
Player welfare, injury worries & boredom - has extended break worked?
The extended international break was brought in with player welfare in mind, but has it been a success?
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The extended international break was brought in with player welfare in mind, but has it been a success?

Hundreds of schools in France remain closed amid planned demonstrations across the countryThe conservative People’s Party is very pleased with the announcement.“At last,” they say on their X, with a slick election video – set to the EU’s anthem “Ode to Joy” – to go along with it.Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for 29 November, just days after rightwing parties blocked his minority government’s emergency measures on housing amid widespread protests (9:10).The election will take place on Sunday, 29 November, the earliest possible date procedurally.In a fierce address, Sánchez framed the election as choice between “regressing” under a “far-right coalition” or “keeping moving forward” with his progressive administration (9:04, 9:09, 9:17).He said the election will be about who will guide Spain through a period of disruption amid high political tensions, global
Jakub Krupa and Frances MaoSpainPedro Sánchez

Bournemouth are unhappy with the way they believe England handled the injury to Alex Scott - which means he could now be out for up to eight weeks.

A homecoming celebration turned into a scene of deadly violence, as dozens of shots were fired into a crowd.

After Guardian investigation uncovered drone strike that killed 12 civilians and injured many more, seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah underwent vital operation in MogadishuOn the rickshaw ride to the hospital, Marian Haji Abdi Guled felt a mixture of joy and apprehension: the day they had been waiting for had finally arrived.Almost a year earlier, her then seven-year-old son, Abdiqadir Salah, had been seriously injured, alongside his two siblings, in what a Guardian investigation found was a US drone strike on the village of Jamaame in Somalia that killed at least 12 civilians, including eight children. Continue reading...
Mohamed Gabobe in MogadishuGlobal developmentSomalia
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