Sarah Mullally, the first woman to hold the position in the Church’s most senior office, will be appointed as Canterbury’s next archbishop, according to the Church of England.
As well as facing a Communion divided over issues like the acceptance of same-sex couples and the role of women in the Church, Mullally, 63, will lead 85 million Anglicans worldwide.
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Justin Welby, who resigned last year as a result of a child abuse cover-up scandal, is now in Mullally’s place.
The new archbishop addressed congregants at Canterbury Cathedral on Friday for the first time and expressed her appreciation for the world’s hope in a difficult time.
Mullally argued that her first duty is to spread Christ’s message, but she also used her speech to address issues in the UK, including migration and the deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue on Thursday that left two people dead.
According to Mullally, “We are witnessing hatred that rises through divisions across our communities.”
“I am aware that those who suffer are drawn nearer to the God who is with us.” Then, as a Church, we have a responsibility to stand up for antisemitism in all its manifestations. She continued, “We cannot tolerate hatred and racism of any kind.”
Sarah Mullally, the UK’s new archbishop of Canterbury-designate, addresses the news of her appointment at Canterbury Cathedral in south-east England.
Due to her gender, Mullally’s appointment received criticism from traditional African Anglican churches.
Bishops from Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda were included in the Global Anglican Future Conference, which claimed Mullally’s appointment would “promote unbiblical and revisionist teachings regarding marriage and sexual morality.”
The majority of the Anglican Communion still believes that the Bible calls for a male-only episcopacy, according to the Reverend Laurent Mbanda in a statement for the organization.
The evangelical branch of the Church of England called for a stop to what it termed a “detour from scripture.”
Mullally has previously advocated for same-sex couples receiving blessings. She has been bishop of London since 2018.
Mullally received the Vatican’s congratulations and best wishes. Mullally’s nomination was approved by King Charles III, who congratulated him.
Who: Chelsea vs Liverpool What: English Premier League Where: Stamford Bridge in London, United Kingdom When: Saturday, October 3, at 5:30pm (16:30 GMT) How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 11:15 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.
Premier League champions Liverpool travel to Chelsea after a rare barren run under Arne Slot.
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The Dutchman led the Reds to their record-equalling title win last season – his first since replacing the popular Jurgen Klopp – but a recent blip has led to questions as to whether the club’s transition between managers will be more noticeable this term.
Chelsea, meantime, are hoping to build on their FIFA Club World Cup victory earlier this year, but have not had the smoothest start to the season themselves.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at the pick of the weekend’s Premier League fixtures.
What is Chelsea’s take on the visit of Liverpool?
Liverpool’s back-to-back losses over the last week have shown that they are vulnerable, but that will not make this weekend’s Premier League clash with the champions any easier for Chelsea, the London-based club’s manager Enzo Maresca said on Friday.
Leaders Liverpool started the league campaign with five straight wins but lost at Crystal Palace last Saturday, before a defeat away to Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Chelsea, who have lost their last two games in the top-flight and sit eighth in the table, seven points adrift of Liverpool, will look to build on the momentum from Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win over Benfica at Stamford Bridge.
“There is a vulnerability about any team in the world, not just Liverpool. But if a team wins every game, it is impossible to catch them. Now, they lost one or two games. That shows vulnerability,” Maresca told a news conference before Saturday’s home game.
“I don’t think now it is better to play Liverpool. It is always a tough game, always a big team.”
Do Chelsea have a disciplinary problem?
Red cards have plagued Chelsea, with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez dismissed five minutes into the 2-1 defeat at Manchester United and Trevoh Chalobah being sent off in last weekend’s 3-1 loss to visiting Brighton & Hove Albion.
“Most of the games we didn’t get the points were because of the red cards. Also, the injury situation, we have eight players out. It’s a mixed combination, but we don’t have any doubt that slowly we will be again where we need to be,” Maresca said.
Has Chelsea’s blip surprised Maresca?
The Italian, who has led Chelsea to the UEFA Conference League and Club World Cup trophies this year, said he had enjoyed the start to the 2025-26 season despite the struggles.
“It’s normal. I am not thinking, [being] the Chelsea manager, everything is always going to be in place. You need to adjust, you need to evolve,” he added.
“I consider [Liverpool] the best team in England at the moment because they have shown that, and they won the Premier League. We are improving and trying to solve problems. For sure, in the end, we will be there and close.”
Alisson’s injury means he will miss @LFC’s visit to Chelsea on Saturday 🤕
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Alisson injury blow hits Liverpool
Liverpool manager Arne Slot already said Alisson would miss the league match at Chelsea, following his injury in the defeat at Galatasaray in midweek, but confirmed on Friday that the keeper would not be joining up with Brazil for its friendlies against South Korea on October 10 and Japan four days later.
Asked for a timescale for Alisson’s absence, Slot said, “It depends on how fast the recovery goes. It’s clear not Saturday, he’s not going to play for Brazil, and I would be surprised if he’d be there for the first game after the international break [against United at Anfield on October 19].
“From there on, things can go a bit faster or a bit slower. It’s always difficult to say.”
It means Georgia international Giorgi Mamardashvili will get a run in the first team after joining on a full-time basis from Valencia during the offseason.
What is Liverpool’s take on their form before Chelsea match
Liverpool is coming off back-to-back defeats under Slot for just the second time since he arrived in the summer of 2024.
Slot said he saw opponents start to work out Liverpool’s style of play under him in the second half of last season – when the team was already well on its way to winning the Premier League title – and that it has continued into this campaign.
Liverpool is also trying to gel after a $570m spending spree on new players in the summer transfer window, with the likes of Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak adjusting to life at their new club.
Slot suggested Liverpool will start turning to being more efficient at set pieces – an approach he called the “new reality” in the Premier League – to break down opponents.
“Jurgen gave me a lot of gifts, but one of the gifts he gave me was [finishing] third the year before and fifth the year before that, and him being so well known that a new manager came in and everybody thought, ‘OK, let’s start to play against Liverpool,’” Slot said.
“Teams played in a completely different way in the first half of the season against us than they did when we were top of the league after half the season and top of the Champions League. I can see this going into this part of this season. We have to find answers to that, and last season, one of the answers was the set piece. Like many teams, we have to unlock low blocks with set pieces and this season we haven’t done that — yet.”
What happened the last time Chelsea met Liverpool
Chelsea won the last meeting between the clubs 3-1 in a Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge on May 4.
Enzo Fernandez and a Jarell Quansah own goal put the Blues two up by the break. Virgil van Dijk pulled one back for the Reds in the 85th minute to set up a tight finish before Cole Palmer’s 90th-minute penalty settled matters.
Head-to-head
This is the 199th meeting between the clubs, with Liverpool winning 83 times and Chelsea winning 66.
Chelsea won in the last meeting between the sides ended a ten-game run without a win against Liverpool, of which the Reds won three.
Chelsea team news
Chelsea are missing injured defenders Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana and Tosin Adarabioyo, as well as defensive midfielder Dario Essugo, who had thigh surgery last month.
“In this moment, I think we have four or five defenders out. We are going to try and adapt and find the right solution for tomorrow,” Maresca said.
Forward Liam Delap and midfielders Cole Palmer and Andrey Santos are also out with injuries.
Trevor Chalobah is suspended for the game following his sending off at Brighton, but Pedro’s sending off in midweek does not affect his participation.
Liverpool team news
Alisson was one of two casualties of the Reds’ midweek loss alongside Hugo Ekitike, but he has not been fully ruled out with his thigh problem.
Federico Chiesa may return from a niggle, but Giovanni Leoni remains a long-term absentee with his ACL injury.
The United States has launched a fourth “lethal, kinetic strike” on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, accusing the vessel of carrying narcotics, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth identified the attack as occurring close to Venezuela in a video posted on the social media platform X on Friday.
A small, narrow boat is captured on video clipping across the waves before the air strike stops and totes the ship’s flames.
Hegseth stated that he was in charge of the attack. No U.S. forces were hurt in the operation, according to he wrote, “Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike.”
The vessel was delivering significant amounts of narcotics to America to poison our people, according to the statement from the strike, which was carried out in international waters just off Venezuela’s coast.
The most recent attack comes after three other similar US airstrikes occurred last month, the first of which occurred on September 2. In that initial attack, eleven people died. Three people were killed in a second and third strike, on September 15 and 19, respectively.
No supporting supporting evidence has been provided for those claims, and the suspects have not yet been identified. In each case, President Donald Trump’s administration has argued that the boats’ occupants were narcotics traffickers heading to the US.
Hegseth, who claimed the US intelligence community had located the most recent target, made the same claim in his announcement on Friday.
He also made a pledge to continue conducting airstrikes on ships in the Caribbean region until the end of drug trafficking.
According to Hegseth, “Our intelligence unquestionably demonstrated that this vessel was operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route, that the people on board were narco-terrorists,” according to Hegseth. “These strikes will continue until the American people’s attacks are over,” he declares. “!
However, legal experts have cautioned that the attacks appear to be in violation of international law, which largely forbids extrajudicial killings when carried out in isolation.
What if… is a question that has been pondered for a long time. Over the next few months, Al Jazeera will explore some of the biggest challenges of our time and ask leading experts: “What if…”
According to Donald Trump, the president of the United States has given Hamas a Sunday deadline to reach a deal that would allow Israel to stay in some of Gaza’s regions and put an end to its war with Gaza.
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Critics question whether the ceasefire agreement, which was reached last year, will actually stop Israel and bring peace to Gaza. They point to Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon and its ongoing raids on the occupied West Bank.
Many people anticipate that Israel will continue its military assault on Gaza, killing more than 66, 000 Palestinians, if it succeeds.
That’s despite global condemnation of Israel.
A UN commission echoed the conclusions of international human rights organizations that Israel’s war was a genocidal war. Soon after, the European Union suggested that Israel’s trade agreements with the bloc be suspended. And a UN-backed body concluded in August that Israel had inflicted a man-made famine on the enclave.
In September, several of Israel’s traditional allies, including France, the UK, and Canada, recognized Palestine as a state, following Norway, Spain, and Ireland, who did the same last year.
Israel has also been decried by individual lawmakers. Last month, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called for Israel to be expelled from global sporting bodies “until the barbarity ends”. Natasa Pirc Musar, Slovenia’s president, referred to Israel’s actions as “genocide” in May.
What if these nations collaborated to stop attacking and leaving Gaza, even with US support, and proceeded further?
We asked four experts: Michael Lynk, a professor in international law at the University of Western Ontario, Michael Becker, a professor of international human rights law at Trinity College Dublin, who has previously worked at the International Court of Justice, Nick Cull, a historian and authority on cultural boycotts at the University of Southern California, and Daniele Bianchi, an economist and expert on sanctions at Queen Mary University of London.
The UN could do what, exactly?
There is precedent for this, and the UN is still the most effective way to stop Israel’s actions in Gaza.
” Israel is in breach of the UN Charter, the 1948 UN Convention against Genocide and the 1998 Rome Statute, which many members signed up to. In all of these agreements, states are legally required to take action when there is genocide or atrocity committed.
Only the Houthis in Yemen, one of the poorest nations in the world, are currently using drones, cutting cables, and blocking shipping.
” In 1950, the UN General Assembly passed the Uniting for Peace Resolution to intervene in Korea. The USSR had vetoed every previous attempt to take action through the Security Council. After receiving the unanimous support of the General Assembly, the United Nations was able to intervene legally in the Korean conflict, restore South Korea’s independence, and help end the world’s longest war.
“Seventy-five years later, that precedent can still be used. It might appoint a military force to attack Gaza, a place where the UN has previously declared that Israel has no place to be in like other occupied areas. A UN force would be able to begin humanitarian aid, begin reconstruction, restore utilities like water and electricity, and engage in negotiations for some form of interim rule.
” It is also possible for the UN, under Article 6 of the UN Charter, to eject members who have persistently violated its principles, but that requires the support of the Security Council (and the United States). The US, France, and the UK vetoed numerous attempts to remove South Africa from the UN in the 1970s.
“Unfortunately, the General Assembly passed a resolution that effectively forbade South Africa from its position for 20 years. It is time for the Assembly to consider undertaking the same action with regard to Israel”.- Michael Lynk
Without the UN, what could individual states do?
“This has no good responses,” he said. Concepts like humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect have generated a lot of interest since the 1990s, but it remains the mainstream view that the lawful use of force requires UN Security Council authorisation or a valid claim of self-defence.
All parties are required to refrain from genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention, but this does not establish a separate legal framework for forced intervention.
“Collective self-defense or the comparable concept of “intervention by invitation” are other considerations.” This possibility depends on Palestine being recognised as a state that can exercise its sovereignty by inviting third states to participate in a campaign of self-defence against Israel.
The majority of instances don’t involve state-to-state armed conflicts, but rather non-international armed conflicts (such as when State A requests State B to conduct military operations on its territory against an insurgent group).
The DRC and Uganda had a disagreement over the invitation when it withdrew it in the 1990s, which led to the resignation of Ugandan troops and the DRC’s refusal to accept it.
The US-led coalition conducted extensive operations against the Islamic State within Iraq at the government’s invitation]Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]
The US-led coalition against ISIL (ISIS) in Iraqi territory, which was run with Iraq’s consent, is one more recent examples. The legal justification for ISIL’s prosecution was much more complex in Syria.
“Could Palestine invite a state to come to its aid tomorrow? If Palestine itself asserts that it is acting in self-defense under Article 51, I suppose it could.
However, this raises some complex problems. For one, it is not clear who speaks for the State of Palestine. A statement by Hamas, a non-state actor with governmental authority in Gaza, that it is engaged in self-defence may not have legal weight if this is the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. I’m not entirely sure how the law of occupation might fit into this. “– Michael Becker
What might trade restrictions and sanctions accomplish?
Think of Russia. It has already been subject to sanctions by the world, but it is still surviving thanks to China’s support. I imagine that sanctions on Israel would be similarly undone by the US.
Sanctions or trade embargos may hurt Israel, but not stop it, according to the reality that sanctions or trade embargos might be implemented without the support of the US, which is Israel’s largest export partner.
“You’d be able to inflict some damage on the Israeli economy, but you’d be improbable to stop it, if you combined China, the EU, and perhaps India.”
“You also need to look at the type of exports Israel relies upon. It doesn’t really export goods like technology, which aren’t as easily replaced, but rather items like technology, which can be boycotted.
Israel’s economy is still prospering even after 22 months of war. Debt is a problem, and the economy is not growing at the rate it was, but all those people, including me, who predicted its collapse look to have been off the mark. – Daniele Bianchi
What might the general public do?
” Cultural and sporting boycotts work to both change public opinion in their subject country and rally opinion against it.
Cultural boycotts are a way to let the people in a country know that their behavior is so unacceptable that it should not be tolerated. It helps them avoid giving the impression that they are “just another country” or that every other nation has issues with human rights.
” For South Africa, the idea was first proposed by a man called Trevor Huddleston, who suggested a cultural boycott in 1954, but it was the UN General Assembly that established it a decade later in 1968.
The development of international relations is characterized by “a slow and steady component.” Academicians are aware that, unlike most people and governments, national reputations typically grow and develop over many years or even decades.
The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is working to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and to pressure Israel to comply with international law]Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket]
“Cultural boycotts are conducted in accordance with the same guidelines. They serve for years as a drag on a national reputation, hiding the truth behind their status as a pariah, and denying normality.
“Mandela himself referred to the Apartheid state as the world’s skunk.
Lamine Yamal has a recurring groin injury that prevented him from playing for Spain against Georgia and Bulgaria this month.
The 18-year-old winger is expected to miss three weeks after the problem resurfaced following Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, the La Liga club announced in a statement on Friday.
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Following the game against PSG, Lamine Yamal’s groin issue has returned. The player will miss [Sunday’s] game against Sevilla, according to Barcelona, and his recovery time is thought to be between two and three weeks.
Yamal, who had just returned from a three-week layoff to help Barcelona beat Real Sociedad last weekend, played the full 90 minutes against PSG, in a particularly cruel situation.
After missing four games while recovering from a groin injury, Yamal made his first start in that game since August. Barcelona coach Hansi Flick criticized him, who claimed it had been worsened by playing in the World Cup qualifiers in September.
After criticizing the national team’s handling of the teenager, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente earlier on Friday stated that he had no issues with Flick.
“Flick and I don’t have a conflict. Because he has been a national team coach, de la Fuente said after announcing his squad for the upcoming qualifiers, “I was simply surprised by those statements.”
You are aware that our two crucial matches, which are World Cup matches, are important. They appear to be playing in the background and discussing Flick.
The fact that we are competing in the World Cup is what really matters. The rest is unimportant. Everyone made up their minds, and that is it.
Flick claimed that he and de la Fuente had only exchanged a brief text message at the time, but their communication could have been improved.
De la Fuente tried to draw a line under the situation in an effort to make it clearer.
He complained that he felt uncomfortable when the game came to an end. But I’ve never felt pain while playing. He claimed that nothing had happened.
Both our medical staff and I have explained it. Nothing more. After the game, did he experience any discomfort? I’m not sure, I suppose.
Yamal’s future is uncertain due to his most recent injury, which also leaves him unsure of his ability to play against Real Madrid on October 26.
Next week, Spain will also be without Nico Williams and Dani Carvajal, and Alvaro Morata will not be included in the squad due to Como’s slow start to the season.
Williams, an athletic Bilbao winger, hasn’t played since picking up a groin injury in the 6-0 win over Turkiye. His team reportedly requested that his playing time be managed because he was sore.
“Sports and football always have a risk.” He assumes those risks if he plays for his club. De la Fuente said, “We are talking about completely normal situations.”
Ruben Amorim, the manager of Manchester United, defended his tactical choice as he defended the team’s struggles as he prepares for his 50th game against promoted Sunderland.
After winning two of their six games against United, the Portuguese are under increasing pressure, and former club great Wayne Rooney said he had no faith in Amorim’s ability to turn things around after last weekend’s 3-1 loss at Brentford.
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The pressure is on Amorim to deliver in the league, where they are already eight points adrift of leaders Liverpool, with United already out of the league and having failed to qualify for Europe following last year’s 15th-place finish.
You can’t escape the results and baggage from the previous season, “you can’t.” However, for me, it didn’t matter last season. This season, we have lost three games and had six. Amorim told reporters on Friday that we must return to the games that we lost.
I don’t want this team to play better in another system, not even that, because that’s not my point. My point is that when I watch the games we lost, it is not because of the system that I lost.
That is what I think. Everyone has a different perspective, which is acceptable.
The manager acknowledged that his side’s performance at Brentford was “disjointed,” but claimed that inconsistency rather than tactics was the root issue. United’s squad are still coming to terms with Amorim’s philosophy.
You can’t say one thing that doesn’t work when it doesn’t work on the other weekend. He continued, “Every day when something doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.”
It is a phenomenon known as “when it works one day and it doesn’t the next day, it works really well again,” similar to how we go about doing things the same way. We are not doing that because we are required to do the same thing every day.
Amorim responded, “It is not time to say, it is time to show. ” When asked if he had a message for the fans to give them hope for a victory at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Amorim praised Sunderland’s French manager Regis Le Bris, who has kept his side in fifth place in the standings after six games, four points clear of Liverpool.
It’s a really good team, they say. There are many rotations on the side of the pitch in a clear system. They are aware of the pressure that will come our way, Asrimim said.
The way they play is what counts most, not just the table and all the outcomes. They are identified clearly. It has a very good team and a very good manager.
