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Naomi Osaka
personThe daily transcript is a written version of each day's episode of 5 Things. Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary. Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN iReport.
Leylah Fernandez
personNaomi Osaka beaten in third round of U.S. Open by Leylah Fernandez. 23-year-old's future in the game must now be in doubt. Francis Tiafoe and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia also went down in five sets.
Carlos Alcaraz
personCarlos Alcaraz beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) in the third round of the US Open on Friday. The 18-year-old is the youngest player to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam since 1992. The Spaniard will face world No.2 Daniil Medvedev in the last 16.
Kristen Stewart
personKristen Stewart plays Princess Diana in a new film, "Sleeping Beauty" The film is based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in 1953. Spencer will play at the London Film Festival on Oct 7.
Ollie Pope
personOllie Pope scores 81 as England reach 290 all out on day two of fourth Test. Chris Woakes scores 50 as England lead India by 99 runs at stumps. Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali add 71 for the third wicket.
Yoshihide Suga
personJapan's PM Yoshihide Suga will not run for re-election as party leader. Decision effectively ends his tenure and throws wide open the race for the next premier. Decision comes with Suga's approval ratings at an all-time low over his government's response to the pandemic.
Jude Bellingham
personEngland beat Hungary 4-0 in World Cup qualifying match in Budapest. Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham were targeted by monkey chants. Sterling was also pelted by plastic cups thrown from a section of the home crowd. Kick It Out chief executive Tony Burnett criticised FIFA and UEFA over the failure to ensure that a stadium ban issued by UEFA in July carried over into World Cup qualifiers.
Raheem Sterling
personEngland beat Hungary 4-0 in World Cup qualifying match in Budapest. Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Declan Rice have all netted to see England stroll to victory. There have also been alarming reports of racism towards Sterling and Jude Bellingham. FIFA have confirmed they will probe the behaviour and reiterated their 'zero tolerance' stance.
Virgin Galactic
organizationFAA grounded space flights by Virgin Galactic while it investigates why the company's July 11 voyage deviated from its planned trajectory. It is now unclear whether Virgin's next test flight, involving members of the Italian Air Force, will take place as scheduled.
Supreme Court
organizationThe Supreme Court refused to block an extreme abortion law in Texas. The law criminalizes abortion at six weeks and deputizes citizens to enforce the ban. Similar laws have been enacted in Mississippi, North Dakota, Iowa and Kentucky. President Biden called the ruling ‘an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights’
John Roberts
personChief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in dissenting from the move. Texas officials argued the claims raised by the abortion providers and advocacy groups were "hyperbolic"
Sidharth Shukla
personSidharth Shukla died of a massive heart attack on Thursday morning. Doctors at Mumbai's Cooper Hospital confirmed his death on Thursday afternoon. He was best known for his role in the long-running TV show 'Balika Vadhu'
Sarah Storey
personSarah Storey becomes Britain's most successful Paralympian with her 17th gold medal. The cycling queen finished in 2hr 21min 51sec to eclipse Mike Kenny's 16 swimming golds won from 1976 to 1988. Husband Barney Storey said his family are "so incredibly proud" of her.
Ireland's data privacy watchdog has dished out its biggest ever fine of €225 million ($266 million) to WhatsApp. Fine is for infringements regarding the sharing of personal information with other companies also owned by Facebook.
Saul Niguez
personSaul Niguez joins Chelsea on a season-long loan from Atletico Madrid. Midfielder will start work with Thomas Tuchel while team-mates are away on international duty, after fall-out over his position at Atletico. Chelsea have the option to make the move permanent next summer.
Piers Morgan
personTV personality Piers Morgan was cleared on Wednesday by Britain's media watchdog. More than 50,000 complaints rejected over his criticism of Meghan. Office of Communications said Morgan did not breach broadcasting code. Mr Morgan praised the decision in a tweet as a "victory for free speech"
Dominic Raab
personBritish officials told Afghans to wait at the main Abbey Gate entrance to Kabul Airport only hours before last week's suicide bombing there. Half of Afghanistan's female MPs are stuck in the country and now risk being murdered by the Taliban. British lawmakers are examining the country's relationship with the U.S.
Ofcom
organizationPiers, 56, stormed off GMB in March after dismissing Meghan Markle's claims to Oprah that she suffered suicidal feelings. Meghan and Harry personally lodged a complaint against Piers to ITV and Ofcom. But in a huge win for freedom of speech, Ofcom said restricting Piers Morgan's strong views would be an "unwarranted and chilling restriction on freedom of expression"
Piers Morgan
personMorgan attracted nearly 60,000 complaints for his remarks about Meghan and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey. Meghan revealed she previously had suicidal thoughts due to the abuse she had received when joining the royal family. GMB received more than 57,000 Ofcom complaints. ITV has no current plans to invite Morgan back to Good Morning Britain.
Apple
organizationShares of Apple fell 0.6% and were the biggest drag on the Nasdaq. Zoom Video Communications Inc tumbled 16.7% as it signaled a faster-than-expected easing in demand. South Korea's National Assembly voted to approve the “Anti-Google law”