Hunt to face questions on HS2 as he takes stage at Conservative Party conference to rule out tax cuts in 2023

PM set to make announcement after we revealed aProject Redwooda talks to scale back high-speed rail

Hubert Brown, 61, died from a stab wound after he was allegedly attacked in the St Paulas area of Bristol on Friday afternoon

aI felt they had no compassion and understanding and awareness of the menopause,a Maria Rooney says

Thames Valley Police said it was contacted by a woman with new information in relation to reports of aharassment and stalkinga

Police continue to hunt culprit amid outpuring of grief over adebliberate act of vandalisma

Dire warning from the chief of UK prison governors who tellsThe Independent the anuclear button could be pressed very soona

Sycamore Gap, thought to be around 300 years old, was made famous by actor Kevin Costner

Dale Houghton admitted a public order offence at Sheffield Magistratesa Court following an incident at Sheffield Wednesdayas clash with Sunderland

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray was ejected from a Conservative Party Conference event on Monday 2 October, footage shows.

aShe can spray if she is scared, which she will be,a owner warns

aStormy conditions aheada for Britainas beleaguered businesses

A woman threw aAPS5,000 in cashaa at her aboyfrienda on an airport runway after they were escorted off a plane.

aYou donat expect it to be amazing in prison, but some of the conditions were really bad,a former inmate Stephen Trotter said

Liz Truss bizarrely claimed that awe need more GB Newsa as she opened her speech at Tory conference.

Teenager dies in hospital after being stabbed in early hours of Sunday morning

Chancellor questions why it costs a10 times morea to build high-speed rail in UK than France

Burnham Market was given the nickname because of the large proportion of Londoners with property there.

Burnham Market was given the nickname because of the large proportion of Londoners with property there.

Leading equalities campaigner says a commemorative coin is anot good enougha and her image should appear on legal tender

Multiple hospitals say they have shelled out more than APS3,000 for a strike shift

National living wage to increase to APS11 an hour, Hunt to promise at Tory conference

Dame Sharon White has told the partnership board to initiate the process to appoint a successor

The boyas death comes amid renewed calls for action over teen knife crime following the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Elianne Andam as she went to school in Croydon

Pictures showed two men apparently laughing at a photo of Bradley Lowery who died of cancer aged six in 2017

Fans have long questioned one element of the hit showas storyline

Music legend, 75, grew emotional as she unveiled doll on stage at New Yorkas Madison Square Gardens

The nomadic herders of Mustang whoas livestock have grazed the pastures in the Nepalese Himalayas for generations, fear the dramatic change in weather patterns may consign their traditions to the history books forever, Paddy Dowling finds

Latest episode saw Horwood harshly give Haueras celebrity partner Eddie Kadi a score of three

aThis episode is just awkward for all involved,a one viewer said

aThis episode is just awkward for all involved,a one viewer said

Actor revealed in July he had been living with cancer afor maybe four yearsa without realising

Williams shot to the top of the leaderboard after his quickstep in week two

aBEWARE,a unsettled actor wrote while sharing a photo of his AI-generated likeness

aIave witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad,a Zelda said

Results show is pre-recorded on Saturday night, meaning the eliminated couple often leaks before the show airs on Sunday

Comedian reportedly called out Brand while filming aRoast Battlea five years before he was accused of sexual assault

Dance expert died days before his 79th birthday in April 2023

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No 10 does not deny reports PM is planning to announce axing of multibillion-pound project at Tory conference

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Rishi Sunak is set to confirm he is scrapping the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester at the Conservative conference in the city despite a furious response and Tory fears it will fatally undermine the partyas commitment to levelling up.

Downing Street did not deny reports that the prime minister was planning to axe the multibillion-pound project and reallocate some of the funding to transport projects across the north.

John Lewis chair Sharon White will not seek second term at retailer, as Nationwide reports UK house prices fell 5.3% in year to September

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• Full story: UK house prices drop 5.3% with falls in every region, says Nationwide

In the last quarter, flats saw the largest year-on-year fall (-5.7%), compared to -3.6% for detached gomes, -4.6% for semi-detached and -5.3% for terraced properties, Nationwide reports.

Thatas despite transaction volumes for flats holding up better than other property types.

Chancellor addresses delegates after former prime minister says tax breaks should be used to incentivise more housebuilding

In a report last week the Institute for Fiscal Studies said the current parliament was likely to mark aa decisive and permanent shift to a higher-tax economya.

In its report, it also said that although this was partly because of the pandemic, government decisions taken before Covid were a more important factor. It said:

Only during and in the immediate aftermath of the two world wars have government revenues grown by as much as they have in the period since 2019. To some extent, this ought not to be a surprise: the Covid-19 pandemic represented the most significant economic dislocation since the second world war. But while the response to the pandemic and its after-effects does explain some of the tax rises announced in recent years, it is far from the only a or even the most significant a explanation. Instead, tax rises have largely been the consequence of a desire for higher government spending on things that pre-date the pandemic (such as manifesto promises to expand the NHS workforce and hire more police officers, and a September 2019 declaration to be aturning the page on austeritya).

I disagree with that analysis. One of the biggest reasons that weave had to see taxes go up is because our debt interest payments have gone up as a result of the energy shock. That has an enormous pressure on the public purse.

The other thing I disagree with the IFS on a normally I donat disagree with them, I do this time a is their suggestion this is a permanent rise in the level of taxation. I donat believe it has to be. If we are prepared to take difficult decisions about the way we spent taxpayersa money, to reform the deliver of public services, to reform the welfare state, thereas a chance to bring taxes down. But there arenat any short cuts.

Jupiter-mass binary objects floating freely in Orion Nebula appear to defy usual definition of planets

Dozens of planet-sized objects have been discovered in the Orion Nebula via observations that could herald the existence of a new astronomical category.

The free-floating entities, which have been named Jupiter-mass binary objects, or Jumbos, appear in spectacular images taken by the James Webb space telescope. The objects are too small to be stars, but also defy the conventional definition of a planet because they are not in orbit around a parent star.

Katalin KarikA3 and Drew Weissman share APS823,000 prize announced by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during the Covid pandemic.

Prof Katalin KarikA3 and Prof Drew Weissman share the 11m Swedish kronor (APS823,000) prize announced on Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

All eyes will be on a New York courtroom where Trump is expected to appear for trial that will determine the amount he and his children must pay

• Trump fraud civil suit threatens to end his business career
• What to know before the fraud trial begins

From the Guardianas Lauren Aratani, hereas more about Donald Trumpas civil fraud trial happening in New York City today, and why it could have major financial consequences for the ex-president and his family:

Just a few miles south of Trump Tower in New York City, a judge on Monday will hear allegations of fraud within the Trump Organization in a trial that could see Donald Trump and his family business paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and that has already threatened to end his business career in the city where it started.

Democrats are caught in the middle as far-right Republicans plan to attempt to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives. Do they sign on to the effort, or use it as leverage to save McCarthy, in exchange for major concessions? Weall hear lots about this today.

California has a new senator: Laphonza Butler, the president of abortion rights group EMILYas list, who governor Gavin Newsom appointed to fill the seat Dianne Feinstein vacated when she died last week.

Karine Jean-Pierre will brief the White House press corps at 12.30pm eastern time, and perhaps elaborate on what Joe Biden thinks of all the drama in Congress.

Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British Columbia

The family of Avtar Singh Khanda, the 35-year-old Sikh activist who died in a Birmingham hospital after a short illness this summer, is seeking a formal inquest into his death from the chief coroner for England and Wales.

The request by the family, in conjunction with the Sikh Federation UK, comes on the heels of a claim by Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, that India was linked to the murder of another Sikh activist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia.

Exclusive: Campaigners concerned that opposition from Tory MPs is delaying legal protections for renters

Millions of people living in damp and run-down properties are suffering worsening mental and physical health due to delays passing crucial reforms into law, research suggests.

A survey by the homelessness charity Shelter found that about 40% of people in rented homes had experienced poor health as a result of their living conditions in the last year a amounting to almost 3 million people in England.

Upgrades and plans for 30,000 new jobs depend on adding up to APS156 extra a year on bills

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Water companies are facing a backlash from campaigners after revealing they will ask customers to pay for a record APS96bn investment to fix raw sewage leaks, build new reservoirs and reduce leaks.

The main water and sewerage companies want the regulator, Ofwat, to approve their spending plans for 2025-30, which they say amount to almost doubling the investment into providing clean water, protecting the environment and securing future water resources.

Dale Houghton admits public order offence after he mocked death of Sunderland mascot Bradley Lowery

A man has admitted the autterly deplorablea mocking of Bradley Lowery, a young football mascot who died of a rare form of childhood cancer, at a football match against his favourite team.

Dale Houghton, 31, pleaded guilty to a public order offence at Sheffield magistrates court after an incident at Sheffield Wednesdayas clash with Sunderland on Friday.

Fans of Southampton FC are using court leet to try to get Itchen Bridge lights switched from rivalsa colours

In medieval times the court leet in Hampshire dealt with matters such as wrangles over water supply, the grazing of stock and what a proper measure of beer looked like.

On Tuesday, the age-old tribunal in Southampton will consider a modern controversy: why the lights on one of the cityas bridges beam out blue. Fans of Southampton Football Club are using the court process, which may date back 1,000 years, to try to get the Itchen Bridge lights switched from the colours of their fierce rivals Portsmouth FC.

Meeting takes place amid concerns over cracks in US funding and after a pro-Russian populist party won the most votes Slovakiaas election

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The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has arrived in Kyiv, a spokesperson for her ministry said.

The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, had said earlier on Monday he was convening a meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Ukrainian capital.

Josep Borrell condemns Russiaas war as he says meeting is taking place awithin the future borders of the EUa

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The EUas top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has called Russiaas war in Ukraine an aexistential threata to Europe after convening a ahistorica meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv.

It comes as Ukraine said US support had anot shattereda after funding doubts were raised by Republicans over the weekend.

US president says he is asick and tireda of domestic political brinkmanship as Volodymyr Zelenskiy vows to fight on in speech released on Defenders Day

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Joe Biden has pressed congressional Republicans to back a deal to provide more aid to Ukraine, after provisions for Kyiv were left out of a bill to avoid a US government shutdown.

The US president said on Sunday he was asick and tireda of the political brinkmanship, and that US support for Ukraine could not be interrupted aunder any circumstancesa. Republicans had pledged to provide Ukraine aid through a separate vote, he said.

In 1972, Susan was sexually assaulted by the TV presenter. A new four-part BBC drama, starring Steve Coogan as Savile, includes interviews with her and other survivors. This is her story

On the set of The Reckoning, the four-part BBC drama about Jimmy Savile, the horrific sexual abuse he committed and the culture that enabled it, Susan watched the monitors during filming. Steve Coogan plays Savile, the DJ and TV presenter who, after his death in 2011, was revealed as a sexual predator. aI got a shiver,a she says. It was the same, years before, whenever she saw Savile appear on TV. aHe would make me feel sick. He was creepy, just the most disgusting human being Iave ever met. Sleazy.a

Susan, who doesnat want to give her surname, is one of four survivors who are interviewed on camera, appearing alongside the drama. The writer Neil McKay approached her after she had been in the 2016 documentary made by Louis Theroux, his examination of how a during making a previous documentary on Savile, and their odd friendship that developed since a he failed to spot his abuse. McKay visited Susan around six years ago. It was daunting, she says, and at the time she had no idea she would feature in the film. aI might have had second thoughts,a she says. aBut I felt I needed to do it, to help anybody else. If I could do it, then hopefully thereas another woman somewhere whoas going through the same thing, who hasnat had the guts to come forward.a

Regular users of fillers, Botox and other cosmetic procedures reveal what they do to their skin and why it makes them feel good

It was my dentist [who] first suggested I get Botox. I clench my teeth a lot andI was developing quite strong muscles in my jawline. They referred me to a specialist in the same clinic. As an influencer, Iam on my computer and phone all day. Itas bright screens 24/7. I frequently get headaches so they suggested I also get Botox above my browline for relief.

How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing astate secretsa that had been in public domain for years

Lars Findsen was in police custody when he discovered that spies from Denmarkas domestic intelligence agency had tapped his phone and wired his house with bugs.

The spies, he learned, had spent months eavesdropping on his daily life at home, recording hundreds of hours of his conversations in his home, including with his three children.

New Yorkas top prosecutor will take on her biggest case yet a a fraud trial that risks foundation of Trumpas real estate holdings

New York attorney general Letitia James has never shied away from taking on powerful adversaries a from the National Rifle Association to former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.

On Monday she will take on her biggest case yet: a fraud trial that threatens the very foundation of Donald Trumpas New York real estate empire.

Successful applicants for places on a lucrative-sounding show soon found out there was no cash a and no programme. Two decades later they tell their bizarre story

aNew reality TV show seeks contestants. One year, APS100,000,a read a small advert in the Stage in 2002, instructing the public to apply aif youare characterful, resourceful and energetica. Hundreds did. An audition with production teams and camera crews was held at Ravenas Ait island in the Thames in Surbiton, west London, with potential contestants delivered via boat, and a young man known as Nik Russian at the centre of it all.

aIt was so professional,a recalls Lucie Miller, who was 34 at the time. aEverybody oozed confidence and Nik was extremely charismatic.a Daniel Pope, then 25, recalls Russian being aa very handsome man who looked as if he belonged in Hollywooda.

Weare pouring money into computer models a but could they lead us astray?

Predicting the future lies at the heart of responding to climate change. We want to know what things will look like if we take certain actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a and what they will look like if we donat. The difference between the two provides the basis for weighing up the various climate policies that might be on the table.

But we arenat drawn to predictions just because weare interested in policy choices. Climate change is scary. Weare now regularly confronted with evidence of its impacts: droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, floods and so on. Predictions provide a peculiar sort of comfort: at least we have some idea of what the outcomes might look like. We can see whatas over the cliff rather than just imagining a void. Faced with the daunting threat of a changing world, it just feels better to know what the future might look like.

Sex toys, handbags and the occasional gun - the rivers, beaches and streets of the UK are covered in discarded waste. But every day, people are fighting back

On every street in Britain, youare likely to find a piece of litter. It is estimated that 2m pieces of rubbish are dropped in the UK every day, with 48% of people admitting to littering. Rubbish is not just a nuisance to look at, it can also endanger plants and animals, as well as indirectly contribute to the climate crisis. About APS1bn is spent by local authorities every year to clean up this mess, and, despite the introduction of charges for single-use plastic bags and fines for littering that range from APS150 to APS2,500, our habits of throwing waste anywhere but into a bin continue.

Yet, while there are litterers among us, there are also people taking matters into their own hands. Volunteers across the UK are using their free time to fight the rising tide of waste. We spoke to some of these litter battlers on the life-changing effects of creating clean streets and waterways.

He ripped up flooring, peed on the curtains, ate my knickers as well as an entire sofa. But he also taught me how to find peace in the everyday

A week after my mum left my dad, we travelled more than 100 miles from the outskirts of London to collect Punky from a farm in Derbyshire.

It was late summer 2006 and I was about to turn 16. This was a time of Juicy Couture tracksuits, The Simple Life on TV, hot pink flip phones and designer dog breeds.

A new study shows how verbal abuse affects children a and sows the seeds for long-term issues such as self-harm and anxiety

aSticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt mea is a phrase often repeated to children in the hope that they will learn that they cannot be hurt by name-calling or verbal abuse. In fact, words are humansa most powerful tools, and harsh language used against children can damage them for the rest of their life.

It is natural to respond to a anaughtya child by shouting a and children are forgiving of, and are surprisingly empathic in relation to, parental stress. But let us not deceive ourselves that verbal intimidation such as shouting, yelling or screaming at children leaves no scars. Or that being humiliated and ridiculed leaves children unaffected.

I spoke to ordinary people from all around the UK for a new documentary. The past is not another country a itas ours

Interviewees in history documentaries tend to be historians and curators; people with specialist knowledge, capable of explaining the facts in a detached manner. But what of people who are not experts, but for whom this history a that of how the nations of the United Kingdom formed the current union a is living and central to their sense of identity?

For them, history is not remote or distant, but alive and present in their lives and in the national debate. It is also contested.

Francis Welch is a documentary film-maker

You might think that nature, being free, is available to all a but there are huge racial disparities in access to the outdoors

• Haroon Mota is a mountaineer and the founder of Muslim Hikers

The British countryside is often perceived as universally accessible, a tranquil escape open for all to enjoy. But is this truly the case? From my experience as a member of and advocate for minority communities in the UK, it has become increasingly evident that time in the natural world is far less accessible to some of us than we would hope.

Iave been adventuring in the outdoors for nearly 20 years now, and from the very beginning I noticed that I wouldnat bump into people like myself in rural spaces, despite my city being very diverse.

Haroon Mota is a mountaineer and the founder of Muslim Hikers and Active Inclusion Network

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Youad think a tax-obsessed Tory party would want to know what these exemptions add up to. We need transparency now

It is not uncommon for politicians to compare managing the public finances to running a household budget. Hence the frequent statements about greater public borrowing equating to maxing out the nationas credit card from Conservatives such as David Cameron and Rishi Sunak. Of course, this comparison is highly misleading a for a start, governments can raise money in tax and borrow more over a longer period of time.

But there is another way the comparison falls down. Households generally have an idea of their outgoings and how much money is being spent. But this isnat the case for government a at least not when it comes to tax relief, the cost of which is often unclear. Tax reliefs are a key part of the tax system. If a person sells their home, they do not have to pay capital gains tax on any rise in value of their property. In 2022 to 2023, capital gains tax relief on the sale of a main residence is estimated to have cost APS35bn. In the same year, income tax relief for registered pension schemes is estimated to have cost APS27bn. There are also some less well-known reliefs. Did you know that rock used for cutting building stone with one or more flat sides is exempt from the aggregates levy? In 2022 to 2023, this cost APS10m.

Dr Rajiv Prabhakar is a senior lecturer at the Open University and author of Financial Inclusion: Critique and Alternatives

The home secretaryas assertion that multiculturalism has afaileda would have been considered beyond the pale even decades ago

Even by this governmentas standards, last week was bleak and this one, as the Tory conference gets under way, promises to be no less dispiriting. It is clear that Conservative party policy proposals and rhetoric are now nothing but wild last-ditch attempts to renew chances at the next election, but Suella Bravermanas latest assertion that multiculturalism has afaileda proved that when it comes to immigration, we have moved away from dog whistles and back towards the sort of Powellite language that, even decades ago, was considered beyond the pale.

Bravermanas comments were made to a handful of slouched thinktankers and journalists in Washington, and are no doubt part of her attempt to ingratiate herself with powerful, well-funded rightwing organisations as the voice of Tory future. But in the constant din of political campaigning, sloganeering and posturing about immigration, Bravermanas speech is a reminder of how badly millions of real people have been let down. The hostile environment, the ago homea vans, the acontrols on immigrationa mugs, the asmall boats weeka, and countless other dutiful pronouncements by both parties about acontrollinga immigration have all led to this point.

After losing my parents, Iave become a caregiver for my aunts, uncles and older friends. I love it a aside from all the tech support, of course

Itas 4.30pm and Iam cutting up prosciutto for my 89-year-old uncle so he can take his evening pills with something in his stomach. Something other than the orgy of Mini Magnum ice-cream bars that he and my aunt just wolfed down while I was intercepting the pizza delivery guy.

What kind of a midlife fool do they take me for? As if I wouldnat notice the sticky aftermath smeared all over their guilty faces. Not to mention hearing their entire acoverta operation when I came back into the house. Busted. They forgot to turn on their hearing aids and couldnat hear a thing they were doing, or how loudly they were doing it a the freezer drawer slamming, the wrappers crackling, the gleeful squeals and smacking lips. Those sly dogs.

As more than 100,000 people flee to avoid rule by Azerbaijan, itas time for the EU to consider the prospect of membership for Armenia

The president of the self-declared aRepublic of Artsakha, Samvel Shahramanyan, has dissolved all institutions of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and almost all Karabakh Armenians are now thought to fled the enclave being reintegrated into Azerbaijan. What lessons can be drawn from the tragic epilogue of this three decades-long secessionist conflict in Europe?

The images of long queues of cars escaping mountainous Karabakh to neighbouring Armenia bring back dark memories of ethnic cleansing that Europe thought had been relegated to its past. Just as Russiaas invasion of Ukraine, with its imperial follies, trenches and wanton destruction, catapulted Europe back into the harrowing days of the world wars, the flight of ethnic Armenians rewinds us to the Balkans of the 1990s a or even further back, to the end of the Ottoman empire during the first world war.

Nathalie Tocci is a Guardian columnist. She is director of the Italian Institute of International Affairs and an honorary professor at the University of TA1/4bingen

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People find it hard to understand why Iad choose to hear aless wella, but going without has taught me a lot about myself a and the nuances of disability

Like most people, Iad had a preconceived notion of who or what a adeafa person was. So, when I was 15 and a mysterious woman came into my school, pulled me from a lesson and told me Iad been mishearing things my entire life, I was confused to say the least. She was an assigned ateacher of the deafa from South Tyneside council a the seaside area where I grew up just outside Newcastle a and my GP had informed her that I had substantial hearing loss.

I have deaf people in my family a my grandmotheras brother and his children are deaf a but, like many people, I had just thought you were either deaf or you werenat. It was a very ignorant mindset.

Oliver-James Campbell is a journalist and social media manager

Record crowd but worrying defeat for Arsenal, VAR questions at Chelsea and encouraging starts for Leicester and Brighton

Arsenal may not be winning on the pitch but theyare winning off it. The Gunners broke the WSL attendance record for a third time with the 54,115 fans at the Emirates Stadium for their 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday. Arsenal are mastering the art of bringing the supporter base on board with watching the womenas team; the marketing and ticketing teams deserve a huge amount of credit for the numbers coming through the turnstiles. Meanwhile across London, Chelsea could only muster 14,776 for their 2-1 victory over Tottenham. It is staggering that the reigning champions, bidding for a fifth consecutive league title and with a squad stacked with international superstars, cannot get fans to show out in force. Ticket prices rising, with some as high as APS50, and the later Sunday kick-off may have impacted numbers. However, there is more to do to build crowds worthy of Emma Hayesa side. Suzanne Wrack

Leipzigas abrupt sacking of Max Eberl overshadowed a draw in which both clubs looked in need of better sporting direction

This weekendas Top-Spiel did exactly what the showpiece should a to an extent. Saturdayas early-evening Bundesliga match is positioned as the crown jewel of the weekend but even if a gripping draw between Leipzig and Bayern Munich ostensibly ticked all the boxes of entertainment and intrigue, the stomach still continued to rumble afterwards. This was a match and an occasion that, rather than delivering a statement, authored far more questions than answers.

With all manner of exciting talent on the field at Red Bull Arena this was played under the shadow of Max Eberl, abruptly fired by Leipzig on Friday with the club statement citing a alack of commitmenta which implied to many failing to sufficiently distance himself from speculation linking him with Bayern (whose interest in Eberl, to be clear, far predated his arrival at Leipzig). Oliver Mintzlaff, the clubas managing director, even went as far as to call his appointment of Eberl aa misjudgmenta during his Saturday night appearance on ZDFas Das Aktuelle Sportstudio.

Richarlison takes the eye while City and United have problems to solve after a series of Saturday surprises

Pre-season is supposedly a duff barometer of the campaign ahead. The main aim is to gain fitness and audition systems of play versus opposition preparing for their own season. Manchester United usually return from the summer money-spinners with a winning record and conscious that the real stuff of the Premier League is about to begin. Yet in the US this summer, Erik ten Hagas side won only the first game, against Arsenal, and lost to Wrexham, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid: to this observer, Unitedas form was a genuine warning of a misfiring unit and, so far, it has duly struggled - badly. Rasmus HA,jlund is an apt shorthand for Unitedas problems: the APS64m striker was again starved of chances against Crystal Palace. This has to improve a fast. Jamie Jackson

Defender, who played internationally for 26 years, recalls his highs and lows and hits back at the misplaced anger of football snobs

aI remember the teacher having a go at me in front of the whole class, laying into me. He would later become a politician and the telling-off I got a| aWhat are you going there for?! Youall make fools of yourselves; youare going to embarrass the country before the entire world.a I was 18, thinking: aWhy is it my fault?aa Not for the first time, Ildefons Lima laughs. Not for the last, either. Thereas a grin. aHe apologised afterwards,a he says.

It was June 1998 and a bunch of mates were going to play Brazil. It was Limaas third game for the Andorra national team and his teacher wasnat alone in thinking it was a ridiculous idea; this month, after 26 years and 137 games, Lima finally played his last, aged 43. As he pulled off the captainas armband, the Tourbillon stadium, Sion, handed a standing ovation to the man who had just concluded the longest international career in history. So much for embarrassment. No shame, just pride. aIave read people say: aWe knew Andorra because of Ildefons,aa he says.

• Hayley Matthews hits 132 from 64 balls in chasing down 213
• Phoebe Litchfield blasted fastest-ever 50 in T20 for hosts

Australia have fallen victim to the greatest womenas Twenty20 run chase of all-time, with Hayley Matthews smashing a century helping West Indies run down a target of 213 at North Sydney Oval.

In a mesmerising effort to level the three-match series at 1-1 on Monday night, Matthews blitzed 132 from 64 balls as the West Indies pulled off the victory with one ball and seven wickets to spare.

If you missed seeing the Prix de laArc de Triomphe winner in the flesh, your chance may well have gone for good

On the walk through the Bois de Boulogne to the metro on Sunday evening, it was possible to reflect on an Arc day at Longchamp that was almost as flawless as the weather.

There was a brilliant winning performance by Ace Impact in the showpiece, emphatic successes for Rosallion and Opera Singer in the two-year-old events, a first Group One of the season for the hugely popular Highfield Princess and a return to form for Blue Rose Cen, the Prix de Diane winner, in the Opera. In the circumstances, the fact that Frankie Dettori was denied, both on the track and in the stewardsa room, after narrowly failing to win on his final ride at Longchamp was easily overlooked.

• Wing injured in clash of heads during Sundayas win over Tonga
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South Africa wing Makazole Mapimpi has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with a fractured eye socket, the director of rugby Rassie Erasmus confirmed on Monday.

Mapimpi was injured in a clash of heads with Augustine Pulu in the Springboksa 49-18 Pool B victory over Tonga in Marseille on Sunday, which edged them closer to a quarter-final place. The incident was reviewed by the Television Match Official, but not sanctioned with a yellow card.

Even if the 2050 goal is still met, postponing action a as the UK has done a will cause more heat and damage

Postponing action and taking a slower route to net zero emissions by 2050 will worsen the climate crisis even if the goal is still reached by that date, the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned.

Prof Jim Skea also said that approving new oil and gas fields only increased the already large amount of reserves that will have to be kept in the ground if global heating limits are to be reached.

US city experienced wettest September in 140 years, with severe downpours last week causing many services to close

Torrential downpours across north-eastern parts of the US caused significant flooding and disruption last Friday. New York City was particularly badly affected, with flash flooding reported across many of the cityas subway stations and streets. One of the three terminals at LaGuardia airport was forced to close temporarily, and a sea lion briefly escaped from its enclosure at the Central Park zoo. The cityas governor, Kathy Hochul, declared a state of emergency, describing the situation as alife-threateninga, with millions of people put under flood watches and flash-flood warnings. No deaths or injuries have been reported.

A number of locations reported new record daily rainfall totals, with 226mm recorded at JFK airport and 150mm in Central Park since last Thursday. It was the wettest day ever recorded at JFK airport, with records dating back to 1948. The National Weather Service also confirmed that it had been the wettest September for New York City in 140 years.

Monsoon season usually brings summer thunderstorms for about three months each year starting in June

After a summer of extreme heat, Arizonaas most populous city is in the record books again. This time Phoenix is notching a record for dry heat.

The National Weather Service said Sunday that the monsoon season this year in the arid south-west dropped only 0.15 inches (.38 centimeters) of rainfall from 15 June to 30 September. Thatas the driest since the agency began keeping records in 1895. The previous mark was 0.35 inches in 1924.

Education secretary to issue new guidance in latest Tory attempt to limit phone usage by students

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Mobile phones could be banned from schools in England if the latest attempt to push the measure through by a Conservative education secretary is successful.

The guidance, which would align all schools in the country, would affect the whole school day, Gillian Keegan is reportedly due to tell the Tory party conference in Manchester on Monday.

Demos says Treasury should create separate spending category to help prioritise measures that prevent problems from arising

Government spending on preventative policie from vaccines to family hubs should be significantly increased and the Treasury should create an accounting category to monitor it, according to a report by the thinktank Demos.

aWhat you measure really matters: thatas how things get prioritised,a said Anita Charlesworth, a co-author and the director of research at the Health Foundation, a thinktank.

Obscurity of Lucius Blake emblematic of erasure of minorities from early British film history, says researcher

Look up the actor Lucius Blake on IMDb and youall find just two official credits to his name. Google him, and his presence is practically nonexistent. But over the course of a 25-year career as a self-described afilm artista Blake appeared in more than 30 British films a making him possibly the most prolific black actor in early British cinema.

Now, Blakeas life and career have come to light after extensive research by a film historian who says the story of his erasure is far from unique.

Annual retail report shines light on current trends and 10 years of changing British buying habits

They are the things you didnat know you needed but now canat live without: a fitness tracker, wireless headphones, a fancy abean-to-cupa coffee maker and, more recently, an air fryer. For women add a flattering jumpsuit and white trainers (but forget the floral midi).

So says John Lewis in its latest retail report. The annual exercise usually shines a light on the current yearas key products and trends but whatas different this time is, after scrutinising buying habits for 10 years, it also identifies aproducts of the decadea.

Founders say they have no idea where they will go next as gentrification ends their long residency on an industrial estate

There were thrills and spills, laughter and cheers but it was all tinged with melancholy as a beloved underground arts institution staged its final performances at its city centre home this weekend.

The Invisible Circus, which settled in Bristol almost 20 years ago after a previous life touring the carnivals and fiestas of Europe, is being forced out because its base is to be redeveloped as student accommodation and fears it will not find another headquarters in the city.

BBC Good Food Nation survey finds 19% of Britons eating more processed foods because they are cheaper

Families are eating less healthily and turning to ready meals and processed foods due to the cost of living crisis, a study has found.

More than two-thirds of people (69%) said they considered themselves to be healthy eaters but 28% said they were eating less nutritious food because it is too expensive, according to the BBC Good Food Nation survey.

A astructural failurea during Sunday service trapped dozens in Santa Cruz church in Gulf coast city of Ciudad Madero

The roof of a church has collapsed in northern Mexico during a Sunday mass, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 60, authorities said as searchers probed the wreckage late into the night looking for survivors and other victims.

Approximately 30 parishioners were believed to have been trapped in the rubble when the roof caved in, officials said. Searchers crawled under the roof slabs and officials brought in dogs to help search for possible survivors.

Advocacy group says that a lack of gender equality at the UN is making it harder to combat a growing hostility to the issue around the world

Womenas rights have been ataken hostagea at the UN, and hard-fought gains are being eroded around the world, a group of former UN leaders has warned.

The group has called for the urgent implementation of a rule to put a woman at the helm of the general assembly every other year, to combat a growing hostility to gender equality. It comes after the UN secretary general, AntA3nio Guterres, pointed out at the UNas 78th general assembly, in New York last month, that it remained an almost all-male event. aJust four women signed our founding document,a he said. aOne look around this room shows not enough has changed. aWe the peoplea does not mean awe the mena.a

Women have led 33 of the most important institutions for only 12% of the time

Only a third of key multilateral organisations are headed by a woman

13 organisations, including the four largest development banks, have never been led by a woman

Only 24% of permanent representatives to the UN are women

French actor says in open letter anever, ever have I abused a womana and says he has been subject of alynchinga

The French actor GA(c)rard Depardieu has written for the first time about allegations of rape and sexual assault against him, saying in Le Figaro that he was the victim of a lynching orchestrated by a amedia courta.

In an open letter written in a literary style, he wrote: aNever, ever have I abused a woman.a

Leadership of populist three-time PM could have ramifications for Ukraine, EU and Slovakiaas rule of law

Slovakiaas president, Zuzana Caputova, will on Monday hand the countryas former prime minister Robert Fico a mandate to start negotiations to form a coalition government after his Smer-SD party won almost 23% of the vote in weekend elections.

If he succeeds, the populist, pro-Russian leaderas fourth term as prime minister could have significant ramifications for Slovakiaas military support for Ukraine, EU unity and cohesion, and the rule of law in the central European country.

Group of 67 claim they were fitted with an IUD between 1966 and 1970 without consent or knowledge

Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are suing the Danish state.

The group of 67 women, some of whom were as young as 13 when they say they were fitted with an IUD by Danish doctors in an attempt to reduce Greenlandas population, are among the 4,500 women and girls affected between 1966 and 1970.

Former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination delivered the odd remarks during a speech in Iowa

Faced with a litany of criminal charges, Donald Trump on Sunday told a campaign rally in Iowa that he would prefer to die by electrocution rather than be eaten by a shark if he ever found himself on a rapidly sinking, electrically powered boat.

The former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination delivered the bizarre remarks during a speech in the community of Ottuma. He was pontificating over batteries for electric powered boats while recounting a conversation he claimed to have with a boat manufacturer in South Carolina.

Actor, who has previously expressed concerns about use of AI in film, tells fans aI have nothing to doa with hoax video

Tom Hanks has warned fans that an ad for a dental plan that appears to use his image is in fact fake and was created using artificial intelligence.

In a message posted to his 9.5 million Instagram followers, the actor said his image was used without his permission. aBEWARE!! Thereas a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it,a Hanks wrote over a screenshot of a computer-generated image of himself from the clip.

Thirteen people confirmed dead after fire spread through three adjoining clubs in Murcia

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that tore through three adjacent nightclubs in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia over the weekend, killing at least 13 people.

The blaze broke out at about 6am on Sunday in La Fonda Milagros club, before spreading to the neighbouring Teatre and Golden clubs, officials said.

Japanese talent agency to create new firm to manage artists as it tries to distance itself from disgraced founder

The Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, whose late founder has been accused of sexually abusing hundreds of boys and young men, will change its name and establish a new firm to manage upcoming artists, as it struggles to repair its battered reputation.

The agencyas president, Noriyuki Higashiyama, told a televised press conference on Monday that the company would be renamed Smile-Up, as part of its attempts to distance itself from its disgraced founder, Johnny Kitagawa.

New York attorney general Letitia James will argue Trump owes at least $250m in profits made from false financial statements

Just a few miles south of Trump Tower in New York City, a judge on Monday will hear allegations of fraud within the Trump Organization in a trial that could see Donald Trump and his family business paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and that has already threatened to end his business career in the city where it started.

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has accused Trump of using false and misleading financial statements from 2011 to 2021 to make himself and his businesses wealthier, helping him broker deals and obtain financing. Based on her officeas three-year investigation, James is arguing that Trump owes at least $250m for committing fraud.

Katalin KarikA3 and Drew Weissman share APS823,000 prize announced by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

Two scientists have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during the Covid pandemic.

Prof Katalin KarikA3 and Prof Drew Weissman share the 11m Swedish kronor (APS823,000) prize announced on Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

A astructural failurea during Sunday service trapped dozens in Santa Cruz church in Gulf coast city of Ciudad Madero

The roof of a church has collapsed in northern Mexico during a Sunday mass, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 60, authorities said as searchers probed the wreckage late into the night looking for survivors and other victims.

Approximately 30 parishioners were believed to have been trapped in the rubble when the roof caved in, officials said. Searchers crawled under the roof slabs and officials brought in dogs to help search for possible survivors.

Jupiter-mass binary objects floating freely in Orion Nebula appear to defy usual definition of planets

Dozens of planet-sized objects have been discovered in the Orion Nebula via observations that could herald the existence of a new astronomical category.

The free-floating entities, which have been named Jupiter-mass binary objects, or Jumbos, appear in spectacular images taken by the James Webb space telescope. The objects are too small to be stars, but also defy the conventional definition of a planet because they are not in orbit around a parent star.

Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harrisa presidential campaign, will become the only Black woman serving in the US Senate

California governor Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harrisa presidential campaign, to fill the vacant US Senate seat previously held by Dianne Feinstein, a spokesperson in his office has said.

In choosing Butler, Newsom fulfils his pledge to appoint a Black woman if Feinsteinas seat should become open. However, he had been facing pressure by some Black politicians and advocacy groups to select Barbara Lee, a prominent Black congresswoman who is already running for the seat.

Former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination delivered the odd remarks during a speech in Iowa

Faced with a litany of criminal charges, Donald Trump on Sunday told a campaign rally in Iowa that he would prefer to die by electrocution rather than be eaten by a shark if he ever found himself on a rapidly sinking, electrically powered boat.

The former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination delivered the bizarre remarks during a speech in the community of Ottuma. He was pontificating over batteries for electric powered boats while recounting a conversation he claimed to have with a boat manufacturer in South Carolina.

Charlotte Sena was last seen bicycling in Moreau Lake state park, and police said it was possible she was abducted

Drones, bloodhounds and an airboat were used in the search for a missing nine-year-old girl who had been camping with her family in upstate New York, officials said Sunday.

Charlotte Sena was last seen bicycling on Saturday evening in Moreau Lake state park, about 35 miles (60km) north of Albany, and police said it was possible she was abducted.

August searches of Marion County Recordas office and homes of its publisher and a city council member have been sharply criticized

The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to the Associated Press this weekend.

Marion mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He declined to discuss his decision further and did not say whether Cody was still being paid.

Watchdog group says entities backed by Leonard Leo have invested over $9m in adark weba of special interest groups

The rightwing activist Leonard Leo has helped fund a network of groups involved in a crucial US supreme court case that could fundamentally weaken the federal governmentas ability to hold corporations to account, a leading watchdog said as the conservative-dominated court prepared for its new term.

aLeonard Leo spent years stacking the court with ideological kindred spirits,a said Caroline Ciccone, president of Accountable.US. aNow heas funding a dark web of special interest groups to push an extreme agenda.a

Actor, who has previously expressed concerns about use of AI in film, tells fans aI have nothing to doa with hoax video

Tom Hanks has warned fans that an ad for a dental plan that appears to use his image is in fact fake and was created using artificial intelligence.

In a message posted to his 9.5 million Instagram followers, the actor said his image was used without his permission. aBEWARE!! Thereas a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it,a Hanks wrote over a screenshot of a computer-generated image of himself from the clip.

Nasrat Ahmadyar worked with US forces in his home country. He was killed while driving for Lyft in July

It was three hours to midnight on a hot Virginia evening in early July when Nasrat Ahmadyar returned to the two-bedroom apartment he shared with his wife and four children. Head just finished a game of volleyball, but the night was not over.

Ahmadyar, 31, was struggling to pay rent, behind on his car payments, and constantly preoccupied with the situation in Afghanistan, the country head fled not two years earlier after the Taliban took over. Had he stayed, he was certain he would have been killed because of the years he spent helping American special forces in their long and ultimately fruitless campaign to stop the hardline Islamist movement from returning to power.

Florida governor strips schoolsa funding alleging ties to Chinese communist party and at GOP debate vows to go tough on China

It was a desperately needed moment of grandeur for Ron DeSantis: the Florida governoras strongman act over China briefly lifting his stuttering presidential campaign during last weekas Republican primary debate in California.

But what DeSantis left unsaid as he railed against Chinaas growing global influence, while promising a ahard powera approach to Beijing should he win the White House, was how his posturing was hurting students and families back in his home state.

How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing astate secretsa that had been in public domain for years

Lars Findsen was in police custody when he discovered that spies from Denmarkas domestic intelligence agency had tapped his phone and wired his house with bugs.

The spies, he learned, had spent months eavesdropping on his daily life at home, recording hundreds of hours of his conversations in his home, including with his three children.

Activists helping people in forested grey zone say dehumanisation of migrants is increasing as Polish election draws nearer

Polandas defence, interior and foreign ministers lined up in front of a tall, metal wall topped with barbed wire. Speaking to assembled television cameras, the three men warned of a terrible plot against Poland, orchestrated in the Kremlin.

The weapons in this aspecial operationa were not tanks or bombs, suggested the foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, but people from the Middle East and Africa. It was only the decision of the patriotic Polish government to construct the wall behind him that had foiled this Russian plan to sow discord and chaos in Poland, he said.

Non-surgical cosmetic treatments are growing ever more popular worldwide, but how safe are they? And are fillers and Botox changing our idea of beauty?

From trout pouts to frozen foreheads, weave all seen people who look a bit odd after overdoing the Botox or facial fillers. Then there are the horror stories of people left blinded or with festering wounds after botched cosmetic injections.

The market for non-surgical cosmetic treatments is booming; the desire for plump, youthful-looking skin or the perfect aInstagram facea apparently trumping any fears of bad results or medical complications. Injections of botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are now the most common non-surgical cosmetic procedures worldwide, and the market for such atweakmentsa is anticipated to grow a further 15.4% by 2030.

Bankrupt, three times divorced and fresh from a spell at the Priory, the model and campaigner has come out fighting. She reveals how she is returning from rock bottom

aIam just getting a bit of toast. Would you like some?a Katie Price asks.

Yes please, I say.

In 1972, Susan was sexually assaulted by the TV presenter. A new four-part BBC drama, starring Steve Coogan as Savile, includes interviews with her and other survivors. This is her story

On the set of The Reckoning, the four-part BBC drama about Jimmy Savile, the horrific sexual abuse he committed and the culture that enabled it, Susan watched the monitors during filming. Steve Coogan plays Savile, the DJ and TV presenter who, after his death in 2011, was revealed as a sexual predator. aI got a shiver,a she says. It was the same, years before, whenever she saw Savile appear on TV. aHe would make me feel sick. He was creepy, just the most disgusting human being Iave ever met. Sleazy.a

Susan, who doesnat want to give her surname, is one of four survivors who are interviewed on camera, appearing alongside the drama. The writer Neil McKay approached her after she had been in the 2016 documentary made by Louis Theroux, his examination of how a during making a previous documentary on Savile, and their odd friendship that developed since a he failed to spot his abuse. McKay visited Susan around six years ago. It was daunting, she says, and at the time she had no idea she would feature in the film. aI might have had second thoughts,a she says. aBut I felt I needed to do it, to help anybody else. If I could do it, then hopefully thereas another woman somewhere whoas going through the same thing, who hasnat had the guts to come forward.a

Successful applicants for places on a lucrative-sounding show soon found out there was no cash a and no programme. Two decades later they tell their bizarre story

aNew reality TV show seeks contestants. One year, APS100,000,a read a small advert in the Stage in 2002, instructing the public to apply aif youare characterful, resourceful and energetica. Hundreds did. An audition with production teams and camera crews was held at Ravenas Ait island in the Thames in Surbiton, west London, with potential contestants delivered via boat, and a young man known as Nik Russian at the centre of it all.

aIt was so professional,a recalls Lucie Miller, who was 34 at the time. aEverybody oozed confidence and Nik was extremely charismatic.a Daniel Pope, then 25, recalls Russian being aa very handsome man who looked as if he belonged in Hollywooda.

MusA(c)e daOrsay adds AI and VR to display of artistas last works, never previously seen together

For a man who died in 1890, Vincent van Gogh seemed remarkably au fait with 21st-century parlance.

Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied that this was a misconception and he had in fact only cut off apart of my earlobea. So why did he shoot himself in the chest with a revolver, causing injuries from which he died two days later?

Mark Fuhrmann culled his possessions and set off into the deep, where he was chased by an alligator, brushed past a brown bear and saw a great white shark sauntering past ...

Shortly before he turned 60, Mark Fuhrmann realised what he wanted. aI thought: aIad like to see things Iave never seen before, Iad like to experience things Iave never experienced before a and Iad like to be alone.aa Fuhrmann (who blogs under the name Mark Ervin) set off on a 3,700-mile kayaking tour, and now, at 65, has just returned from a second voyage, paddling the aGreater Loopa solo. His 6,835 mile-round trip from Nova Scotia took in the great lakes of the US, inland rivers, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.

Fuhrmann, who is Canadian but lives in Norway, embarked on these journeys ato kickstart retirementa from the maritime PR business he ran in Oslo for the past 30 years. Before he set off, in June last year, he swapped his house for a flat, and culled his possessions. aIt was good to get rid of all of those things and say: aThis isnat a phase; this is a new season,aa he says.

Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60?

More than 600,000 people are released from prisons every year in the US and face an array of barriers to re-entry. For many, food has been a refuge

Write this down: Put together ramen noodles, cheesy crackers and squeeze cheese a thatas your dough. Mix barbecue sauce and salsa to layer on a marinara. Break your shaving mirror in half to create an edge just sharp enough to slice a cheddar block.

Now, the tricky part. Make a funnel out of a toilet paper roll and light the inside. Stick a pencil in either end of a summer sausage like you would for a barbecue. Twist the pencils on the edge of the toilet, over the flame, making sure the smoke goes down the funnel, inside the toilet. Chop up the now-cooked sausage, and youave got Michael Carteras jailhouse pizza.

He ripped up flooring, peed on the curtains, ate my knickers as well as an entire sofa. But he also taught me how to find peace in the everyday

A week after my mum left my dad, we travelled more than 100 miles from the outskirts of London to collect Punky from a farm in Derbyshire.

It was late summer 2006 and I was about to turn 16. This was a time of Juicy Couture tracksuits, The Simple Life on TV, hot pink flip phones and designer dog breeds.

Meeting takes place amid concerns over cracks in US funding and after a pro-Russian populist party won the most votes Slovakiaas election

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The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has arrived in Kyiv, a spokesperson for her ministry said.

The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, had said earlier on Monday he was convening a meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Ukrainian capital.

US president says he is asick and tireda of domestic political brinkmanship as Volodymyr Zelenskiy vows to fight on in speech released on Defenders Day

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Joe Biden has pressed congressional Republicans to back a deal to provide more aid to Ukraine, after provisions for Kyiv were left out of a bill to avoid a US government shutdown.

The US president said on Sunday he was asick and tireda of the political brinkmanship, and that US support for Ukraine could not be interrupted aunder any circumstancesa. Republicans had pledged to provide Ukraine aid through a separate vote, he said.

Josep Borrell condemns Russiaas war as he says meeting is taking place awithin the future borders of the EUa

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