Brentford have agreed a club record deal worth up to £42.5m for Bournemouth forward Dango Ouattara.
The 23-year-old is set to travel to London on Friday to undergo a medical.
Sources close to Ouattara told BBC Sport he wanted to leave, having not had a prominent role at Vitality Stadium.
The Burkina Faso international scored nine goals in 37 appearances in all competitions for the Cherries last season.
Nottingham Forest previously held an interest in Ouattara, but they have agreed a £37.5m deal with Ipswich for England Under-21 winger Omari Hutchinson.
It remains unclear whether Ouattara’s arrival will pave the way for striker Yoane Wissa to leave the Bees.
On Thursday, Brentford boss Keith Andrews said Wissa would not play in their Premier League opener at Nottingham Forest on Sunday amid doubts about his future.
Strictly pro Nadiya Bychkova shared earlier this week that she had ended up in hospital amid rehearsals for the BBC show’s return and she’s since issued an update to fans
Strictly Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova has shared another update after her injury in rehearsals(Image: Ray Burmiston/BBC/PA Wire )
Professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova has shared an update after ending up in hospital amid Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals. She previously revealed that she had landed on her back in a fall during a training session this week.
It was announced on Tuesday that Nadiya, 35, had been in rehearsals in London for the new series of the BBC show that afternoon when she injured herself. Then, yesterday, she told fans that she’d got “the all-clear” at hospital and assured that she will be back on the dancefloor “soon”.
The pro has now issued another update ahead of returning to rehearsals for the show, which is expected to launch next month. It comes after a Strictly Come Dancing star pulls out of show as he makes career announcement.
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Strictly Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova issued a statement tonight in which she announced her return to rehearsals later this week(Image: @nadiyabychkova/Instagram)
Nadiya took to Instagram this evening with a message for her followers on the platform. She expressed gratitude for the support she’s received this week and revealed in the post that she will be back on the dancefloor tomorrow.
She wrote: “Hi everyone! I’ve had so many kind messages over the past 48 hours – thank you for your love and support. So many questions too so I just wanted to let you know that I had another scan today – just to check things over – and some more physio from the Strictly team and I’ll be back on that dancefloor tomorrow.”
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Nadiya concluded by saying that she’s looking forward to the new series. She wrote in her statement earlier: “I feel a lot more like myself today, can’t wait to be back with my [Strictly] family and looking forward for the new series.”
Earlier this week, a source revealed to the Mirror that Nadiya had injured herself during rehearsals. They said: “It looked pretty nasty and no-one was taking any chances. The Strictly crew rushed into action and she was stretchered out.”
It comes after she shared yesterday that she had ended up in hospital after landing on her back in a fall earlier this week(Image: INSTAGRAM)
A source close to Strictly said: “As a precaution, following a fall during rehearsals, Nadiya was taken to hospital for checks and is receiving full support from medical and welfare teams. Rehearsals continue and the Strictly team are in close contact with Nadiya.”
The following day, Nadiya shared details about the incident. Alongside a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed, she wrote yesterday: “Well… where do I start? What a 24 hours! Thank you so much for all the messages, love and support.
“I just wanted you to know that I am ok. I had a fall in training yesterday and landed on my back. I was really worried for a while and I was so thankful to the Strictly family and medical team who really looked after me. The staff at the hospital were so kind and caring.”
She added: “I’m smiling in the picture but it was really scary and there were a few tears as I had to lie still for hours but I was given the all-clear after an x-ray and allowed to go home.”
Nadiya then told her followers: “I’ve got some physio today but I will be back on that dance floor soon and I’ll be ready to shine and sparkle in the new series of the biggest show on TV. I can’t wait for you to see it. Keep dancing!”
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Air Canada, the country’s largest airline, started suspending flights on Thursday morning ahead of a potential strike by its flight attendants.
Hundreds of flights are expected to be cancelled by the end of the week if the flight attendants walk off their jobs as expected.
Air Canada and the flight attendants’ union have struggled to agree upon a deal that would increase compensation for the airline workers.
Here is what we know about the labour dispute and its potential consequences:
What is happening to Air Canada?
The Montreal-based airline has reached an impasse with the union representing more than 10,500 flight attendants in a dispute over compensation, despite eight months of negotiations. Both the company and the union have issued notices that disruptions to the airline’s services will begin on Saturday.
What services will be affected, and when?
Air Canada said it will reduce flights gradually over three days, starting with dozens of cancellations on Thursday and about 500 more by Friday evening. By 1am Toronto time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, all flights will be halted.
Cargo services will also be affected, but Air Canada Express regional flights will operate as usual, as they rely on contracts with other airlines.
However, these partners handle only about 20 percent of Air Canada’s daily passengers. Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, a subsidiary that offers low-cost flights, carry roughly 130,000 passengers a day.
In response to the walkout anticipated for early Saturday, Air Canada has announced its own “lockout”, a strategy that prevents employees from coming into work in order to force them to the negotiating table.
The airline has warned that once the lockout begins, about 1:30am Toronto time (05:30 GMT), it may not be able to quickly restore flights.
Mark Nasr, the chief operations officer for Air Canada, explained that a restart, “under the best circumstances, will take a full week to complete”.
Following the arrest of 93 suspected internet fraudsters at a hotel within the precincts of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) will tomorrow, Friday, August 15, 2025, arraign 23 of the suspects before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to a statement by the EFCC’s head of media and publicity, Dele Oyewale, in their profiling, almost all the suspects arrested have been indicted for alleged offences bordering on impersonation, identity, and internet fraud.
The arraignment of the suspects, scheduled in batches, is coming on the heels of their arrest at a pool party where they were celebrating.
The EFCC said its intelligence report gathered that the party was initially planned to hold in two locations, but was shifted to the hotel in OOPL to escape possible arrest by operatives of the commission.
The agency said the planners got wind of the commission’s intelligence and scampered to the OOPL, expecting a sort of covering from arrest.
“The former president’s facility was not a target of EFCC’s operations. The suspects were the targets and have confessed to their involvement in internet crimes.
Ronnie O’Sullivan fought back from 5-3 down to beat Kyren Wilson 6-5 as he reached the Saudi Arabia Masters semi-finals.
Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan made breaks of 88 and 116 to establish an early 2-1 lead before Wilson – who won the recent Shanghai Masters having beaten the 49-year-old at the same stage – knocked in four half centuries to move within a frame of victory in the best-of-11 encounter.
But ‘The Rocket’, who has not won a ranking event for 19 months and has barely played competitively since January, compiled breaks of 110 and 118 as he reeled off the next three frames to triumph from behind for a second consecutive match.
O’Sullivan will face Chris Wakelin in the semi-finals of a tournament which offers a £500,000 top prize and is regarded as snooker’s ‘fourth major’ by organisers.
“It was a tough match and I had to rely on Kyren to make a few mistakes,” said O’Sullivan.
“I felt OK all night but I am still not playing enough good shots consecutively. I throw in some bad ones. I can use my experience, be patient and make it hard for my opponent.
“I get treated very well here, so to do well in this tournament was a big ambition. Now I’m in the semis, I’d like to do even better. We both had great support tonight from the fans, they were cheering my name at the end.
“I guess they remember seeing me when I was young and now I’m nearly 50, so they know I won’t be around for much longer and they want to see me play well towards the end of my career.”
Wakelin followed up his 6-5 win over current world champion Zhao Xintong by defeating his fellow Englishman Barry Hawkins by the same scoreline.
The 33-year-old is now guaranteed £100,000, the largest amount he has earned from one tournament.
Hawkins became the latest victim of snooker’s so-called ‘Ding Curse’. On each of the past 22 occasions that Ding Junhui has lost in a tournament, the player to knock him out – in this case Hawkins – has lost in the next round.
Meanwhile, Elliot Slessor overcame a former Crucible winner in a deciding frame for a third consecutive day as he advanced past Mark Williams.
The administration of United States President Donald Trump is in talks with Intel to have the US government potentially take a stake in the chipmaker.
Intel’s shares surged more than 7 percent in regular trading and then another 2.6 percent after the bell on Thursday, following Bloomberg News’ initial report of the potential deal, which cited people familiar with the plan.
It is unclear what size stake the federal government will take, but Bloomberg reports that the deal will help “shore up” a planned factory in Ohio that has been delayed.
The plan stems from a meeting this week between Trump and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the report said.
Tan also met Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
“The meeting was a very interesting one,” Trump said on Truth Social on Monday, adding that his cabinet members and Tan are going to spend time together and bring suggestions to him during the next week.
The meeting came after Trump publicly demanded the resignation of Tan over his past investments in Chinese tech companies, some linked to the Chinese military.
Intel declined to comment on the report but said it was deeply committed to supporting Trump’s efforts to strengthen US technology and manufacturing leadership.
“Discussion about hypothetical deals should be regarded as speculation unless officially announced by the administration,” said White House spokesman Kush Desai.
The details of the stake and price are still being discussed, according to the report.
Struggling business
Any agreement and potential cash infusion will help the years-long efforts to turn around the company’s fortunes. Once the undisputed leader in chip manufacturing, Intel has lost its position in recent years.
The chipmaker’s stock market value has plummeted to $104bn from $288bn in 2020.
Intel’s profit margins – once the envy of the industry – are also at about half their historical highs.
Tan has been tasked to undo years of missteps that left Intel struggling to make inroads in the booming AI chip industry dominated by Nvidia, while investment-heavy contract manufacturing ambitions led to heavy losses.
Any agreement would likely help Intel build out its planned chip complex in Ohio, Bloomberg reported.
Intel’s planned $28bn chip fabrication plants in Ohio have been delayed, with the first unit now slated for completion in 2030 and operations to begin between 2030 and 2031, pushing the timeline back by at least five years.
Taking a stake in Intel would mark the latest move by Trump, a Republican, to deepen the government’s involvement in the US chip industry, seen as a vital security interest to the country.
