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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe opens the door for wantaway striker Alexander Isak on eve of Liverpool visit.Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe remains hopeful Alexander Isak could be reintegrated into the squad despite the disgruntled striker saying in an explosive midweek post on social media that his relationship with the club cannot continue.Isak broke his silence on his discontent at Newcastle by posting a statement on Instagram, saying the club has broken promises about an agreement that would allow him to leave amid interest from Liverpool and reiterating his desire to move.Newcastle responded to Isak’s outburst by saying no club official…

Michael BuchananSocial Affairs CorrespondentBBCThe review will look into cases at the Royal Sussex County HospitalFamilies calling for an inquiry into maternity care in East Sussex say they feel “ignored, exhausted and dismissed” after meeting the chair of a national review.The group met with Baroness Amos on Wednesday, claiming she was poorly briefed and that no progress was made.The families, who all lost babies under the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust, have been campaigning for 18 months for an inquiry and insist that senior midwife Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead it.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said Baroness…

Billionaire Elon Musk and his social media firm X have reached a tentative settlement with former employees who had sued for $500m (£373m) in severance pay.The parties reported the deal in a court filing on Wednesday, jointly requesting the US appeals court in San Francisco to postpone an upcoming hearing to allow time to settle the paperwork.Some workers sued the company over their terminations and severance packages, after some 6,000 staff – more than half its workforce – were sacked as part of a cost-cutting measure after Musk took over the company in 2022.The BBC has contacted X – formerly…

An “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area, UN-backed experts have declared, in an escalation in the devastated territory’s humanitarian crisis.The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met.Only four famines have been declared by the IPC since it was established in 2004, most recently in Sudan last year.“This famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed,” the report says. “The time for debate and hesitation has passed, starvation is…

While executives discussed the future of television at this week’s Edinburgh TV Festival, new research has exposed a stark reality: Britain’s television workforce is experiencing an unprecedented employment crisis. A comprehensive study by Bectu, the U.K.’s union for the creative industries, surveyed over 3,600 professionals working across British television production, from drama and documentaries to commercials and broadcasting. The results reveal an industry where unemployment has reached alarming levels. Current joblessness affects nearly half the workforce surveyed. Drama workers reported a 45% unemployment rate, while those in unscripted programming faced 46% unemployment. Commercial production workers experienced similar hardship at 46%…

19 The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has raised concerns that Nigeria’s weak infrastructure is holding back economic growth, limiting productivity, and discouraging investment across key sectors. This warning comes ahead of the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #31), scheduled to take place from October 6 to 8, 2025. The summit will focus on the theme “Building Infrastructure for Competitiveness”, highlighting the role of infrastructure in improving efficiency, attracting investment, and enhancing citizens’ quality of life. In a statement released on Thursday by the acting Head of Strategic Communication and Advocacy, Ayanyinka Ayanlowo, the NESG explained that developed infrastructure systems…

Aug 21, 2025, 04:00 AM ETWelcome to a brand new series of Onside/Offside! The Premier League is back, and with it, new signings and debutants to the league have also arrived. Luis Miguel Echegaray shares his thoughts on some of the biggest names and determines the ones who will immediately shine, and those who might need a little more time to find consistency in their debut campaigns for their respective clubs.Wirtz is one of the most exciting prospects in Europe, and one of the best players in Germany. What makes him special is his ability to find the holes no…

You never forget your first Metal Gear – yet there’s one title in Konami’s legendary stealth series that is universally heralded as its pinnacle: 2004’s Snake Eater. This prequel-cum-threequel was something of a reset. Originally intended as a PS3 game thanks to its sheer technological ambition, but then released on PS2, writer and director Hideo Kojima yearned to take gravelly voiced protagonist Solid Snake away from dimly lit military bases and have him slither outdoors. Featuring hunting for food and snapping broken bones back into place, Snake Eater felt more grounded and immersive than any of its 2000s PlayStation peers.Yet…

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said.The charge relates to trips he took abroad while serving as president.He is due to appear in a magistrates court in the capital Colombo on Friday, having already given a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) earlier in the day.Wickremesinghe served as president from 2022 to 2024, stepping into the role after the country’s worst ever economic crisis triggered a popular uprising caused his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee. He was widely credited with helping put the island nation back…

Lyon, France — In a sweeping INTERPOL-coordinated operation, authorities across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals targeting nearly 88,000 victims. The crackdown recovered USD 97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation. Operation Serengeti 2.0 (June to August 2025) brought together investigators from 18 African countries and the United Kingdom to tackle high-harm and high-impact cybercrimes including ransomware, online scams and business email compromise (BEC). These were all identified as prominent threats in the recent INTERPOL Africa Cyberthreat Assessment Report. The operation was strengthened by private sector collaboration, with…