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Comedian Bowen Yang is leaving the cast of Saturday Night Live, and will no longer be part of the long-running sketch programme after the latest episode airs.In a post on Instagram, Yang declined the share the reason for his departure, which comes in the middle of the season, but said he is “grateful for every minute of my time there”.”I loved working at SNL, and most of all I loved the people,” wrote Yang, who started in 2018 as a writer for the NBC programme before joining the acting cast.Yang, 35, is the first Chinese-American staff actor in SNL’s history,…
Injuries and suspensions have forced Ruben Amorim to give last chances to three Manchester United stars against Aston Villa. Amorim‘s side have improved this season, though their lack of consistency has prevented them from taking control in the race for Champions League qualification. Man Utd will move back above Liverpool and into fifth in the Premier League if they beat Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon, though this will be far from easy. This is for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Aston Villa are the form team in the Premier League as they have emerged as credible challenges for the title.…
The inadvertent early release of the Autumn Budget details by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – which compelled its boss to resign – was apparently not the only error the UK’s fiscal watchdog made at the time. When the OBR predicted that the upcoming pay-per-mile tax on EVs would reduce demand for them by 440,000 between now and 2031, it initially said the existing Electric Car Grant, plus raising the threshold of the Expensive Car Supplement (of £2370, spread over five years) from £40,000 to £50,000 for EVs, would offset that number by only 130,000. But within a few hours,…
Israel’s security cabinet has approved the recognition of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government continues its settlement expansion push.Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a settler who proposed the move alongside Defence Minister Israel Katz, said the decision was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal under international law. Saudi Arabia condemned the move. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said Israel’s “relentless” settlement expansion fuels tensions, restricts Palestinian access to land, and threatens the viability of a sovereign Palestinian state. Violence in the occupied West…
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak is ‘likely’ to be out for eight to ten weeks after an injury expert assessed his injury against Tottenham. Isak and Hugo Ekitike both scored to put Liverpool 2-0 up against ten-man Tottenham after Xavi Simons had been sent off on 33 minutes. Richarlison managed to get one back on 83 minutes but it was too little too late as Thomas Frank’s ten men were reduced to nine men when Cristian Romero was also shown a red card in second-half injury time. While scoring the opening goal of the game on 56 minutes, Liverpool striker Isak…
Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondentESOHREgyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related chargesSaudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row.At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in 2024, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve, which tracks executions in Saudi Arabia and has clients on death row.It said this was the “bloodiest year of executions in the kingdom since monitoring began”.The latest prisoners to be executed were two Pakistani nationals convicted of drug-related…
Liverpool are not currently one of the frontrunners to seal a deal to sign Antoine Semenyo in January despite agreeing personal terms, according to reports. The Ghana international is in demand after impressing for the Cherries over the last couple of seasons. This term, Semenyo – who can play all over the front line – has contributed eight goals and three assists in 16 Premier League appearances for Andoni Iraola’s men. Liverpool have perhaps been the most heavily linked as they look for help to turn around their fortunes this season despite spending over £400m on new players in the…
It’s a consequence of being a nerdy petrolhead that, despite most of us living thousands of miles away from northern Scandinavia, we’re familiar with the strange names of Arvidsjaur, Arjeplog and Rovaniemi. These settlements are the storied and chillingly remote testing hubs around which nearly every European car maker congregates each winter. They use facilities both public and hidden to tune ABS software, examine real-world fluid viscosity at -30deg C and so on. With limited sunlight and horrendously low temperatures, it is a brutal testing environment in every respect. Never mind the machinery: test engineering teams dispatched from everywhere from…
Katy Watson,Australia correspondentandTiffanie Turnbull,Bondi BeachReutersMourners in Australia have fallen silent in honour of the victims of the Bondi Beach attack.The memorial was part of a national day of reflection to mark a week since the shooting in which two gunmen opened fire on an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hannukah.A 10-year-old girl, a British-born rabbi and a Holocaust survivor were among the 15 people killed during the attack.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed when he arrived at the memorial event – an expression of anger by Australia’s Jewish community against his government after a rise of antisemitic attacks over…
Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given insists Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho was lucky not to get sent off against the Magpies on Saturday. Newcastle raced into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes with Nick Woltemade scoring twice to get a bit of redemption for his own goal in the Tyne-Wear Derby last week. However, a brilliant Reece James free-kick got one back for Chelsea shortly after half-time, before great work from Joao Pedro saw him score an equaliser on 66 minutes. Eddie Howe was frustrated after the match with a number of decisions made by Andy Madley as Newcastle seemed…