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West Ham United secured a 2-1 victory over London City Lionesses in the Women’s Super League. Highlights from the match show the key moments as West Ham claimed the win against London City Lionesses.

Eric Draper, the White House photographer who documented George W. Bush’s response to the 11 September attacks, has recalled the extraordinary day when the presidency was forced to operate without a clear plan. Draper was with Bush at Emma E Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, where the president had been attending an education event. The first report of a plane hitting the World Trade Centre was initially treated as a possible accident. That changed when White House chief of staff Andy Card approached Bush and whispered to him in front of the assembled children and reporters that a second…

The Superquiz has been given a new mobile-friendly format, with a redesigned interface, interactive scoring features and the ability to share results with friends and family. The daily general knowledge quiz continues to feature 15 questions, but players will now see the total number of questions beside the progress bar, along with their position in the quiz, such as 3/15. A running score is displayed in green at the top right of the screen, allowing players to keep track of their performance as they progress through the quiz. The new format also shows how other readers answered. Once a response…

Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas has died aged 77 at his country home in Oxfordshire, surrounded by family and loved ones, just days before the premiere of his latest film. A statement said Mr Thomas had “passed away peacefully” on Friday. His latest collaboration, Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, is due to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday. Mr Thomas was one of Britain’s best-known independent film producers, working across a career spanning decades with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg and Matteo Garrone. Jeremy Thomas’s film career He was best known for producing The Last Emperor, Bertolucci’s 1987 biographical…

Donald Trump has said he would like to see Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland united, departing from the long-standing US position of neutrality on the constitutional question. Speaking in Dublin alongside Micheál Martin, the taoiseach, the US president said: “I don’t want to cause any problem. I will tell you, I’d love to see it unified. It’s going to happen eventually.” Mr Trump later appeared to recognise the sensitivity of the issue, telling a gathering of embassy staff and business leaders at the US ambassador’s residence that there was “no good answer” to the question, however it was…

Luis Vazquez missed a golden opportunity to make it three for Birmingham against Derby after being presented with a straightforward shooting chance. The Birmingham forward lifted his effort over the target in an extraordinary miss during the match.

The US federal budget deficit reached $2 trillion in the first 11 months of the 2026 fiscal year, according to figures from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), leaving the government with one month still to run before the year ends. The shortfall was $6 billion lower than at the same point last year on an unadjusted basis. However, the CBO said the comparison was distorted by federal payments moved into August 2025 because September 1 fell on the Labor Day holiday; after accounting for that timing change, this year’s deficit was $82 billion larger. The figures, published on September…

Brisbane Lions beat Adelaide in emphatic fashion at the Gabba, keeping their bid for back-to-back premierships on course while bringing Taylor Walker’s AFL career to an end. Brisbane seized control almost immediately, scoring five goals in the opening eight minutes and setting up a commanding victory in the sudden-death clash. The Lions will face Hawthorn in next week’s preliminary final. Charlie Cameron was central to the response after a quiet qualifying-final defeat by Sydney. He kicked five goals and three behinds against his former club, including two in the opening quarter, while Zac Bailey marked his new contract with 23…

Investigators suspect sabotage may have caused a train derailment in north-western France that injured 44 people, after a section of rail was found on the track. The regional service was travelling from Rouen to Caen with 186 passengers when it came off the tracks in Cleon on Friday evening. One carriage overturned, while four others derailed. An 18-year-old woman was among those injured and was flown by helicopter to Rouen University Hospital, police said. A spokeswoman for France’s national police communications service, SICOP, said the rail section was “probably” connected to the derailment. She said investigators still had to establish…

Radiet Meles, an Eritrean man who had previously been jailed for attempting to rape an unconscious woman, has been convicted of raping another woman after his release from prison. Meles, 35, was found guilty by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court of rape and assault by beating following a five-day trial. He is due to be sentenced in November and was warned that he faces a lengthy custodial term. He was arrested in March after police were called to reports of an attack on another woman. Meles, of West Park Road, Newport, denied both charges. The conviction comes after Meles…