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Cristiano Ronaldo is due to hold an emergency meeting with Portugal manager Jorge Jesus and Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proenca after being left on the bench for the 2-1 Nations League victory over Norway. The 41-year-old captain did not play any part in Sunday’s match, the first time in 18 years he has failed to feature for Portugal when not absent through injury or suspension. Ronaldo went straight down the tunnel at the final whistle and did not join his team-mates in thanking the travelling supporters. Jesus had initially planned to give him a 30-minute appearance before deciding to…

Donald Trump has secured a voluntary accord with leading artificial intelligence companies for internal controls and independent reviews, as he urged the industry to regulate itself rather than face immediate government restrictions. The agreement was announced after Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson met technology executives at the White House, including Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and Elon Musk, the founder of xAI. “I think I’m seeing tremendous self-policing. And they understand that they have to self-police,” Mr Trump told reporters outside…

Instinct, an AI assistant startup founded by 23-year-old Noah Shinn, has reached a valuation of $10 billion after raising a further $1 billion in a Series C funding round. The company, which was founded last year, had raised $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation in August, taking its total funding at the time to $350 million. Despite being available only to a limited number of invitees, Instinct is approaching $1 billion in annual transaction volume, Shinn said in an interview published on Monday. The service has reportedly grown through word of mouth rather than conventional advertising. Shinn said Instinct…

Chantel Jeffries has turned 34, with a gallery of birthday photos highlighting the DJ’s latest glamorous looks. Jeffries, who has been sharing sensual selfies and photographs on social media, was celebrated with a selection of images released to mark the occasion. The birthday gallery features the model and DJ posing for the camera in a series of stylish shots.

England’s players have been rated following their Nations League win over the Czech Republic, with Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett assessing the individual performances. The ratings examine how the England side performed during the victory, providing a player-by-player review of the match.

Australia Post has been urged to allow rival parcel carriers to use its network of independently owned post offices, amid claims its monopoly is limiting delivery options for regional and rural consumers. The Australian Parcels Industry Forum told a Senate inquiry that Australia Post’s contracts prevent post office licensees from offering parcel collection and returns services for competing carriers. The forum, which represents FedEx and Team Global Express, said efforts to work with licensees had been met with resistance from Australia Post and requests for communication to take place through lawyers. Australia Post holds about 70 per cent of the…

OpenAI has launched dots, an always-on personal AI assistant designed to manage tasks ranging from restaurant bookings to website design. The service is intended to work autonomously on users’ goals, with each assistant able to operate around the clock. OpenAI said dots could help people pursue projects and ideas they had not previously had the time or support to develop. The launch places OpenAI in an increasingly competitive virtual assistant market, following Meta’s release of Muse earlier this month and Google’s unveiling of Gemini Spark in May. OpenAI said dots was “built to handle everything”, and described the service as…

UK economic output grew by 0.5% in the second quarter of 2026, after figures were revised upwards to show stronger growth, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The revised data provides an updated measure of the UK economy’s performance between April and June.

Lucien Laviscount and Taylour Paige will lead the cast of Tyler Perry’s upcoming Netflix thriller, Tyler Perry’s Confabulation. The film will also feature Shamier Anderson in a key role, alongside Nadine Ellis, Peter Parros, Najah Bradley, Mikeal Dwayne Griggs, Jenna Nolen, Michelle Nunez, Colin McCalla and Shelley Robertson. Tyler Perry’s Confabulation follows a firefighter haunted by his past and struggling with reality. He risks everything to rescue his high-school sweetheart from her powerful husband, but the truth begins to unravel in a twist that questions what is real and what is confabulation. Perry is writing, directing and producing the project.…

Clear conditions are expected across inland valleys and bayside communities in the San Francisco Bay Area overnight, although coastal routes may experience sudden drops in visibility as localised dense fog develops before sunrise. A Coastal Flood Advisory remains in force along the San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay and Monterey Bay, with the National Weather Service warning that low-lying areas could see up to 1.2ft of inundation above ground level. The advisory is due to remain active until 5pm on Thursday, October 1. ([forecast.weather.gov](https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?firewxzone=CAZ530&lat=36.6165&local_place1=3+Miles+E+Seaside+CA&lon=-121.757&product1=Coastal+Flood+Advisory&warncounty=CAC053&warnzone=CAZ530&utm_source=openai)) Wednesday’s high tide is expected at 2.10pm at the San Francisco gauge, reaching about 1.2ft above…