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  Uganda Reaches Controversial Resettlement Deal With U.S. Uganda reached an agreement with the U.S. to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are “reluctant” to go back to their own countries. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, said that the country will not accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors under the temporary arrangement. Uganda already hosts nearly two million refugees and asylum-seekers, mostly from nearby countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Sudan. The agreements are part of the Trump administration’s wider push for deportation deals with countries…

Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.” Unlike certain other Meta employee memoirs, “How to Save the Internet” doesn’t sound like a tell-all or a scathing critique. And in an interview with the Guardian, Clegg (who previously led the U.K.’s Liberal Democrats) seems to distance himself from Silicon Valley without quite disavowing his former employer. “I really do believe that, despite its imperfections, social media has allowed billions of people … to communicate with each other in a way that has never happened before,”…

Peter HoskinsBusiness reporter, BBC NewsAFP via Getty ImagesEvergrande was once China’s biggest property developerChinese property giant Evergrande’s shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday after more than a decade and a half of trading.It marks a grim milestone for what was once China’s biggest real estate firm, with a stock market valuation of more than $50bn (£37.1bn). That was before its spectacular collapse under the weight of the huge debts that had powered its meteoric rise.Experts say the delisting was both inevitable and final.”Once delisted, there is no coming back,” says Dan Wang, China director at…

Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City since it started its invasion of the city on August 6, trapping hundreds under the rubble, the Palestinian Civil Defence says.The agency said in a statement on Sunday that ongoing shelling and blocked access routes are preventing many rescue and aid operations in the area.Emergency workers continue to receive numerous reports of missing people but are unable to respond, while hospitals are overwhelmed by the toll of the attacks, it added.“There are grave concerns about the continued incursion of Israeli forces into Gaza…

Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier scored 32 points and had nine rebounds Sunday night in her return after missing the past seven games due to a right ankle sprain.She helped Minnesota beat the Indiana Fever to improve to 30-7.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedBefore her injury, Collier was the clear front-runner for MVP, averaging a league-high 23.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals (third in the league) and 1.6 blocks (fourth) per game. She had been out since Aug. 2.The Lynx went 5-2 during that stretch, dropping the two games consecutively to the New York Liberty and Atlanta Dream. Minnesota holds a 6-game lead…

Alyce RochaVideo game streamer Alyska is part of a burgeoning wave of women claiming a space in gaming Alyce Rocha makes her living working from home – but she doesn’t have a normal nine to five.Forget endless Teams meetings, she’s spent recent weeks living the (virtual) life of an ambitious Mafia upstart in 1900s Sicily.Such is life as a video game streamer. Known online as Alyska, she has made gaming her full-time career, by broadcasting herself playing games live, to her combined 585,000 followers.The appeal, she says, is “sharing an experience together”.”If you’ve played the game yourself then you want…

Maputo — Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Thursday urged Mozambicans living in Japan to act as ambassadors for the country, by projecting a positive image of Mozambique. He was speaking at a meeting with the Mozambican community on the sidelines of his participation, in the city of Yokohama, in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference for the Development of Africa (TICAD 9). In his message, Chapo stressed the importance of projecting a positive image of Mozambique abroad to attract investment and speed up development. A spokesperson for the Mozambican community said a positive image of Mozambique will strengthen the country’s credibility…

Danish filmmaker Per Holst, who produced films by the likes of Lars von Trier and directed one of the most successful Danish films of all time, has died. He was 86. The director-producer died Saturday, according to his son, actor Morten Holst. The cause of death was not immediately available. As a producer, Holst’s credits include films by von Trier (The Element of Crime), Nils Malmros (Tree of Knowledge, Beauty and the Beast, Arhus by Night, Barbara and Paion of Love) and Bille August (Zappa, Twist & Shout and Pelle the Conqueror, which won the 1989 Oscar for best foreign-language…

Foreign Ministry calls Charles Kushner’s claim that Paris is not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism ‘unacceptable’.France has summoned the US ambassador, Charles Kushner, after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Paris had failed to do enough to stem anti-Semitic violence, a French Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says.Kushner published the open letter in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, in which he focused on France’s criticism of Israel – which has been accused by leading rights groups of carrying out a genocide in Gaza – and its plans to recognise a Palestinian state.“Public statements haranguing Israel…

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 1st (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wrack’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 2ndProspectsJust how impactful can a stunning Champions League win be on the psychology of a team that has struggled to challenge domestically in recent years? We are about to find out. Arsenal’s battling run to Lisbon and subsequent victory over Barcelona ended a north London trophy drought, yet it has still been six years since the most decorated women’s team in England won a Women’s Super League title. Back-to-back League Cup wins in 2023 and 2024 ensured the…