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The US has bombed yet another boat that it claimed, without providing evidence, was carrying drugs in the waters of Latin America, according to a statement from US War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth announced the strike on Wednesday night and said that the vessel was targeted in the eastern Pacific, marking the second such strike […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday brushed aside criticism over its decision to postpone local government elections in Punjab, stating that such objections reflect a lack of understanding of the Constitution and the law. A spokesperson for the Election Commission stated that, under Article 140-A of the Constitution, each provincial government is mandated […]
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Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and his company Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.
Eric Trump wants the world to see that, despite being called a "narcissist" and a "dictator," his controversial father has an affectionate side that barely anyone knows about. In the 41-year-old's new book, Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation, Eric gives readers a look into the president's softer side, including his nickname for his second youngest son.The President 'Still Kisses' Son Eric Trump"I'm over forty years old, and my dad still calls me 'honey,' Eric admits in his book, which was released on October 14. "Yep. Still kisses me on the cheek. I do the same with my kids, and hope I can pass along the same affection that he has for me." Eric, known as the "forgotten" son on social media, also offered up an example of his father reaching out to him and putting his "kind" side on display. "My father is the hardest-working person I’ve ever known," Eric writes. "He never stops. An Energizer bunny in a red tie. He'll sometimes call me at five o'clock in the morning. "'Hey, honey, are you awake?' He calls me at eleven o'clock at night. 'Were you sleeping?' I fell asleep half an hour ago. You got me."Eric Trump Plays 'Blame Game' With IvankaDuring that particular phone call, Eric claimed his dad was sparked with an idea. "'Eric, I was thinking. The seventh hole at Turnberry, if we made that dogleg a little bit sharper, we could put a trap off to the left-hand side... You push that green back, we could pick up thirty yards, and elevate the tee box. You'd have a better tee shot.'" While Eric is all about his father, the same probably couldn't be said about his relationship with his sister, Ivanka, whom he appeared to shade in his book. Under the chapter titled "Family Business," Eric described what life was like with his older sister, revealing, "Growing up, Ivanka would blame Don (or me) for virtually every mistake she made as a child, including the legendary destruction of a priceless chandelier with a beach ball."Eric Trump the 'Grifter'?"She threw Don under the bus," Eric adds. However, while Eric took a shot at Ivanka, he balanced it out by giving her props as well, as he labeled her a "really wonderful person, mother, and friend." He also called the 43-year-old a "superstar in virtually every aspect of her life." Eric writes in his book: "She could represent any five-star brand in the world with her natural sophistication and polish. In public, she chooses her words carefully, but authentically. She is remarkably on point, with poise and elegance like few others." Eric has been trying his best to push his book to the masses, even recently visiting a Barnes & Noble in Palm Beach Gardens to hyped up its release.However, the store seemed to be empty, at least according to critics, who branded Eric just another "grifter" from the Trump family. "Place looks empty," one person said, as another went off, "No one will buy it." Another doubled down and said: "The Trump grift continues." Previously, Eric donned a Trump 2028 hat in a photo that had Americans thinking his dad may be in the White House way past his second term; however, he was accused of trying to pawn off cheap merchandise.
Elaine Hendrix's Dancing with the Stars run is allowing her to defy what she previously thought was possible for herself. The actress, 54, best known for her role as Meredth Blake in The Parent Trap, originally began her performing career as a dancer, but everything changed after a car accident injury rendered those dancing dreams impossible. She pivoted to acting, but the dancing bug never quite fully went away, and now Elaine is returning to her original dream. "I have a titanium joint in my right foot, so that renders half my foot unusable," Elaine explained in the opening package before her Wicked Night performance on Tuesday. "Every week, my body shifts into a new pain spot, but I just don't want to let it stop me." Elaine moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to begin her professional career as a "classically trained dancer in modern and contemporary jazz," as she previously told HuffPost in 2016. "Very soon after moving here, I was riding my bike and got hit by a car and that changed everything for me, because after that dance became something that was very painful to do, so it just pushed me more in the direction of acting," she said. She added: "That's when I stopped dancing professionally, but I never stopped dancing altogether. It's just that whenever I dance I need to be prepared for the fact that I will be really sore and can't quite do the things I used to do. But that's okay. I believe that everything happens for a reason and it pushed me in this direction that completely worked out, thankfully." Earlier this season, Elaine opened up about how those injuries continue to linger as she's pushing herself to compete on the reality ballroom dance competition. "It's a roller coaster because I have very real injuries," she told People. "So I have good days, and I have challenging days. The thing that we focus on is to do whatever I need to do to make sure show day is a good day." Wicked Night was certainly a good day in the DWTS judges' eyes. Elaine's standout contemporary performance with pro partner Alan Bersten to "Defying Gravity," the most well-known song from Wicked, was a unanimous hit. All four judges — Wicked director Jon M. Chu joined Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli at the judges' table Tuesday night as a guest judge — awarded Elaine a 9/10, adding up to a total of 36/40, tying for second place on the Wicked Night leaderboard. "I just burst into tears just because you were so purely in this moment," Carrie Ann said following the performance. "There are these moments that happen on this show that are magical — that no one will ever forget how it made them feel. ... It was beauty, elegance and you just dug into my soul and I am so proud of you.” "I'm so grateful," Elaine said after receiving her scores. "I'm so grateful for this moment. I am 54, I am injured and I just did that!"
Prime minister says the identification would never be needed to access hospitals amid fears over civil liberties
Thieves stole €88m worth of French crown jewels in broad daylight on Sunday morning.
Laurence des Cars told French lawmakers that the Louvre planned to double the number of CCTV cameras in and around the museum. She admitted that the camera trained on the Gallery of Apollo, the south-side room where the jewels were kept, was facing the wrong way. Paris city prosecutor Laure Beccuau told the Ouest France newspaper that up to 150 DNA samples and fingerprints had been retrieved so far as part of the police investigation. The theft happened in less than eight minutes, after the thieves arrived at 09:30 on Sunday (07:30 GMT) after the Louvre opened its doors to the public. They stole eight items including an emerald necklace and earrings given as a wedding gift by Napoleon Bonaparte to his second wife, Marie-Louise As they fled, they dropped a 19th-Century diamond-studded crown belonging to Empress Eugenie. Although it was recovered, the crown was damaged and des Cars said it had probably been crushed as the thieves prised it from its display case.
Plan to connect nuclear plant to Russian grid was foiled and it has now been reconnected to Ukrainian power
The lives of unhappy couples across two generations play out in overlapping timelines and geographies in Anna Ziegler’s uneven drama
David Benavidez still hopes to one day meet Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez inside the ring, even after the Mexican superstar lost all four of his super middleweight belts to Terence Crawford. Speculation has linked Benavidez, American-born but of Mexican heritage, to Canelo over the last few years, but no bout materialised between the two. Undefeated in 30 fights, Benavidez held the WBC belt at super middleweight on two occasions, only to relinquish his title both times. The second time he was forced to vacate after failing to make weight for his 2020 contest with Roamer Alexis Angulo, and although he continued to campaign at 168lbs for three more years, Benavidez moved up to light heavyweight after it became apparent that despite his interim WBC belt, he would not be fighting Canelo. Subscribe to DAZN now to watch over 185 fights a year However, the current WBC champion at 175lbs believes a fight with Canelo could always be made, as long as the Mexican is still active. Benavidez told talkSPORT: “No I haven’t given up complete hope in that fight. I feel like until he retires and he’s out of the sport of boxing, there’s always going to be a possibility of that fight being made. “And for good reason because at the end of the day, what other fight is there left for Canelo? And now it seems like I got the cards in my hands, he doesn’t have any belt at 168 and I have a belt at 175 and I’m planning to get all the belts at 175.” Upgraded from interim WBC champ to full title holder earlier this year, Benavidez makes the first defence of his belt against Brit Anthony Yarde on Saturday, November 22, live on DAZN PPV. Canelo previously fought at light heavyweight in 2019 and 2022, beating Sergey Kovalev to take the WBO world championship, before losing to Dmitry Bivol three years later. Benavidez has his eyes on multiple fights, with Bivol a target of his own. Bivol defeated Artur Beterbiev in February 2025, exacting revenge for the defeat he suffered in their first fight four months earlier. Both fighters pledged to run it back for a trilogy bout with undisputed status on the line, but injury for Bivol has halted those plans. The WBC decided to strip Bivol of the WBC title, elevating Benavidez to full champion status in April. DAZN is the home of combat sports, broadcasting over 185 fights a year from the world's best promoters, including Matchroom, Queensberry, Golden Boy, Misfits, PFL, BKFC, GLORY and more. An Annual Saver subscription is a one-off cost of £119.99 / $224.99 (for 12 months access), that's just 64p / $1.21 per fight. There is also a Monthly Flex Pass option (cancel any time) at £24.99 / $29.99 per month. A subscription includes weekly magazine shows, comprehensive fight library, exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and podcasts and vodcasts. For pricing in your country, more information and to sign up, click here.
Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty As I’ve written previously, MAGA supporters call it “Trump Derangement Syndrome” when we say President Donald Trump has been running an authoritarian regime in his second term, but the true TDS is people watching Trump consistently embody all that is federal government overreach, and simply ignoring the facts because they love their MAGA messiah so much. On Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) spoke on the Senate floor for nearly 23 hours, marking the third-longest Senate floor speech in modern history behind Sen. Cory Booker, who, in April, took the floor for 25 hours in protest of Trump’s policies, and Sen. Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, because — what you mean America can’t be legally racist anymore? According to Politico, Merkley began speaking at 6:21 p.m. on Tuesday and stood down at 5 p.m. on Wednesday with a departing message for Americans to “keep fighting.” He spoke for a total of 22 hours and 36 minutes. “I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” the Oregon Democrat said. Merkley talked about an array of polices and demands put forth by the Trump administration that indicate Trump truly believes he’s the dictator and king he swears he’s not. He talked about the Trump administration’s halting of research grants and other congressionally approved funding for universities, as the president continues his agenda to overhaul the entire education system with a MAGA makeover. He spoke on Trump weaponizing the Department of Justice to take revenge on his political rivals, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James. Merkley even touched on Trump’s policies that allow his administration to designate anyone who opposes him ideologically as a terrorist, or part of a terrorist organization like Antifa, which the facts have shown over and over again is not an actual organization at all. Merkley also went in on Trump for telling observable lies about Portland, Oregon, being a “war-ravaged” hellscape where ICE agents are “under siege.” “President Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion. And if there’s a rebellion, he can use that to strengthen his authoritarian grip on our nation,” he said. You kinda have to give it to Merkley. I mean, Booker, as a 56-year-old man, certainly deserves to be commended for being able to stay on his feet for more than a full 24-hour day. Merkley turns 69 on Friday. Every joint in his body is probably still cussing him smooth out right now. From CNN: Shortly after his remarks came to an end, Merkley told CNN’s Manu Raju that he almost fainted at one point and noted that he had been dehydrating himself since Monday morning. “It is about dehydration. My last sip of anything — well, I might have had a micro-sip – was breakfast on Monday morning on the plane. That was my last food too. And I wasn’t really sure that was going to work out, and I said, ‘I hope I’m not fasting for no reason.’ I love to eat,” said Merkley, later adding that he had a slice of pizza just off the floor. He said “there was one moment” where he thought he might faint, and noted that he had injured his back while running a few weeks ago. “My back hurt the whole damn time,” said Merkley. You know that man got some good sleep when he got home. Somebody should go check on him, honestly. SEE ALSO: Black D.C. Is The Stage For Trump’s Authoritarian Rehearsal Trump Is Targeting Cities With Large Black Populations
Power is the intersection of strength and speed. Heavyweight boxers are among the best in the world at generating force, fast – just ask anyone who has had the misfortune of being hit by one. It is no surprise then that much of Mirafit athlete Fabio Wardley’s training is geared around developing power. When DAZN went behind the scenes of his training for Joseph Parker, much of his focus in the gym was around explosive movements. He performs plyometric exercises of various intensities, speed ladder drills, max height vertical jumps and sub-maximal partial trap bar deadlifts using a GymAware device to ensure he is moving the bar faster than the week before. For context, sub-maximal for Wardley still means pulling 190kg at a significant rate of knots. “Fabio is hitting unbelievable numbers [in the gym], not just for heavyweights, but pound for pound – his air bike scores, his jump height, everything like that,” says strength and conditioning coach Danny Wilson. “[...] Now we’re just able to keep progressing, and we are going to see the best Fabio Wardley on 25 October.” There is also another lesser-known training technique Wardley and his team use to build largely unparalleled strength and power. He reveals what this is below. A boxer’s power starts from the ground up, and strong legs are integral for transferring force through the floor, core and upper body before expressing it in a knockout blow. “Strong and explosive legs are essential in the ring, helping me maintain strong balance and footwork throughout a fight,” says Wardley. “I tend to prioritise explosive movements that can enhance power and strength, translating directly into the ring. “On leg days, one of my go-to movements is banded weighted squats – a challenging but rewarding exercise that forces me to stay explosive all the way through the movement, because the resistance increases as I drive upward.” This is a technique called accommodating resistance, popularised by legendary strength coach Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell. Resistance bands are anchored to the ground then looped around a weighted barbell. At the bottom of the squat, usually the weakest portion of the lift, there is less tension on the bands so you are not having to overcome as much load. During the upper, stronger part of the squat, the bands lengthen to increase the force requirements from the working muscles. “When accommodating resistance is used, resistance increases as athletes achieve advantageous joint angles, making the lift easier,” a Westside Barbell article reads. In other words, you face more resistance during stronger portions of a lift, and vice versa. “This also teaches athletes to accelerate and produce force throughout the range of motion, considering a typical barbell exercise requires an initial spike in force production, with force output lessening as joint extension is achieved,” the article continues. Read more: Strength training helped Crawford reach a new level... which workouts should you do to improve your boxing performance? “When I’m preparing for an upcoming fight, there are three fitness essentials that play a massive role in my preparations: the landmine, a squat rack, and an air bike,” Wardley says. The squat rack is essential for the protocol above, while he says the explosive landmine press is a favourite exercise for developing boxing-specific punching power. “I love the air bike for my conditioning work,” he adds. A healthy heart and lungs are an essential part of a boxer’s armoury if they are to go the full 12 rounds, and the air bike is a brilliant tool for training all energy pathways through sprints, long slogs and interval sessions. But what takes precedence in his training, strength, conditioning or technique? “It’s not really about focusing on one more than another; it’s about finding the right combination at different stages of the training camp,” Wardley says. “For example, at the beginning of camp, there is much more focus on strength and conditioning, while technique and explosive training are prioritised as fight night gets closer. “My training camp is designed to give me all the tools I need to be successful on fight night, with the camp mapped out to ensure I peak on the week of my fight. As a result, I always feel ready as I trust in my training camp and can see visible progress in strength, movement and explosiveness.” Read more: The daily non-negotiables that transformed Conor Benn’s health and mindset in 70 days DAZN is the home of combat sports, broadcasting over 185 fights a year from the world's best promoters, including Matchroom, Queensberry, Golden Boy, Misfits, PFL, BKFC, GLORY and more. An Annual Saver subscription is a one-off cost of £119.99 / $224.99 (for 12 months access), that's just 64p / $1.21 per fight. There is also a Monthly Flex Pass option (cancel any time) at £24.99 / $29.99 per month. A subscription includes weekly magazine shows, comprehensive fight library, exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and podcasts and vodcasts. For pricing in your country, more information and to sign up, click here.
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Halloween just got a little less spooky for student-loan borrowers.After receiving emails earlier this month that they are eligible for student-loan forgiveness, borrowers on income-based repayment plans are now seeing the relief: their servicers have zeroed out their balances and confirmed the forgiveness.Income-based repayment plans give borrowers monthly payments based on their income, with the promise of loan forgiveness after 20 or 25 years, depending on when they first enrolled in the plan. An email from the Department of Education told eligible borrowers that their servicers would notify them when their discharges have been processed, and those notifications are now starting to trickle in.The emails are coming after the department paused processing of IBR applications earlier this summer due to ongoing litigation over income-driven repayment plans."Congratulations! The U.S. Department of Education has forgiven your federal student loans," the emails dated October 23, multiple of which were reviewed by Business Insider, said.Did you receive student-loan forgiveness? Share your story with this reporter at asheffey@businessinsider.com.The email also clarified that this relief is not considered taxable income due to a 2021 provision in the American Rescue Plan that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free through 2025. Borrowers who received the Thursday emails that Business Insider viewed had forgiveness "effective" dates marking the final payments needed under the IBR plans as early as January 2025. That means that even if servicers do not finish processing the relief until next year, borrowers would not be taxed due to the 2025 effective date.The servicers added that they notified, or will notify, national credit bureaus of the student-loan forgiveness, and that they will refund any payments made after the forgiveness effective date.The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.The relief is a rare nugget of good news amid a tumultuous year for student-loan borrowers. Over the summer, the Department of Education paused processing of IBR applications, citing ongoing litigation regarding repayment plans that required the department to update borrowers' payment counts. The American Federation of Teachers also sued the department earlier in the year, accusing it of failing to process borrowers' income-driven repayment applications.Last week, the department reached an agreement with the AFT to process forgiveness for borrowers who reached the payment threshold on income-driven repayment plans. It also agreed to allow the date the borrower made their final payment to be considered as the effective date to avoid new taxes, but it added that the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury will have the "final say" on whether the relief is considered taxable income.A department spokesperson previously told BI that the agreement allows it to "process legitimate loan cancellations once again for borrowers who have been making payments for the requisite number of years."
The World Health Organisation has confirmed that 41 critically ill patients have been medically evacuated from Gaza – the first large group to leave since the ceasefire agreement. Up to now, only a small number of patients have been able to leave for treatment in other countries including some who’ve arrived in this country on a UK government-backed scheme. We spoke exclusively to one of the first families to arrive.
President Putin says Russia will never bow to pressure from abroad, after the US and EU launched new sanctions. Meeting in Brussels, European leaders agreed a total ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas. While in Washington, President Trump targeted Russia’s largest oil companies expressing frustration that his conversations with Putin hadn’t led to a peace deal.
It was heralded by the government as a “groundbreaking” scheme to stop the small boat crossings. But there are continuing questions about France’s commitment to upholding its part of the “One In, One Out” deal. And not just because one of the first people to be returned is now back in the UK.