Latest news with #Nadia
France 24
6 hours ago
- Sport
- France 24
Afghan-born Nadia Nadim returns to Danish team for Euros
The Afghan-born forward, who plays for Hammarby in the Swedish league after stints with Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan, last appeared for Denmark against Germany in 2023. "We see Nadia as a player capable of making a difference for us. She also has experience in major tournaments, which I believe could be valuable for the squad," coach Andree Jeglertz told public television DR. The 37-year-old medical graduate arrived in Denmark at the age of 12 after her father was assassinated by the Taliban. She finished runner-up with Denmark at Euro 2017, scoring from the penalty spot in a 4-2 defeat to hosts the Netherlands. The Women's Euro 2025 tournament will be held in Switzerland from July 2 to 27.
Daily Mirror
12 hours ago
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Mum terrified as girl, 9, walks out of sea with no hand and covered in blood
Leah Lendel, 9, was snorkelling in Florida on June 11 when she was attacked by a shark. She was airlifted to hospital and underwent a six-hour surgery to repair her hand A nine-year-old girl has recalled the moment she realised her hand had been bitten off in a terrifying shark attack. Leah Lendel shared her story during a press conference on Thursday, June 19, just over a week after she was bitten by a shark while snorkelling in Florida on June 11. "I was just snorkelling, and then I went up to breathe," Leah explained. "Then something hard bit me and tried to tug me away. I looked at my hand, and it was covered in blood. I started screaming for my mom." Her mother, Nadia, who was nearby, immediately realized the severity of the situation. "I looked over and saw her hand was almost completely gone," she said. "The water around her was filled with blood. In that moment, I knew it was a shark attack." READ MORE: World's biggest Great White Shark tracker LIVE: 14ft monster mapped in ocean after tourist warning Emergency crews responded to a report of a possible shark bite around noon near the 2200 block of Shore Lane on Boca Grande Island, Fire Chief C.W. Blosser said in a video statement. Leah's father, Jay Lendel, said first responders arrived within three minutes of the call. Nearby construction workers also jumped in to help the family. One of them, Alfonso Tello, told Gulf Coast News that he saw what appeared to be an 8-foot shark in the water when he tried to assist. "When we saw the little girl coming out of the water without a hand, it was like something out of a horror movie," Tello said. "Everyone was in shock." Leah was airlifted to a hospital and underwent a six-hour emergency surgery to repair her hand. The following day, on June 12, Nadia confirmed to Gulf Coast News that doctors had managed to reconstruct Leah's hand. "They took arteries from her leg to restore blood flow," Nadia explained. "They also inserted pins to stabilise the bones. Some of the tissue is still open, but thank God, she can move her fingers." Chief Blosser added that this was the first reported shark bite on Boca Grande Island in nearly two decades. Leah continues to recover in hospital with the help of her family, a therapy dog named Belle and a team of medical professionals who'll help her regain full use of her hand. Asked how she's been able to handle everything so well, Leah replied shyly: "I don't know." Dr. Alfred Hess, an orthopedic surgeon, said Leah's case had "a great outcome." "A shark injury is both a blessing and a curse in this case," he said. "The teeth are so sharp that the cut through the wrist is clean and not jagged, so it doesn't ruin all the tissue and we have clean tissue to work with." He said he's seen all kinds of animal-inflicted wounds in his 35 years of practice, including alligators, lions and sharks. Sharks' mouths, he said, "are like a bunch of razor blades. They go through tissue." Treating the wounds, he added, "is all about if you have something left to put back on."
DW
2 days ago
- Politics
- DW
Ukrainian women search for loved ones missing in action – DW – 06/19/2025
As the Ukraine war rages, thousands of women search for missing relatives. They told DW about their hopes and sorrows. During more than three years of war with invading Russian forces, Ukraine has witnessed the creation of the largest women's movement in the country's history. Mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, aunts and fiancees have banded together by the thousands to find missing or imprisoned soldiers. The women have organized informal groups and associations that work with one another across the country. Prisoner exchanges are strictly secretive. Journalists are never informed of the time and place of exchanges. Nor are the names and locations of hospitals that freed prisoners of war, or POWs, are taken to for medical exams after release made public. Nevertheless, on this morning, several hundred civilians have gathered in the courtyard of a clinic in Chernihiv to await the arrival of a bus en route from the Russia-Ukraine border. Nadia, a retiree from Khmelnytskyi, is looking for her son Oleksandr Image: Igor Burdyga/DW Nadia, a retiree from Khmelnytskyi, hasn't missed a prisoner exchange in over a year. Her 41-year-old son Oleksandr Kololyuk disappeared on the front near Bakhmut in February 2023. "I search and hope," says Nadia, who holds several pictures in her hand. Everyone here has photos of sons, husbands, fathers or fiances, and they all want to have them broadcast on TV or printed in the paper. Families hope loved ones will be freed Entire families seek the shade of the courtyard's apple trees. They gather according to their loved ones' army brigade or the number of the Russian prison where they are being held. The standard of the 36th Marine Brigade is easily recognizable from a distance. More than 1,300 members of the brigade were taken hostage in Mariupol in April 2022. Their families have been waiting for their release ever since. Valentina Ocheretna (l) and Olha Handzhala (r) hope to find or at least get news about their sons Image: Igor Burdyga/DW During that time Olha Handzhala from the city of Uman has only been able to send her 34-year-old son Yevhen one single letter. She never received a reply. This is her fourth prisoner exchange. "I come to support our soldiers. And to maybe meet someone that has seen my son in one of the camps… who can tell me how he is and where he's at." Valentina Ocheretna from Zhmerynka is looking for her son Nazar, a 36-year-old who went missing in early April 2022. Valentina still hopes for the best, since soldiers released from Mariupol told her they had seen him in the camps. "I reported that to the coordination office. They contacted a man that had seen him and could corroborate what I had heard. But Nazar is still registered as missing," she bemoans. Several dozen women who arrived together from the Sumy region by bus have positioned themselves directly in front of a police cordon. Behind it lies a separate courtyard where the prisoner transport buses are supposed to arrive. Svitlana, the youngest of these women, holds up a placard with photos of her fiance Oleh Halushka's tattoos. A National Guard serviceman from the 15th Operational Brigade, also known as the Kara-Dag Brigade, Halushka disappeared from the front in Zaporizhzhia a year ago. "Maybe someone will recognize one of his tattoos," she says. Svitlana (l), holds up a placard with photos of her fiance Oleh Halushka and his tattoos Image: Igor Burdyga/DW The prisoners' arrival is supposed to be a celebration. Representatives from the prisoner exchange coordination office patiently explain to those gathered how to greet soldiers, what to thank them for, what not to ask them, and how to avoid stress. But that doesn't always work. In the few meters between the bus and the clinic a thunderous waterfall of names, brigades and prisons are shouted out at the newly freed men who are also shown and given hands full of pictures. Only a few of them stop to look, answer questions or talk to journalists. "It's difficult, there are so many faces," smiles a 36-year-old marine named Yuriy, as he disappears into the hospital with a pile of photos. Freed POWs check whether they recognize any of the soldiers in the photos from their time in Russian captivity Image: Igor Burdyga/DW Relatives of Ukrainian soldiers play an important role Despite all of that, soldiers' relatives and the coordination office think such meetings are important. "There have been honest to goodness pilgrimages here since last August. Even if relatives don't bring much with them, those returning home can see how much they are loved," as Petro Yatsenko, a speaker for the coordination office, told DW. It is relatives who identify soldiers seen in grainy Russian videos. And one of Ukraine's largest Telegram channels for found and imprisoned soldiers has nearly 122,000 subscribers. Dozens of names and photos are added each day. The sooner a person can be identified, the sooner they can be released, explains Yatsenko. In late May, UA Losses, a project that makes use of publicly available information, listed the names of more than 6,000 imprisoned Ukrainian soldiers. The coordination office says the number of unidentified POWs is shrinking daily as a result of relatives' help. Still, nearly 65,000 persons are currently labeled missing. Though most will never return home, none of their friends and relatives want to give up hope. That is why coordination office speaker Yatsenko says it is so important for relatives to be present at POW exchanges: "They give people something to hold onto." Recently released POWs try to identify missing men Image: Igor Burdyga/DW 'I want to do good, be a ray of light' Activists have a lot to keep them busy between exchanges, too — meeting with representatives from the coordination office, holding vigils and memorials, unveiling plaques and traveling to conferences. "I want to do good and be a ray of light for families … to let them know they aren't forgotten," says Kateryna Muslova, the daughter of Oleg Muslov, a marine who was taken prisoner in Mariupol. Kateryna's charitable trust Heart of Action is active in pursuing international lobby work on behalf of prisoners as well as helping families receive state benefits. Relatives of missing or imprisoned Ukrainian soldiers continue to look for lost loved ones Image: Igor Burdyga/DW Ukraine's prisoner exchange coordination office holds regular meetings with more than 150 civic organizations and private family initiatives. Spokesman Yatsenko says, "We are thrilled when families get together and organize because it makes it easier for them to get answers to their questions." Still, cooperation isn't always constructive. Yatsenko is critical of some groups. He says some fall for Russian provocation or scammers, passing along sensitive information or organizing demonstrations accusing the coordination office of not doing enough. Says Yatsenko: "Every successful prisoner exchange always brings a wave of disappointment from those whose relatives have yet to be found or freed." This article was originally published in Ukrainian.
Edinburgh Live
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Loose Women star 'devastated' as co-star is axed from show in brutal ITV cull
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha has expressed her sorrow after revealing she was "devastated" to learn that a co-star and friend had been let go from the show. This comes as part of ITV Daytime's cost-cutting measures following a budget cut by the channel, which has significantly impacted Loose Women, Lorraine and Good Morning Britain. Nadia, 60, discussed on her latest YouTube channel how these changes were affecting her and how one of her close friends was now out of work. READ MORE - Prince William's billionaire pal took haunting last photo moments before bee death READ MORE - Kim Woodburn's furious swipe at Aggie MacKenzie over 'haunting' remark after row In conversation with her husband Mark Adderley, she said: "From next year there will be no Loose Women audience. "I am totally devastated by this fact, I can't get over it at all. Not only because the audience is so important for the show, but also my dear friend Lee who I work with every day.", reports the Mirror. Comedian Lee Peart had been the warm-up act for the last eight years on Loose Women. The news follows last month's revelation that from January 2026, Good Morning Britain will be extended by 30 minutes to run from 6am to 9.30am daily. This change also sees Lorraine Kelly's show halved. It will now air from 9.30am until 10am, and only be on our screens for 30 weeks of the year - the same amount of weeks as Loose Women will now broadcast. It's believed up to a third of the 26-strong pool of Loose Women presenters could now face losing their job. A source previously stated: "Everyone is completely gutted and in shock. "We can't believe they would dismantle these brilliant shows. It's the death of daytime TV." Another chimed in saying, "There's no way all the Loose Women will be needed now there'll be far fewer episodes to fill." Despite trimming down the on-screen shows, the Loose Women team won't be short of work as their podcast, 'Loose Women: The Podcast', is set to continue. ITV's big shake-up was introduced by Kevin Lygo, managing director of ITV's media and entertainment division. He explained the reasoning behind the changes: "Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust as well generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres." He continued to highlight the strategic shift, noting "These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever." Lygo acknowledged the human cost of the restructuring by adding, "I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off screen in our Daytime production teams. "We will assist ITV Studios and ITN as they adapt to new production methods starting next year, ensuring all are supported throughout this change," he concluded. (Image: YouTube) (Image: Samuel Black Photography)
Daily Record
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha 'absolutely devastated' as co-star axed from show in ITV cuts
ITV Loose Women star Nadia opened up on her YouTube channel about the cuts. Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha has said she's "devastated" after learning that a co-star and friend had been axed from the ITV show. The move comes as the channel announced it was being forced to cut the budget for the daytime TV schedule, hitting Loose Women, Lorraine and Good Morning Britain particularly hard. Nadia spoke about the huge cuts on her YouTube channel, about how the changes were affecting her and how one of her close friends no longer had a job, writes The Mirror. Speaking with husband Mark Adderley, she said: "From next year there will be no Loose Women audience. I am totally devastated by this fact, I can't get over it at all. Not only because the audience is so important for the show, but also my dear friend Lee who I work with every day.' Comedian Lee Peart has been the warm-up act for the last eight years on Loose Women. ITV's budget cuts were first announced last month, with a number of popular programmes taking a huge hit as the broadcaster battles a mounting financial crisis. The Lorraine Show will lose its long-standing hour-long slot from January 2026, and will now air for just 30 minutes, from 9:30am until 10am. The show, presented by Scots TV legend Lorraine, has seen its airtime been slashed in half and the talk show has also been restricted to being broadcast just 30 weeks of the year. Fears have been circulating that the former journalist may quit her show, which has been running since 2010, as a result of the cuts. Lorraine received the news after returning to work following a surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes last year. The operation was described as "preventative" and performed via keyhole surgery.' As part of the shake-up, Good Morning Britain will have its current 6am to 9am slot extended until 9:30am. During the 22 weeks of the year that Lorraine will now be off-air, Good Morning Britain's airtime has been extended until 10am, adding an extra hour to its original schedule. ITV competitions are also taking a hit. ITV's Andi Peters and Jeff Brazier will reportedly no longer be sent on lavish holidays abroad. Over the past year, the duo have been whisked off to a number of sun-soaked locations to front ITV competitions, appearing on programmes such as Good Morning Britain, Loose Women, This Morning and Lorraine. Andi's enviable locations have included the Maldives, Australia, Cape Town, and Florida while Jeff has been sent to Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malta. However, channel executives believe it's in "bad taste" to continue flying presenters to exotic destinations after announcing hundreds of devastating redundancies across ITV as part of their cost-saving measures. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'.
