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Earlier this month, my Spurs WhatsApp group was debating whether, if you could only have one, you’d sign Eberechi Eze or Savinho. Ever the ray of sunshine, I confessed that my “gut feeling” was that we wouldn’t get either. A few days later, I doubled down.Despite reports suggesting Eze was practically on the 149 bus headed for N17, I had the nagging sense that Arsenal might gazump us at the last minute. The reason for such a grim forecast was that I’d seen this tragi-comic movie before. Spurs have “nearly” signed everyone from Jean-Pierre Papin to Eden Hazard to Rivaldo,…

My friend Michael Waldman, who has died aged 83, was a palaeontologist and an inspiring teacher of geology. He discovered one of the most productive and important fossil sites in Scotland, and named several new species of extinct animals.Mike discovered the fossil site in 1971, during a Duke of Edinburgh school trip that he was co-leading to Skye. There, near the village of Elgol, he found the first mammal fossil from the time of dinosaurs in Scotland, named Borealestes serendipitus, “the northern rogue found by serendipity”. On subsequent trips, he and colleagues discovered fossil skeletons of fish, salamanders, lizards, turtles…

Travelers can text the word “Travel” to 275-872. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has banned three hair tools from checked luggage for passengers traveling on the nation’s airlines. Cordless curling irons or flatirons, containing gas cartridges, butane-fueled cordless curling irons or flatirons, or spare gas cartridges for these devices cannot be carried in checked luggage. Also banned from checked bags are cordless curling irons or flatirons that contain lithium metal or lithium-ion batteries. Cordless curling irons or flatirons that are banned from checked luggage can be taken onboard in carry-on luggage provided they have a safety cover fitting over the heating element,…

The Pentagon is recruiting civilian employees to join Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign and asking staff to sign up for deployments to immigration enforcement facilities across the United States.The defense department has posted a job listing requesting volunteers for civilian federal employees apply to join a “volunteer force” supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) operations. On Wednesday, the department reportedly emailed civilian employees asking them to take up this opportunity.“The Secretary of Defense has authorized DoD civilian employees to participate in details to the Department of Homeland Security to contribute to its operations along…

Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Bass Pro/Winchester Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on August 16, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)Getty Images Richard Childress Racing is back in the Nascar Cup Series playoffs this year, and it’s via an epic victory by Austin Dillon at Richmond Raceway. Dillon, who won at Richmond last year in controversial fashion, was removed from the 2024 playoffs due to his last-lap actions. He wrecked both Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano to win the race, and that didn’t…

While overall sales to African countries are still small compared to these traditional export markets, the Global South appears to be at a turning point in how it thinks about energy. For decades, energy-starved countries largely had one default option when they wanted to add new power supply: import coal and gas. Now, for the first time, solar energy is emerging as the cheaper and greener way forward, so there’s no need to sacrifice the environment for development.Familiar StoryWhat’s happening in Africa right now might sound familiar, especially if you know anything about the global green energy industry. We’ve seen…

As wolf populations have rebounded in parts of the Western U.S., states have approved hunting seasons to reduce their numbers and limit human-wildlife conflict. Raimund Linke/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Raimund Linke/Getty Images As wolf populations have rebounded in parts of the Western U.S., states have approved hunting seasons to reduce their numbers and limit human-wildlife conflict. Raimund Linke/Getty Images When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, the thinking went, should mean fewer killed cows…

Greenwich Entertainment has picked up U.S. rights to Emmanuel Courcol’s “The Marching Band” (“En Fanfare”), one of France’s biggest local hits of 2024. The heartfelt movie, which earned seven nominations at the Cesar Awards and has been sold by Playtime across 30 territories, tells the story of two brothers who were separated in infancy and unexpectedly bond over their shared love of music. After world premiere at Cannes, “The Marching Band” went on to critical and popular acclaim in France where it earned seven César nominations. It debuted in the U.S. at The American French Film Festival in L.A., winning the…

I didn’t feel Arsenal’s performance was there against Manchester United but still, at least they found a way to win.All the talk in this game is going to be about Viktor Gyokeres and whether he can get off the mark. There was such an overreaction after he didn’t score against Man United.He’s been written off as a dud in some quarters already! That’s the modern game, you can get written off after your first hour of playing in the Premier League.Not me though, no, I think he’ll come good.Leeds played with such intensity against Everton, although the penalty they won…

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsElisenda BallesteThe researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic PeninsulaKate Stephens and Gwyndaf HughesBBC News science teamWhy would anyone brave hand-numbing cold, icy winds and rough seas – sometimes working through the night – to dig up mud from the Antarctic seabed?That is what an international team of particularly adventurous researchers did earlier this year in the remote Antarctic Peninsula, on a mission aiming to reveal centuries of scientific secrets about the Southern Ocean.Scientists around the world will now share and analyse these precious mud samples to work out how…