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Network Rail
organizationNetwork Rail has made a new offer to workers in a bid to break deadlock. Firm said it was ‘a two-year deal worth over 5%’ for all Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union members. RMT said offer amounts to a real-terms pay cut and would cut a third of frontline maintenance roles.
Penny Mordaunt
personPenny Mordaunt came second in first ballot with 67 votes from Tory MPs. Rishi Sunak was top, with 88 votes, relegating Liz Truss into third. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt failed to get the 30 votes required to get to the next stage.
Raheem Sterling
personRaheem Sterling has joined Chelsea on a five-year contract. The winger ends a seven-year stay at Manchester City. Sterling overtakes N'Golo Kante as Chelsea's top earner. Kalidou Koulibaly will soon complete a £34m move from Napoli.
Microsoft
organizationNetflix announced plans in April to introduce a new, cheaper, subscription package containing ads. Comcast's NBCUniversal subsidiary and Google were reportedly "top contenders" to serve ads on Netflix. Microsoft has served ads on the Bing search engine and its predecessors for many years.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
personPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday, hours before he was expected to resign. Protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president. Wickremedhe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse. Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948.
Rishi Sunak
personFormer chancellor Rishi Sunak topped the ballot with the backing of 88 MPs. Penny Mordaunt beat Liz Truss for second place with 67 votes to Truss's 50. Tom Tugendhat, Attorney General Suella Braverman and former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch also progressed.
Apple
organizationAmazon Prime Day 2022 offers include discounted prices on Apple products, TVs and more. There are also offers that will give you free money, if you take advantage of them right now. The base Apple Watch Series 7 model starts at $279. Save up to $210 on Eero mesh Wi-Fi now.
Liverpool
organizationJadon Sancho, Fred, Anthony Martial and Facundo Pellistri scored for the Red Devils. Fabio Carvalho and Darwin Nunez made their club debuts for the Reds. Erik ten Hag made 10 changes at the break in his first game in charge.
NASA
organizationThe images reveal nebulae and galactic clusters, and a giant, never-before-seen exoplanet. Webb is the most advanced telescope ever built and is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, which is still operational 32 years after its launch.
Sony
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Mo Farah
personHome Office say no action will be taken against Sir Mo Farah. The 39-year-old was born Hussein Abdi Kahin in Somaliland. He was smuggled into the UK by traffickers when he was nine.
Fred
personManchester United beat Liverpool 4-0 in pre-season friendly in Bangkok. Jadon Sancho, Fred, Anthony Martial and Facundo Pellistri all on target. Liverpool used 32 players on a day where they played three teams.
White House
organization'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell, pardoned former national security advisor Mike Flynn, and Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne turned up at the White House. 'I bet Pat Cipollone set a new land speed record’ when he got wind of the meeting, quipped Powell. Just 26 percent of Democratic voters said they wanted Biden to lead the party in 2024.
Amazon Prime
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Wayne Rooney
personWayne Rooney has been appointed as the new head coach of DC United. The 36-year-old left Derby County at the end of June. Hernan Losada, DC United’s previous manager, was fired in April.
Amazon Prime Day
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Amazon
organizationMost of Amazon's gadgets are on sale for Prime Day. The mega-retailer is offering up to 73 per cent off customer-loved products. This includes Shark vacuum cleaners, Nespresso coffee machines, Ring doorbells and more. Save $420 on this touchscreen Samsung Chromebook with S Pen at Amazon.
Donald Trump
personTesla CEO says ex-president has ‘to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset’ Musk also says the legal maximum age for the start of a presidential term should be 69. A House of Representatives select committee is currently holding televised hearings investigating the January 6 attack.
Liz Truss
personRishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman secured the 20 nominations needed to enter the contest. Rehman Chishti and Sajid Javid withdrew from the race. Grant Shapps won the backing of just one percent of readers.
iRobot
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