A 19-year-old Syrian man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning a bomb attack.

The man, identified as Yamen A, is suspected to have "concretely prepared an Islamist-motivated attack using very powerful explosives", police said.

Several apartments were searched in the town of Schwerin, in north-eastern Germany, where he was arrested. Germany has been on high alert since December 2016 when 12 people died in a lorry attack in Berlin.

Police say the suspect had made a decision "no later than July 2017 to explode a bomb in Germany with the aim of killing and wounding as many people as possible".

He began to acquire the chemical products and materials necessary to build a bomb, they said, but it was not clear whether he had a target in mind. It is not known whether he has any links to terror organisations, police said on Tuesday.

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The Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Adm. Bello Al-Hassan, said the Navy had deployed seven ships and 37 patrol boats for maritime security drill in the Niger Delta.

Al-Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria at the Federal Ocean Terminal, Onne, that the command had commenced a sea/backwater exercise code named: ‘Octopusgrip’ in Onne, Rivers.

He said the exercise would give the participating ships and crew a great opportunity to showcase their professional capacity in securing the maritime environment within the Command’s Area of Responsibility. According to him, the sea-based operation is to enhance the combat readiness of the troops which commenced on Monday and would last for three days.

The FOC said the objective of the exercise was to consolidate on the gains of “Operation Rivers Sweep” that was launched in January.

He said the earlier operation had reduced crude oil theft and other maritime illegalities, which caused a high degree of insecurity of lives and property in the Niger Delta region.

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Manchester City will "be in trouble" if they fail to improve on their mid-season performance levels during the last two Premier League campaigns, according to former Manchester United defender Gary Neville.

Neville believes they will struggle to win the title yet again if they do not learn from their mistakes.

He said, "They are at an outstandingly high level." "They can only stop themselves. I mention the words robustness and resilience. If you look at Manchester City's last two seasons, one under Manuel Pellegrini and one under Guardiola, and you look at November, December and January. They probably would have won two titles in those two seasons if they'd have maintained their championship-winning level." 

He added that, "If they drop to that level in November, December and January again then they'll be in trouble. Those months are tough, the toughest months; I don't care what anybody says [to the contrary]."

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Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has revealed that a supporter has targeted his family in a death threat message sent on social media.

The Croatian centre-back has attracted criticism in recent weeks for his performances for the Anfield club, with his showing against Tottenham at Wembley seeing him withdrawn after just 31 minutes.

The 28-year-old has revealed that he received a disgusting death threat on social media, insisting that while he can accept criticism coming his way, he will not tolerate fans overstepping the mark.

The message, seemingly sent directly to the player on Instagram, read: "I'm gonna murder ur family u Croatian p***"

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday expressed delight over the World Bank’s latest “Doing Business” report that saw Nigeria moving up 24 places to 145th and recognising the country as one of the top 10 most improved economies in the world.

He congratulated all stakeholders who worked with the Federal Government to achieve what he described as “significant result.” Osinbajo’s position was contained in a statement made available to journalists by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande.

It read: “This year, Mr. President set us an ambitious target of moving up 20 places in the ranking – I am delighted that we have exceeded his goal. Improving the business environment is at the heart of the Buhari administration’s reform agenda.

We are reinforcing our economic turnaround by a vigorous and active implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan so businesses operating in Nigeria can thrive and be competitive globally.

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A military court in Cameroon sentenced an opposition leader to 25 years in prison, his lawyer and Amnesty International said and denounced the trial as politically motivated.

The court convicted Aboubakar Siddiki, the president of northern Cameroon's main opposition party, of hostility against the homeland as well as revolution and contempt of the president over accusations he plotted to destabilise the country.

"We are going to appeal this decision, which does not seem to us to be at all just," Siddiki's lawyer, Emmanuel Simh, told Reuters.

In a statement, Amnesty said the prosecution was part of a government campaign to stifle its critics. The government denies the charges are political.

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds arrested in a crackdown in recent months on protests in Cameroon's English-speaking regions.

Residents there say they suffer social and economic marginalisation in the predominantly Francophone country.

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At least three people have been killed and 13 injured in a powerful explosion in central Kabul, Afghan officials say.

Ambulances have been ferrying victims of the blast in the capital's diplomatic zone to hospital. The number of dead and injured is expected to rise. A Reuters TV crew counted eight people who appeared dead.

It is not clear what caused the blast. Kabul has been targeted by the Taliban and other militants on many occasions in recent months. In May a huge bomb in the capital's so-called Green Zone - where many diplomatic missions are based - left more than 150 people dead.

It was the deadliest suicide attack by insurgents in Afghanistan since the Taliban were driven from power by US-led forces in 2001.

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A strong earthquake with a 6.3 magnitude struck eastern Indonesia Tuesday, causing some damage to buildings and sending people running from their homes.

The quake struck at a depth of 32.4 kilometres (20 miles) and was centred 32km west of Hila on the island of Ambon, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

There were no immediate reports of injuries and no tsunami warning was issued. The USGS website assessed the likelihood of deaths or major damage as low.

“There was damage and it is still being monitored,” Mochammad Riyadi, an official at Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency, told AFP.

The earthquake was one of five tremors that rattled Maluku province within 30 minutes, according to the agency.

The others were all under magnitude 6. “People panicked and scattered out of houses and buildings,” said national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

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Australia will trial red and yellow cards for coaches and other team officials starting this weekend in an effort to improve behaviour on the sidelines at A-League matches, Football Federation Australia said on Tuesday.

Red card offences would include throwing a water bottle in a “dangerous or aggressive manner”, spitting, the use of insulting or abusive language or entering the other team’s technical area in a “confrontational manner”.

Throwing a water bottle to show dissent, sarcastic clapping of match officials, persistent excursions beyond the bounds of the technical area or “gesturing or acting in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way” will earn coaches a yellow card.

“It will help fans and viewers better understand the issues that match officials face on a weekly basis and help promote respect towards them,” said A-League boss Greg O‘Rourke.

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the former National Publicity Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Olisa Metuh, to pay N1 Bn to cover his travel expenses to appear as a defence witness in Metuh’s trial.

At the resumed trial of Mr Metuh on Tuesday, Jonathan’s counsel, Mr Mike Ozekhome, asked the court to either set aside the subpoena for his appearance or compel to pay the amount.

Ozekhome told the court that the demand for the payment is in line with the provisions of Section 241 subsection 2 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and is meant to cover travel expenses for himself and his security personnel from his hometown in Otuoke, Bayelsa State to Abuja.

The amount is will also cover logistics and provision of tight security to cover whatever time the former President will spend appearing before the court.

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Australia's Senate president has revealed he could be a dual citizen, meaning he may join five others in becoming ineligible for office.

Stephen Parry, who is part of the government, may have inherited UK citizenship through his father. Politicians with dual citizenship cannot be elected in Australia.

Mr Parry has said in a statement that he will resign from his position if his citizenship is confirmed by the British Home Office.

On Friday, a court ruled that five politicians - including Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce - were wrongly elected because of the constitutional rule.

"In the event that I am found to hold British citizenship... I believe the High Court has made it abundantly clear what action is required," Mr Parry said on Tuesday.

If forced to resign, he would be the first member of either the major Liberal and Labor parties to be claimed by a saga that has captivated Australian politics since July.

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Sergio Ramos hopes Barcelona will remain in La Liga amid Catalonia fight for independence. 
 
Barca's future in the Spanish top flight has become the subject of speculation as the region continues to push for autonomy.

The possibility of the Camp Nou outfit leaving La Liga should independence be granted has been raised, and it is unknown if the club will be allowed to play in the division.

Still, Ramos hopes the Blaugrana can remain as part of the national league and insists the issue of a lack of words in Spain's national anthem should be a bigger priority. 

"It's complicated," he said. "I find it hard to believe that the majority want independence and I prefer that Barcelona play in our league."

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A member of the House of Representatives during the Second Republic, Dr Junaid Muhammed, has revealed that the newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, is a first cousin to Babachir Lawal.

“Before you begin to celebrate the appointment of Boss Mustapha as the new SGF, do you know that he is in fact, Babachir Lawal’s first cousin? This is a continuation of the cronyism and nepotism the Buhari-led administration has become infamous for,” Muhammed told one of our correspondents.

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More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea's nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said on Tuesday.

A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after North Korea conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on September 3, TV Asahi said, quoting unnamed North Korean sources. 
 
Some 100 workers were involved in an initial collapse. Another cave-in occurred during rescue operations, leaving at least 200 people feared dead in total, the Japanese broadcaster said. The accident was triggered by the test, TV Asahi added.

Experts have warned that the underground tests could cause the mountain to collapse and leak radiation into the atmosphere near China's border.

The blast caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey, followed a few minutes later by another with a magnitude of 4.1. Japan assessed the yield from the test of what the North said was a hydrogen bomb at 120 kilotons, eight times the size of Hiroshima in 1945.

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Gareth Bale will not be reunited with Tottenham in the Champions League after missing out on a place in Real Madrid’s travelling squad. 
 
The Blancos have named a 19-man party for the midweek clash at Wembley Stadium.

Bale had been hoping to make the cut, allowing him to face his former club, but he has only been able to return to light training ahead of the contest. 

Zinedine Zidane has been forced to overlook him as a result, but Isco does make the grade after shaking off a knock which kept him out of training on Monday.

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John Obi Mikel will lead Nigeria senior national team against Algeria and Argentina in November. 

The Super Eagles have already booked their place in the 2018 Fifa World Cup billed for Russia and will face Rabah Madjer’s men on November 10 in their last qualifying game which is a mere formality.

Four days later, they face the South Americans in a friendly encounter billed for the Krasnodar Stadium, Russia.

And to prosecute this encounter, Gernot Rohr has invited 24 players with the former Chelsea midfielder and Arsenal forward making the cut.
Others are Ogenyi Onazi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Odion Ighalo and Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s John Ogu.

Following his impressive form in the Spanish topflight, 18-year-old goalkeeper Francis Uzoho has been handed his maiden call-up as well as former U17 skipper Chidiebere Nwakali.

Invited players are expected to arrive in a camp in Morocco on Monday, 6th November, before the delegation flies to Constantine on Thursday, 9th November.

FULL SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah); Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain)

Defenders: William Ekong (Bursaspor FC, Turkey); Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag, The Netherlands); Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); Uche Agbo (Standard Liege, Belgium); Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC, France); Olaoluwa Aina (Hull City, England)

Midfielders: Mikel John Obi (Tianjin Teda, China); Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor FC, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (CD Feirense, Portugal); John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel); Mikel Agu (Bursaspor FC, Turkey); Chidiebere Nwakali (Sogndal FC, Norway)

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC, England); Odion Ighalo (Chang Chun-Yatai, China); Henry Onyekuru (RSC Anderlecht, Belgium); Anthony Nwakaeme (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel)

STANDBY: Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa FC, Turkey); Alhassan Ibrahim (FK Austria Wien, Austria); Brian Idowu (FC Amkar Perm, Russia)

 

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Using a combination of the biblical text and an ancient Egyptian text, the researchers were then able to refine the dates of the Egyptian pharaohs, in particular the dates of the reign of Ramesses the Great.

The results are published in the Royal Astronomical Society journal Astronomy & Geophysics.

The biblical text in question comes from the Old Testament book of Joshua and has puzzled biblical scholars for centuries.

It records that after Joshua led the people of Israel into Canaan -- a region of the ancient Near East that covered modern-day Israel and Palestine -- he prayed: "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies."

"Modern English translations, which follow the King James translation of 1611, usually interpret this text to mean that the sun and moon stopped moving," said Humphreys, who is also a Fellow of Selwyn College.

"But going back to the original Hebrew text, we determined that an alternative meaning could be that the sun and moon just stopped doing what they normally do: they stopped shining... This interpretation is supported by the fact that the Hebrew word translated 'stand still' has the same root as a Babylonian word used in ancient astronomical texts to describe eclipses."

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Three leading Venezuelan opposition parties have said they will not take part in December's municipal elections.

Leaders from the Justice First, Popular Will and Democratic Action say the electoral system is biased.

Julio Borges, the leader of the Justice First party and president of the National Assembly, said the government of Nicolás Maduro had rigged elections in 2013 and earlier this month.

President Maduro insists the Venezuelan system is entirely trustworthy. The deadline for enrolling mayoral candidates for the 10 December vote expired on Monday.

Rather than fight another vote, the opposition coalition "should try to secure reforms to the electoral board," said Mr Borges. He also criticised Mr Maduro for denying Venezuela a recall referendum last year.

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Refugees held by Australia in Papua New Guinea have launched legal action over the closure of a detention centre.

Australia holds asylum seekers arriving by boat in camps on PNG's Manus Island and the small Pacific nation of Nauru.

The Manus Island centre is scheduled to close on Tuesday after a PNG court ruled it was unconstitutional.

Detainees argue the closure will breach their human rights by denying them access to water, electricity and security. Many are refusing to leave.

The local authorities have warned that all electricity, drinking water and food at the centre will cease at 17:00 local time (07:00 GMT) and that PNG defence authorities could enter the centre as early as Wednesday.

Refugees told the BBC that detainees planned to protest peacefully, and had begun stockpiling water and dry biscuits, as well as setting up makeshift catchments for rainwater.

They claimed that locals began looting the compound on Tuesday after security guards left.

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China's ambassador on Monday brushed off the Trump administration's complaints that Beijing is employing predatory trade and economic practices to bully and intimidate neighbours, suggesting that the United States "look in the mirror because they might be describing themselves."

Ambassador Cui Tiankai's comments during a briefing with reporters came as President Trump prepares to leave Washington at week's end for a 12-day swing through five Asian nations, including China, during which the main topics are expected to be confronting North Korea and discussions on U.S. trade relations in the region.

At the same time, however, Cui sketched out a muscular view of Chinese foreign policy and urged the United States and its allies to do more to pursue a "negotiated solution" to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program and to ratchet down rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Cui said China is faithfully implementing the United Nations Security Council's new economic sanctions on North Korea, but he added that "if only China is making its best efforts and others are doing things that lead to an escalation of tensions, this issue will not be solved."

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A fresh nuclear test at North Korea's mountainous testing site could trigger a leak of radioactive material, South Korea's chief meteorologist has warned.

A hollow space of up to 100m in length in the bottom of Mount Mantap could implode, Nam Jae-cheol said.

Pyongyang's last nuclear test in early September appeared to have triggered several landslides. "There is a hollow space, which measures about 60 to 100 metres in length, at the bottom of Mount Mantap in the Punggye-ri site," Mr Nam was quoted by South Korean news agency Yonhap as saying. "Should another nuke test occur, there is the possibility of a collapse," he warned.

The Punggye-ri test site, situated in mountainous terrain in the north-east of the country, is thought to be Pyongyang's main nuclear facility and the only active nuclear testing site in the world.

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Facebook has said as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based operatives over the last two years.

The social networking site said about 80,000 posts were produced before and after the 2016 presidential election.

Most of the posts focused on divisive social and political messages Facebook released the figures ahead of a Senate hearing where it - together with Twitter and Google - will detail Russia's impact on the popular sites. Russia has repeatedly denied allegations that it attempted to influence the last US presidential election, in which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.

The 80,000 posts were published between June 2015 and August 2017. Facebook said they were posted by a Russian company linked to the Kremlin. "These actions run counter to Facebook's mission of building community and everything we stand for," wrote Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch, Reuters reports. "And we are determined to do everything we can to address this new threat."

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The race to produce ever-faster laser pulses has set a new record, and it could lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of atom-level physics.

A team at ETH Zurich has shortened an X-ray pulse to just 43 attoseconds (10-18 seconds), which is quick enough that you can observe electrons moving in slow motion.

That, in turn, makes it realistic to study extremely fast processes, such as the formation of chemical bonds or the creation of electricity in solar cells.

The system uses a mid-infrared laser to generate "soft" X-ray pulses with an extremely large spectral bandwidth. Previous attosecond-level pulses revolved around titanium-sapphire lasers, which limited the potential photon energy and effectively ruled out studying large chunks of the periodic table.

ETH's breakthrough could significantly improve our understanding of how electrons behave, but there are also some practical benefits. You could see more efficient solar panels as scientists learn which materials and methods excite electrons the most.

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The Chief of Army staff of Nigeria, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has said the Nigerian Army is people oriented and will never do anything to harm Nigerians.

Buratai said this at the closing ceremony of Exercise Crocodile Smile II in 6 Division after the community responsibility activities of the Division in Igwurruta, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday.

He said the medical outreach currently going on in some regions is not aimed at hurting anyone and that the Nigerian army belongs to the Nigerian army.

“The Nigerian Army is the only truly Army that belongs to the Nigerian people and it will never do anything to harm the Nigerian people,” he said.

He also attended the medical outreach by 6 Division Nigerian Army as part of the activities marking the end of the operation Crocodile Smile II at the Palace of the traditional ruler of Nye-Nwe Ali Elele Alimi in Kelga, Rivers State, Eze Jonathan O.G. Amadi.

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A US federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump's attempt to bar transgender people from the military.

District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly overruled a presidential memo issued by Mr Trump, which sought to reverse an Obama administration policy change.

Ms Kollar-Kotelly's injunction returns the US military to the status quo - allowing transgender personnel to serve openly and new recruits to join up. The case was filed against in August by a group of unnamed plaintiffs.

The judge agreed with the plaintiffs' assertion that the president's directives were "not genuinely based on legitimate concerns regarding military effectiveness or budget constraints, but are instead driven by a desire to express disapproval of transgender people generally".

She went on to say that the president's reasons for seeking to ban transgender personnel in July "do not appear to be supported by any facts" and had been rejected by the military.

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The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of Save APC Democracy Youth Vanguard, on Monday besieged the National Secretariat of the ruling party in Abuja, demanding the immediate sack of the National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun.

The youths, wielding banners and placards, said they were protesting the gross violation of the party's constitution and demanded an immediate audit of the APC accounts.

Addressing journalists, the leader of the group, Peter Oyewole, said that since 2015, when Mr. Oyegun came on board as chairman of the party, its finances have not been audited and made public as stipulated by the law.

The group also accused the Oyegun-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the imposition of candidates at all levels, adding that there can never be fairness and justice in any party with the shackles of candidate imposition.

Mr. Oyewole emphasized that the current national chairman cannot work in tandem with the APC agenda and President Buhari.

He said that if Mr. Oyegun is not removed from the office he will continue to rubbish the efforts of the president in the fight against corruption.

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Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has gone to Belgium, a lawyer he has hired there says.

The lawyer, Paul Bekaert, did not comment on reports that Mr Puigdemont could be preparing an asylum claim.

Spanish prosecutor have called for rebellion charges to be brought against him and other organisers of Catalonia's banned independence referendum.

Theo Francken, Belgium's immigration minister, said over the weekend that an asylum application was "not unrealistic" but Prime Minister Charles Michel later said it was "absolutely not on the agenda".

Spanish media reported that Mr Puigdemont had met Flemish politicians in Brussels. The TV station La Sexta reported (in Spanish) that he was there with five of his sacked government's ministers:

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Tiger Woods announced on Monday he will make his return to competitive golf at the Nov. 30-Dec. 3 Hero World Challenge at Albany in the Bahamas.

"Albany is the perfect setting and it will be great to join this outstanding field..." The 41-year-old American has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.

"All of us would be overjoyed if Tiger Woods could come back and play at a high level," Woods' former swing coach Butch Harmon told Sky Sports.

Woods will not find the competition any easier this year with a top flight field that includes Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar and Justin Rose.

The most recent embarrassing setback came last Friday when Woods pleaded guilty in a Florida court to reckless driving and entered a program for first-time offenders, avoiding a conviction on the charge of driving under the influence (DUI) last spring.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr Ayodele Oke. The President has appointed Mr Boss Mustapha as the new SGF.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said in a statement that the President Buhari took the decision after studying the report of the panel headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, which investigated allegations of corruption against both men.

Monday’s decision by President Buhari comes more than two months after he received the report of the probe panel.

Vice President Osinbajo who headed the committee that probed both officials had submitted the report to the President on August 23.

The President suspended Mr Lawal and Mr Oke in April after both of them were hit with corruption allegations.

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Hong Kong will host the 2022 Gay Games, fighting off bids from cities in the United States and Mexico to become the first Asian city to stage the sports and cultural event.

The news comes after Taiwan's constitutional court declared in May that same-sex couples have the right to legally marry, the first such ruling in Asia, providing a shot in the arm for the gay rights movement in Asia.

"The impact that the Gay Games has in host cities is incredible in terms of culture, sport, economic impact, history and most importantly elevating all matters of LGBT+ equality," the Federation of Gay Games said in a statement.

The 2018 Gay Games will take place in Paris from August 4-12, featuring 36 sports, 14 cultural events, an academic conference, and up to 15,000 participants from 70 countries.

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The Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is aware of the reinstatement of a former Chairman of the Pension Reforms Commission, Mallam Abdulrasheed Maina, into the civil service.

She, however, said she warned the President against it. Oyo-Ita said that her warning was based on the implications such reinstatement would have on the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government. The HoS stated this in her memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari.

The President had directed the HoS to investigate the circumstances that surrounded the return of Maina to the civil service. He gave the directive following the public outcry that trailed Maina’s reinstatement.

Maina, whose whereabouts is still unknown, has been accused of embezzling pensioners’ funds running into billions of naira and is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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Britain's Olympic and world champion Mo Farah has split with long-time coach Alberto Salazar because he wants to move back to London with his family, he said in an interview on Monday.

"I'm not leaving the Nike Oregon Project and Alberto Salazar because of the doping allegations," Farah, 34, said.

He ended his track career this year to concentrate on road running and will now work with Gary Lough, who previously coached his own wife and women's marathon world record holder, Britain's Paula Radcliffe.

"I'm leaving (Salazar and the U.S.) simply because my family and I are moving back to London," said Farah, who won 10,000m gold and then a silver in the 5,000m at the World Athletics Championships in London, the final track race of his career.

"Gary successfully coached Paula Radcliffe - Britain's greatest ever marathon runner who I've always looked up to since I was a kid - throughout her career and he has an in-depth understanding of what is needed to achieve real results at marathon distance.

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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is set to call on fit-again midfield pair N'Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater for Tuesday's crunch Champions League clash away to Roma. 
 
The Blues can move five points clear in Group C with a win at Stadio Olimpico, where both of Roma's league defeats have come this term. 
 
Kante has been sidelined for almost a month with a hamstring injury sustained on France duty, while Drinkwater only made his Premier League debut for the club as a late substitute in Saturday's 1-0 win at Bournemouth.

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Luis Figo believes Paris Saint-Germain demand to be noticed following the club's summer capture of Neymar from Barcelona. 

The former Barca, Real Madrid and Portugal star talked up the Brazilian, who joined the Ligue 1 giants this past summer in a record €222 move.

"Neymar is one of the best players in the world," Figo told Goal. "He brings more quality to the squad of Paris Saint-Germain and that makes PSG a much stronger team. 
"In terms of visibility, it attracts a lot more people’s attention too."

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Alvaro Morata has moved to clarify comments made in a widely-shared interview on Monday, insisting that he is happy at Chelsea. 

The Spain international was quoted by a newspaper as saying that he missed playing for Juventus, and that he would like to live in Italy.

However, he has now insisted that there was a "communication problem" and that he is content in London, as Chelsea prepare to face Roma in the Champions League.

"Probably we have a communication problem with this interview. All I said was I was very happy at Juventus," he told reporters at a press conference. "In the interview I wanted to say probably after my career I don't live in London. But I'm really happy in London.  

"I really like London now, but probably in the future when I want to bring my children to school I prefer to go back to my country. 
"I'm talking only about the traffic & lots of people. But it's a great city... I really enjoy London."

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Serbia have parted company with coach Slavoljub Muslin, despite him leading them to the World Cup in Russia above the Republic of Ireland and Wales.

Muslin, 64, guided his country to the top of Group D as they reached their first major tournament in eight years.

But a statement from the country's FA (FSS) said: "The FSS decided to part company with Muslin by mutual consent.

"His assistant Mladen Krstajic takes over as the caretaker until a new head coach is appointed."

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John Obi Mikel will lead Nigeria senior national team against Algeria and Argentina in November. 
 
The Super Eagles have already booked their place in the 2018 Fifa World Cup billed for Russia and will face Rabah Madjer’s men on November 10 in their last qualifying game which is a mere formality. 
 
Four days later, they face the South Americans in a friendly encounter billed for the Krasnodar Stadium, Russia.

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The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says the protests are already causing racial divisions after some demonstrators were seen carrying the flag from the apartheid era, when South Africa was governed by its white minority and black people were not allowed to vote.

The protest comes three days after two white farmers were sentenced to more than 10 years in prison each for forcing a black man into a coffin. They intend to appeal against the sentence.

Those behind the protests have urged people to wear black. While most photos appear to show only white protestors, some show a racial mix.

The protest was organised to show outrage at the killings of farmers, especially after the death of a white farmer in Klapmuts near Stellenbosch.

Last Tuesday, Joubert Conradie, 47, was shot on his farm and died later at the Stellenbosch Mediclinic. The idea that white farmers are being targeted has been going around for some time.

The fact-checking site Africa Check found back in 2013 that white people in South Africa are less likely to be murdered than any other racial group.

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Toyota is very invested in love. The automaker has a central philosophy of making vehicles that inspire ‘Aisha,’ a concept that literally means “beloved car” in Japanese.

But the nature of ‘Aisha’ is changing, necessarily, just at the nature of automobiles themselves are fundamentally changing as we usher in automated and semi-autonomous driving.

The key to making ‘Aisha’ work in this new era, Toyota believes, lies in using artificial intelligence to broaden its definition, and to transform cars from something that people are merely interested in and passionate about, into something that people can actually bond with – and even come to think of as a partner.

To create a bond between a person and a car that’s more than just skin (or topcoat) deep, Toyota believes that learning and understanding drivers, combined with automated driving, and an AI agent that’s more companion than virtual assistant, is key.

That’s why it created ‘Yui,’ the virtual copilot it has built into all of its Concept-i vehicles, including the Walk and Ride, both of which debuted at this week’s 2017 Tokyo Motor Show.

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Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Last year's increase was 50% higher than the average of the past 10 years.

Researchers say a combination of human activities and the El Niño weather phenomenon drove CO2 to a level not seen in 800,000 years.

Scientists say this risks making global temperature targets largely unattainable. This year's greenhouse gas bulletin produced by the WMO, is based on measurements taken in 51 countries.

Research stations dotted around the globe measure concentrations of warming gases including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.

The figures published by the WMO are what's left in the atmosphere after significant amounts are absorbed by the Earth's "sinks", which include the oceans and the biosphere. 2016 saw average concentrations of CO2 hit 403.3 parts per million, up from 400ppm in 2015.

"It is the largest increase we have ever seen in the 30 years we have had this network," Dr Oksana Tarasova, chief of WMO's global atmosphere watch programme, told BBC News.

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British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis was accessed more than two million times “from every corner of the globe” within days of it being made available to the public, a media report said on Saturday.

Hawking’s 1966 work proved so popular on the day of its release on Monday that it crashed the publications section of Cambridge University’s website, the BBC reported.

More than 500,000 people have also tried to download the paper, titled “Properties of expanding universes”. Arthur Smith, from the university, called the figures “monumental”.

“This is far and away the most accessed item we have in the university’s Apollo repository,” Smith, deputy head of scholarly communication, told the BBC. “I’d hazard a guess that professor Hawking’s PhD thesis is also the most accessed item from any research repository ever. We’ve never seen numbers like this before.”

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Apple has reportedly fired an engineer after his daughter posted a video showing off the brand new iPhone X.

Brooke Amelia Peterson posted a hands-on video of the new gadget to YouTube after visiting the Apple campus to see her father and take a look at the iPhone X.

The video went viral and, as a result, Apple dismissed her father for violating an Apple company rule by allowing her to film the handset.

The company is famously secretive about its new products and, at the time of the filming, the iPhone X was still an unreleased device. Peterson explained that her father had been let go by the company in a second video uploaded soon afterwards.

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A recently updated listing on Amazon reveals that the company’s basic Kindle ebook reader will support Audible “in the coming months” via an over-the-air update, according to The Digital Reader.

Audible offers a library of more than 375,000 audiobooks (some of them for dogs!), magazines, newspapers, and radio shows, all of which can be streamed wirelessly via Bluetooth to wireless headphones and speakers.

Earlier versions of Amazon’s basic ebook reader supported Audible, but the company removed the capability as its range of readers grew.

Amazon’s new Kindle Oasis, its priciest ebook reader at $250, supports the service, while buyers of the basic Kindle, which starts at $80, will soon be able to enjoy the same benefit.

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Google may have killed the Pixel name after two models, but the Pixelbook is nothing if not the logical successor to the line.

The new device adds some new tricks, including a convertible display, pen functionality and Google Play access.

It’s also the first laptop to support Google Assistant built-in, courtesy of a devoted key. But for all intents and purposes, it addresses the same needs as the Pixels that came before it.

The product has become more capable with each generation, through a combination of hardware and software updates.

At some point along the line, it made that transition into full-fledged laptop territory, like Pinocchio finally transforming into a real boy.

Google appears to see the new Pixelbook as the Chromebook’s mainstream moment as a consumer laptop.

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Dropping Thursday....

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IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati has declared the just-concluded repeat presidential election was credible, free, fair and credible.

The electoral commission is set to declare that Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected as President, garnering 98 per cent of the valid votes cast in the fresh election held last week and which was boycotted by his main challenger, Nasa’s Raila Odinga.

The declaration process, which is ongoing, started a few minutes to 4 pm with Mr Chebukati reading the votes that each candidate got in each of the 47 counties.

The declaration is made without results from 25 constituencies in Nyanza that failed to vote on Thursday due to disruptions of polling.

Mr Chebukati said that the conditions that had been set for the repeat poll were met and that the fresh election credible, free and fair.

He described as the “most difficult and legally unchartered waters” the fact that Kenya, first in Africa and the Commonwealth, and only the fourth in the world, had its presidential election annulled and a repeat poll done.

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The Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Alleged Fraudulent Activities in Collection, Accounting, Remittance and Expenditure by Revenue Generating Agencies has invited the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to appear before it.

The committee’s Chairman, Sen. Solomon Adeola, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Kayode Odunaro, on Sunday said the invitation followed findings on a N6.5bn unpaid revenue accruing from the Lagos Trade Fair Complex.

He said others invited to appear before the committee are the Director Generals of Directorate of State Security, Bureau of Public Enterprise and National Council on Privatisation.

Adeola said the essence of the invitation was to get the Police and DSS to assist the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Bureau of Public Enterprise in recovering the money, which had accrued for over nine years.

Adeola said it had become necessary to recover the 322 hectares multi-billion Naira complex following a huge debt due to the N40bn lease fees.

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The ECOWAS Court of Justice has awarded N88 billion damages against the Federal Government for its failure to clear landmines and remains of explosives in the aftermath of the civil war in the South Eastern part of the country.

In a consent judgment delivered by Justice Chijioke Nwoke on Tuesday, the court ordered the Federal Government to commence clearing and evacuation of the aftermath of the civil war within 45 days.

Hundreds of landmine victims had dragged the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court in 2012, asking for an order for the removal of remnants of war instruments stockpiled in 11 states of the South East, South South and NorthCentral.

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George Papadopoulos, a former campaign adviser to President Trump, pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals he believed had ties to the Russian government during Trump's presidential campaign.

Papadopoulos, who was named by Trump in March 2016 as a foreign policy adviser to the campaign, pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with the Russians when he was interviewed in January by federal agents who were investigating Russian interference in the presidential campaign.

In fact, prosecutors say he met with Russians in March 2016 and was told by them the next month that he had damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, including thousands of Clinton's emails.

Papadopoulos also falsely told agents he believed his Russian contact was a low-level person in Russia, but, in fact, he knew that he had ties to senior levels of the Russian government, according to court papers released Monday.

He told agents that he met another contact a year before joining the Trump campaign, but, in fact, he met her only after he was named to the campaign and communicated with her for months while working with Trump aides, the documents show.

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Alvaro Morata says he cannot see himself living in London very long, admitting he finds England's capital "stressful", ahead of returning to Italy for Chelsea's clash with Roma.

The striker left Juventus in 2016 to re-join Real Madrid after the Spanish club activated a buy-back clause in his contract, having won two Serie A titles and helped Juve reach the Champions League final in his two years in Turin.

Despite struggling to earn regular first-team opportunities at Real Madrid, Morata has quickly got up to speed with the Premier League since moving to Chelsea - scoring six goals in nine appearances - but it is the pace of life off the pitch which is taking its toll on the forward.

"I'm fine," Morata told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. "I live in downtown Chelsea. London fascinates me with its multi-ethnicity, the coexistence of cultures and religions, but I do not see myself living here for very long. Too much, too much stress, too many metropolises."

Morata, whose wife is Italian, felt he arrived at Juventus "a boy" but left as "a real player", admitting the environment was perfectly suited for him - and not one he wanted to leave in order to return to Madrid.

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hailed "untouchable" striker Romelu Lukaku

The striker made an electric start to life at Old Trafford as he scored seven times in seven Premier League outings, yet after failing to find the net in his last five matches, he has come in for some criticism.

The Belgium international forward moved to United in the summer for a fee of £75 million and Mourinho has emphatically defended the recent acquisition.

"Romelu is untouchable in my team and should also be in terms of the support from the fans," he told the press ahead of a Tuesday Champions League meeting with Benfica. "He's playing extremely well for us.

"The fans are free to express themselves as they want. But my job is to protect my players and Romelu should be untouchable.

"I don't think Romelu's quiet at all. Ask [Tottenham defenders] Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Eric Dier if he was quiet!"

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The Islamic State militant group have continued their threats into the world of football by sending a message to Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Neymar, Lionel Messi and France head coach Didier Deschamps have all been depicted in the past, and a poster uncovered by terrorism monitoring portal SITE Intel Group shows Ronaldo kneeled down with a black eye in front of a terrorist with a knife.

"Our words are what you see, not what you hear," the message read. "So, just you wait. We are waiting."

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Here are the 🔝-10 highest grossing Hollywood films🎥 from the weekend.

Format: Film - Weekend Gross - Total Gross - No.of weeks run

1⃣ Jigsaw $16.3M $16.3M 1 

2⃣ Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween $10.0M $35.5M 2 

3⃣ Geostorm $5.7M $23.6M 2 

4⃣ Happy Death Day $5.1M $48.4M 3 

5⃣ Blade Runner 2049 $4.0M $81.4M 4 

6⃣ Thank You for Your Service $3.7M $3.7M 1 

7⃣ Only the Brave $3.5M $11.9M 2 

8⃣ The Foreigner $3.2M $28.8M 3 
9⃣ Suburbicon $2.8M $2.8M 1 

🔟 It $2.5M $323.7M 8

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Meixian Techand have been celebrating promotion to the Chinese second tier in style, with their players rewarded with mountains of cash.

The riches on offer in the Chinese Super League have made plenty of headlines in recent times, with some top talent lured to Asia from Europe and South America.

Carlos Tevez, Oscar, Hulk, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Demba Ba are just some of those to have landed lucrative contracts in the Far East.

Financial rewards are not solely restricted to those at the top of the football pyramid in China, though, with the cash flow trickling down to the lower tiers.

Meixian Techand have stepped from the third rung to the second, and those involved in that success have toasted their achievement with stacks of cash.

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"Show your dark side and follow Bella Hadid during her Halloween night. Would you dare to join?"

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Neymar paid a surprise visit to his old Barcelona team-mates at a training session on Sunday.

The Brazil international turned up at a session at the Ciutat Esportiva as his old club began their preparations for their Champions League trip to Olympiacos.

Barca even posted a picture of the 25-year-old on their official Twitter account, with the simple caption: "Neymar visits his ex-team-mates."

Neymar, who is locked in ongoing legal disputes with Barca regarding allegations of a breach of contract and the club's refusal to pay him a loyalty bonus, was pictured chatting with Barca first-team players including Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.

The former Santos man was banned for PSG's 3-0 Ligue 1 win over Nice on Friday but is expected to return for the midweek clash with Anderlecht.

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The security dilemma being presented to the 2018 World Cup is growing with the usual fear of football hooliganism being overshadowed by ISIS and their graphic threats against the tournament.

A number of posters and online images have been created by the terrorist organisation without Neymar and Lionel Messi two players presented in their latest efforts.

Furthermore, coach Didier Deschamps has been depicted as an 'enemy of Allah' with France one particular nation which has seen an increase of terrorism activity in recent times.

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There is nothing worse than being caught short when on the football field - thousands of eyes watching and all you can think of is when you might be able to relieve yourself.

For many amateur footballers, the site of players disappearing mid-match to the toilet is not an unfamiliar sight, but those watching Salford City's National League North clash with Bradford Park Avenue got more than they bargained for on Saturday.

With Salford 2-1 up in the closing stages, goalkeeper Max Crocombe was shown a red card in mysterious circumstances, with no one quite sure what the New Zealand Under-23 international had done wrong.

It soon materialised, however, that Crocombe had chosen to urinate by the side of the pitch rather than wait until he was able to return to the dressing room at full-time.

Salford are owned by members of Manchester United's famed 'Class of '92', with Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Phil Neville all involved in the day-to-day running of the non-league outfit.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as the leader Nigeria needs to overcome its challenges, with respect to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption campaign according to the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima.

“No matter what you will accuse Buhari of, nobody can accuse Buhari of corruption,” he said. “He’s a stabilising factor in this country, he’s a man of impeccable credentials.”

Amid speculations over the President’s decision to contest the presidential election in 2019, Shettima believes President Buhari is the only one who has a say on such decision.

He, however, said that nobody can force the President to contest in 2019, neither can anyone preventing for running for a second term in office.

On the call for restructuring, the governor said: “My own take on this restructuring debate is that we are treating the symptoms, not the disease.”

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Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, officials say.

Families will be able to enter the stadiums in three major cities - Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.

It is another move towards giving more freedom to Saudi women, who face strict gender segregation rules, and follows the historic lifting of a driving ban.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is leading a major drive to modernise Saudi society and boost the economy.

Saudi Arabia's sports authority said that preparations would start in the three stadiums so they can be "ready to accommodate families from early 2018".

Restaurants, cafes and monitor screens would be set up inside the stadiums as part of the changes, it added. Up until now, the venues have been men-only areas.

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Ex Manchester United star, Gary Neville has accused Anthony Martial of only ever playing at "85 per cent" of his ability.

The forward has enjoyed an encouraging start to the campaign, scoring six times and registering six assists in 14 appearances in all competitions, seven of which have been as a substitute.

Neville thinks Martial has the talent to be "tearing this league apart" but thinks Mourinho and France head coach Didier Deschamps have identified a problem in his attitude.

"It's been a stop-start Manchester United career for Martial," he told The Gary Neville Podcast .

"For someone of his talent, he should be tearing this league apart with his ability. He's lost his place in the France squad. There's obviously something wrong with him."

He said, "Mourinho and the French manager has turned off of him a little bit. You always get the feeling he's playing at 85 per cent. If he showed that extra 15 per cent, then he could do anything. He's got everything you'd want: composure in front of goal, great skill, pace, strength, but what is that little bit missing?"

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Zinedine Zidane insists Real Madrid can still win La Liga despite falling eight points behind leaders Barcelona with Sunday's shock loss at Girona.

The champions slipped to a second league defeat of their title defence as the home side became the first promoted team to beat Los Blancos in 27 years.

The French coach defended the brittle display and affirmed his belief that the title race is far from over.

"We know we can turn this around. We will have better days and the other teams will drop points too over the season," Zidane told reporters at his post-match press conference.

"We lost three points unexpectedly [but] we want to win La Liga, it is our day to day.

"I do not agree that we played badly. All the players made an effort. I am annoyed for them, as it was just details [which cost Madrid].

"We will go home, rest, and get ready for Wednesday. The players are still motivated for La Liga."

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Iceland's governing coalition has suffered big losses in parliamentary elections with centre-left parties picking up many seats.

PM Bjarni Benediktsson's centre-right Independence Party remains the largest but lost nearly a quarter of its seats.

The second snap election in a year, called after a paedophile scandal, was held amid deep voter distrust.

Coalition talks are expected to be complex, with a record eight parties winning seats.

A three-party coalition is only possible if it includes both the Independence Party and its nearest rival, the Left-Green movement headed by 41-year-old Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

Most parties say investment is needed in welfare, infrastructure and tourism but disagree on how to fund it.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered an investigation into an international trade minister, Mark Garnier, who reportedly admitted to asking his personal assistant to buy sex toys and used a sexual slur against her.

May's office confirmed the investigation to CNN after the Sunday Mail newspaper published Caroline Edmondson's allegations and Garnier's admission.

Edmondson said that Garnier took her to a sex shop in London in 2010 and asked her to buy two vibrators, one for his wife and one for a woman in his constituency office, while he waited outside. "Another time in the bar he said to me in the hearing of others, 'You are going nowhere, sugar tits,'" she said. "He was worried I was going to go off and work for another MP. It was awful."

Garnier admitted in a report that both events took place but denies they constituted sexual harassment, saying that he and Edmondson "got on fine" at the time but that they later "fell out" and that Edmondson was "disgruntled."

"I'm not going to deny it, because I'm not going to be dishonest," he said. "I'm going to have to take it on the chin." CNN has reached out to Garnier and Edmondson, who have not immediately responded.

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Girona's 2-1 victory over Real Madrid will have raised a big cheer elsewhere in Catalunya on Sunday, as the Liga new boys broke a drought which had lasted over a decade and ended the visitors' incredible away run in the process.

Sunday's upset was the first time a Catalan side other than Barca had beaten Madrid in La Liga for more than 10 years, with Espanyol having been the last team to get the better of them way back in October 2007.

Goals from Albert Riera and Raul Tamudo sealed a 2-1 victory in Montjuic, with Sergio Ramos, the only survivor from that Madrid team still active at the club, netting from a late Guti corner.

The Espanyol coach that day? None other than Ernesto Valverde, who is now in charge at Camp Nou.

And to make matters worse for Madrid, their record-breaking away run in Spain's top flight was finally brought to and end.

Before the game at Estadi Montilivi, Zidane's side had won their last 13 away matches in a row in La Liga - a record unmatched by any other side in the competition's history.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he has no concerns over Alexis Sanchez's attitude, saying the forward would return to his best.

Sanchez is yet to find his best form this season with just one goal and two assists in seven Premier League games.

The Chile international, whose contract expires at the end of the campaign, was heavily linked with a move to Manchester City in the close-season - and may yet join Pep Guardiola's side in January or ahead of 2018-19.

"I think he's coming back stronger physically," the Frenchman told UK newspapers.

"He runs after goals at the moment so he's a bit frustrated when he doesn't score, like all the goalscorers. I'm not worried about it, he works hard and that will come back quickly.

"You can never try too hard. At the moment he's marked well, they double up on him, but he still creates many dangerous situation.

"He needs to not worry too much. I know when you say that to the strikers they still worry but on a longer period he has always scored goals. That will come back."

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Jose Mourinho has hit out at Manchester United fans for their lack of loyalty to top scorer Romelu Lukaku.

The Belgium international has scored seven Premier League goals since signing for Everton during the summer for £75 million.

However, despite the striker's immediate impact for the Red Devils, Mourinho believes that the fans are not giving him enough credit nor the support he deserves.

However, despite the striker's immediate impact for the Red Devils, Mourinho believes that the fans are not giving him enough credit nor the support he deserves.

"Yeah, I would like the supporters to explain to me why they don't support him so much," Mourinho told MUTV.

"He gives everything and I think it is not fair when scoring the goal or not scoring the goal makes the whole difference.

“I don’t think it is fair at all. So I’m a bit disappointed - but not with him. With him very pleased.”

On Saturday, United defeated Tottenham 1-0 thanks to a goal from substitute Anthony Martial, with some of the fans booing when he replaced young forward Marcus Rashford.

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Policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Oyo State Police Command, has injured a man in Ibadan.

The policemen also shot a female friend of his, identified simply as Doris, who was with him. The incident took place at the Bodija Market area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday.

The graduate of Business Administration, who runs a mobile boutique in Ibadan, was hit on the lower part of the right leg, just above the ankle. Doris was also hit in the same position of her right leg.

The victims, who declined to show their faces in the pictures taken by our correspondent, are receiving treatment at the emergency ward of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

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Max Verstappen might have cause to thank the Formula One stewards, even if only as a backhanded compliment, for giving him plenty to get stirred up about ahead of Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix.

Demoted off the podium at last weekend's U.S. Grand Prix, and also in Mexico a year ago, the 20-year-old Red Bull driver produced a faultless sporting response at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

In Austin he had railed at one 'idiot' steward, language for which he subsequently apologized, after he was handed a time penalty for exceeding track limits while overtaking Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

"It's a great podium to be on, which last year I think I should have been on already but I missed out at the very last moment but luckily now no penalties."

With title contenders Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton colliding, and going to the back of the field, Verstappen had a free run and the team's biggest problem was to rein in his enthusiasm.

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Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani will step down as president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region as the political backlash to September's Kurdish independence referendum continues.

Barzani's office released a statement Sunday announcing the Kurdish leader will not extend his current term, which ends Wednesday.

He will also suspend the post of the presidency, dispersing executive powers over other branches of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG).

"I refuse to continue as president of Kurdistan region after November 1," Barzani's letter said. "I will remain as Peshmerga among my brave and patriotic people of Kurdistan, I will continue working toward our nation rights and protect our achievements." The letter was read in front of the Kurdish Parliament in Irbil and posted on the official Kurdistan region presidency website.

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Senate President Dr. Bukola Sakari and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dogara Yakubu to account for the spending of N500 billion as running cost for the legislative body between 2006 and 2016, and disclose monthly allowances of each member.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday ruled that, “I have looked at the papers filed by SERAP and I am satisfied that leave ought to be granted in this case for judicial review and an order of mandamus directing and compelling Saraki and Dogara to account for the spending of the running cost and disclose the monthly income and allowances of each Senator and member.”

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Jose Mourinho angrily deflected questions about injured Paul Pogba, insisting he has "no idea" when the midfielder will be available for Manchester United.

While Pogba has been as active as usual on social media in that interim, there has been little word on when he can return for his club.

"I have no idea [when he will return]," the manager snapped when the Pogba question was asked after a 1-0 win over Tottenham.

"Honestly. I am not in control of his recovery process. He is not training with me. He is on individual work and when a player is on individual work I cannot predict."

“I would expect Marcos Rojo to return after the international break because he is training with me. But with Paul I have no idea."

“[Without Pogba] We won every match except one. Two? Well, two, so not bad.”

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Hundreds of thousands have attended a rally for Spanish unity in Barcelona after Catalonia was stripped of its autonomy for declaring independence.

Many urged the jailing of sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. Mr Puigdemont was dismissed as Spain's central government took control of Catalan institutions.

Spain's foreign minister has said that he could run for re-election in December - if he has not been imprisoned by then.

Alfonso Dastis's comments come as Spain's chief prosecutor prepares to file criminal charges against the pro-independence leader, who has said he does not recognise the order from Madrid removing him from power.

Meanwhile, in an open letter, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido has urged the Catalan regional police force to accept temporary direction from Madrid.

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An ecstatic Lewis Hamilton became Britain’s first four-times Formula One world champion on Sunday after fighting back from last place following an opening-lap collision with arch-rival Sebastian Vettel at the Mexican Grand Prix.

In a race won by 20-year-old Dutch prodigy Max Verstappen, in a Red Bull, the 32-year-old Mercedes driver finished ninth to cement his place as his country’s most successful driver of all time.

Vettel, the only man who could have delayed the seemingly inevitable, ended up fourth after starting on pole position and then dropping to 19th following a pitstop to replace a broken front wing.

Hamilton has an unassailable lead of 56 points with two races, worth a total of 50, remaining in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.

“It doesn’t feel real. That’s not the kind of race that you want but I never gave up. I kept going right to the end,” said a jubilant Hamilton, the British flag proudly draped over his shoulders.

He had raised both hands to his helmet as he took the chequered flag, with the crowd rising to applaud.

“Lewis has done a superb job all year and deserves to win the title,” said Vettel. “Congratulations to him. It is his day.”

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One of the twin boys who were conjoined at the head has opened his eyes four days after a historic surgery to separate them in India, a doctor says.

Two-year-old Jaga has also responded to simple commands, including moving his limbs. He is on a ventilator and needs daily dialysis due to kidney problems.

His brother, Kalia, is not yet conscious and has suffered seizures. The boys were born with shared blood vessels and brain tissues and a 16-hour surgery separated them.

A team of 30 doctors carried out the operation - the first of its kind in India - at a state-run hospital in the capital, Delhi.

Both boys are stable and doctors are satisfied with their progress so far, Professor Deepak Gupta, who was involved in the operation, told the BBC.

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Two elite members of the US Navy are being investigated for murder after a 34-year-old special forces serviceman was found dead in Mali in June, officials have told US media.

Army Staff Sergeant Logan J Melgar, from Texas, was found at US embassy housing in Mali on 4 June.

Reports in US media suggest officials believe the officer died of asphyxiation after being strangled. No-one has been charged in connection with the death. US forces have been deployed to the country to help with counterterrorism.

The Army's Criminal Investigation Command reportedly investigated the death for months after a coroner ruled his cause of death was homicide caused by strangulation, according to the New York Times.

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It would appear that Harvey Weinstein's woes might've started to affect his business -- the 1st Weinstein Co. movie released since his scandal made less than $1,000 in theaters.

TWC's "Amityville: The Awakening" -- which stars Bella Thorne -- reportedly grossed a meager $742 Saturday after being released in just 10 locations ... 2 weeks after streaming on Google Play for free.

The movie was shot a while ago, with the first trailer dropping in 2015 -- but its release date kept getting pushed back until this month. The announcement for its latest release date came just a couple weeks before Harvey's first NYT story.

Sources close to TWC's financial records tell us the biz is on the verge of bankruptcy, but the company has called BS on that claim.

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The 24-year-old singer-songwriter was announced as the No. 1 seller on Sunday (October 29) on the Billboard 200.

Niall sold 152,000 equivalent album units in his first week, with 128,000 of those in traditional album sales.

He is now the third member of One Direction to notch a No. 1 record, following Zayn Malik and Harry Styles, matching The Beatles‘ record for most solo members from a group to notch No. 1 albums.

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The 33-year-old This Is Us actress and singer revealed that she may work on a new project, and when she does, chances are a collab with her new fiancé, Taylor Goldsmith!

“I live with a musician who’s an incredible songwriter. I wouldn’t be surprised if we make music together,” she said.

“In some way I think we’ll write it together and maybe he’ll play on it. I’ll have to hold him to that. I’m putting it out there publicly now!” she jokingly added.

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The head of the UN food agency has appealed for aid to avert a humanitarian crisis in the conflict-wracked DR Congo province of Kasai.

David Beasley told the BBC that more than three million people were now at risk of starvation.

He warned that hundreds of thousands of children could die in the coming months if aid was not delivered.

Violence flared in August 2016 after the death of a local leader during clashes with security forces. It has forced 1.5 million people from their homes, most of them being children.

Mr Beasley described the situation in Kasai as a "disaster". "Our teams are out in the field, we saw burned huts, burned homes, seriously malnourished children that had been stunted, obviously many children have died already," the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) said.

"We're talking about several hundred thousand children there that will die in the next few months if we don't get first funds and then second food, and then third access in the right locations," he added.

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The Somali government has fired two top security officials after twin blasts and a siege left at least 27 people dead, on Saturday.

They came just two weeks after at least 358 people died in another attack, one of the deadliest ever to hit Mogadishu.

Police chief Abdihakin Dahir Saiid and the director of national intelligence, Abdillahi Mohamed Sanbaloosh, were both removed from office on Sunday. The decision came after an emergency cabinet meeting, Somali officials say.

The Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it carried out Saturday's bombings. Police say three militants were captured alive and two others blew themselves up during the attack.

The siege started on Saturday afternoon after a car bomb was driven into the Nasahablod Two hotel. A few minutes later, a second car bomb targeted the former parliament house nearby.

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The lawyers were among 13 people arrested on 17 October for taking part in a meeting to discuss challenging a law stopping private health clinics from providing HIV and Aids services.

However, Sibongile Ndashe says they had no right to do so, and has accused authorities in Dar es Salaam of holding her and her colleagues “hostage”.

The arrests followed a September speech by Deputy Health Minister Hamisi Kingwangalla, who vowed in front of parliament to “fight with all our strength against groups supporting homosexuality in our country,” AFP news agency reports.

But Ms Ndashe, who was deported along with two colleagues from South Africa’s Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), told a press conference there was no crime they could be charged with, as the meeting was not about homosexuality.

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Brain Builders International (BBI), a Non-Governmental Organisation focused on youth development, organised an essay and oratory contest for thirty-six public and private secondary schools in the State of Osun, during the fourth edition of her Teens Speak Out event.

The event, themed "Let Teens Contribute to National Development," was held on 26th October, 2017, at the Oshogbo Government High School Hall.

The event witnessed the presence of several secondary school students accompanied by their teachers.

In the welcome address given by the National Coordinator, Brain Builders International, Mr Olasupo Abideen, he mentioned that the purpose of the event is to promote verbal literacy and oratory skill among young minds, adding that it was launched as an avenue to synthesize the acclaimed leaders of tomorrow, the youth, in nation-building by engaging them in national discourse.

According to Mr Olasupo, the event is not geared at promoting unhealthy competition. Rather, it is a platform for collective deliberation and political participation. To this effect, he mentioned that there are neither winners nor losers, but only great minds who have made themselves proud.

Olasupo said, "The goal of this intellectually-stimulating programme is to avail our youth of the opportunity to live in the democracy of today. Tomorrow is the future, they say; but we believe the future is now. Youth are the leaders of today and not tomorrow. It is, thus, expedient that they are equipped with the requisite skills, so as not make mess of the nation as did most of our past political leaders who have not only failed us, but have also betrayed our common purpose, and strangled democracy in the Adams apple."

All thirty-six secondary schools in attendance had three representatives each, one for the essay contest and two for the oratory contest.

The topic for the essay was "Social Media: a Curse or Blessing to the Nigerian Educational Sector?"

The topic for the oratory contest was "Restructuring Nigeria: a Panacea or a Mere Political Tantrum?"

Of all thirty-six schools represented in the oratory contest, six schools with the highest scores qualified for the final round.

With the final round assessment, emerging first, was NACOMYO Comprehensive College. The second was Islamic College, Osogbo, while Ridwanullahi Model College beat Onaopepo Islamic Model School to the third position.

The judges for the competition were Miss Tosin Adebusuyi, Mr Ayodele Ibiyemi Eagles, Mr Oladepo Sunday, Mr Charles Adeyemi and Mr Ismaheel Lateef Adebayo.

For the essay contest, conference marking was adopted. After the essays were graded by four different judges using WAEC standard, the three winners which emerged were Bisola College, Osogbo; Islamic College, Osogbo; and Al Mansoor Model College, Ifon Osun; as first, second and third prize winners respectively.

The essays were graded by AbdulAzeez Mubajjal, Haleem Olatunji, Alalade Jibola, and Ganiyu Saheed Isola.

Brain Builders International also awarded a punctuality award to Kranion Private College for being the first school to arrive at the venue.

According to Mr Olasupo Abideen, punctuality award was to promote the culture of punctuality and discipline among students.

The event had as its special guests of honour, Mr Oladipo Fasesin (Convener, Book House Dialogue), Mr Wale Ayofe Abinuwaye (CEO, Immaculate Productions) and Mrs Idyat Babalola (Commissioner to the Governor of Osun on Federal Matters), who was ably represented; while the Guest Speaker was Mr Alabi Dare.

According Mr Oladipo Fasesin, the performance of students at the event showed that there is still hope for Nigeria.

He urged the students to always strive for excellence in their future pursuits.

 M.B Almubajal Reporting for,

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