PBA: Parks clutch as Elite stun champion Ginebra in OT
The Elite have won back-to-back overtime games to start the mid-season joust.
Saturday, 25 May 2019
PBA: Parks clutch as Elite stun champion Ginebra in OT
Let’s Dance“: Barbara Becker ist nach „Geburts-Tanz“ raus
Let’s Dance“: Barbara Becker ist nach „Geburts-Tanz“ raus
Das war dann wohl nichts bei „Let’s Dance“. Irgendwie war es auch eine komische Idee, die Geburt seiner Kinder zu vertanzen, wie es Barbara Becker geplant hatte. Bei dem Gedanken kommen unwillkĂĽrlich Bilder in den Kopf, die man nicht sehen will.
Und sorgenvoll fragt man sich, ob die Performance vom Freitagabend vielleicht Ă„hnlichkeiten mit dem Video zum Song „Käfigbett“ der Band K.I.Z. hat. Denn dabei steigt Rapper Maxim blutĂĽberströmt und in Windeln aus dem bĂĽhnenfĂĽllenden Schritt eines Frauenkörpers.
„In meinem Leben gibt es viele magische Momente, aber wenn ich mich auf zwei begrenzen soll, dann ist es sicherlich die Geburt beider meiner Söhne“, erklärte Barbara Becker vor ihrem Tanz bei der neunten Show von „Let’s Dance“. Denn am Freitagabend sollten die „Promis“ unter dem Motto „Magic Moments“ auftreten.
„Let’s Dance“: Barbara Becker tanzt zur Geburt Walzer
Obwohl Barbara Becker sogar ihren Sohn im Publikum als Verstärkung sitzen hatte und zu dem Lied tanzte, dass sie bei seiner Geburt gehört hatte, „No Woman, No Cry“, war der Walzer nicht so magisch, wie man sich das vorgestellt hätte. Und eine Frage sei erlaubt: Wie kommt man dazu, dieses Lied bei der Geburt eines Kindes zu hören? Wie auch immer.
Am Ende gab es nur 23 Punkte fĂĽr Barbara Becker und Massimo SinatĂł. „Wenn ich hier als Betrachter sitze, möchte ich von einem ‚Magic Moment‘ erfasst werden. Mich hast du nicht ganz erfasst“, urteilte Joachim Llambi. Am Ende bedeutete das den letzten Platz fĂĽr das Paar, obwohl sie im Tanzduell gegen die bisher schwächsten, Evelyn Burdecki und Evgeny Vinokurov, tanzen mussten.
Let’s Dance 2019: Alles wichtige zur aktuellen Folge in KĂĽrze:
• Barbara Becker ist nicht mehr dabei
• Benjamin Pliwko ĂĽberzeugt die Jury und rĂĽhrt das Publikum
• Oliver Pocher ist nach dem Ausscheiden wieder da
Der Sieg in der Kategorie Streetdance zu „Talk Dirty“ ging ĂĽberraschend an Evelyn, was letztendlich zum Punktegleichstand fĂĽhrte. Doch auch an diesem Freitagabend riefen die Fans treu fĂĽr die Dschungelkönigin Evelyn Burdecki an, sodass es Designerin Barbara Becker traf: Sie musste mit 55 Punkten die Show verlassen.
„LET’S DANCE“- DAS SIND DIE KANDIDATEN
Benjamin Piwko liefert eine Choreographie fĂĽr seine Mutter
Von mehr Erfolg gekrönt war der Auftritt von Benjamin Piwko. FĂĽr seine verstorbene Mutter wolle er den langsamen Walzer/Contemporary zu „Unchained Melody“ tanzen. „Ich bin nur mit meiner Mutter, ohne Vater aufgewachsen. Die Beziehung war sehr besonders fĂĽr mich“, erklärte der KampfkĂĽnstler. Es sei sehr schwierig fĂĽr ihn gewesen, als sie krank wurde.
„Und dann hat sie mir gesagt, einen Tag vor dem Tod: ‚Benjamin, sei nicht sauer auf mich. Ich will nicht gehen. Es tut mir Leid, dass ich gehen muss.‘“ Manchmal träume er, sie sei plötzlich wieder da. „Aber ist sie leider nicht – nur in meinem Herzen ist sie drin.“ Und so herrschte nach der Performance erst einmal Stille im Saal. Nochmal verstärkt durch das lautlose Klatschen, dass das Publikum dem gehörlosen Bejamin Piwko widmete.
Piwko hatte zuletzt einen Unfall bei „Let’s Dance“ – der Kandidat war gestĂĽrzt. Piwko hatte deshalb in den vergangenen Folgen immer wieder mit den Folgen des Sturzes zu kämpfen.
„Ich traue mich kaum zu sprechen“, meinte sogar der sonst so freche Moderator Daniel Hartwich, der sich vergangene Woche noch einen Streit mit Juror Joachim Llambi lieferte. Und so gingen 30 Punkte an das Paar – ebenso wie im Tanzduell gegen Pascal Hens und Ekaterina Leonova: Flamenco zu „Lel Lere Bay Bay“.
Oliver Pocher und Ella Endlich sorgen fĂĽr Ăśberraschung
„Deine Mama wäre wirklich stolz auf dich heute. Ich fand das sehr sehr schön. Als Mutter gibt es nichts Schöneres zu sehen, als wenn das eigene Kind glĂĽcklich ist“, sagte Jurorin Motsi Mabuse. Und auch Jorge Gonzalez, der mit seiner Marshmellow-ähnlichen Frisur und dem weiĂźen Bademantel fĂĽr den furchtbarsten „Magic Moment“ des Abends sorgte, war begeistert: „Ich halte hier mein Herz, ich habe Gänsehaut, wirklich ergriffen von Anfang bis zum Ende.“
Das bedeutete den Punktesieg. So gut hatte das Paar noch nie abgeschnitten. Gerade in den letzten drei Folgen schaffte es Piwko im Schnitt auf gerade einmal 16 Punkte.
Für Überraschung sorgte an diesem Abend nicht nur Ella Endlich, die zum ersten Mal wackelte, sondern auch Oliver Pocher: Nicht nur, dass er bei der Live-Tour gemeinsam mit Tanzpartnerin Christina Luft durch 16 Städte touren wird, er performte trotz Rausschmiss auch an diesem Abend. Fans hatten sich nach der Ankündigung des Auftritts des Comedian schon gefragt: Warum Pocher doch noch mittanzt.
Allerdings war Pocher nur nach der Sendung bei „Exclusiv Spezial“ tanzend zu sehen. Schon als er in der vergangenen Woche rausflog, verkĂĽndete er, wie froh er wäre, wenn sich ein Paar verletze und er infolgedessen nachrĂĽcken könne. Denn er wollte unbedingt seinen „Magic Moment“, als Deutschland 2014 Weltmeister wurde und sein Song „Schwarz und WeiĂź“ im Maracan lief, zeigen. Das tat er dann auch in typischer Pocher-Humor-Manier.
Flights delayed up to 16 hours in Bali
Flights delayed up to 16 hours in Bali after Mount Agung volcano eruption
Flights in and out of Bali's airport have resumed following an eruption of the Mount Agung volcano on Friday night, which spread ash over the Indonesian island’s south.
The ash cleared from the airspace by morning and operations slowly returned to normal.
Although, some passengers experienced delays of 16 hours by the time the fourth and final delayed Virgin Australia flight took off from Denpasar International Airport.
There still remains a four kilometre exclusion zone around the crater, with trekkers and hikers asked to stay well away from the area.
The national disaster agency said Friday night's eruption lasted four minutes and 30 seconds, spewing lava and incandescent rocks about three kilometres from the crater.
Nine villages experienced thick ash fall. But the agency said it wasn't raising the alert level for the volcano and its exclusion zone remains a four kilometre radius around the crater.
The Directorate General of Air Transportation said four flights to Bali were diverted and five flights out of the popular tourist destination were cancelled because of volcanic ash.
Agung became active again in 2017 after more than a half century of slumber following a major eruption in 1963.
The eruption in 1963 killed about 1100 people.
Agung lies about 70 kilometres northeast of Bali’s tourist hotspot of Kuta.
It is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location on the so-called “Ring of Fire” — a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.
About a million Australians travel to Bali each year.
Who's in the running to replace Theresa May?
Who's in the running to replace Theresa May?
![The runners and riders in the Tory leadership election [Reuters/Composite: Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/5/24/5b3a0952415b470e96ca99fdbb736547_18.jpg "Who's in the running to replace Theresa May?")
The starting gun in the race to replace Theresa May as leader of Britain's Conservative Party was fired as she resigned on Friday morning.
But, in truth, a few of the frontrunners had gotten a head start, declaring their candidacy weeks before the prime minister stepped down amid Brexit chaos.
The job comes with late nights, few holidays and a working environment that makes Game of Thrones look like The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross. May's replacement will face having to arrange a British withdrawal from the European Union in some kind of orderly manner, or risk crashing out with a "no-deal" Brexit.
The British parliament may have voted against "no-deal" several times, but it remains the legal default for what will happen on October 31. When the EU granted a six-month extension to Article 50 in March, European Council President Donald Tusk told British politicians "please do not waste this time".
And so, with five months to go to the Brexit deadline, Britain's governing Conservative party is holding a leadership election. Realistically, one of the new leader's first jobs is going to be asking the EU for another extension to Article 50.
May's successor will face the same parliamentary arithmetic that prevented her from governing with a majority, along with a public which is, to put it politely, disenchanted with Brexit, the way Brexit is being delivered, and British political leadership as a whole.
So, who might it be?
Boris Johnson
The mop-haired larger-than-life former foreign secretary is known in Britain simply as "Boris", no surname necessary. He has cultivated a reputation as a befuddled and bemused character on TV political comedy quiz shows, but is also fond of showing off his extensive education.
He is rarely far from cracking a joke in Latin, and few are in any doubt as to his intellect and linguistic agility. His experience in government's top jobs is limited, and he infamously staged a photoshoot for his resignation as foreign secretary, though he did serve two full four-year terms as mayor of London.
His gaffes are frequent, and while usually inconsequential, his misleading comments about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's purpose in visiting Iran saw the British-Iranian mother, jailed by Tehran, hauled before a court where his remarks were used as "proof" she had been engaged in "propaganda against the regime".
He is a "hard Brexiteer", having first made his name as a Europe correspondent. Sacked by The Times for making up a quote, he became Brussels columnist for the Conservative-leaning Daily Telegraph, where he became "one of the greatest exponents of fake journalism", according to former EU external affairs commissioner Chris Patten.
He has also used outright bigotry in his writing, using the words "piccaninnies" with "watermelon smiles" when referring to Africans. He has referred to gay men as "tank-topped bumboys" and insinuated that President Barack Obama had an "ancestral dislike" for Britain due to his being "part-Kenyan".
At 5/4, he is the bookmakers' favourite.
Dominic Raab
An MP since 2010, Dominic Raab was a principal architect of the withdrawal agreement, yet the day after it was presented to the cabinet, he resigned as Brexit secretary, saying he could not support the deal.
A staunch Brexiteer, he sits further to the right of Boris Johnson and is his main rival for the top job. He is himself not immune to Boris-style gaffes, famously stating (while still Brexit secretary negotiating with the EU) that he had not, until that point "quite realised the full extent" to which Britain was dependent on the Dover-Calais English Channel crossing route. About 17 percent of the UK's entire trade, worth around $150bn, uses the shipping route.
A black belt in karate, bookmakers are offering 4/1 on him becoming next Tory leader.
Michael Gove
Michael Gove, formerly a staunch ally of Boris Johnson, competed in the last Tory leadership election, having stabbed Boris in the back. Gove announced his own candidacy the morning his friend was due to launch his campaign, saying he did not think Johnson was up to the job.
As education secretary, Gove won few friends among teachers, infuriating many with reactionary proposals including arcane grammar standards, and sending copies of the King James Bible to all schools in the country.
He has found praise for his more recent work as environment secretary, banning microbeads in a bid to protect marine life.
A staunch neo-conservative, he is a firm advocate of the privatisation of public services and has called for the National Health Service to be dismantled. He is currently at 10/1 to become next Conservative leader.
Andrea Leadsom
The former Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom came second to Theresa May in the 2016 leadership competition, pulling out to allow May to take power unopposed.
She came under fire during that bid for the top after suggesting being a mother made her a better candidate than Theresa May, who has no children.
A former banker and prominent Brexiteer, she argued that Bank of England governor Mark Carney had destabilised markets with his doom-laden predictions of the potential fall-out of a "no-deal" crash out of the EU.
When Minister of State for Energy, she ended subsidies for onshore wind farms and opposed European targets for renewable energy. Previously, as a junior treasury minister, she was criticised for receiving a donation of nearly $90,000 from a family-owned business, which had been routed through the British Virgin Islands tax haven.
At 10/1, she is tied with Michael Gove as joint third favourite.
Jeremy Hunt
The most controversial health secretary in recent memory, Jeremy Hunt oversaw the imposition of a new junior doctors' employment contract after negotiations with unions broke down. Such was the discontent, doctors went on strike - the first such industrial action in 40 years. He also refused to award nurses a one percent pay raise.
Hunt has also faced criticism over his failure to declare part-ownership in a property company. It was revealed he bought a series of luxury apartments thanks to a substantial discount from a property developer who was a major Conservative party donor. A spokesman said at the time it was "an honest administrative mistake".
As foreign secretary, Hunt has been a frequent supporter of Britain's friendship with Saudi Arabia, particularly when Riyadh has come into criticism for its actions in the war in Yemen and the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Hunt is in the running at 12/1.
Sajid Javid
Home Secretary Sajid Javid is a second-generation migrant to Britain, whose parents came from Pakistan. As home secretary, he has presided over a crackdown on immigration, enforcing rules that, had they been in place, would have prevented his father from entering the United Kingdom.
A former banker, reportedly at one point on a $3 million annual salary, he became an MP (annual salary $100,000) in 2010.
He has described himself as a "reluctant Remainer", being a Eurosceptic on the whole, while believing that Britain is better off as a member of the EU.
Bookmakers have him at 20/1, but he is far from an outsider.
Penny Mordaunt
A naval reservist, Penny Mordaunt was appointed the UK's first ever female defence secretary earlier this month.
She was a high-profile campaigner for leaving the EU, falsely denying that Britain had a veto over Turkey's potential membership during the campaign. She subsequently backed Andrea Leadsom in the 2016 leadership contest.
Mordaunt spent some time working as head of foreign media for George W Bush's election campaign. Like Sajid Javid, she is also on at 20/1 at the bookmakers.
Esther McVey
Former GMTV presenter Esther McVey is a backbench MP with previous government experience, having resigned as work and pensions secretary last November in protest at the way Brexit negotiations were being handled.
She was in charge of overseeing the problematic Universal Credit programme but was found to have misled parliament when stating the National Audit Office had recommended the acceleration of the rollout. The NAO had in fact recommended the scheme be paused.
She also sparked anger in March when claiming that impoverished families only used food banks because they "prioritised mobile phones over food". She is currently 50/1 to be the next Conservative party leader.
Tobias Ellwood
A junior minister in the Ministry of Defence, and a former captain in the Royal Green Jackets, an infantry regiment of the British Army, Ellwood has been building government experience in one of the most influential departments.
Popular among party grandees, he was not mentioned in the infamous "Tory sex dossier", which detailed salacious allegations against 36 prominent Conservative figures.
But Ellwood came to public prominence during the 2017 attack on parliament, in which a man drove a car into pedestrians, killing four and injuring more than 50, before jumping out and stabbing a police officer guarding the entrance to parliament.
As alarms rang and MPs were ushered to safety, Ellwood ran to the scene and delivered CPR to the police officer in an attempt to save his life. Photos were shared on social media of the MP covered in the blood of the dying police officer, and headlines called him a "hero".
He is a definite outsider in the race to be next Conservative leader, with odds of 100/1
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