Itamar Ben Gvir, the national security minister of Israel, filmed himself making up accusations of ‘terrorists’ against activists from the intercepted Gaza flotilla. The far-right minister has previously suggested that activists should be deported rather than imprisoned in a high-security facility.
Published On 3 Oct 2025
The first Friday morning of each month is typically greeted by a quiet hush around 8:30am Eastern time in the US [12:30 GMT] as everyone awaits the Labor Department’s crucial monthly jobs report, from Wall Street trading floors to the US Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices.
No details were made available on Friday regarding hiring in September as a result of the government shutdown.
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The lack of data is occurring at a time when Wall Street investors and the Federal Reserve would prefer to have more than less data on the economy. The economy is nearly halting as a result, which could depress it further. Consumers, especially those with higher incomes, are still spending, and some companies are increasing their investments in data centers creating artificial intelligence models. It’s still to be seen whether that will bring back hiring.
The jobs report has been delayed for the first time since a government shutdown in 2013. One of the several agencies that Congress had authorized to fund continued to operate during the 2018-2019 partial government shutdown was the Labor Department. Once the shutdown is over, September’s employment statistics will be made public.
Democrats have filed similar charges against the White House, while the administration of US President Donald Trump has blamed the administration for the shutdown.
Because the Democrats’ government shutdown has prevented the release of crucial economic data, “businesses, families, policymakers, markets, and even the Federal Reserve are flying blind at a crucial moment in America’s economic recovery,” according to White House spokesman Kush Desai.
Despite providing an unflattering picture of the economy, Trump has frequently trashed government jobs data . After the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that job gains in May and June were significantly lower than previously anticipated, he fired , the then-head of the organization.
For the time being, economists are turning to alternative survey tools provided by nonprofits and private-sector businesses. Most of those indicators indicate a job market with few hiring and few layoffs. People who work appear to be most secure, whereas those who seek work are having more difficult times.
For instance, payroll provider ADP reported on Wednesday  that its estimate showed the country lost a surprising 32, 000 private-sector jobs last month. According to ADP, jobs are lost in all businesses in the financial services, manufacturing, and construction sectors. Additionally, workers are lost at hotels and resorts as well as in industry sectors like accounting and engineering.
Only the sectors with the most employees, according to ADP, were those in the fields of healthcare, private education, and information technology.
The hiring trend has declined significantly over the past year, according to Chief Economist Nela Richardson of the ADP. This is in line with a low-hire, even no-hire, and low-fire economy.
The government isn’t making the weekly count of how many Americans have applied for unemployment benefits, a job-related proxy, that is released on Thursday as a result of the shutdown.
However, Goldman Sachs based its own estimates of unemployment claims on information from the majority of the states. According to a report released late on Thursday, weekly claims increased to 224, 000 from the previous week’s 218, 000. These are historically low numbers, which suggests that most of the workforce is still being held by businesses.
The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, released its monthly report on economic activity in the services sector, which covers roughly 90% of the economy and includes everything from banking to restaurants to retail stores to warehousing. The dividing line between shrinking and expanding is now 50, with the index down to 50 from 52. That indicates that last month’s activity in the services sector was unchanged.
According to the ISM survey, services businesses cut back on hiring for the fourth consecutive month, which suggests that job growth remained subdued last month.
Additionally, a new alternative measure it unveiled last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, on Thursday, released its monthly forecast of unemployment. According to the Chicago Fed, the unemployment rate remained at a record low of 4.3 percent as of September.
Published On 3 Oct 2025
Pro-Palestinian protesters reportedly demanded on Friday that Israel’s upcoming World Cup qualifier be postponed because of the Gaza war. They marched past the training facilities of the Italian football team.
The protest was a part of a nationwide strike that was protesting Israeli forces’ blocking of an aid flotilla.
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On October 14, Italy will host Israel in Udine. However, UEFA might consider suspending Israel because of the conflict. The squad will meet at the Florence Coverciano training facility on Monday, but the players were not there.
On the opposite side of the street from the football complex, protesters waved placards that read, “Let’s stop Zionism with the resistance” in Italian. How can you still permit Israel, a Zionist and criminal state, to play football games, yelled a protest leader who grabbed a microphone?
Since Wednesday night when the Israeli navy intercepted and detained the Global Sumud Flotilla, dozens of protests have erupted all over Italy.
After the largest unions in the country demanded a one-day general strike in solidarity with the Palestinians and the flotilla, workers and students took to the streets on Friday. Numerous private and public schools were closed, as were numerous domestic flights, and hundreds of trains were canceled or delayed.
Novak Djokovic defeated fellow veteran Marin Cilic 7-6 (7 / 4) 6-4 to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Friday, saying he had to “fire up all engines.”
The 38-year-old Serb is chasing a fifth title that will surpass all previous records in Shanghai, where he was greeted by adoring Chinese fans in cheers as he entered the stadium.
In an ATP Masters 1000 main draw match, Djokovic and Cilic’s combined age, which was 75 years and 139 days, was the oldest between two rivals.
After launching his title bid, Djokovic said, “I did enjoy it, but I also suffered a lot on the court.”
“It was a very close match,” he said. He continued, “He was probably the better player for the first set,” claiming that he needed to “fire up all engines.”
The first set was difficult, with Cilic’s best chance of breaking the 24-time Grand Slam champion coming in the eleventh game.
In the tiebreak, Djokovic appeared to be getting back on his feet, leading 7-2.
In the third game of the second set, the world number five broke the Croat and maintained his composure in the tension-tense 10th game to win with a final ace.
Djokovic claimed that Cilic and him both “performed like we were maybe 15 years younger.”
After playing for the first time since losing to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in the US Open semi-finals a month ago, Djokovic said, “We keep challenging each other, as well as the young guys on the tour.”
In the end, “you have to find a way to win,” according to the saying “Age doesn’t matter when you walk out on the court.”
Jannik Sinner, 14 years his junior, defeated Djokovic in the final last year.
On Saturday, Sinner will face German international Daniel Altmaier in a friendly game.
Taylor Fritz, the fourth-ranked player, also advanced to the next round but struggled to pass 52nd-ranked Fabian Marozsan 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/1).
In the sixth and eighth games, Fritz was broken by the Hungarian, and the American appeared hungry as he struggled to advance.
Read more about Djokovic’s participation in the Shanghai Masters in October.
In the eleventh game of the second set, he repeatedly hit his racket in frustration before missing his chance to defeat Marozsan.
However, he outperformed Marozsan in both the second and third set tiebreaks, wowing the late-night viewers.
He said, “I just told myself to keep fighting and keep working for it,” and ultimately, “I was just really fired up.”
Compatriot Ben Shelton, who had been defeated by 83rd-ranked David Goffin, became the first top-10 seed to be expelled from the game, not to mention being denied entry.
Shelton, 22, defeated the Belgian underdog 6-2, 6-4, to finish in sixth place in the world.
The US Open shoulder injury has been treated for the American.
However, Goffin has proven to be successful in sacking key players, having defeated Alcaraz in Miami in March.
Teenager learner Tien, who lost to Miomir Kecmanovic in the final of the China Open against Sinner on Wednesday, continued his recent excellent form by defeating the Serbian in the second round.
Alcaraz has withdrawn from Shanghai after defeating Fritz to win the Japan Open.
Before their weekend Premier League games, Manchester United and Manchester City will pay respects to the victims of the synagogue attack.
However, tributes to the incident that left two people dead and three others injured on Thursday won’t be regularly held in the Premier League or English Football League.
United players will observe a minute’s silence and wear black armbands before their Saturday game against Sunderland at Old Trafford, just as the women’s team did on Friday night when they played Chelsea in their Women’s Super League game.
Ruben Amorim, the manager of United men, stated at his news conference on Friday: “It is a crazy world we are living in right now, a lot of big things happened, we will pay tribute tomorrow.
Black armbands will also be worn by United’s under-21 and under-18 teams.
City and the Bees have agreed to hold a moment’s silence before kick-off, and they will also be wearing black armbands when they travel to Brentford on Sunday.
Brentford had already planned a memorial for Christopher Ramsey, the head of the academy, who passed away from bowel cancer on Wednesday.
Given the gravity of Thursday’s attack, Brentford have agreed to reduce the tribute from a minute’s applause to silence.
Women’s Manchester City will also pay their respects before Saturday’s WSL game against Arsenal.
Any club that wants to pay tribute will likely be supported by both the Premier League and the EFL.
The Premier League has since abandoned the idea of blanket silences for non-football issues despite supporting anti-discrimination initiatives for some time.
Following the Football Association’s announcement that Wembley’s arch would only be lit for entertainment and football under a new policy in November 2023, the new policy is now in effect.
Following the Hamas attacks on October 7 that resulted in 1,200 fatalities, the decision was made following criticism.
The Premier League, EFL, and FA were accused of “double standards” for holding memorials for the 50 victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks four years ago.