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The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Lance Schroyer to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, three months after President Trump selected the former Oklahoma state trooper for the role. Schroyer’s nomination had been put forward to head the federal immigration agency. The decision to withdraw his name brings his bid for the position to an end.

Barclays has backed a November Bank of England interest-rate hike, while warning that the conflict in the Middle East could prompt further increases. The bank’s view points to the prospect of additional pressure on the Bank of England to raise borrowing costs if the regional conflict intensifies.

A man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Landover, Maryland, in the early hours of Friday morning. Prince George’s County Police Department officers were called to the area of Landover Road and Kent Town Place at about 2.50am. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released his identity and have not yet said what caused the vehicle to crash. Southbound lanes of Landover Road remained closed while investigators examined the scene and worked to establish the circumstances of the collision. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis…

Police in Nigeria fired tear gas at protesters who gathered after 37 miners died in custody in Niger state, prompting the suspension of the state commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The miners had been arrested earlier in the week on suspicion of illegal mining, Niger state governor Mohammed Umaru Bago said on Thursday. Dozens of young people, including miners and relatives of those who died, assembled near the civil defence corps’ office on Friday. Officers cordoned off the area before using tear gas to disperse the crowd. The civil defence corps said the deaths were linked…

A man in his 60s has died in a shark attack off Sorrento Beach in Perth, Western Australia, after beachgoers watched the incident unfold. Boats and helicopters were used to search the water following the late-morning attack, police said. The beach was closed to swimmers while the operation continued. Police did not say whether any remains had been recovered, but said they were confident the swimmer had died as a result of the attack. Witnesses reported seeing blood in the water. Beach walker Jacqui Rapaic said a friend alerted her to a possible attack before she saw “a pool of…

A migrant transfer in Ceuta descended into chaos on Friday as thousands of people ran through the streets towards a new tented camp, while police struggled to control crowds jostling for places. Authorities began moving migrants from the beaches to the port area at about 6.30am. Video footage showed people cheering and shouting as they charged towards the site, which officials said had enough tents for 1,700 people. The National Police and Riot Control Unit were reportedly forced to intervene, with local reports claiming tear gas was used to bring the disorder under control. The transfer went ahead despite opposition…

Major central banks are moving towards tighter monetary policy as an energy price shock weighs on the global economy.

Northbound I-275 in Wayne County, Michigan, has reopened after a crash caused an overnight closure near Ecorse Road. The motorway was shut between Ecorse Road and Michigan Avenue for about three hours in the early hours of Friday, September 18, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. Traffic was restored at around 5.30am, although clean-up work continued after the crash. Further details about the incident, including whether anyone was injured, had not been released.

A child in Western Australia is in hospital with serogroup B meningococcal disease, the second case involving the same strain reported in the state within weeks. WA Health said the latest diagnosis was reported on Friday. Another child contracted serogroup B earlier in September. Meningococcal disease is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening bacterial infection affecting the blood and the membranes around the spinal cord and brain. It can also affect areas including the throat, lungs and large joints. Symptoms of meningococcal disease Symptoms can include fever, chills, headache, neck stiffness, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, confusion and severe muscle or joint pain.…

The Church of England has withdrawn an award given to Pakistani cleric Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi after scrutiny of past remarks in which he praised Osama bin Laden and appeared to justify Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Ashrafi, 68, had been presented with the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Co-operation by Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at a ceremony at Lambeth Palace. The honour was intended to recognise his work promoting “harmonious relationships between different religious groups”. It was withdrawn later the same day after Lambeth Palace said it was “urgently reviewing this matter”. The controversy was raised after…