In the opening game of the “Fall Classic,” Addison Barger hit the first grand slam by a pinch-hitter in World Series history to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Blue Jays won the game 11-4 with the help of an anticipatory crowd that had poured into Toronto’s Rogers Center for their first World Series game since 1993.
In the best-of-seven series, their American League foes drew first blood, and Shohei Ohtani’s home run was all that could save the defending champions’ blushes.
In the second inning, the Dodgers took a first-inning lead over Teoscar Hernandez before Will Smith followed suit with Mookie Betts.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Toronto’s Daulton Varsho hit a two-run homer to center field to tie the game at 2-2.
After hitting Varsho with a pitch to load the bases with no outs, the Dodgers’ starting pitcher Blake Snell took the ball and caused the sixth-inning rout.
For the first time in a while, Ernie Clement singled off reliever Emmet Sheehan, who had given Toronto the lead. Sheehan then followed with a run, and Andres Gimenez scored on a line drive to make it 5-2.
After Sheehan’s grand slam and Anthony Banda’s on-base substitution, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts put together a pair of runs to make it 11-2.
In the seventh inning, Ohtani showed improvement with a two-run shot, but it was too late for the National League champions.
Before the Dodgers traded Ohtani from the Angels to the Dodgers, Toronto made an attempt to sign him, but the new owners chanted, “We don’t need him”! as he once more attacked in the ninth minute.
Claudia Winkleman, the wife of Kris Thykier, and their three children, live in central London in her Grade II-listed townhouse.
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When not dancing on Strictly Come Dancing, Claudia Winkleman’s chic city home is the perfect retreat for the presenter.
The actress, who made it known this week that she will be leaving Strictly with Tess Daly, lives in a Grade II-listed townhouse in central London with her husband Kris Thykier and their three children, Jake, Matilda, and Arthur. Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, according to the family’s rumor, are neighbors.
Claudia, 53, prefers to keep her family a secret, but she occasionally provides fans with a glimpse into their lavish home life on Instagram. The mother-of-three has a chic Scandi-inspired taste in interiors, with a palette of neutral colors throughout the walls and furnishings, according to photos of the posh pad, which is situated in one of London’s wealthiest neighborhoods close to Marble Arch.
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An impressive bookcase stretches from the carpet right up to the ceiling in Claudia’s living room. Her Scandi-style decor, which is renowned for its simplicity, minimalism, and functionality, is perfectly complemented by the soothing sage green paint on the walls.
Claudia is seen wearing face masks in a video created for Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2020. She supports the space’s serene and cool vibe against the cream wood-panelled walls.
Sali Hughes, a co-host of Strictly and renowned make-up artist, is pictured sitting in the bathtub while recording an interview in a different photo than the one she posted in 2017. Her bathroom has a standalone bathtub with elegant silver fixtures, as well as white marble floors and walls.
The Traitors presenter’s kitchen features elaborately adorned marble slabs with subtle gray accents, while exhibiting enormous, backlit marble slabs. She can also choose organic produce from a cutting-edge refrigerator when preparing a bite after a long day filming.
A fashionable jute carpet encircles the whitewashed staircase, leading to a large, lush balcony that the celebrity household can only access through.
Claudia previously described her home as “I can leave my house at 4am to buy a kebab, rent a movie, and get some shampoo.” My favorite things are our tortoise, Yoshi, and my shower. “
Mirrors are probably the only thing you won’t notice in the stylish townhouse, despite the property’s apparent abundance of everything the presenter needs. Eve Pollard, a former newspaper editor, taught her daughter that focusing on one’s appearance was a “waste of time,” and that she forbade the use of mirrors throughout the house.
I advised her to focus on the long-term factors that matter most, such as intelligence, wit, and character, rather than looking in the mirror. I tried to give her the best example I could in that regard. “
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Claudia explained her distinctive appearance, which has drawn comparisons to rock legend Alice Cooper, by revealing that she was raised by my mother, who is the strongest and most brilliant person I’ve ever come across.
The Caribbean has become a new battlefield as a result of US President Donald Trump’s campaign against “narcoterrorists.”
Since August, Washington has deployed thousands of troops, warships and aircraft across the region, and reopened military bases in Puerto Rico and conducted drills, in what analysts describe as the largest US presence in Latin America in decades.
Six people were killed on board the most recent attack, which the US launched on Venezuelan boats in September, claiming they were attempting to sell drugs to the US. Trump made it known last week that he had authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela and that he was even considering launching a land attack.
However, on Thursday, Trump denied that all this amounts to a declaration of war on Venezuela.
He said, “Well, I don’t think we’re going to necessarily request a declaration of war.”
“I believe we will simply kill those who enter our country with drugs,” he said. OK? Trump declared, “We’re going to kill them.”
The US has attacked how many Venezuelan boats?
The US military has carried out at least ten deadly strikes on vessels off Venezuela’s coast, and in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean since September 2, marking the most intense American military activity in Latin America since the US invasion of Panama in 1989.
At least 43 people have died in the operations, which were carried out by US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), according to Trump and senior defense officials’ statements.
According to information collected by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), the map below shows the approximate locations of at least six of these attacks. Most of these attacks occurred close to the Venezuelan coast and in international waters – raising questions about the legality of the US’s use of force, especially when no imminent threat was present.
Describe SOUTHCOM.
One of the 11 unified combatant commands of the US Department of War (renamed US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from the Department of Defense, it is headquartered in Doral, Florida. It oversees operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, including the defence of the Panama Canal.
Other than the other ten commands, North America (NORTHCOM), Europe (EUCOM), Africa (AFRICOM), the Middle East (CENTCOM), the Indo-Pacific (INDOPACOM), and other countries have global responsibilities like nuclear deterrence (STRATCOM), strategic logistics (TRANSCOM), and Special Operations forces worldwide (SOCOM).
SOUTHCOM’s stated goal is to stop drug trafficking into the US, but its growing presence near Venezuela has been viewed as a sign of Trump’s strategic interest in the area.
What military assets have been deployed?
The army’s size is significant, with ready-to-deploy expeditionary forces, US naval and air assets, and special operations units.
Alex Gatopoulos, Al Jazeera’s defense editor, stated: “This is already the biggest acquisition of US military assets in the area in decades.” The present force is oriented for land attack and not for counter-narcotics operations.
Expeditionary forces
The US presence in the Caribbean is anchored in the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). This group of Navy ships carrying marines, vehicles and helicopters, named after the famous World War II battle of Iwo Jima, is designed to land on a shore quickly, often in emergencies or combat situations.
4, 500 sailors and marines, including 2, 200 marines who have been trained for amphibious assault and rapid response missions, are housed in the expeditionary force, which includes the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and the USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28).
Additionally, the group conducted live-fire drills on board the Iwo Jima and amphibious landing drills off St. Croix, the largest US Virgin Islands, a significant US forces training base.
Naval assets
Additionally, several naval assets are used to boost the fleet. In a significant increase in its military presence, the US announced late on Friday that it would send an aircraft carrier strike group to Latin America.
A spokesperson for the US military said that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald Ford and five destroyers in its accompanying strike group to deploy to the region.
10 major warships and several support vessels, more than the region’s typical assigned number, were present in the SOUTHCOM task force as of September 25. Four combatants on the ground and a submarine equipped with Tomahawk long-range missiles are among them.
The destroyers, USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), USS Stockdale (DDG-106) and USS Gravely (DDG-107), are multi-role warships armed with Tomahawk land-attack missiles as well as advanced anti-air and anti-submarine systems. In order to halt Houthi attacks in the area, all three were reportedly deployed to the Red Sea in 2024.
On September 2, 2025, the US Navy’s USS Sampson (DDG 102) makes its way to Panama City’s Amador International Cruise Terminal. ]Martin Bernetti/AFP]
A nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, the USS Newport News (SSN-750) complements them with capabilities for strikes, antiship and antisubmarine operations, intelligence, reconnaissance, and special operations.
Additionally, the US Coast Guard and a number of non-combatant support ships are present.
Air assets
Some of the most cutting-edge aircraft in the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force are deployed under SOUTHCOM.
According to Gatopoulos, “added to the various deployments” have been the intimidation strategies of flying strategic bombers close to Venezuelan airspace. “The B-52 is designed to destroy land-based targets, from a distance, usually using long-range cruise missiles.
These heavy bombers can fly at altitudes of up to 50, 000 feet (15, 000 metres) and carry cruise missiles or nuclear-capable weapons. They also monitor ocean waves, target ships, and lay mines in support of naval operations.
The B-1 strategic bomber’s goal is to launch 37 tons of weapons into its target’s airspace. Neither jet is in any way useful for stopping drug-smuggling. According to Gatopoulos, President Trump’s public announcement to the CIA to launch operations in Venezuela and this indicate that they have a very different goal in mind, which is to destabilize the Maduro government.
The most recent development, Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group’s Caribbean order, further strengthens this theory. The Carrier group is immensely powerful, bringing with it 75+ fighter jets, helicopters and early warning aircraft. Three missile destroyers, each with a lot of firepower, will accompany the USS Ford as they attempt to attack targets deep inside Venezuela.
A joint air drill with the South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images on April 14, 2023 saw the flight of two US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers flying with the South Korean Air Force F-35A (L) and US Air Force F-16 fighter jets.
There are also at least 10 F-35 stealth fighters – highly versatile jets which can strike, fight and gather intelligence while remaining hard to detect by radar.
On October 15, 2025, an Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber and a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft fly over the US Southern Command’s area of responsibility.
With a range of 1, 851 kilometers (1, 150 miles), and speeds up to 370 km/h (230 mph), MQ-9 Reaper drones are remotely piloted for precision strikes and surveillance. They can carry up to 16 Hellfire missiles, allowing them to strike multiple targets in a single mission.
The heavy-lift helicopter CH-53E Super Stallions move troops and other supplies from ship to shore. Before returning to the base, they can carry a cargo of 16 tons 80 kilometers (50 miles).
Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion’s (LCAC) unload equipment onto the beach as US Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys and CH-53 Super Stallions fly overhead during the America’s Marines 250 event at Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach on October 18, 2025, in Oceanside, California]Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP]
P-8 Poseidon patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, MH-60 Seahawk helicopters, AC-130J gunships, and other types of air defense and support.
troops and special forces
SOUTHCOM’s special operations component consists of MH-60 Black Hawks and AH-MH-6 Little Bird helicopters for troop insertion and reconnaissance. The deployment’s MC Ocean Trader serves as these units’ mobile forward base.
As part of US-Philippines joint military exercises on May 3, 2025 in Aparri, Cagayan province, the Philippines [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
About 10, 000 troops have also been sent to the US territory of Puerto Rico, while the White House has authorised the CIA to carry out covert operations inside Venezuela.
Venezuela’s response: how?
In what Washington perceived as a highly provocative act, two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over the USS Jason Dunham on September 4. In response, the US deployed 10 F-35B fighters and two MQ-9 Reapers to Puerto Rico.
Venezuela held extensive naval and air exercises on September 17 while President Nicolas Maduro mandated the mobilization of the Bolivarian militia, a reserve force that makes up Venezuela’s armed forces, and demanded the donations of millions of volunteers to defend the nation’s sovereignty.
During a rally to mark Indigenous Resistance Day on October 12, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro greets his supporters.
Kim Jong Un, a senior US official, confirmed that Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to South Korea next week despite rumors that the US president might have had the opportunity to do so while he is in Asia.
“The president has, of course, indicated that he is open to speaking with Kim Jong Un in the future. The senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters in a Friday call that it was against the schedule for this trip.
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President Trump stated to reporters before heading for Asia late on Friday night that he wanted to meet Kim, but he was unsure whether or not it would happen.
Trump reportedly made reference to the North Korean leader by saying, “He knows I’m going there.”
Trump stated in a later interview with Kim aboard Air Force One that he would be “always ready to go.” Kim Jong Un and I get along very well.
Trump said to me, “He knows I’m going there,” when I asked about meeting with Kim Jong Un in Asia. https://t.co/zqkyELOsol
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum minister in Gyeongju next week had earlier stated earlier on Friday that he thought there was a “considerable” chance that Trump would meet Kim.
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young told reporters, “North Korea appears to be paying attention to the United States, and various indicators (…) suggest a significant possibility of a meeting,” before urging the two leaders to refrain from allowing the opportunity to “slip away.”
Chung, whose ministry oversees Seoul’s tense relations with Pyongyang, said, “I don’t want to miss even a one-percent chance.”
He said, “They must make a decision.”
Trump and Kim’s meeting appears less likely now, but the White House confirmed on Thursday that he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before his multi-day trip to Southeast Asia returns to the US.
This weekend, Trump will begin his trip to Malaysia, where he will take part in the ASEAN summit.
In Malaysia, Sanae Takaichi, the new prime minister of Japan, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the president of South Africa, and Cyril Ramaphosa will be among the other prominent leaders from non-ASEAN nations.
“Favorable memories”
During Trump’s first term as president, the two leaders met three times, with both leaders saying they wanted to meet again in the future.
Kim stated last month that he was willing to talk with the US if Washington stops requesting that China give up its nuclear weapons program.
Trump’s comments were also made by the North Korean leader, who added, “Personally, I still have fond memories of US President Trump.”
Kim’s comments follow Trump’s and Lee Jae Myung’s statements that both their North Korean counterparts would like to meet at a White House meeting in August.
I’ll see him someday, I promise. I’m anxious to meet him. Trump claimed at the time that he knew Kim, whose family has ruled North Korea for three generations, “better than anyone, almost, except his sister.”
Lee, who has long expressed his support for the thawing of ties with his nation’s northern neighbor, stated at the same meeting that he hoped the US would “build a Trump Tower” in North Korea so that I can play golf there.
The newlyweds and other guests had the opportunity to unwind during cocktail hour, which was followed by a private dinner, following the ceremony at the world-renowned Chelsea Hotel in New York City.
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For Carly and Cole, the hardest part was picking a wedding planner. (Image: PA)
Carly Rae Jepsen has tied the knot with music producer Cole M.G.N. during an intimate ceremony.
Their opulent wedding took place in New York City’s Chelsea Hotel earlier this month. The singer, 39, announced her engagement to Vogue on October 4 with just 100 guests.
The actress, who is renowned for hits like Call Me Maybe and I Really Like You, wed in the hotel’s Bard Room, where her aunt and uncle officiated the ceremony. Rufus Wainwright, a singer-songwriter, was just a few of the guests who were present.
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Carly stated in a Vogue interview that “the energy was only light and joyful.” Walking down the aisle, she continued, “felt like a fever dream between the bright baby blue of the background, the wildflowers that surrounded us, and the intimate lighting.”
Nothing will match the moment we first opened our eyes, and let’s be honest, we couldn’t see anyone else during the first half of the ceremony.
After a cocktail hour and a small dinner, the newlyweds and other guests had the opportunity to unwind.
Carly recalled their special day by saying, “Looking back.” It exceeded both of our wildest dreams in every way. We felt very connected throughout the entire experience, which was very important to us. We even had a few special songs engraved on the DJ’s setlist to ensure that when we heard those songs, no matter where we were right now, we would immediately find each other.
On Friday, Carly uploaded some photos from her wedding day to Instagram and wrote, “Husband.” That sounds good, I suppose. October in New York City. 4th. Favorite day in my life. “Fans emailed the comment section with their best wishes.
One fan wrote, “I’m so happy for you and your husband, thank you for sharing a look at your special day with us,” and another, “Absolute perfection!” A true fairytale love you, according to celebrities, including the official Jedward account, and Cole himself even said, “I love you so much.
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When Carly and Cole were collaborating on her album The Loveliest Time in 2023, they first met in a songwriting session in 2021. The two lovers struck up a romance and started dating the following year, though.
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After posing for the big picture in Umbria, Italy, in September 2024, Cole proposed in the hotel Castello di Reschio, and they are now legally married.
A day before the race he is vying for will begin early voting, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered an emotional address about “racist, baseless attacks” from his rivals.
Mamdani criticized his opponents for bringing “hatred to the forefront” on Friday, pointing out that close to one million Muslims live in New York, and that their Islamophobia affects him as the Democratic nominee for mayor.
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“To expect indignity in New York is to be Muslim, but it does not distinguish us.” Many New Yorkers are confronted by it. Less than two weeks before the November 4 general election, Mamdani said in his speech that it is the tolerability of that injustice that does.
While Mamdani, a member of the New York State Assembly right now, tried to focus his campaign on his main point of affordability, his opponents have recently demonstrated that “Islamophobia has emerged as one of the few areas of agreement.”
His speech came a day after Sid Rosenberg, a former governor of New York State, joked that Mamdani “would be cheering” if another September 11 attack took place.
Cuomo, who lost to Mamdani in the Democratic Party’s primary election in June, agreed with Rosenberg, saying, “That’s another issue.”
CAIR Action’s executive director, Basim Elkarra, described Cuomo’s appearance on the radio program as “despicable, dangerous, and disqualifying.”
Cuomo has crossed a moral line, Elkarra claimed, by agreeing with a racist radio host who claimed a Muslim elected official would “applaud” another September 11.
Cuomo’s willingness to make this kind of hate speech, on this kind of platform, he said, exemplifies his personality as a leader who prefers to stoke fear than unite people, he said.
On Friday, Mamdani claimed that Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa had “slandered” him because he “supported global jihad” on the debate stage, and that he had also been “smoked” by Super Political Action Committee advertisements that “imply that I am a terrorist or mock the way I eat.”
He also shared his memories of his “aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab,” a staff member who had the “word terrorist spray painted” on their garage, as well as the advice he had received that he “did not have to tell people” he was Muslim if he wanted to win elections.
On the eve of early voting, the top Democrat supports Mamdani.
Hakeem Jeffries, the representative of New York’s eighth congressional district, which includes East Flatbush, Coney Island, and Brownsville, the leader of the Democratic Party in the US House of Representatives, gave Mamdani a long-awaited endorsement earlier on Friday.
While Mamdani has gotten top Democrats’ endorsements, including those from New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and independent Senator Bernie Sanders, she has struggled to win over other prominent New York Democrats, including Senator Chuck Schumer.
Mamdani resoundingly won the Democratic Party’s primary election to choose its candidate for the general election back in June despite some establishment figures’ reluctance.
After resigning from the race, Democrat incumbent mayor Eric Adams, who did not run in the primary after facing allegations of corruption, endorsed Cuomo this week.
With the support of 43.2 percent of voters, Mamdani is clearly ahead of his rivals, according to a recently released poll from AARP and Gotham Polling and Analytics.
Cuomo and Sliwa lead the pack, followed by him with 29% and Sliwa with 19%, while 8.4% said they were unsure of their choice or preferred a different candidate.
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