Alex Killorn broke a second-period tie, newcomer Jeffrey Viel scored his first goal of the season and the Ducks beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Monday night.

Cutter Gauthier scored twice on his 22nd birthday — the second into an empty net in the final minute — to push his season total to 22. Mason McTavish also scored to help lift the Ducks to their fourth victory in a row following a nine-game losing streak.

Lukas Dostal made 19 saves, surviving a wild scramble on a late 21-second two-man advantage.

Matthew Robertson, Artemi Panarin and Vladislav Gavrikov scored for New York, and Spencer Martin stopped 21 shots in his fourth NHL game of the season.

Seeing time with Igor Shesterkin sidelined by a lower-body injury, Martin was back in goal after stopping 25 shots Saturday in a 6-3 victory in Philadelphia that ended a five-game losing streak.

Killorn gave the Ducks a 3-2 lead with 1:58 left in the second period. He scored off a rebound of Jacob Trouba’s long shot after a prolonged scramble behind the goal.

Gauthier padded the lead at 1:01 of the third, and Gavrikov countered for New York at 7:11 with a long shot on a power play.

Viel tied it 2-2 at 8:29 of the second with his first goal for the Ducks and the first in 12 NHL games this season. Acquired from Boston on Friday for a 2026 fourth-round pick, Viel controlled Ryan Poehling’s feed from the blue line and beat Martin from close range.

Viel had no points and 30 penalty minutes in 10 games this season for Boston, and added another fighting major in his Ducks debut Saturday night in a 2-1 overtime victory over Los Angeles. In 66 career NHL games, he has four goals, two assists and 188 penalty minutes.

Up next for the Ducks: at Colorado on Wednesday night.

Kim condemns ‘incompetent’ party members for delays in government projects in advance of key ruling party meeting.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired a senior official tasked with economic policy and condemned “incompetent” party members, according to state media, in a rare public rebuke of officials in the secretive state.

The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday that Kim had dismissed Vice Premier Yang Sung-ho during the inauguration ceremony of the first stage of a modernisation project at the Ryongsong Machine Complex.

The North Korean leader fired Yang “on the spot”, KCNA said, adding that Kim considered the vice premier as “unfit to be entrusted with heavy duties”.

“Put simply, it was like hitching a cart to a goat – an accidental mistake in our cadre appointment process,” Kim was quoted in the news report as saying. “After all, it is an ox that pulls a cart, not a goat,” he added.

Yang, a former machinery industry minister promoted to vice premier in charge of the machinery sector, is also an alternate member of the party’s leadership council, according to South Korea’s state news agency Yonhap.

Yang’s replacement has not been announced.

The removal comes as North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party gears up for its Ninth Party Congress, which is expected to convene soon to set out major policy goals for the country.

During the visit to the industrial machinery complex on Monday, Kim also blasted officials whom he blamed for delays in the modernisation project.

“Owing to the irresponsible, rude and incompetent economic guidance officials, the first-stage modernisation project of the Ryongsong Machine Complex encountered difficulties,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying.

He also slammed party members who, for “too long”, had “been accustomed to defeatism, irresponsibility and passiveness”.

Kim warned that current economic policymakers could “hardly guide the work of readjusting the country’s industry as a whole and upgrading it technologically”.

The public admonition of officials, which Yonhap described as “rare”, appeared aimed at tightening discipline among officials in advance of the Party Congress.

Last week, Yonhap reported that North Korea had replaced its top military officials in charge of guarding Kim, amid what it called “assassination concerns”.

According to the report, the chiefs of three major North Korean units, the Guard Office of the ruling party, the Guard Department of the State Affairs Commission and the Bodyguard Command, were all replaced.

While rare, the public dismissals mirror past cases, such as Jang Song Thaek, Kim’s uncle, who was executed in 2013 after being accused of plotting to overthrow his nephew, according to Yang Moo-jin of the University of North Korean Studies.

The North Korean leader is “using public accountability as a shock tactic to warn party officials”, Yang told the AFP news agency.

A new long-range anti-ship cruise missile in development in Japan can be seen executing a series of barrel rolls in an official video clip. The spiraling trajectory is intended to make the weapon, currently referred to as the “island defense missile” or simply the “New SSM,” harder to intercept in the terminal phase of flight. Work on the New SSM has been proceeding since 2023 amid growing concerns about regional threats, especially from China. The missile could be the first of a modular family of advanced cruise missiles.

Footage of a New SSM performing the rolling manoeuvres during a test is included in a video montage recently released online by the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA). The footage was first shown publicly to attendees at ATLA’s annual Defense Technology Symposium last year, but it has not been widely available until now. Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is the prime contractor.

The demonstration of the New SSM’s barrel roll capability can be seen in the video starting at around 0:49 in the runtime.

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In its current form, the subsonic New SSM is powered by a single XKJ301-1 turbofan engine based on KHI’s KJ300 design, which was developed for use on cruise missiles, as well as uncrewed aerial vehicles. The KJ300 is a two-spool type designed to offer significant fuel economy and, by extension, greater range. To date, Japanese authorities do not appear to have confirmed the maximum range they are targeting for this weapon, but have said it will exceed that of the Type 12 anti-ship cruise missile.

The baseline Type 12 has a maximum range of around 124 miles (200 kilometers), while an improved version was reportedly subsequently developed with roughly twice the reach. A further upgraded Type 12 that can hit targets between 560 and 620 miles (900 and 1,000 kilometers) away is also now in development. The assumption then is that the New SSM will have an even longer maximum range.

The New SSM has pop-out main wings, each made up of three separate sections that lock into place after deploying. It also has two vertical stabilizers and a pair of horizontal stabilizers, all fixed in place at the tail end of the missile. The missile is intended to be fired from launchers on the ground and on ships, and to be air-launched from tactical jets like the F-2 and larger types like the P-1 maritime patrol plane. A rocket booster provides initial thrust before falling away, after which the XKJ301-1 turbofan kicks in.

The weapon has a number of stealthy features, including a pronounced chine line that extends along either side behind the beak-like nose, as well as panels with serrated and otherwise heavily angled edges. The intake for the XKJ301-1 has an S-shaped design, as well, another common feature on stealth missiles and aircraft.

The shaping of the nose also has to do with the missile’s expected guidance package. From what Japanese authorities have explained so far, the New SSM will use a GPS-assisted inertial guidance system (INS) navigation to get to a designated target. A dual-mode seeker, with imaging infrared (IIR) and radio frequency (RF) homing modes, then takes over for the terminal phase of flight. Pairing these two seeker capabilities together offers significant benefits for increasing the probability of a hit while also reducing vulnerability to jamming and other countermeasures. It would also help make the weapon more effective in the complex littoral environments where they are likely to be employed. This guidance combination is also just one of a number of potential modular nose sections that could be fitted to the missile, which we will come back to later on.

ATLA in Japan has previously said that the New SSM will be capable of some degree of maneuvering on route to target to reduce the chance of interception at extended ranges and otherwise create complications for defenders. Then there is the aforementioned terminal phase barrel rolling, which is primarily said to be focused on evading fire from gun-based shipboard close-in defense systems like China’s 30mm Gatling cannon-equipped Type 730. Official Japanese government graphics have depicted the New SSM spiraling past what looks intended to represent a Type 730, as seen in the social media post below.

An improved version of the Type 730, the Type 1130, with 11 barrels instead of seven, is also now in service in China, and that country has at least experimented with even larger designs in the same vein. Similar close-in weapon systems are found on warships in service with many other naval arms globally, including Russia, the United States, and Japan itself, to name just a few.

It is unclear whether there is any hard data yet on the effectiveness of the New SSM’s particular maneuvering capability. The idea of giving an anti-ship cruise missile a very high degree of terminal maneuverability to improve its survivability is not new. As a comparative example, the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), developed by Norway’s Kongsberg and increasingly popular globally, is also designed to perform high-G evasive maneuvers in the terminal phase of an engagement. However, it flies in a more U-shaped pattern rather than a full spiral, at least based on publicly available information.

The final configuration of the New SSM might also incorporate electronic support measures systems or other self-protection capabilities.

ATLA has also openly talked about using the New SSM as the basis for a variety of other capabilities leveraging modular nose sections. This could include land-attack variants capable of engaging fixed or mobile targets, as well as ones intended to perform non-kinetic tasks. As seen in the slide below, variations on the design could act as dedicated decoys or loitering surveillance assets with the added ability to immediately prosecute strikes on targets they find. This modularity would also make it easier to add new warheads, seeker systems, and other functionality to the design down the line. In many ways, the New SSM blurs the line between a traditional cruise missile and a drone, indicative of broader trends globally that TWZ regularly highlights.

A ‘platform’ like this with a range well in excess of 620 miles, and that can be launched from the ground, sea, or land, would open the door to a host of operational possibilities for Japan. That range could also translate to significant loitering endurance, as well. Ships, aircraft, and launchers on the ground could be positioned closer to a target area before launch, extending the system’s functional reach or ability to loiter in a particular part of the battlespace.

Just in its anti-ship form, the New SSM could give Japan a valuable new way to strike ships from multiple vectors simultaneously and do so with increased survivability. As the term “island defense missile” underscores, the weapon’s development also comes at a time when Japanese authorities see increasing maritime (and other) threats to both the country’s home island and outlying territories from long-time regional adversary North Korea, as well as Russia and China. The New SSM is one of several long-range strike capabilities, also including new hypersonic missiles, that Japan has been developing in response to this evolving security environment. In line with this, Japan’s forthcoming cruiser-sized Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEV) have been steadily evolving beyond floating ballistic missile defense platforms to more multi-purpose maritime strike and land-attack-capable assets.

With all this in mind, the current government in Japan has taken a particularly open and hard-line stance on responding to any potential future Chinese intervention against Taiwan. This, in turn, has prompted significant shows of force from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that have clearly been meant to send signals to Tokyo, as well as Taipei. The Japanese island of Yonaguni, which lies just 70 miles or so from the northern shores of Taiwan, has become a central point of discussion. Even just with a range of 620 miles, New SSMs based there would be able to reach targets in certain parts of mainland China, as well as out in the waters surrounding Taiwan and beyond. The Japan Self-Defense Forces have already been moving to bolster air defenses on Yonaguni.

When it comes to the New SSM, specifically, Japanese authorities have previously pointed to 2027 as the target timeframe to begin mass production and deployment of the missiles. As the video montage from ATLA shows, flight-testing of the barrel-rolling weapons is very much underway.

Contact the author: joe@twz.com

The money-saving expert took 9,532,571 steps last year – and swears by one essential factor

He’s the expert behind game-changing advice on all things personal finance – whether it’s energy bill tips or DWP claims. So, it may surprise you to learn that Martin Lewis, 53, has now shed light on his personal fitness routine, having achieved an impressive 9,532,571 steps in 2025.

In total, that equates to roughly 26,000 steps per day, which completely smashes the commonly lauded ‘10,000’ daily steps health target. Although the MoneySavingExpert (MSE) founder confessed it had become quite an ‘obsession’ during the past year, he owes much of his triumph to one ‘big rule’.

In a blog updated on January 5, he wrote: “My big rule… if I’m talking, I’m walking. If I have a phone call to make or a meeting that doesn’t need a video call, then I do it while walking. Often, this is outdoors – I try to get all my calls arranged in a row so I can have a long walk. It’s now instinctive that if the phone rings and I’m sitting down, I jump up before I answer it.”

Ahead of his Tuesday shows, Martin also added that he doesn’t get transport to the filming studio and instead opts for a 75-minute walk, even when it’s snowing, raining or freezing outside. He continued: “For many, this will sound bizarre, but I find obeying self-imposed routines can help with health and fitness, so if it keeps me stepping, it’s good.”

Despite Martin’s walking milestones, the NHS suggests that you ‘do not have to walk for hours’ to reap the perks from this low-intensity exercise. In fact, just a brisk 10-minute walk per day can help you build stamina, burn calories, and potentially bolster heart health.

In a past ZOE Podcast, Professor Claire Steves from King’s College London, also revealed that just 45 minutes of walking three times a week could enhance your brain health.

At the time, she said: “So, to improve your cognitive health, you need to do more exercise than you’re doing now – up to a point – unless you’re an Olympic athlete.

“That’s the key thing. If we look at really big population studies, we can see effects, even with minimal levels of exercise and it’s fairly linear…So, whatever you’re doing, if you go up by a third, you’ll be improving yourself.”

What is a ‘brisk walk’?

Official NHS advice encourages Brits to incorporate ‘brisk walks’ into their daily routine. This generally means moving at around three miles per hour, which is faster than a stroll.

If you’re unsure how fast you’re walking, you can download the free Active 10 app on your smartphone. This shares suggestions for boosting your speed.

The health service’s advice adds: “If you’re not very active but are able to walk, increase your walking distance gradually. If your joints are a problem, check whether your local swimming pool holds exercise classes.

“The water helps to support your joints while you move and can help you strengthen your muscles.” For more information, click here.

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Heritage Christian’s group of young players are developing, and the team is suddenly making progress.

Freshman Ty Lazenby made eight threes and finished with 31 points in a 71-56 win over Crossroads at South Pasadena on Monday.

Sophomore Houston Rolle added 27 points. Shalen Sheppard had 17 points for Crossroads.

St. Francis 61, Brentwood 56: Despite missing 7-foot-4 Cherif Millogo, the Golden Knights prevailed behind Luke Paulus, who had 24 points.

St. Anthony 69, San Pedro 67: Trystan Butardo had the winning layup for St. Anthony. Bryce Jackson had 25 points and AJ Bobich scored 20 points for 17-5 San Pedro.

Oxnard 52, North Hollywood 46: Mikey Duran-Morales led Oxnard with 20 points.

Bishop Alemany 61, Mayfair 52: Tyler Vuille had 21 points for Alemany.

St. John Bosco 65, Miami Columbus 56: Christian Collins scored 24 points and had nine rebounds in the Hoophall Classic win.

California 80, Pioneer 52: Leonel Castro had 32 points for Pioneer.

Chaminade 63, Eagle Rock 47: The Eagles received 28 points from Dylan Moran.

Fairfax 63, Crenshaw 45: The Lions continued their improvement with a win over the Cougars. Chris Stokes scored 15 points.

Crespi 77, Maranatha 37: The Celts cruised to victory.

Damien 66, Palisades 55: Eli Garner led the Spartans with 19 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.

Newport Beach Pacifica Christian 62, San Gabriel Academy 60: Michael Noel had 19 points for the big league win.

Girls basketball

Sage Hill 88, Bishop Gorman 58: Kamdyn Klamberg finished with 28 points and Amalia Holguin added 27 points in a win at Rosary.

Redondo Union 79, Windward 61: Abby Zimmerman contributed 20 points for Redondo Union. Charis Rainey scored 36 points for Windward, including 11 of 12 free throws.

Etiwanda 71, Francis Parker 45: Arynn Finley scored 21 points and Chasity Rice added 18 points for Etiwanda.

UK ministers will visit Australia to gather information on the first-ever social media ban for under-16s implemented last month.

The UK government has launched a consultation on implementing an Australian-style social media ban for children in the UK, as well as other measures to better protect minors online.

The government said on Monday it would examine evidence from around the world on a wide range of suggested proposals, including looking at ‌whether a social media ban for minors would be effective, and if one ‌was introduced, how best to ‌make it work.

UK ministers will ⁠visit Australia, which last month became the first country in the world to ban social media for young people ‌under 16 years old, hoping to learn firsthand from the Australian approach, the UK government said in a ‍statement.

“The consultation will look at options including raising the digital age of consent, implementing phone curfews to avoid excessive use, and restricting potentially addictive design features such as ‘streaks’ and ‘infinite scrolling’,” the government said.

The UK’s announcement comes as governments and regulators worldwide grapple with the rapid explosion of AI-generated content, which was highlighted this month by an international outcry over reports of Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot generating non-consensual sexual images, including of children.

The UK has already set out plans for an outright ban on artificial intelligence nudification tools, while working to stop children being able ‌to take, share or view nude images on their devices, ⁠it said in Monday’s statement.

“We are determined to ensure technology enriches children’s lives, not harms them – and to give every child the childhood they deserve,” UK Secretary of State for Technology Liz Kendall said.

The UK’s announcement did not mention a particular age limit for social media use, but the statement said it was exploring a ban “for children under a certain age”, in addition to other measures, such as better age checks and looking into whether the current digital age of consent of 13 years was too low.

The leader of the opposition Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has already said her party would introduce a social media ban for under-16s if it were in power, the UK’s PA Media news agency reports.

Badenoch, PA reports, said the planned consultation by the Labour-led government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer amounted to more delay from his leadership, after earlier accusing him of lacking the “backbone” to enforce a social media ban.

“The prime minister is trying to copy an announcement that the Conservatives made a week ago, and still not getting it right,” Badenoch said.

“This is yet more dither and delay from Starmer and a Labour Party that have entirely run out of ideas.”

A surfer has been bitten by a shark, the fourth attack along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline in under 48 hours.

The 39-year-old man suffered minor cuts after a shark bit through his board near Crescent Head on Tuesday morning. He is currently in hospital in stable condition, say reports.

It follows three other attacks in Sydney over the past two days. All beaches in Sydney’s northern area will remain closed until further police, said police.

The attacks follow days of heavy rains, which NSW Superintendent Joseph McNulty had earlier said may have created a “perform storm environment” for shark attacks. Rain flushes nutrients into the water, which can draw sharks closer to shore.

The attack on Tuesday took place near the Point Plomer campground, about 450km (279mi) north of Sydney.

Steve Pearce, the chief executive of Surf Life Saving NSW, said the surfer was “very fortunate to not have sustained any serious injuries”, ABC reported.

“We really strongly advocate that nobody swim or surf near river mouths because it’s obviously an area where sharks congregate,” Pearce said. “If it’s dirty water I’d think twice about going in there.”

A young surfer had a similarly lucky escape at Dee Why Beach in Sydney on Monday, but a shark attack at nearby Manly hours later left a 27-year-old with “life-changing” injuries. On Sunday, a 12-year-old boy was also critically injured when bitten at a popular Sydney Harbour beach.

Authorities believe bull sharks were involved in several of the recent attacks.

Bull sharks, which can be found in both fresh water and salt water, are “one of the few sharks that are potentially dangerous to people”, the Australian Museum says. They are the third deadliest shark species, according to the International Shark Attack File.

Last November, a woman was killed and a man was seriously injured after being attacked by a bull shark on a remote beach in New South Wales.

Though Australia is a global shark attack hotspot, the chances of being attacked are still minute.

Police on Monday advised the public to avoid waterways in NSW due to recent weather, which has decreased water quality and visibility.

“I would recommend not swimming in the harbour or our other river systems across NSW at this time,” Superintendent Joseph McNulty told reporters.

The soaps air huge scenes next week across Emmerdale, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Hollyoaks and Home and Away, including secrets, confessions, returns and sad goodbyes

There’s all kinds of drama on the soaps next week, with a death confession, a shock return and a sad goodbye.

Emmerdale airs a dramatic comeback for not-so-dead Graham Foster, leaving residents reeling, while there’s also a secret. On Coronation Street, residents say a sad goodbye to Billy Mayhew – but will Theo Silverton confess?

On EastEnders, there’s a surprise return for one character after years offscreen. Exits are teased too, and Joel Marshall is in court.

Over on Hollyoaks, Dodger Savage is left making an emotional confession. On Home and Away, fans will see a heartwarming moment for two residents.

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Emmerdale

Graham makes his big return to the village, six years after his apparent demise. Rhona’s stopped in her tracks when her ex shows up at the vet surgery. Rhona has been trying to contact him but before she can confront him, Joe shows up, causing Graham to hide.

Joe mentions that he thought he saw Graham in the village, and Graham’s rattled to find out Joe is now close with Kim. Soon, both Kim and Joe get the shock of their lives when Graham turns up to Home Farm.

Paddy learns the police are keen to speak to Celia about Ray’s murder, and soon tells Dylan the news. Victoria’s still struggling in the aftermath of killing John, as Robert tries to make her see she did the right thing.

Will she be able to move forward knowing she’s a killer? Laurel feels she’s turned a corner in her relationship with Arthur, unaware that he’s hiding something. As Arthur hides Ray’s cash, only for April to grow suspicious. Arthur soon feels guilty about spending the cash, knowing what Ray put April and others through.

Coronation Street

Sam is suspicious when Leanne shows Megan a boy’s tracksuit top she found in the flat and Megan claims it is Daniel’s. When Sam asks Will if something is going on between Megan and Lee, Will flees and soon, he warns Megan that Sam is onto them, and so she takes action.

Summer’s stolen rucksack is returned to her, and she’s amazed to see it contains Paul’s missing ashes. She soon spirals, and Roy finds her drunk.

Abi warns Jodie away from Carl, and Maggie lets slip how Leanne offered to buy her out of the Rovers using the money from her share of Speed Daal, and Alya’s seething. Theo struggles with his guilt over Billy’s death as his funeral arrives.

Theo approaches Billy’s coffin and tells him how sorry he is for leaving him to die, but is someone listening in? Debbie has a gesture for Todd, Bernie has a plan and Roy confides in Mary about Alice.

Roy’s soon stunned when a man named Mal arrives claiming to be Alice’s husband. Ryan faces danger when two masked robbers approach him at the hotel, armed with a claw hammer. Carl arrives, but can he help Ryan?

EastEnders

Mark Jr is back in Walford, and he soon leaves Vicki, Phil and Sam demanding answers. Lying about his reasons for being back, he wastes no time in telling Phil the truth.

Jasmine is still eager to leave the Square, and Max discovers she’s been lying about her statement to the police. As Vicki opens up to Zack about Joel’s looming trial, she’s grateful for his support.

Her head a mess, she heads to court the next day with Ross and Mark, as well as Zack. Joel tries to put on a front as Tommy gives evidence, while Vicki is soon rushing out of court. As court resumes, emotions run high for Vicki and Avani.

When Joel requests a visitor, it doesn’t go well and things take an interesting turn. Ravi vows to support Avani, but he’s soon left guilty when he fails to show up for his daughter.

When Kat finds out about Jasmine’s plot to flee from Oscar, she’s saddened as Patrick accuses her of putting too much pressure on her to help free Zoe from prison.

George prepares to tell Elaine about Nicola’s pregnancy amid her hopes of a reunion, only fuelled by Bea suggesting he may want her back. Elaine is soon put straight, leading to her lashing out at Ian.

When Elaine realises Ian has retaliated she plots revenge, but things get out of hand. The Beales are not in a forgiving mood, as Ian vows to close Peacock Palace. Ravi and Priya are relieved when Nugget decides to go back to Sixth Form.

Hollyoaks

Sensing Dodger pulling away, Theresa gently questions whether something is wrong, but he continues to hide behind excuses. Mercedes arrives home with Warren once again stepping in to support her. Later, Theresa opens up to Mercedes, revealing how Warren helped her through her darkest moments.

A clash between Dodger and Warren sees him asking Theresa if their relationship is okay. She reassures him and encourages honesty between them.

When Warren questions his changed behaviour since Liverpool, Dodger breaks down and reveals the truth to everyone there, that he was beaten and raped. Warren soon makes a phone call.

Dodger tells Theresa that it’s going to take some time for him to be intimate but she’s willing to wait. Cleo is overwhelmed by Joseph’s cries, while Sienna gives her the cold shoulder after finding out that she knew Dodger had been raped. Dodger and Theresa walk in on Cleo and Sienna arguing.

Events take a worrying turn when Sienna arrives home to Cleo asleep on the couch and finds Joseph having a seizure. As the pair face turmoil, Misbah and Gemma worry that Cleo might have suffered from a postpartum psychosis episode and harmed Joseph.

Also next week, with their hidden history, tensions simmer between Warren and Tinhead. Later, Tinhead is deleting texts demanding money coming from a mysterious sender.

Mercedes makes friends with fellow patient Nikki Shadwick. In the village, Jenson demands his money back from Tinhead or he will tell Warren what he’s done. As Warren turns up, what will happen?

Elsewhere, Mercedes is feeling restless at the rehab clinic and fellow patient Nikki invites her to a yoga session, Mercedes panics when Nikki tells her tomorrow her family are coming in for a group therapy session.

Home and Away

Jo and Eddie enjoy their date, while Remi has a plea for Bree. Bree is left pondering, and soon leaves him heartbroken. David has a request for Jo, leading to her opening up to Lacey.

Leah apologises to Lacey for blaming her for Theo’s death, and the pair bond. David struggles to contain his emotions as he records a raw and powerful piece to camera, capturing the immense toll Wendell’s actions have had on him and his family.

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EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Hollyoaks is available to stream on Channel 4’s streaming service now, while it also airs Mondays to Wednesdays on E4 at 7PM.

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Crysencio Summerville (West Ham): He gets a goal – but it is more about the magnitude of the moment, and being able to get West Ham off to a flying start against Tottenham. With Saturday’s 2-1 win, there is a little bit of hope now that they can get out of this mess that they find themselves in.

Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United): Every time Ampadu plays well, Leeds play well. Whenever they win, he is at the heart of everything. He got an assist as they beat Fulham on Saturday but the tackles and covering runs were more important. A top performance.

Enzo Le Fee (Sunderland): He is excellent. He has quality and he oozes class. He gives me the same feeling as when Carlos Tevez went to West Ham – you could see he was too good for that level. He picked up some brilliant positions against Crystal Palace, and also scored a wonderful goal in Sunderland’s 2-1 win.

Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United): He would have been a scorer in the Manchester derby if he had managed to stay onside, but he was the heart of the United performance. How many times are we going to say that? United are only as good as he drives them to be.

Patrick Dorgu (Manchester United): He seems a freer player since being moved up the pitch. There have been a lot of conversations about systems at United, but with Dorgu, one thing is clear – as a high left-sided player, he seems to have added a lot to his game. More goals helps as well.

Nordic country dispatches ‘substantial contribution’ of troops to the Arctic territory amid standoff with Washington.

Denmark has sent additional troops to Greenland amid United States President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the self-governing Danish territory.

The chief of the Royal Danish Army, Peter Boysen, and a “substantial contribution” of soldiers landed in Kangerlussuaq in western Greenland on Monday evening, public broadcaster DR and other Danish media reported.

Public broadcaster TV2 reported that 58 Danish troops landed in the Arctic territory, joining about 60 others dispatched earlier to participate in ongoing multinational military exercises, dubbed Operation Arctic Endurance.

Denmark’s Ministry of Defence and the Danish Armed Forces did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The deployment came hours after Trump declined to rule out using military force to take control of the vast, mineral-rich Arctic territory, which the US president claims is vital to Washington’s security.

In an interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump replied, “no comment”, in response to a question about whether he could seize the island by force.

Trump’s remarks came after he told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storer in a text message over the weekend that he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” after not being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

Denmark has expressed openness to a beefed-up US military presence in Greenland, but has repeatedly said the territory is not for sale and that any move to take the island by force would spell the end of NATO.

Trump’s insistence that Greenland must be brought under US control has brought US-European relations to their lowest ebb in decades and raised fears about the potential disintegration of NATO, the transatlantic security alliance whose 32 members include both the US and Denmark.

Under Article 5 of NATO’s charter, the alliance considers an armed attack against any one member as an attack against all.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday met with Danish Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen and Greenland’s minister of foreign affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, to discuss proposals for boosting Arctic security, including the establishment of a joint NATO mission in the Danish territory.

Rutte said in a statement that the sides had discussed the importance of the Arctic to “our collective security” and Copenhagen’s growing investments in its defence capabilities.

“We’ll continue to work together as Allies on these important issues,” Rutte said.

Poulsen stressed the need for unity following the talks.

“Thank you to our allies for standing up for Greenland and Denmark,” he said.

EU’s ‘trade bazooka’

At the same time that Trump’s moves are placing security ties under strain, his threat to impose tariffs on Denmark and seven other European countries until a deal is reached to buy Greenland has raised the prospect of a full-blown transatlantic trade war.

The European Union is set to convene an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss its response to the crisis, with retaliatory tariffs and the activation of the bloc’s anti-coercion mechanism among the options under consideration.

Triggering the Anti-Coercion Instrument, also known as the “trade bazooka”, would allow the bloc to impose sweeping restrictions on the investment and business activities of US tech firms within the single market.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that she had stressed the “need to unequivocally respect the sovereignty” of Denmark and Greenland in a meeting with US diplomats on the sidelines of the Davos summit in Switzerland.

“This is of utmost importance to our transatlantic relationship,” von der Leyen said. “At the same time, the European Union remains ready to continue working closely with the United States, NATO, and other allies, in close cooperation with Denmark, to advance our shared security interests.”

An opinion poll, commissioned by Danish paper Berlingske last year, suggested that 85 percent of Greenland’s residents did not wish to join the US, with just 6 percent in favour.

The rift between the U.S. and NATO allies continues to grow over President Donald Trump’s repeated insistence on subsuming Greenland. Denmark is sending more troops and the head of its army to the strategically important, mineral-rich island, over concerns about Trump’s rhetoric. Meanwhile, Europe debates economic responses to Trump’s rhetoric and the U.S. military appears to be making some moves of its own, although the exact reasons behind them remain murky.

The strain on the alliance was exacerbated by Trump’s Sunday message to Norway’s prime minister, in which he linked his interest in Greenland to his not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

Amid the growing tensions, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced on X that it was sending troops and aircraft to Greenland to “support various long-planned NORAD activities.” When asked if the deployment was related to current events, a NORAD spokesperson emphasized that it had been in the works “for a while” and is “routine.” Regardless of how long ago these movements were planned, the optics can’t be denied.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland.  Along with aircraft operating from bases in the continental United States and Canada, they will support various long-planned NORAD activities, building on the enduring…

— North American Aerospace Defense Command (@NORADCommand) January 19, 2026

At issue is Trump’s assertion that Greenland needs to be under U.S. control to protect the homeland from China and Russia. Greenland and Denmark — of which the island is an autonomous territory — have both repeatedly said the island is not for sale and have expressed alarm about threats of the potential use of U.S. military force to acquire Greenland.

“NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that “you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.” Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!!” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/ZyFh9OsNsn

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 19, 2026

In a short interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump was guarded when asked about his intentions to take military action against Greenland. He also confirmed that he will impose tariffs on Denmark and seven other nations until they agree to turn over the island.

“Asked if he would use force to seize Greenland, the president said, ‘No comment,’” the network reported.

Last week, we noted that some European nations were sending a small, relatively symbolic force of about two dozen troops to Greenland. The deployment of troops for an exercise known as Arctic Endurance was being held outside of NATO’s auspices. In addition to Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, and the U.K. were taking part. Germany and the Netherlands ended their participation after just a few days.

On Monday, the Danish TV 2 news outlet reported that Copenhagen is substantially boosting its military presence there.

“A large number of Danish combat soldiers, described as ‘a substantial contribution,’ are expected to arrive in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland on Monday evening,” the television station reported. “Army Chief Peter Boysen is arriving with the group.”

The new deployment “will contribute to the troop buildup of Danish soldiers that is currently taking place,” TV 2 added. 

They will join 200 Danish troops previously deployed to Greenland, divided equally between Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq for Arctic Endurance, “which has been accelerated and intensified as a result of the latest statements from U.S. President Donald Trump,” the station noted.

Meanwhile, Copenhagen on Monday asked for a NATO mission to Greenland, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said, after a meeting with alliance chief Mark Rutte at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

“We have proposed that, and NATO’s secretary-general has also noted that,” he told reporters.

Trump’s message to Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre fueled growing concerns about Trump’s designs on Greenland.

“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America,” Trump said in the message.

“The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland,” Trump added. 

NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:

Dear Ambassador:
 
President Trump has asked that the…

— Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) January 19, 2026

Store on Monday confirmed the message and said it was in response to Norwegian and Finnish concerns over Trump’s announcement that he would impose a new 10% tariff on Denmark and seven other European countries until “a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

The other countries affected would be Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland.

Trump said the duties would increase to 25% if a deal is not reached by June 1.

“’I can confirm that this is a text message that I received yesterday afternoon from President Trump,” Store announced. “It came in response to a short text message from me to President Trump sent earlier on the same day, on behalf of myself and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb. In our message to Trump, we conveyed our opposition to his announced tariff increases against Norway, Finland, and select other countries. We pointed to the need to de-escalate and proposed a telephone conversation between Trump, Stubb and myself on the same day.”

“Norway’s position on Greenland is clear,” Store added. “Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway fully supports the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter. We also support that NATO, in a responsible way, is taking steps to strengthen security and stability in the Arctic. As regards the Nobel Peace Prize, I have clearly explained, including to President Trump, what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government.”

Trump’s stance on tariffs has European nations considering economic countermeasures. It “triggered an emergency meeting of European countries’ representatives Sunday,” CNN reported. French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly asked the European Union “to activate its so-called anti-coercion instrument, colloquially known as a ‘trade bazooka,’” the network added. “The trade bazooka could block some of America’s access to EU markets or impose export controls, among a broader list of potential countermeasures.”

European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas said Europe will stand its ground.

“Arctic security is a shared transatlantic interest, and one we can discuss with our US allies,” she stated on X. “But tariff threats are not the way to go about this. Sovereignty is not for trade. We have no interest to pick a fight, but we will hold our ground. Europe has a slate of tools to protect its interests.”

Denmark and Greenland are not alone.
Good to see my colleagues @troelslundp and Vivian Motzfeldt.

Arctic security is a shared transatlantic interest, and one we can discuss with our US allies.
But tariff threats are not the way to go about this. Sovereignty is not for… pic.twitter.com/AbIhQ2ZI13

— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) January 19, 2026

The growing tension has reportedly spurred Danish intelligence to issue a warning against using Bluetooth devices.

“It has been known among cyber experts for many years that there are vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth technology that many Danes use for headphones and all kinds of electronics,” the Danish Ingeniøren tech news outlet reported. “But in the midst of the highly tense situation with US President Donald Trump’s claim to Greenland, the Danish Defense Intelligence Agency (DE) specifically warns authorities, agencies and the country’s police forces against using Bluetooth headphones and AirPods in the service.”

Though U.S. relations with Europe are at a lowpoint over Greenland, Trump’s interest in the island is hardly new. Back in 2019, TWZ reported on Trump’s claim that his administration was considering attempting to purchase Greenland from Denmark, the U.S. leader noting at the time that the idea was “strategically interesting.”

Still, the U.S. maintains just a small presence of about 200 in Greenland as of now, according to Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

However, the U.S. operates one of its most strategic military outposts in Greenland. This is spearheaded by Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. military’s northernmost installation, a critical node in the U.S. ballistic missile early warning system, and also the world’s northernmost deep-water seaport. The installation also features a sprawling airbase. You can read in more detail about the U.S. military presence on the island here.

Our colleagues at Task & Purpose reported that the Pentagon “wants to spend as much as $25 million in major infrastructure improvements to Pituffik Space Base’s runways in Greenland. The overhaul of its airfield is part of other work planned for the installation.” 

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday, after Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest there.

The soldiers are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska and specializes in cold-weather operations. Spinning up troops from the 11th has some on social media speculating that the order is really in preparation for sending troops to Greenland, though there is no indication of that being the case.

#Greenland ALERT: Multiple news sources in DC and Alaska are reporting the 11th Airborne Brigade has alerted two battalions, 1,500 troops, to be ready to move to “Minnesota.” This is a really bad attempt at Strategic Deception.

I warned several times this year that alerting… pic.twitter.com/A0utVBAcqh

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) January 19, 2026

Amid the festering controversy over Greenland, Russia is relishing how it is playing out at a time when it stands to benefit from a splintering of the NATO alliance and any reduction in support to Ukraine by the U.S. and its allies.

“The Kremlin said Trump would go down in history if he took control of Greenland,” Reuters noted. “President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev hailed the ‘collapse of the transatlantic union.’ Former President Dmitry Medvedev joked about Europe getting poorer.”

The media in Russia is also gleeful, with one publication calling the situation “a pleasure to watch.”

Today’s Russian papers on Greenland: “Europe’s at a total loss. It’s a pleasure to watch.” Government paper: “Europe doesn’t need the American greatness Trump is promoting…the Old World’s keen to keep Greenland for itself, even at the risk of Nato’s collapse.” #ReadingRussia pic.twitter.com/9VJmRRewev

— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) January 19, 2026

The situation is accelerating and it has the potential to fracture NATO in such a way that the alliance has never had to confront before.

We will keep you updated as all this unfolds.

Contact the author: howard@thewarzone.com

The 2016 period drama was hailed as the ‘best series in a long time’.

Netflix viewers can’t believe they didn’t know about a 2016 thriller hailed as ‘the best Stephen King adaptation’.

The celebrated horror author published his time travel drama, 11.22.63, back in 2011 and it was adapted into a limited series in 2016.

It follows English teacher Jake Epping, who is given the opportunity to travel back to the 1960s in order to prevent the assassination of former US president John F. Kennedy.

American Reddit users have just stumbled upon the eight-episode show a decade after its premiere, and they thoroughly recommend it. Posting on the platform, one fan raved: “11.22.63 IS SOOO Good!!! Highly recommended.”

They continued: “How did I not know about this until now, 10 years later after it came out? Hulu did not do a good job at promoting it, Netflix put this at the top.”

While it originally aired on Hulu, the historical drama recently landed on Netflix in the US. However, UK audiences can currently purchase the boxset on Prime Video for £5.99.

Oscar nominee James Franco leads the cast as small-town teacher Jake. He sets out to gather as much information as possible in the days leading up to the November 22 assassination, all while building a new life in the 1963 to avoid suspicion.

But his mission to change history quickly turns dangerous.

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The period drama won over critics and casual viewers upon its debut, bagging an impressive 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

One fan praised the drama, penning: “11.22.63 is a smart, emotional time travel story that hits far more highs than lows. It blends romance, suspense, and historical drama into a bingeable ride that keeps you hooked through atmosphere and character rather than flashy twists.”

While someone else said: “I just watched the series for the second time, having read the book first. I have to say, this was the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel I have seen, and the best of any films from a book I have ever seen where I read the book in advance.”

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And a third viewer raved: “I’ve just finished watching 11.22.63 and it’s by far one the best series I’ve watched in a long time. The plot was amazing. I’ve watched a lot of James Franco films and to see him act in a different way compared to his usual comedy type of acting is so bizarre. But yet, he was incredible. I wish this series never ended.”

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The report will consider the Premier League’s controversial multi-million pound parachute payments that are given to relegated clubs over a three-year period.

The English Football League (EFL) believes the payments – worth tens of millions of pounds to relegated clubs – distort competition and has wanted them scrapped so it gets a greater share of the wealth generated by the top flight.

But the Premier League says the payments are essential to give club owners the confidence to invest.

The disagreement is among the reasons the two leagues have been unable to reach a new financial settlement that would see more money make its way down the football pyramid, despite years of negotiations and pressure from politicians.

The regulator will have ‘backstop powers’ to mediate a financial settlement if the Premier League and EFL continue to fail to reach an agreement, with the findings of the State of the Game report helping it to form a view on how much the Premier League should redistribute.

David Kogan, chair of the independent football regulator, said: “The game has never been examined like this before… The State of the Game report will give football the clarity it deserves, so decisions by the IFR can be made with confidence and for the long-term.”

The regulator will be able to use statutory powers to access information from clubs and competition organisers.

The State of the Game’s terms of reference will be subject to a four-week consultation, with a final report set to be published in 2027.

It will also examine Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), fan engagement and heritage, including a review of existing protections for club stadiums, crests and colours.

However, ticket prices and the video assistant referee (VAR) system are outside of its scope.

Jan. 19 (UPI) — A geomagnetic storm that occurred on Sunday may make the Northern Lights visible on Monday or Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.

The NOAA has placed a severe geomagnetic storm watch in effect for Tuesday as the effects of Sunday’s coronal mass ejection is set to reach Earth.

A coronal mass ejection is a burst of solar material and magnetic field from the sun’s outer atmosphere. The event creates conditions that may make the Northern Lights visible as far south as Alabama and California, further south than they can usually be seen.

The solar flare may reach Earth as early as Monday night. The conditions that make the Northern Lights visible will likely weaken later in the day on Tuesday, NOAA says. Minor geomagnetic storm related effects may still be present on Wednesday.

“Forecasters have a fair measure of confidence in timing and of CME arrival at Earth,” NOAA said.

The visibility of the Northern Lights will depend on a few factors, including local cloud cover and how the solar flare interacts with Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Sunday’s geomagnetic storm was given a G4 rating, the second highest rating possible. Storms of this rating can cause satellite navigation and low-frequency radio navigation problems.

These are the key developments from day 1,426 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Tuesday, January 20:

Fighting

• Explosions have been reported in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, amid warnings from the country’s air force that Russia had launched ballistic missiles early on Tuesday morning.

• Russia launched a barrage of drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, cutting off power in five regions across the country amid freezing temperatures, Ukrainian officials said.

• The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia’s military had launched 145 drones at targets in Ukraine and that 126 were successfully intercepted.

• In an attack on the southern Odesa region, energy and gas infrastructure were damaged, the regional governor said, adding that one person was hurt.

• DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, said its facility in Odesa was “substantially” damaged, knocking out power to 30,800 households.

• Russia also hit Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv with missiles on Monday, significantly damaging a critical infrastructure facility, the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said on the Telegram messaging app. Terekhov did not provide details about the type of facility that was struck.

• Russian forces have taken control of the settlements of Pavlivka, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, and Novopavlivka, in the Donetsk region, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said. The ministry’s claims could not be independently verified.

• Ukraine’s armed forces are introducing a new approach to air defence, involving small groups of interceptor drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
• The Kyiv Independent media outlet reported that Ukraine’s SBU secret service captured a Russian soldier suspected of executing nine Ukrainian prisoners of war in 2024.

Military aid

• The Czech Republic will not sell or donate to Ukraine light combat planes that could shoot down incoming Russian drones, the country’s prime minister, Andrej Babis, said, rejecting a plan outlined by President Petr Pavel. Pavel earlier said that Ukraine had offered to buy some of the country’s subsonic L-159 jets.

Peace talks

• Ukraine’s top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, said Moscow is showing no signs of interest in talks leading to a peace deal with Kyiv. It is instead boosting arms production, including a target of 1,000 drones per day, he added.
• Kyiv has held “substantive” talks on security and economic issues with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and envoy Steve Witkoff, with more discussions expected at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week, Ukraine’s security chief and top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said.
• Zelenskyy said he hopes to sign documents with the US on post-war security guarantees for Ukraine at Davos this week, adding that his team of negotiators had held several rounds of talks in the US.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, will travel to Davos this week and hold meetings with members of the US delegation on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, the Reuters news agency reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the visit.

Politics

• Ukraine will face enormous challenges to organise its first elections since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, with its infrastructure shattered and millions of people displaced by war, the country’s election chief, Oleh Didenko, said, responding to Trump’s demand for Ukraine to hold the vote.

• Russia jailed an American man for five years for illegally transporting weapons, a court announced, saying that a rifle was found on his yacht after it docked in the port city of Sochi last June. It identified the man as Charles Wayne Zimmerman, and said he “admitted his guilt in full”. It did not mention when exactly the man was sentenced, but said an appeal against the conviction had been rejected.

Energy

• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that the 330-kilovolt (kV) Ferosplavna-1 power line has been reconnected to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The power line is one of two high-voltage lines supplying electricity that powers the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and was disconnected earlier this month.

• Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Telegram that he had informed the head of the IAEA about Russian preparations for more strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, including those that ensure the operations of nuclear plants.

• Russia’s federal budget proceeds from taxes on oil and gas are expected to drop by 46 percent in January from the same month in 2025 due to weaker oil prices and a stronger rouble, according to an analysis by Reuters. Oil and gas revenue are key to funding Russia’s war on Ukraine.

• Polish pipeline operator Gaz-System will increase gas transmission capacity to Ukraine between February and April, the company said in a statement, as Russia continues to attack Ukraine’s energy sector.

Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin teams up with Sophie Turner in Prime Video’s new thriller

Thriller enthusiasts are set for a real treat as acclaimed actress Anna Maxwell Martin, renowned for her performances in Motherland and Until I Kill You, is appearing in a fresh Prime Video thriller launching imminently. Arriving on January 21, the series boasts major stars and is headlined by Game of Thrones legend Sophie Turner.

All six episodes will be released simultaneously, allowing viewers to binge-watch the entire series, entitled Steal. This high-octane thriller, already generating considerable buzz amongst fans, centres on ordinary office worker Zara (Turner), who becomes embroiled in the “heist of the century”.

While employed at pension fund investment firm Lochmill Capital, her routine day is shattered when a gang of brutal thieves storms in demanding billions in cash. Zara and her closest friend Luke (Archie Madekwe) are forced to comply with the gang’s orders.

DCI Rhys (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) is brought in to apprehend the criminals, but as a recently relapsed gambling addict, he must manage to keep his personal financial troubles in check. Meanwhile, Zara decides to take control when the investigation raises more questions than it answers, reports the Express.

Anna Maxwell Martin’s character is shown speaking to Zara in the trailer, demanding she “tell us what you know”, or MI5 “could kill you”. Specifics about her role remain confidential, though she appears to be some form of detective.

Whilst the series isn’t rooted in actual events, Good Housekeeping has described its premise as “scarily real”. Vernon Sanders, Head of Television at Amazon MGM Studios, hailed it as a “uniquely thrilling ride”.

When Prime Video posted the trailer on Facebook, fans rushed to the comments section after spotting the Motherland and Line of Duty star. Shelley Griffiths declared: “Well, if Anna Maxwell Martin is in it, I’ll be watching!”

The actress is particularly renowned for her crime drama performances, having starred in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Ludwig and Until I Kill You. In the latter, she portrayed real-life victim Delia Balmer, who endured an abusive relationship with serial killer John Sweeney.

She deliberately avoided speaking to the actual Delia before shooting, ensuring her interpretation remained entirely her own. She revealed in an interview: “I’ve played quite a few real people and I have never met them before. I don’t choose to do that, that’s how I work.

“Our writer filmed a lot of footage of his meetings with Delia, which I had access to. I did meet her very briefly during filming, but only because she wanted to visit the set and of course I was respectful of that.

“I didn’t do lots of research into abusive relationships either, instead I just focused on the character, on who she was, how she responded to things, and what I could gauge about how she interacted with people.”

Her powerful performance as Delia earned her three prestigious awards.

Fans flocked to the Steal trailer’s comments section on YouTube to voice their enthusiasm for her latest project.

@PozoBlue remarked: “Ohhhh this actually looks original and exciting! Looking forward to this!”

@Glasweg1an wrote: “Oooooh Prime video comes through clutch, this looks exciting. Don’t let me down, I`m gonna start this on the 21st.”

@genedeangelo3800 added: “Wow, I’m not impressed easily, this looks amazing. WTF!”

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Five-star USC freshman Alijah Arenas is likely to make his long-awaited debut for the Trojans this week against Northwestern.

Arenas is considered “probable” for Wednesday’s game, a person familiar with his status but not authorized to speak publicly told The Times.

The addition of the five-star freshman, who has yet to play at USC since injuring his knee in the summer, comes at a critical time for the Trojans. USC has lost three of its last five since the start of its Big Ten slate.

Arenas is the highest-rated recruit to join USC in Eric Musselman’s two-year tenure with the Trojans. Before he injured his knee during practice, he was involved in a fiery single-car accident in his Tesla Cybertruck in the spring. He was hospitalized and put into an induced coma because of smoke inhalation.

Arenas returned to practice last month and was initially expected to debut last week. Now he joins the Trojans with 13 games left in the regular season and a critical stretch ahead.

The Syrian army has taken territory long held by Kurdish-led forces, before declaring a ceasefire.

The lightning offensive changes the balance of power in the country.

Are there wider implications for Kurds beyond Syria?

Presenter: Maleen Saeed

Guests:

David Des Roches – Professor at the Thayer Marshall Institute

Mohammed Salih – Non-resident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Elijah Magnier – Military and political analyst

Radev is widely expected to form his own political party prior to the upcoming snap vote.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has said that he will resign, stoking speculation that he will form his own political party ahead of snap elections expected to take place in the months ahead.

Radev said on Monday that he would submit his resignation to the country’s Constitutional Court the following day. He will be replaced by Vice President Iliana Iotova if the court grants approval.

“Today, I am addressing you for the last time as president of Bulgaria,” the 62-year-old Radev said during a televised speech, adding that he was eager to participate in the “battle for the future” of the country.

His resignation, the first by a head of state in Bulgaria’s post-communist history, comes as the country – which is a member of the European Union and NATO – struggles to overcome a prolonged political crisis.

Bulgaria’s last government was swept out of power in December amid widespread anticorruption protests, of which the left-leaning Radev was an outspoken supporter. The upcoming snap election will mark Bulgaria’s eighth round of voting in five years.

Large anticorruption protests last month forced the resignation of the governing coalition, led by the centre-right GERB party. Attempts to form a new government within the current parliament have subsequently failed, and the country is headed towards its eighth parliamentary election since 2021.

Radev, whose second mandate ends in 2026, has repeatedly indicated that he may take part in new elections. The former Air Force general has been a vocal opponent of the leader of the GERB party, Boyko Borissov.

Radev has also opposed politician and oligarch Delyan Peevski – under sanctions from the United States and United Kingdom over alleged bribery, corruption and media manipulation – whose MRF New Beginning party has repeatedly backed the outgoing GERB-led coalition.

The former president has expressed doubt about Bulgaria’s decision to join the eurozone and is opposed to sending military aid to Ukraine, chastising European leaders for not doing enough to support the efforts of US President Donald Trump to facilitate a negotiated peace.

Radev did not mention on Monday what his plans are. Asked recently about forming a new party, he said there was a need for a party that “unites all democrats – left and right – regardless of where they belong or whether they are politically active at all, because we all need fair elections and democratic, free development”.

A recent Market Links poll found that Radev has an approval rating of 44 percent.

“His goal is to be close to the majority so that he doesn’t have to negotiate,” Parvan Simeonov from the Myara polling agency told the news agency AFP, adding that a solid result for Radev could be “a way out” of the country’s political crisis.

LOS ANGELES — The NFL is marking the 60th anniversary of the Super Bowl with a hometown opening act.

Green Day will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, the league announced Sunday. The performance will celebrate six decades of the championship’s history, with the band helping usher generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field.

The trio, formed in the East Bay and made up of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, is expected to perform a selection of their best-known anthems as part of the tribute.

“We are super-hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!” lead singer Armstrong said. “We are honored to welcome the MVPs who’ve shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world. Let’s have fun! Let’s get loud!”

The ceremony airs live at 3 p.m. Pacific on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Universo.

“Celebrating 60 years of Super Bowl history with Green Day as a hometown band, while honoring the NFL legends who’ve helped define this sport, is an incredibly powerful way to kick off Super Bowl LX,” said Tim Tubito, the league’s senior director of event and game presentation. “As we work alongside NBC Sports for this opening ceremony, we look forward to creating a collective celebration for fans in the stadium and around the world.”

The opening ceremony will take place ahead of the pregame entertainment, during which Charlie Puth is to perform the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful,” and Coco Jones will deliver “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

Jonathan Landrum Jr. writes for the Associated Press.

On July 2, 2024, a mamón tree fell on Delcy Rodríguez. The accident caused injuries to her right arm, which she frequently wore bandages on. That day, Rodríguez was in Cumanacoa, in eastern Venezuela, overseeing the damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, a gust of wind brought down the enormous tree on top of her and some of her equipment.

The accident was announced by Nicolás Maduro at a public event, in the midst of the campaign for the presidential elections of July 28 of that year. With a discordant sense of humor that has aged poorly, he said: “Delcy, while working in Cumanacoa, was hit by a missile. But she recovers from everything.”

And the statement seems true. Because a year and a half later, we see her—quite recovered—being sworn in as acting president of Venezuela after, indeed, American bombs fell on Caracas to remove Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez, the woman who occupies the presidential seat in Miraflores with the unexpected backing of the United States, is one of the figures with the greatest accumulation of power within the Venezuelan ruling party and a key operator of the state’s political, repressive, and economic apparatus.

Delcy Rodríguez has been presented as a moderate, a technocrat, a “different” chavista because of her studies in France and England and her fluent English. The first is not true. This is confirmed by American columnist Eva Golinger, who spent several years in Venezuela alongside Hugo Chávez, and by former Turkish diplomat Imdat Oner, who served in Caracas and recalls a meeting with ambassadors in 2015 when Rodríguez was foreign minister: “She arrived two hours late and started yelling at the US and European diplomats. She is a radical chavista, in terms of ideology,” he told La Hora de Venezuela.

What Delcy Rodríguez is, observers and analysts agree, is pragmatic. In fact, her greatest rise within the chavista power structure has occurred since she began to pull the strings of the economic agenda. Over the years, she has become more than just the vice president: she is a central operator of the system, the figure to whom is called upon when it is necessary to confront, execute, close ranks, and secure economic lifelines.

Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez was born in Caracas on May 18, 1969. Her political biography cannot be understood without a later date: July 25, 1976, when her father, Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, died in police custody after being arrested for his involvement in the kidnapping of American businessman William Niehous. The death—attributed to torture and mistreatment—became a breaking point for the family and, over time, a key element of the chavista narrative about the 1958-1998 governments. For Delcy and her brother Jorge, that history of victimization served as both a wound and a compass: politics as reparation, as justice, as revenge. In fact, she once uttered on television: “The Bolivarian Revolution, the arrival of our Commander, was our personal revenge.”

In a government where trust is managed as a scarce resource, Delcy has remained for a fundamental reason: she serves to hold the edifice together when it creaks.

Furthermore, Delcy is not just Delcy. She is part of a duo that, for years, has operated as the backbone of the revolutionary government: alongside her brother Jorge Rodríguez, president of the National Assembly, they have both been described as “political twins” of chavismo. They share origins, narratives, and ambitions.

This family alliance explains their strength. In a government where trust is managed as a scarce resource, Delcy has remained for a fundamental reason: she serves to hold the edifice together when it creaks.

That’s why, when the economy hit its lowest point and needed a boost, Rodríguez became the only high-ranking official attending business meetings, while a vast network of private initiatives was being built under her wing. Investigative journalism platforms like Armando.info have uncovered the now-acting president’s connections to a “business entourage” with ramifications in the construction, tourism, real estate, food import, and packaging sectors.

Domestically, government officials describe her as a reserved, quiet, and low-profile figure with a small but highly loyal circle of allies—allies who now stand by her in what could be the greatest paradox of her life: denouncing the American capture of Nicolás Maduro in her speeches, while in practice allowing the Trump administration to exert control over political decision-making and resuming oil sales agreements with the US.

However, the hand Delcy Rodríguez is currently wielding lacks, by far, the legal certainty, reliability, and constitutional guarantees that oil executives demand. She and her inner circle are burdened by a long history of human rights violations, economic hardship, over 800 political prisoners still incarcerated, and internal disputes.

A pillar of the dictatorship

Rodríguez served as Minister of the Presidency (2006), Minister of Communication and Information (2013-2014), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2014-2017), President of the National Constituent Assembly (2017-2018), and, since June 2018, Executive Vice President. However, one of the turning points in her career was her presidency of the National Constituent Assembly, a body created without a prior referendum and not recognized by the international community.

From her position as president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), she spearheaded a process that effectively nullified the National Assembly elected in 2015, concentrating legislative, judicial, and political oversight functions in a body dominated exclusively by chavismo. Under her leadership, legal instruments widely criticized by human rights organizations were approved.

This was also the period when Delcy Rodríguez held the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur, and when Venezuela ceased to be a member of the organization for violating the Accession Protocol.

In this context, the then Foreign Minister was involved in an unforgettable incident: In December 2016, she was denied entry to the organization’s meeting held in Buenos Aires, but she made headlines by appearing with her arm in a sling, allegedly due to injuries she suffered when she was prevented from entering the meeting. “I was beaten by a police officer (…) the offenses and physical abuse that can occur within Mercosur against a nation and its foreign minister are shameful,” Rodríguez stated at the time.

Investigations indicate that, days before the ‘Delcygate’ trip, Delcy Rodríguez facilitated the sale of 104 Venezuelan gold bars valued at more than $60 million to Spanish businesspeople.

Delcy Rodríguez’s record on human rights ranges from her participation in the creation of a repressive legal framework to her role as one of the main perpetrators of one of the most intense waves of repression during the chavista era. During her tenure in the National Constituent Assembly, regulatory frameworks and decisions were promoted and consolidated that facilitated the repression and criminalization of dissent.

Among them are the Constitutional Law Against Hatred (2017), systematically used to criminally prosecute opposition members, journalists, activists, and citizens for expressions on social media, with sentences of up to 20 years in prison. She provided critical support for permanent states of emergency, which suspended constitutional guarantees and allowed for arrests without a warrant. Delcy Rodríguez also helped to legitimize civil-military control of public order, consolidating the use of military courts and intelligence agencies against civilians.

As Executive Vice President of the Republic, she had direct authority over Ministries and security agencies. Between 2018 and April 2021, under her chain of command, the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) was documented as responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture, enforced disappearances, and mass surveillance.

The UN Human Rights Council’s Fact-Finding Mission concluded in 2020 that there were “reasonable grounds to believe” that Rodríguez knew or should have known about crimes committed by the State and failed to act to prevent them, despite her position of authority. These conclusions were reiterated and expanded in subsequent resolutions that kept the international investigation into Venezuela active.

Corruption, gold, and international schemes

Beyond her role in the chain of command of human rights violations, Delcy Rodríguez has been linked to transnational corruption schemes involving gold, foreign businesspeople, and opaque financial circuits.

On January 20, 2020, Rodríguez (sanctioned by the European Union from 2018) entered Spain despite the existing travel ban and met with then-Minister José Luis Ábalos (currently in jail), triggering the scandal known as Delcygate. Investigations indicate that, days before the trip, she facilitated the sale of 104 Venezuelan gold bars valued at more than $60 million to Spanish businesspeople. The Civil Guard found communications between Rodríguez and businessman Víctor de Aldama that directly link the vice president to this transaction.

This case is part of a broader pattern of illegal extraction and international money laundering of Venezuelan gold through shell companies, a scheme that reinforces corruption and the evasion of financial controls. In the political and media sphere, the Delcygate scandal has also been linked to other controversies in Spain, such as the state bailout of the airline Plus Ultra, which has ties to figures associated with Chavismo, although there is no direct legal evidence implicating Rodríguez.

It is impossible to forget that Venezuela’s current interim president spearheaded a scandalous pact with dangerous gang members in 2017.

Another key figure is Jorge Giménez. This Venezuelan businessman and president of the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF), is the subject of an investigation by Armando.info, which exposes him as an operative for the chavista regime and a trusted associate of Rodríguez. He is implicated in opaque contracts linked to the CLAP program and PDVSA, with debts and irregular agreements exceeding $1.2 billion. Furthermore, he appears in chats related to the Spanish case as a direct interlocutor of his “boss,” solidifying the connection between Venezuelan political power and international corruption networks.

The Associated Press recently published a report revealing that the DEA has been investigating Rodríguez for years. “Rodriguez has been on the radar of the US Drug Enforcement Administration for years, and in 2022 she was even labeled a ‘priority target,’ a designation the DEA reserves for suspects believed to have a ‘significant impact’ on drug trafficking, according to records obtained by the AP and more than half a dozen current and former US law enforcement officials,” the publication states.

Although the same publication clarifies that the United States has never accused Rodríguez of any crime and notes that she “is not among the more than a dozen Venezuelan officials—from Maduro’s inner circle—accused of drug trafficking along with the ousted president,” it is impossible to forget that Venezuela’s current interim president spearheaded a scandalous pact with dangerous gang members in 2017.

That year, while dozens of students protesting against the repression of Nicolás Maduro’s government were being killed in the streets of the country’s main cities, Rodríguez, then president of the National Assembly, led the task of negotiating with criminal groups to keep them calm and prevent them from rising up against the government.