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Elnaz Rekabi
personIranian climber Elnaz Rekabi has returned to Iran to cheering supporters. Footage had shown her scaling a wall without her head covered while competing in South Korea. Her act was widely seen as a protest, but the athlete told state TV that she unintentionally neglected to wear her hijab.
Mallikarjun Kharge
personIndia's main opposition Congress party elects Mallikarjun Kharge as its new president. Kharge received more than 80% of the votes, local media reported. The Nehru-Gandhi family, which has led the party for more than two decades, did not compete.
Suella Braverman
personSuella Braverman, 42, resigned as Home Secretary on Wednesday. Chief whip Wendy Morton and deputy Craig Whittaker also leave government. Comes just five days after Truss sacked her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. Former transport secretary Grant Shapps appointed to replace her.
Keir Starmer
personNew Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ripped up her plan for tax cuts and increased public borrowing in a bid to reassure markets. Liz Truss demanded to know of Sir Keir Starmer, in effect, why he hadn't stopped the planned rail strikes. Her question, he retorted, showed Labour was now the government in waiting.
Congress
organizationVeteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was elected as the new party chief on Wednesday. Kharge got a decisive mandate from Assam with 87% of total votes in his favour. It is the first time in 24 years that the Congress will be led by someone who does not belong to the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Labour
organizationGovernment defeated Labour's bid to ban fracking amid farcical scenes. Tory whips initially stated vote was being treated as a ‘confidence motion’ But climate minister Graham Stuart caused confusion by telling the Commons: ‘Quite clearly this is not a confidence vote’ Labour MP Chris Bryant said he saw MPs being 'physically manhandled' and 'bullied'
Karim Benzema
personKarim Benzema is the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d'Or since Zinedine Zidane in 1998. The Real Madrid striker is the oldest winner since Stanley Matthews in 1956. No American finished in the top 25 for the men’s award. Manchester City crowned as the 2022 Club of the Year.
Keith McNally
personCorden, 44, ate at SoHo restaurant Balthazar on October 9 and complained so harshly about his order that owner Keith McNally banned him from ever returning. But hours later, McNally updated the story, saying he had received a call from Corden apologizing for his behavior earlier in the month.
Diogo Jota
personDiogo Jota has been ruled out of the World Cup with a calf injury. The 25-year-old was forced off in the closing stages of Liverpool's 1-0 win over Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Jota will miss the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Portugal international has struggled with hamstring injuries for months.
Elnaz Rekabi
personElnaz Rekabi, 33, attended the Asian Sport Climbing Championships in Seoul, South Korea, over the weekend. But she refused to don a headscarf to compete in line with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s strict policies. Iran is in the grip of protests prompted by the death in custody of a 22-year-old student who had been arrested for improper hijab.
James Corden
personLate Late Show host banned from Balthazar restaurant after 'yelling at staff' Restaurant owner Keith McNally branded Corden a 'cretin of a man' in Instagram post. Keith said he had taken the decision to ban James - but later made a U-turn.
Netflix
organizationNetflix picked up 2.4 million subscribers during the July-September period. That's a comeback from a loss of 1.2 million customers during the first half of the year. For Q4, Netflix expects to gain 4.5 million new streaming customers.
Giphy
organizationThe UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ordered Meta to sell Giphy. The company lost its battle at the Competition Appeal Tribunal. A Meta spokesperson said the company was "disappointed" with the decision.
Penny Wong
personForeign minister Penny Wong said the Labor government has agreed to recognise Tel Aviv as the capital. Israel's Foreign Ministry voiced "deep disappointment" with the decision. Previous Prime Minister Scott Morrison had reversed decades of Middle East policy.
Balthazar
organizationCorden, 44, ate at SoHo restaurant Balthazar on October 9 and complained so harshly about his order that owner Keith McNally banned him from ever returning. McNally called Corden the most abusive customer to his servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago. Corden has since issued an apology to McNally.
Saad Ibrahim Almadi
personSaad Ibrahim Almadi, a US citizen of Saudi origin, was sentenced to 16 years in prison. He was detained in November at the airport regarding 14 tweets he wrote over the previous seven years. His son, Ibrahim, told the Washington Post that his father had expressed only "mild" opinions.
James Heappey
personJust 10% of Brits have a favourable opinion of the PM. 80% view her unfavourably, including 62% who view her very unfavourable. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace would also be under pressure to resign.
the House of Commons
organizationTreasury said the move was designed to ‘ensure sustainable public finances underpin economic growth’ The Chancellor will address the House of Commons later on Monday. Comes after just this morning he ripped up Liz Truss' tax measures and announced a shock U-turn on energy bill support.
Steve Bannon
personBannon should serve six months in prison and pay a $200,000 fine, prosecutors say. His lawyers, meanwhile, deny he was acting in bad faith and are asking for probation. He was found guilty in July on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress.
Shehan Karunatilaka
personSri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka wins prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. He is the second Sri Lanka-born Booker Prize winner, after Michael Ondaatje. Judges read all 170 books put forward for the prize, then whittled them down to 30.