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Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare has explained why he staged a protest that forced Wolverhampton Wanderers to cancel a pre-season training session amid an ongoing transfer dispute with the club. The incident occurred on Monday after the 25-year-old reportedly sat on the training pitch and refused to leave, preventing the team from holding its scheduled session. The protest prompted new head coach Cesar Peixoto to call off training, while extra security was deployed at the club’s Compton Park training ground to stop the Nigerian forward from returning. Reports indicate that Arokodare had been instructed not to train with Wolves’ first…

UniCredit is aiming to exercise control of Commerzbank in the fourth quarter, the CEO of the Italian bank told CNBC in an exclusive interview.Speaking with CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition,” UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel said the bank is happy with its position in Commerzbank, with the bank now closing in on full control of the German lender, having upped its stake to 48%.Orcel said the Italian bank is firing on all cylinders, having raised its full-year guidance after posting its best-ever second-quarter and first-half results Thursday. Asked when a full acquisition could take place, Orcel told CNBC’s Carolin Roth that certain…

Tesla is no longer planning to reach “volume production” of three of its newest products — the Cybercab, the Tesla Semi, and its Megapack 3 commercial energy-storage solution — in 2026, according to a second-quarter shareholder letter published Wednesday. The company also removed language from its first-quarter letter about its Optimus robot reaching “volume production.” The company said Wednesday that it’s trying to increase battery production, specifically around the company’s 4680 cell, in order to start building the Cybercab and Tesla Semi at scale. It did not offer a reason for pushing back volume production of the new Megapack, but…

Another key strand of Burnham’s campaigning strategy has been connecting with and organising grassroots social media activists.Among the politicians and staffers invited to stand outside Number 10 to watch Burnham become prime minister on Monday were teenage TikTokers whose video edits have brought him to a new social media audience.Between them, Will, Lottie, Megan, Ellen and Poppy, all aged between 17 and 19 have racked up millions of likes on TikTok, and across platforms share memes, trends and nostalgic edits of New Labour footage, including of Burnham’s time in office.The Labour activists were invited to canvass with him and make…

Molecules released in the breath can signal whether the body is burning fat.Credit: Mascot/GettyA handheld breath test can accurately measure when the body is burning fat in real time1. The device could be used by people trying to manage weight loss without them having to wait weeks to see a shift on the scales, although researchers say that it should be tested in more people to confirm its accuracy.One way to burn stored fat is for the body to be in a metabolic state called ketosis, when free fatty acids are metabolized as fuel in the liver. This state is…

Welcome to a special cricket edition of our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. For each day of The Hundred there’s a cricketer, taking part in this year’s tournament, who we want you to identify in as few attempts as possible.After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. The sooner you guess the answer, the more points you score.Three is a good score, four or five points is exceptional.Take part and return for more tomorrow.Today’s player and clues set by BBC Sport’s Joe Rindl.After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Sports Quizzes page and sign up for notifications…

Daniel Wu received the Best from the East Award at the New York Asian Film Festival, capping a stretch that has put him back at the center of Hong Kong’s two biggest franchises: “Cold War 1994” and the “Twilight of the Warriors” series. “Cold War 1994” is the third installment in the “Cold War” series, a prequel written and directed by Longman Leung and produced by Bill Kong and Ivy Ho, set in the run-up to Hong Kong’s 1997 handover. The first two films, released in 2012 and 2016, were the highest-grossing Hong Kong productions of their respective years. In…

Key eventsAndy Burnham said it was time to support vanishing “cherished local spaces” with his business rates reduction.The prime minister wrote on X: double quotation markI’m giving thousands of pubs, clubs and music venues a 20% cut in business rates. I won’t stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and ‘For Sale’ signs. They’re the heart of our communities and it’s time we backed them. ShareBurnham cuts business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues in England by 20%Good morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Andy Burnham will cut business rate bills for…

The International Girls in ICT Day, organised by eBusiness Life Communication, under the theme: ‘AI for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future’, has stressed the need for society to help young girls participate actively in the growth, development and use of ICTs in order to balance the gender disparity in the career field. The event served as a strategic platform to inspire, mentor, and empower young girls to actively participate in the rapidly evolving digital economy. In her welcome address, the convener and Chief Executive Officer of e-Business Life Communication Limited, Mrs. Ufuoma Emuophedaro, underscored the transformative potential of women…

At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in the US’s latest round of attacks on Iran.  PREMIUM TIMES reports that the US attack on Tehran continued on Wednesday night for the 12th consecutive night.  One of the strikes targeted the Shalamcheh border crossing between southern Iran and Iraq. CENTCOM, in a statement issued on Thursday morning, said the attack further degraded Iran’s ability to attack mariners and commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The command claimed to have “redirected nine commercial vessels and disabled one to prevent ships from entering or departing Iranian ports.” Iran also said it…