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Nassourdine Imavov beats Caio Borralho in Paris, then issued a title challenge to UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev.Published On 7 Sep 20257 Sep 2025Nassourdine Imavov outlasted Caio Borralho in the main event of UFC Fight Night in France, earning a unanimous decision and consolidating his claim as a potential title challenger to middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev.Imavov, fighting in front of his home crowd at Accor Arena in Paris, secured a fifth straight UFC victory, with the three judges delivering a clear win for the 84kg (185-pound) fighter: 50-45, 49-46, 49-46.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Saturday night bout…

An AI company is to reconstruct the missing portions of Orson Welles’ legendary mutilated masterwork The Magnificent Ambersons, it has been announced.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Showrunner platform is planning to use its AI tools to assist in a recreation of the lost 43 minutes of Welles’ 1942 film, removed and subsequently destroyed by Hollywood studio RKO.Edward Saatchi, CEO of interactive AI film-making studio Fable, which operates Showrunner, said in a statement to IndieWire: “We’re starting with Orson Welles because he is the greatest storyteller of the last 200 years … So many people are rightly skeptical of AI’s…

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral frontrunner and Democratic nominee, joined the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in a rousing town hall in Brooklyn on Saturday evening where the two addressed the growing threat of oligarchic control across the US and how to fight it.The event, held at Sanders’ alma mater Brooklyn College, drew an audience of about 1,700 people. Mamdani and Sanders co-hosted the town hall as part of Sanders’ Fighting Oligarchy tour, which has included rallies in 20 states. Throughout the tour, the senator has been actively supporting and recruiting progressive candidates to run for office.Speaking to the…

It is hard to imagine anyone less like the slovenly, has-been MI5 agent Jackson Lamb than his creator, Mick Herron. “He must come deep out of my subconscious,” the 62-year-old thriller writer jokes, sipping mineral water at a rooftop bar in his home city of Oxford, a world away from London’s Aldersgate where his bestselling Slough House series is set. In a “blue shirt, white tee” (fans will get the reference), he is softly spoken with a hint of a Geordie accent. Herron is often described as the heir to John le Carré and “the best spy novelist of his…

Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC TigrinyaAFP/Getty ImagesAfter outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of the world’s biggest dams on a tributary of the River Nile, burying a colonial-era treaty that saw the UK guarantee the North African nation the lion’s share of its water.The dam – built on the Blue Nile at a cost of about $5bn (£3.7bn), with a reservoir roughly the size of Greater London – has led to a surge in Ethiopian nationalism, uniting a nation often polarised along ethnic lines and…

Latest scorecard from the second Twenty20 international between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Harare.

Tom BatemanBBC News, in ChicagoGetty ImagesPolice remove tents which demonstrators were using to block a vehicle entrance to an ICE facility outside ChicagoOn the South Side of Chicago, few people seemed braced for President Donald Trump’s troops.But many here would tell you about another battle – one for the souls of the young.We drove through neighbourhoods notorious for their levels of violent crime. In one, Bronzeville, we went to the spot where seven people were shot and wounded in a drive-by attack last weekend. It was a block from Chicago Police HQ. The casualties were among at least 58 people…

442 Customers of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, popularly known as FirstBank, are currently facing difficulties accessing some of the bank’s major digital banking platforms following a temporary service disruption. In a notice issued on Thursday, the tier-1 lender confirmed that the downtime is affecting transactions on its FirstMobile app, FirstOnline internet banking service, and the *894# USSD code. These platforms, which serve millions of Nigerians daily, are among the bank’s most widely used digital channels for payments, transfers, and other financial services. The bank explained that customers may experience delays or outright transaction failures when attempting to send money…

Alongside grinding and dosing by weight, the steam wand likewise allows for a bit of added control, with settings from mild to strong. “Strong” means strong, for big cappuccino froth: Heed the warning and keep your milk level low in the frothing cup, or you’ll probably have cleanup. But especially, the steam wand offers an automatic shutoff at your desired temp, so you don’t accidentally burn off milk sugars. In practice, it’ll probably stop a few degrees lower than you set it, so plan accordingly.Jump into the custom settings and you can also add a pre-infusion—a lower-pressure water infusion, for…

The concept of “Africa rising” has long lacked significance, and the idea of an African renaissance often appears as a lofty slogan without practical manifestation. However, recent political events in West Africa–specifically Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali–have begun to lend substance to these mottos. Burkina Faso is at the forefront of a new wave of radical change in political culture and practice. Developments in these three countries illustrate that Africa is not rising all at once but rather step by step, as the conditions for political change are not evenly distributed. Undoubtedly, transforming Africa’s political culture from one of unquestioned…