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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOriginally, I misread the order of play and thought Zverev v Fearnley was today, not tonight. It could be a helluva match, that one – will Zverev ever recover from his major-final collapses and pummellings? He looked broken at the end of this year’s Aussie Open and, though that was, of course, in the moment, my sense is he no longer believes he can win one.ShareOn the main Sky channel, we’ve got Boyer v Rublev – the no 15 seed leads 32 with a break – and on my…

Home Office says injunction against Epping hotel would have ‘serious impact’ on UK’s ability to house asylum seekersBecca Jones, director of asylum support in the Home Office, said it would be “significant” to lose 152 bedspaces from the Bell hotel in Epping, Essex.The PA news agency reports that in a witness statement referenced in the court of appeal hearing on Thursday, Jones said there were 103,684 accommodated asylum-seekers as of 31 March, higher than in 2024. She said: In this context, and at this time, the loss of 152 bedspaces is significant when considering the Home Office’s legal duty. The…

After the spiritual ordeal of his Holocaust movie Son of Saul, and his complex, nuanced drama about prewar Budapest, Sunset, Hungarian director László Nemes comes to Venice with a valuable, interesting picture: another painful, sombre story from 20th-century central Europe composed in his familiar sepia visual palette, and executed with impressive technical control.Set in the aftermath of Hungary’s failed uprising against its Soviet masters, it is a story about sons rebelling against fathers, but also about coming to terms with (or having to swallow resentment at) the reality of a new order of power – just as the Hungarian people…

A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement.Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former head of the National Financial Investigation Agency, diverted money for personal use, a court ruled. Nicknamed “Bello” because of his good looks, the married Engonga gained notoriety last year, when he appeared in leaked videos having sex with different women – many of them wives and relatives of people close to the centre of power. The leak occurred while he was in detention, accused of…

It was a routine day, and 26-year-old Muntazer Mehdi had performed his mid-afternoon prayers. Then, after lunch, the mountains started growling.The tailor, who lived in Chogogrung village at the foothills of the Siachen glacier – the world’s second-largest non-polar glacier – knew what he had to do: Run.Mehdi, his wife and their two children had to flee their home in late July after glacial melting led to a lake outburst. “We knew what was coming because of how loud the clanking of the rocks was, and the water stream stopped,” he said. “We had just enough time to make it…

Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025France, Germany and the United Kingdom have triggered a mechanism to reimpose sanctions on Iran after a series of meetings failed to reach an agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme.The three European countries, known as the E3, have been warning Tehran for weeks that United Nations sanctions could be reimposed by October when a 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and major powers expires.The decision on Thursday – which will take effect in 30 days – comes after a spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned this week that renewing the sanctions would have…

If your skin is crying for help but you’re too tired to care, the best red-light therapy masks are the easiest fake-it-till-you-make-it hack around. You might have seen a wave of people on social media channeling their best Hannibal Lecter while wearing an LED device, like our top pick, the CurrentBody LED Face Mask Series 2 ($470). They’re not sipping Chianti but instead claiming that the wrinkles and fine lines on their faces have disappeared with the help of red-light therapy. There’s nothing wrong with aging (duh), but after seeing the huge rise in popularity of these skin care devices,…

Katy WatsonBBC News in Kyiv andPaul KirbyEurope digital editorCCTV captures moment three strikes hit KyivThe head of the European Union’s executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has spoken of her outrage at Russia’s deadliest onslaught on Kyiv since July – which also damaged the EU’s delegation office in the Ukrainian capital.Seventeen people including four children were killed and dozens more wounded in the bombardment, Ukrainian officials said. A five-storey residential building was destroyed, and the EU mission and nearby British Council were damaged.In a strongly worded statement, von der Leyen said that Russian missiles struck in close proximity to the…

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22 The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has taken a major step to support the country’s manufacturing sector by opening a new office dedicated to handling electricity matters for manufacturers. The office, which is located at the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) showgrounds in Lugogo, Kampala, was officially opened on Wednesday by the State Minister for Energy, Mr. Okaasai Opolot. The launch was part of a dialogue session between the utility company and manufacturers, where stakeholders discussed challenges faced by industries and ways to improve electricity supply and service delivery. Speaking at the event, Minister Okaasai described manufacturers as the…