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South and North Korea begin removing landmines along border South and North Korea began removing landmines scattered across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday as part of their pact to reduce military tensionson the divided peninsula. The South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement that the two sides had agreed to remove all mines, believed to be as many as 2 million, buried along the 250-kilometer-long (155-mile) DMZ over the next 20 days. North Korea state media did not immediately report that it had begun removing landmines from its side of the DMZ. However, an anonymous defense official in Seoul told the AP news agency that the Southʼs military had detected Northern Korean soldiers engaged in what it believed was demining along part of its sites.

Arnault, the Frenchman at the center of the Nobel Prize scandal, found guilty of rape French-Swedish photographer and artistic director Jean-Claude Arnault was sentenced to two years in prison for raping a woman in 2011. Arnaultʼs connections to the Swedish Academy, the body that funds the Nobel Prize for Literature, has sent the organization reeling and led to the first cancellation of the literature prize in over 60 years. In November 2017,Arnault was accused of assaulting at least 18 women, including a claim backed by three witnesses that he groped Swedenʼs Crown Princess Victoria at an Academy event in 2006. He was charged with two counts of rape, after several charges had to be dropped due to insufficient evidence or the statute of limitations having lapsed. Arnault, 72, ran the Forum – Contemporary Scene of Culture center in Stockholm, an arts and performance venue funded by the Swedish Academy.

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South and North Korea begin removing landmines along border It marks the two countriesʼ latest joint gesture aimed at easing their decades-long military stando

Troops from South and North Korea have begun demining the heavily fortified DMZ border area along the peninsula.

South and North Korea began removing landmines scattered across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday as part of their pact to reduce military tensionson the divided peninsula. The South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement that the two sides had agreed to remove all mines, believed to be as many as 2 million, buried along the 250-kilometer-long (155-mile) DMZ over the next 20 days. North Korea state media did not immediately report that it had begun removing landmines from its side of the DMZ. However, an anonymous defense official in Seoul told the AP news agency that the Southʼs military had detected Northern Korean soldiers engaged in what it believed was demining along part of its sites.

Once the demining project is complete, troops from both sides plan to holdjoint searches for the remains of soldierskilled during the 1950-53 Korean War. The remains of some 300 South Korea soldiers are estimated to be scattered around a frontline area known as "Arrow

Head Hill," located by the border.

An unknown number of North Korean and Chinese soldiers are also believed to be buried there. Mines dislodged by flooding and landslides have occasionally resulted in deaths on the South Korean section of the frontline. Most recently in 2015, alandmine blast blamed on the Northmaimed two South Korea soldiers and even risked pushing the two countries to the brink of war.

The agreement to clear mines was confirmed during last monthʼsmeeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South Korean President Moon Jae-inin Pyongyang. The two leaders agreed on a package of tension-reducing deals, which also included the removal of 11 frontline guard posts and the creation of a no-fly zone over the border to prevent accidental clashes.

The talks marked a resumption in diplomacy following weeks ofstalemated negotiations between North Korea and the United Statesover Pyongyangʼs nuclear weapons program.

German far-right terror suspects detained in overnight raids Some 100 police officers raided several properties in the German states of Saxony and Bavaria early on Monday morning as part of an investigation into a far-right terror group called "Revolution Chemnitz," named after the eastern German city that wasthe scene of recent far-right demonstrationsfollowing the killing of a German man allegedly by migrants. The six men arrested, aged between 20 and 30, are suspected of forming a terrorist organization under the leadership of 31-year-old Christian K., who had already been arrested on September 14. According to Germanyʼs state prosecutors, the men were planning attacks on "foreigners" and people who did not share their political views. Batons, an air-rifle, and computer hard drives were seized during the raids.

Master of the chanson Charles Aznavour dead at 94 French singer Charles Aznavour has died at the age of 94, French media reported on Monday, citing his spokesman. French President Emmanuel Macron, a fan of the singer described as "Franceʼs Frank Sinatra," paid tribute to Aznavour on Twitter shortly after the news of his death was made public. "Deeply French, viscerally attached to his Armenian roots, known all over the world, Charles Aznavour accompanied three generations through their joys and pains," Macron wrote. "His masterpieces, his tone, his unique brilliance will live far beyond him."

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China offers Africa billions, ʼno strings attachedʼ Chinese President Xi Jinping (above, with Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed) pledged $60 billion (roughly €52 billion) in aid to African leaders duringa major summit in Beijingon Monday as part of Chinaʼs push to boost its influence abroad. Xi promised at the Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) that "Chinaʼs investment in Africa comes with no political strings attached."

"Chinaʼs cooperation with Africa is clearly targeted at the major bottlenecks to development. Resources for our cooperation are not to be spent on any vanity projects, but in places where they count the most," Xi said. Beijing has poured billions in its Belt and Road initiative, a development and investment scheme focused on promoting trade connectivity that places China at the center. Xi, however, stressed, that Belt and Road "is not a scheme to form an exclusive club or bloc against others."

Whatʼs behind Chinaʼs ʼnoninterferenceʼ in Africa?

President Xi Jinping told African leaders on Monday that Chinaʼs investments on the continent have "no political strings attached," pledging $60 billion (€51.6 billion) in new development financing, even as Beijing is increasingly criticized over its debt-heavy projects abroad. Xi offered the funding at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that focused on his cherished Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The money — to be spent over the next three years — comes on top of $60 billion Beijing offered in 2015. Read more: Second-hand clothes, smuggling and the US-China trade war in Africa The massive BRI scheme is aimed at improving Chinese access to foreign markets and resources, and boosting Beijingʼs influence abroad. China has poured billions in loans for roads, railways, ports and other major infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. But critics warn that the Chinese leaderʼs pet project is burying some countries under massive debt. In a DW interview, Professor Helmut Asche says Chinaʼs development cooperation is overshadowing Western cooperation in terms of the speed of delivery, coverage and scope of infrastructure funding.

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US, Canada reach trilateral trade pact with Mexico to replace NAFTA With the clock ticking, the US and Canada have reached a new trilateral trade deal with Mexico

Two Malaysian women caned publicly for samesex relations Two Malaysian Muslim women convicted under Islamic Shariah law of attempting same-sex relations were given six strokes of the cane in public on Monday, with some 150 people witnessing their whipping. The women, aged 32 and 22, who had pleaded guilty last month to the charges leveled against them, received a fine in addition to the caning, which was carried out using a light rattan cane while they were fully clothed. The incident occurred in northeast Terengganu state. The punishment, which is banned under civil law in Malaysia, is allowed under Islamic law in the countryʼs dual-track legal system. The country, whose population is around 60 percent Muslim, has seen a recent rise in Islamic conservativism, with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Malaysia regularly subjected to discrimination and hostility.

Called USMCA, the pact will create a revamped NAFTA with key sections focusing on auto imports and Canadaʼs dairy market.

The United States and Canada reached an eleventh-hour deal on Sunday to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and maintaina trilateral trade bloc with Mexico. The agreement was announced just before a Sunday midnight deadline imposed by Washington and a rare, late-night emergency Cabinet meeting convened by Cana-

Turkish central bank to act on record inflation Official data from Turkey showed Monday that the countryʼs year-onyear inflation rate stood at 17.9 percent in August. Inflation is now at its highest level since September 2003, the year Recep Tayyip Erdogan first took power as prime minister. Ratings agencies and analystshad long called on the central bank to raise interest rates, but in July the lender kept them at 17.75 percent despite all warnings. While central banks typically try to dampen sharply rising consumer prices with interest rate hikes, Erdogan — now Turkeyʼs president — has opposed higher rates claiming they could cause even higher inflation. Decision in two weeks But the central bank said Monday that "recent developments regarding the inflation outlookindicated sig-

dian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss the deal. The "new, modernized trade agreement" will replace the 1994 NAFTA trade bloc and be known as the US-MexicoCanada agreement (USMCA), according to a joint statement issued

by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. nificant risks to price stability, pledging it would take action. "Our monetary stance will be adjusted at the September Monetary Policy Committee Meeting in view of the latest developments," the lender said of its forthcoming meeting on September 13. Also on Monday, Erdogan denounced the dollar as an obstacle to global trade.

"Weʼreproposing to trade in our own currency rather than the US dollar," he told a summit in Kyrgyzstan.

South Korea slashes North Korea human rights budget, raises regime aid Under the budget bill put forward by President Moon Jae-inʼs government, spending earmarked for the North

Korean Human Rights Foundation has been set at KRW800 million (€620,857), down 92.6 percent from the original sum of KRW10.8 billion (€8.4 million). Similarly, the budget for the organizationʼs database has been slashed by nearly 71 percent to KRW486 million (€377,201). Assistance to the more than 31,000 North Koreans, who have managed to flee the regime and settle in South Korea, has been reduced by more than 31 percent to KRW39.9 billion (€31.03 million), with the government saying that fewer North Koreans are defecting and there is therefore less need to support them once they reach the South. The South Korean government has previously withdrawn funding for a number of organizations, including the North Korean Defector Comradery, a group set up in 1999 to assist some of the people who have managed to flee the regime in finding jobs or to receive education or training.

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Russian airstrikes in Syria reportedly killed 18,000 people A Syrian war monitor has claimed Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed more than 18,000 people over the past three years. But Russia says the figure is actually closer to 85,000.

More than 18,000 people have been killed in Russian air strikes since Moscow started a bombing campaign in Syria exactly three years ago, a monitor said Sunday. Russiaʼs military intervention in support of the Syrian government on September 30, 2015 changed the course of the war, allowing President Bashar al-Assadʼs regime to retake large swaths of the country. During those three years, Russian airstrikes have killed 18,096 people, according

Germanyʼs political center sways toward populist fringes Populist attitudes are on the rise in Germany, particularly from within the political center. One in three voters now sympathizes with populist policies, according to a new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation.

Germanyʼs political center risks hollowing out as more voters admit embracing populist sympathies, according to a study published Monday by the Bertelsmann Foundation, a progressive think tank, in conjunction with the Berlin Social Science Center.

The latest "Populism Barometer" found that almost every third German voter sympathizes to some degree with populist anti-establishment policies, whether on the left- or rightwing of the political spectrum. At the same time, the number of sampled voters who identify as politically centrist has decreased by four percentage points, to just 32.8 percent. The survey, which sampled 3,400 voters in May and August, measured populist attitudes around an individualʼs tendency to sympathize with three core factors: anti-establishment attitudes, anti-pluralism and the desire for more "sovereignty."

to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Of those, 7,988 were civilians, including 1,936 children and 1,199 women, the UK-based monitor said. Another 5,233 "Islamic State" fighters and 4,875 fighters of rebel and jihadi factions were killed, the Observatory said.

The West and rebel factions have accused Russian and Syrian warplanes of indiscriminate bombing and intentionally hitting hospitals, schools and markets.

Indonesia quake: ʼTsunami warning was lifted too soonʼ

The Indonesian government is struggling to mount a response to the destruction caused by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake, which triggered the tsunamion Friday. The Southeast Asian country on Monday called for international help to deal with the aftermath. Indonesian authorities have confirmed at least 1,200 people died as a result of the earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The popular tourist resort of Palu was also severely affected by the

twin disasters. Authorities expect the death toll to increase dramatically due to shortages of medicine and rescue equipment. Rescue workers have already begun to complain of medicine shortages and a lack of the necessary equipment to reach survivors trapped in collapsed buildings. Many Indonesians are also criticizing the early lifting of the tsunami warning, arguing that the disaster could have been mitigated had the alarm continued for a longer period of time.

Hornet attack leaves 18 injured during German wine festival A German wine festival celebrating the final weeks of summer instead ended with 13 people needing hospital treatment, after a swarm of hornets decided to crash the party. Emergency services were called to the town of Weingarten, near Karlsruhe, on Sunday after festivalgoers were attacked by a vicious swarm of hornets. Eighteen people were injured, 13 of whom required medical treatment, authorities said. No children were hurt in the incident and none of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening.

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Franceʼs SNCF rail network plans driverless trains by 2023

French state railway concern SNCF announced the project for mainline, long-distance trains which is to be financed by the SNCF, the French state and commercial partners. French cities, including Paris, already have driverless metro trains. The €57 million ($66 million) first phase of the development is divided into two consortia: A prototype for driverless freight trains which includes the commercial Alstom, Altran, HitachiAnsaldo and Apsys (Airbus) companiesA passenger train prototype for regional TER routes which will be developed in partnership with Bombardier, Bosch, Spirops and Thales.

SNCF said it is in discussions with Deutsche Bahn to promote a European standard for driverless trains.

Director of the autonomous train project Luc Laroche said: "These human and technological issues are considerable ones. We are mobilizing the collective intelligence, competence and savoir-faire of our partners from the varied world of industry." "These partners constitute a world first for ambition, approach and combined skills," Laroche said.

Read more: French Senate approves SNCF overhaul, cementing Emmanuel Macronʼs rail reforms President of Bosch France, Heiko Carrie said "As a provider of leading mobility solutions, the Bosch Group is pleased to be part of this consortium and to be able to contribute, thanks to its technology, to this important new step towards autonomous trains."

Turkish delights in Montenegro entice entrepreneurs The "Vektra" building in Podgorica is considered the business core of the Montenegrin capital and the meeting point for businessmen, politicians, as well as people simply wanting to be seen. Amid the bustling crowd, the newly opened "Istanbul Corner" restaurant is an island of calm, standing out from the modern-looking cafes nearby. The owner, 31-year-old Kaya Dogus, greets DW with a smile and a cup of Turkish tea. "Iʼve been living in Montenegro for nearly a year," Kaya says. "I moved here completely by accident. | came in to buy an apartment in Budva and just thought I could live here and start a business," he told DW. "I like it, because itʼs peaceful and safe. My wife and children are now with me." Kaya is just one of around 2,500 Turkish citizens living in Montenegro, which has a population of about 620,000. Most of Kajaʼs compatriots arrived over the last two years, fleeing the worsening political and economic crises in Turkey.

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Ryanair warns on profits and jobs as strikes bite The Irish low-cost carrier has slashed its profits forecast and signaled job losses in the Netherlands and Germany, saying worse may come if recent coordinated strikes across Europe continue to hit traffic and bookings.

As a result of recentwalkouts by pilots and cabin crew, the Irish airline has cut its annual net profit forecast by 12 percent, saying it now expected the figure to come in between €1.1 billion ($1.28 billion) and €1.2 billion, compared with its prior estimate of €1.25 billion to €1.35 billion.

Moreover, Ryanair announced it would leave eight aircraft on the tarmac as of November 5 — equivalent to a 1.0-percent reduction in its winter capacity. At its Eindhoven, Netherlands, base all four aircraft would be

Donald Trump makes Ohioʼs Youngstown great again In this region traumatized by a decadeslong beat-down from harsh economic realities mostly beyond its power, a new generation is fighting to build a prosperous future. But the hum of a poignant song still resonates around the Mahoning Valley. "Well my daddy come on the Ohio works, when he come home from World War Two, now the yardʼs just scrap and rubble, he said, ʼThem big boys did what Hitler couldnʼt do.ʼ" So sings Bruce

Springsteen in his ballad "Youngstown." A tribute to the declining steel industry here, it gives voice to decades of bubbling frustration. Youngstowners had been listening to The Bossʼs serenade for 21 years when, in 2016, they found a new voice that needed just four words: Make America Great Again. The town of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, also known as the Steel Valley, remain at the center of understanding the ascendance of Donald Trump. Traditionally a Democratic stronghold with a large union presence in the mills that once were the backbone of Americaʼs industrial might, steelʼs decline in the second half of the 20th century painfully disrupted the illusion of everlasting economic security and riches.

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US sees gas exports to Germany by 2022 Companies from the US will start delivering liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germanywithin the next four years, US deputy energy secretary, Dan Brouillette, told German newspaper Bild on Monday. "US liquefied natural gas is coming to Germany. The question is not if, but when," Brouillette said. American LNG would cost more than existing gas supplies from the Netherlands and Russia, but the entry of US suppliers onto the German market would set a price ceiling for Russian state-run export monopoly Gazprom, Brouillette went on. "Because US LNG is here, Gazprom cannot demand whatever it wants," he added. Read more: Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – What is the controversy about? Russiaʼs gas exports to Europe rose 8.1 percent in 2017 to a record 193.9 billion cubic meters, with Gazprom holding an effective monopoly over Russiaʼs network of pipelines to Europe, supplying 40 percent of Europeʼs gas.

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grounded, as well as its two planes stationed in Bremen, Germany. In addition, two out of five aircraft would be removed from its base in Niederrhein, also in Germany."We will now consult with our pilots and cabin crew at these three bases to minimize job losses," Ryanair said in a statement on Monday. The affected staff would be offered vacancies at other Ryanair bases, and unpaid leave would be introduced to "minimize cabin crew job losses" amid a "large surplus" of crew during the winter schedule

VW, Microsoft team up to build connected cars

German carmaker Volkswagen and US software giant Microsoft have agreed to join forces in the development of connected cars. The strategic move is part of VWʼs campaign to digitalize its brands and offer new services.

Volkswagenʼs supervisory board on Friday gave the green light for a strategic partnership between the Wolfsburgbased carmaker and Microsoft that will see the two companiesdevelop connected cars together using cloud technology. The two sides agreed they would create a Volkswagen Automotive Cloud on Microsoftʼs platform for the Internet of Things, Microsoft Azure. Experts said the partnership was to be seen in the context of Volkswagenʼs broader digitalization drive aimed at connecting its cars to the web.

This would enable the automaker to install updates and upgrades during vehiclesʼ entire life cycle. VW had recently said itwas investing €3.5 billion ($4 billion) in the digitalization of its fleet until 2025, adding that from 2020, the company would connect more than 5 million vehicles to the cloud annually.

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German cinema owners at war with Netflix?

The conflict could shake up a tried-and-true movie-going system

A plan by Netflix to show their latest film, Roma, on screen and in theaters simultaneously has German cinema operators up in arms.

Mexico appears to be the cinematic star of the hour. Filmmakers from the country have been picking up the worldʼs top film awards, whether the Oscars (Guillermo del Toro with The Shape of Water) or the Golden Lion in Venice (Alfonso Cuaronʼs Roma). Mexican cinema is also highlighted at the Cannes film festival through its partnership with the Morelia International Film Festival. Streaming providers like Netflix recognize this, seeing the potential of the large Mexican viewing

public. Mexican culture is at the heart of Netflixʼs first Mexican reality series, Made in Mexico, and is the backdrop to one of the streaming providerʼs most successful series, Narcos, which continues in the fall.

Roma at the heart of a great debate A Mexican film is also at the center of a major debate that could have far-reaching consequences for the global cinema market. Roma, the Mexican film by Alfonso Cuarón that won the Golden Lion in Venice, is a Netflix production.

Poland: Film stokes debate about sexual abuse The film had already been labelled controversial long before it arrived in cinemas. Now it has, and demand is so high that some movie theaters are screening "Kler" up to 20 times a day.

On the other hand, there are also municipalities with conservative local authorities that donʼt want it in their cinemas at all. Director Wojciech Smarzowski could hardly dream of better advertising. The subject matter is one of the hottest topics currently being debated in Poland: How priests deal with money, power and sexuality. And pedophilia. There are many people who want to participate in this debate, especially as itʼs taking place in a country where almost half the population regularly attends church on Sundays and more than 90 percent are baptized Catholics.

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Kanye West questions amendment that ended slavery The US rapper who now calls himself Ye repeated his support for President Donald Trump during his performance on Saturday Night Live. He also posted controversial tweets calling for the abolition of the 13th amendment.

Called to serve as a last-minute replacement on Saturday Night Live, Kanye West closed the show with a performance of a track off his latest album, Ye, wearing one of President Donald Trumpʼs signature "Make America Great Again" red caps. After the live show ended, West stayed on the microphone and gave an impromptu speech about politics, again voicing his support for the president. "So many times I talk to a white person about this and they say, ʼHow could you like Trump?

Heʼs racist,ʼ" West said, according to footage posted on Instagram by come-

dian Chris Rock. "Well, if I was concerned about racism, I would have moved out of America a long time ago." Music Kanye West questions amendment that ended slavery The US rapper who now calls himself Ye repeated his support for President Donald Trump during his performance on Saturday Night Live. He also posted controversial tweets calling for the abolition of the 13th amendment.

Called to serve as a last-minute replacement on Saturday Night Live, Kanye West closed the show with a performance of a track off his latest album, Ye, wearing one of President Donald Trumpʼs signature "Make America Great Again" red caps. After the live show ended, West stayed on the microphone and gave an impromptu speech about politics, again voicing his support for the president.

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What’s happening in Budapest – September 2018 Festivals, cool concerts, cultural events and amazing parties – Budapest is always buzzing. Every month, we bring together all of the important happenings taking place in and around Hungary’s capital, so you can plan ahead. In September, the Budapest Wine Festival, the National Gallop and cool concerts are all among the many exciting events you shouldn’t miss. Whether you would like to shake it to the coolest beats, immerse yourself in culture or give in to guilty pleasures, we present a bunch of suggestions for the upcoming weeks. Get out there and enjoy everything that Budapest has to offer! Budapest Urban Games A38 concerts Ricky Martin Budapest Wine Festival Food Truck Show Budapest 33rd Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon National Gallop Sweet Days Chocolate and Sweets Oktoberfest Dub FX In September, scores of cool concerts will be rocking the A38 Ship, a repurposed Ukrainian cargo vessel that is today one of the hottest hangouts in Budapest. Parties aboard are plenty, but here is our pick of the bunch: on September 24th ‘the occult Nick Cave’, King Dude, brings his new album to Budapest, performing with the Icelandic dark-wave trio, Kælan Mikla. On September 28th, another album launch will be presented, by Berlin-based downtempo-nu-jazz collective, Jazzanova, and on 30th, one of the most unique characters in contemporary European r’n’b-pop, Dena, brings a gentle mix of modern glitter and DIYBalkan aesthetics aboard.

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Naomi Osaka: US Open title ʼnot the happiest momentʼ after Serena Williamsʼ outbursts

Naomi Osaka says winning the US Open last month was a "bittersweet" moment and "not the happiest memory" following Serena Williamsʼ oncourt outbursts. The 20-year-old became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam when shebeat the American 6-2 6-4. But the final at Flushing Meadows was overshadowed when Williams called umpire Carlos Ramos a "thief" and later accused him of sexism. "Thereʼs a lot of stuff I want to say about how I felt," said Osaka. "For me, I donʼt know, I donʼt know, the memory of the US Open is a little bit bittersweet."

Russian Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel still believes he can win title

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. Kaylor Navas, who kept his team in the game with several crucial saves either side of half time, was nowhere near it.

Some care more than others - Jose Mourinho Manchester United:

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says "some [players] care more than others" at the club after their failure to win any of their past three games.

In their last two league matches United have drawn with Wolves andlost to West Ham,slipping to 10th in the Premier League table as a result.

They were alsoknocked out of the Carabao Cupby Championship side Derby. Asked if he was worried about his position if the sideʼs poor form continued, Mourinho replied: "No." Manchester United horrendous in West Ham defeat ShawTeam news & stats: Man Utd v Valencia Mourinho was speaking before United play Valencia in a Cham-

pions League group match on Tuesday. "Every player is different, no player is the same," he said. "I see different actions but what you see is not really inside. "I see upset people, some people that donʼt look like they lost a game. "I see so-so but in the little two sessions of training we had [since Saturday] everything was normal, desire to work and play." Mourinho added: "What I can do to improve things I do, and I will improve the things that depend on me and my work."

China Open: World number one Simona Halep retires due to injury Sebastian Vettel still believes in his title chances despite falling 50 points behind rival Lewis Hamilton. The Germanʼs deficit followingHamiltonʼs victory in Russiameans even winning all the remaining races may not be enough for Vettel to be champion. "Iʼm clever enough to know itʼs not getting easier if we lose points," said the 31-year-old Ferrari driver. "It takes one DNF and all of a sudden things look different.

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World number one Simona Halep was forced to retire from the China Open in the first round due to injury.

The 27-year-old Romanian lost the first set 6-1 to Tunisiaʼs Ons Jabeur in Beijing before succumbing to the back injury after 31 minutes. British number three Katie Boulter pushed Belgiumʼs Kirsten Flipkens all the way before losing in three sets. World number 108 Boulter, who came through qualifying, was beaten 4-6 6-2 7-5. The 22-year-old Briton went

a break down early in the third set but recovered against a player ranked 50 places higher. But Flipkens sealed victory in a tight third set as she converted her second match point to win in two hours 31 minutes. Halep, meanwhile, said after her match that she would have a scan on the back problem, which first occurred last week in Wuhan. "There is a pain. I couldnʼt move properly, so thatʼs why I stopped," she told the WTA website.

"I donʼt know exactly what it is. Iʼm just worried now.