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Two days after Benfica knocked the Turkish club out of the Champions League playoffs, Fenerbahce fired Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, according to a statement from the Turkish club.

“We have parted ways with Jose Mourinho, who has been our professional A team’s head coach since the 2024-2025 season. We applaud him for his contributions to our team and wish him the best of luck in his professional life,” Friday’s statement read.

The former Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, and Roma coach, who arrived at the Istanbul club in June 2024, led Galatasaray’s Yellow Canaries to second place in the league last season but was unable to end their title drought.

During his time in Istanbul, the 62-year-old has suffered a number of setbacks. After falling to Galatasaray with a score of 2-1 in the Turkish Cup quarterfinals, he tweaked his nose and grabbed Okan Buruk’s face in April.

No delegation from the Israeli government will be invited to DSEI UK 2025, according to a statement released by the ministry of defense on Friday.

One of the largest arms trade shows in the world is the biennial exhibition, which runs from September 9 through September 12.

Following Israel’s severe restrictions on supplies of humanitarian aid, the United Nations’ ban on exporting weapons to Israel, the freezing of free trade negotiations, and sanctions against two far-right Israeli ministers for the assault on Gaza, where famine has already begun, has led to the suspension of London’s action.

The Israeli government’s move to increase its military presence in Gaza is wrong, according to a British statement. A ceasefire, the return of the hostages, and a surge in humanitarian aid must be the result of “this war now,” according to the statement.

Despite a partial suspension by the Israeli government in September of last year, a report released in May discovered that British companies have continued to export military equipment to Israel.

Israeli defense companies will be able to participate in the event without a government pavilion or official presence.

The defense ministry of Israel said it would completely withdraw from the exhibition after calling the action “a deliberate and regrettable act of discrimination.”

According to Israeli media, the British government claimed that if Israel “upheld international law in the occupied Palestinian territories,” the ban could be lifted.

The action comes as Israel is being put under increased pressure from Europe because of its ongoing conflict with Gaza.

Israeli arms manufacturers were prohibited from displaying “offensive weapons” at the Paris Air Show in May by France.

At a meeting in Copenhagen on Saturday, the European Union’s foreign ministers will discuss further sanctions against Israel, with Sweden and the Netherlands leading the charge for tougher measures.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken a tougher stance toward Israel by promising to recognize a Palestinian state in September if Israel rejects a truce and commits to end its occupation.

Senior delegations and private arms contractors are traditionally the main attendees at the DSEI arms fair.

According to Palestinian health authorities, more than 62,600 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in its nearly two-year occupation of Gaza, with at least 157,600 of them seriously injured.

With the ruling on Friday, Thai judges have removed Paetongtarn as their fifth prime minister since 2008.

The 39-year-old politician’s complaint to the nine-judge court stemmed from her conversation with Hun Sen in June regarding efforts to stop a deadly border conflict from escalating. She also failed to uphold the ethical standards or demonstrate the integrity required of a prime minister.

The court alleged that Paetongtarn had prioritized the country over her own, and that her actions had harmed Thailand’s reputation.

In the conversation that was leaked, Paetongtarn was allegedly pandering to Hun Sen and calling him an “uncle” while also criticizing a senior Thai army officer and labeling him an “oppositor.”

In a matter of days, the trial’s outcome had halted Paetongtarn’s suspension until July 1.

The second high-stakes court case against Paetongtarn and her father, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, came on Friday.

The 76-year-old billionaire served a reduced sentence for corruption charges after being cleared of a charge of insulting the country’s powerful monarchy last week. He now faces another court case related to his stay in a hospital wing in 2023.

Following the tragic death of a motorcycle taxi driver hit by a police car during a demonstration over a range of cost-of-living issues, protests have resumed in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.

As riot police dispersed crowds of people calling for higher wages, lower taxes, and the elimination of political allowances, Affan Kurniawan was killed on Thursday when an armoured police vehicle struck him outside Indonesia’s House of Representatives.

Students urged protesters to rally after the death of Kurniawan on Friday outside the capital city’s police headquarters, and motorcycle taxi drivers gathered outside Jakarta Mobile Brigade Corps headquarters.

President Prabowo Subianto demanded calm, expressed condolences for Kurniawan’s passing, and set up a thorough investigation of the incident.

In a video message, Prabowo stated, “I am shocked and depressed by the officers’ excessive behavior, and I must hold the officers responsible.”

Police use tear gas

Local media reported that riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators as the protest continued into the night.

Asep Edi Suheri, the police chief in the capital, claimed Kurniawan, who worked for Gojek and Grab, was hit and killed by an armored police vehicle during the clashes.

Kurniawan was not involved in the protests, according to the driver’s family and a motorcycle drivers’ association.

In a late on Thursday news conference, he said, “As police chief and on behalf of the entire unit, I would like to express my deepest apologies and condolences.”

This week, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Jakarta and other cities to protest a new monthly housing allowance for politicians that is 20 times the national minimum wage.

The demonstrators are also protesting the textile industry’s low wages, cuts to government funding, and other issues.

The protests are a “culmination of months of not only economic but also political frustration all over the country,” according to co-founder Abigail Limura of What Is Up, Indonesia?

“We are in the midst of a deteriorating economy, a collapsed job market, and thousands of layoffs. And instead of being compassionate, these people are constantly met with insults, tone-deaf, and indifference, she said.

Protesters were also upset about the ongoing issue of police brutality and the police’s overt response to demonstrations this week, according to Usman Hamid, executive director of Amnesty International Indonesia.

The motorbike taxi driver’s case is just one of many instances of excessive police force. He told Al Jazeera that there are too many cases in Indonesia, including West Papua. “We are constantly getting credible reports about arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, and extrajudicial killing,” the statement continues.

Naomi Osaka claimed that in the midst of the heated argument between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko at the US Open, using the words “no education” and “no class” to criticize a Black tennis player was one of the worst things to say.

In a difficult second-round battle on Wednesday, Townsend, a Black man, defeated 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko 7-5, 6-1.

However, the moment was immediately after the match when the pair verbally threw their fist at the American.

Townsend made a part of the conversation public during an on-court interview, and she later claimed Ostapenko would have to respond if the incident had “racial undertones.”

Ostapenko later claimed on Instagram that Townsend’s refusal to apologize after winning a point, when she claimed the American was “disrespectful” and that the incident occurred at a crucial moment, when the ball clipped the net and stayed in play, was the source of her outrage.

Most players practice apologizing for winning a point without being required to do so.

Osaka claimed Ostapenko’s words during the altercation were offensive despite the Latvian’s repeated claim that she had never been racist in her life.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka remarked, “One of the worst things you can say to a Black tennis player in a sport with a majority of white players.”

She’s the furthest thing from uneducated or anything like that because I know Taylor and I know how hard she’s worked and how smart she is.

Osaka, who was born into a Japanese mother and Haitian father, has long been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement both in Japan and the United States. During her campaign campaign for the 2020 Flushing Meadows title, she was a strong supporter.

Before each of her seven matches, the 27-year-old had used her platform to make a different face mask with the name of an African American who had been killed in recent years to draw attention to racial injustice in the United States.

“I don’t think that’s the craziest thing she’s said if you’re like asking me about Ostapenko’s history on the spot.” With a smile, Osaka continued, “I’m going to be honest.”

“I believe it was a bad choice and the worst person you could have ever spoken to,” he said. And I’m not sure if she is familiar with its American history.

She’s never going to say that in her life again, I assure her. But it was absolutely awful, right? That is simply unacceptable.

American Coco Gauff argued that Ostapenko should not have said what she said, but that the discussion was a “heat of the moment”occurrence.

Gauff, a vocal supporter of social issues, including racial justice, said, “I know what was said after the match.”

It was “a heat of the moment situation.” After losing, Elena was probably feeling emotions. Regardless of how you’re feeling, I do believe that shouldn’t have been said. “Because I know Taylor personally, she’s the opposite,” she says.

Gauff praised Townsend as one of the kindest people she knew, and hoped people would now make an effort to learn more about her.

Because of how much more than that, I don’t want Taylor to be the main focus of who she is. Maybe this is when people are hearing who she is.