The Israeli government is facing what it calls a “public relations disaster” after a video surfaced showing soldiers torturing and sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner – a clear war crime under any legal system. Public outrage in Israel has focused less on the abuse itself and more on the leak. And the military’s chief prosecutor, who admitted leaking the footage, has been arrested and branded a traitor. The saga is yet another example of Israeli society’s unwillingness to confront what it has become.
Contributors: Chris Doyle – Director, Council for Arab-British Understanding Mairav Zonszien – Senior Israel analyst, International Crisis Group Ori Goldberg – Academic and political commentator Yara Hawari – Co-director, Al-Shabaka
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After an 18-month siege, the Sudanese city of el-Fasher has fallen to the RSF, triggering mass atrocities under a near-total media blackout. With journalists killed, captured, or missing, satellite imagery has become one of the few remaining windows into the violence. Ryan Kohls reports on the city’s fall and the growing evidence of a potential genocide in Darfur.
Kenya’s most nicknamed president
In Kenya, political satire often takes the form of sharp, witty nicknames – and President William Ruto has earned plenty. As his popularity wanes, young Kenyans online are using these nicknames to mock and challenge his leadership in ways that traditional media cannot. The Listening Post’s Nic Muirhead reports on Ruto’s long, growing and politically problematic list of nicknames.
Featuring: Paul Kelemba (Maddo) – Cartoonist Nanjala Nyabola – Political analyst and writer Wandia Njoya – Professor of literature, Daystar University
Match of the Day host Gabby Logan is set to take on a new role later this month and the presenter has claimed that it is a career-long ambition
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Gabby Logan has fulfilled a career-long dream by securing a fresh TV opportunity. The 52-year-old broadcaster has been working with the BBC since 2007.
Logan, daughter of iconic Welsh international footballer and manager Terry Yorath, was among three hosts selected to succeed departing Gary Lineker on Match of the Day this year. She divides presenting responsibilities with Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates.
The mum-of-two is wed to former Scotland rugby legend Kenny Logan and later this month she’ll be helming another programme she has long admired.
Ex-gymnast Logan is poised to present the BBC staple Have I Got News For You for the first time. This comedy quiz panel programme has been on air since 1990 and features participants responding to questions about the week’s most significant news events.
The Match of the Day host has previously appeared as a contestant on the programme but she will be commanding an episode broadcasting on November 21. She remarked: “I am thrilled to be hosting HIGNFY as it’s literally been a 20-year career goal.
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“I have watched and admired a stream of brilliant guest presenters add something unique and personal to the role. I was once a guest on Ian’s team but I am looking forward to trying to keep him and Paul in line this time.
“The biggest challenge will be remembering I’m there to do a job and not just sitting back and admiring their quick-fire wit and political observations.”
Logan has already reached a career milestone this year by presenting Match of the Day for the first time. After she fronted her debut programme in August she turned to social media with a candid confession.
“So last week I have to admit I was a little bit too nervous to take any pictures of my first MoTD of the season,” the presenter wrote on Instagram in the summer.
Logan had been sharing the screen with former Premier League stars Troy Deeney and Rob Green. She added: “I didn’t realise I was nervous until I literally felt my heart beating out of my shirt before my opening link.
“Week 2 and the nerves settled into a regular pre show (optimal) level. Heart rate normal. It’s a programme I grew up with so it’s always going to feel a bit surreal when that music plays.”
She credits her legendary father, who earned 59 caps for Wales, for her childhood connection with the programme. Logan stated: “When my dad was playing, it was the only way you could watch football on TV because there were very few live matches.
“That music would play every Saturday night because he would come home from work – playing in a match – and watch his match on Match of the Day. As a very little girl, hearing that music meant I was staying up late on a Saturday night.”
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The title sponsor of Israel-Premier Tech has ended its association with the cycling team with immediate effect after protests against the team’s participation in races and despite the outfit saying it would undergo a full rebrand for the 2026 season to operate under a new name.
Canadian company Premier Tech said on Friday it had broken off its sponsorship deal after the team was targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters at several races this year, with stages of the Vuelta a Espana grand tour in August and September disrupted by demonstrators before the race was abandoned by organisers.
The sponsors removed their full name from riders’ jerseys at the Vuelta.
The team, owned by Canadian-Israeli property developer Sylvan Adams, was created in 2014 by Ron Baron and Ran Margaliot and is based in Israel.
It was also subject to isolated protests during the sport’s other two main stage races: the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, and had been accused of sportswashing by pro-Palestine groups.
After the Vuelta, the Canadian multinational Premier Tech called for the team to change its name to remove “Israel” and to adopt a new identity and brand image.
The team agreed to move away from its “Israeli identity”.
However, the Canadian-based manufacturer and horticulture firm Premier Tech said it would step down as co-title sponsor of the team with immediate effect.
“Although we took notice of the team’s decision to change its name for the 2026 season, the core reason for Premier Tech to sponsor the team has been overshadowed to a point where it has become untenable for us to continue as a sponsor,” the company added.
“We want to thank the team – riders and staff – for the four unforgettable seasons by their side, and to acknowledge their incredible accomplishments and professionalism, both on and off the road.”
Canadian cyclist Derek Gee, who finished fourth overall at this year’s Giro d’Italia, also left Israel-Premier Tech shortly before the Vuelta over what he described as “personal beliefs”.
Last month, Gee said he was facing a damages claim of 30 million euros ($35m) from the team.
In September, a United Nations inquiry found that Israel’s war on Gaza was a genocide and held the Israeli government responsible for the war that has killed at least 68,875 Palestinians.
Although the team is privately-owned rather than state-run, Adams had dubbed himself an unofficial ambassador for Israel, and the outfit had been hailed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for refusing to quit the Vuelta ahead, despite protests, until the race was eventually abandoned.
In October, Adams stepped back from his day-to-day involvement with the team and no longer speaks on its behalf.
The team joined the World Tour elite level of road racing before the 2020 season and in July that year recruited four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome.
Amid the pro-Palestine protests at the Vuelta, Spanish Sports Minister Pilar Alegria had called for a ban on Israeli sports teams in the same way that Russian sides broadly were banned in 2022 after the country invaded Ukraine, highlighting a “double standard”.
“It is difficult to explain and understand that there is a double standard,” Alegria told Spanish radio station Cadena SER in September.
“Given that there has been such a massacre, a genocide, such an absolutely terrible situation we are living through day-by-day, I would agree that the international federations and committees should take the same decision as in 2022,” she added.
Katy Yeandle says it is important because ‘nobody knows’
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Joseph died on December 27, 2021
The mother of a three-year-old boy who died after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has thanked Alan Carr for raising awareness after he highlighted the disease with his Celebrity Traitors win. Carr’s £87,500 winnings from his role as a “traitor” on the hit BBC spin-off show was earmarked for children’s cancer charity Neuroblastoma UK.
Katy Yeandle, whose son Joseph died on December 27 2021 after being diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma eight months earlier, said people are now talking about the disease because of Carr. Ms Yeandle told BBC Breakfast: “It was amazing because nobody knows about neuroblastoma cancer. When Joseph was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, we didn’t know what it was.
“And now people are starting to talk about it because of Alan Carr, because of his amazing donation to the charity.” Asked if she had a message for Carr, Ms Yeandle added: “Thank you, thank you for raising that awareness because one thing that I found during this whole childhood cancer journey is that childhood cancer isn’t talked about enough.”
She and her sister Emma Rees set up charity Joseph’s Smile which runs the Kids Get Cancer Too campaign to unite families, charities and supporters to raise awareness, funding and visibility for children and young people affected by cancer. Ms Rees said: “Alan has started that conversation and alongside Neuroblastoma UK, we really hope that we can keep that conversation going.”
Neuroblastoma UK trustee Tori Oldridge, 49, said that the money will make a “huge impact”. When asked about the comedian’s victory, she said: “I didn’t think he was going to win. It was really exciting. Last night, we were on the edge of our seats. We were glued to the screen. We all felt the emotion he was feeling. He did so, so well.”
The charity said the 49-year-old had been its “faithful patron” for nine years, as it thanked him in a post on social media. After his win, Alan Carr said: “It’s an absolute privilege to be able to support Neuroblastoma UK, whether it’s raising awareness or funds. I’m so pleased I can use my platform to show how amazing this charity is.”
Neuroblastoma UK’s head of fundraising and communications Emily Hood said: “As a small charity with a big mission to find better treatments and ultimately a cure for every child facing neuroblastoma, moments like this are transformational. For many years, we’ve known Alan to be generous, warm, empathetic and unfailingly kind, and we’re delighted that the nation shares that view.”
During the final episode, Carr burst into tears as he revealed to the remaining faithfuls, comedian Nick Mohammed and historian David Olusoga, that he was a traitor. He later told visual podcast Uncloaked: “The charity is so close to my heart that it all became a bit too much. Hopefully when people see how upset I was they won’t feel so bad that I killed all those national treasures.
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“I told one person at the charity and they started crying, so that gives you some idea of how important this money will be to them. Neuroblastoma is such a cruel disease, and this money will literally save lives. It’s a charity and disease that no-one has really heard of so with the viewing figures being what they are, it’s going to be so good for the charity.”
Carr became a patron of Neuroblastoma UK, which was founded as The Neuroblastoma Society in 1982, after meeting parents of children affected by the disease. Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer that develops in early nerve cells and is most common in children under five.
Nigeria have named a 24-man squad for the 2026 World Cup playoff, recalling Udinese goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye for the tie against the Panthers of Gabon.
The Super Eagles’ list also included long-time absentee and Sevilla forward, Chidera Ejuke and Raphael Onyedika.
Okoye returns after serving a two-month ban for involvement in betting. Onyedika is making the list following his missing of the final games of the World Cup qualifier due to injury.
The squad features regulars like Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen; captain William Troost-Ekong; Alex Iwobi of Fulham; Ademola Lookman; Samuel Chukwueze, Calvin Bassey and Simon Moses.
Others are fast-rising defender, Benjamin Fredericks; Akor Adams of Sevilla; forwards Tolu Arokodare, Olusegun Olakunle among others.
Every player will fly into Morocco and converge in Rabat on Monday, 10th November.
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Nigeria will take on Gabon in the first semi-final of the playoffs at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan in Rabat, Morocco on November 13.
The winner of that match will play either Cameroon or DR Congo in the final to take Africa’s only ticket for the intercontinental playoff billed for next year.
Nigeria’s Squad for 2026 World Cup Playoff
See the full list of Nigeria’s invitees for the 2026 World Cup playoff:
Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, South Africa); Amas Obasogie (Singida Blackstars, Tanzania); Maduka Okoya (Udinese FC, Italy)
Defenders: William Ekong (Al-Kholood, Saudi Arabia); Calvin Bassey (Fulham FC, England); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (Hull City, England); Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City, England); Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos, Greece); Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC, France); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Benjamin Fredericks (Dender FC, Belgium)
Midfielders: Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC, England); Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi (New England Revolution, USA); Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas FC, Turkey); Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium)
