Impressive against Spain, England’s best player against Czechia, the move to La Liga has transformed the winger

The way that Anthony Gordon sees it, he is still the same player, the same guy – on a journey, striving for self-improvement, a thinker, immensely driven. The way that an increasing number of people see him is changing, certainly in the UK. And, for that, it is impossible to overlook the Barcelona factor.

The winger had a positive World Cup for England, despite a slow start, culminating in the dream moment when he gave his team their 1-0 lead in the semi‑final against Argentina. It was the prelude to the nightmare when he was withdrawn as Thomas Tuchel switched to a back five. England were reeled in, beaten 2-1, left with eternal regrets.

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Designer is developing wool alternatives and for Paris wants focus to be on ‘sea life, not sea food’ with ocean-inspired clothes

Stella McCartney has been talking about animal rights at fashion week for 30 years. She is usually a lone voice, but the issue is back in the headlines this season. Outcry over the physical restraining of a Peta protester at a catwalk show by Steven Kolb, the president of New York fashion week’s governing body, has put cruelty in wool production – previously considered a niche issue compared with the hot button topic of fur – on the news agenda.

“There is no wool on the runway this season, and I’m proud of that,” McCartney said after her show. McCartney has been working on wool alternatives, including Brewed Protein, a fermented alternative to cashmere and wool developed in collaboration with the Japanese biotech firm Spiber, which was first used in her collections a year ago.

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Sunday’s general election is too close to call, with the incumbent president facing the son of the man who attempted a coup against him

Sunday’s election in Brazil could hardly be a clearer-cut choice – nor a closer call. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, is neck and neck in the polls with Flávio Bolsonaro, the son and champion of the jailed far-right former president Jair. Mr Bolsonaro senior is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup to “annihilate” democracy after losing the last election.

Brazil is Latin America’s largest democracy, but military dictatorship is in its recent past. Mr Bolsonaro wants to free his father and those who rioted in his support in 2023. The senator has campaigned as a less crass and temperamental version of his father, but he is no less extreme. For many on both sides, this is a vote against a man they detest more than an endorsement of their own candidate. Most voters disapprove of both men.

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Rusland beschuldigt de NAVO ervan „een gevaarlijke en roekeloze koers” te varen en zegt alle militaire middelen te gebruiken om de exclave Kaliningrad te verdedigen. NAVO-secretaris-generaal Mark Rutte riep Rusland op te stoppen met nucleaire dreigementen.

Ze wilde het ongeziene optakelen en van alle kanten monsteren: auteur, columnist en cabaretier Paulien Cornelisse liet haar publiek alles meemaken, van haar fascinatie voor taal tot de ziekte in haar lichaam. „Die cellen, dat ben ik óók.”

Het kabinet-Jetten heeft de omstreden bezuinigingen op sociale zekerheid geschrapt en daarmee steun veiliggesteld voor de begroting van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid. Maar de dekking daarvan en de versnelde invoering van een vermogenswinstbelasting in box 3 stuiten op brede kritiek.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 24-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the suspect's arrest, remaining ShinyHunters members dramatically escalated their attacks, stealing highly sensitive data from the FBI and extorting the Russian ransomware group Cl0p. According to three sources familiar with the matter, the Dutch man arrested by authorities this month is Pepijn van der Stap, a convicted cybercriminal from Almere and Lelystad in the Netherlands. Van der Stap was previously convicted in 2023 in connection with a string of data thefts and extortions that prosecutors said earned between 1.5 million euros and 2.7 million euros.

At his trial in late 2023, van der Stap admitted that he lived a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde existence, secretly using the hacker handle "Umbreon" to extort victims and post their data on English language hacking communities like the now-defunct RaidForums and Breached. By day, however, van der Stap was working as a software engineer at the Amsterdam-based cybersecurity startup Hadrian, while volunteering at the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD), a nonprofit security research group. Van der Stap confessed to his data theft and extortion activity, and was sentenced to four years in prison (one of which was suspended). Van der Stap had publicly presented himself as a "reformed hacker" after serving prison time for data theft and extortion. In a Sept. 9 interview, KrebsOnSecurity said he claimed he was trying "to turn his life around and make a positive contribution to society," while working in offensive security and attempting to make amends to former victims.

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The Tell, a very long read about Thomas Goldstein (SCOTUSblog founder, high-powered lawyer, poker player) who once played a legendary game at the Bellagio where he bet wildly, didn’t even look at his cards for long stretches of time, and won big.

Lucho Maya has added a photo to the pool:

TEL AVIV (ANP) - De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu heeft woensdagavond de passagiers ontmoet van de flydubai-vlucht waarop woensdag een gevecht uitbrak in de cockpit. De inzittenden van dat toestel werden woensdag rond het avonduur met een andere flydubai-vlucht naar Tel Aviv gevlogen. Het oorspronkelijke toestel was onderweg van Dubai naar diezelfde stad, maar moest vanwege het voorval een noodlanding maken in Saudi-Arabië.

Op beelden is te zien hoe Netanyahu te midden van de passagiers zit en verhalen aanhoort. Eerder sprak hij zich al vol lof uit voor de inzittenden die de piloot die zijn collega-piloot aanviel, wisten te overmeesteren. Volgens Israël gaat het om een jihadistisch gemotiveerde daad, en wilde de aanvaller het toestel laten neerstorten. Onafhankelijk bevestigd zijn die beweringen niet.

Op de luchthaven in Tel Aviv werd de repatriëringsvlucht met veel vertoon onthaald. In de vertrekhal stonden militairen en het toestel werd onder begeleiding van de luchtmacht binnengevlogen.