Doo Hoi Kem, known as Hong Kong's "queen of the table tennis," has been a consistent performer on the world stage for many years. Her aggressive playing style, quick footwork, and tactical awareness have made her a dangerous opponent for any player. With her recent ascension to world number 35, Doo Hoi Kem is now on the cusp of breaking into the top tier of elite players in the world.Tensions are beginning to rise in the jungle and takes on the sixth Bushtucker trial. Over the weekend, rows have begun to break out among the hungry campers. McCullough had a tense exchange with Alan Halsall — who plays Tyrone on Corrie — as he wasn't happy about being woken up to be prompted to do his firewood chore. Coronation Street star Andy Whyment, who previously starred on I'm a Celebrity, called over his "wee Tyrone" comment. Elsewhere, Jane Moore accused new camp leaders Barry McGuigan and Danny Jones of "sexism" and "ageism" as they tasked her with the washing up — although Ant and Dec said they felt it was fair as the celebrities have to assign the chores to everyone. In Monday's episode, radio star McCullough takes on his sixth trial Jack the Scream Stalk (out of nine total Bushtucker trials this series so far). How will he fare? Follow our I'm a Celebrity live blog for the latest updates from the jungle... Ant chats "face your fears" at Dean McCullough while he tackles the Bushtucker trial in eye-opening scenes. McCullough is screaming and makes no secret of his struggle. He shrieks: "Come on lads! They're biting my hands! Don't tell me. Don't tell me." Already halfway through telling him, Ant stops from saying the full word: spiders. "Nothing! Nothing!" Shouts Dec. "Go very gentle," advises Ant. "He wasn't quick enough with the 'don't tell me'." "You were halfway through," agrees his co-star Dec. Upon realising it is spiders. McCullough begins to freak out. The Geordie presenters do their best to keep McCullough calm and Ant tries to spur him on by chanting "face your fears". New fear: Unlocked 😰 High in the Jungle sky, Dean still can’t escape the critters as he reaches dizzying new heights in his search for Stars! ⭐️ continues tonight at 9pm. — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) I'm a Celebrity's Richard Coles and Tulisa couldn't be voted to do Monday's Bushtucker trial, Jack and the Scream Stalk. The rev and the singer were immediately ruled out so fans couldn't vote for them. Ant and Dec made it clear neither of them would be in the running. It's no surprise that Dean McCullough was voted instead to do his sixth trial of the series so far. Jack and the Scream Stalk will see McCullough climb a ladder high up into the treetops and he will at points need to get stars from boxes. Inside the boxes are nasty surprises including spiders. Swapping rice and beans for magic beans... Your votes mean Dean will be facing Jack and The Scream Stalk in tomorrow night’s Trial 🌱 — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) Coleen Rooney called Donald Trump a "dirty b*****" in Sunday night's episode. She shocked her campmates with the story of how she met him with her husband Wayne Rooney. shared: "When we lived in America, we got invited to the White House for Christmas. "We walked in and we had to get like the official photograph taken in front of the Christmas tree and stuff; so Donald Trump said to his son: 'See, told ya! All the soccer players get the good-looking girls.'" Laughing, Rooney added: "I told my mum. I was like, 'Dirty b******!' He wanted Wayne to go over and teach his son how to play football." has praised her rival on . She wrote for : "It’s blowing a gale at home but there’s definitely a rumble in the jungle. Luckily it’s not in the campmates’ stomachs, as Teabag Dean had Coleen with him for Absolute Carnage and they managed to get nine stars. I’m applauding Coleen. She really held her nerve as the mealworms, cockroaches and rats crawled all over her." This may come as a surprise to viewers because Vardy has been using the opportunity to take digs at Rooney, saying she hoped to see she would eat penis and other nasties in the jungle trials. Rooney is reported to get a £1.5m payday but from Rooney's jungle stint — with her newspaper column and trademarking Wagatha Christie. Vardy and Rooney have one of the most famous fallouts in the UK showbiz world. Rooney exposed Vardy's Instagram account as the leak of newspaper stories about her life. Vardy sued Rooney for libel however when the WAGs battled it out in court, a judge ruled Rooney's social media post was "substantially true". 's Dean McCullough was called "disrespectful" by Alan Halsall's Coronation Street co-star Andy Whyment. McCullough and Halsall butted heads over jungle chores. McCullough got irritated with Halsall for waking him up to carry the firewood. Whyment, who took part in I'm A Celebrity in 2019 and the 2023's all star series, hit out at McCullough for taking aim at Halsall over the weekend. The soap star said on Lorraine Kelly's daytime chat show: "The bit that got me was when he was in the Bush Telegraph and said, 'I was asleep with wee Tyrone from Coronation Street standing over me'. "I just thought that was a bit disrespectful, I mean, Alan's a 42-year-old man. The way Dean was speaking to him, I think he was speaking to him like a child. I just thought it was a bit disrespectful."By JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., center, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, walk out of a meeting with Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, center speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, before testifying at a hearing, March 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a classified briefing on China, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance R-Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It’s a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time “with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar.” In another sign of Vance’s influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump’s first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships,” he said. “But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he’s not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
As the financial world holds its breath, awaiting news of the next steps in this unfolding drama, one thing remains clear: the path forward will be shaped by the decisions made behind closed doors and the policies that emerge in the days and weeks to come. The world watches and waits, ready to adapt to whatever new economic landscape may lie ahead.6. Poorly Ventilated Appliances: Gas-powered appliances such as water heaters, ovens, and dryers can produce carbon monoxide if they are not properly ventilated. Adequate airflow is essential to prevent CO buildup in the home.
Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs FREE LIVE STREAM (12/28/24): Watch NHL regular season online | Time, TV, channelThe disturbing sight of young people from traveller communities up and down the country - many of them children - being herded onto trains by police at Manchester Victoria railway station on Saturday has prompted anger, consternation and concern. The obvious upset, however, isn't confined to people from those traveller communities. The question being privately asked of Greater Manchester Police bosses by the Mayor's Office is whether it was really proportionate to use a so-called 'section 34' order to cover the whole of Manchester city centre . For some, it is an indiscriminate, blunt weapon that risks collateral damage. The order, made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, allows police to turn people away from a specified geographical area if they think there might be trouble - and arrest those who refuse. READ NEXT: Traveller girl, 13, ended up 'hysterical' in Grimsby after being herded onto train by police in Manchester The Manchester Evening News understands that the senior officers were well aware their decisions might well attract some public flak, but they sanctioned the order to prevent a repeat of trouble from previous years. The arrival of hundreds of young people from traveller communities from all across the country to enjoy Manchester's Christmas markets has become an important date in the social calendar of those communities. But it has also proved something of a headache, particularly for security and retailers in the Arndale centre which has been a particular focal point for young visitors. In November 2022, police were called to break up a 'huge' gathering of young traveller people at the Arndale amid reports that fire alarms had been triggered, fireworks set-off and people were 'running up and down the tram tracks' in Exchange Square. The crowds which gathered outside the Arndale in November 2022 (Image: Pat Karney) Police were, and are, sensitive to perceptions that senior officers appeared powerless to act despite what appeared to be widespread disorder. An even larger gathering of youths happened at the Arndale again on Saturday. Councillor Pat Karney, the council's city centre spokesman, was there and he tweeted that there were about 400 youths gathered, aged between nine and 19. He told the Manchester Evening News he saw no trouble 'unlike previous occasions' as he praised the efforts of police and security staff. However, the mass gatherings seen at the Arndale in previous years formed part of the decision-making of GMP bosses when they decided to sign the dispersal order. The city was also packed with people out Christmas shopping and football fans heading to the Etihad stadium for Manchester City's match against Tottenham Hotspur. It was very busy. The dispersal order, signed by a senior police officer at 12.13pm on Saturday, was 'in response to a rising number of reports, and in the interest of protecting the public from excessive anti-social behaviour, disorder, and criminality over the weekend', said the officer who signed it. GMP later clarified the order was 'due to intelligence' that groups of people were en route to Manchester on trains 'causing antisocial behaviour', with similar reports of trouble in the city centre already coming in. The order was signed and the effect was that cops were dispatched to Victoria and Piccadilly railway stations under instruction to stop the groups and send them back. Mobile footage shared widely online showed uniformed officers escorting young people into trains at Victoria, with many of them clearly unclear where exactly they were going to end up. One girl, aged 13, who had come from Doncaster, ended up in Grimsby. (Image: UGC) Her mother contacted the Manchester Evening News and said her daughter had called while she was being 'pushed' onto the train and was 'hysterical'. She said: "She didn't have a clue where it was going. She was crying and screaming. I could hear the police officers saying 'we don't care where you go, just get back on that train and get off now'. I was saying to put the police officers on the phone but I could hear them saying 'I don't want to speak to your mother - get on that train'." Jonny O'Brien, 26, claimed his 14-year-old sister was 'bullied' onto a train to Manchester Airport . A woman from Lancashire, 34, who declined to be named, said she was 'pushed, pulled and shouted at' by police at Victoria before being forced onto a train to York. "I haven't done anything wrong apart from going to the Christmas markets. It was an absolutely horrible experience," she said. Other footage showed police officers preventing some young travellers from entering stores in the city centre. The force confirmed later that they had broken up two fights and at least 40 individual dispersal orders were made telling people to leave town. The Traveller Movement, a national charity, said the police action was 'shocking' and 'completely unacceptable'. It is considering legal action. Greater Manchester's deputy mayor, Kate Green, called for a 'full report' from GMP. Most of those who visited on Saturday came from the north west and the Welsh borders. It was supposed to be a day out 'in their finery', according to the charity, which confirmed some visitors were as young as 11 although these were said to be accompanied by older siblings. Greater Manchester Police operating a dispersal order covering Manchester city centre (Image: men) As an MP, Ms Green was a co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, a forum for parliamentarians to address issues facing those communities. The group also called for a 'full investigation' saying 'over-policing and targeting of minority ethnic communities is never acceptable'. It's notable that, despite numerous requests by the Manchester Evening News , Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell has so far refused to comment. Tomorrow (Tuesday) the charity, Ms Green and senior officers of GMP will hold a crunch meeting at her offices. It will be a key test of the 'back to basics' policing promised by Stephen Watson when he was installed as chief constable in 2021. As well as an increase in the scale of arrests and the use of stop and search powers, a central plank of his approach was the increased use of 'dispersal orders'. They have typically been adopted following outbreaks of serious disorder or violence, for instance stabbings. But the geographical area covered by Saturday's dispersal order - virtually the entire city centre - was huge, and for the first time it appeared to target a specific community. Senior officers at GMP are believed to be confident the legislation was used correctly, but whether that position will survive a storm of protest and obvious anger within travellers communities is a question that only time will answer.Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country following heavy snowfall. Tourists have faced hours-long traffic jams and unpredictable weather conditions. Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country following heavy snowfall. Tourists have faced hours-long traffic jams and unpredictable weather conditions. Tourists who arrived in Kashmir were caught off-guard by the intense snowfall. The administration halted travelers heading towards Jammu between the Pampore and Khambal areas of the national highway due to road closures and advised them to return to Srinagar. However, many tourists, some with train bookings for tonight or tomorrow, were stranded on the roads, hoping to find a way to reach Jammu. Manju Devi, a tourist from Bareilly, shared her experience, saying, “These snowy valleys look beautiful, but now we are stuck. We’ve been in traffic jams for hours. Our train is booked, and the biggest issue is that we have small children with us, and we can’t find food. The administration needs to act quickly.” Many tourists who had planned to visit Kashmir for two days, including a group from Meerut, found themselves stuck in traffic jams for hours. One group had been stranded since 10 AM, with 13 people, including women and children, in their car. Rita Verma, a member of the group, said, “We’ve been stuck since morning. We were also stuck in traffic jams in Gulmarg yesterday, and now again today. We never expected so much snow.” The heavy snowfall that began yesterday afternoon continues in parts of Kashmir, particularly in the southern region, where 1.5 to 2.5 feet of snow has accumulated. Central Kashmir saw about one foot of snow, while North Kashmir received about five to six inches. The heavy snow has brought life in the region to a standstill. Thousands of tourists who reached Kashmir have also faced difficulties. Many missed their flights and had to seek shelter in local homes after spending hours in the snow overnight. The Kashmir Valley is now cut off from the rest of the country due to the snow, affecting both surface and air transport. Authorities have suspended traffic on all major highways, including the Jammu-Kashmir National Highway, Mughal Road, Srinagar-Ladakh Road, and Sinthan-Anantnag Road. Several roads in border and hilly areas are also closed. Efforts to clear the snow are ongoing, and as of the latest reports, about 50% of the roads have been cleared. Approximately 1,200 snow-clearing machines and snow dozers are working in the region. Drinking water supply has been fully restored, and 80% of electricity has been restored. Owais Ahmed, the Commissioner of the municipality, said, "We’ve been on the roads since last night. The administration, police, and local people have been working late into the night. Nearly every road has been cleared by this morning." In a statement on Twitter, the Chief Minister updated the public on the electricity situation. He shared that out of 41 feeders of 33 KV that were down in Kashmir due to the snowfall, 37 have been restored, and out of 739 faulty feeders of 11 KV, 639 have been recharged. The remaining feeders are expected to be restored by evening. Due to continuing snowfall, train services on the Banihal-Baramulla track have been suspended, and air traffic has been affected, with all flights cancelled for today. Throughout the night, the civil administration, police, and locals worked to help stranded tourists. They ensured that everyone, including tourists and locals, had safe shelter as snowfall intensity increased. Many people were sheltered in homes and mosques by locals in Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Pahalgam, and along the Jammu-Kashmir National Highway. The authorities have set up control rooms in each district, managed by the District Commissioner. Essential service phone numbers are being broadcast via news bulletins and social media. Tourists and locals are advised to avoid unnecessary travel and consult traffic officials and the administration before heading out. The Meteorological Department has forecast light snowfall for the morning and expects the weather conditions to improve after that. 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