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James Maddison will miss Tottenham’s Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday as he continues his recovery from a shoulder injury, Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed. The midfielder returned to training on Thursday but is not yet ready to feature at the City Ground. Maddison was hurt after landing awkwardly during Tottenham’s opening-weekend match against Brentford and has since missed the victory over Charlton Athletic and the defeat by Newcastle United. De Zerbi is taking no chances with the 29-year-old, who only recently returned from a serious knee injury that kept him out for most of last season. The…

Orange County Mosquito Control is stepping up targeted spraying after Florida health officials confirmed a locally acquired case of dengue, with crews focusing on mosquito clusters in the affected communities. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County said on September 2 that it was working with the county’s mosquito-control division to expand surveillance and prevention measures around the area linked to the case. Teams are concentrating on the mosquito species known to transmit dengue, while increasing coverage and applying targeted treatments intended to reduce mosquito numbers. Steve Harrison, manager of Orange County Mosquito Control, said dengue is spread only…

Ray Hadley’s bitter feud with Alan Jones has been laid bare in a Sydney courtroom, where the former 2GB broadcaster described his long-time rival with a stream of insults while giving evidence in Jones’s indecent assault trial. Hadley appeared as a prosecution witness in the case against 85-year-old Jones, who denies 22 charges involving six men. The allegations, which span from 2003 to 2020, include 20 counts of assault with an act of indecency and two counts of sexual touching. ([abc.net.au](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/alan-jones-indecent-assault-sexual-touching-trial-starts/106985660)) For three days, Hadley was questioned about his relationship with Jones, his dealings with one of the complainants and…

The US Bureau of Prisons has suspended the sale and purchase of flavoured nicotine pouches after concerns were raised that the product supplied to inmates had not been authorised by federal regulators. The 6mg pouches, sold under the brand name mindSHFT, were being stocked in prison commissaries across the Bureau of Prisons’ 118 institutions. They were supplied exclusively by Florida-based SHFT Holdings Enterprise LLC, a company incorporated in May. A senior prison official ordered all institutions to stop procuring the products in a memorandum dated September 3. The Bureau said the decision followed consultations with the Food and Drug Administration…

Argentine President Javier Milei has said his country will pursue the Falkland Islands through diplomacy rather than military force, suggesting the 1997 handover of Hong Kong could provide a model for negotiations with Britain. In an interview with The Economist, Mr Milei said Argentina regarded the islands as “unquestionably” its territory but would not seek to repeat the 1982 conflict, when British forces defeated Argentine troops. “We do not believe in war,” he said, adding that Argentines had not decided to “start yelling like savages” over the dispute. Mr Milei pointed to the agreement under which Britain transferred Hong Kong…

The Trump administration has provoked a backlash from The Tetris Company after launching a White House video game that uses the familiar block-stacking format to promote a border wall and depict migrants as an invading horde. Called Build the Wall: Zombie Border Siege, the game instructs players to stack bricks and “protect the border from the incoming horde”. Figures described in the game as aliens and zombies explode when they collide with the wall. The game appeared on an official White House online arcade launched on Thursday, featuring five retro-style titles based on policies associated with President Donald Trump. The…

Britain is to ease the rules used to assess major public infrastructure projects by cutting the government’s discount rate from 3.5% to 3%, in a move designed to encourage investment across the country. The change, announced by the Treasury on Friday 4 September, will affect the Green Book, the government’s guidance for judging the costs and benefits of capital projects. It is intended to give transport, housing and social infrastructure schemes greater recognition when their benefits take years to emerge. Discounting reduces the present value of future costs and benefits, meaning that a benefit expected decades from now carries less…

Brooklyn Beckham turned supporter-in-chief for his wife Nicola Peltz as he accompanied her to the Golden Globes x Aman Beverly Hills cocktail party in Venice. The couple attended the gathering during the Venice Film Festival, where Peltz was preparing for her debut at the prestigious event. Beckham, 27, joined the actress and filmmaker, 31, as her plus one for the star-studded occasion, appearing alongside her ahead of her festival appearance. The outing placed the pair among the celebrity guests at the Venice celebration, with Beckham offering public support for his wife as she stepped further into the festival spotlight.

Google is rolling out a new minimise function for Gemini on Android, allowing users to keep an AI conversation available as a floating bubble while switching to other tasks. The control appears above the Gemini overlay after a prompt has been entered. Once tapped, it reduces the conversation to a small bubble bearing Gemini’s sparkle logo, which can be selected to reopen the overlay. Google says Gemini remains available during multitasking and that the bubble can be moved or dismissed. However, its position is limited to six preset locations rather than allowing it to be placed freely anywhere on the…

Arsenal have received encouraging news on Bruno Guimaraes ahead of Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Chelsea, with Mikel Arteta expecting the midfielder to return to full training on Saturday. Guimaraes was assessed after suffering a knock during Arsenal’s victory over Aston Villa and had missed recent training sessions, raising doubts over his availability for the London derby at the Emirates Stadium. Bruno Guimaraes injury update ahead of Chelsea Arteta said the problem was not believed to be serious and indicated that the Brazil international should be back on the training pitch before the weekend fixture. “He had a knock against…