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Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
personIsrael launched a new wave of airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday. At least six people were killed and 91 were wounded in the strike. His death marks the most significant blow to the Iran-backed group.
Hassan Nasrallah
personIsrael carried out a precise airstrike on Friday while Hezbollah leadership were meeting at their headquarters in Dahiyeh. The Pentagon said the US had no advance warning of the strike. More than 720 people have been killed in Lebanon since the conflict escalated on Monday.
Shigeru Ishiba
personShigeru Ishiba, 67, is the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He replaces current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who said he would not stand again. The former banker was running in the party leadership race for a fifth time.
Benjamin Netanyahu
personU.S., European Union, France and six other countries have proposed a 21-day cease-fire in Lebanon. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, roundly rejected the terms of the proposal on Thursday. Netanyahu said his nation will "continue degrading Hezbollah" until achieving its goals.
Mira Murati
personMira Murati, the company's CTO and former interim CEO, has announced her exit. CEO Sam Altman later revealed that two other top executives -- Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and research leader Barret Zoph -- are also leaving.
FC Twente
organizationManchester United drew 1-1 with FC Twente in their Europa League opener. Christian Eriksen gave United the lead before Sam Lammers equalised. United face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday.
Eric Adams
personEric Adams is the first mayor in New York City history to be indicted while still in office. The charges stem from a months-long federal investigation into his 2021 mayoral campaign. Adams denies any wrongdoing and says he will fight the charges.
Volodymyr Zelensky
personKremlin says Zelenskiy is making "fatal mistake" by trying to force it to make peace. Putin said in June that Russia would end the war only if Kyiv agreed to drop its ambitions to join NATO.
Phillip Schofield
personPhillip will appear in Channel 5 special Cast Away on Monday. He will explore "his own controversial story" following 16 months off air. Will see him live alone with no food or water for 10 days.
Raphael Varane
personRaphael Varane announced his retirement from football on Wednesday. The 31-year-old suffered a serious knee injury on his debut for Como last month. Varane will continue to work at Como in a non-playing role.
Keir Starmer
personSir Keir Starmer's first conference speech as Prime Minister went down very well. New measures to prioritise housing for veterans, care leavers and victims of domestic abuse were very welcome.
Manchester City
organizationManchester City drew 2-2 with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Erling Haaland and Riccardo Calafiori scored for the away side. John Stones scored in the eighth minute of second half stoppage time to rescue a point for Pep Guardiola's side.
Gunners
organizationManchester City drew 2-2 with Arsenal at the Etihad on Sunday. Gunners had led 2-1 at half-time before Leandro Trossard was sent off. Erling Haaland and Riccardo Calafiori scored for the visitors. John Stones netted an injury time equaliser for City.
Rachel Reeves
personRachel Reeves forced to temporarily halt her first Labour Party conference speech. Protesters interrupted the Chancellor a few minutes in. They could be heard shouting 'genocide' in protest about the war in Gaza.
Rachel Reeves
personFinance minister Rachel Reeves said she wanted all business and growth policy "to be co-written with business" She insisted pensioners most in need will still receive help.
Arsenal
organizationArsenal drew 2-2 with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Gunners had led 2-1 at half-time before Leandro Trossard was sent off. John Stones' equaliser in second-half stoppage time denied Arsenal victory. Gary Neville had tipped Gunners to win Premier League this season.
John Stones
personManchester City drew 2-2 with Arsenal at the Etihad on Sunday. Erling Haaland and Riccardo Calafiori scored for City in the first half. Leandro Trossard was sent off for the visitors in the second half. John Stones scored an injury-time equaliser to rescue a draw.
Arsenal
organizationManchester City drew 2-2 with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhaes scored for the Gunners. John Stones came off the bench to score the equaliser in injury time. Erling Haaland scored his 100th goal in a City shirt.
Ranil Wickremesinghe
personAnura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidency with 42.31% of the vote. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76%. Outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe took a distant third with 17.27%.
Anthony Joshua
personDaniel Dubois knocked Anthony Joshua down four times in the fifth round. It was the fourth defeat of Joshua's career and certainly the most damaging. Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed there is a rematch clause. Joshua could still face Tyson Fury next year if Fury loses to Oleksandr Usyk.