Emirati air defences intercept missiles in skies over Abu Dhabi

Emirati air defences intercept missiles in skies over Abu Dhabi

"Emirati air defences were seen intercepting missiles in the skies over Abu Dhabi on Saturday, as the US and Israel attacked Iran and the Iranian side launched a response. According to Emirati media, the UAE Defence Ministry said its air defences 'successfully intercepted a number of missiles' launched by Iran, and reported that one person had been killed. Donald Trump confirmed 'major combat operations' in Iran in a video posted on his Truth Social: "To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity - or in the alternative, face certain death." Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a joint operation to "remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran". He later called on the Iranian people to 'take their fate into their own hands'. The Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps then reported the 'first wave' of 'widespread missile and drone and attacks' against Israel was underway. Iran's Foreign Ministry stated: "History bears witness that Iranians have never bowed their heads in submission to foreign aggression". It comes following three rounds of talks between the Iranian and American sides, one in Muscat and two in Geneva in recent weeks. "

Cruz Beckham review – son of David and Victoria transcends nepo-baby tag with intriguing psych-pop

Cruz Beckham review – son of David and Victoria transcends nepo-baby tag with intriguing psych-pop

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff His music is still all over the place, lurching from landfill indie to solipsistic ballads, but the youngest Beckham son can certainly play guitar “Memorabilia,” the person on the door says, passing out a commemorative ticket welcoming fans to Cruz Beckham’s show in “Cardiff, England”. It’s an inauspicious start, particularly in a building that’s a decades-old monument to Welsh-language culture, but once the house lights go down, there’s enough to suggest that, even if he’ll never make it as a geography teacher, he could give this music thing a proper lash. It would be easy to go in studs-up on Beckham, the youngest son of David and Victoria. He’s already a tabloid fixture, his profile supercharged by the recent intra-family beef that has opened up new seams in the content mines, and his every move might duly be viewed with cynicism. His desire to play clubs, to “do it the right way”? The machinations of a nepo-prince currying favour with the masses. Continue reading...