ISRAEL KILLS HAMAS OFFICIAL IN BEIRUT

An explosion in Beirut killed Saleh Arouri, a senior Hamas official, the group said. 

A U.S. defense official said the Israel Defense Forces was responsible for a strike targeting Arouri, and that an assessment of whether he had been killed was ongoing. 

Hamas responded by saying Israel is carrying out “cowardly assassinations" and promised to retaliate.

 Israel Defence Forces declined to comment.

FIRST WOMAN TO EARN $100 BILLION REVEALED.

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the heir to the L'Oréal cosmetics empire became the first woman in history to earn a networth of over $100 billion, as revealed by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This has also earned her a position among the topmost earners in the World joining ranks with the likes of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other billionaires.

ELON MUSK IS WORLD'S RICHEST BILLIONAIRE 2023

Billionaire Elon Musk has recaptured the title of world’s richest person 2023 from French luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault. The Tesla chief got a net more of $95.4 billion which was bolstered by the success of Tesla and SpaceX. In 2022 Elon had lost $138 billion where he has bounced in 2023 to become the Worlds richest person.

BILLIONAIRES OF 2023 NAMED: L'ORÉAL AND LOUIS VUTTON LEAD

L’Oréal heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has become the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, a milestone for her and for France’s expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.

Meyers wealth jumped to $100.2 billion at the end of 2023, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The milestone came as shares of L’Oréal, the beauty products empire founded by her grandfather, rose to a record high according to records.

Despite the gain, Bettencourt Meyers’ fortune is still significantly less than that of fellow French compatriot Bernard Arnault, who is the founder of luxury goods Moet, Hennessy Louis Vuitton, second in the global ranking with $179.4 billion as of the year close.

Additional report by AFP news.

BAD BUNNY SPLIT UP WITH KENDALL JENNER.

Rapper Bad Bunny and reality star Kendall Jenner called it quits over Christmas after 10 months together. This came just a few weeks after Kendall supported Bunny's Saturday Night Live appearance. These two have tried to keep their relationship private before each felt the need to move on.

NO CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM THIS YEAR

For the very first time in Church history there is no Christmas celebrations in the city where Jesus was born due to the war with Gaza. 

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this year is all deserted as heavy fighting rages between Israel and Hamas in the devastated Gaza Strip, and a sense of misery hangs over the city revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

13 YEAR OLD WILLOW SMITH IN BED WITH 20 YEAR OLD ACTOR

Actor Will Smith might not like this piece of news but his 13-year-old daughter took a pic in bed that's raising a lot of eyebrows ... because she's lying so close to a naked 20-year-old man.

In the photo, Willow Smith is in bed -- fully clothed and on top of the covers -- and an actor named Arias Moises is sitting next to her sans shirt.

Moises -- best known for his role as Rico on Hannah Montana -- and Willow don't appear to be touching each other in the black and white shot he posted on Instagram ... still it's a strange scene.

Moises eventually deleted his IG post -- but other people have reposted it and called the image perverted.

It appears the pic was taken by Moises and Willow's friend ... who posted the bed photo and several others of Willow, Jaden Smith and the Jenner girls. 

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's reps could not be reached to find out what's going on between Willow and Moises.