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With half of the NFL season in the books we look at what we learned from the first nine weeks, who the biggest surprises and disappointments are and how the play-off picture is shaping up

Villagers in Kunar province brace for harsh winter without proper shelter or clothing following devastating earthquakes.

US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets for its nuclear weapons programme over three years.

LA Lakers, playing without injured Austin Reaves and LeBron James, move to 7-2 on the season after San Antonio victory.

Western Cape police say the majority of the suspects are known gang members.

Accused number one Muzi Sibiya appeared at the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday.

In July 2023, a video emerged showing police officers allegedly assaulting occupants of a vehicle.

Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande are two of the accused in the AKA, Tibz murder case.

The deployment comes following a surge of bear attacks in Japan’s northern Akita prefecture.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and more than 100 missing in central provinces.

More than 74 million people in Bihar are eligible to vote in a key election that kicks off on Thursday.

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.

David Buckham is the founder and CEO of Monocle Solutions and the co-author of the highly anticipated book, The Spell: The Story of Human Progress and How the West Lost Its Soul.

As South African companies wrap up the financial year, CTU Training Solutions warns that many still treat Workplace Skills Plans and Annual Training Reports as compliance tasks instead of strategic workforce tools.

An extra 1,300 children will benefit as more families are automatically enrolled for free meals.

Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today, Thursday, 6 November 2025.

Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga Commission he informed Mchunu and Masemola about Sibiya.

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.

Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino tells BBC Sport that he is “missing” the Premier League and would like to return in the future.

Ireland scrum-half Craig Casey says he “doesn’t want to be second choice” as he vies with Jamison Gibson-Park for a starting berth.

BBC Sport NI looks back at some of the standout fixtures between Ireland and Japan down the years.

Sean Williams has ended his international cricket career and entered rehab for drug addiction, with Zimbabwe Cricket citing concerns…

Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted

UK academics whose research is critical of China say they have been targeted and their universities subjected to “extremely heavy” pressure from Beijing, prompting calls for a fresh look at the sector’s dependence on tuition fee income from Chinese students.

The academics spoke out...

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...

One of South Africa’s most iconic television shows, Top Billing, is making a long-awaited comeback to screens in Mzansi.

Former Miss SA Natasha Vermaak has revealed the gender of her baby in a cute cake-cutting video with husband Enrico.

Birdwatchers of a feather, flock together at Kruger National Park to catch a glimpse of these famous ‘Big Six’ birds.

Vodacom’s revised expected earnings after settling a 17-year court battle with the man it credited for proposing its Please Call Me service provide an indication of how much it paid Makate.

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Final event of the Extreme Festival series promises to be an entertainment spectacle of note.

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

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.