According to backstage reports, several people in WWE were said to be shocked by the incidents involving Rich Swann and his wife Vannarah Riggs that led to Swann’s arrest and subsequent suspension from WWE. However, those who personally knew the couple from their past and their indie days described them as two people who were “broken” and that their relationship was “combustible.”
These people also described the situation as unfortunate because in the end, Swann’s days in WWE could very well be over and in the end, if that happens, it will prove to be devastating to the couple financially. WWE’s policy is to suspend any talent who is arrested for a domestic violence charge and if he or she is convicted in a court of law, they would be terminated immediately.
As we all know, Swann was scheduled to wrestle Drew Gulak on the Dec 11th episode of RAW where the winner would face Enzo Amore for the Cruiserweight Title. According to reports, he was going to be booked to win that match.
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently spoke with Starsport in the UK and praised his daughter, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, as the best.
“She (Charlotte) already is the greatest, by far,” Flair said. “I don’t know who to compare her to. That’s just my opinion and I’m biased but I’m also a guy that’s qualified to make that remark so let’s say she’s not my daughter and I was the father of another girl I would say to the other girl you better push if you want to be like her.
“And I have tremendous respect. I think Sasha Banks is off the hook in terms of ability. What separates Ashley is her size and her athletic ability. Sasha Banks is every bit of a performer that Ashley is, make no mistake. As are a couple of the other girls – Natalya is fantastic. They’re all good. There’s a fine line between good and great and I just look at her and I’ve known them all.”
The Nature Boy also said he wishes WWE would turn Charlotte back heel.
“I wish they would use her on the other side,” Flair commented. “I like her when she’s bad. She’s really good at enhancing other people’s work. As a heel she’s really good at that, that’s art in itself.”
A YouTube celebrity couple were targeted by a gunman who broke into their Texas home with the “intent to cause them harm” before he died from a gunshot at the scene.
Popular British YouTube vlogger Gavin Free, 29, and his American girlfriend Megan Turney, 30, were awoken in the early hours of 26 January to the sound of broken glass and somebody walking around their property.
Christopher Giles, described by police as “single, lonely and disturbed”, travelled for 11 hours from New Mexico to the couple’s home hundreds of miles away in Austin.
The 23-year-old had more than a thousand notes on his phone about the YouTube personalities, which police say contained “threatening thoughts” about Mr Free.
He “developed a fondness of Turney yet resented Free for his lifestyle and success” a detective wrote in court documents seen by the Albuquerque Journal.
“I want Gavin Free to die alone, with no children,” said one note.
Megan Turney is a popular YouTuber Credit:
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Security footage showed the intruder wandering around the property at around 3.40am with a gun in his hand searching for the couple.
“Based on the footage seen, it was apparent that Giles’ sole intent was to cause harm to someone who resides there,” continued the detective.
The terrified couple called police while hiding in a bedroom closet and when Giles left the property he was confronted by officers who were responding to the emergency call.
Giles then fired his gun, with a police officer returning fire. It is still unclear if he died from police gunfire or a self-inflicted wound.
Oxfordshire-born Free is one half of The Slow Mo Guys, a YouTube channel featuring slow motion videos of scientific experiments and stunts which has more than ten million subscribers.
American YouTuber Turney is a well-known cosplayer and gaming vlogger who has more than 300,000 subscribers.
Police added Giles was an “avid player of video games and was known for watching YouTube videos that were centered on his hobby”.
Both YouTubers thanked police for their quick response to the incident and fans for their messages of support.
“I just wanted to say thanks for all the support and concern regarding the recent incident,” wrote Free. “It’s been a rough time for Meg and myself the last few weeks but we are doing OK. I want to give a huge thanks to @Austin_Police for the amazing response time.”
Hey everyone. I just wanted to say thanks for all the support and concern regarding the recent incident. It’s been a rough time for Meg and myself the last few weeks but we are doing ok. I want to give a huge thanks to @Austin_Police for the amazing response time. ❤️ you all.
— Gavin Free (@GavinFree) February 13, 2018
“Thank y’all so, so much for each and every kind message today and a special thank you to the @Austin_Police for their quick response that night and their ongoing support during this difficult time. Heart you guys so much,” tweeted his partner.
Thank y’all so, so much for each and every kind message today and a special thank you to the @Austin_Police for their quick response that night and their ongoing support during this difficult time. Heart you guys so much. ♥️
— Meg Turney (@megturney) February 13, 2018
The incident happened two weeks before fellow YouTube personality Logan Paul shared a video of an intruder he discovered in his home who he found lying on his couch charging his phone.
Logan Paul purchased knives after an intruder broke into his home Credit:
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After entering a no contest plea for aggravated trespass this week, the 20-year-old was sentenced to 30 days in jail, TMZ reports.
In the wake of the incident, the 22-year-old Ohio native purchased a number knives and weapons for his protection, proudly showcasing them in a vlog.
He also increased his personal security, warning viewers: “Do not break into my house because next time, you saw the knives, I will stab you.”
He added: “We’re going to beef up our security, we’re getting armed security. We’re increasing the cameras around our house, we’re doubling it basically, so we’re going to have 40 cameras around the property.”
Last year, PewDiePie, one of the world’s biggest YouTube stars, urged fans to stop visiting his Brighton home citing privacy concerns.
The gunman who allegedly killed at least 17 people at a Florida high school on Wednesday was a former student who posted disturbing material on social media and was "crazy about guns".
Police identified the suspect as Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old who had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, about 45 miles (72 km) north of Miami.
The suspect was wearing a gas mask and carrying smoke grenades, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida told CNN.
Mr Nelson, who said he had been briefed by the FBI, said the attacker "set off the fire alarm so the kids would come pouring out of the classrooms into the hall. And there the carnage began."
He said he did not know if the gunman had used the smoke grenades but he assumed that’s why he had a gas mask on.
Frightened students ran out onto the streets as shots rang out before SWAT team members swarmed the building.
Florida shooting
Authorities later announced that they had taken the suspect into custody and took him to hospital after locating him in Coral Springs, a little over a mile away from the school. The gunman surrendered to police without a struggle, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said.
Inside the suspect’s disturbing Instagram page
The Instagram page of the alleged shooter paints a picture of a man obsessed with guns and knives.
One of the more recent posts shows target practice, captioned "Group therapy. Sometimes it really f—ing works."
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Others show him posing proudly with his weapons, which include pistols and knives, and in one Instagram post, he seemingly asks followers for advice on a certain model of gun.
He also posed for selfies where he wore all black clothes and a balaclava.
One photograph shows a dead toad, which he claims to have killed.
The Florida shooting suspect is pictured in an official police photo and being escorted by policeCredit:
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His Instagram profile contained the word “annihilator.”
One post about purchasing a shotgun reads: “I plan on getting this but I need more information on it so if someone could give advice on how much I’m spending and background cheeks [sic] please to god let me know."
Students at the school have confirmed the Instagram page is his.
One student, who escaped the shooting, wrote on Twitter: "He literally had an Instagram where he posted pictures of animals he killed gruesomely."
Flagged as a threat
Jim Gard, a Maths teacher, said Cruz had been in his class last year.
“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” Mr Gard told the Miami Herald. “There were problems with him last year threatening students.”
However, Robert Runcie, the Broward County School District Superintendent, told reporters he was not aware of any concerns raised about the student.
“We received no warnings,” Mr Runcie said outside the school. “Potentially there could have been signs out there. But we didn’t have any warning or phone calls or threats that were made.”
"He was that weird kid that you see … like a loner," he added.
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One pupil said other teenagers had long thought the suspect would “shoot up the school”.
The pupil told local television station WFOR-TV: “A lot of people were saying it was going to be him. A lot of kids threw jokes around saying that he was going to be the one to shoot up the school. It turns out that everyone predicted it. That’s crazy.”
Broward County Mayor Beam Furr said during an interview with CNN that the shooter was getting treatment at a mental health clinic for a while, but that he hadn’t been back to the clinic for more than a year.
"It wasn’t like there wasn’t concern for him," Mr Furr said. "We try to keep our eyes out on those kids who aren’t connected … Most teachers try to steer them toward some kind of connections. … In this case, we didn’t find a way to connect with this kid."
Another student, named as Brandon, was asked whether he was surprised to learn the identity of the gunman, and replied: “No.” He continued: “He told me he got kicked out of two private schools, and was held back twice. He seemed a little off.”
‘Crazy about guns’
Chad Williams, 18, a senior at Stoneman Douglas High school, remembered Cruz as a troubled classmate from when they attended middle school together. He said Cruz would set off the fire alarm, day after day, and finally got expelled in the eighth grade.
Police escort the suspect into the Broward Jail after checking him at a hospitalCredit:
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More recently, Williams saw Cruz carrying several publications about guns when they ran into each other at the high school. Williams thought Cruz was there to pick up a younger sibling.
“He was crazy about guns,” Williams told Reuters, speaking by the side of the road near the high school. “He was kind of an outcast. He didn’t have many friends. He would do anything crazy for a laugh, but he was trouble.”
Victoria Olvera, a 17-year-old junior, said Cruz was expelled last school year after a fight with his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. She said Cruz had been abusive to his girlfriend.
‘If anyone would do it, it was him’
Dakota Mutchler, 17, said he used to be close friends with Cruz but hadn’t seen him in more than a year following his expulsion from school.
"He started progressively getting a little more weird," Mutchler said. "He started going after one of my friends, threatening her, and I cut him off from there.
"I think everyone had in their minds if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him."
Travis Julmice, an 18-year-old senior, said he had not been in a class with Cruz since middle school.
"You could tell he was a little off," Julmice told Reuters at the Coral Springs hotel. "He was always like a troubled kid, getting in-school suspension a lot. And detentions."
Two skiers who were caught in an avalanche in Switzerland near the border with France have been rescued with only minor injuries, police in the canton of Valais said on Sunday.
The police initially reported that 10 people were missing but revised that down to two, saying a member of the group who called in the accident was unaware most of the group were safe.
A police spokesman also said the group were on touring skis, which can be used to climb and descend slopes, not hiking.
The avalanche took place at an altitude of 2,500 metres in an area called the Col de Fenestral.
An avalanche swept away two skiers, a man and his 11-year old daughter, in the French Alps on Sunday.
He is thought to be the richest pirate that ever lived – amassing a hoard of treasure worth hundreds of millions in today’s money, before he was lost at sea along with his ship.
Captain “Black Sam” Bellamy and his crew were aboard the Whydah Gally when it encountered one of the most violent storms ever recorded off New England in 1717, and sank, killing most on board and depositing its treasure on the ocean floor.
The wreck, along with the treasure, was found off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1984. In the years since, archaeologists have continued to search the site and now believe they may have found the infamous captain himself.
The remains were publicly displayed for the first time in Massachusetts on Monday and DNA extracted from the corpse will be compared with that of an English descendant.
Chris Wright, project manager for Arts and Exhibitions International, unwraps items next to the bell with "Whydah Gally 1716" inscribed on it, which was used to authenticate the shipwreck siteCredit:
Kathryn Scott Osler
Bellamy, who was 28 when he died, was reputedly a striking figure, always clean and fashionably dressed. He was regarded as a fair captain and was known as “the Robin Hood of the sea”.
A male descendant is still believed to live in Devon, where Bellamy, also known as the “Prince of Pirates”, was born in 1689.
The unnamed relative came to the Whydah Pirate Museum in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, two years ago with records proving his lineage, researchers told The Daily Telegraph. The museum has enlisted forensic scientists from the University of New Haven to carry out the DNA testing.
Chris Macort, an archaeologist and director of the museum’s ship exhibit, said: "Bellamy moved from Devon, England to Massachusetts in 1715.
Whydah Pirate Museum officials discuss efforts to see if bone found on shipwreck belongs to pirate Captain Black Sam Bellamy
"We know we have a connection with the direct descendants from Sam Bellamy and I believe they’re still living in the area.
"They came to the museum two years ago and showed the paper work, including Bellamy’s mother baptising Sam at their parish.
Researchers removed a human femur from a concretion – a conglomerate of iron, stone, silver and gold.
“His remains are surrounded by a giant web of tools and weapons, it’s a real time capsule, which is exciting stuff,” Mr Macort said.
Captain Black Sam Bellamy
"Whatever is inside this concretion is in very good condition, including soft tissue, leather and a lot of textile pieces."
Mr Macort added: "From some of the other skeletal remains we’ve found there are traces of a crushed helmet so it’s clear that it was a violent death."
While the remains could be one of around 40 unaccounted sailors that were on board the ship at the time, the archaeologists believe the objects surrounding the femur make it highly likely they belong to Bellamy.
"There’s a very ornate pistol that was wrapped in a ribbon. It’s expensive so that might have belonged to the captain, so that’s another indicator for us that it’s more probable for us that it is Bellamy," said Mr Macort.
Silver recovered from the wreck of the Whydah
Professor Timothy Palmbach, chair of forensic sciences at the University of New Haven, said the pistol matched historic records of Bellamy’s gun.
He told the Telegraph: “The evidence that it’s Bellamy’s [femur] is exceedingly compelling. It was immediately next to a pistol that was proved to be Bellamy’s without a shadow of a doubt. The pistol had some unique features and symbols and it was presented to him in a very decorative silk ribbon. It’s completely consistent with Bellamy’s pistol.”
Bellamy captured the Whyday in 1717, when it was carrying four and a half tonnes of gold and silver, but the ship was caught in stormy seas, killing most of its crew and leaving its treasure on the ocean floor.
The wreck was discovered in 1984 but the human remains and the pistol, encased in a hardened mass of sand and stone, were only uncovered by conservationists in November.
In just a year, Bellamy used the Whydah Gally to raid 54 ships along the US east coast and the Caribbean, collecting a hoard of treasure which would equate to around $120 million (£85.6 million) today, according to Forbes Magazine.
Recovered from the wreck of the WhydahCredit:
AP
When the ship went down, it had a 142-strong crew on board and around four tonnes of silver and gold loot.
Just two crew members survived, 102 were buried in a mass grave and the remainder, including Bellamy, were never accounted for.
Archaeologists visit every summer to carry out further excavations but Mr Macort believes they have another 40 years’ worth of work ahead of them.
"We call it an exploded site – it’s kind of like throwing a jigsaw puzzle in a washing machine," he said. "This is a multi-generational project."
Barry Clifford, the archaeologist who first discovered the wreck in 1984, told the Telegraph he hoped to set up a museum in the UK if the remains prove to be those of the notorious pirate. “I would love to bring … this pirate back home,” he said.
A North Korean general believed to be behind a number of attacks on South Korea is to head up the state’s delegation to the Winter Olympics’ closing ceremony.
General Kim Yong-chol oversaw Pyonyang’s Reconnaissance Bureau, the regime’s clandestine intelligence agency, and is believed to be the mastermind behind the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in March 2010, which killed 46 of its crew.
Eight months later, North Korean artillery bombarded the island of Yeonpyeongdo, 50 miles west of the port city of Incheon, killing two South Korean soldiers and a further two civilians.
The South Korean government announced on Thursday that it will permit Pyongyang’s eight-strong delegation to attend the ceremony and that Moon Jae-in, the South’s president, will meet with them.
Mr Moon is also due to meet with Ivanka Trump, the US president’s daughter and special advisor, who is due to arrive in Seoul on Friday to head up the US delegation at the closing ceremony.
The South Korean government said it hoped US officials attending would also meet with the North Koreans.
But Mike Pence, the US vice president, appeared to pour water on that possibility of a face-to-face meeting after he attacked the North Korean regime on Thursday.
Vice President Mike Pence and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo-Jong (back left) watch on during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic GamesCredit:
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Mr Pence, who led the US delegation at the opening ceremony, said that the US "doesn’t stand with murderous dictatorships, we stand up to murderous dictatorships".
South Korea’s opposition parties have expressed their outrage at the news that Gen Kim will attend the ceremony, accusing Mr Moon of kow-towing to the regime in Pyongyang.
“The main culprit of the Cheonan’s sinking can never set foot on the land of the Republic of Korea”, Jun Hee-kyung, of the opposition Liberty Korea Party, said.
Mrs Jun called North Korea’s decision to send Gen Kim to the closing ceremony is “shameless” and a “rare humiliation” for the South.
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She added that the only way Gen Kim should be permitted to enter South Korea would be if he was coming to “kneel before our people”, Yonhap news reported.
Kim Hyun, a spokesman for the South Korean government, said the visit would “contribute to easing tensions" between the two countries.
He added that he hoped the North’s officials will meet with the US delegation that will be attending the ceremony, including Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka.
Ivanka TrumpCredit:
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The White House confirmed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump has asked his eldest daughter to lead the “high-level delegation” to the ceremony in Pyeongchang.
US officials have already ruled out the possibility that Ms Trump would meet with North Koreans during her three-day stay.
Instead, she is scheduled to meet with female defectors from North Korea to hear about their experiences.
Mr Pence led the US delegation at the games opening ceremony and said he chose not to engage with Kim Jong-un’s sister during the event because she was part of "an evil family clique that brutalises, subjugates, starves and imprisons its 25 million people".
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, Mr Pence also hit out at the international media for "fawning over" Mr Kim’s sister who he called a "central pillar" of the "tyrannical and oppressive regime".
"That’s why the US government has sanctioned her for her role in abetting North Korea’s horrendous human rights abuses and crimes against humanity," he said.
North Korea war puff
"So for all those in the media who think I should have stood and cheered with the North Koreans – I say, the US doesn’t stand with murderous dictatorships, we stand up to murderous dictatorships."
Earlier this week it emerged that Mr Pence and North Korean officials had planned to meet secretly during his trip to the games, but Pyongyang scrapped the talks after the US vice president denounced abuses from the "murderous regime".
Mr Moon has declared that South Korea’s relations with the US are “rock solid” and “as robust as ever”, despite concerns that the apparent detente on the peninsula may be sidelining the US.
He claimed that Mr Trump supports his efforts to engage North Korea in discussions, including a possible bilateral summit that Pyongyang has proposed.
It is a decade since the financial crisis, but Italy is still angry: from the small-town piazzas of northern Italy, to the picket lines of the old industrial heartlands around Turin, it is the smouldering rage of the people that dominates final campaigning for next weekend’s election.
There is anxiety over uncontrolled migration; dismay over children without prospects; bitterness towards Europe and its common currency and – encompassing all these grievances – fury and frustration at Italy’s political establishment for failing to act.
One candidate out stoking that rage, is Matteo Salvini – the leader of the anti-immigrant League party (formerly the Northern League) – who last week toured the…
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La pandémie de coronavirus, qui a fait près de 650.000 morts, poursuivait inexorablement son accélération lundi, amenant de nouveaux pays, de l’Asie à l’Europe, à imposer des mesures sanitaires plus strictes.
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Si l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes sont devenues la région la plus touchée, devant l’Amérique du Nord, l’inquiétude est générale face à l’épidémie qui continue de s’étendre dans le monde avec plus de cinq millions de nouveaux cas détectés depuis le 1er juillet, soit plus d’un tiers du nombre total de cas déclarés.Face à cette progression, Hong Kong a rendu obligatoire le port du masque en public. “La situation épidémique est extraordinairement grave à Hong Kong”, a déclaré l’adjoint de la cheffe de l’exécutif Matthew Cheung, en annonçant que les rassemblements en public de plus de deux personnes seraient interdits.Même inquiétude en Belgique, un des pays qui compte le plus grand nombre de morts du Covid-19 par rapport à sa population (85 pour 100.000 habitants), où les autorités envisagent de durcir les mesures de prévention.“L’augmentation rapide du nombre de cas est inquiétante”, a déclaré la professeure Frédérique Jacobs, qui dirige la clinique de maladies infectieuses à l’hôpital Erasme de Bruxelles, soulignant que la situation était particulièrement problématique dans la province d’Anvers.De son côté, la région allemande Bavière veut désormais faire tester tous les voyageurs. Ces tests seront ouverts à tout le monde mais ne seront cependant pour le moment pas obligatoires.Londres a par ailleurs décidé de soumettre depuis dimanche les passagers en provenance d’Espagne à une période d’isolement, suscitant une vive réaction des autorités de ce pays, deuxième destination touristique mondiale derrière la France, et qui a clamé haut et fort être “un pays sûr”.Au total, la pandémie a fait au moins 649.577 morts dans le monde, sur plus de 16.295.350 cas, selon un bilan établi lundi par l’AFP.Le hajj en format réduitPour la première fois de l’histoire moderne, le grand pèlerinage à La Mecque, en Arabie saoudite, se fera à partir de mercredi avec un nombre de fidèles très réduit. Seuls 10.000 Saoudiens et résidents étrangers du royaume sont autorisés cette année à effectuer le hajj, contre 2,5 millions l’an dernier.A quelques jours de l’Aïd al-Adha, une fête traditionnellement marquée par des réunions familiales, le Maroc a annoncé qu’il allait limiter les déplacements entre grandes villes.En Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée, le gouvernement a ordonné lundi le confinement de la capitale, Port Moresby, après le premier décès confirmé dû au virus.D’autres pays comme le Venezuela et l’Algérie ont décidé de reconduire des mesures de confinement local. L’Indonésie a elle annoncé avoir franchi la barre des 100.000 contaminations.La Chine a fait état lundi de 61 nouveaux malades du Covid-19 en 24 heures, la plus importante augmentation journalière depuis mi-avril, après l’apparition de foyers dans trois provinces dont le Xinjiang (nord-ouest).Les Etats-Unis, pays le plus touché au monde, comptent pour leur part près de 4,230 millions de contaminations et près de 150.000 morts. Le nombre de nouveaux cas positifs a toutefois nettement ralenti dimanche à 55.187, son plus bas niveau depuis près de deux semaines.Vaccin expérimentalLe gouvernement américain s’est engagé à porter à jusqu’à près d’un milliard de dollars au total son soutien au développement d’un potentiel vaccin mis au point par la société américaine de biotechnologie Moderna, et qui s’apprête à entrer dans la dernière phase de son essai clinique.Ce vaccin expérimental, qui a déclenché des anticorps contre le coronavirus chez les 45 participants dans une première phase, pourra ainsi être testé à partir de lundi sur 30.000 personnes.Le Brésil, pays latino-américain le plus touché, a recensé dimanche près de 25.000 cas supplémentaires, pour un total de 2,4 millions. Il déplore plus de 87.000 morts.L’Europe totalisait lundi 208.082 décès pour 3.073.979 cas, l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes 184.168 décès (4.392.800 cas), les Etats-Unis et le Canada 155.854 décès (4.348.051 cas), l’Asie 57.914 décès (2.517.025 cas), le Moyen-Orient 25.600 décès (1.098.235 cas), l’Afrique 17.767 décès (848.612 cas), et l’Océanie 192 décès (16.648 cas).Jeunes mais pas “invincibles”Au Canada, les adultes de moins de 39 ans constituent désormais une nette majorité des nouveaux cas de Covid-19 recensés, ont averti dimanche les autorités sanitaires en appelant les jeunes à ne pas se sentir “invincibles”.Les personnes âgées ne sont pas les seules à risquer de graves problèmes de santé en cas de contamination, a mis en garde le Dr Theresa Tam, administratrice en chef de la santé publique du pays: sur les cas de Covid-19 signalés la semaine dernière, “63% concernaient des jeunes de moins de 39 ans, dont un tiers (31%) a été hospitalisé”.En France aussi, des élus inquiets ont appelé les jeunes à davantage de prudence et ordonné la fermeture de lieux de rassemblements comme les plages, les parcs et les jardins publics la nuit dans la ville côtière de Quiberon, dans l’ouest.Au Royaume-Uni, le gouvernement a dévoilé un vaste plan de lutte contre le surpoids et l’obésité, considérés comme des facteurs aggravants face à la maladie et qui concernent presque les deux tiers (63%) de la population britannique.Ce plan marque un virage à 180 degrés pour le Premier ministre Boris Johnson, qui s’était auparavant déclaré contre les “taxes sur nos péchés” et une approche “maternisante” de l’Etat.
Liverpool are keen to bring Schalke defender Ozan Kabak to the Premier League this summer, according to reports in Germany.
The 20-year-old completed a move to Germany from Galatasaray back in January 2019 and he managed 17 appearances in total as Stuttgart ended up being relegated from the Bundesliga.
After being linked with Manchester United and Arsenal, Kabak moved to Schalke last summer and has now established himself at the Veltins-Arena, making 28 appearances in all competitions.
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The Turkey international, who won his first and only cap in November, has been man of the match in two of his seven appearances since the Bundesliga resumed in June.
And now those performances have reportedly caught the eye of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp with Bild (via Sport Witness) claiming that the German coach is keen to bring him to Anfield this summer.
Bild call the potential deal for Kabak a ‘mega transfer’ with an offer ‘on the way’ from Liverpool.
The deal is ‘looming’ and any big fee would help the ‘financially stricken’ Bundesliga side, who are managed by former Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner.
Wagner is a close friend and former assistant of Klopp’s and the report claims that it could help smooth communication between the clubs, with Schalke demanding €35m for the centre-back.