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Wadea Al-Fayoume
personWadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was stabbed 26 times at his home in Plainfield Township, Illinois. His mother, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin, was also stabbed more than 12 times. Police have charged his landlord Joseph M. Czuba, 71, with first-degree murder, attempted murder, two counts of hate crimes and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Daniel Noboa
personBusinessman Daniel Noboa wins Ecuador presidency, eclipsing father's legacy. Noboa, 35, won more than 52% of the vote, beating leftist challenger Luisa Gonzalez, who had about 48%.
Jim Ratcliffe
personSir Jim Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to buy a 25 per cent stake at Old Trafford. Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim has withdrawn his offer to pave the way for Ineos founder Ratcliffe to secure the club. Gary Neville has set out six ‘non-negotiable’ priorities for Ratcliffe.
KSI
organizationTommy Fury beat fellow YouTuber KSI on points at Manchester's AO Arena. The judges declared Fury the victor with two scoring 57-56 in his favour and a third calling it a 57-57 draw. Fury has now defeated both KSI and Jake Paul this year. Conor McGregor has called out KSI for a boxing match.
Tommy Fury
personTommy Fury defeated fellow YouTuber KSI on points at Manchester's AO Arena. Molly-Mae Hague cheered on her partner courtside, proudly sporting a personalised 'Tommy' necklace around her neck. Logan Paul beat Dillon Danis via DQ in the co-main event.
Christopher Luxon
personConservative Christopher Luxon wins New Zealand election after incumbent PM Chris Hipkins concedes. Luxon is expected with the ACT Party to have enough votes to form a government without New Zealand First and Winston Peters. Mr Hipkins was in the job for just nine months after Ms Ardern unexpectedly stepped down.
Reuters
organizationAn Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon. A Reuters videographer was killed and six other journalists were injured.
UN
organizationU.N. and World Health Organisation have urgently called on Israel to revoke the order. Palestinians fear could be a precursor to a planned Israeli ground offensive. Hamas has called the warning "fake propaganda" and urged Palestinians "not to fall for it"
Microsoft
organizationBritain's competition watchdog reversed its earlier decision to block the $69 billion deal. Xbox maker's quest to acquire Activision could close imminently ahead of a Wednesday deadline. Microsoft plans to add many of Activision Blizzard’s games to the Xbox Game Pass.
Steve Scalise
personHouse Republicans are still searching for a new speaker after Congressman Steve Scalise ended his bid for the job. Scalise failed to secure enough support from the House Republican conference to take his bid to the floor for a vote. Rep. Jim Jordan will now again take a shot at the gavel, as will Rep. Austin Scott.
Activision Blizzard
organizationXbox maker's quest to acquire Activision could close imminently ahead of a Wednesday deadline. That would wrap up a merger delayed for close to two years by intense scrutiny.
Bob Menendez
personFederal prosecutors say Sen. Bob Menendez acted as a foreign agent on the behalf of Egypt. Menendez is prohibited from being a lobbyist, let alone an unregistered lobbyist for a foreign government.
Hamas
organizationCulture Secretary Lucy Frazer has raised the issue with BBC director-general Tim Davie. Board of Deputies of British Jews said by calling Hamas ‘militants’, the BBC ‘not only offers legitimacy to their government, but also denies the fact that they commit atrocities’
Steve Scalise
personScalise won a majority of the GOP conference’s support during a closed-door vote. But it quickly became clear that Scalise did not have the support needed to win a House-wide vote. At least four Republicans said they would not support Scalise in a floor vote.
Taylor Swift
personTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film received its world premiere at The Grove in Los Angeles. The concert film documents one of the six sold-out shows Swift performed at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California over the summer.
Hezbollah
organizationFormer President Donald Trump called Israel's defense minister a "jerk" He also called the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah "very smart" The White House called his comments "dangerous and unhinged"
Ford
organization8,700 union members at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant went on strike after the union said the No. 2 U.S. automaker refused to move further in contract bargaining. The Kentucky strike brings to 33,700 the number of workers on strike against the three automakers.
The Russian Olympic Committee
organizationIOC executive board is meeting in Mumbai ahead of the IOC session on Oct 15 to Oct 17. ROC would not be eligible for any funding after it recognised Olympic Councils from the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
IOC
organizationIOC bans Russian Olympic Committee for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine. ROC will not be eligible for any funding after it recognised earlier this month Olympic Councils from the regions. No punishment was given to the Olympic committee of Belarus.
Peter Andre
personMysterious Girl singer, 50, is expecting his third child with Emily MacDonagh. Couple already have a ten-year-old daughter named Amelia and a six- year-old son named Theo. Peter also has daughter Princess, 16, and son Junior, 18, with ex-wife Katie Price.