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Burnham says he’s ‘increasingly confident’ PC Harper’s killers will stay in jail under revised early release schemeAndy Burnham has written a post on his Facebook account about the prisoner early release scheme. Explaining why he has asked Alex Norris to come up with further plans, he says he is “increasingly confident” that the government will be able to revise the scheme so that PC Andrew Harper’s killers remain in jail.He says: double quotation markI understand the depth of public concern about the potential early release of those involved with the killing of PC Andrew Harper – and I share it.…

On Wednesday evening, millions of Europeans will experience a celestial treat: a solar eclipse. A wide band of north and central Spain, plus a sliver of Portugal and parts of Greenland and Iceland will experience a rare total eclipse. The light of the setting sun will be virtually blocked out across much of western Europe, including the UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland and northern Italy.What is a solar eclipse?Children use special glasses to watch the solar eclipse in North Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2019. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesA solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun,…

Aug 11, 2026, 04:00 AM ETRB Leipzig defender David Raum is on Manchester United’s radar, while Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona are in talks over the transfer of Spain’s FIFA World Cup hero Ferran Torres.Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s summer grades | Women’s gradesTrending rumorsDavid Raum registered nine assists in 34 domestic league and cup games for RB Leipzig last season. Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images- Manchester United are weighing up a summer move for RB Leipzig left back David Raum, TEAMtalk reports. The Germany international is viewed as…

Kill Jackie producer Fremantle saw its half-yearly revenues slide nearly 8% due to drama and film production, but earnings still shot up to nearly $70M. In results released by parent RTL this morning, the London-based company posted revenues of €835M ($963M), down 7.7% on the €905M from the same period last year. RTL attributed the fall to “timing effects at Fremantle’s drama and film business,” with entertainment and documentaries “broadly stable.” Fremantle will see the dip reverse in the second half of 2026, RTL projected, and post “slightly higher” numbers that he previous year due to upcoming productions such as…

Raheem Akingbolu The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN), the umbrella body for advertising professionals in Nigeria, has announced the kick-off of the 21st edition of the Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF). This announcement was made by the newly re-elected President of AAAN, Lanre Adisa,  at a press conference  in Lagos.  Also, a new leadership was unveiled for the Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival Management Board. The newly appointed board members include: Funke Adekola, President; Jumoke Akinyele, Vice President; Victor Oyaroro; Tobi Williams; Rotimi Ade-Onajobi; Toheeb Balogun; Anne Obaseki; Dr. Meksley Nwagboh; Segun Akinyemiju; Sandra Amachree; Israel Obatunde; Olabisi Olusanya;…

By Dickson Omobola Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, has apologised to passengers following disruptions to its flight operations in Lagos and Abuja airports as a result of an ongoing industrial action by organised labour unions. The airline said members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, barricaded the entrances to its departure terminals at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1, comprising the Alpha and Zulu Terminals and Terminal 2 in Lagos. The blockade also affected access to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport terminal in Abuja, preventing scheduled flights…

US President Donald Trump is sending mixed signals on Iran, alternating between threats of force and calls for patience as economic pressure mounts on Tehran. Al Jazeera’s Mika Hanna explains.Published On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Retail investors are jostling for a slice of a leading Chinese humanoid robot company, in a sign of huge enthusiasm for tech stocks on the mainland. The retail segment of Unitree’s initial public offering was more than 5,500 times oversubscribed, according to a stock exchange filing published ahead of a listing in Shanghai this month, even as more shares were made available to smaller investors to meet the demand.In advance of the IPO, Unitree has allotted about 40.4mn shares, or about 10…

HR startup Rippling filed a lawsuit Monday accusing MCP gateway startup Runlayer of infringing on three of its patents, according to the lawsuit seen by TechCrunch. The filing comes after Runlayer sued the HR startup last month, accusing it of breach of contract and stealing its product ideas. It’s the latest saga between the two companies after Rippling spent nearly a year testing the startup’s MCP product. The two companies never agreed on a price, and the trial never turned into a paid contract. Instead, Rippling built its own MCP server, and will soon offer it as a product that…

Two ministers admitted funding delays and fragmented oversight have weakened school security nationwide, pledging closer coordination as the Senate widens its Safe Schools Initiative probe to five more agencies, demanding accountability for billions in intervention funds. Sunday Aborisade reports. Twelve years after 276 schoolgirls were dragged from their dormitory in Chibok, and barely three weeks after the 39 abducted school children and six teachers in Oyo State have been successfully rescued after spending 56 days in captivity, the Federal Government moved penultimate Friday to answer a question that has trailed the Safe Schools Initiative since its birth: where did the…