At a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in West Jerusalem, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated the importance of the fragile ceasefire.
Published On 23 Oct 2025
Richard Madeley has revealed he used to secretly smoke 60 cigarettes a day – and shared the one thing that finally made him quit the unhealthy habit.
The 69-year-old presenter, who shot to fame presenting TV shows with his wife Judy Finnigan, 77, confessed to having a ‘very addictive personality’. This is why he never tried drugs, as he was already so hooked on smoking.
Richard claimed to have “never even smoked a joint” when he spoke with Busted star Matt Willis on his On The Mend podcast. He explained to Matt why, saying, “I was a very heavy smoker until I was 40. I once had a daily intake of 60 to 3 packs, which is ridiculous.
I’m a very addictive person. I was aware of this, and smoking later proved it to me. As a result, I’ve always been terrified of heavier items. I do, in fact, drink a lot of wine. But I get it. “
In terms of cocaine or pot, Richard continued, “I’ve always steered clear because it terrifies me. In terms of cocaine or pot, as we used to call it. And I’m afraid I’ll fall into the same trap as you did. I never trust myself, so I never do.
Richard claimed that everyone smoked “back in the early seventies” and that he started smoking when he was 16 when he got his first job as a reporter for a local newspaper.
You were chain smoking as you were typing because you were covering a story and you returned to your typewriter at your desk and couldn’t write your story without getting a fag on the go. But it aggravated my severe addiction.
Richard claimed it was interviewing Nigella Lawson’s first husband John Diamond, a journalist for The Guardian and The Times, who passed away in 2001 at the age of 47. He recalled the moment when he finally gave up.
He was dying while he was writing a diary about dying for The Guardian, and he had throat and mouth cancer as a result of smoking when he was in his late 30s or early 40s.
“It was a tragedy, and yet it was gripping the way he talked about his shortening days and his suffering. And he came on This Morning when he probably had about three weeks to live.
He had had a lot of his oesophagus removed, and he had had tumors that caused him to have had half of his tongue removed. He had a bad attitude. One side of his mouth was constantly dribbling. And because of the surgery on his tongue, he was very difficult to understand.
I said to him in a slightly foolish way, “John, you’re in this plight because of smoking,” about halfway through this live interview. And he said, “Of course I f***ing am,” which we didn’t receive any complaints because the F-word couldn’t really be heard.
I turned around and grabbed my packet of Benson &, Hedges down and looked at it as I went back to my dressing room. The four or five remaining items I removed went down the toilet. If I could do anything to stop it, I knew that was it because I could not allow myself to end in that manner. And since then, I’ve never smoked anything.
After receiving a call from San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who had criticized his plan to send troops to Democratic-led cities, US President Donald Trump said he would not send federal agents there. Demonstrators demonstrating outside a staging area for the Bay Area Coast Guard base.
Published On 23 Oct 2025
Published On 23 Oct 2025
After the sanctions were imposed on Russia’s two biggest oil companies by the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to resist pressure from the West.
In an effort to persuade Putin to end his country’s occupation of Ukraine, US President Donald Trump placed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil on Wednesday. Trump’s sanctions posed a risk to foreign financial institutions that conduct business with these companies, a warning that might make it difficult for nations like India to continue to purchase oil from Moscow.
On Thursday, the European Union imposed a new round of severe sanctions on Russian energy exports as well as a ban on imports of liquefied natural gas.
The Russian president downplayed the effects of the sanctions, which Putin called “unfriendly act” on Thursday.
They take our concerns seriously, of course, and that is obvious. And while they will have some consequences, Putin asserted that they won’t have a significant impact on our economy. Naturally, this is an attempt to put pressure on Russia. However, no self-respecting nation or people ever make decisions when under pressure.
Trump’s new policy on the Ukraine war has recently received a surprising twist thanks to the sanctions he has announced. Trump has repeatedly shifted positions on the war, criticizing Putin for refusing to accept US support, to admonishing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Putin has demanded that Russia maintain any territory it had seized during the war and that Ukraine be completely disarmed. Trump has been unable to move between those two positions, which suggests that Ukraine cannot agree on them.
Plans for a Trump-Putin meeting in person broke down this week after Trump proposed ending the Russian-Ukraine war with a ceasefire along the current front lines.
Trump said on Wednesday that he had called off the meeting with Putin because of Putin’s position on Ukraine, but the White House has since stated that a meeting between the two presidents was still possible.
According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, “I think the president and the entire administration hope that one day that can happen again.”
Trump has also suggested that Ukraine could receive Tomahawk missiles, which would allow it to launch longer-range missiles at Russian locations. Last week, Selenskyy met with the White House with the intention of reaching a deal on the weapons, but he left without a deal.
Putin referred to any plans to provide long-range missiles to Ukraine as an “escalation attempt” on Thursday.
Another Rangers head coach begins in this manner. More clumsiness, more avariciousness in defense, more front-facing powder-puffing, and more wide men running in ever-increasing circles.
Another defeat, yet another performance with no points and no goals.
For all their other shortcomings at the time, Rangers faced Athletic Club, Benfica, RB Leipzig, and Borussia Dortmund in the final few seasons.
They are now being defeated by Norway’s third-best team, Brann.
Standards have fallen dramatically, but. These Rangers players lack character, not just physical ability, but also stomach for the fight. Do you know what you’ve done to yourself, Danny Rohl?
There was a moment (the first of many) that would have sent a chill up the new Rangers boss before Brann scored their easy first, soft second, and third, turning a pitiful debut into a mortifying one for Rohl.
The German preached pressing and hunting, and he did it frequently, but not from any of his players.
His players retained their former form. Similar to the dog days of Russell Martin, the same as Philippe Clement’s demise, and Michael Beale’s demise.
He had observed a lack of organization and defiance in his team at that point, but at least they were on par. They should have been ahead if they had been 0-0, though they were.
Rohl must have raised the first of many red flags after this. Chermiti never really threatened to score, which is why he never did if he didn’t score.
His action was unintended. Uncertainty, but a lack of confidence. No doubt, a young player. However, Rangers have also invested $ 8 million in a player.
His goalscoring percentage at Rangers, Everton, and Sporting was three goals in more than 25 games of football by the time he was taken off well into the second half.
Chermiti only managed that one touch throughout the entire Brann penalty area. That is just as offensive as it is against his team-mates’ desperate inability to create chances.
The 21-year-old won only four of his 13 duels while his passing accuracy was the second-lowest among any players on the field.
Although Chermiti might come highly recommended, Rohl has not got the time to wait, and he has a good chance of spending the money he has already spent on the striker.
The project was created by Kevin Thelwell. The sporting director is adamant about him, praising his prowess just a few days after the unveiling of Rohl.
Given that Chermiti’s last senior goal came in a 4-0 victory over Pacos Ferreira in May 2023, Thelwell’s faith in the £8 million investment seems unshakeable.
Since the summer, they have spent more than £30 million on transfers and loans, only to have Brann humiliat them. It feigns belief.
You must sympathize with Rohl. He has experience both coaching for the German national team and for Bayern Munich, so it’s obvious he has a lot of experience.
He is praised for his abilities in the management game like a prestigious name. He can be a great leader, too, thanks to his brief time at Sheffield Wednesday and how his players and fans admired him.
Although it’s easy to say that Wednesday is “not Rangers,” it isn’t, but it was a pressurized job done very well by the owner of a club with a very challenging owner.
He now has a very supportive owner, a club hierarchy that is hoping for his success, and players who are afraid of their own shadows.
He has players whose nerves are almost tormented by the fans’ visceral abuse and repeated failures that they have experienced. Their heads are full of mush. They resemble quivering jelly in texture.
They lack self-assurance to the point where Rohl doesn’t just have to work as a coach. He needs to arrange for a sports psychologist.
That’s not glib, that’s. When Brann scored a free header from a free kick, the Rangers players lost all hope in themselves. At that point, they were broken.
The frailty that everyone has witnessed from Rangers’ defenders has been ongoing, though, was what the Rangers defenders have remonstrated with each other. In their final five European games, they have already scored 15 goals.
It must have provided an insight into how much work he needed to do, for Rohl. He might have already known it. He is now without a doubt aware of it.
What he wants from his team, which he does in many ways, is far more than what he actually has.