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Julian Assange
personU.S. asks Britain's High Court to overturn a judge's decision that Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States. In January, a lower court judge refused an American request to extradite Assange on spying charges. The charges stem from WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago.
Rishi Sunak
personRishi Sunak delivers levelling-up budget with increase in minimum wage and watering down of benefit cuts. Universal Credit is being made more generous to give families another £2billion. Fuel duty is frozen for the 12th year in a row while petrol prices climb.
WikiLeaks
organizationWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted in the United States on 18 criminal charges. Charges stem from WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago. U.S. is appealing against a Jan. 4 ruling by a London District Judge that Assange should not be extradited.
Rishi Sunak
personRishi Sunak accused of hiking up council tax and national insurance. Labour's Rachel Reeves accuses him of hiding the detail in his Budget. Shop bosses condemned a'missed opportunity' to reform business rates.
Josh Cavallo
personAdelaide United midfielder Josh Cavallo becomes the first active A-League player to come out as gay. The 21-year-old made the announcement on social media. Footballers from around the world have thrown their support behind the soccer player. There are no openly gay men in the biggest top-flight leagues, including the Premier League.
Mako
personMako, 30, lost her royal status after her marriage to commoner Kei Komuro, also 30. The union has split public opinion and was delayed more than three years by a financial dispute. Mako is recovering from what palace doctors described as a form of traumatic stress disorder.
Dave Halls
personDave Halls had assured Alec Baldwin that a gun he was handling on the set of 'Rust' was 'cold' moments before the actor pulled the trigger and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Halls was fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew. Former colleagues of Halls' told Insider that he once pushed actor Creed Bratton to do an unsafe stunt over objections from crew members.
Owen Paterson
personNorth Shropshire MP Owen Paterson accused standards watchdog of bias. His wife, Rosie, 63, was found to have committed suicide in 2020. Mr Paterson claimed the probe did not "comply with natural justice"
Quinton de Kock
personSouth Africa beat West Indies by eight wickets in T20 World Cup Group I match. Aiden Markram hit the fastest fifty of the tournament, from 25 balls, to steer South Africa home. Cricket South Africa issued a directive "requiring" all players to take the knee ahead of their remaining matches at the tournament.
Manchester United
organizationManchester United lost 5-0 to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday. Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick, while Naby Keita and Diogo Jota also found the net. United have now suffered five defeats in their last 11 games in all competitions.
Omar al-Bashir
personPrime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several other Cabinet officials were detained after they refused to "endorse the coup" Protesters have flocked the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, barricading roads, setting tires on fire, and yelling chants.
Tom Brady
personSeven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady reaches another NFL milestone on Monday AEDT. Brady threw his league-record 600th career touchdown pass in a 38-3 Tampa Bay rout over visiting Chicago. Arizona remains the NFL's only undefeated team as the Cardinals improved to 7-0 for the first time since 1974. New England earned its 12th straight victory and sixth consecutive season sweep over the New York Jets with a 54-13 rout.
Ben Stokes
personBen Stokes has been added to the England squad to face Australia. The Durham all-rounder had been taking time off to prioritise his mental health and recover from a broken finger. The 30-year-old is set to travel to Australia with the Test specialists and supplementary Lions squad on November 4.
Liverpool
organizationManchester United lost 5-0 to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday. Naby Keita, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Paul Pogba scored for the Reds. United have lost five of their last nine games in all competitions. Just four teams have conceded more than the Red Devils this season.
Hertz
organizationThe cars will be delivered over the next 14 months, with Tesla Model 3 sedans available for rental in the US and Europe. Hertz customers can rent a Tesla starting in November. The deal represents $4.2 billion in revenue for Tesla.
Tesla
organizationElon Musk becomes $25 billion richer after Hertz electric car deal with Tesla. Hertz has placed an order for 100,000 Tesla vehicles to be delivered by the end of 2022. Deal is reportedly worth $4.2 billion in revenue for Tesla.
Abdalla Hamdok
personAbdalla Hamdok was one of several 'political and government' leaders arrested. The 65-year-old former UN diplomat survived a failed coup just last month and an assassination attempt in 2020. Most of Sudan's cabinet ministers and pro-government party leaders have been arrested.
Mohammed bin Salman
personSaad al-Jabri is a longtime critic of the crown prince who is living in exile in Canada. He says Mohammed boasted in 2014 that he could kill then-King Abdullah, using a "poisoned ring" Aljabri was a close aide to the former intelligence head, a CIA ally. He fled to Canada from Saudi Arabia in 2017 when MBN was ousted by the current Crown Prince.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
personOle Gunnar Solskjaer is losing sections of the Manchester United dressing room, as his future hangs in the balance. Reports on Monday suggest that the Norwegian boss is set to be sacked. One prominent bookmaker has installed odds of 1/5 that he will be the next Premier League boss to be handed his marching papers. Manchester United lost 5-0 to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Frances Haugen
personFormer employee Frances Haugen leaked internal studies showing the company knew of potential harm stoked by its sites. Haugen, 37, gave evidence in front of a parliamentary select committee. She told MPs Facebook was 'unquestionably' making online hate worst due to its algorithm 'prioritising extreme content' Haugen said the social network saw safety as a cost centre.