Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane considering move to Barcelona, Manchester United and Tottenham monitoring Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and Liverpool watch Fulham winger Kevin.
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has a 65m euros (£57m) release clause that kicks in next summer and the 32-year-old England international is weighing up his options, which include staying in Germany and considering a move to Barcelona. (Sport – in Spanish)
Manchester United and Tottenham are closely monitoring 23-year-old England centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite, who Everton do not want to sell and value him at around £70m. (Caught Offside)
Tottenham and Chelsea are set to go head-to-head in a battle to sign Porto’s 21-year-old Spanish striker Samu Aghehowa, who could be made available for 80m euros (£70.5m). (Correio da Manha via Goal)
Arsenal and Barcelona are tracking France Under-16s captain Lacine Megnan-Pave after the 15-year-old registered 15 goals and 12 assists in 24 games for Montpellier under-17s. (Sport – in Spanish)
Liverpool’s chief scout Barry Hunter was at Craven Cottage on Saturday to watch Fulham’s £35m summer signing, Brazilian winger Kevin, 22, in their 3-0 win over Wolves. (Football Insider)
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola is Athletic Club’s preferred option to become their manager if Ernesto Valverde does not renew his contract with them beyond next summer. (La Razon – in Spanish)
Bayern Munich director of sport Max Eberl says the club will do everything they can to get France defender Dayot Upamecano, 27, to sign a contract extension. (Sky Sports Germany)
Switzerland centre-back Manuel Akanji, 30, says it will be up to Inter Milan whether they want to turn his loan move from Manchester City into a permanent switch, but the Serie A club “seem happy” with him so far. (Football Italia)
Colombia’s most tense frontier is the Catatumbo region, which extends along the border with Venezuela in the Norte de Santander department.
This border region, which is rich in oil reserves and coca plants but impoverished and neglected, has historically seen violent fighting between armed groups battling for territorial control.
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Colombia’s largest remaining guerrilla force, the National Liberation Army (ELN), is active across Venezuela’s porous border.
Some of their fighters drive us to meet their commanders after they arrange for an Al Jazeera reporting team there.
This region is still rife with tension. Despite peace negotiations reached in 2016, thousands of people were forced to flee in January as a result of fighting between the ELN and a rebellious faction from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The conflict centers on gaining access to Venezuela’s border, which is a crucial means of removing drugs from the country.
When you first enter the area, you immediately see that this is where the ELN is absolute control. There is no proof that the nation’s military exists. The sideroads are decorated with ENL flags, and the signs express the group’s current perception of Colombia.
They claim that “total peace is a failure.”
Mobile phone signal is also lacking. The Al Jazeera team is informed that phone companies do not want to pay taxes on the armed groups that control the area.
When Gustavo Petro became president, he vowed to put a total peace plan into place with the armed groups in Colombia. However, the ELN’s negotiations, especially those with them, were difficult.
Government officials in Catatumbo have suspended the peace talks, but they now say they are prepared to resume them.
Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) commander Ricardo [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]
In a small, mountainous home, Al Jazeera interacts with Commander Ricardo and Commander Silvana. They claim that the interview needs to go quickly because they are concerned about potential drone attacks and reconnaissance reconnaissance aircraft flying around the area.
Some of their rivals accompany the commanders. When asked how many people live nearby, they respond, “We are thousands, and not everyone is wearing their uniform.” Some are “urban guerrillas”
According to the government, there are about 3, 000 fighters in the ELN. However, it could be much higher.
The region’s commander Ricardo claims there may be a chance for peace.
He claims that the ELN has been battling for a political solution for 30 years, despite various challenges. We hoped that Petro would help us advance along the way. But that was a thing. In Colombia, there has never been peace. The graves’ peace is what we have.
Prior to the talks being suspended, the group and the government had been negotiating in Mexico. Our central command would, in my opinion, agree that the agreements we reached in Mexico could pave the way for a political solution to this conflict, Commander Ricardo tells Al Jazeera.
US threat of drugs
Armed groups are also on alert in this area due to the conflict between the Colombian state and itself. What was once a domestic Colombian conflict has gained an international dimension thanks to the US military campaign against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific and the US’s aggressive attitude toward Venezuela’s neighbor.
These people are not referred to as guerrillas but as “narco-terrorists” by US President Donald Trump’s administration, and it is not a possibility that they will be attacked on Colombian soil.
More than 62 people have died as a result of the US operation, which started in early September, along with 14 boats and a semi-submersible.
Some of the commanders’ extradition requests are made by the US, and they are alleged to be wanted criminals.
The ELN views US strikes against alleged drug-carriers in the Caribbean as another example of US imperialism, as well as the military deployment there to put pressure on Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro.
One of those boats, according to the US government, belonged to the ELN. Why don’t they capture them and disclose what they did to the world? Asks Commander Ricardo. “But no, they bomb them,” they reply.
He also issues a warning about the possibility of the ELN collaborating with the US. We will have to see how we react if Trump attacks Venezuela, he says, but that’s not just for the better. Because I’m certain there will be many, many people who will use a weapon because it’s too much, “It’s] all of Latin America.” It must end that the United States has the power to rule over people without allowing them to exercise their right to self-determination.
The Cuban Revolution served as an inspiration for the ELN. However, it has been involved in extortion, drug trafficking, and kidnappings over the years.
The ELN is different from other armed organizations in the country, according to Commander Silvana, who was a teenager when she first joined the organization.
She claims that “our principles indicate that we are not involved in drug trafficking.” The international community has been informed of this. Taxes remain in the regions that we have controlled for over 60 years. Of course, we also tax coca if it exists.
[Screengrab/Al Jazeera Commander Silvana of the ELN]
Colombia has long been a key US ally in the fight against drug trafficking. Petro has since started to question US policy in the Caribbean, contending that Washington’s approach to security and immigration is more accurate than regional realities.
He has criticized the US military’s presence and naval operations close to Venezuela, warning that they could lead to tensions rather than fostering cooperation.
Trump has claimed that Petro, a former guerrilla, is a drug trafficker by himself.
Petro retorted incredulously, saying, “Colombia has never been rude to the United States.” It has, in fact, devoted a lot of its time to its culture. But you don’t know anything about Colombia.
Trump’s remarks were also criticized as offensive and a direct threat to Colombia’s sovereignty by the country’s foreign ministry, which vowed to demand international support for Petro and Colombia’s autonomy.
A local Colombian conflict could become a larger regional conflict as a result of the belligerent US policy toward Venezuela and Colombia, both led by leftist presidents.
Israel has continued to carry out deadly attacks across Gaza, killing at least 236 Palestinians and injuring more than 600 others, as per the Gaza-based Ministry of Health, which was facilitated by the US.
Three more people have died in Gaza, according to hospitals in Gaza, and three more bodies have been recovered from beneath collapsed buildings in the past 24 hours. The ministry reported on Sunday that another victim perished from wounds from previous attacks.
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A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli drone strike in the Shujayea neighborhood in northern Gaza, just to name a few victims. Without providing any evidence, the Israeli military claimed that he had approached its troops after crossing the “yellow line” marking the ceasefire boundary.
The army claimed in a statement that the man “posed an immediate threat to troops in the northern Gaza Strip,” which prompted an airstrike to “reduce the threat.”
The bodies of 500 Palestinians have been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings, according to Gaza’s health ministry, according to a report from the Gaza-based Health Ministry. This was a result of Israel’s two-year genocidal war and ongoing bombardment that left much of the region in ruins.
Separately, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office reported on X on Sunday evening that the Red Cross had received three bodies of Israeli prisoners who had passed away.
According to the ceasefire’s terms, Israel must now return the bodies of 45 Palestinian prisoners who have died, with 15 for each Israeli captive who has been taken back.
Accusations of disinformation in the US
After the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) falsely accused Hamas of looting an aid truck in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, without providing any supporting proof, tensions grew. The claim came after drone footage that allegedly showed “suspected Hamas elements” seizing humanitarian supplies was made public.
The government media office in Gaza refuted the claims, accusing Washington of disseminating disinformation to smear Palestinian authorities.
The media office claims that this accusation is completely false and was fabricated from the beginning and is part of a comprehensive media disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the Palestinian police force.
Despite Israel’s ongoing interference, the statement continued that Gaza’s police “are performing their national and humanitarian duty by securing aid and protecting relief convoys.”
Despite continuing Israeli meddling in the internal affairs, the police system is making every effort to control things, according to the statement. This includes preventing engineering starvation by preventing the delivery of aid.
A health crisis worsens
Hospitals in Gaza are still overburdened despite months of fighting and blockade. The besieged enclave is home to more than 16, 500 patients who require specialized care, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nearly 4, 000 Palestinian evacuees had been enrolled in Egypt’s medical system by September, according to a recent United Nations update. Qatar received 970 patients, Qatar received 1, 450, and Turkiye received 437.
Italy treated 201 Palestinian patients in Europe, which is the highest number of states in Europe, but 3,800 children, among them, are still awaiting urgent medical evacuation abroad.
The human toll of Israel’s genocide in Gaza was highlighted by a study that was published this week in the Lancet medical journal. Since the start of the conflict in October 2023, according to the report, Gaza has lost more than a staggering three million years of human life.
Data from 60, 199 recorded deaths between October 2023 and July 2025 were analyzed by researchers Sammy Zahran of Colorado State University and Ghassan Abu Sittah of the American University of Beirut. According to their calculations, 51 years of life lost are on average lost, with the majority of those being civilians.
Children under the age of 15 lost more than one million of those life-years. According to the authors, the authors excluded deaths brought on by starvation, a lack of medical care, and the collapse of infrastructure during the siege of Israel.
Against the winter
Despite Israel’s restrictions on building materials, Gaza’s displaced families are frantically rebuilding any form of shelter as winter approaches, according to Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim Al Khalili, a resident of Gaza City.
Khalid al-Dahdouh, a father of five, has turned to traditional methods to build a small mud shelter for his family in Gaza’s largest urban center, which was the target of Israeli carpeting bombings from August to October this year.
Al-Dahdouh told Al Jazeera, “We tried to rebuild because winter is approaching.” We didn’t have tents or anything else, so we only managed to lay a few rows of bricks. Since there is no cement, we constructed a primitive structure out of mud. Contrary to tents, it shields us from the cold, insects, and rain, as you can see.
“We’re just trying to get through the cold and hunger,” he said. Gaza is still under attack, al-Dahdouh said, whether or not there is a ceasefire.
His relative, Saif al-Bayek, attempted a similar endeavor in his own honor, but they ran out of useful materials before the project was finished.
According to al-Bayek, “the entire neighborhood is in ruin.” Since there weren’t enough stones to build a full room, we used traditional methods to construct the shelter out of mud and salvaged them. Because of this, the roof has a lot of gaps and the structure is uneven; therefore, water will pass through the gap if it rains heavily.
“Reconstruction efforts face significant difficulties. Because there are no other options, many families are forced to rely on primitive building techniques, according to Alessandro Mrakic, the UN Development Programme representative in Gaza.
Aid organizations warn that the situation could continue to worsen as the temperature drops, with hundreds of thousands of people still displaced.
Erling Haaland is a big Peter Crouch fan, but is he actually a robot?
After Manchester City’s impressive Premier League victory over shaky Bournemouth on Sunday, fans may have to wonder whether that is true or not.
The Norwegian striker was a goal-scorer after failing to score in last weekend’s defeat at Aston Villa, but he returned with a ruthlessly effective first-half double against the Cherries. He only had a second failure this season.
Haaland did prove he was still human by skipping a few chances to complete his hat-trick, if he is concealing any nuts and bolts beneath those blonde locks of his.
However, many fans were in awe of the 25-year-old’s prowess in front of goal, which led to his team’s second-placed opener, which was a robot dance.
When he scored and then celebrated in a similar manner, it reminded me of the iconic moves of the towering former Liverpool and England forward Crouch.
After that, Crouch joked, “I walked so they could run,” while Haaland replied, “Guess I couldn’t hide it any longer.”
However, the humorous exchange fails to distract from Haaland’s incredible goalscoring accomplishments, which total 26 for both club and country and are currently 13 in the league, eight of which are home doubles.
City manager Pep Guardiola compared Haaland’s remarkable accomplishments to those of the two contemporary footballing legends after welcoming his striker with a warm embrace at full-time.
When asked if he had reached Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Lionel Messi’s levels, the Spaniard replied, “Have you seen that guy’s numbers? He has, of course.
Cristiano and Messi have been doing the same for 15 years, Messi still scores two or three goals per game, and Cristiano in Saudi Arabia, the same. That’s the level.
The ball is slashed down on the grass, and he says, “I am going to score this.” He is incredibly coachable, and I’ve said it before, and I’m sometimes tough with him.
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The figures are outstanding.
With six Premier League titles in the last eight seasons and a Champions League title in 2023, City have also been a relentless winning force themselves, aside from the glitch from last season, which saw them fail to win a significant trophy.
With speed, agility, and clinical finishing, Haaland has a force that can annihilate defenses.
City’s first in ten games ended with a 1-0 defeat at Villa Park, and he has not forgotten that blip despite winning games against Swansea and Bournemouth in the process.
When asked if he felt unstoppable, Haaland responded, “I didn’t score last game.” I want to see the team succeed, but that’s not how I want it.
As long as we are winning games, it doesn’t matter if we are scoring, helping, or winning duels. My job is to help the team improve as a football team.
Haaland’s numbers for this term differ significantly. Les Ferdinand for Newcastle was the only player to score 13 goals in the opening 10 Premier League games, while Haaland for himself managed 15. In 2022, Les Ferdinand was the only other player to score 15.
He accounts for 65% of City’s goals in the top flight and Champions League, scoring 17 of their 26 goals across the two competitions, and has the highest xG (9.20) in the league without drawing a penalty.
This is what we must do, Guardiola said, “to give him the chances and the passes.” He is aware of this, but we are so fortunate and blessed to have him because he is the most generous and sweet.
And he’ll get better. After that, the player’s numbers are simply outstanding.
There has been much criticism of City’s excessive reliance on Haaland and the need for other players to “step up” and score more goals.
Journalist Julien Laurens told BBC Radio 5 Live, “Of course you want others to join in, and they will eventually.”
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Haaland will be licking his lips when Rayan Cherki and Haaland cross paths on Sunday, where the Frenchman scored both of his goals with skillful assists.
The 22-year-old scored for Wolves in the opening game, but he has only recently returned to action following a six-week layoff with a thigh injury.
Erling and I are one and the same. It’s very simple when I play with him and he with me,” Cherki, who moved to Lyon last summer, said.
Erling says, “Give the ball to him and he will score.”
Their partnership with Bournemouth represented a promising sign of things to come for City’s attack and opposition managers, who will now have to deal with Cherki’s caliber as well as figure out how to shackle Haaland.
Andoni Iraola, the manager of Bournemouth, said that his performance against Haaland was “almost impossible.” He is very quick when you release the press at the back and press higher.
You run out of superlatives, ex-england goalkeeper Paul Robinson said on BBC Radio 5 Live. Erling Haaland may face criticism for not involving himself enough in the game.
However, if he stays in the Premier League, he will score a ridiculous number of goals and eventually break all kinds of records.
Shay Given, an ex-City goalkeeper, stated: “Erling Haaland wants to be the best striker in Premier League history, the best player in Norwegian history, and probably the best player in the world.
Barcelona, who recovered from last weekend’s Clasico defeat, defeated Elche 3-1 on Sunday in La Liga with the goals of Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford.
The Catalan giants, who now lead Real Madrid by five points, also hit on Ferran Torres’ goal.
Elche had opportunities to cause an upset for Barca when Rafa Mir scored twice, and the striker also hit the woodwork twice.
In the midst of an injury crisis, Hansi Flick’s Barca have struggled to keep a clean sheet in six league games.
Following brief absences from action, the champions were able to add Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo, among others.
After recovering from a groin issue, Yamal, a teen star, performed better in last week’s defeat by Real Madrid, but he appeared more confident in front of Elche.
According to Torres, “we found our spirit and intensity.”
“From the very beginning, we gave everything,” said the manager, “I believe we’re finding last year’s Barca, and we’ll continue to do that.”
The ninth-placed visitors impressed when Eder Sarabia, a former Barcelona assistant coach under Quique Setien, led them to the field.
Alejandro Balde fed Yamal in the area after nine minutes and Barca took the lead.
Inaki Pena, a team-mate of his last season, was the winger who took a little time to set himself before firing a clinical finish past the former Barca goalkeeper.
Flick claimed that Yamal still needed work on because of his groin injury.
He must train, undergo treatments, and do this, and he did it, according to Flick. It’s a positive step forward.
He has to manage it, and I can’t say it’s over; it’s coming and going like this.
After Fermin Lopez broke into space down the left and delivered an inch-perfect cross, Torres doubled the hosts’ lead three minutes later.
A year after the deadly flooding that hit Spain’s east coast, the striker revealed a t-shirt honoring Valencia, his hometown.
As Barca wasted some valuable chances, Lopez and Rashford missed the mark with a penalty save from Pena.
Shortly before half-time, Mir pulled a goal back after being charged with sexual assault allegations dating back to 2024.
Barca attempted to play the forward offside, but he was playing in his own half. At the far post, Mir bent a shot past Barca goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and Ronald Araujo.
Before the break, Torres might have scored again, but Pena saved his strike with a superb save.
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As Elche battled well in the second half, Mir curled an effort to hit the top of the crossbar.
After Lopez sent him off with a cross, Rashford scored his second league goal of the campaign with a superb finish to seal Barca’s victory.
One or two goals more would be nice, Flick said, but we can be happy for him based on his chances.
“I was very pleased that he showed me that he could play this level.”
In the final third, Rashford acknowledged that he had potential to be even better.
He told the club’s streaming service Barca One, “I could have had more assists or goals, sometimes the decision-making was wrong today. But I am going to have days like this.”
“My focus is with the team, to build relationships, and feel comfortable,” I said, “but if I’m doing the right thing, I know I’ll always be able to score and assist.”
Szczesny, a veteran goalkeeper, pushed a Mir effort past the post to save Barca, who had already gotten too excited about their final advantage.
The fans are proud of how they played, according to Elche coach Sarabia.
We are aware that they can score goals for us, but we could also.
Olivia Attwood, a star of Love Island, shared highlights of her wild weekend in New York while attending Heidi Klum’s Halloween party. Georgia Harrison welcomed her first child with a blank stare.
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Olivia Attwood attended Heidi Klum’s 24th Annual Halloween Party in New York over the weekend(Image: Getty Images for Heidi Klum Hall)
Olivia Attwood appeared to poke fun at her Love Island pal Georgia Harrison giving birth – and hinted she’s preferring life without kids of her own. Taking to social media over the weekend, the reality star showed that she was still able to party like the best of them – almost.
The 34-year-old shared photos and videos of herself attending a raucous Halloween fancy dress party the same year that Georgia, 30, was on the show.
Olivia, who wed football player Bradley Dack, 31, in 2023, let her hair down while dashing in Jessie’s Toy Story costume. She attended Heidi Klum’s notorious A-list Halloween party in New York as a guest.
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Taking to Instagram Stories, she shared a clip of herself in costume and added a caption stating: “My friends; having babies… me.” The quip appeared to be in reference to Georgia, who embraced the Halloween spirit this year to share the news that she had given birth to her first child.
With her boyfriend, Jack Stacey, the TV star gave birth. She made headlines on social media by sharing a photo of her baby bump and asking, “Happy Halloween everyone, Trick or Treat, that’s the question”? Then she took a picture of herself holding the newborn child.
Olivia has previously argued that women are unfairly marketed as being forced to start families and has previously spoken out about the pressure she experiences.
During an appearance on Loose Women previously, Olivia said: “It’s constant. Obviously, now that I’ve got married they just assume that you’re going to do it within that next two-year period, and if you don’t they want to know why.
“And it’s like, I don’t have an actual answer for you. It’s just not something I’m drawn to right now. And I think people minimise how huge it is to bring a human into the world and raise them. It’s not just a baby. It’s a full-on adult at some point, that you’re responsible for the rest of your life.
“And I’m not there yet,” I said. I’m glad this discussion has been about fertility because I’ve always been so aware of my own health and checked my fertility levels over the years, and I’ve always been aware of it.
She continued, “You all know that there is a huge correlation between men and sperm and birth defects, but people don’t really talk about it.
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And I believe that there is a lot of pressure on women, despite the fact that both parties are involved, whether or not the baby is healthy.
