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Serena Williams
personSerena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 at the US Open. The 23-time Grand Slam champion entered the tournament ranked 605th. Williams advances to a third-round meeting on Friday against Ajla Tomljanović.
Arthur Melo
personLiverpool set to sign Juventus star Arthur Melo on season-long loan. Brazilian international will undergo a medical at Anfield today. Jurgen Klopp had belatedly made a priority signing due to injuries.
Lukoil
organizationLukoil chairman Ravil Maganov, 67, was pronounced dead after plunging from ward on sixth floor. Police are investigating the cause of his fall, which came months after Lukoil publicly opposed Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Mary Peltola
personMary Peltola, a Democrat, will represent Alaska's lone U.S. House seat. She edged Sarah Palin by 3 percentage points, 51.5% to 48.5%. She will be the first Alaska Native and woman to represent the state in the House. The single House seat was held for almost 50 years by Republican Don Young.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
personPierre-Emerick Aubameyang will join Chelsea in £10.3m deal from Barcelona. Defender Marcos Alonso is expected to go the other way. The Blues are also close to completing a loan deal for Juventus midfielder Denis Zakaria. Arsenal are making a second bid to sign Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz.
Rosmah Mansor
personRosmah Mansor convicted on charges of soliciting and receiving 6.5m ringgit (£1.2m) between 2016 and 2017. Conviction came just nine days after her husband Najib Razak began serving a 12-year jail term for offences linked to the 1MDB financial scandal.
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.
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.
Russell Wilson
personRussell Wilson agreed to a five-year contract extension with his new team. The deal is worth $245 million, including $165 million in guaranteed money. Wilson becomes the second-highest paid quarterback in the NFL in terms of average annual value.
Sarah Palin
personSarah Palin defeated in special election to represent Alaska in US Congress. Democrat Mary Peltola won by a narrow margin on Wednesday. She will be the first Alaskan Native to serve as a lawmaker in Washington. The next election will be held 8 November.
Anett Kontaveit
personSerena Williams beat No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2. The 40-year-old, 23-time Grand Slam title winner triumphed in front of a partisan crowd. Tiger Woods was courtside at Flushing Meadows to watch the match.
Thomas Webster
personFormer NYPD officer gets 10 years in longest U.S. Capitol attack sentence. Thomas Webster was found guilty in May of assaulting a Washington police officer. Judge Amit Mehta said Webster threw away a lifetime of respect for 20 years as a police officers.
Bill Turnbull
personBill Turnbull, 66, passed away at his home in Suffolk on Monday. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 and took a leave of absence from his radio show at Classic FM to focus on his health. Turnbull returned to his show in August but died at home on Wednesday (31 August)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’
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.