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Hagia Sophia: Former Istanbul museum welcomes Muslim worshippers Crowds gathered in Istanbul as the historic Hagia Sophia site opened for Friday prayers for the first time since Turkish authorities ruled it could be converted into a mosque. "Muslims are excited, everyone wants to be at the opening," Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday. The 1,500-year-old Unesco World Heritage site became a museum in 1934. But a Turkish court annulled its status, saying any use other than as a mosque was "not possible legally". The decision to turn it back into a mosque was criticised by religious and political leaders worldwide. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded quickly to the July ruling, vowing that the world-famous site would be ready for Friday prayers from 24 July, and he was seen joining worshippers at around midday (09:00 GMT). About 1,000 people were allowed in through security checkpoints, while others laid out prayer mats outside. Hagia Sophia was built as an Orthodox Christian cathedral and first converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest nine centuries later. While there was considerable excitement as crowds headed to the Unesco site, not everyone was happy. The secular opposition party that runs Istanbul has described the move to turn it back into a mosque after 86 years as political rather than religious. In pictures: Hagia Sophia opens for Muslim worship In neighbouring Greece, which was marking the anniversary of the restoration of democracy in 1974, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis conveyed a message of sorrow to millions of Greek Orthodox Christians. Hagia Sophia's change of status by Turkey was not a show of power, but evidence of weakness, he declared. Outside Hagia Sophia By Neyran Elden, BBC Turkish Tens of thousands of men and women waited for the call to prayer - many had travelled from cities across Turkey. Worshippers took their places on the grass or on the pavement. The lucky ones found shade under a tree. Security was tight across the historic peninsula of Istanbul, and at one point dozens of worshippers broke through a police checkpoint. A group of men waved Turkish flags and chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest). There was only space inside Hagia Sophia for 1,000 people at a time While a significant section of Turkish society has criticised the change to a mosque, the emotion and enthusiasm outside it was palpable. A 45-year-old woman said she had always liked Hagia Sophia as a museum, but "always thought it was a cold building". Now was the moment for Turkey to reinforce its independence, she added. "We have been waiting for this moment since our childhood." What was it like inside? In a televised address on Thursday, Governor Yerlikaya urged those attending prayers on Friday to bring "[face] masks, a prayer rug, patience and understanding" to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. He added that healthcare workers would be made available at the site. Inside, a turquoise carpet had been laid on the floor to prepare for prayers and Christian relics were covered up with white drapes or obscured by lighting. Scaffolding was erected inside the dome as builders scrambled to convert the interior of the ancient building. By Friday the scaffolding was largely covered by red panelling. Among the Christian mosaics expected to be obscured during Muslim prayer was the 9th-Century mosaic of the Virgin Mary and Jesus inside the apse. Why was Erdogan's move controversial? Islamist groups and devout Muslims in Turkey had long called for Hagia Sophia to become a mosque again, but secular opposition members opposed the move. When President Erdogan announced the decision on 10 July, it was met with widespread criticism. Pope Francis responded by saying that his "thoughts go to Istanbul", adding: "I think of Santa Sophia and I am very pained." The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew I, warned that the conversion of the building would "disappoint millions of Christians" and fracture two worlds. The World Council of Churches, a worldwide Christian organisation, warned the decision would sow division. Unesco said it regretted the move, which further enflamed tensions with neighbouring Greece, home to millions of Orthodox followers. Why tensions have flared between Turkey and Greece Erdogan: Turkey's pugnacious president But Mr Erdogan stressed that the country had exercised its sovereign right. "After 86 years, Hagia Sophia will serve as a mosque again, in the way Fatih the conqueror of Istanbul had indicated in his deed," he said. He added that the building would remain open to all Muslims, non-Muslims and foreign visitors. Many Turks were sceptical. A former Erdogan ally, Ali Babacan, said Hagia Sophia had "come to the agenda now only to cover up other problems". Novelist Orhan Pamuk told the BBC earlier this month that converting it back to a mosque was a statement to the world that Turks did not want to be secular any more, even though millions of Turks had been happy with its status as a museum. Kemal Ataturk changed... Hagia Sophia from a mosque to a museum, honouring all previous Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic history, making it as a sign of Turkish modern secularism The head of the secular Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, said that all the president was concerned with was domestic politics. And a July opinion poll suggested 43% of Turks saw the move as a way of avoiding discussion of the country's economic difficulties. What's the history? The iconic, domed building sits in Istanbul's Fatih district, on the west bank of the Bosporus, overlooking the Golden Horn harbour. Hagia Sophia's complex history began almost 1,500 years ago, when Byzantine emperor Justinian built the huge church in the year 537. In 1453, in a devastating blow to the Byzantines, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captured Istanbul (formerly known as Constantinople) and Hagia Sophia - an Orthodox Christian cathedral - was converted into a mosque for Friday prayers. Four minarets were added to the exterior, while ornate Christian icons and gold mosaics were covered with panels of Arabic religious calligraphy. After centuries at the heart of the Muslim Ottoman empire, it was turned into a museum in 1934 in a drive to make Turkey more secular. It has since become one of its most po[CENSORED]r tourist sites, receiving more than 3.7 million visitors last year. Although it has had a small prayer room since 1991, and calls to the faithful have been heard before, Friday's event is the first mass prayers inside the site since the 1930s.

Premier League and EFL 2020-21 seasons to start on 12 September Liverpool were crowned 2019-20 Premier League champions The 2020-21 Premier League and English Football League seasons will start on 12 September. The top-flight campaign will end on 23 May, while the Championship, League One and League Two seasons will culminate on 8 and 9 May. The play-off finals will take place on the final weekend in May. The current Premier League season will end on Sunday after it was suspended for three months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The regular Championship season concluded on Wednesday, with the play-offs finishing on 4 August. Most League One and League Two teams have not played since March. Eight days without football - the shortest off-season ever? The Premier League said it would "continue to consult" with the Football Association and EFL "regarding the scheduling of all domestic competitions". However, the start date for teams still playing in European competitions is still under discussion. It remains possible they will be given a delayed start, given they could be playing well into August. Last-16 ties in the Europa League - featuring Manchester United and Wolves - resume on 5 August, with the final scheduled to take place on 21 August. Remaining Champions League last-16 ties resume from 7 August, with Manchester City and Chelsea still in the competition. The final will take place on 23 August.

Coronavirus: Amsterdam wants nothing to do with Europe’s tourism revival, asks visitors to keep away Europeans are free to travel again, but Amsterdam’s mayor is anxiously telling visitors to stay away. The return of crowds meandering through the city’s narrow streets could spark a new wave of infections, putting local officials in the unusual position of actively trying to keep people from visiting. “If you want to come, then think twice about it,” Femke Halsema said in an interview in the garden of her 17th century mayor’s office on Thursday. “The tourists who are coming to Amsterdam at the moment I want to say quite urgently: avoid the busy places, avoid the weekend.” Amsterdam has been struggling with crowds since cheaper flights made the city’s historic center a po[CENSORED]r weekend destination. Before coronavirus lockdowns, its renowned red-light district, marijuana shops and picturesque canals attracted over 1 million visitors a month -- more than its permanent po[CENSORED]tion. The reputation as Europe’s party town strained resources and pushed locals out of the center. The pandemic adds a public-health element to Amsterdam’s tourism backlash. “Corona and mass tourism just don’t go together -- certainly not in a historic city center like in Amsterdam,” said Halsema. “There is a risk of contamination,” as a large increase in tourists means that it’s no longer possible to maintain social-distancing rules. A recent influx of visitors prompted the Amsterdam government last Saturday to close several streets in the narrow alleys where scantily-clad prostitutes pose in brothel windows. It put up signs on the po[CENSORED]r Dam square to warn people of the danger of spreading the disease, advising them to maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters (5 feet). In an effort to limit risky behavior, one-way walking lanes have been implemented and parts of the red-light district can be closed. Shops in the dense 500-year-old center will be banned from selling alcohol from Thursdays to Sundays starting this weekend and until at least Sept. 1. While new infections remain low compared to the height of the pandemic, cases doubled last week, Dutch health agency RIVM said on Tuesday, warning that the disease is spreading again. Halsema pointed the finger at young people from neighboring countries looking for a cheap thrill without adding much to the local economy. More broadly, the backsliding on rules designed to thwart infections is cause for concern. “In general, you see all over Europe that people are increasingly not caring about social distancing,” Amsterdam’s first female mayor said. “That is really very worrying.” (This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

Friday Fix: Autocar's best of the week As the working week draws to a close, you no doubt want to catch up with everything that has happened in the world of motoring over the past few days. So we’re bringing you our favourite videos, stories, photos and quotes of the week all in one place. Here are today’s picks: After several setbacks and a series of false starts, it looks like the team reviving Britain's lost TVR brand now has a hope of bringing the V8-powered Griffith sports car to market. We met with bosses Les Edgar and Jim Berriman to hear their 18-month plan to get off the ground for good, and to find out what could follow the long-awaited flagship. "They don't make 'em like they used to", or so the saying goes. But can that really be true of Renault's feisty Nurburgring-attacking Megane RS hot hatch flagships? We pit the new Megane RS 300 Trophy R against its R26R and 275 Trophy R to see how exceptionally they perform on the road, and which does it best. PHOTO OF THE WEEK The new, third-generation Bentley Flying Spur certainly looks the part, but with more to prove than ever before, can the four-door sibling to the brilliant Continental GT prove itself worthy of a five-star road test verdict? We put the £170,000 luxury cruiser through its paces to see if it can sustain one of Britain's best-loved car brands through one of its most difficult periods yet. Bentley Flying Spur road test QUOTE OF THE WEEK "There was a perception that much of what we planned was aesthetic, but the way the car drives, feels, goes, stops and sounds is actually where a lot of our efforts have been focused." The Vanquish 25, the debut model from ex-Jaguar designer Ian Callum's new Callum design group, might look near-identical to the original Vanquish, but its developers are confident its worth the extra £400,000 outlay. Beyond the altered styling, tweaks include a lowered ride, widened track and bespoke tyres in the name of 'fixing' Callum's original design for the car. Ian Callum's Vanquish 25: production version revealed FROM THE ARCHIVE As well as being one of the most visually stunning cars on the market, the Cosmo coupé was the first model Mazda sold in the UK. And what's more, it was also propelled by a revolutionary type of powertrain that's now become inexorably linked with the Japanese manufacturer: the rotary wankel. We look back to 1968, when we got behind the wheel of the two-seater that "handled like a Porsche". Back to top Throwback Thursday: 1968 Mazda 110S first drive PO[CENSORED]R OPINION Why has Renault re-signed F1 legend Fernando Alonso over the up-and-coming Formula 2 talent already on its books? The 39-year-old, having spent two years away from the grid and not won a GP since 2013, will take Daniel Ricciardo's vacant seat next year, which seems like a controversial choice, but at the end of the day, Renault really has to start winning again.

@myCro ? I have thought a lot and at this time I have one idea and it may be almost related to the GOG project and the idea is to make patrols or tournaments for different games, for example for cs1.6 or CSGO or Call Of duty or other game and of course to coordinate that is a vote for any game that the person wants to participate in with Knowing that voting will take place every week or two until the end of the game championship that occurs at that time, and the teams will be formed based on the number of participants, they may be: - 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2 or 3 vs 3 .........etc. Several games such as the quarter-finals or semi-finals and the final will be filmed only and will be shared on YouTube, which will make fans of challenges for several games enter our forum and participate in these tournaments and of course when new users come to our forum and the prizes that may be offered by VIP free with the help of Administour or give DC or some The beautiful medals will be composed of three mattresses. What developed this idea in my mind is the idea of this project :- With the help of our designers and the team of this project, great videos will be made with attractive effects and uploaded to a channel that is dedicated to the forum, and ads will be made before the start of the tournament, which will allow YouTube followers to register and enter these battles. The first tournament will be held if this idea is done lightly inside the forum, meaning that the participants are our comrades on the forum, and then we will raise the tournament to YouTube and announce the tournament that will come later with the date for registration, when the registration ends and when the tournament begins and all related matters. I know that it is almost a crazy idea and it looks like the impossible idea, but if we all cooperate, that is, if two projects cooperate together and be a joint project, the work will be wonderful and amazing, and there is no harm in trying always, so the basis for success is trying.

Ukraine hostage crisis: Lutsk siege ends after president's bizarre video The man was arrested after a siege lasting several hours A stand-off in Ukraine has ended with security forces freeing 10 hostages from a bus in the city of Lutsk and detaining the gunman, after a bizarre intervention by the president. Pictures showed the gunman lying on the ground after his arrest. Just before the man's arrest, President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a short video to comply with one of his demands, saying the words: "Everyone should watch the 2005 film Earthlings." All the hostages are unharmed. The man has been named by police as Maksym Kryvosh, 44, who has previous convictions. He had originally been holding 13 people but released three after talks with Mr Zelensky. "Lutsk. Everyone is okay," Interior Minister Arsen Avakov tweeted (in Russian) following the end of the siege. Skip Twitter post by @AvakovArsen Луцк. Все целы! pic.twitter.com/ivB4u6sQEH — Arsen Avakov (@AvakovArsen) July 21, 2020 Report End of Twitter post by @AvakovArsen Mr Avakov was in Lutsk to lead negotiations with the gunman. What was the president's role in the stand-off? Mr Zelensky held talks with the hostage-taker, which his spokeswoman Yuliya Mendel said had led to the release of the first three hostages. The president then posted a brief video on his Facebook page in which he said in Russian the words: "Everyone should watch the 2005 film Earthlings." One of the demands of the hostage-taker had been for the president to encourage people to watch the 2005 Hollywood-made animal rights documentary. Shortly afterwards, Mr Avakov announced the end of the siege, and Mr Zelensky deleted the video. The gunman released three of the hostages before the siege was ended The film, narrated by Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix, won several minor festival awards. It shows, sometimes with hidden cameras, the practices of major world industries which rely on animals. How did the siege develop? The siege began at about 09:00 local time (06:00 GMT). At one point the hostage-taker fired shots and threw explosives which did not detonate. His demands included one that senior politicians state publicly that they were terrorists. Officers of the counter-terrorism SBU security services surrounded the bus, and several hours of tense stand-off and negotiations ensued. Kryvosh has several convictions for fraud and illegal handling of weapons According to the prosecutor general's office, the gunman said he had placed an explosive device in a public place in the city that could be detonated remotely. Police cordoned off the city centre and told residents not to leave their homes or offices. It was not clear whether any device was found. However, Mr Avakov later confirmed that Kryvosh had several functioning firearms and genuinely posed a threat. "A lengthy prison sentence awaits him," he told journalists. Officials said Kryvosh had previously spent around 10 years in prison on convictions including fraud and the illegal handling of weapons.

Matt Parkinson: England leg-spinner to miss ODI series against Ireland Matt Parkinson (right) with fellow England spinner Dom Bess England leg-spinner Matt Parkinson has been ruled out of the one-day international series against Ireland with a sprained ankle. The 23-year-old Lancashire bowler suffered the injury during fielding practice on Monday. Parkinson will miss the three ODIs at the Ageas Bowl, the first of which is on 30 July. He made his international debut against South Africa in February, featuring at Cape Town and Durban. "Get well soon Parky," England Cricket tweeted on Tuesday, confirming the news. The England and Wales Cricket Board is yet to confirm if Parkinson will be replaced, with players already inside the 'bio-secure bubble' that was created to guard against coronavirus before England's Test series against the West Indies began in early July.

Exploring neighbourhoods can be as satisfying as travelling abroad, study finds Doing new things and getting new experiences is the key, so if you have a dog, take it to a new park, or a new locality. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock) While this may seem surprising to some, especially those who love to travel, but a recent research has found that there is as much joy in exploring your neighbourhood as there is in visiting a new country. International travel may be off-limits for now, given the circumstances, but that should not stop you from exploring and finding out new things about your immediate surroundings. In fact, the research says, it could be a thrilling experience! The study has been published in Nature Neuroscience, and it says there is joy in exploring any location, even if that is around the corner from where you live. For the research, the team tracked the movements of more than 100 people residing in New York and Miami in the US, over the course of a few months. It was found that those people who had new and diverse experiences on a regular basis showed increase in the levels of happiness, along with other such positive emotions. ALSO READ | Looking for a quick vacation? Check out these hotel deals To put simply, these experiences do not have to be about travelling long distances, and they certainly do not have to be elaborate either. The research says the key is to find yourself in different locations on a daily basis. “Using geolocation tracking, experience sampling and neuro-imaging, we found that daily variability in physical location was associated with increased positive effect in humans,” the researchers were quoted as saying. ALSO READ | Work-from-home just shifted to the hills So, if you are someone who does not go out every day, or goes out but to the local supermarket only, the findings of this research can help. You have to understand that you must not limit yourself to visiting one place only. In lockdown, people may be undergoing many different emotions, and travelling can help. Just make sure there is some variety in your movement. This could mean you can step and explore a previously-unexplored part of your neighbourhood. Doing new things and getting new experiences is the key, so if you have a dog, take it to a new park, or a new locality. Alternatively, if there is not much space to go out and explore, you can pick up a new book and sit in a corner of your house to read it. Whatever you do, make sure you are safe.

Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo: electric estate spied testing The upcoming Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo has been spotted undergoing on-road testing for the first time. Disguised prototypes of Porsche's second electric model have previously been spied testing at the Nürburgring, and being put though their paces near the arctic circle as part of winter testing. These latest images give us our best look yet at the rugged estate, which is set to join the German brand's line-up in 2021. This latest test mule gives us a clearer look at the rear windowline and rear-end shape, as well as a front end that appears to share a strong likeness with that of the Taycan saloon. Beyond the trailing edge of the front doors, however, the Taycan Cross Turismo receives a unique appearance, as with the Panamera and Panamera Sport Turismo. Among the styling elements differentiating the Taycan Cross Turismo from the four-door Taycan are a longer roof and a steeper-angled tailgate, both aimed at providing it with greater load space. This latest prototype is also sporting roof rails, which should allow for even more practicality, while plastic wheel arch edging promises extra protection. The production version of the new model builds on the Mission E Cross Turismo concept revealed at the 2018 Geneva motor show. The added ground clearance of the concept, intended to provide the car with moderate off-road ability in combination with four-wheel drive, appears to be making its way into the production version. In all other respects, it will be identical to the Taycan saloon, with the choice of three power outputs – and more likely to be on the way. The range will kick off with the 523bhp 4S, with a 671bhp Turbo and 751bhp Turbo S also offered. Expect a low four-figure price increase for the Taycan Cross Turismo. Given the model's rugged nature, it seems unlikely that a rear-wheel-drive-only base model will join the line-up, as with the China-only RWD Taycan. In an industry first, Porsche’s Tesla Model S rival has been engineered to support an 800V charging system. An 80% recharge is therefore claimed to be possible in “less than 15 minutes”. As with the Taycan saloon, the estate will be produced on a new dedicated line at Porsche’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen, on the outskirts of Stuttgart, Germany.

Panama: Seven young people killed on trip to Gatún Lake Police in Panama are investigating the killing of seven young people whose bodies were found in a wooded area near a lake on Saturday. The victims - four women and three men aged between 17 and 22 - were found near Gatún Lake, 50 miles (80km) north of the capital, Panama City. They had been in a group of 13 making a trip to the lake. The six who escaped said two armed men had attacked them. One person has been arrested, according to the public prosecutor's office. What is known? The bodies were found in a wooded area called Espinar in Colón province. Five of the bodies were in an abandoned bunker and two in separate locations in the woods. Forensic tests reveal that all of them had gunshot wounds to the head, local media report. The group of 13 youngsters - nine from Colón province and four who were visiting from Panama City - left on Friday morning to go swimming in Gatún Lake. Their families went to the police to raise the alarm when they had not returned home by Friday night. Relatives and locals searching for the missing youngsters came across the bodies on Saturday. The bunker where five of the bodies were located is a remnant from the time when the US Southern Command had bases in Panama. What happened? The surviving six described being attacked by two gunmen. A survivor said that one of the gunman had called one of those who was later killed by his name, which has led investigators to assume that the attack was not random. All of those killed lived in the same area in Colón called Valle Verde. The suspect under arrest comes from that same area. While some locals pointed out that the bunker had in the past been used by dealers to sell drugs, investigators have said that the victims had no known links to drugs or gangs but that they were a group of school and university students. Prosecutor Adolfo Pineda has revealed little detail about the lines of inquiry. He told reporters that it was "a shocking occurrence from all points of view". Investigators took five of the six survivors to the crime scene on Sunday to try and reconstruct what happened.

Jude Bellingham: Borussia Dortmund sign midfielder from Birmingham City Jude Bellingham (right) has played at youth level for England Birmingham City teenager Jude Bellingham has completed a move to German giants Borussia Dortmund which could eventually be worth over £30m. The 17-year-old midfielder has signed a long-term deal with Dortmund. Bellingham, who is the Blues' youngest player, will leave the Championship club after their final game of the season on Wednesday. "I'm incredibly excited to have joined one of Europe's biggest clubs," said the England Under-17 international. "The direction they are heading in and how much they help to improve young players made it an easy decision for myself and my family. "I can't thank Birmingham City enough for what they have done for me, not just this past year but since the age of seven. Once a blue always a blue." 'Incredible emotional intelligence, clever, role model' - why Bellingham could be a hit like Sancho at Dortmund Dortmund were Bellingham's preferred choice ahead of a number of English clubs, including Manchester United. United even arranged a meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson when Bellingham visited their training ground. However, Dortmund's recent impressive history of developing young players, most notably Jadon Sancho and Christian Pulisic, proved persuasive, in addition to Dortmund's continuing presence in the Champions League. In August 2019, Bellingham broke the record of former England striker Trevor Francis as Birmingham's youngest player, when he made his first-team debut aged 16 years 38 days. He also scored the winner against Stoke on his home debut.

Shakuntala Devi e-promotions: Vidya Balan keeps it simple in Coimbatore cotton sari What do you think of her sari look? (Source: Vidya Balan/Instagram | Designed by Gargi Singh) Vidya Balan is all set to grace our small screens with her latest film, Shakuntala Devi, and is busy promoting the film without stepping out of her house. But at least the pictures are reminding us the way things used to be. She was recently seen in a Coimbatore cotton sari which, as her caption reveals, was bought from a weavers exhibition. A sari loyalist, the actor looked lovely in the simple cotton sari which she teamed with a contrasting blouse, and completed the look with kohl and a small bindi. Divulging more details about the sari, she wrote, “The saree is a Korvai Kora Cotton, woven in the district of Coimbatore. Textured body of the saree with zari borders in contrast colours are a trademark of the humble weave. The handwoven saree gets softer with each wear. Bought at a small exhibition in Coimbatore, our country has exceptional skill at the grassroots.” Check out the pictures below: Prior to this, she was in a fuchsia cotton outfit from Urvashi Kaur. What do you think of her look? or more lifestyle news, follow us: Twitter: lifestyle_ie | Facebook: IE Lifestyle | Instagram: ie_lifestyle ? The Indian Express is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines For all the latest Lifestyle News, download Indian Express App.

The Autocar guide to your first electric car The time has come for electric cars. Lockdown has eased and because of that we’re seeing a rapid acceleration in demand for new cars — along with a determination in many a keen owner’s mind that perhaps this is a time to take a new view of life, and concentrate on what really matters. For many of us, that means making a well-informed and far-sighted decision about what our new car should be. Do we stick with the same, safe internal combustion choices, or embrace the future with an EV. We know it’s coming: why not do it now? Even before the arrival of Covid-19, 2020 was always going to be a big year for EV sales. The biggest European car manufacturers must this year begin reducing the fleet average CO2 tailpipe emissions of their cars to 95g/km, and selling a decent number of zero-emission EVs is a good way to do that. And now electric car supply is rising fast. There are good reasons for considering the change. The supply of enticing models has grown from a dozen to 40-plus in short order, and there’s now a viable second hand EV market. Company car economics have moved decisively in the EV’s favour: VED and excise duty are eliminated, parking costs are low, fuelling costs are slashed and London’s congestion charge simply doesn’t apply. What used to be a speculative topic has become a serious option. Here’s our guide to every electric car you can buy:

Let me just tell you this, I do not need these allegations, it is true that everyone believed that I did problems on this server, but you do not know the truth, so I say there is no need for these things because I did wrong enough in it and did not forget but I did not enter into it again except that I have my loyal friends believe me This is enough for me because what happened during my absence from the servant and society in a way during my studies and I believe that the truth will emerge one day, but I did not bother anyone I tried to understand with the president and did not believe so I told him that the truth will appear one day and I did not talk about the subject again and this matter also A reason I lost my dear account of this community, and this is the second injustice that I have wronged, and thirdly, I do not blame you, but I tell you we are children today, and it happens in the past, you do not need to remember because some people try to forget that past. And another thing, if I strive towards the ranks, I would not have left the VGR project. You are not a fortune teller. You know what is in the hearts of people. Please do not oppress anyone. In the end, I respect your opinion and your decision. People hate me and wronged me, but I will let them know my truth. For me, after happiness there will be happiness, and I cannot say anything else. The decision is the decision of the managers. Thanks again for your opinion. @#PREDATOR

¤ In addition to the GOG project and the Journalist section, what other responsibilities could you take? And what could you contribute to it? When I made this request, I put all the possibilities that I should be responsible for some things and take responsibility in these matters, so I presented with confidence that I will do what I can and take responsibility and I will do what is required of me according to my rank and help those who are higher than me in the rank and everyone who needs help Likewise, whether it is the same as my rank or less, for me, we are all equal and ranks are just a name. I also want to contribute to making this dear forum for my heart to develop more and more in the future because for me this forum is my second world or I can say my second family, we are in this forum we all seek To cooperate show our skills and make friends ¤ Do you like team working? What is the best way to solve a problem between two people? Yes, I love teamwork because the more team work, the more elaborate the work, and it is much better than individual work, and this is what this dear forum requires. The best way to solve a problem between two people is to sit with them and speak with them and understand the subject correctly, and the important thing in this matter is not alignment with one of the two parties, so if you will rule between the two parties, you must consider the two parties, then the judgment between them must be done with justice and discussion. ¤ And finally, what are your ideas for the community in the future? (Proposals 2 or 3 Take your time) I will not try to arrogate and show that I do not care for any of these suggestions, but if the matter is for me, then the most important thing is that I must show full responsibility in this matter. Teamwork is also important in this matter. If I want to work on my own, the mistakes will be many, and no one will correct you for this. When working collectively, the mistakes are less. So I can say that both proposals 2 and 3 are very important to the future of this community I aim to make other people feel what I feel when I am feeling the second home my own second world feeling and I aim to create a project in my name in the future when I am allowed to have this opportunity. Thank you for your qussion and this chance for tell you my answer @axelxcapo

Nick: ^_^ Crosaki Ichigo ^_^ Real name: MohammedBazzar How old are you?: 18 Which Games you play? and for how long?(each of them): Cs1.6 & Paladins and call of duty MW3 at less on cs1.6 5 hour per day and call of duty when i need ana Paladins at less 2 hour per day Where are you from?(country and city): Palestine Describe yourself(at least 50 words): I do not want to exaggerate and be arrogant I am a human being like any other person I love justice and I have dignity and pride and pride My goals in this life are great and there is no harm in the pursuit behind it I love to form friendships and meet new friends My goals towards knowledge and mastery of things are great so the thing that I love perfect it and who I love his work Master it and excel in it I love working in a team, especially if they have the same interest. Note some of your qualities: Generous, fair and cute, I like to joke around Tell us some of your defects: He may be emotional and angry at times on some things, but I understand about it Had you before any kind of responsabilities(describe it): just if i got manager in other server and when i join in project On which category/categories have you been active lately?(describe your activity): i join team VGR maybe 2 weeks and i know on project GOG and Journlists and Devil Memory Which category/project you want to care off?(choose from THIS LIST): i think all project is cool have points and maybe other like this project but about me i think i will chose that DOMAINS How well you speak english?(and other languages): from 75% to 95% Do you use TS3? Do you have an active microphone?: Yes , Yes Contact methods: FACEBOOK , Steam , or whatsapp +970 569279982 Last request: this first.

Coronavirus spike continues amid new Catalonia restrictions Mask-wearing is encouraged in Barcelona as the region endures new restrictions Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region has again recorded a daily Covid-19 infection figure of more than 1,000, as residents endure new restrictions. Health authorities are trying to halt this week's surge, which has led to four million people around Barcelona being asked to stay home for 15 days. Catalonia's is the worst of 150 Spanish outbreaks and neighbouring France says closing borders should be discussed. Spain has recorded 260,000 cases and there have been 28,400 deaths. Spain orders culling of almost 100,000 mink What's the latest in Catalonia? The latest 24-hour figures from the region's department of health on Saturday record another 1,226 cases, 894 of them in the Barcelona metropolitan area, adding to a surge over the past week. The surge led to tough new measures being announced on Friday. Although they did not amount to a full lockdown, they have caused considerable concern in a region that was hoping to see an easing of restrictions. The measures, for an initial period of 15 days for Barcelona, La Noguera and El Segrià, include: No meetings of more than 10 people in public or private No visits to nursing homes Only leave the house for essential activities Closure of nightclubs and gyms, restrictions on bars and restaurants, suspension of cultural activities and recreational sport Barcelona bar owner Maria Quintana told AFP: "We'd just started to see things coming back to life with the arrival of a few foreign tourists, so this is a step backwards." Spain only ended its tough national lockdown about four weeks ago and was hoping to kick-start the economy, particularly with tourism numbers. The streets of Barcelona were reported emptier on Saturday, although some residents may have defied orders and headed off in cars for second homes. What has France said? New Prime Minister Jean Castex was asked whether a closure of borders could be possible amid Spain's report of 150 new virus clusters. He said: "We are monitoring this very closely, here in particular, because it is a real issue that we also need to discuss with the Spanish authorities." The border was only reopened to general citizens on 21 June. France's deaths from coronavirus currently stand at just over 30,000. How are the EU's plans for coronavirus relief going? On Saturday, discussions in Brussels over a huge post-coronavirus economic recovery plan were grinding on. The second day of talks was getting mixed reviews. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said there was a "stalemate" but Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said he thought they were going in the right direction. Some "frugal" northern nations like the Netherlands and Sweden have balked at the €750bn ($857bn; £680bn) package, arguing it should be loans not grants. A revised plan would tone down the level of grants but there appears to be a long way to go.

Jessica Ennis-Hill: A personal guide through the magic of Olympic gold In that snapshot, Jessica Ennis-Hill looks serene. A few metres behind her, her rivals are stretching and straining for the finish line. Tatyana Chernova's face is a picture of pain. Ennis-Hill is ahead, untouchable. With the roars of 80,000 fans ringing in her ears, with her eyes facing skywards and her arms aloft, she is at peace. "In that moment I had no control. I was finally free," Ennis-Hill says now, looking back on her crowning moment from London 2012. That dominant victory in the 800m, the seventh and final event of the heptathlon, was the moment she won Olympic gold. "I had never celebrated across the finish line before," remembers the 34-year-old. "And I never really had a plan to celebrate in London. "But it was pure relief. It felt like I'd been holding my breath through the whole two days." She wasn't the only one. Short presentational grey line In the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, Ennis-Hill was the undisputed 'face of the Games', the woman charged with delivering London's 'Cathy Freeman moment'. Mo Farah and the men's rowing coxless four shouldered a similar burden as pre-event favourites. But they didn't carry the weight of a nation in quite the same way. Finishing second was nowhere for Ennis-Hill. If you believe her long-time coach Toni Minichiello, all it took was 12.54 seconds to show that was never going to happen. The heptathlon is like a boxing bout which goes the full 12 rounds. Two 12-hour days of competition featuring seven gruelling events. In Minichiello's view, the knockout punch came in round one: the 100m hurdles. The morning of Friday, 3 August was sunny and bright, a good start for Ennis-Hill. Potential for inclement British weather had given her sleepless nights in the build-up. While forcing down a big breakfast in the Olympic village - coffee, banana, cereal, toast and yoghurt - support staff were trying anything to distract her. "Making jokes and trying to act like it wasn't the biggest day of our lives," as she says. The illusion would soon be shattered spectacularly. Advertising bill boards across Britain featured Ennis-Hill as the 'face of the London 2012' Before the Games, Ennis-Hill had received hundreds of invites to sponsor events at the Olympic Stadium. She turned down every one. "I said no to everything because I didn't want it to become a really familiar place to me," she explains. "I wanted it to be really fresh, really new. Really adrenaline-filling." On arriving for competition, Minichiello couldn't help but take an early look. "While Jess was in the call room a few minutes before the hurdles I snuck out and went into the stadium," he says. "For the first session of the heptathlon there is usually one man and his dog there. "I saw it was full. I went back straight in and said: 'There's 80,000 of your mates turned up to watch you.' I couldn't keep that from her. Prepared is pre-armed." It worked. Ennis-Hill's time of 12.54 seconds was the fastest ever in a heptathlon. Incredibly, it would have won individual 100m hurdles gold at four of the previous five Olympics. "The noise the crowd made when Jess was on the start line, then what happened 12.54 seconds later, that is what won her the gold medal," Minichiello says now. "After that everybody else thinks, who's getting silver?" Naturally deferential, Ennis-Hill baulks at any suggestion she had it won so early - especially with a nagging doubt about the long jump hanging over her. But, as she does several times during an hour-long conversation looking back on a career-defining victory, she admits that during those two days she often felt like a one-off version of herself. "During the warm-up I felt different," she says. "My legs were just turning over really quickly and it made me feel like oh, is there something wrong? Obviously instead it was a good different because I was ready to run the fastest time of my life." She soon showed that strength again. Having flown out of the blocks in the hurdles, she consolidated her position at the top of the standings with a jump of 1.86m in the next event, the high jump. A throw of 14.28m in the shot put saw her slip to second overall heading into the fourth and final event of day one, the 200m. Ennis-Hill's winning points total was the best at the Olympics in 20 years The next scene comes just after 9pm - it is now 15 hours since her 6am alarm call. The Olympic Stadium is under floodlights. The best seat in the house belongs to Laviai Nielsen, a 16-year-old Londoner who, as a volunteer kit carrier and sometime athlete, is walking into the stadium carrying the future Olympic champion's tracksuit. The experience will affect Nielsen so profoundly that she will immediately knuckle down in the sport to such an extent that five years later, she will win a World Championship silver medal in the same stadium. Back in 2012 she was transfixed by Ennis-Hill's focus. The smiles on the start line for the 100m hurdles at 10am were gone. "As we walked out, the noise and the number of camera flashes was just incredible but I remember Jess just totally blocked it out," Nielsen says. "It was like she couldn't hear any of it." For the second time that day, Ennis-Hill ran faster than she had ever done before - and ever would again. A 200m personal best of 22.83 seconds (which remained intact until her retirement) earned her an overnight lead of 184 points - but there would be no peace just yet. "I came away from day one thinking this is the best day I could ever have wished for at a home Olympics," she remembers. "But also 'oh my gosh, everyone is looking at me thinking she has got it in the bag'. "By the time I'd eaten, showered and got ready for bed it was past midnight and I knew I had to be up at five the next morning." Ennis-Hill never usually struggled to sleep between the two days of a heptathlon. But despite her lead, she tossed and turned. Irrational fears about whether her alarm would go off - "I must have set at least three" - were part of the problem. Also concerning her was the first event of day two. The long jump. To understand the extent of those fears, we need to rewind a little. Minichiello began to coach Ennis-Hill when she was 13 years old Just weeks before London 2012, Ennis-Hill remembers calling fiance Andy Hill in floods of tears from a preparation camp in Portugal. Training for the heptathlon is a constant juggling act, with athletes rarely having the time to concentrate too heavily on one event. In Portugal they scheduled four long jump sessions. "It was unprecedented," Minichiello remembers. "But we had serious problems." "I was having the worst time with the long jump," Ennis-Hill says. "I was feeling like that was going to be the event to make everything unravel. My rhythm was all wrong. It knocked my confidence and I was just getting really frustrated. "We had to have a crisis meeting. I think Tony organised it without me at first. But I got wind of it and joined in. It was just really tense. I remember going back to my room and ringing Andy and saying 'I've ruined it all, it's all going to fall apart in this event' and him just trying to make me see sense of it. "It was a massive, massive, massive worry for me going into the Olympics. If I'd only been able to jump five metres there, London 2012 would have been a very different story." A five-metre jump was exactly how Ennis-Hill's heptathlon story resumed on day two. Was a jump of 5.95m in the first round proof she was about to mentally unravel? No. It was a brain fade of a different kind. Up in the stands, Minichiello worked out what had gone wrong. "She took 19 strides rather than 17," Minichiello says. "It was a technique we hadn't used for two years. Bricey [Ennis-Hill's biomechanist Paul Brice] asked me what I was going to say to her and I said, 'I don't know, but I'll work it out by the time I get to the bottom of the stairs'. "In the end, I didn't even mention the fact that she was using the old technique, I just told her to move her starting mark back two feet." Hearing Ennis-Hill speak about Super Saturday eight years on, there is a constant sense of how London 2012 was unique. Athletically, it was indeed a one-off. Her final tally of 6,955 points remained her personal best until her retirement. But emotionally she also regularly had moments where she became a woman she didn't quite recognise. The long jump was one such moment. Minichiello's adjustment paid off. A jump of 6.40m in the second round was followed by 6.48m in the third. Cue some wild celebrations. "Jess is not a double fist pump person," Minichiello says. "Her typical celebration in the high jump for example is to jump up and down like a pogo stick and clap her hands. She's not an aggressive-type celebrator. What you saw after the long jump was someone who had overcome adversity." "I was different," Ennis-Hill says. "I was punching the air, I was so happy because I knew that was such a turning point. "There was so much riding on London. It was just on such a big scale - not even just in the sporting world but in a huge global sense. I had never felt anything like that before. It really brought out emotions in me that normally I would have been able to keep a hold of, bottle up, then cry and celebrate behind closed doors. That's how I'd always done it. But in those two days of competition in London there was no way of controlling that. It just meant so much." It was the javelin that cost Ennis-Hill at the 2011 Worlds Minichiello's own out-of-character celebration came after the penultimate event - the javelin. The anxiety this time dated back 12 months to the 2011 World Championships in South Korea. Despite outperforming Tatyana Chernova in five of the seven events in Daegu, Ennis-Hill managed a throw of just 39.95m to her Russian rival's 52.95m in the javelin. That 13-metre gap ruined any chance of winning gold (although Ennis-Hill was later upgraded from silver when Chernova failed a drugs test). Minichiello said in interviews at the time that her javelin capitulation had left him "stunned". London witnessed a stunning turnaround. Ennis-Hill outperformed Chernova - throwing 47.49m to the Russian's 46.29m. That previous year's painful 13-metre gap became a joyous 13-second cushion over her nearest rival, Lithuania's Austra Skujyte, before the final event, the 800m (in the heptathlon, points are converted into seconds for the 800m). "Toni was obviously a bit unsure as to whether the javelin was going to go to plan," Ennis-Hill says. "He doesn't normally show the emotion he showed. That was the point where we kind of knew that I would have to do something pretty terrible to mess it up going into the 800m." If the attitude on day one from Ennis-Hill's support team was one of restraint, now, with the gold medal all but hers, they couldn't be contained. "I met up with Mick Hill [javelin coach] and Mick can't hold back his emotions," she says. "He was absolutely buzzing and was like, 'you've done it, get that gold round your neck, you've done it'. I knew I hadn't but it was just a really strange environment. Even Toni was upbeat and positive." With a near seven-hour break between the conclusion of the javelin and the 800m, all but one of her fellow competitors headed back to their apartments in the Olympic village. Having spent years religiously keeping away from the stadium, now she couldn't bear to leave. And so, before the gold medal moment that cemented her place in the limelight forever, Ennis-Hill wiled away the afternoon in a windowless room in the bowels of the Olympic stadium, watching dressage on mute. "There was very little in the multi-events relaxation room: just a few mats and foam rollers and things," Minichiello remembers. "To be honest, I was thinking I could cop a snooze for a few hours as I hadn't slept well at all. Moments before the 800m, with victory all but secured, Ennis-Hill was still feeling the nerves "But Jess wouldn't leave me alone. She was bugging me asking me what lead she had and how many seconds it was." As she knew perfectly, the margin [13 seconds] was massive. The only threat to her gold-medal coronation was injury. A danger she understood only too well. Four years previously Ennis-Hill had been preparing to make her Olympic debut at the Beijing Games in 2008. Having finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships in Japan she would have headed back to the Far East as a medal contender. A stress fracture in her foot meant she missed out. In the BBC footage of the call room before the 800m, two things stand out. First is the size difference between the giant Chernova and the diminutive Ennis-Hill. The second is how calm Ennis-Hill appears. In reality, she was anything but. "I was just so nervous," she says. "It makes me feel anxious and nervous about it even thinking about it now. That feeling will never leave me. It was the best - but worst - feeling ever. "In the call room before the race there was some eye contact, but you can see everyone is just consumed by fear. Some athletes were being quite intense, slapping their legs and psyching themselves up. Others were just sat in the corner. With everyone though there was that common feeling of just nervousness, and fatigue, because at that stage you are exhausted from two days of competition. You just want it to be over." Two minutes, eight seconds later it was. Ennis-Hill led the race early before appearing to run out of steam. The gold medal was never in danger, but she desperately wanted her crowning moment. Twelve months earlier, the back pages of the national newspapers all featured the same image of her defeat at the World Championships. The imposing Chernova crossing the line arms aloft, with Ennis-Hill a few metres behind, diminutive, deflated and defeated. "I was like 'I am not having that feeling again," she says. "'I am not having it at the Olympics in London.' I really wanted to prove a point and beat her. No doubt Steve Cram would be pulling his hair out in terms of my 800m running from a tactical perspective. In the last 200m I just felt like I had been through that pain before so many times in training. This was my one opportunity to have that moment across the line. I had to do it." Ennis-Hill found the second wind she needed. Coming into the home straight it was clear that her career-defining moment was going to reach the perfect climax. By its nature the heptathlon - combining seven events over two days - often doesn't finish with the overall victor crossing the line first. In London, the stars aligned and Ennis-Hill did just that. Relief in victory. Ennis-Hill would go on to win heptathlon silver at the 2016 Olympics - two years after having her first child In the immediate aftermath of her victory, the pictures show her carrying a Union Jack with the words "Jessica Ennis, Olympic champion" on it. Her soft tissue therapist coach Derry Suter had had it pre-made. Such an act of presumptuousness didn't sit right with Ennis-Hill or Minichiello. Their reactions though, typically, contrast. Ennis-Hill first: "When he gave it to me, I was like, 'Derry, you have had that made up'. If I knew he was doing that behind the scenes I would have been like, 'no, no, you're jinxing me'." Minichiello: "I'd have burnt it if I'd known." Suter's act can be seen as a metaphor for the attitude of the nation at large. Ennis-Hill stayed away from the Olympic Stadium in the years building up to 2012 but she couldn't stay out of the public consciousness. The 'face of the Games' headlines, the 'golden girl' captions, the giant painting of her on the flight path of planes coming into Heathrow - they all combined to create a singular expectation. Gold. "I do believe I had a journey and a path through this sport and that was my time," she says now. "When I was injured in 2008, having the belief that it was part of a process was the one thing that kept me sane. There is a reason for this. I won't see it now but there will be a reason why this has happened. "Everything came into place in London. Everything aligned for me and for that moment. It was pretty special." In May 2020, Ennis-Hill's heptathlon triumph was voted Britain's greatest moment in women's sport

Happy Birthday Priyanka Chopra Jonas: The fashionista’s red carpet journey Does Priyanka Chopra Jonas even need an introduction anymore? The stunning desi girl took India by storm when she won the title of Miss World 2000 at the tender age of eighteen. The Sky is Pink actor is the personification of beauty with brains, and has floored the world with her immense acting talent, wit and intelligence. The daughter of Army Physicians, Drs Madhu and Ashok Chopra, Priyanka’s initial plan involved becoming an aeronautical engineer, however that changed. Priyanka was destined to shoot for the stars, one way or another, and her meteoric rise to success and global fame have earned the actor the title of ‘global dominator’. Priyanka’s humility, colourful personality and whole-hearted laugh are some aspects of her personality that continue to stay true to who she is. While her career graph has skyrocketed, with the actor getting her hands in singing, television, humanitarian causes, OTT platforms, Hollywood, Bumble, and more, the actor is still true to who she is. Priyanka was always known for her unique style sense, and ever since she made her way to Hollywood, the actor’s fashion game has just kept on improving, and stylist Mimi Cuttrell deserves some credit. ALSO READ: Fashion lessons we learn by following Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Instagram Priyanka and her pop star husband Nick Jonas were named the best dressed of 2019 by People magazine, making it the first time in the celebrity magazine’s history that a couple has shared top style honours. Well, with the desi girl, nothing is a surprise. On the occasion of the actor’s 38 birthday, take a look at some of her best looks in recent years and see for yourself just how her exuberant personality shines through her equally unique and stunning attires. The picture of elegance and beauty in a silk dress. Priyanka Chopra has inspired many around the world through her talents, intellect and keen sense of fashion. Ever since her debut in Bollywood with the film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003), she has quickly risen to being on the Forbes list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women and is a Padma Shri awardee as well. With her husband Nick Jonas, the perfect power couple of the fashion and talent industry. She went from being a talented actor in Bollywood, with unique and exquisite films in her repertoire to being one of the most sought after actors in the world! Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter