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Nottingham Forest defender Ola Aina has been ruled out for three months with a hamstring injury sustained on international duty.The right-back limped off in Nigeria’s 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with South Africa on Tuesday and scans have confirmed the severity of the injury.Aina will now be removed from Forest’s Premier League squad, although can be re-registered after the winter transfer window. New boss Ange Postecoglou had confirmed on Thursday the 28-year-old was being assessed, and will now be without him until the new year.Striker Taiwo Awoniyi is now expected to be included in Forest’s Premier League squad.They go to…

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An MP3 player? In 2025? Am I going to be covering Betamax and MiniDisc players next?The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.No, this isn’t a retro piece from the Filter. You may be reading this at least three years after Apple decided the iPod business was too niche to be worth bothering with, but MP3 players – or digital audio players, as they should more accurately be called – are seeing a small resurgence, despite the domination of Spotify, Apple Music and the like.“In the past few years,…

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Some girls wore proper football boots. Others played in sneakers. A few ran barefoot across the dusty pitch of Madziwa Teachers’ College in Shamva. But on that day, it didn’t matter what they were wearing. What mattered was the message they were sending: child marriages have no place in their communities. As the whistle blew, the girls charged forward, their energy, their laughter, and their determination louder than the stigma that had long shadowed their lives. Each kick of the ball was a small act of rebellion. For many girls in rural Zimbabwe, childhood is short-lived. Poverty bites hard, and…

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Anti-Muslim incidents in person have increased by 150 percent – and by 250 percent online — according to an independent report.Published On 12 Sep 202512 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said his government will “carefully consider” the recommendations of an independent report which found that anti-Muslim incidents in the country have “skyrocketed” since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.During a media briefing at the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Sydney on Friday, Albanese said targeting Australians based on their religious beliefs was an attack on the country’s core values.Recommended Stories list of…

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Late-night hosts respond to the shooting of Charlie Kirk and assess Donald Trump’s denials of a sexually suggestive birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein from 2003.Stephen ColbertStephen Colbert opened his show on Wednesday with an acknowledgement of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the rightwing activist and Trump adviser who was shot and killed at age 31 during an event in Utah on Wednesday afternoon. “Our condolences go out to his family, and all of his loved ones,” said Colbert.“I’m old enough to personally remember the political violence of the 1960s,” the Late Show host added. “And I hope it is obvious…

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When Deghareg Bekele, an architect in his early 30s, bought an Volkswagen electric car this year, he was a little sceptical. Not only is his home town, the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, prone to persistent power cuts, he also doubted the quality of his new vehicle.Four months on, Deghareg is pleased with his purchase since he no longer has to endure long lines at the petrol pump, caused by Ethiopia’s chronic fuel shortages.“I’d have to wait two to three hours, even if I got there in the early morning, and they often run out of petrol before it’s your turn,”…

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Alison HoltSocial affairs editor andJames Melley and Judith BurnsBBCThe cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years but many children still do not receive appropriate care, says a report from the independent public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) says councils on average spent £318,400 on each child placed in a children’s home in the year ending March 2024. But these huge sums do not represent value for money, the report concludes. “I do not know where the money is being spent,” says Ezra Quinton, now 20, who recalls smashed windows and…

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Sep 12, 2025, 04:00 AM ETAll of the Premier League’s biggest clubs are monitoring Ajax midfielder Jorthy Mokio, while Chelsea are in talks over signing another talented South American teenager in Deinner Ordóñez. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Onana leaves Man United on season-long loan- Gotham calls record deal for Shaw a ‘no-brainer’- Chelsea face 74 FA charges over agent paymentsJorthy Mokio made his first-team debut for Ajax in February, shortly before his 17th birthday.. Raymond Smit/Newhouse Media/MB Media/Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS-…

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Apple’s 2025 iPhones are here, and things are quite different for the first time in a while. The base iPhone 17 will still feel familiar, but the iPhone 17 Pro models have a completely new look, and there’s a brand-new model called the iPhone Air. The “Air” branding has been somewhat diluted of late—the current-gen iPad Pro models are lighter than the iPad Air—but the iPhone Air brings meaning back to the original idea: a super-thin and ultra-lightweight device.Preorders kick off September 12, and official sales start September 19. If you’re considering an upgrade, what model should you get? I’ll…

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Adam Shapiro on Israel’s attack on Qatar, possible US involvement – or at least foreknowledge – and how Israel exerts influence over Washington.Adam Shapiro, a Middle East analyst, talks about Israel’s attack on Qatar, possible US involvement or foreknowledge of the strike and how Israel exerts influence over Washington.Published On 12 Sep 202512 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

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