In their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final against India in Navi Mumbai, Phoebe Litchfield scored 119 runs off 93 balls, leaving Australia with a score of 180-2 after 27 overs.
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Although Ariana Grande has a history of image transformation, her debut this week has come as a big surprise to her fans. The 32-year-old actress is still working on her new film Wicked: For Good, which is scheduled to be released next month, but her transformation indicates that she is almost at the end of her Glinda days.
Ariana poses for a brand-new social media photo, sporting long, cascade-descendant waves down her shoulders while sporting newly colored brunette hair. The singer-turned-actress has been donning a slick-back ponytail for three years, but this new look transports her fans to her pre-Wicked days, when she preferred brunette color and glamorous waves.
Ariana captions the snap, Isn’t it nice to see me, isn’t it? playing on a well-known quote from her movie alter-ego, Glinda. And as you’d expect, the makeover caused quite the fan frenzy, despite comments being limited to her friends.
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While her sister Frankie wrote, “Yes, it is my sister,” one of her pals wrote, “Ahhhh brown hair is back.”
Another person said, “I wasn’t ready for this!!!” with the phrase “A thousand times YES!” a fourth participant in the fun.
Francesco De Chiara, Ariana’s hair stylist, shared a look at her new hair on his social media accounts, saying, “From this to this, a new chapter has begun!” “along with a photo of her blonde hair above one of her new brunette tresses.”
Fans of the Eternal Sunshine singer’s past performances are delighted to see a glimpse of the pre-Wicked Ari, but it’s not clear whether this brunette hairstyle is a permanent step back to her roots or whether it’s a quick trip back to the dark for a new project Ariana has on the cards.
After Jack Welsby was axed from Shaun Wane’s 19-man matchday squad, AJ Brimson will make his England debut at full-back against Australia in Liverpool on Saturday.
Harry Smith, a half-back for Wigan, was recalled after missing the first Test, along with Morgan Smithies, a former Warriors player from Canberra.
With the departures of second row John Bateman and prop Ethan Havard, Kallum Watkins also joins the squad. According to what it is known, Bateman has been having health issues.
Brimson, who was born in Brisbane and graduated from London with his mother, changed allegiances earlier this year.
Smith was left out of the squad for last Saturday’s first Test because Wane chose Mikey Lewis and George Williams as the half-back pairing after playing in the previous six England games before the Australia series.
Lewis and Williams will make up the matchday squad for the Kangaroos at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium, from which Wane will choose 17 players. Live on BBC One, the game begins at 14:30 GMT.
With Lindsay Collins joining the starting lineup after Isaah Yeo was ruled out due to a concussion, and captain Isaah Yeo was made to change, according to head coach Kevin Walters’ announcement on Tuesday.
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Following the 26-6 defeat in London, Wane had promised to rebuild his side.
He continued, “I had to make some changes to the side that lost last week at Wembley, and I did so.”
The beauty of having such a strong squad is that we are bringing some seriously talented players into the side for this weekend’s game, but the truth is that we simply need to be better this time around.
Welsby, a renowned Super League player and stalwart for England in recent seasons, is undoubtedly the most well-known casualty of those changes.
After facing off against Angus Crichton in the second row to score Australia’s second try, the St Helens full-back was criticized for his performance.
The Canberra Raiders won the NRL Minor Premiership this season while Wane looks to bolster his squad with the abrasive Smithies.
Matty Lees, his former Wigan teammate, made 73 yards between them on Saturday from 11 carries.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is home to six opposition members from the House of Representatives.
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Five Enugu State lawmakers are among them, and Governor Peter Mbah witnessed their defection at the green chamber.
Obetta Chidi, Anayo Onwuegbu, Dennis Agbo, Martins George, Nnaji Nnolim, and Daniel Asama, all of whom left the Plateau State, are the defectors.
Two weeks after Governor Mbah dumped the PDP for the APC, the Enugu lawmakers defected.
The governor defended his choice to switch camps during a state-wide broadcast to the state’s citizens, claiming that it was necessary to link the south-eastern state with the state’s population.
Every person has a moment when they must make a bold choice to choose their destiny.
We have made the decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress today, he declared after a thorough analysis.
In the ruling APC, Governor Umo Eno and seven House members from opposing parties in Akwa Ibom State joined in July.
Unyime Idem, Martins Esin, Paul Ekpo, Uduak Odudoh, Okpolu Etteha, Bassey Okon, and Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo joined the APC as lawmakers.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has instructed the armed forces to confront any further Israeli incursion in the country’s south after Israeli forces crossed their shared border and killed a municipal worker during an overnight raid.
The pivotal announcement was made on Thursday after days of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory in near-daily Israeli violations of a ceasefire that went into effect in November.
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The Lebanese forces, unlike the armed group Hezbollah, have generally stayed on the sidelines of the conflict with Israel. But Aoun, a former commander of the Lebanese army, appears to have finally lost his patience with the Israeli-forced status quo.
Aoun ordered the army to “confront any Israeli incursion into liberated southern territory, in defence of Lebanese territory and the safety of citizens”, during a meeting with Brigadier General Rodolphe Haykal, according to a statement from the presidency.
The order came just hours after Israeli soldiers entered the border town of Blida and stormed the town hall, killing municipal worker Ibrahim Salameh, who had been sleeping there, the state-owned National News Agency (NNA) reported.
مراسلة «الأخبار»: استشهاد موظف بلدية بليدا، إبراهيم سلامة، برصاص قوة إسرائيلية توغلت فجر اليوم لأكثر من ألف متر داخل الأراضي اللبنانية واقتحمت مركز البلدية، حيث كان يبيت في إحدى غرفه. بقيت القوة داخل المبنى نحو ساعتين وأطلقت عدة رشقات نارية أصابت سلامة، وألحقت أضراراً في جدران… pic.twitter.com/63BsFGxisx
Translation: Al-Akhbar report: Martyrdom of Blida Municipality employee Ibrahim Salameh by gunfire from an Israeli force that infiltrated more than a thousand metres [0.6 miles] into Lebanese territory at dawn today and stormed the municipality centre, where he was staying overnight in one of its rooms. The force remained inside the building for about two hours and fired several bursts of gunfire that struck Salameh, causing damage to the centre’s walls and contents.
Village residents quoted by NNA said the raid lasted several hours and Israeli forces withdrew at dawn.
The Israeli military confirmed its forces had operated in Blida overnight, saying they opened fire after identifying “an immediate threat” during an operation to destroy infrastructure held by Hezbollah but did not provide evidence. The incident was under review, it added.
It was not immediately clear whether Salameh had been deliberately targeted and, if so, why he would be.
Aoun condemned the attack as part of a pattern of Israeli aggression and said it was launched shortly after a meeting of the committee monitoring the cessation of hostilities.
He urged the committee to go beyond recording violations and to press Israel to abide by the November 27 ceasefire and halt its breaches of Lebanese sovereignty.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the incursion as “a blatant attack on the institutions and sovereignty of the Lebanese state”.
Lebanon’s army has deployed to the area but did not provide details of the operation. The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said it was seeking more information on the incident.
Aoun’s orders for the army to confront Israeli incursions have been welcomed by Hezbollah, which said it urged full support for the army.
Hezbollah, created during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and occupation of the south, has been the main regional resistance to Israel in the last few decades, harrying Israel out of Lebanon in 2000, fighting a 2006 war to a deadlock but then suffering huge losses in the hostilities that began in 2023 and the subsequent war that saw its top leaders killed.
The NNA also reported that Israeli forces carried out air strikes on the areas of Mahmoudiyeh and Jarmak in southern Lebanon. No information was immediately available regarding the casualties or damage inflicted. The Israeli military issued a statement saying it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure.
Meanwhile, in the capital, Beirut, residents heard the loud buzz of an Israeli Hermes 450 drone, used for surveillance but also capable of carrying multiple deadly payloads.
Israel’s violations of the airspace above Beirut are common and over the past week have become an almost daily occurrence.
Israel has repeatedly bombarded Lebanon, violating the November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities that escalated into months of full-blown war with Hezbollah. In October alone, Israeli strikes have killed more than 20 people in Lebanon, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health.
As part of last year’s ceasefire, Israeli troops were to withdraw from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah was to pull back north of the Litani River and dismantle any military infrastructure in the south.
According to the agreement, only the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers are to be deployed in southern Lebanon, but Israel still occupies five positions in southern Lebanon.
Under pressure from the United States and fearing an escalation of Israeli strikes, the Lebanese government has moved to begin disarming Hezbollah, which has said it will not lay down its weapons.
Lebanese officials believe Israel’s near-daily strikes aim to prevent any reconstruction in the war-ravaged south.
Israel’s attacks around the Middle East haven’t ceased with the recent ceasefire in Gaza, which itself continues to be bombarded by the Israeli military.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli forces have launched airstrikes on Mahmoudiyeh and Jarmak. The Israeli strikes are the most recent of Israel’s nearly daily violations of the US-brokered ceasefire, which first started in November and involved Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Published On 30 Oct 2025