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The mistaken release of two prisoners from Wandsworth Prison and Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York lead Thursday’s papers.

Here are the key events from day 1,351 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Most analysts believe the Bank rate will remain at 4% for now, although there could be a cut in December.

City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says power has been restored to some parts of the suburbs.  

The incident happened in 2015 after a whistleblower alerted authorities

The origin of the potentially infected cattle is still under investigation.  

President Trump promised to bring down inflation. One year on from his victory, BBC Verify revisits some of his claims.

Flight capacity will be cut 10% across the country, as air traffic controllers report experiencing fatigue, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

Donald Trump says thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria – where has he got the numbers from?

President Donald Trump has attacked the New York City mayor-elect’s political label and claims he is a communist.

Morocco suffer a blow before the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as their captain Achraf Hakimi injures an ankle injury playing for PSG.

Operation Dudula has been picketing clinics and hospital, turning away those without South African papers.

Morocco controls much of Western Sahara, although part of it is controlled by a pro-independence movement.

A BBC investigation finds evidence that young African women are being tricked into building Russian drones.

The highly-complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

Administrator’s report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health

Hlophe won’t be active in Parliament or in the Party.

Khumalo said the engineer’s appointment was justified as she is the best candidate for the job.

Khumalo also adds that he did not consider complying with a directive to disband the PKTT.

Four senior ANC officials in the Western Cape have joined the DA after resigning from the party.

Match of the Day’s Leon Osman and Stephen Warnock analyse how Phil Foden shone in Manchester City’s Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad.

Substitute Lazar Samardzic scores in stoppage time as Atalanta secure a dramatic late victory against Marseille in the Champions League.

The Blues narrowly avoided a historically embarrassing defeat in a 2-2 draw at Qarabag where manager Enzo Maresca’s rotation was questioned.

Gabby Logan and Stephen Warnock analyse Conor Bradley’s impressive performance against Real Madrid and how the Liverpool defender nullified Vinicius Junior.

Singer says changes reflect points raised in open letter to PM organised by his foundation with over 600 signatures

Ed Sheeran has taken partial credit for the government’s move to overhaul the teaching of music in England’s state schools, shortly after being mentioned by the education secretary in parliament.

The Department for Education (DfE) said it wanted to broaden the appeal of music...

In an age of increasingly capable machines, it makes sense for schools to value creativity and life skills as part of a well-rounded education

Societies evolve and schools are under pressure to adapt, but some features of education policy are perennial. For example, modernisation will always be denounced as a dilution of standards. Inevitably, Conservatives have leapt on recommendations by an...

The US Embassy has announced a new directive on the eligibility for the refugee resettlement programme, particularly focused on Afrikaners…

Minister Gayton McKenzie has voiced his support for Gary Player after the golfer was criticised over his call to ban BEE.

Take a look at what Rachel Kolisi and her kids have been getting up to since returning to Paris, a year after moving out of the country.

Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’

Astronomers have cast doubt on a Nobel prize-winning theory that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, suggesting that instead it may be slowing down.

If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe, raising the possibility that rather than expanding for...

The US government is aiming to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers suffering shutdown-related woes by curtailing flights. But airlines have experience with this kind of sudden disruption.

Treacherous weather forced the penultimate round of this year’s series to be stopped, but not before a podium finish for Variawa and Cazalet.

Ahead of the formal arrival of the much delayed Q9 next year, Audi has indicated that the future of its…

The mother refused vaccinations out of her belief there is a link between the jabs and autism.

Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, figures show.