As Zara McDermott moves on with Louis Tomlinson weeks after splitting, Sam Thompson has made a dig at her. As new photos of their cozy dinner date at a luxurious hotel emerged, the Strictly Come Dancing star was seen with the One Direction singer.
At The Suffolk, the pair were spotted having a lavish fish and chips dinner with cocktails. According to a source, Louis planned and put on this trip for Zara because he is a true gentleman. He had a great deal of thought and wanted to make it unique. They have similar values and are incredibly close to their families.
The insider added that the couple “looked every bit like the happy couple” as they dined together at the posh restaurant where hotel rooms can cost more than £300 per night.
Following rumors that the pair were dating just weeks after Zara and Sam moved out of their lavish Chelsea residence, the pair were reported to have been dating. In the most recent episode of his podcast Staying Relevant, a heartbroken Sam spoke to dating expert Paul C. Brunson about their breakup.
For five years, Sam and Zara were dating.
Sam, who was previously split from his long-term girlfriend Zara, said he felt like there is no direction in life. When Sam split up with his partner, dating guru Paul asked him what he had been doing to focus on himself. Paul responded, “Not much to be honest with you. He continued, “I suppose a lot of people look for validation in other people and they look for the other person right away.” In an ostensible swipe at Zara, he continued. That’s impossible for me to do.
He continued, “I love being in charge, and I am. I rarely ever leave my house or my family, but I love my cats.
Paul said, “Spend time with your family, spend time creating.” Take a look at some of the things you cherished as boys. Spend some time on those and invest your time in them, which will help you achieve your current self-esteem and self-worth.
After five years of dating, Sam and Zara parted ways in December. Sam acknowledged that some people had expressed concern for him and that they were aware of this. “I went through a breakup and everyone keeps saying they can see sadness behind the eyes… Where I’m going, Paul, terrifies me. When the pilot of a plane passes out in the cockpit, I imagine they are asking, “Does anyone know how to fly a plane?”
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The agreed ceasefire, which had been in place since January, has been broken by Israel’s recent air attacks across the Gaza Strip.
More than 320 people were killed in Tuesday’s early morning air raids, many of whom were children and women.
A brief period of relative tranquility during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was shattered by the surprise bombardment, which also raised the possibility of a full resumption of fighting in the more than 48, 000 Palestinians who have been killed and whose homes have been destroyed throughout Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed he had ordered the attacks because talks to extend the ceasefire and release the remaining Hamas captives in October 2023 lacked progress.
Hamas expressed concern that Israel had violated the ceasefire, which would put the fate of the captives in jeopardy.
Gaza, Deir el-Balah: It wasn’t a nightmare; it was real. Without any prior notice, the war had already begun.
When we woke up in terror to the audible sound of air strikes, the clock read 2:10. Everything in the room was shaken by a violent scream.
My daughter, Banias, awoke screaming in apprehension, “Baba! Mama ! What is going on?
She was crying out in terror right next to me, but I couldn’t even comfort her. My entire mind was a mess.
Has this been a bombing? What’s going on? Who is threatening us?
I was thinking, “Are these Yemeni missiles attacking Israel?” Do we get hit by this strike?
The unmistakable sounds of genocide
Oh my God, I love you. We all knew that Israeli air strikes on Gaza would intensify, and the sound was unmistakable.
In an effort to calm Banias down, my husband held her.
I searched through local journalist organizations on my phone. What’s happening, everyone was asking.
A home in Deir el-Balah was targeted just before the news broke, and another home in Nuseirat was struck.
In al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, and Rafah, artillery shelling was reported, as well as several tents for displaced families.
In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, a total of a residential building was struck, and the al-Karama neighborhood was also struck. Central Gaza was suffocated by a “belt of fire.”
Then came the desperate appeals, such as “A family is trapped under the rubble.”
A residential block has been leveled, according to the statement.
“We require ambulances.”
People pleaded for assistance and urged the formation of civil defense teams.
The bombing continued, persistently and violently.
images of death and fear
Every functioning medical facility in the Strip was filled with photos and videos of shattered bodies, martyrs, and the wounded. We quickly recalled the scenes that we had forgotten.
Israel made a formal announcement a few moments later that it would resume its occupation of Gaza.
It sounded like a head blow.
At Khan Younis’ Nasser Hospital on March 18, 2025, a mourner weeps beside the bodies of Palestinians who were killed by Israel.
What does “this mean” exactly? My sister cried after spending a few days with me. “No, God, no! We oppose a new war. Fear and the bombing are not what we want.
We all watched the news with wide-eyed shock in our eyes. “Oh, God, that’s enough,” the expression goes.
I continued to scroll as I grabbed my phone as I saw images of infants being killed in airstrikes, burning tents, and entire residential blocks being destroyed.
Oh God, the same images, the same suffering, and nightmares.
Without embellishment, pretence, or disguise, the war was picking up where it had already started. Just killing, bombing, extermination, and a never-ending stream of blood.
What about the north, my family members inquired. Will the road be reopened between the north and south?
We were entrapped.
You can’t plan for a tomorrow in Gaza.
I just last night invited my father and my two 20-year-old twin sisters to a Ramadan iftar at our location in al-Zawayda, close to Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. I persuaded the members of the family to stay the night and make plans to travel north the following morning.
Before Eid and summer, we had planned some Ramadan travels and errands to run to get clothes for the kids. Every trip to the north was, as always, an opportunity to learn new tales.
All of those “plans” had no purpose at the time. Life suddenly turned its head in the air. The conflict was returning.
In this location, planning has become illegal. Even something as simple as shopping or spending time with family is an unforgivable luxury to plan for your day, no matter how monotonous it may seem.
You are guilty here of expecting normalcy; you are also impure to live there year after year after year, every second, every minute, every hour, every day.
My sister, who works in media for a humanitarian organization, suddenly realized: “Oh God! I didn’t bring my laptop or other items! What’s next, then?”
I felt guilty. This was my fault because I had to persuade them to stay.
What if the roads are closed? What will the war’s upcoming stages entail? Will the north be the starting point for the conflict? Or will they occupy the region’s center?
Only Deir el-Balah is still standing. What kind of trap is this, God?
As I perused my thoughts, my mind began to sway: Would we ever need to wear our press-protection gear once more? Return to the hospital workforce?
On March 18, 2025, a boy walks through the rubble of his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, which Israel bombed and destroyed. [Eyad Baba/AFP]
However, we had already destroyed our tent’s storage there. Journalists had left in an effort to start fresh, dispersing between north and south.
What about the school of Banias, then? I had just registered her for a week of school, so it was probably over. We had returned from war.
My heart pleaded. We initially experienced some relief from the ceasefire, but nothing more. We were clung to by fear, hésitation, and confusion.
We never thought to plan, and the missiles kept reminding us of our error whenever we did.
The closet
For the first time in two days, my husband and I went shopping, and we ended up with just a few kitchen essentials, including a rug, a table, chairs, plates, and spoons.
All we have now are four mattresses, four blankets, four plates, four spoons, and a small pot of water.
We refused to receive anything else throughout the war. We jokedly called the dressing room because our clothes were stacked on a sheet spread out on the floor in a designated room and divided into separate sections for each of us.
My husband and I would constantly say, “We need a closet, because it was always a mess. “Organizing the clothes on the floor was a daily struggle.
Although we were unsure about moving north or staying in the south, we were finally able to think about buying one because it was a grand luxury. We always make the decision to travel in a hurry and leave.
But I finally told my husband, “Let’s buy a closet,” and we finally packed away our winter clothing yesterday morning.
I had my response now. The closet was no longer an option as a result of this additional bombing, which was the chaos of my thoughts, my failed plans, and the chaos of a life I could no longer control, despite my best efforts.
We are aware that we can no longer dream, plan, wish, or look forward to anything despite the destruction and ruin that surround us, as if it weren’t already enough.
Nigeria was listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the eight nations with the highest potential for a soon-to-disease supply of HIV.
This is because the Trump administration’s decision to halt U.S. foreign aid “substantially disrupted” the countries’ access to HIV treatments.
According to a report from Reuters that quoted WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Nigeria, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkinabe, Mali, and Ukraine, the global health agency warned that their supply of HIV treatments might run out in the upcoming months.
At a press conference, WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus was quoted as saying, “The disruptions to HIV programs could undo 20 years of progress.”
He added that this could result in three million deaths related to HIV and more than 10 million additional HIV cases.
The U.S. foreign aid pause, which was implemented by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office in January, has had an impact on efforts to combat HIV, polio, malaria, and tuberculosis.
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The WHO-coordinated Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network, which has over 700 locations worldwide, is also facing an imminent shutdown, according to the organization. This occurs at a time when measles is returning to the United States.
According to Ghebreyesus, the United States has a responsibility to make sure that any countries that receive direct funding are able to find alternative sources of funding in an orderly and humane manner.
According to a separate statement from the organization, funding problems could also cause 80% of Afghanistan’s essential health care services to shut down.
By the end of March, 167 health facilities had stopped because of short-term funding, and over 220 more could stop without delay by June.
The UN agency, which typically receives about a fifth of its annual funding from the United States, has also been forced to freeze hiring and start budget cuts as a result of its plans to leave.
Israel has launched numerous airstrikes against Gaza, wreaking havoc and breaking Hamas’ fragile two-month ceasefire.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported at least 326 fatalities in the most recent attack, which occurred across Gaza, since the ceasefire’s implementation on January 19.
How the world is reacting to the atrocities described below:
Hamas
Hamas, the country’s ruler, claimed that Israel’s attacks were a unilateral end to the January 19 ceasefire.
In a statement from Hamas, Netanyahu and his extremist government make the decision to overturn the ceasefire, leaving Gazan prisoners vulnerable to unknown fate.
Later, Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq claimed in a statement that “Netanyahu’s decision to resume war” was “a decision to sacrifice the occupation’s prisoners and impose a death sentence on them.”
Israel
The operation was open-ended and anticipated to grow, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
Israel will continue to use its military might against Hamas, according to the statement, adding that the operation was ordered in response to “Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators.”
As long as the hostages aren’t brought back home and all of our war objectives aren’t realized, said Defense Minister Israel Katz.
The US
Israel consulted the Trump administration and the White House, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
She said that “all hell will break loose” as President Trump has stated that Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, and all those who seek to terrorize not just Israel but also the United States of America will have to pay a price.
Israeli captives’ families
The Israeli government’s decision to attack showed that it had chosen to “give up on the hostages,” according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents the families of the captives in Gaza.
The deliberate destruction of the process that frees our loved ones from the terrible captivity of Hamas, according to the group, “shocks, anger, and terror.” It questioned the government about its “refusal to ceasefire” with Hamas.
Houthi militia in Yemen
In light of US-total hostilities, Yemen’s Houthi rebels promised an uprising in support of Palestinians.
The Houthis’ Supreme Political Council issued a statement condemning the Zionist enemy’s continued aggression against the Gaza Strip. Yemen will continue to offer its support and assistance to the Palestinian people and take additional measures to start the conflict.
Islamic Jihad in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad in Palestine (PIJ) armed group accused Israel of “deliberately sabotaging all efforts to reach a ceasefire”.
China
Beijing was “highly concerned” about the situation, according to Mao Ning, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, and urged parties to “avoid any actions that could lead to an escalation of the situation and prevent a larger-scale humanitarian disaster.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
In a statement, the Netanyahu government was “resuming its horrific and genocidal attacks on the men, women, and children of Gaza, killing hundreds of civilians in just a few hours,” according to CAIR, a Washington, DC-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.
In their Twenty20 cricket series, New Zealand’s openers defeated Pakistan by five wickets in a six-hit blitz to defeat them.
After Pakistan posted 135-9 off 15 overs in a rain-shortened second match, the home side took control of the five-match series by reaching 137-5 with 11 balls to spare in Dunedin on Tuesday.
A fierce opening exchange between Tim Seifert and Finn Allen, which saw seven of the opening eight shots with sixes, was New Zealand’s highlight.
In a remarkable move, Seifert played out a maiden off of Shaheen Shah Afridi’s opening over before Mohammad Ali bowled him three times to break the University Oval boundary three times in the second over.
Seifert then smashed 26 off Afridi’s second over, including four sixes, before going out on 45 with 22 balls.
With the openers hitting five sixes each, Allen soon lost for 38 off 16.
Both batsmen are naturally big hitters, according to white-ball expert Allen, who entered the run chase with a straightforward mindset.
We just looked optimistic, made an effort to advance early, and made it simple for our middle order to finish it off, Allen said, expressing confidence in their ability to hit the target.
“In a 15-over game, it’s kind of difficult to assess, but defending out here is pretty difficult. Because those are tiny boundaries, the ball can sometimes fly in this situation. Therefore, I believe 170 would have been competitive.
Four wickets fell in the final four overs of the chase, but Mitch Hay’s unbeaten 21 kept the outcome safe.
Salman Agha, captain, started to recover after Pakistan were sent in and lost opener Hasan Nawaz without scoring for the second time in the series, top-scoring with 46 off 28 balls.
Before the skipper started a four-and-three-sixes knock, they were 19-2 in the fourth over.
Afridi did not score on 22 of his 14 balls, but Shadab Khan was aggressive in the middle order with 26 off 14.
Ben Sears and Jimmy Neesham, both recalled in place of Tim Robinson and Kyle Jamieson, were the only New Zealand bowlers who took two wickets.
After defeating Pakistan for 91 on Sunday, New Zealand won the series by nine wickets and will win game three in Auckland on Friday.
At the conclusion of Pakistan’s innings, on March 18, 2025, Sanga Vidanagama/AFP [Sanka Vidanagama] ran out with one.
