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BreakingNews.ie
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- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Meath based surgeon feels guilty eating while family have nothing in Gaza
"There is no break in the heartache," said an Irish-based orthopaedic surgeon who now feels guilty eating while his family in Gaza struggle to find food. Dr Mahmoud Abumarzouq was hit with the news that his friend and former neighbour in Gaza, senior Gaza Health Ministry official Marwan Al-Hams had been allegedly 'abducted' by an Israeli undercover force, according to Reuters reports. Advertisement It's reported that Al-Hams, who was in charge of field hospitals in the southern Gaza strip was on his way to visit the ICRC hospital in the city of Rafah when an Israeli force 'abducted' him after opening fire, killing one person and wounding another civilian nearby. Dr Mahmoud who is based at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, Co. Meath said he knew Al-Hams and described him as a 'great person and surgeon who worked voluntarily as an NGO for the greater good for humanity." Dr Mahmoud has already lost six family members in the war in Gaza and said his baby niece, who survived an air strike is being breast fed by her aunt who gave birth to a baby of her own around the same time as she was born. His sister Seham was seriously injured in the attack is recovering but she lost four of her children, including the mother of the baby Yaqout. Advertisement "There is no break to this heartache. My parents, who are in their 70s, have to keep moving because there are bombs all around them, but there is nowhere to go. "My wife's sister and her husband rang last night and feared they wouldn't see the morning. They thought their tent might be bombed and if they fled, they might be shot at. They got through the night but their tent is now destroyed. I would say they are homeless on the streets - but there are no streets anymore. "No-one has food and if they have, they give it to the children and fill themselves up with water. "The baby Yaqout is being breast fed by her aunt who had a baby of her own at the same time. But she is not getting enough to eat herself to provide the breast milk for the babies." Advertisement Dr Mahmoud said he was trying to send as much money as he could to his family but there isn't a lot of food to buy and people are falling all the time with exhaustion and hunger. "One egg cost €15. Can you imagine that? But there are no eggs anymore. My family is surviving on out-of-date Dahl but even that is running out. "My brother-in-law has shrapnel in his leg and is on any and every kind of antibiotic he can find. "My mam doesn't talk anymore. Calls last one minute because she has nothing to say other than they need food and they need this war to end. "Every night my family and I sit down to eat and feel guilty because we have everything to eat and they have nothing. It feels like we are on a different planet."
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bruce Springsteen 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' is expansive and remarkable: Review
Bruce Springsteen has a broken heart. You can hear it in his expressive voice on the 'Twilight Hours' and 'The Streets of Philadelphia Sessions' LPs, part of the expansive and remarkable 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums,' available Friday, June 27. Now we don't think the Boss really has a broken heart, but the broad material on 'Tracks II' lets Springsteen delve into the sweet subject of heartache — and it's a joy. The Boss, like Al Jolson, can sing with a tear in his voice. 'Blind Spot' from 'The Streets of Philadelphia' finds the protagonist looking for redemption in love, and Springsteen's voice finds the space between yearning, lust and fatalism. The gorgeous 'Late in the Evening' from 'Twilight Hours' is a soaring ballad of late-night solitude for which Springsteen unloads a magnificent vocal performance with sustained notes, tremolos and the aforementioned Jolson teardrop. The Springsteen love songs have been, to this point, largely about lovers about to consummate their relationship. Think of the couples of 'Thunder Road' and 'Fire.' On 'Tracks II,' we get glimpses of what happens after the initial spark. There is a lot to unpack on 'Tracks II,' ostensibly a sequel to 1998's 'Tracks.' On 'Tracks II,' there are 83 songs on seven full albums recorded between 1983 to 2018, and it's quite a lot more than relationship songs. There's an atmospheric soundtrack to an unmade spiritual Western movie called 'Faithless,' recorded in 2005 and 2006; a sparse and evocative collection of border songs called 'Inyo,' named after the California county and inspired by 1995's 'The Ghost of Tom Joad'; 'LA Garage Session '83,' a collection of lo-fi rockers and atmospheric ballads recorded 'Nebraska' style in 1983 that is a treasure trove; and 'Somewhere North of Nashville,' recorded in 1995, filled with rocking Texas country songs. 'Perfect World' is a rocker sparked by Joe Grushecky co-compositions. The tracks date back to 1994. 'The Streets of Philadelphia Sessions,' a meditation on the meaning of trust in a relationship, was recorded in 1994, and is as close as we'll get to the album by Springsteen and his 'Other Band,' who played more than 100 shows with the Boss in 1992 and '93 when the E Street Band was disbanded. Zack Alford, Tommy Sims and Shane Fontayne all appear on 'Philadelphia Sessions,' which has wrongly been referred to as a 'hip-hop' album. 'Twilight Hours,' the strongest album in the collection, is a companion to 2019's 'Western Stars,' according to the 'Tracks II' liner notes, and was recorded in a 1960s orchestra pop style in 2010 and '11 as a nod to the repertoire of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David classics. 'Because I love Burt Bacharach and I love those kinds of songs and those kinds of songwriters,' says Springsteen in the liner notes. 'I took a swing at it because the chordal structures and everything are much more complicated, which was fun for me to pull off.' So why seven albums now? Each work has its Bruce-ian reason for not being previously released. 'The Street of Philadelphia Sessions' was too much of a 'relationship' album to come after the similarly-themed 'Tunnel of Love,' 'Human Touch' and 'Lucky Town.' 'LA Garage Sessions' was held back for another record: 'Born in the USA.' 'I've always released my records with great care, making sure my narratives built upon one another,' Springsteen says in the liner notes. 'I'm glad I did, as it usually assured the best of what I had came out, weaving a clear picture in my fans' minds of who I was and where I was going in my work life at that moment. The records in this collection did not comfortably fit into that narrative, my creative arc.' There is so much here, such variety and quality, that new narratives will be born on June 27. The Boss goes back to rock 'n' roll roots on 'LA Garage Sessions' with 'Little Girl Like You,' a Buddy Holly homage and, and 'Don't Back Down,' which echoes early Beach Boys. A pre-''Born in the USA' 'My Hometown' is here, sung in a higher key than the 1984 version. It's one of several songs on 'Tracks II' that have been released in different versions elsewhere. 'The Klansman' from 'LA Garage Sessions' is a compelling and driving rocker, unsettling in lyrical content and more than 40 years later more topical than ever. Marty Rifkin, a member of the Seeger Session Bands, lights up 'Somewhere North of Nashville' on his steel guitar, sizzling on 'Repo Man' with E Street (and Seeger Sessions) keyboardist Charles Giordano. Rifkin also gives a warm prairie echo to a cover of the Johnny Rivers classic 'Poor Side of Town.' First heard on 'Western Stars,' the song 'Somewhere North of Nashville' is given the Rifkin and Giordano treatment, and it sweetly aches. The stark 'Inyo' has several gems, including 'The Lost Charro,' which evokes Marty Robbins when trumpets ring in glory as fatal circumstances befall a noble hero. In 'Ciudad Juarez,' a daughter vanishes into the streets as told in this haunting ballad. 'Inyo' is set on the borders of California and Texas with one exception: 'Our Lady of Monroe.' The song takes place in Monroe, about 15 miles west of Springsteen's Freehold hometown, and it's a testament to Springsteen's eyes and ears as an artist that he gets it exactly right. Yes, it's very plausible that a retired Newark cop would come to live in one the senior communities in Monroe to try 'to lose some of what he'd seen' on duty. 'Another Thin Line,' co-written with 'Grushecky' from 'Perfect World,' is rocker that hits the mark with authority. "Cutting Knife' features a Springsteen rarity: a near-falsetto Boss on the chorus. The trusty E Street glockenspiel chimes in, this time played by co-producer Ron Aniello, and it's at once familiar and enticingly fatalistic. Like fellow Jerseyan Walt Whitman, the Boss contains multitudes. Prices for 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' range from $14.98 for the companion CD, 'Lost And Found: Selections from The Lost Albums,' to $349.98 for the box set in vinyl format. Visit for more information. Follow That Dream Don't Back Down On Our Love Little Girl Like You Johnny Bye Bye Sugarland Seven Tears Fugitive's Dream Black Mountain Ballad Jim Deer County Fair My Hometown One Love Don't Back Down Richfield Whistle The Klansman Unsatisfied Heart Shut Out The Light Fugitive's Dream (Ballad) Blind Spot Maybe I Don't Know You Something In The Well Waiting On The End Of The World The Little Things We Fell Down One Beautiful Morning Between Heaven and Earth Secret Garden The Farewell Party Faithless The Desert (Instrumental) Where You Goin', Where You From All God's Children A Prayer By The River (Instrumental) God Sent You Goin' To California The Western Sea (Instrumental) My Master's Hand Let Me Ride My Master's Hand (Theme) Repo Man Tiger Rose Poor Side of Town Delivery Man Under A Big Sky Detail Man Silver Mountain Janey Don't You Lose Heart You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone Stand On It Blue Highway Somewhere North of Nashville Inyo Indian Town Adelita The Aztec Dance The Lost Charro Our Lady of Monroe El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona) One False Move Ciudad Juarez When I Build My Beautiful House Sunday Love Late in the Evening Two of Us Lonely Town September Kisses Twilight Hours I'll Stand By You High Sierra Sunliner Another You Dinner at Eight Follow The Sun I'm Not Sleeping Idiot's Delight Another Thin Line The Great Depression Blind Man Rain In The River If I Could Only Be Your Lover Cutting Knife You Lifted Me Up Perfect World Subscribe to for the latest on the New Jersey music scene. Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@ This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Bruce Springsteen 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' review
News.com.au
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Dick Van Dyke's wife opens up about ‘curse of living to almost 100'
Dick Van Dyke has experienced heartache in ageing. The 99-year-old Hollywood legend spoke about how he's lost special people in his life during a recent Q&A where he reflected on Ed Asner's death in 2021 before they could make a remake of The Odd Couple. 'That would've been such fun, and we lost it,' said Van Dyke, per People. 'I've lost a lot of friends.' Watch the interview in the video player above. 'He's outlived everybody,' Van Dyke's wife, Arlene Silver, added at the event in Malibu, California. 'That's the curse of living to almost 100,' she shared. But Silver, 53, also noted that Van Dyke is 'still so positive' despite the deaths of so many of his friends and former co-stars. When asked how he maintains a positive outlook on life, Van Dyke replied, 'Well, life's been good to me. I can't complain.' The Mary Poppins star has been married to Silver since 2012. Van Dyke revealed last month how the couple make their marriage work despite their 46-year age gap. 'We get along so well,' he told People, as Silver added, 'We just care about each other so much.' 'Everybody said it wouldn't work,' Van Dyke recalled. Along with a happy marriage, Van Dyke has kept up a healthy lifestyle that he's said involves going to the gym multiple times a week. 'Somebody said, 'To what do you attribute your age and physical condition?' I've always exercised three days a week,' he shared in January on Ted Danson's podcast Where Everybody Knows Your Name. 'We go to the gym still, and I think that's why I'm not stove up like my equals,' Van Dyke said. Danson, 77, told Van Dyke: 'I would go to the same gym you did, and if I got there early enough, I would see you literally work out on some weight machine. And then, almost like you were doing circuit training, you would not walk to the next machine, you'd dance. You literally danced to the next machine.' While his health is fine, Van Dyke faced a scary incident earlier this year when his home was threatened by the deadly Palisades Fire. He and Silver did not evacuate their $US8 million house despite the blaze destroying other celebrity mansions in Malibu and adjacent areas. When the fires hit the couple's neighbourhood, Van Dyke tried to crawl to the car to escape. Luckily, his neighbours came to his aid at the time.
The Sun
25-05-2025
- General
- The Sun
Victoria and David Beckham are facing years of anguish unless Brooklyn steps up and takes control
AS the saying goes, 'A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all her life.' No-one is feeling that more acutely right now than Victoria Beckham. But she's not alone. 3 3 My own experience of witnessing my mother's pain and confusion as her son slowly became more isolated from us, his blood family, was, and still is, dreadful. Things all start off rosy and then, bit by bit, the relationship gets chipped away to dust. Contact becomes so fleeting that conversations about that person stop because it's all just too painful to keep dredging up. My brother and I now send a cursory text once a year to wish one another a happy birthday - and we only do it to keep my mother happy. I last saw him at her wedding in 2018 when we walked her down the aisle and the next time will probably be in that same church on a far sadder occasion. Victoria and David are facing years of anguish unless Brooklyn steps up and takes control. I've gone past caring when it comes to my own brother, in my eyes the pain and upset he has caused my parents is unforgivable. But for my lovely mum and dad, the enduring love they have for their son will never dissipate. Brooklyn has made his feelings crystal clear, just like my brother. His family is now his wife. I'm sorry to say it but Victoria and David, and Brooklyn's siblings, have got years of heartache to come. Harry and Meghan are the blueprint for Brooklyn and Nicola - but it's not the one to follow 3
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
On ‘What Was That,' Lorde Returns to Pulsing Synth-Pop
Jon Pareles, the chief pop music critic at The New York Times, presents a playlist full of new music. Some songs are about heartache — others are about planetary catastrophe. The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven't already, download it here — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.
