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Published On 22 Dec 2025
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Daniel McKee was brutally attacked while traveling, but the thieves left empty-handed after falling in love with Matt Jameson on Married At First Sight UK four years ago.
One of Married At First Sight UK’s first gay stars has revealed his injuries from a mugged trip to Mexico.
Daniel McKee, who was partnered with Matt Jameson on the hit E4 show in 2021, was brutally attacked, leaving him with a collapsed lung. He forced to fly home to Northern Ireland for Christmas following the harrowing incident.
The 30-year-old took to social media to share images of the impact of the robbery attempt. He explained what transpired during his travels in south America along with a photo of himself holding a cup of tea while shirt-free.
“I got mugged in Mexico,” he said on Instagram. “They didn’t manage to take anything because I fought back… which in hindsight you should NEVER EVER do as I got hurt… they did however redirect my winter travels for a few weeks which I’m not mad about.
She addressed the thug’s effects in more detail in the following upload. He continued, “I have a wee tear in my lung, a small pneumothorax (collapsed lung), and some very sore ribs. Daniel continued to go on to explain how it hurts “so bad” when he laughed before saying, “But I am grand. Merry Christmas
Dan and Matt split after a two years together in December 2022 after becoming the show’s first-ever gay. Speaking to The Mirror, Matt revealed he and Dan have been unable to savage a friendship from their relationship.
We wanted to be friends, they said. However, he continued, “You must have that separation with any relationship, and especially for me to move forward.
We haven’t spoken in a while, so it’s been very difficult because I was heartbroken after the breakup, because I loved him and wanted him to be my forever, but he wasn’t, so I needed that break, and because we haven’t spoken in a while. We could talk and maybe form a friendship in the future, but it hasn’t been something I’ve been able to do.
He said, “Our relationship was so strong; we met at the altar, we spent eight to twelve weeks filming together, and then we spent time in Leeds and Northern Ireland.
“During those two years, there were a few days or weeks when we weren’t together.” It was a fast-track relationship because it was so intense.
We were together for two years, but it probably would have spanned four or five years if it had been a regular relationship. It’s a real adjustment because that intensity and then the stop before you decide to leave are real.
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He continued, “I moved to Northern Ireland, we were living together there, and then I had to make that enormous adjustment again and move back to Leeds, which was really difficult,” he said, speaking in 2023.
Jaguars make statement but Lions & Ravens on brink – best of week 16
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Just another week in the NFL, with wild finishes, big comebacks, upsets, big-name injuries, and play-off spots decided.
Aaron Rodgers roughly sums up week 16 by describing the conclusion of Pittsburgh’s victory in Detroit as “chaos.”
The New England Patriots defeated the Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Chicago Bears in the post-season, earning them play-off tickets for five teams.
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Denver’s 11-game winning streak was over, but Trevor Lawrence and the Jags’ handling of their business on the road against the AFC top seeds was incredibly impressive.
Former top draft pick Lawrence, who has 16 passing and two rushing touchdowns in Jacksonville’s current six-game winning streak, deserves a lot of credit from head coach Liam Coen.
Lawrence was resilient, bouncing back after allowing five sacks from the best pass rush in the league, and clinical, rushing four touchdowns on five red-zone passes against one of the best defenses in the area.
Bo Nix threw for a lot of yards, but Jacksonville’s defense shut the Broncos down just as it appeared like a 12th comeback win of the season was in order. The Jags’ 34 points were Denver’s most allowed all season.
A complete team performance, paired with Parker Washington’s electric receiving day, should cause AFC contenders to be concerned because the Jags have a tough squad and a travel-friendly game.
Ravens andamp; Lions joining big-name exits in focus?
Are Dak Prescott, Joe Burrow, and Patrick Mahomes already out? Could Lamar Jackson and Jared Goff join the big-name quarterbacks who aren’t in this year’s play-offs?
The Baltimore Ravens and Detroit Lions are both expected to win the Super Bowl this year, but their losses on Sunday leave them both without a thread.
Baltimore fell behind the Steelers in the AFC North game due to a back injury that forced the two-time MVP to miss out on.
If their final-day showdown with Pittsburgh proves to be that close, the Ravens are 5-11 without Jackson.
Following a wild ending in Detroit, the Steelers had previously held on to victory.
After a heated discussion between the officials, the Lions realized they had won with a final-gasp touchdown.
Because they now need to win both games and hope the Packers lose both to sneak in, that one choice drastically altered Detroit’s chances of winning the play-offs.
Talking point: Caleb Williams’s key is discovered by bears.
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After Chicago beat Green Bay 49ers 3-0, quarterback Caleb Williams remarked, “I have the best coach in the world.”
His sophomore season has been stellar, filled with comebacks and frantic finishes where he has made the remarkable seem like just another day at the office, despite a mixed rookie campaign for Williams, the 2024 draft pick.
The Bears have won six games with inside the final two minutes thanks to Johnson’s play calling and Williams’ execution; this is the first time since the NFL combined in 1970.
Chicago is now playing in the play-offs for the first time since 2020, after only five wins overall, and Johnson, who spearheaded Detroit’s all-powerful offense, has been instrumental in the turnaround.
Williams, an intriguing character who appeared to have struggled to transition from college to the NFL, has also been a part, or perhaps just needed the right coach.
The Bears are so dangerous because of their ability to defend. Williams is only the second quarterback under 25 to have returned six times in a season after Peyton Manning in 1999.
Before Williams led Chicago to 19 in the fourth quarter and overtime, the Bears had just three points in three quarters when the game was at its worst.
Playoffs in their current form
If San Francisco beats Indianapolis on Monday, the Seahawks, Eagles, Patriots, Bears, 49ers, and Bills will all join them.
Five of the seven NFC spots have already been filled, with the Packers and Buccaneers competing for the NFC South title while the Packers will undoubtedly take the Lions for the final wildcard.
Although there is only one confirmed spot in the AFC, positioning is more important in general.
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NFL Week 16 game notes, stats, and records
Only Mahomes has won more games as a quarterback in his first eight seasons, and Buffalo did so in a 23-20 victory over the lowly Browns.
Only one of the final two games will allow Myles Garrett to break the 22.5% single-season record, which he already has in the game, which allowed him to have half a sack.
After another 300-yard game and two touchdowns in a 34-17 win over Dallas, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh thinks Justin Herbert is having an MVP season.
The Bolts have a shot in the play-offs, but Herbert will face a significant test against Houston next week; a “MVP calibre” game against the league’s best defense will catch the eye.
The Steelers’ 22nd season without a losing record, the longest streak in NFL history, was secured by head coach Mike Tomlin’s 200th victory.
The Seahawks’ epic victory over the Rams on Thursday marked all kinds of history, most notable for the team’s 16-plus-point deficit leading to a 155-point deficit before that victory.
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No Christmas cheer for the Chiefs during the festive football preview.
Detroit and Denver travel to Kansas City this year in an effort to improve their AFC West title defense and also win the game against their stricken rivals, while Denver and Detroit each play their play-off lives as they do in Minnesota.
There will be a couple of belters in week 17 on Saturday when the Texans host the Chargers and Green Bay hosts Baltimore, where all four teams will battle for play-off spots.
While what many thought might be a potential Super Bowl match-up takes place in Buffalo when the Bills host defending champion Philadelphia on Sunday, the Seahawks face the Panthers in a fascinating game.
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Germany charges ex-Syrian prison guard over Assad-era abuses
Published On 22 Dec 2025
Former Syrian security official accused of torturing dozens of prisoners at a Damascus jail while former president Bashar al-Assad was in power and has been charged with crimes against humanity by German prosecutors.
The ex-prison guard, identified only as Fahad A, allegedly participated in more than 100 interrogations between 2011 and 2012 where prisoners were “subjected to severe physical abuse,” according to Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor General’s office, which released the indictment on Monday.
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According to a statement from the prosecutor’s office, the abuse included electric shocks, cable beatings, forced stress positions, and ceiling suspensions.
At least 70 prisoners died as a result of such mistreatment and the deteriorating conditions in prison, according to the statement, which also mentions the former guard who is also accused of murder.
The official was detained on May 27 and formally charged on December 10.
According to the German prosecutor’s office, he is being held in pre-trial detention.
Syrians have demanded justice for crimes committed during al-Assad’s decades-long rule, which was abruptly overthrown by the rebels in December of that year.
After nearly 14 years of civil war, the Assad regime, which was accused of widespread human rights violations, including detainee torture and forced disappearances, was overthrown.
Jurisdiction that is universal
Prosecutors in Germany have used universal jurisdiction laws to prosecute those accused of crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world.
According to these laws, several people who are suspected of crimes against humanity during the Syrian conflict have been detained in Germany, home to about one million Syrians, over the past few years.
A Syrian doctor who was found guilty of carrying out torture as part of al-Assad’s crackdown on dissent received a life sentence in Frankfurt in June.
Alaa Mousa, a doctor, was charged with torturing patients at Damascus and Homs military hospitals, where political prisoners were frequently taken for alleged treatment.
Witnesses described how Mousa sprayed flammable liquid onto a prisoner’s cuts before lighting them, slitting the man’s teeth, and breaking his teeth. Another incident involved a detainee who had allegedly refused to be beaten, and the doctor was accused of giving her a fatal substance.
One former prisoner referred to the “slaughterhouse” at his concentration camp in Damascus.
Trump’s Christmas gifts
If my memory serves me correctly, I learned that there wasn’t a Santa Claus on Christmas Eve 1992.
I had been holding onto Santa for the entire 10-year-old elementary school year in Austin, Texas, apparently unprepared to give up my youth, even though I had already debunked the existence of the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny.
I cried when I saw my parents delivering the allegedly North Pole gifts.
Many Americans are feeling deceived by another man wearing MAGA red this holiday season, after more than three decades.
In addition to manic deportations, which have helped turn the country into a holly, jolly police state, President Donald Trump has neglected to fulfill pretty much all of his key promises as the country nears the end of his first year in office.
Americans are struggling with skyrocketing living costs, including rising rents and rising electricity costs, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll that found Trump’s approval rating at just 39 percent.
Millions of people in the federal government shutdown this year were faced with the distinct possibility of starvation, a situation that was largely incompatible with the government’s stated goal of “making America great again.”
The unemployment rate increased to 4.6%, the highest level in nearly five years, as a result of the shutdown’s job losses. Many economists believe that employers have resumed hiring as a result of what some have called the Trump tariffs on imports as shock.
Trump has obviously made a terrible mistake in his commitment to fixing the US economy. However, the president has given the current economy an “A+++++” rating in his own personal hyperbolic make-believe environment while calling the nation’s alleged “affordability” crisis a Democratic “hoax” to tarnish his reputation.
Although it’s true, the United States has never been particularly affordable. After all, that would ultimately undermine plutocracy’s foundation of human nature and its cutting-edge capitalism.
Republicans and Democrats may appear to be ideological opposites, but they are actually two sides of the same coin when it comes to perpetuating the racialized elite’s rule and making poverty the top cause of death in one of the richest nations on Earth.
In Louisville, Kentucky, where my mother and I are currently spending the holidays, are spending almost the same amount as the monthly rent on my beach house in southern Mexico. One meat product and no alcoholic beverages were included in our unfulfilled shopping cart.
In addition, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, was the subject of the notorious March 2020 police shooting in Louisville. A former police officer who was found guilty of Taylor’s shooting, which occurred during the first Trump administration, was given a one-day prison sentence earlier this year, according to the US Department of Justice.
In the end, the officer was given a 33-month sentence that was slightly longer.
Indeed, you’re only going to experience disappointment if your holiday wish list includes a stop to systemic racism or police brutality.
At least 16 files relating to the case of late financier and child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein mysteriously disappeared from the department’s website shortly after they were published, according to other contemporary Justice Department misdeeds.
Trump’s photo, which he previously described as a “Democrat hoax,” was one of the items that went missing, along with other items.
According to survivor Marina Lacerda, other recently released documents have been heavily redacted or completely blacked out, making them “another slap in the face” to Epstein’s victims.
In other words, today’s domestic environment doesn’t offer much holiday cheer.
But there I go, spreading “hoaxes” once more.
Trump’s continued wanton bombing of boats in the Venezuelan area and the subsequent extrajudicial killing of seafarers, allegedly in the name of “narcoterrorism,” have also occurred during the holiday season.
The US’s anti-Venezuelan arsenal has now grown to allow for the hijacking of oil tankers , as well. Trump’s claim on social media that the South American nation had previously stolen “Oil, Land, and other Assets” from the United States has been amplification of the list of fabricated casus belli. The president did not declare war on Venezuela in an interview with NBC on Thursday.
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians continues apace in the Gaza Strip under the guise of a Trump-brokered ceasefire. Trump has poured billions of dollars into the US taxpayers in response to the genocidal state, just like his Democratic foe Joe Biden.
Consider it a massive stocking stuffer.
And as Christmastime approaches this year, it’s not all jovial.
AFCON Our Chance to Apologise to Nigerians After World Cup Failure, Says Osimhen
Victor Osimhen, the Super Eagles’ striker, has acknowledged that the team owes Nigerians an apology for their 2026 World Cup defeat.
He referred to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as a crucial opportunity to rekindle nation pride and make amends.
In an interview with Pooja on Sunday, Osimhen said that the players are still thinking about the disappointment of missing out on the World Cup because they are fully aware of the pain experienced by national and international fans.
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“Many Nigerian fans’ faces are deflated, we are aware of that. We have to keep moving because life has happened, and this AFCON offers us an opportunity to succeed,” Osimhen said.
Nigeria’s inability to qualify for the 2026 World Cup sparked a new level of scrutiny for the team and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), a blow to a nation that is regarded as a powerhouse of African football.
Despite persistent high expectations, Osimhen revealed that the camp has a strong sense of responsibility.
He claims that the players are motivated rather than burdened by pressure, and that the technical bench and the squad inspire confidence.
“The expectation is really high, not just within the camp but also among Super Eagles fans everywhere in the world,” he said.
Because we are aware of his level of skill, he said, “but there is no pressure on my teammates, myself, or the coach.”
Osimhen emphasized that the team must demonstrate its commitment through hard work and outcomes, not just by words.