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BAYERN MUNICH BEATS DINAMO ZAGREB 9-2 – Kane sets record for the most goals by one team in a Champions League match Harry Kane scored four goals to lead his side to a 9-2 win over visitors Dinamo Zagreb and a record for the most goals by one team in a Champions League match along with the second-biggest winning margin. Bayern struck three times in the first half with Kane converting a 19th minute penalty before becoming the highest scoring English player in European Cup history with 33 goals. With Zagreb completely boxed in, Raphael Guerreiro drilled home from a…

UK INFLATION HOLDS STEADY AT 2.2% – Services prices keep Bank of England on alert Inflation held steady in August but rose in the services sector which is closely watched by the Bank of England, data has shown, adding to bets in financial markets that the central bank will keep interest rates on hold. Consumer price inflation (CPI) of 2.2% last month was unchanged from July, the Office for National Statistics reported. The Bank of England, which cut interest rates to 5% on August  1st, had expected inflation of 2.4% in August. It has forecast the CPI will rise to…

GERMANY’S CONSERVATIVES NOMINATE MERZ FOR NEXT ELECTION – North Rhine-Westphalia Premier also backs Merz The head of Bavaria’s conservatives, Markus Soeder, says that the leaders of Germany’s conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year’s federal election. “There is a decision. Friedrich Merz will be the one,” said Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Soeder at a joint news conference with Merz, adding he had his full backing. By standing aside, Soeder cleared the way for Merz, 68, who became party chief in 2022 after Angela Merkel’s 16-year hold on the…

PROTESTERS MARCH THROUGH GHANA’S CAPITAL – Nationwide protests held against alleged voter roll irregularities Ghana’s main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party held nationwide protests against alleged voter roll irregularities, demanding an independent forensic audit to rid the register of errors for free and fair elections. Voters in the West African gold- and cocoa-producing nation will head to the polls on Dec. 7 to elect a successor to President Nana Akufo-Addo, who will step down in January after serving the constitutionally mandated eight years. The election will pit ex-president John Dramani Mahama of the NDC against current Vice President Mahamudu…

FINLAND’S PRESIDENT PROPOSES U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL REFORMS – Finland’s president wants end of single state veto  Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the U.N. Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “illegal war” such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He plans to present these proposals at the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. In an interview, Stubb proposed expanding the council’s permanent membership from five to ten, with additional representatives from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He emphasised that no single nation should wield veto power and advocated for…

VACCINE GIVEN BY NHS KILLS HEALTHY 27-YEAR-OLD –  AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine led to fatal blood clots  A U.K. independent review found that a 27-year-old man who died of blood clots three weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 should not have received the shot, it has been reported. Jack Last was vaccinated on March 30, 2021. He subsequently developed a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, which occurs when a blood clot forms in the brain’s venous sinuses and prevents blood from draining out of the brain. He died on April 20, 2021, from catastrophic brain bleeds. An inquest completed…

LIVERPOOL’S SHOCK HOME DEFEAT TO NOTTINGHAM FOREST – Arne Slot was left speechless by his player Liverpool manager Arne Slot expects a response from his players after their shock home defeat to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League over the weekend. Speaking on the eve of their Champions League opener away to AC Milan, Slot said that they should feel disappointed by the defeat, but that Tuesday’s encounter would be a completely different game. Life under Slot for Liverpool had begun with three league wins on the trot without conceding, including a dominant 3-0 victory at Manchester United, before losing…

HEARING INTO MANCHESTER CITY’S ALLEGED 115 BREACHES – The Premier League financial regulations could demote City from the Premier League The independent hearing into Manchester City’s alleged 115 breaches of Premier League financial regulations finally began yesterday. In what media are describing as the ‘sports trial of the century’, a three-person commission will sift through reams of evidence for an estimated 10 weeks with a verdict expected some time before the end of the current season. City, who have won the English title a record four times in succession, were referred to an independent commission in February 2023, with the…

ENERGY PROVIDER OVO FINED – The company is to pay £2.4m over complaint failures One of the Uk’s largest energy companies by the name OVO is to pay £2.4m in compensation after the regulator Ofgem found it had not been dealing with customer complaints correctly. Energy Ofgem said that 1,395 Ovo customers were hit by problems, including long delays in dealing with complaints, in some cases up to 18 months. OVO will pay £378,512 directly to affected customers and due to the “severity of consumer detriment”, OVO also paid £2m to the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme, which provides money…

THREATENED U.S BAN ON TIKTOK ‘VIOLATES FREE SPEECH’ – TikTok contests looming ban in court  TikTok took its case against a threatened US ban to a federal court where it contended that a law targeting the video platform was “unconstitutional”. TikTok’s  lawyer Andrew Pincus, argued that the US government had not demonstrated that TikTok poses national security risks and that the law violates the US Constitution on a number of grounds including running afoul of First Amendment free speech protections. The contested law gives ByteDance until Jan. 19 to sell or divest TikTok’s U.S. assets or face a ban in…