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Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from the China Open after hitting a spectator in the face with a tennis ball during his semi-final against Novak Djokovic. The match was paused after the fan was struck and was later taken from their seat to hospital. The injury did not appear to be too serious. Djokovic had already won the first set and was leading 5-3 in the second when Medvedev sent the ball into the stands. Officials subsequently ended the match and disqualified the world number five. Medvedev said the incident was accidental, telling reporters: “You can see that I didn’t hit…

Arsenal are preparing an official bid for Corinthians midfielder Breno Bidon as they attempt to secure one of Brazil’s most highly rated young prospects, according to reports. The 21-year-old has already made more than 100 appearances for the Brazilian club, despite his age, and has been monitored by Arsenal for almost a year. The north London side are now understood to be ready to formalise their interest. Arsenal prepare bid for Breno Bidon Corinthians were previously believed to value Bidon at about £40 million. However, the club are reportedly prepared to consider offers of around €25 million, or £21 million,…

One person has died and three others have been taken to hospital after a crash involving an 18-wheeler on Dallas’ Central Expressway. The collision happened at about 12.30pm on Monday, October 5, on the southbound US Highway 75, shortly before the High Five Interchange and Interstate 635. Preliminary reports indicate that two or three vehicles were involved, including the heavy goods vehicle. Dallas Fire-Rescue said one person was pronounced dead at the scene. The condition of those taken to hospital has not been disclosed. Dallas police are investigating the crash, while the exact cause remains unknown.

Anti-war activists are expected to rally at a weapons conference in Perth, while saying the protest will not be marred by a repeat of the violence seen at the event in Melbourne in 2024. The demonstration is set to take place as the Perth weapons conference gets under way, with activists opposing the event on anti-war grounds. Their warning that there will be no repeat of the Melbourne violence puts the focus on maintaining a peaceful protest in Perth.

Russia has played down reports that a scientist in Siberia died after a laboratory accident involving plague bacteria, saying her death was caused by pneumonia of unknown origin. Darya Shipilova, 28, worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, more than 2,500 miles east of Moscow. Russian media initially reported that she had broken a test tube containing plague bacteria in late September before developing severe pneumonia and dying. Russian health authorities said there had been no accident at the institute and that no dangerous infection had been detected among those who came into contact with her. Rospotrebnadzor, the country’s health watchdog,…

The BBC has appointed former Panorama editor Rachel Jupp as its new director of news and current affairs, in the wake of the controversy over the corporation’s editing of a speech by US President Donald Trump. Ms Jupp, currently director of BBC News documentaries and longform journalism, will take up the £400,000-a-year post this month. She will oversee about 4,500 staff and join the BBC’s Executive Committee. She succeeds Deborah Turness, who resigned as the broadcaster’s chief executive in November last year alongside director-general Tim Davie after the row over a Panorama film featuring a spliced clip of Mr Trump’s…

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been told that the allowance given to him by King Charles should not be used to fund his legal action against Thames Valley Police and the Central Criminal Court. The King uses his own private money to support his brother and to accommodate him on his estate in Sandringham. But a royal source said that this funding should not be used for a legal challenge being launched by Mountbatten-Windsor against the search warrants issued ahead of his arrest in February. The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the wake of…

Reflection, a New York-based artificial intelligence company, has unveiled Beam, an open-source model it says is designed to strengthen the Western challenge to China’s increasingly influential AI sector. The company said Beam achieved results comparable with GLM-5.2, an open model released by Beijing-based Z.ai in July, in benchmark testing conducted by Reflection. Z.ai subsequently launched GLM-5.3 in August. Reflection is presenting Beam as a practical “workhorse” for businesses, public-sector organisations and software developers. It says the model is particularly suited to coding and agent-based tasks, in which AI systems carry out a sequence of actions on a user’s behalf. The…

Influencer Jack Doherty’s alleged domestic violence arrest followed a confrontation in which his girlfriend reportedly retrieved a firearm and warned she would shoot him, according to a Fort Lauderdale Police Department report. The woman told officers she had lived with Doherty for six months before telling him she intended to end their relationship. She said the conversation escalated after Doherty allegedly threatened to “beat her ass”, adding that he was bigger than her and could do so. According to the report, she went upstairs, picked up a firearm from a table and held it by her side while telling Doherty…

Infections were linked to an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, accounting for about one in eight diagnoses, according to an analysis by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The study, published in The Lancet Oncology, examined cancer data from the IARC Global Cancer Observatory and assessed the impact of 12 infectious agents known to cause cancer in humans. Researchers found that Helicobacter pylori was the leading infectious cause, associated with around 760,000 cases, mainly stomach cancer. About 410,000 of those cases occurred in eastern Asia. Human papillomavirus (HPV) was linked to approximately 750,000 cases,…