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Cody Gakpo has held “clear-the-air” talks with Liverpool’s owners after the club blocked his proposed £80 million move to Manchester City on deadline day. The Netherlands international had reportedly agreed personal terms with City and was open to leaving Anfield, but Liverpool rejected an offer worth an initial £75m plus a further £5m in add-ons. Dutch outlet Eindhovens Dagblad reported that Gakpo spoke with senior figures from Fenway Sports Group on Monday after the transfer collapsed. The discussions were described as constructive and were held partly to repair relations following the failed move. Cody Gakpo expected to stay at Liverpool…

A threatened teachers’ strike in Seattle has been averted after Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education Association reached a tentative contract agreement just hours before the new school year was due to begin. Classes will go ahead as planned on Wednesday, September 2, following the late-night deal between the district and the union, which represents more than 6,000 educators and school staff. ([fox13seattle.com](https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle-teachers-strike-avoided?utm_source=openai)) The agreement was reached before a midnight deadline that could otherwise have triggered a walkout on the first day of term. Union members had voted by 91 per cent to authorise a strike if negotiations failed.…

A man has been shot dead at a home in Merrylands West in Sydney’s west, sparking a police investigation and marking the city’s second fatal shooting in two days. Emergency services were called to Bruce Street at about 3.15pm on Wednesday after reports that a man, believed to be in his 30s, had been injured. Paramedics treated the man at the scene, but he died from his injuries. His identity has not yet been formally confirmed. Police have established a crime scene as detectives work to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The property is close to a primary school…

Laura Meyer, 28, says Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act has made it impossible for her to find an affordable one-bedroom flat in south-west London. She told the Daily Mail that her search had become increasingly difficult since the legislation came into force, as tenants compete for a limited supply of properties. The Renters’ Rights Act took effect in England on 1 May 2026. It abolished Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions, replaced most fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies with rolling agreements and restricted landlords to increasing rents once a year. Ministers say the reforms are intended to give renters greater security and protection from…

Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews have welcomed their fourth child, a baby boy, with the presenter sharing the news on Instagram on Tuesday evening, September 1. Williams, 40, and Matthews, 38, are already parents to Theodore, seven, Gigi, six, and Otto, four. The couple shared photographs from hospital, including images of their three older children meeting their new baby brother. Announcing the arrival, Williams wrote: “Our beautiful baby boy has arrived safely… The house is bursting with excitement, love and happiness and we couldn’t be more delighted.” The newborn’s name has not yet been revealed. The couple previously considered naming…

iRobot has unveiled its most powerful robot vacuum to date, with the Roomba Max 875 Combo promising deeper carpet cleaning through a new sealing system designed to improve airflow. The flagship model will be demonstrated at IFA in Berlin, the company’s first major technology trade show appearance in several years. The $1,199 machine is being launched alongside the $899 Roomba Plus 678 Combo. Both vacuum-and-mop models are available through iRobot’s website. The Roomba Max 875 uses a feature called SealForce, which lowers a skirt around the cleaning head when the robot detects carpet. The tighter seal is intended to channel…

Leandro Paredes has paid tribute to Lionel Messi after the Argentina captain ended his international career, saying his legacy would “live on forever” following more than two decades with the national team. Messi, 39, announced his retirement on 31 August, days after revealing that he had “nothing left to give” having given everything to Argentina. His final appearance came in the 2026 World Cup final, when Argentina were beaten by Spain. Paredes said the squad had discussed the possibility that the match would be Messi’s last, but admitted the reality of his departure was still difficult to accept. “We’d spoken…

Residents are demanding tighter security around a planned $82 million park in Los Angeles after graffiti appeared at the site before it has even opened, with concerns also being raised about crime and possible homeless encampments. The Sixth Street PARC, short for Park, Arts and River Connectivity, is being built beneath and alongside the Sixth Street Bridge, linking the Arts District with Boyle Heights. The 12-acre development is intended to include a soccer field, playgrounds, a splash pad, green space and facilities for community events. But construction fencing still surrounds much of the site and graffiti is already visible in…

A former software developer who created and distributed sexualised deepfake images of women and schoolgirls has been sentenced to two years in prison in Brisbane. Antonio Rotondo, 56, was convicted of 17 offences, including 11 counts of stalking, five counts of distributing intimate images and one count of distributing child exploitation material involving an image of a 13-year-old girl. The six-day trial heard that Rotondo used publicly available photographs of female students and staff at a private Queensland school, as well as women who had taken part in a fashion event, and digitally altered them to depict nudity or sexualised…

Sixteen people have been killed in a bus crash in Egypt’s South Sinai region, according to reports. Details of the circumstances surrounding the collision, including the identities of those who died and whether anyone else was injured, were not immediately available.