Oscar Pistorius released from South Africa prison after serving 9 years for girlfriend’s murder maxresdefault (21) Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, was released from prison on parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a killing that shocked the world. A parole board granted Pistorius’ petition in November on the grounds that he had served half of his 13-year sentence for shooting Steenkamp, making him eligible according to South African law. Singabakho Nxumalo, a spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS), told CNN that Pistorius was released from Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, west of Pretoria, on Friday morning. He will be subject to parole conditions until his sentence expires in 2029.

hqdefault Ukraine and Russia have exchanged over 200 prisoners of war in what Kyiv called the largest prisoner swap between the two countries since the war began in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the news in a social media post Wednesday, heralding the return of over 200 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians from Russian captivity. The two sides have exchanged prisoners throughout the conflict but this is the first major swap since August. Among the group are seven soldiers who defended Snake Island, a rocky island in the Black Sea which became an evocative symbol of Ukrainian resistance in February 2022 when Ukrainian defenders managed to fend off a takeover from Russian soldiers.

maxresdefault (19) Japan Airlines is taking part in the investigation to determine who is responsible for the deadly crash, Tadayuki Tsutsumi, the airlines' senior vice president of corporate safety and security, said in a news conference Tuesday evening. While the investigation is ongoing, preliminary reports are the pilots of the Japan Airlines flight did not spot any aircraft on the runway before landing, he said. The Japan Airlines flight was confirmed to have “entered the runway as normal and began landing as normal and that there was an impact, which led to the accident, but we are still investigating further details,” he said. Senior Vice President of Japan Airlines Noriyuki Aoki reiterated that its unclear at this point in the investigation if the Japan Airlines flight was cleared to land or if they communicated with air traffic control, he said the news conference Tuesday evening. “However, I can't say at this time if they [Japan Airlines aircraft] were cleared to land, or if they communicated with ATC, because that is a fundamental factor in the cause of the accident, and we are still trying to confirm that,” Aoki said.

maxresdefault (18) North Korea will no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, Kim Jong Un has declared, as his nation vowed to put three new military spy satellites into orbit in 2024. Kim said inter-Korean relations had become “a relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war,” the state-run news agency KCNA reported. “It’s time for us to acknowledge the reality and clarify our relationship with the South,” Kim said, adding that if Washington and Seoul were to attempt a military confrontation with Pyongyang, its “nuclear war deterrent will not hesitate to take serious action.” “I believe that it is a mistake that we must no longer make to deal with the people who declare us as ‘the main enemy’ and seek only opportunities for ‘[our] regime collapse’ and ‘unification by absorption’ by collaborating for reconciliation and unification,” Kim added.

maxresdefault (17) China has named former naval commander Dong Jun as its new defense minister, two months after removing his predecessor Li Shangfu from the role without explanation following Li’s extended absence from public view. The top body of China’s rubber stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), announced Dong’s appointment Friday following their final session for the year, Chinese state media Xinhua reported. The body also announced that nine military figures had been removed from their positions in the NPC, according to Xinhua. The announcement did not provide reasons for the sweeping move, which comes on the heels of a series of military personnel shake-ups in recent months. The appointment of the new defense minister Dong, who had served as the top commander of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy since 2021, ends months of speculation over when Beijing would fill the role left vacant after the same political body approved Li’s removal in October.

hq720 (2) A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention center housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported, Reuters footage showed. A city police spokesperson in Banda Aceh did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Footage showed the students, many wearing green jackets, run into the building’s large basement space, where crowds of Rohingya men, women and children were seated on the floor and crying in fear. The Rohingya were then led out by authorities, some carrying their belongings in plastic sacks, and taken to trucks to transport them to alternative shelter, as the protesters looked on. Rohingya refugees have experienced increasing hostility and rejection in Indonesia as locals grow frustrated at the numbers of boats arriving with the ethnic minority, who face persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

china-fujian-aircraft-carrier In the age of open-source intelligence, one main way for Western experts to keep tabs on China’s military is by analyzing photos of new People’s Liberation Army equipment posted online by amateur enthusiasts. Posting photos of military ships or aircraft captured from outside PLA installations or from commercial flights near sensitive areas has become a common sight in recent years as China rapidly modernized its forces. And “military fans” have spread the word to the larger population on social media sites like Weibo, with hundreds of millions of active users. But not anymore. In a WeChat post Saturday titled: “This is a cool hobby, but you must be very careful,” the Ministry of State Security said: “Some individual military enthusiasts severely endanger national military security by illegally obtaining information regarding national defense and disseminating them on the internet.”

124855306_mona-singh-3 In a recent interview, Mona Singh spilled beans on clicking pictures with Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan Khan that broke the internet in 2023. Read to know the candid stories! Mona Singh keeps making it to the headlines for her exceptional performances in several projects. Apart from her acting craft, this year her social media posts with Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan Khan on the former’s birthday bash and The Archies premiere respectively also sent the internet into a frenzy. In a recent interview, the actress shared the candid stories behind both the pictures. While speaking to Hindustan Times, Mona Singh expressed her disbelief at breaking the internet with her pictures with Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan Khan on different occasions. She humorously says that she did three hit shows this year; however, it is only these two selfies that have been the talk of the town. Mona Singh on clicking internet-breaking selfie with Shah Rukh Khan Sharing the story of her pictures with the Dunki star, Mona says, “He's such a great guy. People don't call him King Khan for no reason, as she recalled clicking a selfie with the actor on his birthday bash earlier this year on November 2. The actress shared that all ‘his people’ were around, but no one was clicking selfies as there were official photographers. All the guests were informed that they would get those pictures later.

-1x-1 The movie, starring Adam Driver as the Italian auto giant, offers 30 minutes of stunning, heart-pounding suspense. And 100 minutes of something else. Ferrari starts with some ancient history: archival footage of Enzo Ferrari racing cars as a young man in the 1920s, just a few decades into the automobile age, long before he founded his eponymous automobile company. Watching him zoom around the track in grainy black and white is thrilling. But, wait a minute—how are we cutting into these closeups? Cameras were much too large in 1924 to strap to the side of a race car. And hold on—that’s not Enzo. It’s that most Italian of non-Italian movie stars, Adam Driver. Adam Driver berperan sebagai industrialis Italia dengan istri yang kesal di House of Gucci pada tahun 2021, tetapi dia melakukan hal yang sama lagi di Ferrari, film pertama dalam delapan tahun yang disutradarai oleh Michael Mann. Kali ini Penelope Cruz, bukan Lady Gaga, yang berperan sebagai pasangannya yang berapi-api, namun kedua film tersebut memiliki banyak kesamaan, tidak terkecuali pemeran internasional yang menyampaikan dialog bahasa Inggris dalam berbagai aksen Italia yang mungkin seharusnya dibatasi pada a Film Super Mario Bros. Mungkin Driver merasa, dengan nama belakangnya, dia tidak punya pilihan selain berperan sebagai Enzo Ferrari, juara balap yang menjadi produsen mobil. Lebih lanjut seperti ini:

From the United Nations to NGOs and even influencers, critics of the way Israel is waging war against Hamas in Gaza are not in short supply; even US President Joe Biden has decried its “indiscriminate bombing.” But if there’s one area where Israel is arguably beyond reproach, it’s in the consistency of its stated war aims: • Destroy Hamas so it can’t fulfil its goal of repeating the October 7 massacre. • Bring back the remaining hostages held by Hamas. There are other aims, such as reestablishing deterrence to Israel’s foes, and reassuring Israelis the state can still protect them. But those were the main ones – until last week. In recent days, a third objective has unashamedly wormed its way into the open: getting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reelected. It began in earnest about a week ago, when US calls were growing for the Palestinian Authority (PA), which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, to take control of post-war Gaza. Netanyahu’s response: Not on my watch.

_132076320_gettyimages-1862697108 In a mediocre encounter, United stopped the rot that had been spreading after the heavy home loss to Bournemouth and a tame Champions League exit rubber-stamped by Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. While this was hardly a classic display from injury-hit United, who had Diogo Dalot sent off for dissent in stoppage time, Ten Hag had cause to be much happier than Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp whose side missed a chance to return to the top of the Premier League. United keeper Andre Onana made one fine first-half save from Virgil van Dijk, while Rasmus Hojlund had the visitors' best chance in the second half but saw his shot blocked at the near post by Liverpool's Alisson. Liverpool dominated possession but were too often wasteful and had to settle for a point, not enough to overhaul Arsenal whose earlier win against Brighton took them to the summit.

image (1) Man Utd have lost half of their 24 games this season, but Erik ten Hag says he has no concern about his job security; watch Liverpool vs Man Utd on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League, from 4pm; kick-off 4.30pm; United to be without 11 first-team players Erik ten Hag insists he has the backing of Manchester United's decision-makers despite the team's dismal performances this season. United have had a torrid week after back-to-back defeats at Old Trafford to Bournemouth and Bayern Munich saw them lose ground in the race for the top four and knocked out of Europe entirely. Ten Hag takes his injury-ravaged side to Liverpool on Sunday - live on Sky Sports - hoping to avoid a repeat of last season's 7-0 humiliation, with reports suggesting another annihilation could have repercussions for his future.

_132047404_newcastle The banner stretched out along the full length of the famous Gallowgate End at St James' Park as Newcastle United emerged to a thunderous roar carried a message of hope and defiance. Newcastle's players glanced to their right as the Champions League anthem blared out before this match with AC Milan to see the words: "It's Not Beyond Our Wildest Dreams Because We Did Have Some Wild Dreams". Those were words previously spoken by the legendary former Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson, and for a few minutes either side of half-time, those wildest dreams were not beyond the home side or their supporters. They were beating Milan 1-0 after Joelinton's superb 33rd-minute strike while Borussia Dortmund's lead over Paris St-Germain in Germany meant they were edging into the last 16 ahead of the French champions on head-to-head results.

Screenshot_1 It has been "toxic at times" at Manchester United under former managers but the players are "firmly behind" Erik ten Hag, says midfielder Scott McTominay. Saturday's 3-0 Premier League loss to Bournemouth was their 11th defeat in 23 games in all competitions this season. They must beat Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Tuesday to have any chance of staying in the Champions League. "It is the players' responsibility, first and foremost," McTominay said.

_131964471_gettyimages-1639948757 Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said the onus is on Jadon Sancho to do what is required to facilitate his return to the club's first-team squad. Sancho, 23, has been training away from the first team after claims he was made a "scapegoat" following his omission for September's defeat at Arsenal. Ten Hag said at the time he had been excluded because his training performances were below standard. "He knows what he has to do, it is up to him," Ten Hag said. Gossip: Man Utd working on Sancho swap deal with Dortmund

_131945794_gettyimages-1835938375 What is going on with Manchester City? The Treble winners have not won in four matches and are six points behind leaders Arsenal in the Premier League. After their 1-0 loss at Aston Villa on Wednesday night manager Pep Guardiola admitted his side "are struggling". And former Arsenal defender Martin Keown believes the champions are "in a mini crisis", telling BBC Match of the Day "they look vulnerable".

656f299e62473.image One man carries six jars of cooking oil as he struggles to walk across the rubble. Two little girls run as they each carry stacks of white paper, used to build fire for heat and cooking. A group of men argue, elbowing each other as they battle to find a bag of flour, some tea or even a forgotten blanket. These are the scenes from the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah, where an apparent Israeli airstrike on Monday destroyed not only homes and streets, but also the neighborhood’s Al-Baraka bakery, one of the few still standing in the Strip. In response to CNN questions about the bakery, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that “in stark contrast to Hamas’ intentional attacks on Israeli men, women and children, the IDF follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm.” Dier al-Balah is in the center of the Strip, an area that is coming under increasing Israeli bombardment. Israel has also called on Palestinians in some parts of southern Gaza to leave, issuing digital maps that residents tell CNN are either confusing or to which they don’t have access because of a lack of electricity and internet connectivity. The IDF had earlier in the war encouraged Gazans to move to the southern part of the Strip for their safety, while committing to strike at Hamas “wherever it is.”