The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been apprehended in El-Fasher, prompting questions about Muammar Ibrahim’s safety and a request for his release.
The reporter was taken into custody by the RSF on Sunday evening, shortly after the paramilitary force claimed control of North Darfur’s besieged capital.
In an effort to recapture the Sudanese army’s final stronghold in the vast western region of Darfur, the RSF has laid siege to El-Fasher for almost 18 months.
The freelance journalist who was captured and contributed to Al Jazeera Mubasher has received several videos.
In one, Ibrahim claims that the RSF was in custody and that he had been detained while trying to leave El-Fasher.
RSF fighters fight it out to appear and make comments in the video, which he is surrounded by. One masked fighter can be seen to the side.
Ibrahim claims to be a neutral journalist who has no ties to the RSF or the Sudanese army.
Another video shows Ibrahim being encircled by RSF fighters, who claim he is well-treated, while croucheing on the ground.
They cuff him on the head and point at some meat, saying, “You’ve been eating animal feed, and now you’ll get a meal with meat,” at one point.
The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate stated in a statement on Sunday night that it was “deeply concerned about the arrest” and demanded that he be immediately and unconditionally released.
In keeping with the current state of the city’s suffering during the siege, Ibrahim had previously covered the past two years of conflict in Sudan. The city has been plagued by severe hunger since that time.
In his most recent post on social media, Ibrahim read, “Pray for us, may God keep its people.”
In response to the fighting, 1, 070 people were displaced from El-Fasher in just two days, according to the most recent information from the International Organization for Migration, between October 19 and October 21.
England defeated Queensland 72-65 on the Sunshine Coast in a testing final warm-up match for the Wheelchair Rugby League Ashes, thanks to Nathan Collins’ 22 points.
As Tom Coyd’s side rallied from a 12-6 deficit to win against competitive opponents, Leeds Rhinos pivot Collins scored two tries and landed seven goals.
In the tour opener against New South Wales on Friday, England followed up their 86-10 victory with a three-try try from Wheels of Steel winner Joe Coyd, who added a goal.
Rob Hawkins, tour leader Lewis King, Seb Bechara, and Finlay O’Neill both scored once, with one try each for Mason Billington and Luis Domingos. The total was increased by one goal by Wayne Boardman.
O’Neill, a young player for the Halifax Panthers, was watching his father and grandmother, who had already traveled from Yorkshire, during the tour’s early stages.
In Queensland, Bayley McKenna and Zac Schumacher both scored five of their tries and were selected for Australia against England later this week.
The hosts had two goals from Jack Kruger and two goals from Dan Anstey and Adam Tannock, and Pete Arbuckle had one more goal.
As Vernon Kay, the Strictly Come Dancing presenter announced she will step down from the BBC show, Tess Daly admits she is “in denial” about a significant recent change in her home life.
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Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly tearfully admitted that she’s “in denial” about a big change in her home life with Vernon Kay in recent years.
The TV star, 56, shocked the entertainment industry last week when she made a joint announcement with Claudia Winkleman that the pair will quit Strictly after the current series ends.
It will allow her to spend more time with her family – husband Vernon Kay and daughters Phoebe, 21, and 16-year-old Amber.
Tess revealed she is “in denial” about her eldest daughter flying the nest after her husband’s oldest daughter, Phoebe, already left for college to study film and television.
She told Hello!, “It’s difficult to imagine them not being around. I fervently believe they will remain at home until they’re 30. I don’t want them to leave, but that probably means more to me because I don’t want them to.
Because they are my closest friends, “I’d probably be weeping in the corner, missing them a lot.”
Tess has been a constant on BBC show Strictly, presenting the reality show since its first series aired in 2004.
She claimed that she “loves being a mother” and that it has defined her for the past 20 years despite her extremely successful career.
The presenter also joked that she would not be joining Claudia Winkleman on The Traitors because she “might not be very good” and has “the world’s worst poker face”.
Tess and Claudia’s last Strictly episode will air on Christmas Day with the annual Christmas special.
Claudia revealed that the pals had a plan to leave Strictly together years ago. She refuted the notion that fans would want her to stay there forever, saying, “I don’t think anyone would want that.”
“I’m sure the viewers would say, “Can that tiny orange creature just shuffle off?” I’m going to leave at the same time as Tess. Pizza and we made that pact. Pepperoni was what I had.
Claudia began with the spin-off program It Takes Two, which Tess has presented Strictly since 2004. She then assumed the role of Sir Bruce Forsyth, who she succeeded in replacing, in 2010 with the legendary actress.
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In a joint statement released last Thursday (October 23), the pair stated that Strictly was a “absolute dream” and that they had enjoyed working together. We had planned to leave together before, but now it seems appropriate.
We just want to say a huge thank you to the BBC and to everyone who volunteers for the show, because “we will have the greatest rest of this amazing series.”
According to experts, Europe is unprepared to stop a new chapter of Russian intelligence and military activity in the Baltic and North Seas.
They claimed that the continent is being unsupported by a growing rift between European and American intelligence services.
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The European Union summit last week served as an example. Russia’s attempt to finance Ukraine’s defense was foiled by Belgium’s attempt to boost Europe’s defense sector. In the summit’s conclusions, Russia’s “shadow fleet,” which is suspected of espionage and sabotage operations, was not mentioned.
One of the few US universities that teaches intelligence and national security, Joseph Fitsanakis, assistant director at the Center for Applied Intelligence at Coastal Carolina University, said, “Europe is no more ready to face Russia’s military advances than it was in 1939 as Nazi troops were at the door.”
He told Al Jazeera, “Front-line states like Finland, Poland, and the Baltics have no doubts about what is coming.” However, I worry that Western European populations are not even mildly aware of the dangers putting their security at risk because of internal divisions and Russian disinformation operations.
Russian intelligence has been accused of sabotage and propaganda campaigns aimed at dividing people since 2022.
According to Anna Wieslander, Northern Europe director for the Atlantic Council, a US think tank, “the hybrid warfare is about making us stressed, making us feel vulnerable in peacetime, and… exhausting us in a way toward the final goal that Russia has for Europe, which is a division again into spheres of interest,”
“Emergency of time”
On September 10, two dozen Russian Geran-2 drones entered NATO airspace to test Polish air defenses, giving rise to more overt alleged Russian activities.
Only three drones had crossed into Poland during the three and a half years of Ukrainian war.
Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets flew over the Gulf of Finland for 12 minutes, and the alarm was raised in Europe. Estonian F-35s flew in search of them in a rush of Italian air.
Then, on September 21, Germany scrambled two Eurofighters to intercept a Russian Ilyushin 20-M reconnaissance aircraft in its Baltic Sea airspace without a flight plan or radio contact.
Two Hungarian Gripen fighters flew from Siaulai in Lithuania four days later to intercept a Su-30, Su-35, and MiG-31 “flying close to Latvian airspace.”
Russia has historically begun “special activities” during what Russian planners refer to as the “special period,” also known as the “period of emergency.” This phrase refers to a period of rising tensions just before the start of a full-fledged war, according to Fitsanakis.
Russian military is “actively preparing for war with NATO”
Since January 2024, Western intelligence services have warned that a NATO-Russian conflict might break out within five to eight years.
This could occur sooner, according to Martin Jager, head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service.
He told lawmakers, stating that Europe was facing “a new quality of confrontation” and that “we must not sit back and assume that a potential Russian attack will not occur until 2029 at the earliest.”
Demetries Andrew Grimes, a decorated veteran US special forces commander, described the “period of emergency” as “testing responses, gathering intel, and blurring civilian-military lines,” adding that Europeans refer to it as “phase zero.”
The Russian military is actively preparing for war with NATO, according to Fitsanakis, along with the Russian intelligence community.
The Kremlin has refuted claims that Russia is to blame for drone attacks in recent weeks and claims that Europe is to blame for igniting hysteria.
A Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official on Saturday, Rodion Miroshnik. A senior official in affairs told the Tass news agency that Europe has “unfortunately assumed a hawkish position.”
He claimed that European politicians were attempting to “prevent direct bilateral contact between Russia and Ukraine, between Moscow and Washington, just to settle the conflict’s issues.”
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Everything is being allegedly used as weapons in Russia’s alleged war preparation, according to analysts.
Russians’ “shadow fleet,” which is a group of oil tankers that are pursuing sanctions, is suspected of operating drones in the Baltic Sea and carrying information to intercept NATO communications.
After the Russian tanker was alleged to have launched drones, French commandos seize the Boracay on October 2. A drone swarm that occurred 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Copenhagen in late September caused the city’s airport to close, and it then traveled off the coast of Denmark when several regional airports reported drone swarms.
According to observers, nations that rely on Chinese surveillance to track drones could also face collusion with Moscow and Beijing. On September 22 when Oslo Airport was impacted by a drone swarm, Norwegian’s Chinese-built drone detection system was taken offline by its manufacturer, DJI Aeroscope.
According to experts, drones continue to threaten infrastructure, including airports and oil and gas terminals.
Polish F-16s, Dutch F-35s, and Italian airborne early warning and control (AWAC) planes immediately intercepted Russian drones in Poland, but they only used high-cost combat aircraft. Ukraine has experimented with mobile fire trucks, pickup trucks, antidrone unmanned aerial vehicles, and man-portable air defense systems. It is currently getting ready to use helicopters.
Poland is transferring lessons from Ukraine. It contracted Ukrainian combat veterans to train Polish drone pilots days after the incursion, and it has forewarned Russia that it will shoot any unrecognised object over the land. Poland, however, belongs to a group of eastern NATO nations that are more vocal and active about Russia’s alleged threats.
Danish authorities have yet to confiscate one of the older tankers, despite promising to do so in terms of environmental and insurance compliance.
Wieslander, a Stockholm-based journalist, claimed that the Nordic and Baltic nations could act “on a much larger scale” to combat the “shadow fleet” and that “it would actually hit Russia where it is vulnerable and where it feels it.” He laments, however, that there hasn’t been a coordinated strategy for this.
“We urgently need unified sanctions, massive counterdrone investments matching innovations, EU-wide merchant fleet inspections or bans, and boosts to Baltic surveillance,” Grimes said.
On which side does the US stand?
For satellite surveillance and eavesdropping of large-scale signals, European intelligence has relied on the US.
Recently, it was revealed that US intelligence played a key role in Ukraine’s successful attack on Russian refineries. To evade Russian air defenses, US information was used to choose targets, timing, and route planning.
Fitsanakis claimed that the quality of that collaboration is deteriorating.
An utterly dysfunctional political elite is using American intelligence services as political pawns while denying that the Russian threat is a priority.
Dutch intelligence recently stated that it is restricting the communication with US services, and that it is not the only European agency doing this.
According to Fitsanakis, “European intelligence agencies have long stopped sharing important information with Washington,” which would indicate concern about the potential exposure of their networks.
He claimed that politics are the root of the issue.
The United States’ approach to the war is so inconsistent at this point that its proclamations, which appear vacillating depending on the day, have essentially no strategic significance.
In other words, it’s unclear which side the US is running.
The trust of Europeans in Washington’s commitment to its allies and the rule of law has been undermined by US threats against Greenland, a sovereign Danish territory, and Canada.
The Big Brother contestant later established a successful career in radio and television.
A legendary Big Brother housemate appears exactly the same as she did 23 years ago on the reality television show.
Well-known radio host Adele Roberts became a household name during the third series of the social experiment, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2002.
She entered the famous house alongside stars including presenter Alison Hammond, late reality star Jade Goody and the programme’s first female winner, Kate Lawler.
Now 46, Adele has tackled everything from London Marathons to the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle, reports OK!
Adele, a 23-year-old woman, looks almost exactly like she did when she entered the legendary house, despite some of the iconic Big Brother icons now completely unrecognizable.
She still retains her youthful energy despite having her hair cut recently.
After her reality television breakthrough, the Southport native went on to present various regional radio programmes before securing a position at BBC Radio 1Xtra in 2012.
On television, she took part in I’m A Celebrity in 2019, before appearing on Celebrity Coach Trip in 2020 and Dancing on Ice in 2024.
The Channel 4 host has openly discussed her battle with bowel cancer after being diagnosed with it in 2021, and has also been open about her private life.
In June 2022, Adele was declared cancer-free and announced the news to her Instagram fans.
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“Life feels a little surreal at the moment and everything we’ve been through seems to be swirling around in my body.” WHILE I’M SO GRATEFUL! She wrote, “I’m counting my blessings.”
The reality star opened up about her experience to OK four years after receiving her diagnosis. “I wouldn’t wish cancer on anyone,” the magazine said.
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The DJ continued, “But it’s undoubtedly made me a better, more grateful person. I’m really conscious of my health right now and look after my body. I’m not likely to have ever been more fit.
I just take it day by day, try to appreciate every day, and live in the moment because, more than anything, once you’ve had that diagnosis, you’re always aware that it can come back. I make an effort to stop worrying about things.
