Madonna shares support for Ukraine with release of ‘Sorry’ remix video

Roman Abramovich, the Russian owner of England’s Chelsea FC, one of soccer’s biggest clubs, said Wednesday that he is selling the franchise, with the proceeds to go to a foundation that will benefit war victims in Ukraine.

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic biopic.Daniel Radcliffe’s lead role as the titular musician and actor in WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story was confirmed last month (January 14), with production already underway.Now Wood is set to join the cast as Madonna, whose 1984 hit ‘Like A Virgin’ became a hit parody for Yankovic in the form of ‘Like A Surgeon’, which the pop star herself praised upon its release.The Office star Rainn Wilson has also been cast as Dr.

Prince Charles and his wife and future queen consort, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall showed their support for the Ukrainian community during a visit to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London on Wednesday. A day after the first in line to the throne spoke out against Russia and President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, he and his wife were greeted by Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, the Ukrainian Ambassador, Vadym Prystaiko, and his wife, Inna Prystaiko.

Ukraine to fight the Russians. Brave veteran George Parker, 30, spent seven months on frontline infantry in Afghanistan and says Vladimir Putin's Russian forces "can't throw anything at him he's not seen before."The soldier said he believed it was his moral duty to fly out to war-torn Ukraine to defend its sovereignty. Since Ukraine’s President Volydymr Zelensky announced an international call to arms for people to go to Ukraine and help defend his homeland, hundreds of Brits have registered their interest.

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, 44, shared two videos on her Instagram of Latvian First Lady Andra Levite and Lithuanian First Lady Diana Nausedene showing their support for Ukraine in wake of Russia’s attacks on the country on Wednesday March 2. Zelenska also gave an impassioned plea for people around the globe to speak out against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country’s deadly attacks on Ukraine in the videos’ caption.

Netflix has responded to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine by pausing all of its production and acquisitions work in the territory, Deadline sources confirm.

Netflix has responded to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine by pausing all of its production work and acquisitions from the territory, Deadline sources confirm.

Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine. Wetherspoon is one of many businesses placing their own sanctions on Russia as they have removed Russian beer from every fridge of their pubs up and down the country.

Russian national team and all clubs from the country in light of the Ukraine invasion. In a statement this afternoon, the sports gaming company announced they were taking action after Vladimir Putin's actions in recent days.

Falkirk stands ready to support the people of Ukraine, councillors have agreed as they called for an immediate lifting of visa requirements to enable refugees to enter the UK.

Vladimir Putin has been stripped of a number of his honorary sporting titles and awards in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian president has previously accumulated a range of titles and awards through his sporting endeavours and role in Russia hosting a number of major global events.In the last decade, Russia have hosted both the Winter Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, although their athletes are now being prohibited from competing in several events.Organisations and governing bodies have also started to sanction Putin himself in addition to suspending Russia from hosting and competing for the foreseeable future.The International Olympic Committee withdrew Putin's Olympic Order on Monday, the highest award that the Olympic movement can hand out.The IOC also recommended a ban on all Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions due to their military operations in Ukraine.On the same day, World Taekwondo released a statement confirming they had stripped Putin of his honorary black belt.It was also confirmed that no Russian or Belarusian flags or national anthems will be permitted at events, whilst events in the two countries will no longer be recognised.The statement read: "World Taekwondo strongly condemns the brutal attacks on innocent lives in Ukraine, which go against the World Taekwondo vision of 'Peace is More Precious than Triumph' and the World Taekwondo values of respect and tolerance.Should Russian athletes be banned from all international sporting events? Let us know in the comments section below."In this regard, World Taekwondo has decided to withdraw the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to Mr.

Russia and Ukraine crisis. Last week President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine as tensions escalated between the two countries.

In a State of the Union address front-loaded with calls to challenge Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden on Tuesday called for assistance from Congress in enacting his domestic agenda — and renewed his call for passage of the Equality Act to advance LGBTQ rights.

Vladimir Putin’s ex-wife in France has been vandalised with Ukrainian flags with the message “F*** Poutine” (Putin in French).Lyudmila Putin, who divorced the Russian leader in 2013, has seen the exterior of her new husband Artur Ocheretny’s south of France property being defaced with blue and yellow paint. The villa, which is estimated at £6 million according to the Mail, was targeted over the weekend following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it will no longer sell Russian beer due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

A third world war would be 'nuclear and destructive', a Russian minister has warned.

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was forced to apologise to viewers of the show when a Ukrainian guest swore at Russian President Vladimir Putin while live on air. Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka joined Dan and his co-host Sally Nugent on the morning show to talk about the current situation, as Russia continues to attack Ukraine.

Sergiy Stakhovsky only recently announced his retirement from the sport after going out in a first round qualifying defeat to American Jeffrey John Wolf at the Australian Open in January.But following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine last month, Stakhovsky signed up to fight with his country’s reservists.Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme earlier this week, the 36-year-old revealed that his children - who are too young to understand what's going on in Ukraine - think he's playing at a tennis tournament."My kids don’t know that I’m here, they don’t understand war, they are too little to understand what's going on," he told presenter Karthi Gnanasegaram, before adding that his wife didn't speak to him for a whole day after she learned of his plans to join the war effort.Pressed on where his children think he has gone, Stakhovsky responded: "That just maybe I am at another tennis tournament. I don’t know if my wife’s told them, but I told them I’d be right back."When asked how it felt to be separated from his family, he said: "Horrible.

low approval ratings — even among people who previously voted for him in 2020 — Biden attempted to use his speech as a reset for his presidency, decrying Russia and its power-hungry President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine while offering praise and support for the Ukrainian resistance, and seeking to clarify his (and by extension, his party’s) positions on various domestic issues by calling for programs and bills that would make Americans’ lives easier, fight inflation, get the country back to “normal” following a two-year interruption caused by the pandemic, and calling on states and cities to deal with rising crime rates by fully funding police using money appropriated by the American Rescue Plan.But as he went through the litany of various domestic concerns, Biden seemingly hit on many of the issues and promises he had run on as a candidate for president, even though much of his priorities have been killed in the U.S. Senate, due to the inability to gain 60 votes to overcome the silent filibuster (exacerbated by the refusal of traditionalists to change Senate rules to either eliminate or reduce the 60-vote threshold, or require the minority to actively filibuster pieces of legislation, thereby calling attention to their opposition) as well as political posturing by conservative Democrats like Sens.

Terrified young Russian soldiers are being reduced to tears as they fight in Ukraine with some being asked to "fire at everyone, even civilians", claims reports.

DAN Walker was forced to apologise as Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka told Vladimir Putin "f*** you" on BBC Breakfast this morning. The presenter stepped in after the passionate guest turned the airwaves blue.