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Ed Miliband will announce what he has described as a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the Palestinian cause.In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, the foreign secretary will impose a UK ban on the trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements.He has also told civil society groups he is determined to reassert support for a two-state solution to the conflict with an appeal for the protection of Palestinian rights and respect for international…

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Made In Africa Sport (MIAS), a sports technology and media company, has launched an artificial intelligence-powered supercomputer designed to analyse and predict all 380 matches of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season. The model, available on the MIAS platform, uses more than 8,000 historical NPFL matches in its database to generate predictions for the new season, which began on 28 August with 20 clubs competing across 38 matchdays. According to the company, the system runs 100,000 Monte Carlo simulations for each of the 380 fixtures, resulting in 38 million simulations across the season. The predictions will be updated…

The Venice Film Festival has a new guilty pleasure. The hometown crowd went wild Monday night for the world premiere of The Spiral, a campy, fun Italian horror thriller from director Paolo Strippoli (The Holy Boy, A Classic Horror Story). Jasmine Trinca (Saint Laurent, The Caiman) stars as Anna, a controlling mother who makes a deal with the devil, in the form of a trench coat-wearing, chain-smoking Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, to save her daughter Alice (Romana Maggiora Vergano) after a gruesome accident. But the agreement sets off a, you guessed it, spiral of macabre events that will end up tearing…

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Houthi media outlet released footage of destruction and rescue efforts after the Saudi air strike on al-Hazm prison.Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026Yemen’s Houthi rebels have accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out an air strike on a prison in the northern city of al-Hazm, killing seven people, including a child.The strike on the Central Corrective Facility in al-Jawf province, on the Yemeni side of the border with Saudi Arabia, also wounded at least seven people, including a woman, Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the Houthi-run Health Ministry, said on Monday.The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV channel aired footage it said…

CLEVELAND, OHIO – AUGUST 31: Roman Reigns makes his entrance during Monday Night RAW at Rocket Arena on August 31, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Rich Freeda/WWE via Getty Images)WWE via Getty ImagesThe WWE Crown Jewel concept is cool, but I sometimes wonder if the event forces a matchup between two champions with almost no build. That’s the issue every year, but this year’s event could have an even bigger problem. As currently constructed, does anyone want to see the men and women’s Crown Jewel matches? Let’s talk wrestling.WWE Crown Jewel 2026 Key FactsDetailInfoEventWWE Crown Jewel 2026DateSaturday, November 7,…

On Monday, Healey blamed “too high” borrowing costs on global events as well as 14 years of Tory rule, including austerity under David Cameron, Brexit under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s mini-Budget. Healey said he and Burnham would balance the government’s day-to-day spending with tax receipts, with room for manoeuvre in case of shocks. His tone contrasted with former PM Sir Keir, who was accused of talking down the UK economy after Labour came to power with repeated warnings about the state of the public finances. Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: “Economic growth in every…

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Monday hosted American basketball star Jaylen Brown and bestowed on him the traditional Yoruba name, “Babatunde”. Brown, a player for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA), arrived at the palace and was received by the Ooni. The royal father was accompanied by other traditional rulers and palace officials during the basketball star’s visit to the historic city. In a statement by his Senior Media Officer, Sodiq Lawal, Ogunwusi explained that Babatunde meant “the father has returned” or “ancestor has returned”. The Ooni described the name as Brown’s ancestral identity,…

Noëlla Lamy, 52, who described herself as one of Céline Dion’s biggest fans, was preparing to spend all night on a Paris pavement without a tent but wearing a sweatshirt printed with the singer’s face for comfort.“Céline Dion is a force of bravery and an inspiration,” she said.Lamy, who works in catering for a private clinic, had travelled from her village near Amiens in northern France to wait for 36 hours behind a metal barrier outside the Canadian star’s Paris hotel to get a glimpse of her.Céline Dion fan Noëlla Lamy outside the singer’s Paris hotel. Photograph: Angelique Chrisafis/The GuardianHundreds…