians in raids on Tubas, West Bank

In addition to the major offensive against northern areas of the occupied territory that began on Wednesday, which continued to cause widespread destruction, Israeli forces have injured more than 200 Palestinians in raids on the West Bank governorate of Tubas.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), 78 of the wounded in the Israeli attacks on Tubas since Wednesday required hospital care.

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Israeli soldiers have moved the focus of their raids to Tubas as well as the nearby villages of Aqqaba and Tayaseer since Friday when they retreated from Tammun and Far’a refugee camp.

Nearly 200 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in the last four days, according to local officials. At least eight people were detained and transferred to Israeli military jails, despite the majority of them being interrogated and released on the spot.

In addition to the military raids in Qalqilya, Jenin, and Nablus, at least nine Palestinians were taken into custody. According to local sources, two children and a woman were among the five people detained in Qalqilya at dawn on Saturday, according to local sources.

Since October 2023, there have been 47 army incursions on average every day across the occupied West Bank in November. These incursions have been accompanied by violent raids by Israeli soldiers and armed settlers.

The town’s mayor of Tammun told Al Jazeera that despite the number of raids in the Tubas governorate over the past few years, the ones this week were the worst in terms of scale, destruction, and violence.

He claimed that more than 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) of Israeli-occupied West Bank roads have been torn up, water networks have been vandalized, private property has been vandalized, and people have been severely beaten, a pattern that has been repeated by other significant Israeli military attacks.

Israeli bulldozers are paving the way for the destruction of at least 23 more Palestinian homes in the Jenin refugee camp, where Israeli soldiers have been advanceing in a major offensive launched in January.

Even though the area is mostly empty because most of the families have been displaced, they issued notices several days later saying the demolitions were necessary to guarantee “freedom of movement” for the Israeli forces inside the camp.

340 Palestinians lived in the condemned buildings. On Thursday, only 47 of them, primarily women, were permitted to retrieve their belongings.

Residents were given two hours to pick up their belongings, according to a Jenin refugee camp services committee member, and some could not even recognize their homes as a result of the Israeli assault’s destruction.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s armed wing reported on Friday that its fighters carried out numerous attacks on Israeli soldiers during raids in Jenin and Tubas.

In the Wadi al-Tayaseer neighborhood, the group claimed its fighters in Tubas used an antipersonnel explosive device to attack an Israeli foot patrol. In the town of Silat al-Harithiya in Jenin, fighters reportedly detonated explosives against Israeli military vehicles.

At least 1, 086 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 2023, including 223 children, by Israeli soldiers. At least 251 were killed in 2025.

Since Israel’s war against Gaza began, at least 10, 662 Palestinians have been injured, and more than 20, 500 have been taken into custody. In Israel’s prisons at the beginning of November, there were 9, 204 Palestinians, of whom 3, 368 are detained without charges.

This Morning’s Alice Liveing rushed to hospital weeks after giving birth

Just weeks after giving birth to a girl, a This Morning star was taken to a hospital and given a life-threatening condition. The ITV star revealed that something was wrong after five weeks since the birth of her daughter by posting a picture of her hospital bed surrounded by machines to her Instagram account.

Alice Liveing, who is 675, 000, shared her life-threatening condition with her 675, 000, and luckily scheduled an appointment with her GP.

Not the news I wanted today, but I wanted to share it in case it helps someone else, so check out her Instagram post. After seeing my GP, I noticed some unusual postpartum bleeding over the past week or so.

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Alice gave birth to a baby girl just a few weeks ago
Just a few weeks ago, Alice gave birth to a girl (Instagram).

She continued, “I have some “retained products,” and I’m now awaiting the plan of action to address this. It might be worthwhile to check these little things that you frequently try to “write off” as being normal post-partum.

I’m sorry I didn’t get triage care from the hospital, so I had to use the GP route. I’m glad I did, and I’ll let you know when the next steps are for anyone else who might be experiencing similar things.

In the hope that it will raise awareness, she went on to detail the circumstances surrounding abnormal postpartum bleeding, even though she had already posted a disclaimer in the post that followed because she thought it was a lot of information.

She stated in a different post that “mine was primarily the color of my bleeding.” Around 25 days after birth, it was a bright, bright red with large clots (Sorry TMI).

After revealing that she had given birth to Jeannie Isabella Murphy in a safe manner earlier this month, Alice began posting joyous pictures.

She eloquently stated on November 9: “Creaping back online to announce the arrival of… Jeannie Isabella Murphy.” Because this is a wild story, I can’t wait to share more about her unexpected entrance into the world.

She continued, “But she’s here, she’s healthy, she’s happy, and safely earthside,” adding that “all we could ask for is that.” “I’ve taken the longest time offline since I started posting ten years ago,” soaking up every second of this bubble we’re in.

And it wasn’t long before her famous friends eluded the family of three’s best wishes in the comment section. Congratulations!, said reality TV star Lucy Mecklenburgh. She is so flawless.

Katie Piper, a panelist for Loose Women, said, “Huge congratulations. Congrats superwoman, and Love Island star Montana Brown wrote: “And. She is so stunning. Singer Pixie Lott followed with the statement, “Ahh congratulations guys, you’re so beautiful!!!! “

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England’s Wood set to miss second Ashes Test

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Mark Wood, an England fast bowler, will miss the crucial second Ashes Test in Brisbane due to concerns about his left knee.

Wood only just returned from a nine-month absence following England’s Perth defeat last week in the first-test match.

The 35-year-old’s innings counted 11 overs as England lost to Australia in their first two-day Ashes Test in 104 years.

Wood was the only player among the 13 players in Queensland who was not at Allan Border Field who did not play at England’s first training session on Saturday morning in Brisbane.

The most likely replacement for Wood would be Josh Tongue for the second Test, which will start on Thursday and will be a day-night fixture at the Gabba.

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Wood’s additional setback to Durham and England is a huge blow. Even so, it might dissent from his perspective on the world.

Wood has a turbulent injury history, having been one of the fastest bowlers to ever score for England. He had an elbow issue, then had surgery on his left knee, and he had not played a test since then for 15 months.

Wood managed eight overs in his first Test match against the England Lions before suffering tightness in his left hamstring when he made his on-field comeback before the first Test.

He was cleared of any hamstring issues and given a pass for fitness to play in Perth, where he had match scores of 0-44.

Wood’s availability enabled England to carry out a long-awaited strategy to start beating Australia at the Ashes.

England’s opening day of Test cricket was their fastest overall bowling day thanks to a five-man pace attack at Perth Stadium.

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Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie expressed concern for the robustness of England’s attack before learning about Wood’s injury.

Do they have enough work to be physically fit and powerful to bowl consistently high pace throughout the duration of a match before resuming it in other matches? Gillespie appeared on BBC World Service’s “Stumped.”

“That leaves me with a big question mark,” I thought.

England would be concerned about Wood’s absence at the Gabba, which hasn’t won there since 1986.

England have lost three of their previous seven tests in Australia, but they have a poor record in floodlit matches.

Australia has the best pink-ball player in the world in Mitchell Starc’s bowling position, winning 13 of their 14 day-night matches.

Under lights, the pink ball can be harder to see, but it does not behave differently from the red one.

When Starc played a day-night Test against Australia in Hobart in 2022, he last took nine wickets when he bowled over 87mph.

Former England seamer Stuart Broad said: “There’s something about the pink ball, you just can’t pick it up quite as well.” You also don’t see anything, so the seam is black against the pink background, but Mitchell Starc’s in-swinger might come back into the stumps or run around.

It’s just that the pink ball’s lights are reflecting off, making it almost seem like a large planet is coming your way.

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Ireland full-back Keenan targets January return

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Hugo Keenan, a full-back, has a hip injury that has prevented him from playing for Ireland in the Six Nations.

Keenan hasn’t played since the British and Irish Lions won the summer tournament in Australia.

The 29-year-old had preplanned hip surgery shortly after returning home, but the decisive try was the decisive try in the second Test to win the series.

He was excluded from Ireland’s autumn internationals because of that, but he will make a return to Leinster in the new year before Andy Farrell’s side face France in their opening match of the year on February 5.

When you’ve been using crutches for four or five weeks, you’re quickly brought back to life,” Keenen said on the BBC Sounds podcast’s Rugby Union Weekly.

You must “get it right,” not rush it. I’m moving and running again in January, and I’m hoping to return.

Keenan said that the decisive try in Australia was “the stuff you dream of,” despite having been sidelined since the Lions.

“That entire Lions tour was insane,” he said. He cited his own injury, his illness, and his reputation as the luckiest player on the team because everyone got hurt.

“Sometimes, it’s funny how the world works.”

Leinster, reigning champions, have had a difficult start to the United Rugby Championship, winning three of their six matches.

Ireland lost to New Zealand and South Africa in November after winning back-to-back Six Nations titles.

Keenan claims that the current state of affairs with both the province and the nation is unrequited.

“The past few years haven’t been perfect,” I say. You can’t win all of Leinster and Ireland, he said, despite the fact that we’ve had good years.

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