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PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG is already preparing for life post-football – and dreaming of the silver screen.

The former Arsenal striker has scored goals for fun since joining Saudi Pro League club Al Qadsiah.

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is enjoying his football again in Saudi Arabia[/caption]

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Aubameyang linked up with the Saudi title challengers over the summer after leaving Marseille.

The 35-year-old has refound his scoring touch, netting 7 times in just 12 games.

Aubameyang knows his football career is moving towards its final stages.

But the former Arsenal and Chelsea striker has revealed he is already in training for a new profession.

The Gabon international has taken acting lessons as he looks to become a film star post-retirement.

When asked his favourite acting genre, Aubameyang told The Athletic: “Comedy, for sure!

“If you see me in a film that’s too serious then nah, you will not believe it.

“If it’s comedy, yes, you’re going to believe it.”

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Aubameyang is “taking private lessons to master the art” of achieving his “dream” job.

But the ex-Prem ace also revealed he would be open to staying in football.

He prefers the idea of club ownership or becoming a sporting director over coaching.

A spell in Ligue 1 with Marseille helped Aubameyang fall back in love with football after a miserable spell with Chelsea.

He told the outlet: “I never had that connection [with the Chelsea fans].

“No connections at all. The fans wanted the Auba they saw with Arsenal.

“It was a chaotic year but it was good for me because I needed a break and, at the same time, they didn’t want to play me.”

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The striker’s family are also piecing their life back together after a terrifying home robbery during his time at Barcelona.

Auba and his family were burgled at gunpoint in August 2022, leaving kids Curtys and Pierre terrified to sleep in their own beds.

He continued: “After that, the kids told me, ‘Papa, I don’t want to go to school, I’m scared something is going to happen there’.

“For a year my little one said, ‘I cannot sleep alone’. It was a big struggle. You have it always in the mind.”

THE dreaded ‘quad-demic’ has finally hit, with four winter bugs overwhelming NHS hospitals all at once, new figures reveal.

Several A&E departments have been forced to declare ‘critical incidents,’ with many hospitals “full to bursting” as patients collapse in waiting rooms, NHS staff warn.

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There were an average of 5,407 flu patients on wards each day in the week to 5 January.

This is up seven per cent from 5,074 the week before and 3.5 times higher than last year.

Covid, RSV, and norovirus cases remain high, with over 1,100 Covid patients in the hospital daily last week.

Norovirus cases hit 626, up nearly 50 per cent from last year, while RSV admissions averaged 72 children a day, a 47 per cent rise.

NHS medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “It is hard to quantify just how tough it is for frontline staff at the moment.

“Some staff working in A&E say it feels like some of the days we had during the height of the pandemic.”

Brits are being urged to attend A&E alone and wear face masks as doctors warn of “unsafe” care putting lives at risk.

Professor Julian Redhead, NHS England’s director of emergency care, said patients are being treated in corridors and cases could continue to rise as schools go back.

He said: “It’s too early to say it has definitively peaked. 

“I would hope there would be a peak in the next one to two weeks.

“Wards are now full to bursting and that pressure is feeding back into A&E departments, with patients being treated in environments not usually used for clinical care.”

Meanwhile, Lorraine, a nurse in Birmingham, told BBC Radio 4 Live “Patients are collapsing in the waiting room. It’s just hectic.”

“This is happening in A&E up and down the country, all areas,” said Joanne, one nurse working in an emergency ward in Manchester. “A&E is in a desperate situation right now.”

“The government need to take urgent action. We need help,” she said.

Dr Adrian Boyle, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “Patients are suffering unsafe and ­unacceptable care in what has become a regular winter crisis in an NHS that is not set up to cope with demand.

“Flu adds to the pressure but what we are seeing is not unprecedented — the real problem is that the system has so little resilience.”

Dr Boyle warned: “This is leading to thousands of avoidable deaths every year and the political priority should be dealing with the dangers patients are facing in our emergency departments.”

On Wednesday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he was ashamed of the crisis of “patients languishing in hospital corridors”, but says it does not look like it is getting better any time soon.

It comes as scenes of crowded hospitals in China stoked fears of the next Covid with cases of little-known winter virus hMPV surging.

But the World Health Organisation said hMPV was still at normal levels.

ENGLAND’s Strongest Man has been rushed to hospital after suffering a horrific injury while lifting 172kg.

Kane Francis, the reigning England’s Strongest Man, suffered the devastating tendon injury whilst training for a log press event.

The 32-year-old, known to fans as “The Hurricane”, described hearing a “pop” whilst pressing a 172kg weight – and immediately rushed to hospital.

Kane was told that his adductor tendon in his leg had severed, and he would need surgery within three weeks to have any chance at a full recovery.

“I went to the gym on 30 December – there weren’t any warning signs, or any telltale signs that something was wrong,” said Kane.

“I was training the log press, and I lifted 172kg – and as I pressed it over my head, I extended my leg and hips forward and felt this huge pop in my leg.

“I instantly knew that something bad had happened, because there was no pain. That made me instantly think it was a tendon, so I went to the hospital.”

The professional athlete was taken to hospital with his career in the balance.

Kane was told it would be several weeks before he would be able to receive an MRI to begin the treatment plan on the NHS, and felt that his only option was to seek private treatment as soon as possible.

TODAY the world bids farewell to Jimmy Carter inside the ring of steel at the Washington National Cathedral – where each living US leader will be present.

The 39th and longest-living president of the United States peacefully passed away on December 29 at aged 100, surrounded by his family after nearly two years in hospice care.

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FILE – Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on Nov. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)[/caption]

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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at the Lying in State Ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter[/caption]

Security measures in Washington DC are expected to be intense as some of the world’s most prominent names will gather to mourn the late former President.

Carter’s funeral has been dubbed the “perfect target for terrorists,” especially following two deadly New Year’s Day attacks, mounting pressure onto security chiefs to secure the event’s perimeter.

It’s expected that a ring of steel with protective fences, armed security guards, bulletproof vests and snipers will be deployed in what has been dubbed a “military operation”.

As the funeral is a National Special Security Event, it is also safe to assume metal detectors and bomb sweeps will be in use to further bolster security.

The state’s metropolitan police has listed prohibited items for the event which includes backpacks and bags exceeding size restrictions, drones, laser pointers – and even selfie sticks.

Washington National Cathedral Chief Public Affairs Officer Kevin Eckstrom stressed that, despite their being various moving pieces for such an event, it is expected to be carried out seamlessly.

He told 7 News: “A state funeral here at the National Cathedral makes everything else look like a cakewalk.

“This is an incredibly complex operation. The thing is it is a private family funeral, it is an event of the state, it is a military operation, it is a global media event, and it’s a church service – all of those things all at once.”

The chief compared it to a “puzzle upside-down and backward,” but reassured that such events have been done “a few times” – so they know how to handle it.

The Washington National Cathedral can sit 3,300 people – typically only reaching capacity for presidential funerals like today.

A first funeral service was held for the Democrat in Atlanta on Saturday at the Carter Presidential Center – attracting hundreds of members of the mourning public who paid their respects.

A motorcade also drove through Carter’s small hometown of Plains, stopping by his childhood home before proceeding to Atlanta, via the state capitol, for a public service at the Carter Center.

On Tuesday, the former President’s coffin was flown to the Washington DC area and Carter was transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson.

And today, a solemn funeral service begins at the Washington National Cathedral.

Carter is having a state funeral – a national remembrance occasion marking the life of Americans who made impact contributions to the public.

The last president to receive a state funeral was George HW Bush in 2018.

Biden is delivering the eulogy at Carter’s Washington DC funeral after the the late 39th president asked him to do so in March 2023.

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George Bush, Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in 2009[/caption]

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(L-R) Amy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and Jimmy Carter pose for portraits in Plains, Georgia in 1967[/caption]

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Carter during press conference at the Democratic Party Convention in 1976[/caption]

All four living former presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, are to be in attendance.

President-elect Trump also attended the Washington service for Republican George HW Bush.

After the ceremonies, Carter will be moved one final time back to Georgia where there will be a private funeral service in his hometown.

This is followed by a private burial at the Carter residence in the evening.

The US federal government is closed today for a national day of mourning, which Biden said in an executive order.

Financial markets are even shut today too, including the New York Stock Exchange.

US flags across the country are flying at half-mast on all federal buildings, and will do so for 30 days.

As fears of a terror attack on the event loom, International security specialist Will Geddes told The Sun that American officials “cannot afford” to allow for another strike at the event, which will have the world’s attention.

“In the wake of the two specific incidents that took place on New Year’s Day it does not come as a huge surprise to the security community,” Geddes said.

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Ex-President Barack Obama with Carter and his wife Michelle and former President Bill Clinton[/caption]

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Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in 2015[/caption]

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A series of pictures of Jimmy Carter, the Democratic contender for the presidential elections pictured during his campaign, April 1976.[/caption]

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Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter wave to the crowd after Jimmy Carter’s speech before the 2004 Democratic National Convention[/caption]

“But the significance of it plays havoc certainly in terms of any major events that are going to be taking place in the United States for the foreseeable future, and especially the State funeral for President Jimmy Carter.

“One of the greatest concerns will be that there will be heads of state from various countries from across the world in attendance.

“The US will very much be on the world stage right now, and Al Qaeda and Islamic State know this.

“They also know anything they undertake in the lead up to this funeral, and even perhaps on the day itself, will garnish and gain the world’s attention.

“A globally impactful funeral, by pure simplicity, means it is going to always be an attractive and viable prospect for a terrorist attack.”

PRESIDENT CARTER

Carter served in the White House from 1977 to 1981.

Prior to his presidency, he served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.

Carter was considered a longshot for the presidency when he announced his presidential campaign in December 1974.

As a dark-horse candidate, Carter was not well-known outside of the home state of Georgia.

However, Carter’s two-year campaign trail paid off when he won the Democratic nomination and narrowly defeated incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford during the 1976 presidential election.

Carter, who entered office in January 1977, took over a nation that was still reeling from the events of the Vietnam War, where approximately 59,000 US troops died on the frontlines.

Two days after being sworn in as president, Carter famously pardoned all the draft evaders from the Vietnam War.

But, his presidency was marred by rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions with foreign adversaries, including the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

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Carter meets the parents of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2008[/caption]

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Carter and wife, Rosalynn in 1977[/caption]

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Carter, seated at desk in Oval Office of White House tells of the aborted rescue effort intended to get the 53 American hostages out of Iran[/caption]

Carter’s hopes for reelection eventually crumbled due to the Iran hostage crisis.

On November 4, 1979, a group of militarized Iranian college students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and took 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage.

The American public turned on Carter for his soft approach to the crisis, which lasted 444 days.

The hostage crisis paralyzed his presidency and hampered his efforts at a second term.

Carter would eventually lose the 1980 presidential election in a landslide to Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan.

LIFE AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE

After leaving the Oval Office, Carter devoted his life to diplomacy and human rights work. 

He founded the Carter Center in 1982, an organization with a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering, according to their website.

The non-profit has worked to improve the quality of life for people in countries all over the world.

In 2002, Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work seeking peaceful resolutions to global conflicts, advancing human rights and democracy, and promoting economic and social development.

The Carter Center also devoted some resources to ensuring free and fair elections and monitored the 2020 elections in the United States.

Carter had mostly retired from the public eye in recent years, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and a cancer diagnosis in 2015.

In December 2015, Carter was declared cancer-free just months after being diagnosed with the illness.

While Carter lived a more private life in his latter years, he was vocal in his opposition to certain political moves of the presidents who followed him.

He disagreed with Reagan’s handling of peace in the Middle East and was opposed to the Iraq War under George W Bush.

Carter criticized the Trump administration but also disagreed with his fellow Democratic president, Barack Obama, regarding the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists.

On his 96th birthday, the former president was honored with a parade of golf carts and other vehicles by local residents, which he and his wife observed from their residence while wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

During the 2020 presidential election, Carter endorsed Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention and said via video, “Joe Biden was my first and most effective supporter in the Senate … For decades, he’s been my loyal and dedicated friend.”

To mark his first 100 days in office, Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at their home in Plains, Georgia.

“We sat and talked about the old days,” Biden told reporters afterward.

Jimmy Carter was the longest-lived US president in history, surpassing George HW Bush, who was 94 at the time of his death.

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Carter receives a kiss from his wife Rosalynn Carter after a press conference in Plains, Georgia, in 2002[/caption]

LOVE Island legend Scott Thomas will win All Stars, according to podcaster Joe Baggs.

Series two star Scott was a surprise addition to the All Stars line-up when we revealed who would be moving into the luxury South African villa.

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Joe Baggs is tipping Scott to go all the way[/caption]

The reality star, 36, has launched a successful PR company and swapped his party boy lifestyle for a sober existence in the eight years since he last looked for love on the show.

Former Gogglebox star and show superfan Joe believes mature Scott will be very appealing to girls in the villa as well as fans voting at home.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, he said: “I feel like Scott Thomas might make it far.

“I know him and think he’s a really lovable character. I think that he’s probably looking to genuinely settle down with someone at this point, so I feel like if you find someone in there then he could make it far in there as well. He’s the one that comes to mind.

“I think he will do just because he’s such a big character and popular guy.

“He’s a business owner, sober; he’s got his life together. He seems like the type of guy that girls will be like ‘okay, I’m gonna settle down with this guy,’ so I think that that’s probably why he’s going in there.

“With people like him there’s not much to get out of it aside from going in there and actually meeting someone.”

Scott will have to compete with fellow starters Ronnie Vint, Nas Majeed, Curtis Pritchard and Luca Bish – not to mention an assortment of bombshell arrivals.

Perhaps surprisingly, the biggest draw for the ladies might be semi-pro footballer Ronnie, despite his struggles to share his feelings on last year’s summer series.

Joe said: “So one thing I’ll say about Ronnie when I watched him on the show I initially thought ‘oh he’s such a player’.

“He didn’t really communicate well he was just a bit like ‘I fancy you’, went up to another girl, ‘I fancy you’.

“When I met him and interviewed him on the podcast he’s the most charismatic man on the planet. When he left the room I went ‘I totally get it’.

“I don’t think he’ll have any problem in there getting anyone. I think for him he’ll be overloaded with options. I totally get why he had so many triangles when he was in the villa originally.

“I think he’s just he’s just super confident isn’t he and he just also like doesn’t care what people say and I think that’s a very attractive thing.”

Love Island All Stars returns on Monday 13th January at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.

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