Families have asked Trump to declassify records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the 2001 attacks

Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of 9/11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago.

Several families have long alleged that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence in the kingdom’s government and aided the hijackers. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, but the Saudi government has long denied any involvement in the attacks.

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The American rapper will no longer support Sheeran’s US leg of Loop tour after comments at MetLife Stadium show

Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of the US leg of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, after the American rapper drew headlines for saying “free Palestine” on stage at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

In a brief speech between songs on 4 September, the Grammy-winning artist told the audience he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them”, prompting a petition from the Israeli American Council demanding his removal from the tour.

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Noel Gallagher told fans ‘this is history’ but the paper opted to review support act the Charlatans instead, as that band returned from tragedy

• News: Oasis announce 2027 tour, including return to Knebworth 30 years after historic concerts

Over two days in August 1996, Oasis played to 250,000 people at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. Riding high on two bestselling albums, the concerts were seen as the crowning moment in their career.

The Guardian covered the weekend but Caroline Sullivan’s review concentrated on the Charlatans, one of the support acts. There was a picture of the Knebworth crowds on page 7, but the main review that day was of folk-rock band Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival. There was also a review of the “anti-Oasis” Divine Comedy.

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• Matt Donohue and his assistant not used this weekend

• Pro Ref said allowing winner was ‘error of judgment’

The video assistant referee officials who allowed Erling Haaland’s winning goal in the Manchester derby on Sunday have been stood down from their responsibilities.

Matt Donohue and his assistant, Blake Antrobus, have been told by Pro Ref they have not received appointments for the next round of Premier League fixtures, due to take place next weekend.

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Would you hand in your phone at the door in exchange for a free bottle of wine? One restaurateur has tried that – and there are now many other gambits that are encouraging us to connect

Name: Phone bans.

Age: Their provenance is considerable; their time is now.

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From Deep Down History, an entertaining hour-long explainer video on the Bayeux Tapestry.

This video tells the Tapestry’s story in full, using Charles Stothard’s early colour reproduction, presented here as a seamless scroll for the first time. We follow Harold Godwinson’s fateful journey from Edward the Confessor’s court to Normandy, his later seizure of the Crown, and William the Conqueror’s invasion. Beyond its political messaging, the Tapestry is also bursting with medieval history, including jokes, fascinating technical details, and a warning for those who break their promises…

Completed within a decade or two of the events which it depicts, the tapestry is back in the news & public consciousness because it’s back in England for the first time since it was made and on display at the British Museum.

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WARSCHAU (ANP/AFP) - Radosław Piesiewicz, de voorzitter van het Pools Olympisch Comité (PKOl), is ontslagen op verdenking van corruptie. Dat maakte interim-voorzitter Marian Kmita, die voorlopig de voorzitterstaken overneemt, maandag bekend.

Piesiewicz wordt ervan verdacht steekpenningen te hebben aangenomen van het inmiddels failliete cryptobedrijf Zondacrypto. Het bedrijf wordt beschuldigd van ponzifraude, een vorm van beleggingsfraude, en heeft volgens Poolse autoriteiten banden met onder meer de georganiseerde misdaad en Russische inlichtingendiensten.

Piesiewicz was verantwoordelijk voor het sluiten van een sponsorovereenkomst tussen het Olympisch Comité en het cryptobedrijf.

Kmita liet weten dat het PKOI in een "zeer moeilijke financiële situatie" verkeert en kondigde plannen aan voor een onafhankelijk onderzoek. Kmita blijft als interim-voorzitter aan tot het einde van de ambtstermijn van voormalig voorzitter Piesiewicz, in april.

What's a piece of art that you've seen recently and you enjoyed or that you hold in your heart and want to share? Or if you just want to chat and share your experiences, they're welcome too. Please come and relax, just no politics please.

Ook deze week wordt gewerkt aan de weg. Er zijn veel kleine klussen, waarbij de vertraging volgens Rijkswaterstaat maximaal tien minuten zal zijn. De grotere werkzaamheden zijn op onder meer de A16 en A17.

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Oak Creek Canyon, Cocomio Forest, Martha, neighbor Julie" date stamped on slide August 1965