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Guernsey FC expelled from FA Cup after admin error
Guernsey FC was forced out of the FA Cup after fielding an ineligible player.
In their first competitive game of the season, the islanders drew 1-1 with Bedfont Sports on Saturday in the extra preliminary round of the competition.
However, the club announced on Monday that they had discovered a registration error with one of the teams that had participated in the club’s first FA Cup game in eight years.
Due to the outcome of an investigation, Tuesday’s scheduled replay between the two sides in London was postponed.
A statement from Guernsey FC read, “We have just received official confirmation that the club has been removed from this season’s competition.”
Kingstonian will now host Bedfont Sports on August 16th.
When Guernsey FC hosts Wick at Victoria Park on Saturday, they will play their first game ever in the Southern Combination Premier Division.
A Channel Island team has received a sanction for fielding an ineligible player for the second time this year.
Jersey Bulls received three points in April for playing a player who should have received a suspension, which cost them the Combined Counties Premier South league title.
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Man Found Dead With Gunshot Wound In Akwa Ibom Church
Udeme Uko, a 45-year-old man, is suspected of killing him, according to the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, which is located in the state’s Ukanafun Local Government Area.
Uko was discovered dead in a nearby church while he was sleeping with his family.
This was stated in a statement released by the command’s DSP Timfon John in Uyo.
The incident, according to the PPRO, took place on August 5, 2025, at around 12:10 am while the victim, his wife, and their children were sleeping in a church in the Ikot Oku Usung village, according to the preliminary report.
She claims that a gunshot was audible inside the church, and that Uko’s head had been later discovered to be shot in the head, which would indicate either a suicide or an attack.
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The statement read, “Akwa Ibom State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the suspected murder of a 45-year-old man, Mr. Udeme Sunday Uko, who was found in a pool of blood while sleeping with his family inside a church in the Ukanafun Local Government Area.
Concerned citizens who received the report from the victim’s wife sent the command an alert to the incident. A team of police officers arrived at the crime scene right away after receiving the information.
A locally produced pistol was recovered as an exhibit during the visit. Since then, the deceased’s corpse has been deposited at the Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
The Command assured the public that all necessary resources would be used to bring the perpetrators to justice despite the fact that the investigation was still in progress.
White House says Apple to invest billions in US manufacturing
Apple will pledge $100bn for manufacturing in the United States that will focus on building more jobs across the country, the White House has said.
The investment is expected to be announced on Wednesday.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Apple was likely to make an investment announcement on Wednesday, as he discussed the financial pledges made by companies and countries under US President Donald Trump.
“They’re moving here in droves. This is trillions and trillions of dollars of commitments for people to build new factories here. In fact, you’re likely to see one today from Apple,” Hassett said in an interview with Fox Business Network.
Hassett did not elaborate further.
The investment will help move key parts of the Cupertino, California-based tech giant’s supply chain to the US, Bloomberg News reported, but details on the specifics were sparse.
“Today’s announcement with Apple is another win for our manufacturing industry that will simultaneously help reshore the production of critical components to protect America’s economic and national security,” Assistant White House Press Secretary Taylor Rogers said in a statement.
The president is slated to make an announcement at 4:30pm in Washington (20:30 GMT), according to the White House, which gave no specifics about the deal with the tech giant.
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Apple said in February that it would spend $500bn in US investments in the next four years, which would include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and the addition of about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country.
Apple has many times pledged investments in the US in the last decade. In 2018, during Trump’s first term, the company pledged $350bn. In 2021, under former President Joe Biden, Apple announced a $430bn investment.
The investment comes after Trump warned that he would hit Apple with a 25 percent tariff if it did not move its manufacturing efforts to the US. Analysts have said such a shift is not realistic.
Dan Ives at Wedbush Securities said in a note that it would take at least five to 10 years to shift production to the US, meaning consumers would pay as much as $3,500 for an iPhone.
“We believe the concept of Apple producing iPhones in the US is a fairy tale that is not feasible,” Ives had previously said.
Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In April, Apple had announced plans to move to India the assembly of the majority of the phones it sells to the US by the end of next year in an effort to reduce its reliance on China as the trade war between the US and China heats up. But Trump’s ire has now shifted to India and he has slapped the country with a 50 percent tariff over imports of Russian oil. It’s not clear if the latest developments will impact Apple’s India plans.
Israeli settlers block Gaza-bound aid trucks
30 trucks from Jordan traveling to Gaza were delayed by Israeli settlers after they launched an aid convoy a second time in a row. ‘May Palestine’s name be wiped out’ chant settlers see on a video. Jordan blasted the assault and claimed that Israel had failed to stop repeated settler attacks.