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2024 Ducati Diavel for Bentley with the Bentley Batur. We have seen Ducati x Lamborghini collaborations in the past. That’s not as outlandish as it sounds at first glance, as both brands are owned by the Volkswagen Group. Given that Bentley falls under the same corporate ownership, the 2024 Ducati Diavel For Bentley should come as no surprise. The 2024 Ducati Diavel for Bentley is a limited-edition tribute to the Bentley Batur. Centro Stile Ducati collaborated with their colleagues at Bentley on the effort. An observer will immediately be drawn to the Scarab Green color that dominates the Diavel. As jaw-dropping as the paint is, the beauty of this build is more than skin deep. The 2024 Ducati Diavel for Bentley is as much a sculpture as it is a motorcycle. The front fender, fairing, and tank have shapes bolstered by contrasting carbon fiber that bring the ribs on the Batur’s hood to the world of two wheels. Positioned at the front of the Diavel For Bentley, the air intakes command attention. The Diavel’s two-tone intake has interior shapes and colors lifted straight from the Batur’s massive grille. Inspired by the Batur’s wheels, the Diavel For Bentley’s forged aluminum wheels are specific to the model. The Diavel’s wheels were pained Dark Titanium Satin before highlights were machined. Like the Batur, the Diavel features bright red Brembo calipers. The seat begs you to dig into its details. The cover is black Alcantara, replicating the Bentley Batur’s interior. In addition to the stitched Bentley logo and embossed Diavel V4 graphics, the seat cover has precision-cut slits that reveal the same red fabric used in Batur seats. Carbon fiber is plentiful, gracing the nacelle, fenders, side panels, tailpiece, engine, muffler cover, radiator cover and shrouds, and various engine parts. While production of the Bentley Batur is extremely limited—just 18 hand-built examples will be produced—500 of these special edition Diavels will be available to the general public for $70,000 each. Additionally, 50 Diavel For Bentley Mulliner motorcycles will be custom-built and offered exclusively to Bentley customers. The Mulliner versions give the buyer the opportunity to personally select different colors for the wheels, front brake calipers, seat, and carbon fiber parts. Further, the bodywork can be painted the same color as the buyer’s Bentley, or another color from the exclusive palate the designers offer. The MSRP for a 2024 Diavel For Bentley Mulliner is $90,000. Both versions of the Diavel for Bentley include a certificate of authenticity, a passenger seat, and a cover for the motorcycle. A proudly displayed engraved plate inside a carbon fiber cover with the production number of the bike is mounted on the right side of the motorcycle. When you power up the Diavel for Bentley, the owner is greeted with a model-specific animation on the TFT dash and the brake light LEDs will flash in a pattern exclusive to this motorcycle. When taking delivery of a Diavel for Bentley, it will be in a personalized wood case. If you’d like, Ducati will also sell you a matching Arai Ram-X helmet and technical leather jacket—both limited editions, of course, with Ducati and Bentley co-branding. Delivery of the 2024 Ducati for Bentley is scheduled for the summer of 2024. https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/12/09/2024-ducati-diavel-for-bentley-first-look-batur-inspired/

Luke Littler will now face Jim Williams or Raymond van Barneveld in the fourth round on Saturday; the World Darts Championship runs all the way until the final on January 3, 2024 - we're back on Thursday at 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports Darts Teenager Luke Littler continued his dream World Darts Championship debut and set up a potential last-16 showdown against Raymond van Barneveld with a sensational 4-1 victory over Matt Campbell at the Alexandra Palace. The 16-year-old had already announced himself on the world stage when he fired a 106.12 average in a straight-sets victory over Christian Kist in the opening round last week, then followed it up a day later when he claimed a 3-1 win over reigning UK Open champion Andrew Gilding. Sponsored link Recommended byWhat is Outbrain Littler faced extra pressure and attention on Wednesday evening against Campbell, who had defeated James Wade to reach the third round, only for the former world youth champion to cement himself as a genuine title contender with a convincing win. Backed by chants of "you've got school in the morning" from the vocal crowd, the fans' favourite raced through the first two sets without losing a leg and battled back from 2-0 to claim the third in a final-leg decider, then responded to losing the fourth by taking out a 164 checkout on his way winning the fifth and securing his spot in the fourth round. "Unbelievable," Littler told Sky Sports. "I only wanted to win one game and I've won three. I've battled through it and I'm so happy. I just let my darts do the talking. "As soon as I won that first game against Christian Kist I just settled and as soon as I went 2-0 up against Matt I tried to calm myself down because last time it didn't go too well. I kept composed and got over the line." 'Superstar' Littler marches on in the worlds Littler broke Campbell in the opening leg and then fired the first maximum of the match on his way to a 13-dart hold in the next, before sealing the set by taking advantage of more wasteful finishing by Campbell. Just 40 darts were required to wrap up the second set in straight legs, with Littler posting 14-dart finishes either side of a stunning 130 checkout and 12-dart break of throw against his stunned opponent. Campbell finally got a leg on the board when he delivered a 72 checkout to take the opening leg of the third and broke throw with a 101 finish, only for the Canadian to waste three set darts to allow Littler back into the set. Littler was able to break throw on D10 and then level the set with a 56 checkout in the next, with both players wasting set darts in a nervy final-leg decider before the Englishman took out tops to move into a three-set advantage. Campbell fell 2-1 down in the fourth set and in danger of a straight-sets defeat until he followed a 13-dart hold of throw with a brilliant 'Shanghai' 120 finish to win the set, but quickly trailed in the next when Littler fired in a remarkable 164 checkout against the darts. Littler responded to losing the next leg by taking out a 100 finish for an 11-dart leg, before wrapping up his latest statement victory by firing into tops and becoming the youngest player to ever reach the last-16. The unseeded star will now hope to extend his world championship run when he is in fourth-round action on Saturday, where he will face either former world champion Van Barneveld or Wales' Jim Williams. Littler: I'll chill out ahead of next round Littler said he was able to remain more composed in his victory over Campbell on Wednesday than during his second-round win against Gilding. Asked by Sky Sports where he gets his composure from, Littler said: "I've always had it. You saw against Andrew Gilding I let loads of energy out when I went 2-0 up then he came back and won the set 3-0. "It's more about just composing yourself and when you do win, then you can celebrate." The teenager says he played lots of Xbox over the Christmas break and is simply enjoying his incredible run at the Alexandra Palace. On his plans between now and Saturday's last-16 match, he added: "I'll just stay in the hotel and chill out tomorrow, probably treat myself to some more shoes or pants! Then see who I play in the next round." Part: Even Barney would struggle against Littler Sky Sports Darts' John Part: "Matt got it together in the last couple of sets but Luke had every answer. He rolled over Matt early doors. "Luke took every advantage and winners do that. They pound you when you are down and make it even worse. "He had magical out shots galore. He's got the talent and for someone facing him now, you've got to look at a comprehensively solid performance against him. "Even Barney would struggle if Luke plays him. It's imperative that people take him like a seed. You can't afford mistakes against him because he doesn't know losing. He's not going to crumble." Pre-tournament favourite Luke Humphries will resume his title bid against German debutant Ricardo Pietreczko on Thursday, as 2021 champion Gerwyn Price faces Brendan Dolan. https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13037222/world-darts-championship-luke-littler-continues-dream-debut-by-beating-matt-campbell-to-reach-last-16

Tel Aviv teen Tal Mitnick is the latest Israeli to refuse to fight against Palestinians, and he is willing to pay a price. 27 Dec 2023 He’s a baby-faced 18-year-old with a heart full of idealism. When Tel Aviv teen Tal Mitnick refused to enlist in the Israeli army, he was put on trial: on Tuesday, he was taken to military prison to serve a 30-day sentence. Standing alone in a country on a determined war footing is an agonising decision. But, speaking at Tel Hashomer, a base near the Gaza fence in central Israel, Mitnick staunchly defended his decision. “I believe that slaughter cannot solve slaughter,” he said. “The criminal attack on Gaza won’t solve the atrocious slaughter that Hamas executed. Violence won’t solve violence. And that is why I refuse.” The statement appeared on the X account of Mesarvot, a support network connecting refuseniks in a campaign against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. In an earlier interview posted on the account, Mitnick laid out his universalist stance on the conflict. The solution, he said, would not come from corrupt politicians in Israel or from Hamas. “It will come from us, the sons and daughters of the two nations,” he said. Friends came out in support of Mitnick, holding placards with phrases like: “You cannot build heaven with blood”, “An eye for an eye and we all go blind” and “There is no military solution.” Military service is mandatory for most Jewish Israelis, viewed as a rite of passage. In the country’s highly militarised society, so-called refuseniks risk being labelled traitors. Are refuseniks common? No. Generally speaking, refuseniks may end up serving repeated prison services, ordered to return to recruitment centres again and again. Some wind up doing months behind bars before they are eventually discharged. The Israeli military does have a conscientious objectors committee, but exemptions are usually only granted on religious grounds – the ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews, for instance, are legally exempt. Refusing to serve as a matter of political principle is not considered a valid objection. An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks behind Israeli soldiers at the entrance to a military recruiting office in Jerusalem on July 4, 2012. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s largest coalition partner had issued a veiled threat to quit the government over a dispute on amending Israel’s compulsory draft policy, which grants exemptions to ultra-Orthodox men studying the Torah in religious colleges [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters] Earlier this year, Amnesty International released a report on Yuval Dag, a 20-year-old who had made his political objections clear before his summons. The army classified his refusal as disobedience and sentenced him to 20 days at Neve Tzedek military prison in Tel Aviv. The rights group named four other individuals – Einat Gerlitz, Nave Shabtay Levin, Evyatar Moshe Rubin and Shahar Schwartz – who were repeatedly detained in 2022. Conscientious objectors commonly serve five months or more in prison – a high price to pay for young people doing what they believe to be right. Many objectors come to their decision after participating in protest movements, whether on LGBTQ rights, climate change or Israel’s occupation, violence and discrimination against Palestinians — a system that many rights groups have compared with apartheid. Are there any famous refuseniks? In 2003, a group of Israeli Air Force pilots provoked national fury when they refused to take part in operations in the West Bank and Gaza. Submitting a letter to the media, they branded attacks on the territories as “illegal and immoral”. The case was noteworthy, involving elite army members like Brigadier General Yiftah Spector, considered a legend in the forces for his attack on Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1982. The government accused the pilots of “pretentious snivelling”. That same year, the country’s elite commandoes also defied orders to carry out attacks on the occupied territories. Setting out their position in a letter, 15 reservists from the Sayeret Matkal unit, often compared with the British army’s SAS, said: “We will no longer corrupt the stamp of humanity in us through carrying out the missions of an occupation army. “In the past, we fought for a justified cause (but today), we have reached the boundary of oppressing another people.” In 2007, swimwear model Bar Refaeli married a friend to avoid military service, later telling the press that “celebrities have other needs”. Later, to avoid damage to the companies she worked for, she agreed to participate in an enlistment campaign. The case ignited a debate on how easy it is to dodge conscription. Hang on, wasn’t there dissent in army ranks this year? Yes, but it was not linked to the occupation. In early March, about 700 reservist soldiers – including some top brass – resigned en masse during widespread protests over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul. Critics accused him of curtailing Supreme Court powers to shield himself from corruption charges. People take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government’s judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 22, 2023 [File: Corinna Kern/Reuters] Explaining his refusal to serve in the army, Dag said that reservists had resigned because they were afraid of living in a dictatorship. But, he pointed out, “We need to remember that in the occupied territories there has never been democracy. And the anti-democratic institution that rules there is the army.” Responding to rebellion in the ranks, Netanyahu said: “There’s no room for refusals.” Military service was, he said, “the first and most important foundation of our existence in our land …The refusals threaten the foundation of our existence.” Netantahu’s view is not unusual. Across the political spectrum, with the exception of some left-wing and Arab groups, parties condemn the refusal to serve for a number of reasons. Left wingers worry about polarisation, claiming that refusing to serve will encourage right-wing resistance to removing settlements. Right wingers believe that refusal helps the enemies of Israel. What does the law say? The right to conscientious objection to military service is protected by international law, enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The UN Commission for Human Rights has stated that states must “refrain from subjecting conscientious objectors to imprisonment and to repeated punishment for failure to perform military service”. However, it is common practice in Israel, not only to imprison objectors, but to repeat sentences several times. In 2003, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said that international law banned “double jeopardy”. Selective objection is not an option. In 2002, the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled that allowing soldiers not to serve in the occupied territories would “loosen the links that hold us together as a people”. The case had been brought by a group called Courage to Refuse, who said their duties would involve “dominating, expelling, starving and humiliating an entire people”. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/who-are-the-israeli-refuseniks-picking-jail-over-the-gaza-war

‘The holiday didn’t really kick off until the announcement “Christmas is ruined!” was made’ ... from left: Tim’s brother, Chris, his sister, Melissa, Tim, sister Lynn, his dad and mother, circa 1989. Photograph: Courtesy of Tim Dowling A Christmas that changed me Life and style A Christmas that changed me: My family was grieving and behaving oddly – so my wife took us to Norfolk After my mother’s death, I thought my American family would appreciate the escape of a British Christmas. But we learned that grief has long arms and singular patience Tim Dowling Tim Dowling @IAmTimDowling Wed 27 Dec 2023 06.00 GMT When I was a child, there was always a moment – at some point in the middle of the afternoon on Christmas Eve – when my mother would lose it. Preparations would be under way and behind schedule, and my siblings and I would be engaged in something deeply counterproductive like tracking mud across a freshly mopped floor or pushing the tree over. When the moment came, my mother would cast aside whatever she was doing and scream: “That’s it! Christmas is ruined!” Then, after a tense and silent interval, everything would be fine again: guests would arrive, my mother would put on a practised smile to open the front door, and festivities would commence. That silent period usually lasted about an hour – sometimes more, sometimes less. One year I remember my mother still screaming at us while cars pulled into the driveway, her hand already on the doorknob. But, for me, the holiday didn’t really kick off until that announcement – “Christmas is ruined!” – was made. I came to sort of look forward to it. My mother died in June 1998, at the age of 64, of pancreatic cancer. When it became apparent the end was near, I went home to Connecticut, though I should have gone earlier. I had not been back the previous Christmas – family life got in the way. When you’re keeping a hospital vigil in shifts, it’s easy to lose track of the days. It felt as if I’d spent months in the US, but when I returned to London a few days after the funeral, my passport showed I’d been gone for less than three weeks. At the time it felt as if I was running away from my grief – and it was a solution I would have recommended to anyone. Six months later, the prospect of the first Christmas without my mother arose. We decided to invite my family to London, because we had two small children and my wife was pregnant with our third. My mother-in-law – the same age as my mother – had died the previous year, so we had no prior family commitments. Privately, I imagined I was doing my siblings and my dad a giant favour by letting them in on my secret: come to the island that grief forgot. Why face the worst Christmas ever, when you can just run away? From left: Tim Dowling, his father, his maternal grandfather and his mother, pictured on Christmas Day, circa 1965. Photograph: Courtesy of Tim Dowling It didn’t work out like that. When my dad, brother and two sisters arrived the day before Christmas Eve, we immediately settled into a collective funk. The fortnight running up to Christmas was always a pretty exciting time to be in London; the week between Christmas and new year was not, especially in 1998. I’m sorry that everything is shut, I said. Yes, I said, it does always rain like this. And yes, it does get dark at 3.30pm. In these gloomy circumstances, it was even more obvious what was missing from the festivities: my mother, and my wife’s mother. We were all behaving oddly. I bought my dad a book as a present, and I remember him unwrapping it on Christmas morning, turning to page one and reading the entire thing, then and there, without looking up from the sofa. Had it been a longer book, we might never have heard from him again. My jetlagged sisters kept their coats on indoors because they thought the house was freezing. My brother made calls, desperately trying to find the address of a New Year’s Eve party he was sort of invited to. I woke up on Christmas Day to find myself pole-axed by grief – numb and exhausted. I could barely lift my head from the pillow. The light everywhere seemed sepulchral, as if somebody had replaced the world’s 60-watt bulbs with 25s. Out of nowhere, I developed an ear infection. Above all, I felt I had failed: I’d promised my family a holiday escape, and instead I’d led them into a trap. I wanted to go to the top of the stairs and shout: “Christmas is ruined!” But honestly, I was too tired. In hindsight, this was an early instance of the organisational chaos that characterised our family get-togethers in the years after my mother died. Without her there to crack the whip, we would just stare at each other until somebody reluctantly agreed to email the others a spreadsheet about cocktail napkins. We were all adults – I was 35, and a parent – but I don’t remember feeling that way at the time. It seemed impossible to pull together any kind of plan. Even in the short-term, even when it came to food. I recall a single sightseeing trip: driving my father round a deserted Parliament Square. We never even got out of the car. Ultimately, it was my wife who decided something had to be done. She phoned a friend who had a holiday house in Norfolk. It happened to be empty, so we took it for three nights, hired an extra car, and drove up in convoy. From the moment we arrived, everyone’s mood started to improve. We stood on a windy beach looking out to sea, an activity that seemed to suit the general mood, although we could have done the same thing in Connecticut. We ate fish and chips, and watched birds. On New Year’s Eve I drove my brother to a train station so he could go to his party. Christmas wasn’t entirely ruined after all. What did I learn in that rainy, crepuscular week? I learned that grief has long arms, and singular patience: it can find you wherever you are, and is happy to wait until your guard is down. Grief is also attentive: it will drop by on subsequent holidays, or send you reminders in the dead of night, for years to come. Unlike me, grief is scrupulous about staying in touch. To be honest, I’m not sure which loosened its grip first: grief or Christmas. I have long since stopped trying to recreate the sort of family holiday that vanished when my mother died. I still regard the whole period as a sort of weight to be borne. But these days, when something goes catastrophically wrong at 5pm on the 24th, I can at least think: “Christmas is ruined!” and smile. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/27/a-christmas-that-changed-me-my-family-was-grieving-and-behaving-oddly-so-my-wife-took-us-to-norfolk

Conservationists from a Hampshire zoo have been working to help protect the world’s most endangered zebra species before a major infrastructure project is set to disrupt their natural habitat in Kenya. The animal welfare specialists from Marwell Wildlife have been fitting GPS collars to monitor the movements of 20 Grevy’s zebras in northern Kenya to collect data which will be used to help monitor their movements and help safeguard the species. The project, which is being run with the Kenya Wildlife Service, has been launched ahead of an oil pipeline, motorway and railway called the LAPSSET corridor (Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport) which will cut across the zebra’s range, potentially splitting the po[CENSORED]tion. A spokeswoman for the charity which runs Marwell Zoo near Winchester said: “These infrastructure projects are recognised as one of the greatest emerging threats to the Grevy’s zebra po[CENSORED]tion in Kenya.” Professor Philip Riordan, Marwell Wildlife’s director of conservation, said: “The Grevy’s zebra is one of the most endangered mammals in the world and Kenya is the last stronghold for this species with less than 3,000 animals remaining. “We’re working with our colleagues to ensure we have as much knowledge about Grevy’s zebra, particularly given the amount of infrastructure and development across the region that might affect the animals. “By collaring them, we hope to gain more insights that can inform not just our conservation work but the mitigations that we might advise being put in place to ensure this species has a future.” The team of conservationists fitted the collars to 20 of the zebras, which will help inform planning and conservation measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the LAPSSET scheme on the species. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Intelligence Team with smartphones to help monitor the animals Credit: Marwell Zoo The vets also checked over the zebras before fitting each collar while others photographed the Grevy’s unique stripe pattern, hooves and teeth. Tanya Langenhorst, senior conservation biologist at Marwell, said: “We also took this opportunity to collect as many biometrical data as possible, blood and faecal samples, body temperature and measurements of body parts, so we can learn more about this amazing species.” She added: “Grevy’s Zebra Trust and Marwell are using the EarthRanger (ER) platform to visualise the almost real time movement of the Grevy’s zebra. “We’ll be able to identify which habitats are critical for Grevy’s zebra distribution, dispersal and movement, and why these areas are important. “Our findings will be reported to Kenya Wildlife Service and the LAPSSET planners, so that mitigating measures such as over and under-passes can be implemented where most suitable.” The collaring project is the latest initiative involving Marwell Wildlife, which has helped create a national conservation strategy for Grevy’s zebra in Kenya and has carried out previous surveys. It also manages the International Studbook and the European Ex situ Programme (EEP) for the species. https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-12-27/uk-conservationists-help-protect-rare-zebras-from-pipeline-scheme-in-kenya

Delors had a high-profile political career in France, where he also served as finance minister under Francois Mitterrand. Jacques Delors, former European Commission chief and a founding father of the European Union’s (EU) historic single currency project, has died. He was 98. The French socialist and ardent advocate of post-war European integration died in his sleep at his Paris home on Wednesday, his family said. Delors served as president of the European Commission for three terms – longer than any other holder of the office – from January 1985 until the end of 1994. During Delors’s decade as the European Commission chief, the EU completed its integrated single market and agreed to introduce a single currency, the euro, and built a common foreign and security policy. The then-12-nation bloc also set the conditions on his watch for eventually admitting the former communist states of Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Delors also served as finance minister under French President Francois Mitterrand from 1981 to 1984. But he declined to run for the presidency in 1995 despite being overwhelmingly ahead in the polls, a decision he put down to “a desire for independence that was too great”. “I have no regrets,” he said about that decision later. “But I am not saying I was right.” The current French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the former EU leader as an “inexhaustible architect of our Europe” and a fighter for human justice. Posting on X, formerly Twitter, Macron said “his commitment, his ideal and his rectitude will always inspire us”. He called Delors “a statesman with a French destiny”. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator during the United Kingdom’s departure from the bloc, called Delors an inspiration and a reason to “believe in a ‘certain idea’ of politics, of France, and of Europe”. Delors’s time as the European Commission president was marked by clashes between federalists such as himself who believed in an “ever closer union”, and the UK’s then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who firmly resisted any shift of power to Brussels. “Up Yours Delors”, read a famous 1990 front-page headline in The Sun newspaper which voiced its concerns about a single currency and increased powers for the European Parliament. Despite these challenges, he helped establish major tenets of the bloc’s integration, including the Schengen accords for travel and the Erasmus programme for student exchanges. He is survived by his daughter Martine Aubry, a French politician and mayor of Lille, who campaigned to be the socialist candidate for the French presidency in 2011, losing to Francois Hollande. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/jacques-delors-founding-father-of-eus-single-currency-project-dies-at-98

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