Alors qu’il y a quelques mois, il avait été contraint de démentir les rumeurs le disant en couple avec le chanteur anglais Sam Smith, désormais il confesse être un homme amoureux. Adam Lambert a confirmé qu’il sortait avec le jeune mannequin Javi Costa Polo.

C’est sur son compte Instagram suivi par 1,3 million d’abonnés qu’Adam Lambert a posté, mercredi 27 mars 2019, une photo de lui et de son amoureux Javi Costa Polo, un mannequin espagnol de seulement 24 ans. “Je t’aime“, a sobrement écrit l’artiste en légende de ce cliché “liké” presque 120 000 fois. Dans les commentaires, l’artiste a répondu à un follower lui demandant si c’était donc “enfin officiel” : “Chéri, on est officiellement ensemble depuis des mois.” On ne peut pas faire plus clair !

Adam Lambert, découvert par le grand public américain grâce à sa participation à la huitième saison de l’émission American Idol, avait sorti son premier album studio, For Your Entertainment, en 2009. Par la suite, en parallèle de sa carrière dans la musique – qui l’a vu se joindre au groupe Queen + Adam Lambert –, il a aussi fait ses premiers pas d’acteur, notamment dans la série Glee. Il est aussi apparu dans le téléfilm The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, dans lequel il incarnait le personnage de Eddie.

Avant de sortir avec le craquant Javi Costa Polo, Adam Lambert a notamment partagé la vie de Sauli Koskinen, candidat de la 3e saison de la version finlandaise de Big Brother.

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"But if I had you, that would be the only thing I’d ever need" @adamlambert

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Corneille est de retour. À 42 ans, le chanteur canadien d’origine rwandaise s’apprête à sortir son huitième album, Parce qu’on s’aime, dix-sept ans après l’immense succès du tube qui l’a rendu célèbre, Parce qu’on vient de loin. Apaisé, celui qui se rêve désormais auteur s’est prêté au jeu du portrait de Libération. Il est revenu sur son enfance, qui nous a tous marqués, lui qui a vécu le génocide rwandais. Ses parents font partie de l’élite intellectuelle et politique. “J’ai eu cette chance de ne jamais manquer de rien et d’être aimé par mes parents“, confie-t-il.

La nuit du 15 avril 1994, toute sa famille est assassinée. “À cet instant précis, une partie de moi est morte“, explique Corneille, qui survit en se cachant derrière le divan du salon. Atteint par la malaria, il s’exile en Allemagne, le pays où il est né, chez des amis de ses parents. Il restera traumatisé par cet événement, mais également par les attouchements répétés de sa tante de 18 ans lorsqu’il avait 6 ans et demi. “Il n’y a rien de plus violent que l’abus sexuel. C’était ma tante préférée, je l’aimais, je lui faisais confiance, mais elle m’a volé mon innocence“, déplore-t-il. Après des études au Canada, il forme le groupe One avec deux amis et se fait repérer par le label Wagram. Viennent ensuite le succès et les tubes : Seul au monde, Avec classe ou encore Rêve de star.

Il rencontre l’amour de sa vie, Sofia de Medeiros, lors du tournage d’un de ses clips, il y a aujourd’hui seize ans. Le jour de leur mariage, elle a eu une idée émouvante pour rendre hommage à la famille de Corneille : laisser une table vide pour ses proches disparus dans le génocide. “Ainsi, ils ont pu assister à un des plus beaux jours de ma vie“, se souvient le père de Merrick (8 ans) et Mila (3 ans). Son épouse est un pilier de sa vie. Elle a d’ailleurs coécrit son nouvel album. “Entre nous, c’est très organique et spontané, on ne force rien. (…) Ma plus grande folie, c’est d’être tombé amoureux“, indique le chanteur.

Retrouvez le portrait de Corneille en intégralité dans le dernier numéro de Libération, daté du 3 avril 2019.

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The wildfires ripping through Oregon are generating “fire clouds” capable of creating their own dangerous weather patterns, The Associated Press reports.

Authorities note that the massive blaze has led to columns of smoke and ash that can be seen more than 100 miles away. For four days in a row, the bootleg fire has created these clouds, which tend to form between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The largest and most intense of these fire clouds, called pyrocumulus clouds, are being created above a section of dead forest, which burns at a faster rate.

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The bootleg fire, currently the largest wildfire burning in the U.S., has mostly generated fire clouds of lesser intensity; however, the National Weather Service on Wednesday spotted a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. These superclouds, dubbed by NASA as the “fire-breathing dragon of clouds,” are able to create their own dangerous weather patterns. At their worst, pyrocumulonimbus clouds can lead to a “fire tornado,” the AP notes.

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Firefighters had to abandon their efforts Thursday when one of the fire clouds partially collapsed, causing intense winds and sending embers falling down on them.

“We’re expecting those exact same conditions to develop today and even worsen into the weekend,” fire spokeswoman Holly Krake told the AP on Friday.

As of Thursday, 2,000 Oregonians had been displaced as a result of the fire, which is covering more than 227,000 acres of land.

Martine Moise, the wife of the slain Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, returned to the country after being released from a Miami hospital, The Associated Press reported on Sunday. 

Arriving at the Port-au-Prince airport wearing a bulletproof vest over her dress and sporting a sling on her right arm, Martine Moise was greeted by Haiti’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, and other officials, according to the AP. 

In a tweet, Martine Moïse expressed her gratitude for the support she received during her recovery, sharing that she still does not “believe” her husband is gone, saying that “this pain will never pass.”

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“Thank you to everyone who is helping me pray for my return to life. Because all the time you hospitalize your life from God and doctors,” Martine Moise wrote to Twitter. “Martine Moïse, I still don’t believe that my husband has gone like this before my eyes without saying a last word to me, this pain will never pass.”

Martin Moise was critically injured after a group of assailants raided her home on July 7 and killed her husband. 

Haitian authorities have arrested 20 people in connection with the incident, including two U.S. citizens of Haitian descent.

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Haiti government officials announced that a funeral for Jovenel Moise will be held on July 23 and his wife is expected to attend, the AP noted.

The Ford Motor Company issued a recall Friday of more than 740,000 Ford Explorer vehicles due to a seized cross-axis ball joint, which could lead to a crash.

Specifically, Ford said, the problem could cause a fractured rear suspension toe link, which “significantly diminishes steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.” Vehicles with the problem could see a misaligned rear wheel, a clunk noise or unusual handling.

In total, 774,696 vehicles between 2013 and 2017 have been affected, including 676,152 vehicles in North America, 59,935 in China, 13,162 in Europe and 190 in South America. 

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The car manufacturer has six reports of injuries related to the issue in North America.

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Ford said it will notify those who may be part of the recall in late August. 

“Dealers will inspect the cross-axis ball joint, replace the cross-axis ball joint/knuckle as necessary, and replace the toe links with a revised design part,” Ford said.

“In the U.S., the affected vehicles are located in high-corrosion states as defined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or in regions with a combination of cold winter weather with relative high humidity and substantial road salt use,” the company said in a news release.

The recall is one of three that the company issued on Friday. 

Another recall targets some 2020-2021 Ford F-350 Super Duty vehicles for a rear axle housing spring seat interface weld issue that could cause driveline disconnection in the rear. Additionally, certain 2020-2021 Lincoln Aviator vehicles that use 3.0-liter gas engines have been recalled because the company noted that battery cable wire harnesses may not have been secured properly.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellWhere is ‘President Andrew Shepherd’ when we need him? Can we please have an authoritative definition of RINO? OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden moves to drop Trump showerhead rule | McConnell calls for withdrawal of Biden public lands nominee | Greenland suspends oil exploration MORE (R-Ky.) is joining a chorus of Republicans calling on the White House to withdraw President BidenJoe BidenBiden calls on Congress to pass voting rights bills on anniversary of John Lewis’s death Afghan, Taliban officials meet in Qatar amid US troop withdrawal Biden administration investigating cases of ‘Havana syndrome’ in Austria MORE’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management over a decades-old tree spiking incident. 

Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination has drawn GOP scrutiny because of a letter she sent in 1989 threatening tree spiking. She has denied further involvement. 

“We now know that President Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management lied to the Senate about her alleged participation in eco-terrorism,” McConnell said in a statement to The Hill, apparently referring to a Senate questionnaire in which she said she did not believe she was ever the target of a law enforcement investigation. 

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“The White House should immediately withdraw her nomination,” he added. 

McConnell’s opposition to the nominee was previously reported by E&E News on Thursday. Tree-spiking involves putting metal rods or materials into trees, which can cause injuries, to prevent logging. 

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In the 1990s, Stone-Manning testified in court that she retyped and sent the tree-spiking letter after an activist told her to do so. 

She said at the time that she was unaware that the tree-spiking had occurred before she was handed the letter that she retyped, and that she ultimately decided to send it because she didn’t want anyone to be injured. 

“This letter is being sent to notify you that the Post Office Sale has been spiked heavily. The reasoning for this action is that this piece of land is very special to the earth,” the message in question said. “You bastards go in there anyway and a lot of people could get hurt.”

Stone-Manning also said in response to written questions from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that she had “no involvement in the spiking of trees.”

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She also said that she had agreed to work with authorities on the issue and that her attorney had advised her to seek immunity. 

However, committee Republicans on Thursday released a letter they said was from an investigator on the case, which alleged that a grand jury sent Stone-Manning a “target letter” indicating that she was going to be indicted but that she hired an attorney who negotiated an immunity deal. 

Earlier in the week, the panel’s 10 Republicans also asked the administration to withdraw her nomination. 

The Biden administration, meanwhile, has stuck by Stone-Manning’s nomination. Asked about McConnell’s opposition, both the White House and the Interior Department referred The Hill to past statements in support of the nominee. 

“Tracy Stone-Manning is a dedicated public servant who has years of experience and a proven track record of finding solutions and common ground when it comes to our public lands and waters. She is exceptionally qualified to … be the next Director of the Bureau of Land Management,” a White House official said in an email on Thursday. 

Alexander Bolton contributed.

Demonstrators painted the phrase “Cuba Libre” on the street outside of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C., on Friday, a nod to those who protested earlier this week over economic turmoil and calls for regime change in the country.

The painted letters — which translate to “free Cuba” — have associations with the country’s 1959 revolution and Cuba’s independence from Spain, Reuters reported. 

D.C. Department of Public Works spokesperson Erica Cunningham said that crews had come to get rid of “unauthorized painting” on Friday afternoon, according to The Washington Post.

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“Despite the systematic policy of confrontation and aggression of the United States government against Cuba, the American diplomats who work in the US Embassy in Havana have always been safe and have never been the object of attacks, or other manifestations of hatred. The Cuban Government expects the same behavior on the US side,” embassy officials told the Post in a statement.

Protesters in Cuba took to the streets starting on Sunday demonstrating against shortages of medicine and food during the pandemic, power outages and increased inflation. The pandemic has also hurt Cuba’s tourism industry.  

Many are hoping the protests — some of the largest seen in decades — will prompt political change. 

On Monday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel blamed the U.S. embargo for “politics of economic asphyxiation,” which he said was having a “cumulative effect” on the country, NBC News reported.

President BidenJoe BidenBiden calls on Congress to pass voting rights bills on anniversary of John Lewis’s death Afghan, Taliban officials meet in Qatar amid US troop withdrawal Biden administration investigating cases of ‘Havana syndrome’ in Austria MORE has said he supports the protesters.

“The Cuban people are demanding their freedom from an authoritarian regime. I don’t think we’ve seen anything like these protests in a long long time if, quite frankly ever,” Biden said Monday. 

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Secretary of State Antony BlinkenAntony BlinkenPassport backlog threatens to upend travel plans for millions of Americans Protestors paint ‘Cuba Libre’ on street in front of the Cuban embassy in DC Putin escapes accountability for chemical weapons use  MORE refuted claims that protests were “a result or product of anything the United States has done.”

“I think it would be a grievous mistake for the Cuban regime to interpret what is happening in dozens of towns and cities across the island as a result or product of anything the United States has done,” Blinken said. 

The Hill has reached out to the embassy for comment.

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Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said Friday that a hacker is stealing the identities of victims who died in the condominium collapse in his city. 

According to WPLG Local 10, which first reported the news, officials say that the hacker stole the identities of people after he saw their names appear in news reports on the collapse.

Burkett said in an interview with WPLG Local 10 that police were actively investigating.

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“It’s terrible,” Burkett told the news outlet. “I can’t wait to put a face to these deeds right now, and I think all of South Florida is eager to see who would do something like this – what kind of person would do something like this. But I’m looking forward to our police department apprehending them, and they are out there looking. I wouldn’t want to be that person right now.”

Burkett confirmed to The Hill that at least one victim has been targeted in the identity theft and said that officials have reached out to the families of victims who may be targeted.

The mayor first confirmed to Insider that a victim had been targeted and asked victims’ families to reach out to Social Security offices and check their credit. 

“We want everyone to take steps to lock their credit down,” the mayor told Insider, adding, “We’re going to track down the people responsible for this and we’re going arrest them and make an example of them.”

It’s unclear how many people are involved or the number of victims who have been targeted.

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The mayor declined to provide information to either news outlet on how the identities of the victims were able to be stolen. 

Sgt. Marian Cruz of the Surfside Police Department told The Hill in a statement that police were in the early stages of the investigation and would not be releasing additional details yet “in order to protect the integrity of the case and prevent further victimization.”

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Happy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.

THE TOPLINE: The Mark MilleyMark MilleyOvernight Defense: Milley reportedly warned Trump against Iran strikes | Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer killed in Afghanistan | 70 percent of active-duty military at least partially vaccinated Trump says Milley should be court-martialed ‘if he said what was reported’ Trump says Barr ‘never’ told him he thought he’d lose election MORE news cycle continues unabated.

The latest chapter in the saga is a new report from The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser that said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley feared former President TrumpDonald TrumpFormer surgeon general says CDC guidance on masks ‘premature’ and ‘wrong’ Biden calls on Congress to pass voting rights bills on anniversary of John Lewis’s death Cuba, Haiti pose major challenges for Florida Democrats MORE could take military action against Iran in his final days in office that could launch a full-scale war.

Glasser said her reporting on Milley came as part of a book about Trump she and her husband, New York Times reporter Peter Baker, are working on that’s due to come out next year.

In her telling, the subject of Iran was repeatedly raised at White House meetings with Trump after his election loss, and Milley repeatedly argued against strikes.

“If you do this, you’re gonna have a f—— war,” Milley would say, according to Glasser.

Trump convened an Oval Office meeting on Iran on Jan. 3, at which point then-Secretary of State Mike PompeoMike PompeoOvernight Defense: Milley reportedly warned Trump against Iran strikes | Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer killed in Afghanistan | 70 percent of active-duty military at least partially vaccinated Gen. Milley warned Trump on possible Iran strikes: ‘You’re gonna have a f—— war’ Pompeo on 2024: ‘I want to continue to have an impact’ MORE and then-national security adviser Robert O’Brien argued it was “too late to hit them,” according to the report. Milley also walked through the potential consequences, and Trump agreed, Glasser wrote.

Trump escalates attacks: Following the New Yorker report, Trump issued another statement attacking Milley, his second in two days against the man he, again, chose to make Joint Chiefs chairman.

In the latest statement, Trump said that “if he said what was reported,” Milley “perhaps should be impeached, or court-martialed and tried.”

What violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice exactly does Trump think Milley violated that would warrant a court martial? He didn’t say.

 

REUTERS REPORTER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan on Friday.

Siddiqui, who worked for Reuters, was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan commander told the news outlet.

“We are deeply saddened to learn that our photographer, Danish Siddiqui, has been killed in Afghanistan,” Reuters President Michael Friedenberg and editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni said in a statement posted to Twitter.

“We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region, and support Danish’s family and colleagues. Danish was an outstanding, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague. Our thoughts are with his family at this time,” Friedenberg and Galloni said.

Official condolences: In response to Siddiqui’s death, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan wrote on Twitter that “media working in #Afghanistan & journalism itself in the country is under increasing threat.”

“Our deep condolences to family & friends of @dansiddiqi. A painful reminder of mounting dangers faced by media in Afghanistan. Authorities must investigate this & all killing of reporters,” the mission said.

The White House later Friday also sent its condolences, with press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBiden’s silence on filibuster strains Democrats’ patience Sunday shows preview: Feds slam social media over COVID-19 misinformation ‘Shadow State’: Embracing corporate governance to escape constitutional limits MORE tweeting, “Our condolences to @dansiddiqui’s family, loved ones, and colleagues at @Reuters. Journalists should be able to do their vital work safely and free from repression or fear of persecution. The senseless violence in Afghanistan must stop.”

 

MILITARY HITS 70 PERCENT VACCINATED

Seventy percent of active-duty service members are now at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, the Pentagon said Friday.

The announcement came in a tweet from Defense Secretary Lloyd AustinLloyd AustinOvernight Defense: Milley reportedly warned Trump against Iran strikes | Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer killed in Afghanistan | 70 percent of active-duty military at least partially vaccinated Overnight Defense: US to evacuate Afghan allies at end of July | Biden meets with final top US commander in Afghanistan | Weapons buyer nominee withdraws amid IG probe Biden meets with general who stepped down as commander in Afghanistan MORE, who added that 62 percent of active-duty troops are fully vaccinated.

“Our healthcare professionals are administering COVID vaccines as fast as we receive them,” Austin said in a video attached to the tweet.

“All the available vaccines have been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for a simple reason: they are safe and they are effective,” Austin added. “I got my shots, and I hope you will too. It will take all of us to control this virus.”

Context: Friday’s update is a bit more than the end of June, when officials said 68 percent of active-duty troops were at least partially vaccinated.

The 70 percent milestone lags behind what officials suggested earlier this year was a goal to have the entire force vaccinated by mid-July.

And it also comes after earlier reports of vaccine hesitancy in the military. Military officers testified in February they were seeing about one-third of service members decline to take the shots.

Wider context: The news also comes as the country is seeing a new wave of COVID-19 cases fueled by the unvaccinated and the more transmissible delta variant.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyFormer surgeon general says CDC guidance on masks ‘premature’ and ‘wrong’ LA County sheriff says reinstated mask mandate ‘not backed by science’ Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation reimposes mask mandate for visitors at tribal health facilities MORE warned of rising cases on Friday, stating that COVID-19 is “becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated” and that vaccinated people are protected against severe disease.

“This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Walensky said during a White House press briefing. “We are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage, because unvaccinated people are at risk.”

 

ON TAP FOR MONDAY

The Senate Armed Services Committee will begin marking up the National Defense Authorization Act with closed-door markups in the strategic forces subcommittee at 5:30 p.m. and cybersecurity subcommittee at 6 p.m. https://bit.ly/3hKOHek

 

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— Air Force Times: Biden nominates defense industry expert Andrew Hunter as Air Force acquisition boss

— Associated Press: Women’s groups call for UN peacekeeping force in Afghanistan

— Task and Purpose: The Marine Corps is now the only service not allowing women to wear ponytails in uniform

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