Archive August 26, 2025

Taylor Swift’s huge engagement ring was ‘designed’ by Travis Kelce as couple get engaged

Travis Kelce, a Kansas City Chiefs player, and Taylor Swift are said to have collaborated on the wedding ring that the Grammy Award winner is wearing right now.

Travis Kelce is said to have helped design the engagement ring now worn by his fiancée, Taylor Swift. The couple have just announced that they have got engaged, with the Kansas City Chiefs player having proposed in a garden.

Travis and Taylor, both 35, shared the news with their respective followers in a joint post on Instagram today. It included photos of the couple celebrating together, giving fans a glimpse into the proposal and showcasing the diamond ring.

Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married, they wrote in the post’s caption next to a TNT emoji. Taylor’s song So High School, which was included on her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, was also included in the post.

Taylor Swift’s engagement ring is said to have been designed by her partner Travis Kelce(Image: taylorswift/Instagram)

The ring itself was captured in a couple’s photo, which was shared by the couple. A silver diamond is engraved on a gold band on the engagement ring. In the photo, Taylor held hands with her fiance Travis and it appeared to sparkle on Taylor’s finger.

It’s been reported that Travis helped to design the engagement ring, which is said to be of the old mine brilliant cut style. TMZ reports that it’s learned that the jewellery was created by Kindred Lubeck, with sources saying that the jeweller worked with groom-to-be Travis on the design.

There’s already speculation about how many carats the diamond boasts, though details have yet to be confirmed. Daniela Tarantino, VP of Merchandising of James Allen and Blue Nile, told Marie Claire: “Taylor Swift’s gorgeous ring is likely a unique cut just for her, but to our eye it looks similar to an elongated modified cushion. We estimate it’s somewhere between 10–15 carats total, set on a yellow gold band.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after getting engaged.
The couple announced that they have got engaged in a joint post on Instagram tonight(Image: taylorswift/Instagram)

In a number of Taylor and Travis’ photos from today, the ring was also visible. One of the pictures included a picture of them hugging while the singer’s hand, which bore the ring, was positioned against her fiance’s head as they held hands.

More than 12 million people have already viewed the couple’s joint post on the platform. On social media, users have posted comments on the ring as well as reactions to the news. That ring is SO Taylor in every way, according to a user who posted it on X this evening. You did a great job, Trav, and you did a lot of it.

Another person described the ring as “absolutely stunning” Wishing them a lifetime of happiness and love. A third person expressed their opinions after receiving the engagement news by saying, “Been staring at Taylor Swift’s ring the last 15 minutes. Love is my life.

Patrick Mahomes, Travis’ teammate, and Brittany Mahomes, his wife, have also reacted. The couple responded to the announcement of their pals’ engagement on Instagram by responding to the couple, who are thought to have dated Travis and Taylor over time.

When Patrick shared the couple’s story on his Story, Patrick captioned the post with three red heart emojis. Instead, Brittany wrote in her post, “Two of the most sincere people meet and fall in love.” I’m so happy for these two.

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DR Congo, M23 rebels resume talks in Qatar after renewed violence in east

Despite a recently signed peace agreement, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 armed group have resumed negotiations in Qatar as the country’s mineral-rich eastern provinces become more violent.

Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reported that Kinshasa-based M23 delegations were gathering in Doha to review the implementation of a July truce. At a news briefing on Tuesday, Ansari stated, “We’ve received the two parties here in Doha to talk about the earlier agreement.”

Both sides agreed to a ceasefire and a path to a final settlement as part of the deal, which Qatar brokered. According to its terms, discussions were scheduled to begin on August 8 and wrap up on August 18. Due to allegations of violations from both sides, both deadlines passed without progress.

Ansari claimed that the current discussions include plans to switch prisoners and detainees and to establish a monitoring system for the truce. He added that the discussions were closely supported by the United States and the Red Cross International.

The Qatar-led initiative came after Rwanda, who supports M23, and DRC, signed a separate ceasefire agreement in June. The M23, however, demanded direct discussions with Kinshasa regarding what it termed “unresolved political grievances.”

Donald Trump, the president of the US, has repeatedly argued that he and other people have ended the conflict, calling the DRC the “darkest, deepest” region of Africa and saying that he has “saved lots of lives” among others. Trump made the claim on Monday that nine million people were “killed with machetes” during the illustrious war, insisting that “I stopped it.”

Trump’s claims have been refuted by rights organizations as being false. According to Christian Rumu of Amnesty International, “it is far from the truth to say that he has ended the war.” He continued, “People on the ground continue to experience grave human rights violations, and some of these amounts to crimes against humanity,” and urged Washington to step up efforts to end world war.

More than two million people have been forced to leave their homes in North and South Kivu provinces this year as a result of numerous ceasefire attempts. UN experts claim that Rwandan forces played a “critical” role in supporting the group’s offensive while Human Rights Watch last week accused the M23 of carrying out ethnically targeted “mass killings.”

Rwanda denies involvement, but concerns about a wider regional conflict have increased as a result of the M23’s capture of vast areas, including Goma earlier this year.

Taylor Swift engagement statement explained as she dubs Travis ‘gym teacher’

After Taylor Swift confirmed that she’s engaged to Travis Kelce, the Shake Me Off singer wrote in the caption “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married” she wrote “Your wedding is coming to you.”

Taylor Swift announced her engagement to Travis Kelce on Tuesday by telling the world “your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

The Shake It Off hitmaker, 35, who has been dating sports star Kelce, also 35, for two years, took to Instagram to share the exciting news after the couple had dropped some hints and sparked speculation that they may have taken their relationship to the next level.

In a collection of romantic photos, Taylor was seen crying as she hugged her now fiancée. Travis got down on one knee, surrounded by stunning flowers in a sprawling garden as he held onto her waist while gazing lovingly up at her. Taylor was pictured crying and beaming after clearly telling Travis ‘yes’ to his marriage proposal.

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Taylor and Travis are engaged! (Image: taylorswift/Instagram)

Another photo of the couple and Travis resting his arms around Taylor’s waist while she cradled his face as they exchanged sweet glances at one another made the couple pose for photos.

One large diamond was adorning her engagement ring while the newlywed couple held hands as they celebrated the couple’s significant milestone together while the gold band hung on her finger as it glowed under the sun.

Taylor’s caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” has caused a stir with the joyous announcement.

Taylor Swift's engagement ring on her hand.
Taylor showed off her dazzling engagement ring(Image: taylorswift/Instagram)

A Taylor Swift superfan told The Mirror that she enjoys reading about grammar, words, and exploring deeper meanings in everything. “The caption is due to Taylor having always had this joke about herself.

She writes in all of her lyrics in a poetic manner, and she has always made fun of Travis, who is a big, burly sports star with the biggest gym teacher energy, when she describes how nerdy she is at heart.

Taylor’s superfan also explained the meaning behind the song Taylor posted to her Instagram engagement photos. She nods to her romance with Travis in the song, which is called So Highschool.

The popular song was always believed to have been about Travis when it first appeared last year, but Taylor has never confirmed or refuted this rumor. This also includes this. In this high school fantasy, both her and him are nerdy English teachers. It’s really exciting.

After his bold move to date her at her Eras concert at Arrowhead Stadium, the couple first started dating in 2023. He said, “I threw the ball in her court,” recalling how everything all began.

When Swift appeared at a few Chiefs games that September, their romance sparked rumors, and they later confirmed their relationship.

The couple have been dating for two years
The couple have been dating for two years(Image: taylorswift/Instagram)

Swift made her debut on the podcast New Heights, hosted by Kelce and his brother Jason, earlier this month, where she revealed the title of her newest album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

Kelce also revealed his deep respect for Swift’s gruesome Eras Tour performances in a recent GQ interview. He said he wanted to spend three hours on the stage, working on a computer, essentially.

“The [Eras Tour] floor is literally – I’ve seen underneath that thing. It is a football-field-sized computer. You take that into Singapore, where it is scorching hot, and all of a sudden you’re feeling the fumes from the computer and you’re feeling the fumes from the sun and you’re doing a show for three hours with a lot of energy, bringing it every single song.

She’s doing it three, four, and five days a row, which is arguably exhausting over how much I put in on a Sunday.

He also compared their unique partnership as public figures who are constantly in the spotlight. “I hadn’t had the privilege of having a partner who comprehends the scrutiny and ups and downs of being in front of millions,” said the actress. Given how exhausted she would become after watching TV, that was very relatable.

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Swift doesn’t define herself as an athlete, Kelce says in a different way: “She may not think of herself as an athlete. She won’t ever reveal her athletic background to anyone. But I’ve witnessed her plight. She puts a lot of work into her body, and I can’t believe how much of it she does.

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Police Rescue Five Abductees, Kill Suspected Kidnappers

In its ongoing efforts to improve internal security and safeguard citizens’ lives and property, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has made an announcement.
the successful rescue of five kidnapped victims, the demise of a well-known kidnapping syndicate, and the recovery of weapons and ammunition.

Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force’s public relations officer, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.

On July 27, 2025, a group of armed kidnappers stormed Sangara Village in the Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State and abducted three people, including Gide Namata and Hamidu Namani.

He claimed that this led police to organize a coordinated search-and-rescue operation to Shanga Hills, where the kidnappers were tracked and engaged in a search and rescue operation alongside other local vigilantes and security agencies.

The criminals fled into the forest with various degrees of gunshot wounds as a result of the successful rescue of the three kidnapped victims during the encounter after being overrun by a fierce gunfight.

On the 15th of August 2025, police officers attached to the State Command were on a routine patrol around Dankade Village in Ribah District when they encountered a group of armed bandits and engaged them in a gunfight.

Physicality the focus for Canada – Wales lock Crabb

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Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025: Wales vs. Canada

Salford Community Stadium Date: Saturday, August 30 Kick-off: 12:00 BST

Gwen Crabb, the forward for Wales, acknowledges that their team’s physicality was “nowhere near where it needed to be” in their opening Women’s Rugby World Cup match against Scotland.

The lock claims that Wales’ preparation for their Saturday game against Canada, a giant of the women’s game, will be the main focus this week because they know they must win to keep their slim quarter-final hopes alive.

In the debriefing on Monday, Wales head coach Sean Lynn and his team’s backroom staff tore up their 38-8 stuffing in Salford and promised some difficult and sincere exchanges.

According to Crabb, the process was beneficial.

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How did you like how our warm-up went, players were asked? What time in the game do you believe we lost the game? How can we use those experiences to prevent another incident from occurring?

Crabb and Lynn both claimed that Wales’ lack of physicality was a common symptom, and that Lynn claimed that they were “bullied off the park” after the match.

According to Crabb, “I believe if we can get that right, it really feeds into every other aspect of our game.”

We must defeat that physicality fight before we can leave, advance, and engage in our structure.

How do we get ourselves in a situation where we travel to extremely dangerous areas with a really physical team? “We’ve done all the physical preparation.

There is “nothing to lose.”

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England, host of the tournament, is expected to challenge Canada for the title.

Wales haven’t defeated them since their triumph in Cardiff in 2006, when they last met in a 42-22 defeat at WXV1 in New Zealand two years ago.

They are a very physical team, according to Crabb, who is second in the world and who is among the favorites to win this tournament.

However, for me personally and for the team as a whole, that really gets us excited because we are the underdogs but also have nothing to lose.

“We have everything to gain because we are extremely disappointed in how we presented ourselves as a team over the weekend.

We put in some of the effort necessary to get to where we are now as a team, but we did it when it was most important on the pitch.

“Embrace” the moments

Gwen Crabb greets fans as she arrives at the stadiumPicture agency Huw Evans

Despite the disappointment, Crabb defended her efforts to soak up the atmosphere of the most recent Women’s Rugby World Cup.

The highest number in a Wales vs. Scotland game was 10 044, which was cheered by the entire Salford Community Stadium crowd.

When we were about to play the anthems, I tried to just take it in and embrace it as much as I could, she said, “having had a few days to reflect.”

“I’m trying to concentrate on the important thing that’s important right now, as part of my game, is taking no for granted and taking the time to enjoy those moments.”

I walked onto the pitch with goose bumps on. The stadium is full, and the scenery was incredible.

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Lula denounces US decision to revoke visa from Brazilian justice minister

In a growing political conflict between Brazil and Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has announced that another official has had his US visa voided.

Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski was recently removed from his visa, according to Lula’s cabinet on Tuesday, which the president described as “irresponsible” on the part of the US.

Lula told his ministers, “I wanted to express my solidarity and the government’s solidarity with my colleague Lewandowski, who was confronted with the irresponsible gesture of the United States in revoke his visa.”

Lula added that other nations would not tolerate treating Brazil as less than it is. He added that Brazil possessed its own constitution and legal system.

“We are willing to occupy the same table,” the statement read. We don’t want to be treated like subordinates, which is what we do. Lula said, “We will not tolerate that from anyone.”

Although Brazil and the US have long been trading partners, relations have gotten more strained since US President Donald Trump’s second term began.

Trump has a strong kinship with Brazilian far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, whose presidency and first term overlapped with Trump’s. Bolsonaro served from 2019 to 2023, while Trump was in office from 2017 to 2021.

However, after losing to Lula in the 2022 presidential election, Bolsonaro is facing a trial this year for allegedly conspiring with his allies to pull off a coup d’etat.

Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing, but prosecutors allege he planned to use a number of strategies to stoke Lula’s government, including establishing a “state of siege,” bringing up the military, and holding new elections.

As the case’s verdict comes in early September, the former president is currently being placed under house arrest.

Trump’s opposition to the Bolsonaro trial

Trump has argued that the trial is a “witch hunt,” calling the Brazilian government’s decision to drop Bolsonaro’s case.

He praised Bolsonaro, who was dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics,” by posting a message on his social media platform Truth Social on July 7.

Trump remarked, “He is not guilty of anything other than fighting for THE PEOPLE.”

Then, two days later, Trump delivered the message in a letter to President Lula himself, informing him that Brazil would be subject to 50-percent tariffs on all of its US exports. Trump claimed that Brazil’s treatment of Bolsonaro was to blame for the high tariffs.

“The way that Brazil treated former president Bolsonaro, a highly respected leader throughout the world, including by the United States, is a disgrace,” Trump wrote in a statement.

“This trial shouldn’t be occurring,” he said. A witch hunt needs to end right away.

Brazil is now the world’s highest US tariff-affected nation as a result of those tariffs’ introduction on August 1. As a result of Russia’s imports of gasoline, India will start to be subject to 50-percent tariffs as well, starting on Wednesday.

The Trump administration has also imposed tariffs on Brazil to halt Bolsonaro’s trial, though this is just one example.

Alexandre de Moraes, a justice of the Supreme Court, was the US government’s spokesman when it allegedly censored right-wing voices.

For instance, Trump’s Department of State announced on July 18 that it would remove Moraes’ US visa and remove any members of his immediate family.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote that the political witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro by Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes “created a persecution and censorship complex so sweeping that it not only violates Brazilians’ fundamental rights but also targets Americans beyond Brazil’s borders.”

The US government increased the stakes by imposing financial sanctions on de Moraes on July 30.

They forbid de Moraes from doing business with the judge and restricted any US-based individual or entity from doing so.

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement at the time that “De Moraes is accountable for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions, including against former president Jair Bolsonaro.

President Lula criticized the attacks on De Moraes, Lewandowski, and others as a violation of Brazil’s sovereignty at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.