Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villagers, activists, and journalists, including Reuters reporter Raneen Sawafta, near Nablus. The assault is the latest in a surge of settler violence across the occupied West Bank during the olive harvesting season, with over 760 attacks recorded in October.
Abu Dhabi Championship final-round leaderboard
-25 A Rai (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); -24 N Hojgaard (Den), R McIlroy (NI); -22 R Mansell (Eng), D Hillier (NZ); -21 I Elvira (Spa), A Sullivan (Eng); -20 A Ayora (Spa), R MacIntyre (Sco), M Penge (Eng)
Selected others: -20 S Lowry (Ire); -18 M Jordan (Eng), J Smith (Eng); -15 L Aaberg (Swe); -14 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -11 T Hatton (Eng)
Aaron Rai held off the challenge of Tommy Fleetwood in a play-off to win the Abu Dhabi Championship after a thrilling final round at the Yas Links.
Rai sank a seven-foot birdie putt at the first play-off hole to seal victory after fellow Englishman Fleetwood could only hit par.
The pair had earlier both finished top of the leaderboard on 25 under for the tournament, although Rai missed the chance to win it in regulation when his birdie putt at the 18th skirted the edge of the hole.
“It’s hard to sum up [my emotions],” said Rai, 30. “You’re so focused on playing the round and staying in the zone, it’s hard to put into words at the moment how it feels. It is amazing to be stood here.
“Tommy is a phenomenal player and an even better person. To play with him the last two days was really special. It’s amazing to be here.”
Rory McIlroy finished one shot further back after a stunning final-round 62 – his best round on the DP World Tour this season.
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated his Anambra counterpart, Professor Charles Soludo, on his re-election.
Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was declared winner of the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday, after polling 422,664 out of 584,054 valid votes across the state’s 21 local government areas, according to results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
His closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 99,445 votes, while the candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 8,208 and 1,401 votes respectively.
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In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, Governor Abiodun said the outcome of the election clearly demonstrated the confidence the people of Anambra repose in Soludo’s leadership.
“With the results of Saturday’s election, the people of Anambra State spoke in clear, unmistakable terms, affirming their belief in the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo,” he said.
Abiodun, who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, congratulated Soludo, who also serves as Vice Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, urging him to sustain his policy direction and continue delivering development-driven governance.
He further encouraged Soludo to unify political interests across the state for inclusive growth.
The candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2025 Anambra State governorship election, Ms. Chioma Ifemeludike, has reacted to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ifemeludike said political deception could not supersede integrity.
“Integrity stands firm and higher than political deception. I am a winner,” she said in a post shared on her X handle on Sunday.
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Her statement followed the declaration of Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) by INEC as the winner of the election in the early hours of Sunday.
The election, which was held across the 21 local government areas of the state, was largely peaceful but with reports of low voter turnout in some areas.
INEC said Soludo scored 422,664 votes.
According to results released by INEC, the AAC candidate got 292 votes in the election.
His closest rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Nicholas Ukachukwu, who polled 99,445 votes.
Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came third with 37,753 votes, while John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored 8,208 votes.
George Moghalu of the Labour Party (LP) and Jude Ezenwafor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 10,576 votes and 1,401 votes, respectively.
The AAC candidate had earlier raised the alarm about vote-buying in the election last Saturday,
But the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra State, Queen Agwu, dismissed claims of vote-buying during Saturday’s governorship election.
The REC advised anyone making such claims to present credible evidence.
“When the two strongest candidates went to vote, they mentioned vote-buying. But like I said during voter education, anyone with such information should provide facts and figures,” Agwu said during an interview on Channels Television’s flagship programme, News at 10, on Saturday.
“Vote-buying is a very serious offence and a legislative matter. If you want to accuse someone, give us evidence.
“You can’t just go on television and say there’s vote-buying everywhere without mentioning one place,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested three suspected vote buyers in different parts of the State during the elections.
Davina McCall has spoken about the rage she felt when she was diagnosed with breast cancer just a year on from having brain surgery. She recalled that she was “f***ing stamping her feet” with anger as she spoke to her partner Michael Douglas about her disgnosis.
The 58-year-old revealed on via Instagram Friday that had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Since the diagnosis, she has had a biopsy and the cancer was removed in a lumpectomy just weeks ago.
During a Dine With Davina charity event, the star admitted she was angry over the disease as it was just a year since she had brain tumour surgery.
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Davina said: “I got really f*****g angry. And you know me, I’m a pacifist – I don’t really get angry – I’m like Tigger. I’m just always happy.
“I was like: ‘Are you f******g joking? What the f**k! Are you serious? I was keeping it all in and Michael one day looked at me and he said: ‘Stop. I can see what you’re doing. You’re not going there.’ He said: ‘Let’s talk about it’ – I said: ‘I’m fine.'”
She added: “He said: ‘You’re not fine’. I was like: ‘No, no, I’m fine. Honestly.’ I’m not f*****g fine, that’s why I’m f*****g mad. He just sat and he came and watched me and I was f*****g stamping my feet. And it felt so good.”
The TV presenter said that she caught the cancer early but will still require five days of radiotherapy in January as an “insurance policy” to remain cancer free.
Taking to Instagram to share the news, Davina said: “I just wanted to tell you that I have had breast cancer. I found a lump a few weeks ago, and it came and went.”
She added: “So I had a biopsy. I found out it was indeed breast cancer, and I had it taken out in a lumpectomy nearly three weeks ago … It was very, very small, so I got it very, very early, which is incredibly lucky, but I am so relieved to have had it removed, and to know that it hasn’t spread.”
Davina also said she had “dense breasts”, which is a risk factor in developing breast cancer and makes it harder to detect.
The star went on to thank everybody at the Royal Marsden hospital who treated her as well as her “brilliant kids”. She continued: “An extra special thanks to Michael – it’s been a lot. I was very angry when I found out but I let go of that and I feel in a much more positive place now.”
She explained that she managed to find the lump when she was at the ITV Lorraine studio. She said she was in the toilets where there were posters urging people to check their breasts and that’s when she found it.
Davina’s health setback comes almost a year after the TV star was diagnosed with a rare benign brain tumour which required neurosurgery. The surgery on the colloid cyst proved to be successful and recent scans showed no sign of recurrence.