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Liza-Jayne Loch was returning home from a business trip to New Zealand when her Qantas flight ran into trouble.

The plane was climbing above the scenic South Island’s mountain ranges on Saturday afternoon, bound for Sydney, when a bang shook the cabin.

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Jacob Steinberg on Chelsea landing a player that Arsenal were interested in.

Chelsea were decisive. They were tracking Rogers before he left Middlesbrough for Villa in February 2024. Joe Shields, one of Chelsea’s five sporting directors, worked with Rogers at Manchester City’s academy. The signing was not done on a whim. Chelsea have a good relationship with Villa’s owners and moved quickly after opening club-to-club talks a day after Rogers played in England’s World Cup semi-final defeat by Argentina. The fee was £117m and Chelsea did not struggle to convince Rogers. Alonso wooed him and the deal was confirmed five days after negotiations began.

At Aston Villa on Monday night, Arteta introduced two of Spain’s World Cup winning squad – Mikel Merino and Martín Zubimendi – from the bench. Plus the marquee summer signing, Bruno Guimarães. Plus Eberechi Eze. Plus another high-profile new boy, Ezri Konsa. Arsenal’s strength in depth is really something.

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Rockstar Games and the mayor of Miami-Dade county are discussing a joint marketing campaign transforming parts of the county to look like areas from Grand Theft Auto 6, reports the blog Rock Paper Shotgun:

The proposed publicity event would include "an immersive arrival experience" at Miami International Airport. with signs for Vice City and planes coated in GTA 6 livery, together with branded Metromover skytrains and specially designed manhole covers... [I]t proposes a dockyard visual installation inspired by GTA 6's Port Gellhorn, incorporating cargo containers, cranes, and cruise ships. There's also talk of a "Vice City Motor Fest", which might feature "classic cars, customized vehicles, lowriders, motorcycles, tropical graphics, and local entertainment within a controlled, family-appropriate setting." Attendees would presumably be discouraged from nicking the cars...

As it happens, Rockstar have embedded a team in Miami to sponge up the ambience, research Miami culture, and study the habits of residents — including "ex-criminals", in the careful phrasing of senior vice president of narrative Rupert Humphries.

The pitch suggested murals, "wrapping" buses (with special signs at transit stops), and even a Vice City-inspired baggage-claim installation at the airport. The pitch also suggested the library offer recording equipment for "Vice City Radio" to capture music (as well as podcasting, oral histories, neighborhood storytelling) — along with " limited-edition GTA VI-inspired library cards, collectible bookmarks, Miami-themed reading and music lists, and demonstrations of the new recording and production equipment."

Though nothing has been formally agreed to or approved, the mayor's office confirmed the discussions, reports Axios.

The sheriff of Miami-Dade county "has publicly opposed plans to transform the city into a real version of Grand Theft Auto 6's "Vice City", reports Kotaku. The sheriff's reason? The videogame city "includes murder, robbery, drug trafficking, carjacking, violence against law enforcement," as well as "other conduct" that the police department works "every single day to prevent."

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ARAB SALIM (ANP) - Bij Israëlische luchtaanvallen op de zuidelijke Libanese plaats Arab Salim zijn zeker twee mensen omgekomen. Dat meldt Al Jazeera op gezag van de lokale autoriteiten.

Israël kondigde tegen 05.00 uur Nederlandse tijd een evacuatiebevel af voor Arab Salim, naar eigen zeggen omdat het vergeldingsaanvallen wilde uitvoeren voor droneaanvallen van Hezbollah. Daarbij vielen aan Israëlische zijde geen gewonden, aldus de Israëlische strijdmacht. Het doelwit in Arab Salim zou een pand zijn waar Hezbollah zich volgens Israël ophoudt.

Ook Nabatieh al-Fawqa, een randgemeente van Nabatieh, en de omgeving rond Kfar Reman werden gebombardeerd, meldt Al Jazeera. In die laatste plaats zou een pand van drie verdiepingen zijn verwoest. Volgens Haaretz werd ook de stad Nabatieh zelf aangevallen.

Een vrachtwagen is zaterdagavond op de Maasvlakte op zijn kant terechtgekomen. De chauffeur raakte daarbij gewond en is naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. Waarschijnlijk was een klapband de oorzaak van het ongeluk.

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