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Donald Trump’s political operation has committed $10 million to boost Ken Paxton in the closely fought Texas Senate race, marking the first major deployment of the president’s midterm war chest. MAGA Inc., Mr Trump’s super PAC, disclosed the spending in a Federal Election Commission filing on Saturday, September 5. Half of the money will fund attack adverts against Democratic candidate James Talarico, while the remainder will be used to promote Mr Paxton. The television and digital advertisements are being produced and placed by Del Ray Media, a political communications company. The intervention comes as Republicans face an unexpectedly competitive contest…

Suella Braverman has said a Reform UK government would require schools to fly the Union flag and have pupils sing the national anthem, arguing that children should be shown what patriotism means. Reform’s education spokesman made the proposal while addressing the party’s conference at the NEC in Birmingham on Saturday. She said there was a need to show young people “what patriotism looks like”, as the party set out plans to place national identity at the centre of its education agenda. The proposal would make patriotic observances a routine part of school life, rather than leaving individual schools to decide…

US military prosecutors will not appeal a ruling that excluded a key confession by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, in a decision intended to keep his long-delayed trial on course for June 2028. The prosecution notified victims’ families of the decision on Friday, September 4, one week before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. The statements were made to FBI agents during four days of questioning at Guantánamo Bay in January 2007. Prosecutors had argued that the interviews were voluntary…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal to cancel part of France’s national debt has been rejected by Germany’s central bank chief, who warned that the plan would breach European treaties and risk fuelling hyperinflation. Joachim Nagel, president of the Bundesbank and a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, said no central bank in the eurozone could write off government debt held on its balance sheet. “No central bank in the Eurosystem nor the ECB is allowed to cancel national debt,” Mr Nagel told Le Monde. “This would constitute monetary financing of government, which is prohibited under the European treaties.” The intervention…

BBC Radio 1 is to lose six presenters in a major schedule shake-up, with Dean McCullough, Melvin Odoom and Rickie Haywood-Williams among those leaving as the station makes room for new talent. Nat O’Leary, James Cusack and Swarzy will also depart the network when the refreshed line-up begins in September. The changes will bring a number of newer voices to Radio 1, including podcast host and social media personality GK Barry, presenter Charley Marlowe, duo Mylo and Rosie, and Emil Franchi. Mylo and Rosie will take over the weekday Early Breakfast programme, while Charlie Hedges will remain at the station…

Enzo Fernandez made an impressive Manchester City debut as an unexpected starter in Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Coventry City at the Etihad Stadium. The £125m signing had been named among the substitutes after completing his move from Chelsea earlier in the week. However, a back problem suffered by Nico O’Reilly during the warm-up forced manager Enzo Maresca to bring the Argentina international into the starting line-up. Fernandez quickly made an impact, helping to launch the move which led to Erling Haaland’s winning goal in the 26th minute. His involvement in midfield gave City greater control and helped them…

A clothing giveaway, pancake breakfast and raffle at Catholic Charities’ Tampa Hope site have offered practical support to about 200 people working to leave homelessness behind. The event was held on Saturday, 5 September, at the organisation’s East Tampa site on East 3rd Avenue, where residents were able to collect clothes and hygiene items while being connected with services intended to help them move towards stable housing. For Odell Reyes, the programme has marked a significant change after three years living on the streets. He has spent the past month at Tampa Hope, is now sober and is preparing to…

Australia’s under-16 social media restrictions have failed to remove many teenagers from the platforms they were intended to leave, according to broadcaster and author Madonna King, who interviewed 300 young people for her new book on the impact of screens. Ms King said children had routinely bypassed the rules by changing their dates of birth, creating new accounts or passing age-checking systems. She argued that the debate had focused too narrowly on social media while overlooking the wider effects of gaming, messaging services, artificial intelligence and other screen-based technologies. “Social media is only a tiny part of the screen pie,”…

Guyana has accepted six Cuban and Afghan nationals deported from the United States, becoming the latest country to take in migrants who are not its own citizens under the Trump administration’s third-country removal programme. The group arrived on Friday, September 4, after being vetted by Guyanese authorities and cleared as having no criminal backgrounds, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud told the Associated Press. He said they had been removed from the US primarily over immigration matters. The deportees will remain in Guyana while their immigration cases are assessed under an arrangement known as the Assisted Voluntary Return Programme. They could eventually…

Nicola Peltz Beckham accepted the Rising Star Award at the Kinéo Awards in Venice on Saturday night, paying tribute to her husband, Brooklyn Beckham, during her acceptance speech. The actress, screenwriter and producer received the honour at Casa Cinema Giovani on the Venice Lido as part of the 25th edition of the Kinéo Awards, held alongside the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. Peltz Beckham, 31, has worked in film and television for around two decades, beginning her acting career as a child. Her credits include The Last Airbender, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Bates Motel. She has also moved into…