The Queensland police service will take protest organisers to court in an effort to halt a planned pro-Palestine march over Brisbane’s Story Bridge this weekend.
Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (Brisbane) have advertised plans to march over the bridge at 1pm on Sunday – replicating similar protests that occurred earlier this month in Sydney and Melbourne.
The ex-Tennessee cop arrested for groping an OnlyFans model’s breast during a mock traffic stop for a raunchy x-rated promotional video while on duty entered a new plea to escape jail time.
Michelle Yeoh and her husband, ex-Ferrari CEO Jean Todt.
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Michelle Yeoh says her husband’s support for her career is what keeps their relationship strong.
“I am so blessed because he’s so supportive of what I do,” she said.
Yeoh and Todt first met in 2004 and married in 2023 after being engaged for 19 years.
Michelle Yeoh says she didn’t have to choose between her career and personal life, thanks to her husband, former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt.
In an interview with People published on Sunday, the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” actor spoke about her husband’s support for her work and ambitions.
“I am so blessed because he’s so supportive of what I do. I love my work. This is my passion. He never turns around and says you spend a lot of time away from me, which I have sometimes, but he’s very understanding,” Yeoh told People. “On the day of our anniversary, I actually was flying.”
Yeoh met Todt in Shanghai in June 2004. After being engaged for 6,992 days, or around 19 years, the couple married in Geneva in July 2023.
Reflecting on their journey to the altar, Yeoh shared the philosophy that shaped their relationship.
“What we say is, ‘Every day should be a celebration.’ Why do we wait for a special day?” she said.
She added that Todt shows his romantic side in the way he commemorates their time as a couple.
“He doesn’t count by years. He tells me we’ve been together 7,000-[something] days. And if I really ask, he’ll give me hours and minutes too,” Yeoh said.
During a January 2024 appearance on “The Tonight Show,” Yeoh called Todt one of the “most patient” people in the world.
“And I think that’s what we all deserve, it’s to have someone who loves us for who we are and what we do. And we have a busy lifestyle, but he’s always been so supportive,” she told host Jimmy Fallon.
Yeoh was previously married to Dickson Poon, a Hong Kong businessman, from 1988 to 1991. During a January 2024 appearance on the “Goop” podcast, Yeoh said she stepped away from acting during her first marriage in order to focus on the relationship.
“You know, with our work, we’re always traveling. If you’re filming outside of the country, it’s like, you know, maybe we’ll not see each other for a couple of months. And when both parties work, it’s hard to find that balance,” Yeoh told host Gwyneth Paltrow.
However, her inability to have kids was one of the main reasons for her divorce from Poon.
Yeoh isn’t the only Hollywood celebrity who says having a supportive partner helped keep their relationship strong.
In February 2024, Blake Lively said she and Ryan Reynolds agreed “not to work at the same time” when they started dating, so that they could always prioritize their personal lives.
In March 2024, Susan Downey said she and her husband, Robert Downey Jr., don’t go more than two weeks without seeing each other and their family.
A representative for Yeoh did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.
He previously penned a letter to the Arkansas State Supreme Court in 2020 saying he’d accept any means of execution, including the firing squad or electric chair.
Ukrainian president hopes ‘joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a real peace’ as he joins leaders from Europe in Washington for crucial summit with Donald Trump
Welcome to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared “Russia must end this war” as he arrived in Washington DC ahead of a crucial talks with Donald Trump over the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Zelenskyy met European leaders in Brussels earlier on Sunday and reiterated Ukraine’s stance on land swaps, saying on X: “Ukraine’s constitution makes it impossible to give up or trade land. Since the territorial issue is so important, it should be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at the trilateral – Ukraine, the US, Russia. So far, Russia gives no sign this will happen, and if Russia refuses, new sanctions must follow.”
Ahead of Monday’s peace talks in the US, Emmanuel Macron said that in order to have a “lasting peace deal for Ukraine, Ukraine needs a strong army”. He added that European allies want “Ukraine’s territorial integrity to be respected” and that “Ukraine must be represented in any talks on Ukraine’s future”. The French president also said that “our goal for tomorrow’s talks is to present a united front between Ukraine and its European allies”. The Washington talks will also be attended by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and Nato’s secretary general, Mark Rutte.
Zelenskyy has hailed the decision to offer security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal as he prepared to meet Trump. “Security guarantees, as a result of our joint work, must really be very practical, delivering protection on land, in the air and at sea, and must be developed with Europe’s participation,” the Ukrainian president said.
In announcing his visit to Washington, Keir Starmer praised Trump for his “efforts to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine”. At the same time, the British PM reasserted Europe’s red lines, saying the “path to peace” could not be decided without Zelenskyy and that Russia should be “squeezed” with further sanctions. Starmer has deliberately sought to position himself as a leader who can get along with Trump while consistently stressing the red lines over any peace plan.
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said Russia and Ukraine were both “going to have to make concessions” for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war. In interviews on Sunday Rubio said the talks in Alaska had “made progress in the sense that we identified potential areas of agreement – but there remains some big areas of disagreement”. “We’re still a long ways off,” Rubio added. “We’re not at the precipice of a peace agreement. We’re not at the edge of one. But I do think progress was made and towards one.” He declined to go into specific areas of agreement or disagreement.
Trump’s Ukraine envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Putin had agreed that the US and European allies could offer Ukraine a Nato-style, “Article 5-like” security guarantee as part of an eventual deal to end the war. Witkoff added that Russia had agreed to unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regions central to the war, particularly the eastern Donetsk province. “We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as gamechanging,” he said.
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to international organisations in Vienna, said early on Monday that Russia agreed that any future peace agreement must provide security guarantees to Kyiv, but added that Russia “has equal right to expect that Moscow will also get efficient security guarantees”.
European Union council president Antonio Costa said he “welcomed the United States’ willingness to participate in providing security guarantees to Ukraine”. He said: “Transatlantic unity is paramount at this moment to achieve a sustainable peace in Ukraine.”
