David Beckham hints at preferred Man Utd bidder to take over from Glazers
Manchester United legend David Beckham has stated he 'knows the right people' to take control of the club from the Glazer family. The Glazers have received offers from Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and INEOS founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
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Kylie Jenner uploads pro-Israel Instagram post, then deletes it soon after
Kylie Kenner posted and deleted a pro-Israel post from her Instagram amid the deadly situation in the region. In Israel, more than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed after Hamas launched surprise attacks, including at a music festival close to the Gaza Strip. On her Instagram story, Jenner shared an image, first posted by the pro-Israel Instagram account @StandWithUs, which featured the blue and white Israel flag, along with the words “Now and always, we stand with the people of Israel!” written on it. Within one hour, the 26-year-old influencer had deleted the image from her stories following backlash that was made evident in the comments section of her most recent Instagram post. Though the post that received several comments made no mention of the Israel-Gaza conflict, it soon became a place for people to vent their thoughts about Jenner showing support for one side, in what is a historically complex issue. Many of the comments featured Palestine flags and read the words “Free Palestine”. Others also posted several Israel flag emojis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a live television address that “we are at war” and warned that “the enemy will pay an unprecedented price”. Israeli forces are still battling against Hamas fighters in several locations on their own territory, as one thousand targets have been hit in Gaza overnight following Saturday’s bloody attack. At least 700 people have reportedly been killed in Israel — a staggering toll on a scale the country has not experienced in decades — and more than 400 have been killed in Gaza, while thousands have been wounded on each side. Palestinian militant groups claimed to be holding over 130 captives from the Israeli side. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Norway’s Economy Shrinks for First Time in Four Months
Norway’s economy shrank in August for the first time in four months, largely in line with the central
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Luxembourg Election Poised to Return Conservatives to Power
Luxembourg’s Christian Social People’s Party won Sunday’s general election, giving the conservatives a chance to retake government after
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The Scientist Who Sounded the Alarm on 50,000-Year-Old Viruses
A fortnight camping on the mosquito-ridden, muddy banks of the Kolyma River in Russia may not sound like
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OPEC Boosts Oil Demand Forecast to 2045 Despite Climate Crisis
OPEC raised forecasts for global oil demand through to the middle of the century, even as the world
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Fight to recapture Israeli towns 'taking longer than expected'
By Henriette Chacar and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel's troops were still fighting to recapture its own towns from Hamas
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Senior Taliban officials visit villages struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people
A senior Taliban delegation is visiting western Afghanistan's Herat province in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people and flattened entire villages
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Watch live as Zelensky addresses Nato’s Parliamentary Assembly amid new Russian attacks
Watch live as Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Nato Parliamentary Assembly’s plenary session on Monday 9 October. Last month, Mr Zelensky said it was only a “matter of time” before Ukraine becomes an official Nato member as he met the defence bloc’s chief in Kyiv. The Ukrainian president has pushed to join the alliance despite threats from Russia, and Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg reiterated in September that the bloc would stand with Kyiv as long as it takes. Monday marks the final day of the parliamentary session in Denmark, where 31 Nato member states have addressed key topics on the Euro-Atlantic defence and security agenda and assessed the outcomes and key decisions taken at July’s summit in Vilnius. Mr Zelensky will be speaking to the assembly via video link. Ahead of his address, parliamentarians from Nato countries on Sunday discussed the impact of the war in Ukraine on the energy sector and the importance of helping Kyiv to rebuild even before the fighting stops. Read More
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Afghanistan’s Viral Supercar Makes Global Debut at Doha Show
At first glance, the Simurgh resembles the Batmobile. Black, low-slung with flared wheel arches, the supercar looks built
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The winner of the Nobel memorial economics prize is set to be announced in Sweden
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is set to be announced in Sweden
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Ukraine-Russia war – live: Ukraine makes frontline gains as rain threatens counteroffensive
Ukrainian forces have made small gains over the weekend along multiple points of the frontline as “heavy rain” threatens to slow down Kyiv’s counteroffensive. Geolocated images showed Ukrainian infantry roughly 300 metres north of Novoprokopivka, south of Robotyne, which is the deepest they have been seen inside Russian-occupied territory as part of that attack. This line has emerged as Ukraine’s main axis of the counteroffensive in the past month, though progress slowed after the liberation of Robotyne at the end of August. The Ukrainian General Staff also claimed on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had achieved “partial success” near Bakhmut, though that remains unconfirmed. It comes as “heavy rain” was reported in both the Bakhmut and Zaporizhzhia, which is the region in which Robotyne is located. At the start of September, the-then top-ranking US military officer General Mark Milley said he believed Ukraine had about “30 to 45 days' worth of fighting weather left”. One Russian military blogger claimed that “weather conditions have deteriorated very much” in the past few weeks, adding that there were “no significant enemy movements … due to poor visibility”. Ukrainian eastern group of forces spokesperson Captain Ilya Yevlash admitted that the poor weather, and the subsequent low visibility, may affect drone and aviation but it will not halt the counteroffensive, according to comments published by the Institute for the Study of War. Read More Ukraine village reels after deadly missile strike: ‘Everything was burning’ Precision missile strike on cafe hosting soldier's wake decimates Ukrainian village Russia plans to reverse global nuclear test ban, announces envoy
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