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GB News star slammed as he reveals nickname for Prince Charles in biting rant

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GB News star Adam Brooks has been hitting out at King Charles III and sharing his changing thoughts on the monarchy following comments made by the King about immigration

GB News star Adam Brooks has lashed out at King Charles(Image: GB News)

GB News star Adam Brooks has branded King Charles III “old sausage fingers” in an outburst against the reigning monarch. The 45-year-old pub landlord took aim at the King while discussing events at a recent state visit from France’s Emmanuel Macron.

When the 47-year-old French President visited the UK last week, King Charles, 76, hosted a banquet in which he made reference to boat crossings which have seen thousands of illegal immigrants make their way from France to the UK across the Channel. While the King has been criticised by some for his comments, Adam took the opportunity to bash the monarch, branding him “too woke” and criticising him for discussing immigration.

After Adam’s comments sparked headlines of their own, he doubled down – taking to social media to share his dislike of the King. Sharing a screenshot of an article where his words were quoted, the GB News host said: “I won’t lie on TV, I don’t like him”

Adam continued: ” IMO he’s a climate extremist, he’s clearly very rude to his staff, most notably when he lost it at a poor servant at the coronation over a pen, he’s ridiculously woke, he is meddling in politics, where as the Queen didn’t and he lectures us on immigration, when he lives behind 10ft security gates and has armed guards. Not for me old sausage fingers.”

He has also been running a poll on X, asking followers if their opinion of the royal family has changed since Charles ascended to the throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.

GB News star Adam Brooks has lashed out at King Charles
The King raised eyebrows when he discussed immigration during a state visit by France’s President Emmanuel Macron(Image: AP)

He posed to fans and followers: “I’ve made no secret of not liking King Charles, I don’t want to see the end of the Royal Family, I just can’t like him in any way whatsoever. I’d sit with my nan watching the Queen at the events, she loved it. SO, FOR YOU, DID THE ROYALS DIE WITH THE QUEEN?”

He may not like the answers he has been given, however, as many responded to his post to share their continued support of the monarchy. One follower replied: “No – We still have William & Catherine!”

Another typed: “I’m from the Diana era, watched William grow up and I adore his family. Loved the Queen but never understood Charles and don’t like him now so I ignore pretty much everything he does.”

Queen Elizabeth II photographed in 2019
Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September 2022(Image: Getty Images)

Oher fans took aim at Adam over his stance, with one writing him off as a nonentity, writing: “King Charles said Adam who?”

Adam is the proprietor of Essex pubs The Owl Public House in Loughton and The Three Colts in Buckhurst Hill. He rose to prominence through social media where he attracted a strong following and drew attention for taking on the likes of Piers Morgan in lively social media debates. He became a regular contributor on GB News soon after the channel launched in 2021.

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More recently, Adam has been drawing attention for sharing his thoughts and observations on how immigration has changed his local area – but has faced criticism when highlighting alleged criminal activity in the area.

Air Peace Plane Veers Off Runway In Port Harcourt

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An Air Peace aircraft veered off the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State, on Sunday after landing.  

Air Peace spokesman, Osifo-Whiskey Efe, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday but said all passengers disembarked safely. 

“Air Peace confirms that its Flight P47190, operating from Lagos to Port Harcourt this morning, had a runway excursion after landing safely at the Port Harcourt International Airport,” the statement read. 

“The aircraft veered slightly off the runway without any damage. All passengers disembarked safely and calmly, and no injuries were reported.”

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The airline reassured the public of its “unflinching commitment to maintaining the highest standards of safety in all our operations.”

As of the time of publishing this report, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has yet to comment on the recent incident.

The incident is coming years after a similar one in the same airport. It happened in 2019.

In May, an Air Peace flight was grounded at the Asaba International Airport in Delta State following a collision with an antelope.

Know their names: West Bank Palestinians killed by Israelis this week

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As Israel’s unrelenting war on Gaza continues, deadly attacks by Israeli settlers and forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have also soared to near-daily killings.

According to Shireen.ps, a database compiled by Palestinian journalists, 177 Palestinians have been killed there this year alone.

On Friday, Israeli settlers beat to death 20-year-old American Palestinian Sayfollah Musallet, his family stating that the mob surrounded him for three hours during the assault and attacked medics attempting to reach him.

Eight other Palestinians were also slain this past week – including one child – as a result of settler attacks, as well as targeted assassinations and raids conducted by Israeli troops.

In four instances, the bodies of those killed have been detained by Israeli authorities.

Here are the eight other Palestinians killed in the past week:

Wissam Ghassan Ishtiyeh, 37

Shtayyeh was killed on July 6 during an Israeli raid on the village of Salem, east of Nablus, according to Shireen.ps.

Israeli forces stormed the village and surrounded two houses during the operation, local sources reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that Israeli authorities had held his body, refusing to release it to the family for burial.

The Israeli military confirmed the killing.

Translation: The martyrs Wissam Ghassan Ishtiyeh and Qusay Nasser Nassar, who were killed by occupation forces’ gunfire following the siege of a house in the village of Salem, east of Nablus, and the occupation continues to detain the body of the martyr Ishtayeh.

Qusay Nasser Mahmoud Nassar, 23

Nassar was also killed on July 6 in Salem, caught in the crossfire as Israeli forces killed Shtayyeh.

Israeli forces had detained the young man’s body, but later the Palestine Red Crescent Society received it and rushed him to Rafidia Hospital, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Ahmad Nafeth Gabriel al-Awiwi, 19

Al-Awiwi died on July 8 in Hebron, succumbing to his injuries after being shot by Israeli forces during a raid on the city six months ago, according to Shireen.ps.

The young man was hospitalised a week ago for brain surgery related to his injuries; however, his health deteriorated, and his death was announced last week, local sources reported.

Iyad Abdel-Moati Iyad Shalakhti, 12

Shalakhti died of critical wounds on July 9, after being shot by Israeli forces three days earlier in the Askar al-Jadid camp in Nablus, Wafa reported.

The boy was shot with live ammunition by an “Israeli soldier positioned inside a heavily armoured Israeli military vehicle” around 9:30pm on July 6,  according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine.

“My brother, my life, and friend,” his mother stated in an emotional address following his death, according to footage verified by Al Jazeera.

Mourners carry the body of 12-year-old Shalakhti, who succumbed to his wounds sustained on July 6 during an Israeli raid in Askar al-Jadid camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank [File: Zain Jaafar/AFP]

Ahmed Ali al-Amour, 54

Al-Amour was shot at by Israeli forces on July 10 and then run over by an Israeli military vehicle in Rummana, west of Jenin, according to local sources.

Authorities in Israel claimed that he was attempting a suicide attack, Shireen.ps reported.

Israeli soldiers seized al-Amour’s body, Wafa reported. Local sources told the agency they also arrested his sons, claiming that a soldier had been moderately injured in a stabbing attack.

The man’s killing was part of a raid on the town, where Israeli forces raided a large number of homes and destroyed their contents, Wafa said. They also deployed sniper teams and launched a wide-scale arrest campaign in the town.

With al-Amour’s death, the number of those killed in the Jenin governorate since the start of Israeli military raids there on January 21 has risen to 41.

Mahmoud Youssef Mohamed Abed, 23 and Malik Ismail Abdul Jabbar Salem, 23

The men were shot dead on July 10 in the Gush Etzion settlement, south of Bethlehem. Israeli police said they had carried out a stabbing and shooting attack there.

Abed was from the town of Halhul in the Hebron governorate, while Salem lived in Bazariya, west of Nablus, according to Wafa.

The agency reported that the attack by the young men resulted in the death of one Israeli settler. Their bodies were detained by Israeli authorities.

Translation: Local sources: The martyrs Mahmoud Youssef Mohamed Abed (23 years old) from Halhul and Malik Ismail Abdul Jabbar Salem (23 years old) from the town of Bazariya in Nablus, the perpetrators of the “Gush Etzion” operation north of Hebron.

Muhammad Rizq Hassan al-Shalabi, 23

Al-Shalabi was lost during a settler attack on the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, on July 11, and was later found dead after being shot and beaten by settlers there, according to local sources.

It was the same attack in which American citizen Musallet was killed.

The Palestinian Health Ministry, citing a medical report, stated that al-Shalabi was killed after being shot in the chest, which penetrated his back.

He was also left to bleed for several hours, the ministry said.

Activist Ayed Ghafri told Wafa that dozens of settlers armed with automatic rifles attacked residents who were protesting against the construction of a new settlement outpost in Khirbet al-Tal, accompanied by foreign solidarity activists.

The attack also resulted in the injury of 10 citizens from the villages and towns of Sinjil, al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya, Abwein, and Jaljalia, north of Ramallah, with wounds and fractures, the agency added.

The municipality of Sinjil condemned the killings of the two men, saying it “will only increase our adherence to our land and our determination to defend it by all legitimate means”.

Police Arrest 10 Armed Robbery Suspects, Others In Kaduna

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Operatives of the Kaduna Police Command have arrested ten suspected armed robbers and four illegal gun manufacturers during various operations across the state.

A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, said the police also recovered eight locally made guns with sixteen cartridges, three vehicles, and a motorcycle from the suspects.

According to the statement, two suspects, Sanusi Bala from Zamfara State and Nura Bala from Zaria in Kaduna State were suspects were apprehended while attempting to rob a victim of his tricycle.

During an investigation, the suspects confessed to being members of a syndicate known for targeting and robbing commercial tricycle riders of their tricycles. They further revealed that the stolen tricycles are usually sold to one Jamilu Zurmi from Zamfara State.

The police also said that further investigations led to the recovery of three other vehicles from the syndicate.

The recovered vehicles include: a Golf III Wagon, dark blue, with registration number ABC-152-AL, a Golf III Wagon, green in colour, with registration number ABJ-900-RE, and an unregistered Golf III Wagon, dark blue.

The police said efforts are ongoing to apprehend other accomplices, including the identified receiver of stolen tricycles.

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Similarly, operatives of the Kaduna police command arrested a group of suspected armed robbers who have been operating in other neighboring states.

According to the statement, the five suspects, Ahmed Umar Isah Musa, Zailani Sa’adu, Abdulrahman Mukhtar, and Ibrahim Sa’adu, were apprehended while they invaded the house of one of the residents of Unguwan Sanusi, in Kaduna South Local Government Area, and robbed him of his Toyota Corolla and other valuables.

Further investigation revealed that the stolen vehicle was sold to one Garba Yaro, of Maradi, Niger Republic, presently at large.

Intelligence further revealed that Yaro is a known receiver of several robbed vehicles from the syndicate and other accomplices who were also arrested and will soon be prosecuted.

In another operation, police operatives arrested four suspects involved in the illegal fabrication of firearms and ammunition.

The suspects, Hassan Ibrahim, Murtala Yakubu, Shuaibu Abubakar, and Ismail Shuaibu, were apprehended following credible intelligence regarding their illegal activities in a building at Giroji village in Makarfi Local Government Area.

Several exhibits, including three locally fabricated rifles, three incomplete skeletal frames of rifles, fourteen cartridges, five rounds of live T.06 ammunition, and one bench vice machine, were recovered from the building.

The police anti-kidnapping unit operative, acting on credible intelligence, also arrested three suspects at Doya Village in Makarfi Local Government Area for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of the wife of one Alhaji, a resident of Kwatakore village.

During the operation, the police recovered two locally made guns and two live cartridges from the suspects, Rabilu Lawal, Sirajo Shuaibu, and Shehu Sarki.

The suspects are currently in police custody as further investigation continues to uncover the full extent of their involvement in criminal activities, while efforts to apprehend other accomplices are ongoing.

Players union not invited to Fifa player welfare meeting

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Global players’ union Fifpro was not invited to a “key” meeting that Fifa president Gianni Infantino held on player welfare where a minimum three-week off-season break was agreed, BBC Sport has been told.

World football’s governing body claimed Saturday’s talks in New York on the eve of the Club World Cup final “addressed key issues concerning player health”, including “critical matters related to the international match calendar”.

Fifa said there was a “consensus” that there should be at least 72 hours of rest between matches, and players should have a rest period of at least 21 days at the end of each season.

However, that is a week less than Fifpro had been demanding.

Fifa hailed “productive discussions” Infantino and other officials had with “representatives of several player unions from around the world… with a specific focus on player rest and recovery”.

But BBC Sport has been told no official from Fifpro – which represents 66,000 men’s and women’s players around the world – or the Professional Footballers’ Association, which represents players in England and Wales, was present at the meeting.

And it is not clear how binding any of the agreements are.

The BBC has been told Fifpro’s leadership is critical of the process leading to the announcement, and do not even recognise some of the officials that appear in a photograph Fifa released of the meeting.

Last year, amid a backlash over the expansion of the Club World Cup, Fifpro filed a legal complaint against Fifa, claiming it had abused its role under European competition law by adding more pressure to the fixture schedule.

Last month, a study released by Fifpro said professional footballers should be allowed at least a four-week off-season break to protect them from exhaustion and excessive workload.

Meanwhile, pressure on players is further increased by the rapid turnaround between games – Premier League teams who play in the Europa League and Conference League play on a Thursday night with their next league game on a Sunday.

Fifa said on Sunday that a rest day a week should be planned and player travel, especially long-haul intercontinental trips, as well as the weather conditions matches are played in, should also be considered for the next international Match Calendar.

It is unclear what impact – if any – the meeting will have on the legal action.

Last month Fifpro expressed concern about the “wake-up call” of extreme heat that players were being exposed to at the Club World Club, demanding more flexibility from Fifa on kick-off times and protocols.

Fifa said that it and the player unions “agreed on the importance of striking the right balance between national team football and club football, on the one hand, and between domestic, continental, and global club competitions, on the other hand”.

“It is important to create opportunities for players from all over the world to compete in top competitions as this boosts global football development,” it added.

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Oasis fans praised for ‘touch of class’ moment to disabled fan at Heaton Park

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Oasis have embarked on their come-back tour where thousands of fans have waited more than two decades to see the iconic band perform once again

Oasis fans have been praised for a “touch of class” moment as they lifted a disabled fan into the air at Heaton Park to give him a better view of the Gallagher brothers on stage. A video has gone viral of the touching moment a collection of concert-goers hoisted the fan up over the weekend.

Thousands of fans have tried their hardest to get their hands on tickets to the Oasis come-back tour after the band haven’t performed together for two decades. Liam and Noel Gallagher returned their native Manchester as they performed at Heaton Park in front of 80,000 fans.

While the band put on the biggest screens in UK concert history, many were still doing their best to get a great view of the iconic reunion as it unfolded in front of them.

A video has been posted on social media which shows several people lifting a disabled fan into the air to get a better view of the stage. Thousands of users have viewed the video and have since praised fans of the band.

The sweet video was shared online

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One person commented: “Touch of class that. Well done lads.” While a second said: “Oasis fans are the best.” The men who are holding the other man in the air are smiling and singing along to the Oasis tunes.

Meanwhile, the man being lifted is wearing an Oasis-branded t-shirt and bucket hat while singing the lyrics word for word himself.

Another video which showed the same thing was uploaded to TikTok which showed a slightly different angle to what happened. The woman who posted it explained what happened in the caption: “Hey guys! This is Daniel – he went to night one of @Oasis with his brilliant sister Jemma. He wasn’t able to get disabled access tickets.

Oasis have embarked on their reunion tour
Oasis have embarked on their reunion tour

“A lady (unsure of her name really sorry if you see this!) got our attention and started to ask around to see who was able to help – she was brilliant!

“My husband is at the back with the grey cap on but we don’t personally know the other lads – lovely guys though! We’ve been lucky to find a few of them through this video! I’ve spoken to Jemma and this was Daniel’s first concert – he had a fantastic time! @Liam Gallagher @Noel Gallagher’s HFB thank you everyone for sharing! Music [has] brought everyone together once again.”

Another sweet moment took place at one of the Heaton Park concerts over the last few days.

A couple also got engaged as Oasis performed their song Slide Away.

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Footage shared on social media shows a fan down on one knee as they pop the question to their partner. The couple can both be seen wearing matching blue Oasis t-shirts in the video.

After saying yes to the proposal, the newly engaged couple shared a kiss before hugging. Fans watching the special moment can then be seen celebrating as they cheer an clap after witnessing the sweet moment.

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