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GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - The World ‌Health Organization ‌chief said on Thursday ​he was on his way to the ‌Democratic Republic ⁠of Congo where an ⁠Ebola outbreak is outpacing ​the world's ​ability ​to respond.

Director-General of the WHO Dr. Tedros attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva

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"16 ‌times, this country has defeated Ebola. The 17th will be no ‌different. ​But we ​must ​act ‌now, together," said WHO ​Director-General ​Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on ​X.

(Reporting ‌by Emma Farge, ​Editing by ​Linda Pasquini)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Sweden on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on bilateral defense cooperation, the Ukrainian leader and the Swedish government said.

The two countries are preparing “a major defense package” and working on a deal to provide Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Zelenskyy said on social media.

The Ukrainian leader has sought to deepen defense cooperation with other countries by offering thedrone expertisehis country has built up over more than four years fighting againstRussia’s invasion.

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian specialists havehelped countries in the Middle East— specifically the Gulf Arab region — strengthen their air defenses amid theIran war. They have helped at American military bases in the Mideast as well, he says. Ukraine has also entered into joint drone production agreements with countries in the European Union, which fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin has military ambitions beyond Ukraine.

Ukrainian drones that patrol the 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line and strike deeper at supply routes have pinned back Russia's bigger army.

“Ukraine’s successful mid-range and front-line drone strike campaigns are limiting Russia’s ability to transport personnel to the front line and to supply and sustain front-line positions,” the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in an assessment late Wednesday.

Russia has occupied about 20% of Ukraine so far. That includes the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014. The cost of capturing that land has been huge, with the head of U.K.’s GCHQ intelligence agency saying Wednesday that almost half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in the conflict.

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Russia, however, still has an edge in long-range ballistic missiles, which it has used throughout the war to damageUkraine’s power gridand hammer cities.

Russian forcesfired almost 90 missilesas well as hundreds of drones at Kyiv last weekend in an effort to overwhelm air defenses as part of its escalating long-range aerial campaign on civilian areas of Ukraine.

Zelenskyy has written to U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress asking for more American-made air defense ammunition to counter Russian ballistic missiles, Kyiv officials said Wednesday.

Ukraine needs more U.S. Patriot PAC-3 missiles and other air defense systems, Zelenskyy said in the letter, warning that deliveries to Ukraine are falling dangerously short as the Iran war diverts U.S. stocks.

The Ukrainian capital is bracing for further heavy bombardments. But no foreign diplomats are known to have heeded Moscow’s recommendation to leave Kyiv ahead of what the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier this week would be “systemic strikes” on Kyiv.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that all diplomatic missions in the capital have continued operations.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine athttps://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Emily Atack has said she was groped by a man in a shop as a 10-year-old.

The Rivals actress said the trauma caused her to develop a “really unhealthy relationship with sex and boys”.

The 36-year-old, who found fame on The Inbetweeners at the age of 17, said she had gone on to be treated in appalling ways by older men throughout her career.

“It’s going a little bit dark, but I was sexually assaulted first of all when I was 10,” she told the How to Failpodcast, adding: “I was treated appallingly by older men from that age throughout my life.

“Lots of things happened that my parents to this day still don’t know the details of, how men have treated me and touched me and whispered things to me in my ear when people aren’t in earshot.”

Atack, who plays Sarah Stratton in Disney’s TV adaptation ofDame Jilly Cooper’s Rivals, also told Grazia: “I had a man groping me in a shop when I was 10 years old, that sort of thing kept happening.”

The actress said on the podcast that being sexually assaulted at a young age had caused her to develop a “really unhealthy relationship with sex and with boys” because she knew she was “wanted and desired by men from a really young age, sexually desired”.

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She added: “That, to me, as a child, it’s really confusing because I think I needed, I didn’t want to do the sex stuff, but I liked that feeling of feeling wanted and validated, and being called pretty, and I had crushes on older men who would then take advantage of that but then made me feel that that was a good thing.”

Atack said her famous parents, actress Kate Robbins and musician Keith Atack, had been unable to stop her sneaking out of the house as a young teenager.

“I was just out the door and I developed these sexual connections with much older men, and it was a space where, even though I hated the sexual part of it, it was a space that I felt quite powerful and not lonely,” she said.

The actor, who is engaged to Dr Alistair Garner, a nuclear scientist, previously told Grazia magazine that she had struggled with looking old for her age.

She said: “I didn’t look like all the girls in my class; I was tall, I had boobs, I had long blonde hair, I wore makeup. It was my superpower, but also something that scared me.”

Atack said her experiences as a young woman helped her to identify with her Rivals character Stratton, especially “having to lean on certain things to get what you want – your blonde hair, your flirtatious eyelashes, your sexuality – even if you’re so uncomfortable doing it”.

In 2023, Atack produced the BBC documentaryAsking For It?,which explored a rise in online sexual harassment.

She has also fronted the “I’m asking for it” campaign, which aims to legally enshrine the need for mutual consent before sex.

Warning:Off Campusspoilers ahead.

Briar University will be missing a familiar face whenOff Campusreturns for season 2.

The Prime Video hockey romance series — which is based onElle Kennedy'sbest-selling book series— became an instant hit when it premiered on May 13. The good news: the show had already received an early renewal for another season.

While much of the cast has expressed excitement about returning, one major cast member —Josh Heuston— has already announced that they won't be reprising their role. In season 1, Heuston played singer Justin Kohl, who is main character Hannah Wells' (Ella Bright) initial crush before she ends up with her true love, Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli).

"Love you all dearly 🥲 thank you, thank you, thank you," he wrote onInstagramone day after the show premiered. "That is all."

Heuston added in a comment, "Over and out Briar U 🫶🏼."

So, why is Josh Heuston leavingOff Campusseason 2? Here's everything to know about the actor's exit from the show.

Why is Josh Heuston leavingOff Campusseason 2?

Shortly after season 1 premiered, showrunner Louisa Levy confirmed Heuston's exit in a May 2026 interview withTV Guideand said that they "don't have him [available] next season."

"Not next season, but I love Josh and I would not write him off if I can find a way to bring Justin back at some point," she wrote, noting that his own romance story line from the book series has yet to make it into the show.

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"We never got a chance to meet Stella, who is the person he ends up with in the book," Levy said. "So maybe we'll find a way to fold him into a future season."

What has Josh Heuston said about hisOff Campusexit?

Heuston spoke about his exit in a May 2026 interview withVariety Australiaand said "we'll see" whether he will ever return.

"Everything from scheduling to storylines to books … there's a lot of stories to show in this particular series," he said.

The plot for season 2 has yet to be announced, but Bright toldVarietyin May 2026 that she loves "reading the theories online about who Season 2 is going to be [about]."

Levy added, "All eight scripts are written and we have a very exciting plan for the season. I don't want to say anything yet — but I think book fans will be very excited."

Kennedy's remaining books in the series follow John Logan (Antonio Cipriano), John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn).

What is Josh Heuston doing next?

Although Heuston won't be returning forOff Campusseason 2, fans can still see the actor in other upcoming projects.

Deadlinereported in May 2026 that Heuston is starring in the biblical horror-thrillerThe First Exorcist, which has yet to confirm a premiere date. He is also part of the cast of HBO'sDune: Prophecy, which is expected to return for season 2 sometime in 2026, perScreenRant.

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Charles Spencer and his new wife, Cat Jarman, share a new hobby in their newlywed days

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• Jarman has taken up horseback riding in the last few months

• They spent part of their honeymoon, following their surprise wedding on May 15, horseback riding in the rugged Arizona desert

Charles Spencerand his new wife, Professor Cat Jarman, have been sharing a new pastime despite her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

Jarman has taken up horseback riding and was seen riding off into newlywed life on a pony trek through the rugged landscape of the Arizona desert on her honeymoon.

Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, introduced his archaeologist wife to horse riding at home in the U.K. in the countryside around his estate, Althorp, where he grew up with his sister, the latePrincess Diana. Jarman had not tried riding horses before she met Charles, 61.

She has also added another string to her bow. Jarman surprised herself in taking up archery on horseback, something friends say she never thought she could contemplate in the light of her MS diagnosis.

The Viking expert discovered she had MS in 2016 while finishing her PhD. Several months ago, revealing a picture of herself shotting arrows from a horseback, she wrote, "I’d give anything to be able to go back to that 2016 version of me, terrified that it was the end of my life as I knew it, to tell her this is where I’d be in 2025: I thought I’d never be able to use my right arm again, and believed, like I was told, that I’d have less than a decade before my body would fail me."

"To actually hit a few targets in a trot this week, nine months after my first ever riding lesson, feels like a massive F*** Y** to MS!" she wrote on Instagram in November 2025.

PEOPLE confirmed on May 19 that Spencer and Jarman wed in a private ceremonyin Arizona on May 15, saying in a statement: “We both feel so incredibly lucky to have progressed from being colleagues, to friendship, to deep love and connection. Each stage of our relationship has been underpinned by laughter, and we share a passion for life.”

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Jarman and Spencer connected after he was asked to review her 2021 nonfiction bestsellerRiver Kings, and they continued to work together, collaborating on archaeological digs and launching the podcastThe Rabbit Hole Detectiveswith Rev. Richard Coles.

They announced they had traveled to Arizona to marry, releasing new images of their nuptials. The pictures showed the couple holding hands and posing close across five slides, with Sedona’s iconic Cathedral Rock serving as the backdrop. Jarman wore a pale blue sleeveless gown, while Spencer had a dark suit and an open-collared blue shirt.

Reflecting on his happy day, when he wed Jarman on May 15, Spencer said, "A very close friend said to me, months ago: 'The thing about Cat is, she’d want to be with you if you lived in a hut.' Little did I know she’d also be happy to marry me in a desert 🌵," he wrote.

Soon afterwards, they showed a video clip of them on horseback, riding off to their new life together.

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The couple's intimate wedding took place nearly two years after he announced that he wasdivorcing his fourth wife, Canadian philanthropist Countess Karen Spencer,in June 2024. The former couple share 13-year-old daughter Charlotte Diana, the youngest of his seven children from his first two marriages.

Their split was finalized in December 2025 afterJarman filed a lawsuit against the Countess. The archaeologist alleged misuse of private information and claimed that Karen disclosed her MS diagnosisin a lawsuit. The case was settled in late 2025.

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