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The Vatican is to invest about €100 million (£86 million) in an agrivoltaic power project designed to meet the energy needs of Vatican City and move the world’s smallest state towards carbon neutrality. The solar-and-agriculture facility is expected to be operational within 18 to 24 months and will be built at Santa Maria di Galeria, an extraterritorial area owned by the Holy See outside Rome. The site is home to the Vatican’s radio transmission centre. Sources familiar with the plans said the installation would have a capacity of between 80 and 90 megawatts. It is intended to supply electricity to…

Maya Jama has made her acting debut in The Gentlemen, appearing as the formidable fixer Aisha in the second series of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix gangster drama. The new episodes arrived on Netflix on Thursday, September 3, with Jama joining returning stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Ray Winstone and Daniel Ings. Jama, best known as the presenter of Love Island, plays a new figure in the crime world at the centre of the series. Her casting marks a move into scripted television for the broadcaster and entrepreneur. Netflix has described the eight-part season as a continuation of Eddie Horniman’s criminal expansion,…

Microsoft is overhauling its financial reporting to show quarterly Azure revenue separately, as the technology group reorganises its business around the growing influence of artificial intelligence. The company will replace its existing three reporting divisions with two new segments: Agents and Infra, and Devices and Consumer. The changes will be introduced with Microsoft’s first-quarter fiscal 2027 results, due in late October. Microsoft has previously reported results through Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud and More Personal Computing. The new structure is intended to reflect how the company’s products and operations increasingly overlap. Agents and Infra will contain Azure, Microsoft 365…

Wrexham have approached Jamie Vardy about a free transfer as the veteran striker weighs up his next move following his departure from Cremonese. The 39-year-old is understood to be considering a number of offers, with Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United and Brazilian club São Paulo also interested in securing his services. Vardy is not bound by the transfer deadline after becoming a free agent, allowing him more time to assess his options before committing to a new club. Wrexham approach Jamie Vardy over free transfer According to talkSPORT, Wrexham have made contact with the former Leicester City forward as Phil…

Milwaukee is facing a hot and humid Thursday, with areas of patchy to dense fog in the morning followed by showers and thunderstorms that could become strong or severe later in the day. Temperatures are expected to reach 88F (31C), while the heat index climbs into the 90s. Storms are most likely during the afternoon and evening, with conditions remaining unsettled overnight and a low of around 70F (21C). The National Weather Service is forecasting the greatest risk of rain and thunderstorms on Thursday night, with rainfall totals of up to three-quarters of an inch possible in the Milwaukee area.…

James Sicily will lead Hawthorn into Thursday night’s qualifying final against Fremantle in Perth with the competitive fire that has defined his career still burning — but under tighter control. The 31-year-old captain has long been one of the AFL’s most combative figures. His intensity has surfaced in confrontations, suspensions and the occasional loss of discipline, yet it has also helped make him one of the competition’s leading intercept defenders. “There’s obviously always a storm within me when I go out on the field,” Sicily said. “I’ve got to battle that.” Hawthorn’s challenge at Optus Stadium will be to harness…

Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have asked a US judge to throw out the drug-trafficking case against them, arguing that they are protected by sovereign immunity as Venezuela’s former leader and first lady. Applications filed in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday claim that American courts cannot prosecute a foreign head of state for acts carried out while in office. Maduro’s lawyers said no US court had previously tried a leader recognised by his own country as its sitting president when charges were brought. “Heads of state are exempt from the criminal process of any national court but their…

Passengers on an Emirates flight to Sydney said a man was restrained in the cabin about six hours before the aircraft was due to land. The incident reportedly took place during the long-haul journey, with fellow travellers claiming the passenger was held by those on board as the flight continued towards Australia. Further details about what led to the restraint, including the man’s identity and whether police became involved after the aircraft landed, were not immediately available.

Democratic lawmakers overseeing federal elections have accused the Trump administration of failing to release more than $39.6 million allocated by Congress to protect US election infrastructure ahead of the November midterms. Senator Alex Padilla of California and Representative Joseph Morelle of New York have written to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Nick Anderson, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), demanding that the money be restored to programmes intended to help state and local election officials defend against cyber attacks and disinformation. The letter comes with the midterm elections less than two months away. The…

Kylie Lim and Australian billionaire James Packer have been enjoying their first weeks of married life with a Mediterranean escape to Ibiza, following their private wedding off Sardinia in August. The newlyweds were seen arriving by boat for a low-key outing on the Spanish island, accompanied by friends and family. Lim appeared relaxed as the couple continued their summer travels after quietly tying the knot. Packer and Lim married in a small ceremony aboard his superyacht, IJE, off the north-eastern coast of Sardinia. A spokesman confirmed the wedding to Australian broadcaster 7NEWS, saying it was attended by a small group…