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Indonesia says 5,000 now missing after quake and tsunami
The number of people believed missing afterearthquakes and a tsunami hit Indonesiaʼs Sulawesi islandlate last month has risen dramatically to 5,000, the countryʼs disaster management agency said on Sunday. The agency said it had so far recovered 1,763 bodies as the death toll from the 7.5-magnitude earthquake continues to rise. Rescuers continued to search for victims on Sunday with little hope of finding survivors 10 days after the September 28 disaster, but authorities said efforts to retrieve bodies would end on October 11. Read more: Indonesia quake: ʼTsunami warning system needs improvementʼ
Rome warns Germany not to deport migrants back to Italy
German news agency DPA has learnt that authorities in the southern German state of Bavaria were planning to start deporting large groups of migrants back to Italy. According to the European Unionʼs Dublin Regulation, the cases of asylum-seekers must be processed at their point of entry into the 28-nation bloc. As a German border state, Bavaria is a point of entry into Germany from other European nations. DPA said it was unclear whether German authorities in Bavaria would go ahead with deportations amid rising tensions with Rome over the migrant issue. The flights would normally have to be accompanied by federal police officers, and would thus have to be coordinated with Berlin.
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Wife of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial for fraud Both Netanyahus deny any wrongdoing
Deadly earthquake hits Haiti At least 14 people have died after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck just off the northwest coast of Haiti late on Saturday. Authorities said more than 100 people were injured when several buildings collapsed. The quakeʼs epicenter was about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west-northwest of the coastal town of Port-de-Paix at a depth of 11.7 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey. It was felt as far away as the capital, Port-auPrince. At least seven people were reported to have been killed in Port-dePaix, and another four in and around the town of Gros-Morne further to the south. President Jovenel Moise called on Haitians to "remain calm" amid reports of panic in several places in the north.
Eastern Europeans filling hundreds of thousands of new German jobs The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara, is being tried on charges of misusing state funds for buying private meals. Sara Netanyahu appeared in a Jerusalem court on Sunday on the first day of a trial over heralleged overspending of state moneyon catered meals at the prime ministerʼs official residence, despite a full-time chef having been employed to cook. If convicted, Netanyahu, 59, could face up to five years of prison. She has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $100,000 (€86,7000) from the state for ordering hundreds of meals from restaurants, bypassing rules that forbid using such monies if a cook is employed at home. The meals allegedly came from a number of well-known restaurants in Jerusalem, including an Italian restaurant, a Middle Eastern grill joint and a sushi restaurant. A statement from her lawyers on Sunday said the food had been ordered against her will. The court hearing was adjourned after a short time until November 13. The trial is expected to
last for months. It is not the first time Sara Netanyahu, an educational psychologist, has come before a court over alleged misbehavior. In 2016, a labor court in Jerusalem found her guilty of abusing an employee at the official residence and ordered her to pay $42,000 in damages, while in 2018, the Netanyahus won a libel suit against an Israeli reporter, Igal Sarna, who claimed Sara had once thrown her husband Benjamin out of a car onto the side of the road during an argument. She has also long faced other allegations from employees of extravagance, abusive behavior and mistreatment. Her husband, Benjamin Netanyahu, is himselfembroiled in a series of corruption investigations. Both he and Sara Netanyahu say the charges are politically motivated and fabricated by a hostile media. Sara married Benjamin Netanyahu in 1991 in a second marriage. They have two sons.
Every second job being created in Germany is being filled by a foreigner, according to Federal Employment Agency (BA) figures. The number of people registered as employed in July was 700,000 more than in the previous year, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported, using the BA figures. Of that number, Germans filled 330,000 positions and foreigners 370,000. Read more: Germanyʼs planned immigration law – what you need to know In total, there are currently about 1.5 million registered employees from Eastern Europe working in Germany, including 422,000 Poles and 349,000 Romanians.
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Turkey believes Saudi journalist was killed in consulate Turkish officials believe that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was likely killed inside the Saudi consulate in Turkeyʼs largest city, multiple news outlets reported on Sunday. "The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that Mr. Khashoggi has been killed at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. We believe that the murder was premeditated and the body was subsequently moved out of the consulate," anonymous sources told both Reuters and the Associated Press. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, however, said he still hoped for a positive outcome to the the matter and added that he was personally monitoring the case. Erdogan told reporters he was awaiting the results of the probe into Khashoggiʼs disappearance. The Washington Post, for which Khashoggi wrote, cited unnamed sources to report that Turkish investigators believed a 15-member team "came from Saudi Arabia" to kill the man. "It was a preplanned murder."
Nauru orders Doctors Without Borders to stop work with asylum-seekers Nauruʼs government has ordered Doctors without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), to cease its work on the island, the medical aid group said in a statement on Saturday. MSF was providing medical treatment to the asylum-seekers and locals suffering from mental health problems on the tiny Pacific island. More than a thousand asylum-seekers, including children, are housed in Australianfunded refugee detention camps on Nauru under the countyʼs controversial deal with Canberra to prevent people from reaching Australia. "The Nauruan government informed Medecins Sans Frontieres that our services were ʼno longer requiredʼ and requested that our activities cease within 24 hours," an MSF spokesman told AFP news agency. According to the MSF website, the aid group has been providing psychological and psychiatric help on Nauru since late last year. "The lack of mental-health support available affects both the Nauruan population and the asylum-seekers and refugees living on the island as part of the Australian governmentʼs policy of offshore processing," the organization said. 2
Musicians and dog owners in London urge Theresa May to reconsider Brexit Top musicians have warned of a cultural jail if the UK
In an open letter, top musicians have warned of a "cultural jail" if the UK leaves the European Union. Dog owners also turned out in London and Glasgow to make their voices heard for a "Wooferendum" against Brexit. Top musicians on Sunday urged Prime Minister Theresa May to reverse course on Brexit and called for a second referendum on remaining inside the EU. In an open letter drafted by Bob Geldof and signed by Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora, they warned that a no-deal Brexit could silence Britainʼs booming music industry inside a "self-built cultural jail." Classical music signatories included the Berlin Philharmonicʼs conductor for 16 years Sir Simon
Cameroon: Polls close, conflict simmers This means that results from the overall count are questionable, especially that independent could not get access to polling stations in time. The capital of Cameroonʼs southwest, Buea, is a ghost city. Shops, banks, schools and markets are closed. Public services have been suspended. A town that once had around 200,000 people has been left deserted by the ongoing conflict. Fear is rife here in Buea as anglophones brace for violence after separatist fighters vowed war on voting day. "Everybody is scared because the separatists say that Buea is the capital of Ambazonia and they could attack," journalist Tilarious Aznohnwi Atia told DW. "Whenever
Brazilʼs presidential election: Mired in crisis, headed for autocracy? No one can know where Brazil will be headed when the countryʼs new president takes office in January. The electionʼs outcome has been difficult to predict for some time. Five candidates were once competing to qualify for a run-off vote on October 28. Now, it looks likeit may be a head-tohead racebetween ultra-right former military officer Jair Messias Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad, the candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT). "Itʼs a little more foreseeable now, but still not decided," political scientist Sergio Praca from the Getulio Vargas foundation in Sao Paulo told DW. For months, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who served from 2003 to 2010, was the clear frontrunner in the polls. But the former folk hero, better known simply as Lula, isbarred from running by the courtsafter being jailed on corruption charges. Lula and his supporters say he is the victim of a political conspiracy by the right.
Rattle and Bach specialist John Eliot Gardiner, who has worked extensively in Europe. The letter, published in The Observer newspaper, called on May to recognize that leaving the EU will "impact every aspect of the music industry. From touring to sales, to copyright legislation to royalty collation." The musicians claim "a botched Brexit" would seriously damage the 94-billion-pound ($123 billion, €107 billion) creative industry. the separatists attack, the military retaliates and attacks neighborhoods and ransacks houses," Atia said, adding that ordinary citizens continue to suffer. Read more: Cameroon opposition teams up ahead of presidential vote The separatists had vowed that no political campaigns or elections would take place in their country, which they call "Ambazonia." Only one political rally was held in Buea, but none of the candidates, including the incumbent president, dared to meet voters in the volatile region.
In Bavaria AfD and CSU bring voters to an election crossroad
A small statue of Jesus hangs suspended between two antlers on the wall of a tavern outside the Bavarian town of Deggendorf. Below the rustic crucifix, supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) pass around a donation box plastered with anti-Angela Merkel stickers."The AfD is Godʼs punishment for the CSU," says Katrin Ebner-Steiner, the AfD candidate for Deggendorf, to wild applause from the crowd. The Christian Social Democrats (CSU),Chancellor Merkelʼs allies in Bavaria, are fighting to keep conservative voters from switching to the right-wing populists, who have found a stronghold of support in Deggendorf. In the 2017 federal elections, the AfD won 18 percent of the townʼs support, compared to a Bayern-wide result of 12.4 percent.
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Far-right AfD launches JAfD Jewish faction A small Jewish group has set itself up within Germanyʼs far-right AfD party despite scorn from 17 Jewish organizations. Critics say the AfD remains anti-democratic and harbors hatred to the point of Holocaust denial. The small group founded Sunday in Wiesbaden by 19 Jewish members of the AfD would call itself Jews in the AfD (JAfD), said Wolfgang Fuhl, chairman of a southern German branch of the far-right anti-migrant party. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has opposition seats in 14 regional state assemblies and Germanyʼs federal Bundestag parliament. Fuhl said 2017 federal parliamentary candidate Vera
Kurdish families caught between Iran and the US "We are very much afraid it will happen again. There is no war going on here, and we did not deserve this. Weʼd like to go somewhere else, especially as I lost my husband. What kind of life is this?" In her black mourning dress, Iran Rasulzadeh, 45, sits on the floor of her living room in the family camp of the Iranian Kurdish resistance group KDPI (Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran). Apart from the carpet, the room in the small single-story house is empty. Rasulzadeh is mourning her husband, Mam Shawkawt, who was killed recently when Iranian missiles struck the groupʼs headquarters while he was on guard duty. One morning in early September, seven 3.5 ton ballistic missiles flew over 70 kilometers (44 miles) from their launch site in Iran and hit a training field and a concrete fort just outside the sleepy Iraqi Kurdish town of Koya, killing 16 people and wounding 40. Both are used by the KDPI. The target was its central committee, which was holding a plenary meeting in the fort.
Kosova, who last year contested a seat near Stuttgart, had been elected as chairperson of the JAfD to be based in Berlin. He himself would be its deputy. Read more: AfD major challenge, says German MEP David McAllister Inclusion, said Fuhl, was dependent on the member already belonging to the AfD, which he described as a "proIsraeli party," and having ethnic or religious affiliation to Judaism.
Facebook data breach: Irish authority investigates security failure
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an investigation into last weekʼs data breach at Facebookthat affected some 50 million users.The data watchdog said it would look into whether the tech giant had complied withEuropean data protection regulations that went into effect this year. In a statement Wednesday, Irelandʼs data regulator said it was examining whether Facebook put in place the "appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the
security and safeguarding of the personal data it processes." It marks the first major test for Europeʼs newly beefed-up data protection laws known as theGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in May. The regulations place strong controls on how technology companies store European user information. Facebookʼs European subsidiary is located in Ireland, so the Irish DPC is the organization that regulates the social network on the continent.
Spain: Wanted drug boss stars in reggaeton music video One of Spainʼs most wanted drug bosses, Francisco "Isco" Tejon, has resurfaced in a reggaeton music video after two years on the run, according to Spanish media. "Thatʼs him, thereʼs no doubt," a police spokesman was quoted by the El Mundo newspaper as saying. The music clip "Candela" by reggaeton artist Clase A was uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday. It shows Tejon and the singer stepping out of a luxury car — a Bentley Continental — before arriving at an orgylike house party where they are surrounded by champagne bottles and half-naked women.
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Germany attempts ʼfacesavingʼ resolution to Saudi drugs boycott The human rightsrow between Saudi Arabia and Canada made international headlinesin recent weeks, when the Riyadh government suddenly suspended new trade and investment to the Great White North. The punitive measures were in response to a simple tweet by Canadaʼs foreign minster, calling for the release of two jailed Saudi activists. Receiving less attention has been the diplomatic spat between Europeʼs No. 1 economy and the oil-rich kingdom — also sparked by a ministerʼs comments; this time Sigmar Gabriel, Germanyʼs thenforeign minister. During the political crisis in Lebanon last November that saw Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resign and later rescind his decision, Riyadh was widely accused of forcing his departure, which Gabriel alluded to as "adventurism." ʼShamefulʼ remarks hurt tiesRiyadh immediately recalled its ambassador to Berlin, telling the German government the comments were "shameful." In May, it went further and froze all new business with Germany. Over the subsequent months, several German pharmaceutical and medical technology firms, including Siemens Healthineers, Bayer and Boerhringer Ingelheim, have been excluded from public healthcare tenders in the kingdom. A pharmaceutical industry source told DW, on condition of anonymity, that Saudi authorities had not given any written explanation about the exclusion, and that there was no clear path for Germany to resolve the issue. Efforts by German diplomats to mediate with Saudi authorities were delayed, initially, by the Holy Month of Ramadan, and the summer break, as Gulf countries stop work in July and August due to the extreme heat.
T-Mobile reports cybersecurity incident T-Mobile US and its unit Metro PCS told customers that cybersecurity staff found and shut down unauthorized access to certain information on August 20 and immediately reported the matter to authorities. The company added that no financial data, social security numbers or passwords were compromised during the attackon its networks, admitting, though, that other personal information like names, email IDs, phone numbers as well as account numbers or account types (postpaid or prepaid) may have been exposed. T-Mobile said that about 3 percent of its 77 million customers could have been affected (roughly 2 million people potentially affected). 4
Amazon raises US minimum hourly wage to $15, as German union calls strike The worldʼs second largest company said it would advocate for minimum wage increases in the US. Amazon has been under fire from workersʼ groups for its low pay and poor working conditions. Giving in to criticism over its low wages and poor working conditions, Amazon announced on Tuesday it would raise its minimum wage for US employees from $11 to $15 (€13) per hour from next month. Amazon had been under pressure from labor and political groups in the US to improve wages and conditions, as the companyʼs market value reached $1 trillion. "We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," saidfounder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon said it would encourage other large US employers to follow its lead. Its lowest
No breakthrough in China-US trade talks Chinaʼs Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that it had held "constructive meetings" with US officialsafter talks resumed between the countries over their ongoing trade spat. Nonetheless, with no major breakthrough yet in sight, the resumption of talks did not prevent an additional $16 billion (€13.83 billion) of tariffs being levied by the US and China on each otherʼs goods, starting from Thursday. Read more: US-China trade spat: Clash of the titans, part 2 Talks took place on Wednesday and Thursday aimed at defusing the escalating conflict, which has now seen both countries slap $50 billion in tariffs on the otherʼs products, with more expected to follow. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the officials on both sides have vowed to "keep in contact" in the future. High-tech will suffer, says China Meanwhile, a prominent Chinese state planner said on Friday that US tariffs onhigh-tech Chinese technology would have an impact on the tech sectors in both countries.
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Kalashnikov unveils new electric car
Kalashnikov,a company moreknown for its AK-47 machine gunsthan its electric vehicles, unveiled its new electric car on Thursday. The powder-blue prototype, dubbed the CV-1, was unveiled by the Russian arms maker at a defense expo outside of Moscow. Kalashnikov Concern told Russian media that the technology within its "electric supercar" will rival that of Elon Muskʼs Tesla. "This technology will allow us to stand in line with the worldʼs electric car manufacturers, like Tesla, and compete with them," a spokesperson told Sputnik. According to the company, the vehicle can travel 350 kilometers (217 miles) on a single charge. The carʼs retro look was inspired by a Soviet hatchback model developed in the 1970s, the "Izh-Kombi," Kalashnikov said in a statement on its website. The CV-1ʼs light blue color, large grill, retro door handles and boxy frame have received mixed reviews from Russians. On social media, some described the car as "cyberpunk" while others referred to it as the "Izh-Zombie."
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pay will now surpass that of its closest US rivals at Walmart Inc. and Target Corp, the latter having promised to raise its lowest wage to $15 by 2020. "We intend to advocate for a minimum wage increase that will have a profound impact on the lives of tens of millions of people and families across this country," Jay Carney, Amazonʼs head of global corporate affairs, said in the statement. US Senator Bernie Sanders, an Amazon foe who has led the campaign for higher wages in the US, celebrated the companyʼs decision, saying Bezos and Amazon were "now leading the way."
US-China trade row: Americans feel the pinch
Despite their repeated attempts, US retailers have so far been unable to veer President Trump away from imposing tariffs on imports from China. His latest tariffs, however, have the potential to hit American consumers. Bulla says she didnʼt notice any difference in consumer prices in the US so far. Ana, though, is sure that prices have gone up, particularly on food items and electronics. Both Bulla and Ana just finished shopping at Walmart, the American retail behemoth. What they were describing could be one of the first effects US President Donald Trumpʼs contentious trade policies were having on American consumers. Prices of some consumer goods have already risen over the past several months. For instance, since Trump imposed tariffs on washing machines in January, their prices have increased by up to 20 percent, according to the National Retail Federation. Although the price increases havenʼt so far affected US consumers on a daily basis, it could change in the coming months, with the coming into effect of the latest round of tariffs.
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One year of #MeToo: A timeline of events A year ago, several women publicly accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct
Hereʼs a look back at the aftermath of the scandal that first rocked show business and launched a worldwide movement. On October 5, 2017, The New York Times published the article "Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades." Several female actors claimed that Hollywoodʼs most powerful movie mogul had sexually abused and coerced them. Many actorsʼ careers were only made possible by being in the good graces of the powerful producer. Everyone in the industry seemed to know about what was going on, but it was deliberately overlooked. October 15, 2017: Ten days later, Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted this sentence: And tens of thousands took up her call. Far beyond Hollywoodʼs glimmering
lights, all over the world, women who had experienced similar violence made their voices heard under #MeToo. Men as well. The hashtag was used some 200,000 times on Twitter in just the first day. By day two, that number had risen to more than half a million. Women and men briefly described what had happened to them. Milano received answers to her post that were shocking, even despite — or perhaps because of — their brevity: "I was nine…" Women wrote about grandfathers, stepfathers, bosses, and neighbors. And pain — pain that would not go away even as the years went by.
Brandenburg Gate crowns itself with street art installation As everywhere in the world where JR is active with his photomontages, he works with the glances of others. People mostly look from walls and fences. This time they look down from the Brandenburg Gate. In front of it, huge figures, recognizable as GDR border soldiers, are positioned at a certain distance. It looks like a 3D effect. The French street art artist JR is designing this oversized installation for the three-day festival on the occasion of German Unity Day in Berlin. The artist used one of the legendary photos from the fall of the Berlin Wall night in November 1989 as a basis for his installation: celebrating Berliners sit and dance on the wall while border guards stand there looking at them. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 35-year-old artist already stuck oversized pairs of eyes on the Favela Morro da Providencia; he also installed huge portraits of Israelis and Palestinians on the border wall between Israel and Palestine.
World Press Photo exhibition now open in Budapest
Author Richard Ford on the power of literature A short story writer and novelist, Richard Fordʼs debut novel, A Piece of My Heart, was released in 1976. He shot to fame with a trilogy following the sportswriter Frank Bascombe through his everyday life in New Jersey. Ford has published seven novels, five collections of short stories and most recently, a memoir covering his parentsʼ lives,
Between Them: Remembering My Par‐ ents, released in 2017. Only one this
week and thatʼs all I think about. I am fully concentrating on this because itʼs such an honor. I have read
Lenz, and to know his work and now to meet his family and to have this award bestowed by the city of Hamburg for whom he is a cherished writer, is remarkable. I come from Mississippi, a land of writers, and writers there are also cherished and honored. Itʼs miraculous to live where I live and to get to come to Hamburg. To come here to have my work that I did in this little fishermenʼs cottage on the Atlantic read and talked about is a miracle to me. Itʼs something I couldnʼt have in my wildest dreams imagined.
A heartwarming hug, exploited sex workers and all of the chaos and calamity caused by an increasing terrorist attacks and conflict. The annual World Press Photo travelling exhibition once again portrays milestones from the past year through the best works of photojournalism. The exhibition is on view until October 23rd at the Hungarian National Museum. If you just visit one show in Budapest this autumn, it should be this one.
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A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of Budapest’s Gellért Hotel A recreated Baroque-style guest room, photos of the building taken during World War II and Communist-era posters reflect the history of Budapest’s most legendary hotel, the Gellért. A new exhibition at the Museum of Commerce & Catering celebrates the centenary of this institution which opened on 24 September 1918. Attached to the hotel is Budapest’s Art Nouveau Gellért Baths, whose outdoor wave pool, also illustrated at the museum, was the first of its kind in the world. Tucked away in the cobblestoned district of Óbuda, the former residence of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy is now home to a charming museum. Here, permanent displays include old-fashioned shop interiors illustrating the history of commerce and catering. This same building also hosts relevant seasonal exhibitions, such as the recently opened Gellért 100 to commemorate the centenary of the Gellért Hotel, a splendid Art Nouveau landmark towering above the Buda riverfront. Opened during the turmoil of World War I, during its long history, the Gellért has accommodated the likes of former US president Richard Nixon and the Dalai Lama. They both enjoyed the hotel’s fine facilities that are now brought to life through historic objects and images currently on show at the museum.
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Higuain has scored six goals for AC Milan since joining from Juventus in the summer
Gonzalo Higuain scored twice as AC Milan beat Chievo to extend their Serie A unbeaten run to six games. Gennaro Gattusoʼs side have picked up three wins and three draws since losing to Napoli in their opening game. But the 18-time top-flight champions remain in 10th place, 12 points behind unbeaten league leaders Juventus. Argentina striker Higuain netted both his goals in the first half, Giacomo Bonaventura added the third with Sergio Pellissier converting a consolation. Parma came from behind to beat Genoa 3-1 and maintain their excellent start to the season on their return to the top flight. Italy striker Ciro Immobile scored the only goal as Lazio edged past Fiorentina 1-0.
Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica A brilliant second half free kick from captain Aleksandar Kolarov led Serbia to a deserved win over Costa Rica. Serbia were wasteful in front of goal but did enough to secure three vital points in Group E. Another World Cup day, another sublime freekick. If Cristiano Ronaldo’s ice-cold effort tosnatch a point against arch-rivals Spain on day two was the current goal of the tournament front-runner, the Portuguese may have just met his match. Aleksandar Kolarov, take a bow. A combination of poor finishing and sublime goalkeeping had kept the scores level until Serbia’s no.11 produced his moment of magic. Kolarov’s powerful left foot is no secret, but few inside the stadium would have expected such a thunderous strike when the Roma defender stood over a free kick midway through the second half. His shot was unstoppable; a side-footed missile which screamed into the top corner of the Costa Rica net.
Hamilton on brink of fifth title after pole to flag victory in Japan Formula One:
Lewis Hamilton eased to another victory, this time in Japan, to move to within touching distance of a fifth Formula One title. The Mercedes driver led from start to finish as Sebastian Vettel endured a turbulent race. Mercedes pulled off their second consecutive one-two finish as Lewis Hamilton breezed to victory in Japan, leaving him on the brink of another Formula One title. Hamilton is now 67 points clear of Vettel with four races to go, and the 33year-old Briton could secure the title at the next meeting at the US Grand Prix in two weeksʼ time, if he wins in Austin, Texas, and Vettel finishes lower than second. Hamilton capped aperfect weekend for Mercedes, with Valtteri Bottas fending off the
sustained challenge of Max Verstappen to finish second at Suzuka. But Sebastian Vettel, whose title challenge is rapidly ebbing away, endured another frustrating weekend. Starting in eighth, the German had made a strong start to force his way up to fourth. But an over exuberant Vettel clashed with Verstappen on lap nine and the Ferrari driver, despite fighting his way back to sixth, was dealth a fatal blow in his hopes of making a late fightback in the title race.
Jose Mourinho: Man Utd manager needs to change philosophy
Aston Villa: Thierry Henry and Rui Faria on shortlist as Brendan Rodgers rules himself out Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince has urged Old Trafford boss Jose Mourinho not to be a "dinosaur" and to "start attacking teams". Ince says Mourinho is known for a defensive style of play but must adapt if he is to match his success with other clubs. After failing to win any of their past four games, United fought back from two downto beat Newcastle 3-2 on Saturday. And Ince remains hopeful of a revival, saying "results can change things". 6
Thierry Henry and ex-Manchester United assistant Rui Faria are on a shortlist to become Aston Villa boss. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers was also on the shortlist butruled himself out of the jobafter his sideʼs 6-0 win over St Johnstone. Villa sackedSteve Bruceon 3 October following a run of only one win in nine Championship matches. They lost2-1 at Millwallwith under-23 coach Kevin MacDonald in charge on Saturday and are now 15th in the table. It is understood there
have been no formal approaches as yet. Who next for Villa after Bruceʼs sacking? Henry and Faria have both spoken recently about their desire to become full-time managers. Henry is part of Belgiumʼs coaching team under boss Roberto Martinez, while Faria has extensive experience through his work with Jose Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid but left United last May for personal reasons. Rodgersʼ name was the most intriguing on Villaʼs list of preferred candidates.