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After arriving for Jeff Bezos’ wedding, Orlando Bloom, who has reportedly recently split from his ex-girlfriend, was spotted chatting with Kim Kardashian and sister Khlo Kardashian.

Kim Kardashian seemed very pleased to meet ‘newly single’ Orlando Bloom(Image: GC Images)

Orlando Bloom has broken cover in new photos after reports he has split from Katy Perry.

The newly single actor, 48, was seen chatting with Kim Kardashian and sister Khlo Kardashian as they rub shoulders with expected guests at the nuptials of the Amazon billionaire businessman and bride Lauren Sánchez.

In front of an A List crowd in Venice’s romantic city, Jeff, 61, and Lauren, 55, are expected to exchange vows there. Kim, 44, and her sister Khloe, 40, both from Kardashian, are scheduled to attend, and they both looked overjoyed to see Orlando, 48, who is reportedly newly single, also showing up for the wedding.

As Kim reached for the Lord of the Rings character while sporting dramatic sunglasses, Kim flashed a beaming smile. As they stepped to the side together, it appeared to be having a lively conversation.

The father-of-two appeared to be overlooking the younger sister Khloe as she pouted beside the sex tape star. As Jeff and Lauren’s wedding countdown approached, the wedding guests were still wearing matching black.

Kim Kardashian seemed very pleased to meet 'newly single' Orlando Bloom

The pair were spied chatting ahead of Jeff Bezos’s wedding(Image: GC Images)

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The wedding is scheduled for the weekend of June 27 with a host of celebrations planned as well as the arrival of famous friends in the Italian city. However, not everyone in the area is pleased with the wedding.

Furious locals have targeted the wedding to accuse Jeff of not paying enough taxes considering he is one of the richest men in the world. Demonstrations against the businessman have even led to a last minute change in wedding venue after it was previously cited to take place in Cannaregio – a popular and central nightlife area.

According to Reuters, “some local residents and pressure groups have been voicing their concerns about the planned transformation of the picturesque city of gondolas and palazzi into a private amusement park for the wealthy and threatened peaceful blockades.”

Katy Perry reportedly won’t be at Jeff Bezos’s wedding(Image: Getty Images)

Around 200-250 VIP guests from show business, politics, and finance will now travel to a hall of the Arsenale, a vast 14th-century complex in the eastern Castello district, whose location and exact date are unknown, despite the anticipated date being between Thursday and Saturday.

Reports suggest that Orlando and Katy have split up after nine years of dating, amid the marital excitement comes heartache. The couple engaged in February 2019 and welcomed daughter Daisy in August 2020. They first started dating in 2016 and started dating in 2016.

Despite being close friends with Jeff and Lauren, Katy reportedly won’t attend their wedding and even went to space earlier this year with her. She is currently preparing for her Lifetimes World Tour, which will include stops in Canada this weekend.

A source earlier this month claimed that the couple’s relationship was “over,” and they are awaiting her end of her world tour in December. After the release of the album, a source told PEOPLE that the pop singer’s most recent album, 143, “caused some tension” between the pair, with Katy being “stressed” and “deeply frustrated” ().

Katy and Orlando have split, according to a source who spoke to Us Weekly. At the moment, it’s not contentious. Katy is obviously upset, but she is relieved that she won’t have to go through another divorce because that was her worst experience. The source claimed their relations have been tense for months and that the alleged split was “a long time coming.”

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June 26, 2025

In Spain, parents gather at school gates to remember Gaza’s child victims

By 234Radio in News, World News

Spain’s Granada – Sometimes there were as few as two or three people, sometimes as many as fifteen.

No matter the number, a group of parents have dropped off their children at the Jose Hurtado primary school in Granada every morning for the past few weeks, then silently gathered nearby behind two straightforward but effective pro-Gaza banners: “Against Genocide” and “No more dead children.”

“It all began when a fictional video about Gaza’s destruction, set in 2040, was published on one of our parents’ WhatsApp groups. And in it, kids ask their parents, “What did you do during the genocide?” According to Al Jazeera, Mar Domech, who assisted in the beginning of the protest.

I started saying, “Let’s actually do something, a little like during the pandemic when people used to applaud hospital staff at eight every night, instead of re-sending the video.” And the majority of us parents liked it the best the 15 minutes before the kids started their lessons and the 15 minutes immediately following.

Simple protest formats are used. Two long banners are hung up by a single line of demonstrators next to a tall school wall to prevent passing by.

No chanting or shouting occurs. However, these are clearly school parents who care about children dying, many of whom are their own children, gives their show of support a stronger resonance. Because of its proximity to central Granada’s busy arterial street, the school’s message is widely received.

When so many children are dying and the laws must be upheld, Domech said, “We don’t want to upset anyone, but we just can’t look away.” “We must oppose this, whoever the victims are, because what is happening there is genocide.”

The highest per capita child amputee population in Gaza is at almost two years old after Israeli attacks. There have been more than 17, 000 fatalities. More than 930, 000 Gaza children are now at risk of famine, according to Save the Children.

The dozen or so “regulars” are treated with a mix of disappointment, resilience, and not a dash of wry humor, like when they recall two plainclothes police officers checking their IDs when more parents don’t show up.

Just as it happened, there were only two pro-Palestine parents present, but Domech laughed as Domech joked that the police turned up, which caused the protesters’ numbers to suddenly double.

In any case, their obstinate determination is still unbroken by the limited response.

In Palestine, one woman stops frequently to take a photo to send to a friend. The nearby medieval Alhambra monument is home to some of the cars or tourists traveling by bus.

Important are the parents’ conviction that even this tenacious but relatively small protest matters as well as the morale-boosting boosts.

What’s happening is so horrible, said another parent, Alberto, who was upset about the idea of just being an onlooker. “I’m just pleased that we’ve continued,” she said. I’m able to be flexible while studying for civil service exams, but it’s difficult to do this while working or having other commitments every day. However, I believe that we must do it in order to maintain our values.

Spain is one of only a few European countries that has consistently criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and shown support for Palestine.

Spain supported the Palestinian state in May 2024, along with Ireland and Norway, and it supported the international court of justice’s decision to hear a case involving Israel’s genocide.

Spain was the only nation to call for the EU-Israel Association Agreement to be suspended after the European Union’s most recent report on Gaza was released this week, and its foreign minister demanded an arms embargo.

June 26, 2025

DRC’s peace deal with Rwanda risks swapping war for resource exploitation

By 234Radio in News, World News

A long and well-known shadow is cast by the United States-mediated peace agreement to be signed on June 27 between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is purported to be intended to end decades of bloody conflict in the Great Lakes region of Africa. The deal, which was brokered by the Trump administration and witnessed by the State of Qatar, has an unsettling undertone: the prospect of resource exploitation, disguised as a diplomatic victory. African countries, especially the DRC, should never be forced to accept this emerging “peace for exploitation” accord in a postcolonial world order.

Eastern DRC has long been a source of human suffering, with its enormous mineral wealth, including coltan, cobalt, lithium, copper, and gold, both of which are essential to modern technology. One of the most protracted humanitarian crises in history has been caused by this mineral richness, which has resulted in the displacement of nearly three million people and regular outbreaks of disease. In this cycle of violence, the M23 rebel group, widely believed to be supported by Rwanda despite Kigali’s denials, has reportedly made significant profits each month from illegal taxation and control of mining regions like Rubaya. The group’s resurgence, which coincides with a rise in global demand for these strategic minerals, demonstrates how deeply rooted economic interests are in the area’s instability.

Standard rules for territorial integrity, disarmament, and refugees’ return were included in the joint statement from the Washington peace talks. The mineral sector was glaringly absent from the official text, despite this. That omission is astounding. The Trump administration’s renewed diplomatic stance came after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi offered to facilitate direct US investment in the nation’s mineral wealth, according to multiple reports. In fact, sources with knowledge suggest that US-DRC minerals agreement negotiations are ongoing in parallel but related ways. The goal ? A clear geopolitical role in the global search for strategic minerals to increase US access to important resources and stop China’s long-standing dominance of Africa’s supply chains.

The DRC’s history has a tragic and pervasive pattern, which is deeply alarming because of the intertwining of peace and mineral interests. The Congolese people have hardly ever been the recipients of their own land’s bounty, from the atrocities committed by King Leopold II in Belgium, where millions of people perished under forced labor regimes. A kleptocratic regime that channeled mineral wealth into personal and elite enrichment, further weakened governance, Mobutu Sese Seko, who was in charge of it after independence. The struggle for control of mineral-rich regions was a key factor in the Congo Wars, which were frequently referred to as “Africa’s World War,” with both regional and international actors battling for illegal access.

The DRC’s alleged “resource curse” is at its core: extensive natural wealth causes poverty, conflict, and systemic corruption. Exploitation occurs when resource deals are made in the middle of a conflict through opaque agreements that favor foreign corporations, a tax avoidance strategy, and a fair revenue-sharing arrangement for local communities. The effects are severe: violent displacement, degradation of the environment, and the strengthening of corrupt networks that steal national wealth. Communities forced into unsafe mining operations (including children), exposed to widespread sexual violence that is used as a weapon of mass extermination, and the human cost is unimaginable.

This “peace deal” is at risk of becoming a new neo-colonial tool. Neo-colonialialism allows foreign powers to rule through economic means, as Kwame Nkrumah et al. warned. Foreign investment is used in this context to close the gap between resource-rich African countries and wealthy consumer economies, rather than to build. An insatiable appetite routinely outweighs human rights, environmental protections, or national sovereignty due to the high global demand for essential minerals, which range from smartphones to electric vehicles.

Realizing peace must include more than just ending war, in the eyes of the Congolese people. It must mark the beginning of self-determination, where the nation’s resources are managed justly and transparently for the benefit of its citizens rather than as bargaining chips in global power conflicts. The mediating powers, including the US under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have a significant responsibility to make sure any accompanying economic agreements are thoroughly scrutinized. They must demand complete impunity, robust environmental and social safeguards, and a firm commitment to a fairer, more equitable distribution of wealth within local communities.

Anything less would be a tragic extension of a colonial legacy, a deliberate cynical exchange of temporary calm for persistent plunder, and undermine the very principles of justice and sovereignty that a truly postcolonial world must uphold. Instead of just reshaping the chains of exploitation, the Congolese people deserve peace that frees both their land and their lives.

June 26, 2025

Wrexham kick-off at Saints as Welsh clubs learn fixtures

By 234Radio in News, Sports News

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Wrexham will play their first game since 43 years’ worth of second-tier English football at Southampton.

A 12:30 BST kick-off will take place on Saturday, August 9th, when they travel to St Mary’s Stadium to face a team that was dropped from the Premier League last season.

Wrexham, a North Wales club, joins Swansea City in the championship with a 15:00 BST Middlesbrough kick-off on the same day. Alan Sheehan’s side kicks off their eighth consecutive season at this level with Swansea City.

On Saturday, August 2 at home against Peterborough United (12:30 BST), Cardiff City begin their first third-tier campaign in 22 years.

West Bromwich Albion will face the Stok Cae Ras on Saturday, August 16; Wrexham will travel to relegated Leicester City on Tuesday, September 30 and Ipswich Town will travel to Ipswich Town on Saturday, November 22.

Phil Parkinson’s side travel to Sheffield United on December 26 and Preston North End on December 3rd, followed by a New Year’s Day trip to Blackburn Rovers, according to their festive fixture lists.

A Welsh derby will also be rekindled on Saturday, December 20 with a trip to Swansea, before a return to the Stok Cae Ras on March 14.

Swansea host Nathan Jones’ promoted Charlton Athletic on Saturday, May 2, to wrap up Wrexham’s season at Middlesbrough.

Sheffield United will play their first home game of the new campaign on Saturday, August 16 at 5:00 BST, followed by Christmas away trips to Oxford United and Coventry City on December 26 and West Brom on the opening day of 2026.

For the first time in seven years, Cardiff will travel to Port Vale for their first League One home game on Saturday, August 9th. They will have no league Welsh derby to look forward to.

Before wrapping up the festive season with a trip to Wycombe Wanderers on January 26, Brian Barry-Murphy’s side will host Exeter City on December 26 and travel to Stevenage three days later.

On Saturday, May 2, Mansfield Town will bring their 2025-26 regular season to a close.

Crawley Town is Newport’s first away game of the season.

The Exiles will play at Barnet on Friday, December 26; a home match will be played at Crewe Alexandra on Monday, followed by a welcome visit to Bromley.

A lengthy trip north to Barrow on Saturday, May 2 marks the end of their League Two campaign.

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June 26, 2025

Wrexham kick-off at Saints as Welsh clubs learn fixtures

By 234Radio in News, Sports News