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No away fans, protests and 700 police – Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv explained
There will be a huge police presence when Aston Villa face Maccabi Tel-Aviv, but what’s the issue and what might happen?
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There will be a huge police presence when Aston Villa face Maccabi Tel-Aviv, but what’s the issue and what might happen?
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Jeremy Vine tells a court he found Joey Barton’s posts on X about Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko “vicious”.
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South Africa
Brown Mokgotsi makes a formal statement following the attempted hit on his life on Monday

South Africa
Six people, including three women, were killed and three others were injured.
South Africa
City of Tshwane commended for swift response to Typhoid outbreak
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has commended the swift action undertaken by the City of Tshwane (CoT), DWS, and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) following the recent typhoid cases reported in the Hammanskraal and Bronkhorstspruit areas.
Since January 2025, a total of 48 typhoid fever...

South Africa
Data centre developers worldwide are rapidly shifting their focus to the construction of facilities capable of supporting artificial intelligence (AI) workloads – but sector experts are warning that the complex requirements of these new data centres may be outpacing supply chain preparedness. The 2025-2026 Data Centre Construction Cost Indexfrom global professional services company, Turner &...

World
Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets belonging to a Cambodian businessman whom the U.S. accuses of heading a global scam syndicate.
World
Democrats swept a trio of races in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year’s congressional elections.

World
The number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters is at a five-year high. Groves have been vandalized, and many farmers are too frightened to collect their olives.

World
At his New York victory rally, Zohran Mamdani gave a nod to Nehru’s iconic speech marking India’s independence.

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

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

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

Africa
Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Mali become the final four qualifiers for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations based on their world rankings.

Business
Discovery is working with Discovery to create Vitality AI, whose origins trace back to South Africa.

Business
A 1,124-square-meter plot of land on Nettleton Road, Clifton, on the Atlantic seaboard, is on the market for R200 million.

Business
Those who would like to buy Woolworths shares are set to get “free” businesses on top of its food business.

Business
After an exceptional run in both local and global equity markets, investors could be forgiven for feeling optimistic.

Politics
The upcoming local government elections are expected to see intense high level of contestation.

Politics
General Khumalo has testified that General Sibiya did not support his preferred set of panel.
Politics
Western Cape ANC secretary Neville Delport has left the ANC to join the DA.

Politics
Assembly debates One Stop Border Post Bill to boost trade, streamline crossings and address security

Sport
Craig Bellamy says the Celtic job is not in his thoughts and insists he is fully committed to Wales.

Sport
No Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will be allowed to attend their Europa league match away to Aston Villa. BBC Sport explains how we got to this point and what is behind the controversy.

Sport
Speaking to BBC Sport’s Jane Dougall, chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt says England must not be complacent heading into the first Ashes Test, after Australia named their squad for the first match – with only one player under the age of 30 included and no place for injured captain Pat Cummins.

Sport
South African-born Paul Willemse believe French pack has the ability to overpower the Springboks.
Education
Technology has left them with little autonomy or security in their jobs.

Education
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
US government investigations into universities over antisemitism allegations surged following the 7 October 2023 attacks and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza, with more investigations open in the last two months of that year than in the two decades...
Education
[Capital FM] At least five people have been arrested in Nairobi and other regions across the country for allegedly impersonating candidates in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Education has launched the Foundational Learning Action Tracker (FLAT) to improve teaching and learning outcomes at the basic education level.
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Keep mosquitoes away naturally this summer with simple home remedies, plants, oils and lifestyle tweaks to stay bite‑free.
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Science/Tech
DRAM contract prices surged 171.8% year-over-year as of the third quarter of 2025. The increase now exceeds the rate at which gold prices have climbed. ADATA chairman Chen Libai stated that the fourth quarter of 2025 will mark the beginning of a major DRAM bull market. He expects severe shortages to materialize in 2026. Memory manufacturers have shifted production priorities toward...

Science/Tech
Save cash without sacrificing quality with one of these excellent cheap TVs.

Science/Tech
Gido Group’s Douglas Deerans explains the tactics criminals use to slip through electric fences.

Science/Tech
The world should watch out bubbles in financial markets, the head of the World Economic Forum has warned.

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

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

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

Health
Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, figures show.
Health
President Trump wants pharmaceutical production to return to the United States. A shuttered factory in Louisiana shows how hard that will be for generic medicines.
Health
Prepared pasta sold at grocery chains across the country, including Albertsons and Trader Joe’s, were recalled after people in 18 states became ill, federal health officials said.
Nature
Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.
Nature
A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.
Nature
The challenging global context has not deterred our commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership, writes the International Partners group.
Nature
Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.