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GuardianOct 15Preview

Lyon v Crystal Palace, Torreense v Sunderland, and more: Europa League – live

⚽ Europa League updates from the 5.45pm BST kick-offs⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Michael3 min: Torreense 0-0 SunderlandO’Nien, who knows a little bit about lower-league football having joined Sunderland in League One back in 2018, heads just wide from a corner. The 31-year-old really should have done better. Sunderland are playing in their pink away kit that they sported in the defeat to Ipswich. Régis Le Bris is donning something of a pre-season vibe – t-shirt and trackies – in the Sunderland dugout. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live

⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email SimonMore team news, this time from Bournemouth. If the name of the referee rings a bell, it may be because he was the VAR who angered the whole of Egypt at this summer’s World Cup and prompted Marca to run through his “long history of controversies” (actually not long):Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Silva, Diakite, Soler, Tavernier, Cook, Adams, Doak, Rodriguez, Evanilson. Subs: Di Gregorio, Allan, Truffert, Hill, Brooks, Christie, Kluivert, Adli, Toth, Rayan. Sturm Graz: Khudyakov, Malic, Quarshie, Petrovic, Balbo, Heil, Stankovic, Matoshi, Hodl, Seidl, Beganovic. Subs: Helac, Lorenz, Vallci, Kayombo, Diakite, Mate Grgic, Koller, Peinhart, Weinhandl, Halwachs, Petritsch. Referee: Jerome Brisard (France). Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Pentagon says Trump and Hegseth ‘completely aligned’ on decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution – live

Pentagon spokesperson says pair spoke before announcement canceling plan to broadcast execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort HoodQ&A: Will Trump’s economy sink the GOP in the midterms?Sign up for the Breaking News US emailThe US government could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a media campaign in South Africa to figure out why more white Afrikaners are not applying to become refugees to the US, as Donald Trump had hoped.State department officials, according to an August proposal seen by the Guardian, outlined a roughly $335,000 research and advertising effort after applications to the refugee program “trended lower than expected” since Afrikaners were allowed to apply directly online in November 2025. The document, written by the US mission in South Africa with a department research unit for the embassy in Pretoria, admits officials know little about why. Contin

Shrai Popat (now); Lucy Campbell, Shannon Ho and Siraj Datoo (earlier)Donald TrumpUS midterm elections 2026

GuardianOct 15Preview

Wes Streeting urges US to back Ukraine on visit to Washington after Starlink row

UK defence secretary trying to cool tensions and is arguing it is in America’s economic interests to support KyivWes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort.The British defence secretary, giving a speech before a meeting with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, argued that supporting Ukraine was in the long-term interests of Washington – and a business opportunity. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Russell Brand forced alleged rape victim to take photos of him half naked, trial told

Woman claims comedian ‘pranced around like an ostrich’ before forcing himself on her in hotel room attackRussell Brand transformed into a “monster” when he allegedly forced a woman to take half-naked photographs of him before raping her in a hotel room at the Labour party conference, a court has heard.The 51-year-old comedian has denied attacking the woman, who broke down in tears in the witness box at Southwark crown court as she told how she could not fight him off. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Chris Woakes: ‘It’s unacceptable seeing the way some England players have acted’

The Test stalwart on his surreal last stand at the Oval, his ‘shabby’ treatment by Rob Key and the vexed problem of cricket’s drinking cultureOn a rainy October afternoon, after his 20th season as a professional cricketer, Chris Woakes sits down at Edgbaston’s indoor nets and thinks of the advice that helped him when he was 17 and about to start a career in this consuming sport. “The words came from my parents, particularly my dad, and it was to always be myself,” he says in his thoughtful way.Woakes has just won his third County Championship with Warwickshire and he played 62 Tests for England, taking 192 wickets and scoring 2,034 runs. He also won two World Cups and experienced a range of England coaches, from Andy Flower to Brendon McCullum, and played for captains as different as Sir Alastair Cook, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root and Ben Stokes. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Will Trump’s economy sink Republicans in the US midterm elections? Our reporters answered your questions

The high cost of living has Americans angrier than ever. Guardian reporters answered your questions about the US economy ahead of November Sign up for the Stakes newsletter for more midterms coverageSend us your questions on Trump’s immigration agenda ahead of the midtermsLucccA asks: Why are labor unions in the US still not as well-organized compared to the rest of the world? I know there was a push against them in the past—does that still have an effect today? Also, why are there so many right-leaning unions in the US?Michael: A lot of reasons. The US has low union density compared to other wealthy nations, currently at 10.0%, and that has been on a precipitous decline for the past few decades for a variety of reasons that include anti-union and union busting campaigns, outdated labor laws where employers often retaliate for union organizing or delay bargaining for years, as we are see

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Albania’s prime minister vows not to resign over student-led protests

Demonstrators demand resignation of Edi Rama after three days of clashes in capital TiranaAlbania’s prime minister has said he will not resign as a protest movement, initially prompted by a proposal to build a Trump family-backed resort in the Balkan state, turned violent with clashes convulsing the capital for a third consecutive day.Speaking on Thursday after calls by students who this week assumed control of the anti-government demonstrations that have rattled Tirana since June, Edi Rama said: “Governments are changed through democratic elections. We had elections last year, not a revolution.” Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 15Preview

Texas sued after glitch delays almost 600,000 voter registrations

Voting registration organizations accuse Texas officials of failing to ensure eligible voters can register properlyTexas election officials are struggling to process a massive backlog of nearly 600,000 voter registration applications after a major state computer system failure, just days before early voting is set to open on Monday and amid concerns about widespread voter suppression.The disruption has raised serious concerns about the state’s voter registration system, with voting rights organizations accusing Texas officials of failing to ensure that eligible voters could properly register. Continue reading...

Marina DunbarTexasUS midterm elections 2026