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UN
organizationUN report accuses China of "serious human rights violations" and possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. China has rejected the findings of the report, saying it is based on disinformation. The Chinese government published its own detailed response to the hard-hitting report.
Manuel Akanji
personManuel Akanji has joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund. The 27-year-old Swiss international was at the Etihad on Wednesday to undergo a medical and put the finishing touches to his move. Newcastle have made an approach to sign West Ham's right-back Harrison Ashby. Fulham have agreed a fee with Benfica to sign striker Carlos Vinicius.
BBC Breakfast
organizationFormer BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull has died at the age of 66. The news was announced by his family on Thursday morning (1 September) Fellow TV personalities including Dan Walker, Susanna Reid and The Apprentice’s Alan Sugar have paid tribute to Turnbull.
Boris Johnson
personAnn Widdecombe praised Boris Johnson's leadership of the Tory Party. Hails plans to build eight nuclear reactors in the UK, at a pace equivalent to one a year rather than one a decade.
Moderna
organizationModerna has received emergency use authorization for its Omicron-specific COVID-19 booster shot. The jab is the first reformulated shot to receive the regulatory green light in the U.S.
FDA
organizationThe FDA has authorized second-generation COVID-19 boosters from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. New shots target both the original strain of the coronavirus and the omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants. 20 million doses were made available for vaccinators to pre-order.
Fumio Kishida
personJapan PM Kishida apologises for party members' ties with Unification Church. Revelations of long-running links between some lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the church.
Gazprom
organizationGazprom suspends gas deliveries to Engie, a French utility. Move will deepen concerns about Europe's winter energy supply. France has already reduced its exposure to Russian gas imports to 9%.
Wesley Fofana
personWesley Fofana has joined a seven-year-old from Leicester City. He joins Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella at the same time. Chelsea still looking to push through a deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Naomi Osaka
personDefending champion Emma Raducanu loses in straight sets to Alizé Cornet. Two-time champion Naomi Osaka was knocked out in the opening round for the first time in seven visits. Venus Williams lost 6-1 7-6 (5) to Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck.
Alize Cornet
personEmma Raducanu lost 6-1, 6-4 to France's Alize Cornet in the first round. The 19-year-old was defending her women's singles title at Flushing Meadows. Defeat means she will drop 2,030 points and drop to number 84 in the world rankings.
Emma Raducanu
personEmma Raducanu lost 6-3,6-3 to Alize Cornet in the first round of the US Open. The 19-year-old was defending her women's singles title at Flushing Meadows. Naomi Osaka was knocked out in the opening round for the first time in seven visits.
Mikhail Gorbachev
personFormer Soviet leader became invisible when he was placed under house arrest, leading to the rise of Boris Yeltsin. Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed. He was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
personMikhail Gorbachev died age 91 on Tuesday following a long illness. He was the final leader of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. Boris Johnson said he ‘always admired the courage and integrity he showed’
Gazprom
organizationGazprom tells French utility Engie it is reducing gas deliveries from today. Move piles further pressure on European energy supplies. Russia is believed to have flared large amounts of gas near Finnish border.
Cherries
organizationBournemouth sack manager Scott Parker less than four months after securing promotion. Cherries were thrashed 9-0 at Liverpool on Saturday, equalling the record Premier League defeat. Gary O'Neil will take interim charge of Wednesday's home clash with Wolves. Sean Dyche, Chris Wilder, Wayne Rooney and John Terry could all be considered.
Mikhail Gorbachev
personMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev has died at the age of 91. He was the architect of the East-West rapprochement and father of the perestroika. Deemed responsible in Russia for the chaos following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Muqtada al-Sadr
personMuqtada al-Sadr is a populist cleric who emerged as a symbol of resistance against the U.S. occupation of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. His refusal to negotiate with his Iran-backed Shiite rivals on forming a government plunged Iraq into an unprecedented political vacuum.
Scott Parker
personBournemouth sacked manager Scott Parker on Tuesday morning. The Cherries suffered a crushing 9-0 defeat by Liverpool in the Premier League. Sean Dyche, Wayne Rooney, Chris Wilder and Harry Redknapp all on the shortlist. Gary O'Neil has been placed in temporary charge.
Elon Musk
personElon Musk has sent an additional letter of deal termination to Twitter Inc. The world's richest person subpoenaed a whistleblower seeking documents on how the social media company measures spam accounts. Musk walked away from a $44-billion offer for Twitter in July.