Arsenal are closing in on qualification for the final 16 of the Champions League after a 3-0 victory over Monaco at Emirates Stadium.

Barring a Aleksandr Golovin strike flashing inches vast of David Raya’s submit, Arsenal have been on prime from the very first whistle.

They need to have had the lead sooner than they did however Gabriel Jesus, who had scored only one objective in 32 matches coming to the sport, was denied twice when clear by means of on objective by Radoslaw Majecki.

Nevertheless, the breakthrough finally got here within the thirty fourth minute when Jesus teed up Bukayo Saka after good work from Myles Lewis-Skelly, who was making his first Champions League begin for the Gunners.

The hosts ought to have been additional forward earlier than the break however skipper Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli each fired vast of the far submit to maintain Monaco within the sport.

Identical to firstly of the sport, Monaco virtually caught Arsenal chilly firstly of the second half. Lamine Camara’s free kick picked out Thilo Kehrer, however the former West Ham defender planted his header vast of the upright.

The guests ought to have been stage halfway by means of the second interval when William Saliba uncharacteristically gifted possession to Takumi Minamino. The previous Liverpool participant picked out Breel Embolo within the penalty space and after turning Jakub Kiwior inside out, the Switzerland striker fired a low shot agonisingly vast.

Arsenal have been hanging on however the sport was finally made protected after a present from goalkeeper Majecki. Beneath stress from Odegaard, he handed the ball straight to Saka, who made no mistake for his second objective of the evening.

Substitute Kai Havertz scored late to place the gloss on what was not an easy evening for the Gunners, however they rise to 3rd within the Champions League standings. A win of their subsequent fixture at house to Dinamo Zagreb on January 22 would greater than possible safe qualification to the final 16.

‘Unimaginable’ Saka stars for Arsenal once more

It was one other good evening for Saka, who confirmed his significance to Arsenal once more by scoring his third and fourth Champions League objectives of the season.

The England worldwide has now scored in six of his seven house Champions League appearances for the Gunners (seven objectives), whereas he has been concerned in 14 objectives in 14 video games general for the Gunners within the competitors (eight objectives and 6 assists).

Solely Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah (16 objectives and 12 assists) has been concerned in additional objectives in all competitions amongst Premier League gamers this season than Bukayo Saka (9 objectives and 12 assists).

Arsenal boss Arteta mentioned he’s not shocked by Saka’s contribution and backed him to maintain bettering.

“He is unimaginable,” Arteta mentioned. I feel his objective involvement within the season in 21 matches I feel is 20 objectives or one thing ridiculous this. However that is him, very humble, an awesome man to have across the place and an unimaginable expertise.

“He retains shocking us. “That is what he desires to do. That is the standard that he has, that is the ambition that he has and the way he is getting ready himself day by day. I am not shocked, however it’s very troublesome to do what he is doing.”

When requested about comparisons between the numbers of Saka and Harry Kane and Vinciius Jr, Arteta added: “You will have to have the ability to do this constantly for a few years to be in that place. What he is performed at his age you may put it in brackets as a result of you may evaluate what he is performed in his first six years {of professional} soccer – which is phenomenal. That is it. His intention is to enhance. He has the gamers and the surroundings round to proceed to try this and I am positive he’ll.

“He is a particular individual. He is an awesome man to have across the workforce. In his function, his management is growing. With the younger children he’s wonderful, with the seniors he’s wonderful. He’s beloved by all people, you may inform that, and when he’s on that pitch, he is making the distinction for us.”

Arteta: We suffered then gained management

Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta talking to TNT Sports activities:

“Very proud of scoring three objectives and protecting the clear sheet within the sport – extraordinarily completely satisfied.

“We began the sport very nicely within the first half. It ought to have been three or 4 not less than after which we may have put the sport to mattress.

“We did not and within the Champions League, you will have troublesome moments. We had that for a time period, most likely longer than anticipated as a result of we weren’t exact sufficient, we did not alter to the press nicely sufficient, and we suffered.

“However then with the second objective I assumed the sport was in management and I am proud of the three factors.”

On scoring from open play, Arteta added: “They have been very totally different objectives the three of them, and that is what we would like from each section of play – be a risk.

“As I mentioned, we may have scored many extra in open play. For me, open play and set-pieces are all a part of the sport. However anyway, very completely satisfied.”

Actually proud second. He’s certainly one of our personal. It’s only a pleasure to observe him and a privilege to present an opportunity to someone to alter his profession. It’s nice that we will belief him and I used to be actually completely satisfied along with his efficiency.

Lewis-Skelly: I am happy with myself

Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly, talking to TNT Sports activities, on his involvement within the first objective:

“I noticed the ball getting converted from Martin [Odegaard] and noticed I used to be getting pressed, so I assumed, ‘maintain calm and take the ball away from him’. I noticed Gabi [Jesus] peeling off after which Bukayo [Saka] was nice timing for the end, he is at all times there so cannot complain.

“I am happy with myself, I imagine in myself. I’ve come a great distance and I wish to thank everybody for giving me the chance. Hopefully it is the primary of many and I push on from right here.

“I am wanting as much as Bukayo, he is aware of every thing, so it is the mindset. I’ve discovered rather a lot from him, I wish to continue to learn from him.”

Merson lauds Arsenal’s subsequent technology

Sky Sports activities’ Paul Merson on Soccer Particular:

“There will likely be a whole lot of proud folks at Arsenal, folks concerned within the academy. To carry gamers by means of like Bukayo Saka, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, younger gamers enjoying within the Champions League, particularly when you’re speaking a couple of workforce of this magnitude.

“It is laborious to do now so everybody on the membership needs to be happy with themselves.

“Watching them play, you would not know they’re children. Lewis-Skelly gave the ball away as soon as simply earlier than he got here off and he was unfortunate with that.

“Then Nwaneri comes on, will get on the ball and simply performs. Honest play to everybody at Arsenal.

“In the long run, it was a snug win and a very good evening’s work.”

Story of the match in stats

‘Arsenal deserved victory’

Monaco boss Adi Hutter:

“Arsenal deserved this win. They have been the higher workforce. That is what we anticipated however second half, I do not wish to say we have been dominating however we have been a lot better. Had some good possibilities with Kehrer and Minamino. The second objective was the essential second – we gave Arsenal some presents.

“At this stage, it is unimaginable. It is not acceptable to do what we did. These errors are extra presents – we have been fortunate that Arsenal missed so many possibilities.

“Second half, I used to be completely satisfied how we began. That is the soccer I wish to see – courageous, right here in Emirates Stadium. We’ve a younger squad. There have been moments once we have been nearer to the equaliser. However then after the second objective, it was an excessive amount of at this stage.”

What’s arising within the Champions League?

Bukayo Saka scored twice and Kai Havertz added a late third to beat Monaco and take us one step nearer to reserving our place within the final 16 of the Champions League subsequent spring.

The winger netted a purpose in every half to beat the Ligue 1 facet, tapping house Gabriel Jesus’ centre on 34 minutes earlier than accepting an early Christmas current from visiting goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki 12 minutes from time to keep away from a nervy conclusion.

The victory sees us transfer to 13 factors and into third within the standings, with yet one more win from our remaining two video games virtually definitely sufficient to see us end within the high eight and skip the play-off spherical in February.

Saka completely positioned

Each groups went into this contest degree on 10 factors, and realizing a win would see them plant one foot within the final 16, neither was ready to indicate their hand early on.

The opening 25 minutes was a cagey affair with little goalmouth motion. Gabriel Jesus poked an effort straight at Radoslaw Majecki within the Monaco purpose, Aleksandr Golovin did not hit the goal from the sting of the world and Martin Odegaard noticed a pair of comparable photographs undergo the identical destiny as either side traded jabs.

However we started to show the screw and shortly created two enormous alternatives for Jesus throughout the house of three minutes. Firstly, a protracted Jakub Kiwior ball allowed Jesus to beat the offside entice and undergo on purpose, however after steadying himself, he scuffed his shot and Majecki’s boot diverted it away.

Our no. 9 had little time to dwell on that miss when he once more discovered himself racing goalwards. This time he did nice to carry off Thilo Kehrer to get a shot off, however the Monaco keeper caught out an enormous hand to get sufficient on the ball and cease it creeping over his goalline.

The strain, and environment, was constructing, and on 33 minutes the breakthrough lastly arrived – partly because of somebody beginning their first Champions League sport.

Myles Lewis-Skelly grew to become the youngest participant to start out for us within the competitors since Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in 2011, however he confirmed a sensible head to create our opener. Choosing the ball up 40 yards out, he turned previous Maghnes Akliouche and pushed ahead earlier than threading an ideal move into Jesus. The Brazilian regarded up and performed the ball throughout purpose to the again publish the place Saka accomplished a transfer began and completed in Hale Finish.

Extra missed alternatives

That might separate the groups on the half, what was unimaginable was that we solely held a one-goal benefit as two extra golden probabilities went begging earlier than the break.

Odegaard latched upon a free move on midway by Soungotou Magassa and breezed previous Kehrer to permit him 40 yards to tuck the ball previous Majecki, however he dragged his effort agonisingly extensive of the far publish. Quickly after, Gabriel Martinelli did the identical after our skipper pressured a excessive turnover; and whereas the offside flag did go up, replays confirmed VAR may have intervened in our favour.

We had dominated the primary 45, however Monaco started the second half wanting extra like a facet who had received three of their final 5 Champions League fixtures.

Only a minute after the restart we acquired a sign of how expensive our missed alternatives could possibly be as Kehrer powered a header simply extensive to get nerves jangling, and on 63 minutes they got here even nearer when some sloppy play inside our half allowed Takumi Minamino to seek out Breel Embolo contained in the field whose shot on the flip rippled the facet netting.

Late flourish

However with 13 minutes to go, we managed to kill the sport off because of an enormous blunder by the French giants’ defence. Kehrer and Mohammed Salisu tried to play out from the again inside their very own field and fed the ball again to Majecki who underneath strain from Havertz, handed straight to Saka who had the easy activity of finishing his brace.

That lifted the strain with Monaco realizing the sport was up, and the ultimate levels had been a procession that noticed us add to our tally.

Mikel Merino noticed a shot blocked earlier than Saka’s eyes lit up on the likelihood of a hat-trick, however his effort was neatly nudged into the web by Havertz to present the scoreline a extra flattering, however deserved, really feel and see us stretch our unbeaten Champions League run at Emirates Stadium to eight matches. 

FACTS AND STATS

Because the begin of final season, we have now received seven of their eight Champions League house matches, retaining a clear sheet in each single victory; these seven clear sheets are probably the most by a facet on house soil within the final two seasons.

Monaco had been unbeaten of their first 4 Champions League matches this season however have misplaced their final two; they’ve now received considered one of their final 10 away video games within the competitors (D4 L5).

We’re unbeaten of their final 14 house video games in all competitions (W12 D2), our greatest run underneath Mikel Arteta and greatest since an 18-game run underneath Arsene Wenger between March and November 2017.

Bukayo Saka has scored in six of his seven house Champions League appearances (7 targets), whereas he has been concerned in 14 targets in 14 video games general within the competitors (8 targets, 6 assists).

Solely Mohamed Salah (16 targets, 12 assists) has been concerned in additional targets in all competitions amongst Premier League gamers this season than Saka (9 targets, 12 assists).

Myles Lewis-Skelly accomplished 45 of 47 passes tonight (96%), one of the best passing accuracy (min. 25 passes) by an Arsenal teenager in a Champions League sport since Johan Djourou vs Hamburg in September 2006 (97%) within the month Lewis-Skelly was born.

What’s subsequent

Everton head to Emirates Stadium on Saturday for a standard 3pm begin, after which we change our attentions to the Carabao Cup quarter-final once we journey to Crystal Palace. The Eagles then head to N5 in Premier League motion 4 days later for the primary of our festive fixtures.

Luigi Mangione has been charged with homicide in final week’s lethal taking pictures of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The 26-year-old, who was recognized earlier as a particular person of curiosity, was arrested on firearms and different fees in Pennsylvania on Monday after being noticed at a McDonald’s in Altoona amid a large manhunt for the shooter.

This is what we find out about Mangione:

Luigi Mangione wrote in pocket book he thought of utilizing bomb, sources say

Two legislation enforcement sources advised CBS Information that authorities recovered a pocket book from Mangione on the time of his arrest. The sources stated within the pocket book he wrote that he thought of utilizing a bomb however selected a taking pictures as a result of it will be extra focused and wouldn’t put harmless lives at risk.

Whereas in custody in Pennsylvania, Mangione has not made incriminating statements to NYPD investigators, in keeping with police.

Mangione’s fingerprints match prints discovered close to taking pictures scene, police say 

Fingerprints discovered on a water bottle and protein bar close to the place Thompson was killed match the fingerprints taken from Mangione when he was booked into jail in Pennsylvania, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated Wednesday. Police additionally advised CBS Information that fingerprints on a telephone discovered on the scene are a match to Mangione’s.

Investigators additionally matched a “ghost gun” that police discovered with Mangione in Pennsylvania to 3 9 mm shell casings from the taking pictures in New York, in keeping with the NYPD.

The fingerprint match was first reported by CNN. It is the primary publicly introduced forensic proof linking Mangione to the crime scene.

The NYPD acquired over 400 tricks to its Crime Stoppers hotline in regards to the case. All the ideas had been vetted, and police stated 30 had been useful. The New York Metropolis Police Basis was providing a reward of as much as $10,000 for info. They’ll vet the information and decide who will get the reward. Individually, the FBI supplied a reward of as much as $50,000 for info resulting in an arrest and conviction.

What do police consider was the motive for the taking pictures?

Investigators’ working principle for the motive behind the taking pictures is animosity towards the well being care business. The NYPD stated it seems Mangione suffered a debilitating again damage on July 4, 2023, that required a go to to an emergency room and subsequently screws on his backbone, in keeping with photos posted on social media.

In keeping with the NYPD, Mangione was in possession of pocket book paper that had handwritten notes that expressed disdain for company America, particularly the well being care business.

When Mangione is extradited again to New York, the NYPD plans to cost him with premeditated first-degree homicide, a cost often reserved for the homicide of an NYPD officer, however the district lawyer’s workplace has the ultimate discretion on fees.

Mangione’s mom filed lacking particular person report for him earlier than taking pictures

Days earlier than the Dec. 4 taking pictures, Mangione’s mom filed a lacking particular person report for her son with the San Francisco Police Division, an individual near the investigation advised CBS Information.

Mangione was noticed and arrested in a McDonald’s

Mangione, who police stated went to Pittsburgh after which Altoona after leaving New York, was arrested at a McDonald’s after a buyer alerted an worker who known as police. Officers questioned Mangione, who they described as performing suspiciously. 

In keeping with court docket paperwork, the Altoona officers discovered Mangione sitting at a desk behind the McDonald’s carrying a blue medical masks and taking a look at a laptop computer with a backpack on the ground close to the desk. When the officers requested him to tug the masks down, they acknowledged him from images launched to the media.

Mangione was carrying a number of fraudulent IDs and a U.S. passport, Tisch stated at a information convention. One of many IDs matched the faux New Jersey ID that the taking pictures suspect used to examine right into a Manhattan hostel earlier than the taking pictures, the commissioner stated. 

When the Altoona officers requested Mangione for his ID on the McDonald’s, he gave them the New Jersey ID, in keeping with an affidavit submitted with the felony grievance. When one officer was checking the ID with dispatchers, the opposite requested Mangione if he had been to New York lately, and Mangione “turned quiet and began to shake,” in keeping with the affidavit.

Mangione offered his actual identify after he was advised he can be arrested if he lied about his identification, in keeping with the affidavit. When an officer requested Mangione why he lied about his identify, he allegedly stated, “I clearly should not have.”

Officers discovered a gun and a suppressor that had been according to the weapon used within the taking pictures of Thompson, Tisch stated. Police stated the gun present in his backpack seemed to be a 3D-printed ghost gun, with a loaded Glock journal with six 9 mm full steel jacket rounds and a 3D-printed silencer. Clothes and a masks according to these of the suspect within the case had been additionally recovered, police stated.

Mangione was charged Monday night with 5 counts in Pennsylvania: forgery, firearms to not be carried with out a license, tampering with information or identification, possessing devices of crime, and false identification to legislation enforcement. New York filed the homicide cost later that night time.

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens stated Mangione was initially cooperative after which stopped cooperating with investigators.

Held with out bail at listening to, preventing extradition

At an extradition continuing on Tuesday afternoon in Pennsylvania, Mangione was denied bail. He’s contesting extradition, and Pennsylvania has 30 days to get a warrant from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to start out the method.

A protection lawyer for Mangione, Thomas Dickey, argued that the state of New York didn’t present the protection with the official second-degree homicide fees in paperwork they got and now the protection has 14 days to request a writ of habeas corpus for these. In New York, the workplace of Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg confirmed to CBS Information that prosecutors will search a governor’s warrant to safe Mangione’s extradition to Manhattan.

As Mangione entered the Blair County Courthouse forward of Tuesday’s proceedings, he was aggressive and needed to be contained, shouting that what was taking place to him was “an insult to the intelligence of the American folks.” Whereas contained in the courtroom, he quietly mumbled and mouthed phrases whereas sitting on the protection desk. 

At his workplace Tuesday night, Dickey advised reporters he hadn’t seen video footage of Mangione’s outburst however stated, “Hopefully, there will not be any extra of that.”

Dickey stated he was employed to signify Mangione and never appointed to the case. He would not establish who employed him, and he would not touch upon what Mangione has stated to him.

Dickey stated Mangione would plead not responsible to the Pennsylvania fees, and stated he’d advise Mangione to enter the identical plea to the New York fees. Requested to make clear what particular fees Mangione would plead not responsible to, Dickey stated, “Each cost.”

“Keep in mind — and this isn’t only a small factor — the basic idea of American justice is the presumption of innocence and till you are confirmed responsible past an inexpensive doubt, and I’ve seen zero proof at this level,” Dickey stated.

Police say Mangione had handwritten notice expressing views

A 3-page handwritten doc that “speaks to each his motivation and mindset” was additionally recovered from Mangione when he was apprehended by police, in keeping with Tisch. NYPD sources referred to the notes as a declare of duty the place Mangione tried to justify his actions. 

Mangione wrote that the U.S. had “most costly healthcare system on the planet” however lamented that the nation “ranks #42 in life expectancy,” in keeping with NYPD sources.

Mangione additionally referred to companies as “mafiosa [that] have gotten too highly effective,” and stated such firms abuse the US “for immense revenue.” He wrote that others had shone a lightweight on companies’ “corruption and greed” up to now and claimed that he was “the primary to face it with such brutal honesty.” 

NYPD intelligence officers consider Mangione may need been impressed by “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, with the handwritten notice reflecting the same mindset. 

Kenny advised reporters that officers “do not assume that there is any particular threats to different folks talked about in that doc,” however NYPD sources stated police are involved in regards to the threat of extremists viewing Mangione for instance to observe. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro expressed this concern in his Monday remarks, and strongly condemned each the homicide and those that celebrated it on-line. 

“The suspect is a coward, not a hero,” Shapiro stated. 

He labored at TrueCar, has Ivy League diploma

In keeping with his LinkedIn account, Mangione labored as a knowledge engineer on the car-buying web site TrueCar. However an organization spokesperson advised CBS Information that Mangione hasn’t labored there since 2023.

Mangione graduated from the College of Pennsylvania in 2020, a Penn spokesperson confirmed to CBS Information. He acquired a Grasp of Science in engineering with a significant in pc and knowledge science, and a Bachelor of Science in engineering, majoring in pc science with a minor in arithmetic, the spokesperson confirmed.

Whereas at Penn, he labored as a educating assistant and based a online game improvement membership, in keeping with his LinkedIn account.

At Stanford College in California, Mangione was a head counselor for a pre-collegiate research program throughout the summer season of 2019, the college stated in a press release to CBS Information.

Mangione appeared to endure from extreme again ache

Mangione’s final identified handle was in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kenny advised reporters. The Surfbreak co-living group in Honolulu advised CBS Information that Mangione had been a resident on the location in 2022. 

Sarah Nehemiah, who knew Mangione throughout his time at Surfbreak, stated he left the group in April 2022 as a consequence of a lifelong again damage exacerbated by bodily exercise on the island. In keeping with posts on his Reddit account, Mangione’s again ache had been persistent for a number of years and worsened after browsing in Hawaii in 2022. Nehemiah and different members of the Surfbreak group “misplaced contact” with Mangione “after he left,” she stated. 

R.J. Martin, an in depth buddy of Mangione’s in Hawaii, advised CBS Information that Mangione was usually social apart from “when he was in extreme ache.” 

“There have been occasions the place he would type of disguise out and I might solely hear about it afterwards, however he is a kind of those that was such a gentleman,” Martin stated. “He by no means complained. He would solely inform me about issues after the very fact.” 

Martin stated the ache “inhibited him from doing plenty of actions he needed to,” however stated Mangione was energetic when not in ache. 

Martin grew emotional throughout the interview. “I simply really feel heartbroken, you recognize, any person that I cherished and cared about … might have accomplished one thing so hideous,” he stated. 

The background picture on Mangione’s X account reveals an X-ray of a backbone with {hardware} in it, reflective of earlier surgical procedure. It isn’t identified if that is an X-ray of Mangione’s backbone. An orthopedist advised CBS Information that the picture appeared to indicate a {hardware} fusion, possible for a situation known as spondylolisthesis, which is when a vertebra slips out of alignment. Mangione referenced the situation on Reddit and different social media accounts. 

Mangione stated on Reddit that he had spinal surgical procedure in July 2023. In October, he indicated that the operation had gone effectively, saying that he was “taking zero ache meds” and hadn’t “had a foul day” because the surgical procedure, eight days earlier than. In February 2024, Mangione stated the surgical procedure got here “after 1.5 years of failed conservative remedy.” 

He is associated to a outstanding Maryland household

Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, Kenny stated. He’s associated to a outstanding Maryland household that owns nation golf equipment, well being care amenities and actual property firms, CBS Information Baltimore reported. He is additionally a cousin of Maryland state Delegate Nino Mangione, who represents elements of Baltimore County.

Mangione’s paternal grandparents, Nicholas and Mary Mangione, had been actual property builders who bought the Turf Valley Nation Membership in 1978 and Hayfields Nation Membership in Hunt Valley in 1986. They based Lorien Well being Techniques in 1977, and operated WCBM, a Baltimore radio station. 

Mangione’s household stated Monday in a press release, “Sadly, we can not touch upon information reviews concerning Luigi Mangione. We solely know what we now have learn within the media. Our household is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We provide our prayers to the household of Brian Thompson and we ask folks to wish for all concerned. We’re devastated by this information.”

Mangione graduated in 2016 from the Gilman Faculty, an all-boys non-public faculty in Baltimore, in keeping with his LinkedIn account. He was the college’s valedictorian and captained its robotics staff. He additionally acquired a scholarship prize in 2014. He additionally volunteered at Lorien Well being Techniques in 2014, in keeping with his LinkedIn. 

A former classmate, who needs to stay nameless out of respect for the Mangione household and stated he met Mangione in center faculty and remained shut with him by means of highschool, advised CBS Information that Mangione “a very good man” who “did not have any enemies.” The previous classmate stated the 2 misplaced contact after highschool, however stated they felt sympathetic after they heard Mangione was an individual of curiosity within the taking pictures. 

“I do not assume he’s a loopy particular person,” the previous classmate stated. “I hope that there is a public trial and he will get the prospect to clarify how all of this occurred in court docket.” 

Mangione appeared remoted earlier than his arrest

Within the months main as much as Mangione’s arrest, posts tagging his account on the social media platform X point out his associates could have been attempting to contact him. His final publish on the positioning was in June.  

“No one has heard from you in months,” one publish from October learn.

One other publish from July learn, “I do not know in case you are okay or simply in an excellent remoted place and haven’t any service. However I have never heard from you in months.”

Mangione traveled to Asia for a number of months in early 2024, in keeping with social media posts and individuals who spoke to him on the time. He posted about his travels on Reddit in April, saying he had visited “numerous international locations” throughout the previous two months. Gurwinder Bhogal, who stated he corresponded with Mangione by way of e mail and a video name throughout this time, stated he believes Mangione was in Japan till at the very least early Could. 

He reviewed Unabomber’s manifesto, books about again ache

On the e book overview website Goodreads, Mangione usually reviewed and rated books. His exercise there included a four-star score and overview of “Industrial Society and Its Future,” written by Theodore John Kaczynski, also referred to as the Unabomber. 

Two well being care-related books are on his learn tab from 2022, together with “Crooked: Outwitting the Again Ache Business and Getting on the Street to Restoration” and “Again Mechanic.”

Nehemiah, from Surfbreak, stated that Mangione returned to Hawaii “briefly in early 2023” and began a e book membership. Nevertheless, “a number of members left as a consequence of discomfort in e book decisions.” She didn’t elaborate on what these books had been. 

Lilia Luciano,

Anna Schecter and

Pat Milton

contributed to this report.

Latin dancing, Indian butter and American troopers are a few of the clues for this yr’s cryptic Christmas problem set by the nationwide spy company.

GCHQ’s annual brainteaser comes within the type of a Christmas card, despatched by Director Anne Keast-Butler.

This yr’s puzzle challenges the general public to decode the names of UK landmarks, testing abilities together with codebreaking, maths and lateral considering.

The deceptively difficult duties require ingenuity and perseverance, GCHQ mentioned.

The 2024 card additionally consists of additional layers for individuals who need to problem themselves additional, with further components hidden inside the code.

GCHQ’s chief puzzler, identified solely as “Colin”, described this yr’s exams as “fiendishly pleasurable”.

Talking to BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, he mentioned a 3rd of secondary faculties throughout the nation had already downloaded them.

The primary – and best – problem options 5 photographs, representing a spot title. Quizzers are requested to decipher the placement.

One of many more durable puzzles asks would-be spooks to calculate how far off from writing the numbers one to twenty the puzzle setters had been.

Ms Keast-Butler, GCHQ’s director, mentioned: “The problem has been designed for a mixture of minds to unravel, so is greatest tackled in teams of classmates, households or pals.

“Whether or not you’ve an analytical thoughts, a inventive mind or desire engineering, there’s one thing for everybody.”

In the meantime, “Colin”, who couldn’t be proven on digital camera, instructed the BBC that the problem was created “partly for enjoyable” – but in addition as a result of the sort of considering required to unravel it “replicates” the sort of work finished in GCHQ “defending the nation.”

“We require a mixture of minds and a mixture of approaches to unravel actual world puzzles and due to that we encourage numerous considering and that embraces neurodiversity,” he mentioned.

Requested whether or not he would advocate a profession at GCHQ for college youngsters who discover they’ll do the puzzle comparatively simply, the company’s chief puzzler mentioned such “intelligence” is strictly what the division is after.

He added that, with secondary faculties downloading the exams, “a really massive variety of faculty youngsters will see this and hopefully be impressed”.

The total problem might be seen under or on GCHQ’s web site.

“It appears to be like like it’s arrange for a rotation of some type,” Dr Clarke says. “You may presumably begin within the center and wind out, to get one to 10.”

Mr Seagull takes a selected two-prong strategy to the GCHQ problem, which he says is the spotlight of his “puzzling yr”.

“It might take a couple of hours or days, however let it incubate in your mind,” he explains.

“Step one is analytical or brute pressure. Take the puzzle, underline key phrases, work out what you do and do not know.”

Alan Connor, the Guardian’s crossword editor and the puzzle marketing consultant on BBC One’s puzzle-based detective sequence Ludwig, mentioned to not fear about feeling ignorant.

“The factor to recollect is that the individual setting the puzzle desires you to unravel it.

“A puzzle that is introduced to most of the people will not be going to be asking you for issues that you do not know.”

He added that whereas GCHQ employees make loads of puzzles that do ask for area of interest data, “they set these for one another for their very own personal amusement”.

“The expertise that they need you to have is to really feel you have achieved one thing since you’ve struggled a bit,” he provides.

The principle problem, he says, is to work out what the puzzle is definitely asking.

He explains: “In contrast to with a sudoku or a crib crossword it is not clear what the puzzle is to start with – you do not know what it’s you are decoding. To begin with you need to work out what the query is after which what the reply is.”

The complete problem could be considered on GCHQ’s web site right here., exterior

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Police arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione yesterday and charged him with homicide for the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was gunned down in New York Metropolis final week. After he was killed, NYPD obtained a surveillance picture exhibiting a part of the suspect’s face, which was showcased nationwide. Police took Mangione into custody after he was acknowledged at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s and reported to authorities.

• 🎧 Mangione was allegedly carrying an unlawful firearm, false paperwork and different proof linking him to Thompson’s demise, NPR’s Brian Mann tells Up First. The motive behind focusing on Thompson so intentionally is unclear in the intervening time. NYPD’s Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney mentioned Mangione was carrying a three-page handwritten doc which will element a few of his alleged motives.
• ➡️ Mangione got here from an prosperous household and was well-educated. He was valedictorian on the personal Gilman Faculty in Baltimore after which attended the College of Pennsylvania, the place he studied laptop science and synthetic intelligence. Here is what else we find out about him.
• ➡️ Learn extra about what comes subsequent within the case.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the witness stand at the moment in his corruption trial. It is the primary time within the nation’s historical past {that a} sitting prime minister is testifying as a defendant in courtroom. Netanyahu is going through prices of bribery, fraud and breach of belief in three separate circumstances. He’ll testify three days every week for six hours a day for a lot of weeks.

• 🎧 Netanyahu is testifying in an underground fortified courtroom for safety causes because the nation is in the midst of a conflict, says NPR’s Daniel Estrin, who’s one flooring above him in Tel Aviv. Police began investigating Netanyahu in 2016, and in a press convention final evening, Netanyahu mentioned he is been ready eight years for at the present time to have the ability to current the reality. Netanyahu is accused of utilizing his affect to assist media figures’ enterprise pursuits. In alternate, he allegedly acquired tens of hundreds of {dollars} price of champagne and cigars. Within the two different circumstances, he is accused of allegedly serving to media moguls with their enterprise pursuits to be able to work out offers for flattering information protection of their shops. Netanyahu has denied these allegations.

Jay-Z is reportedly taking authorized motion in opposition to an lawyer after being accused in a civil lawsuit filed Sunday of raping a 13-year-old woman with Sean “Diddy” Combs at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000. The rapper is the most recent movie star to be linked to allegations in opposition to Combs. The lawsuit is certainly one of greater than a dozen filed by Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee in opposition to Combs.

• 🎧 Jay-Z isn’t going through any felony prices as that is a part of a civil go well with in opposition to Combs, NPR’s Isabella Gomez Sarmiento says. Jay-Z issued an announcement to NPR saying the claims are fully false. He publicly referred to as Buzbee an “ambulance chaser in an inexpensive go well with” and mentioned he was making an attempt to blackmail him to extort settlement cash. Jay-Z has filed a movement to dismiss the nameless lawsuit or to have the plaintiff’s identification disclosed. Buzbee has insinuated that different celebrities could have been concerned within the Combs’ alleged crimes and could also be named in future lawsuits.

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Dolly Parton performs on stage at ACL Dwell throughout Blockchain Artistic Labs’ Dollyverse occasion at SXSW in the course of the 2022 SXSW Convention and Festivals in Austin, Texas.

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Dolly Parton actually does all of it. One mission stands out amongst her lengthy listing of accomplishments: her dedication to selling kids’s literacy. She additionally loves Christmas and her French bulldog, Billy the Child. She has mixed these pursuits in her new kids’s ebook, Dolly Parton’s Billy the Child Comes House For Christmas, through which her canine sidekick should determine between fame and household in the course of the vacation season. Parton joins Morning Version to speak concerning the ebook, her love for the vacation and extra. Hearken to what she needed to say right here.

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A recall discover citing listeria contamination dangers is posted subsequent to Boar’s Head meats in a Safeway retailer in San Rafael, Calif., in July, because the deli meat firm expanded its recall of ready-to-eat meat and poultry merchandise.

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A number of high-profile meals recollects have occurred this 12 months. On that listing: A lethal listeria outbreak amongst Boar’s Head deli meat and an investigation into cucumbers contaminated with salmonella. Even earlier than the Boar’s Head recall, a Gallup ballot discovered People’ confidence within the authorities’s capacity to make sure a protected meals provide had sunk to a file low.

• 🥒 Meals recollects fell sharply in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, however they’re now rising. The Meals and Drug Administration says 1,908 merchandise have been recalled within the fiscal 12 months that resulted in September — the very best since 2019.
• 🥒 Day-to-day meals dealing with habits will help to restrict the chance of foodborne sickness, says Linda Harris, a meals scientist on the College of California, Davis.
• 🥒 Rinsing contemporary, uncooked greens and fruit below operating water will help take away microorganisms from the floor.
• 🥒 The CDC says within the U.S., 31 pathogens — micro organism, viruses and parasites — have been generally linked to foodborne hospitalizations and deaths. The three micro organism that trigger essentially the most hospitalizations and deaths every year are salmonella, listeria monocytogenes and E. coli.

Learn how the federal government traces outbreaks and get extra recommendations on dealing with meals safely.

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1. Famend poet and Black arts motion icon Nikki Giovanni died yesterday on the age of 81, following her third most cancers prognosis, in accordance with an announcement from pal and creator Renée Watson.
2. A brand new nationwide monument in Pennsylvania will inform the story of the tons of of boarding faculties the place tens of hundreds of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian kids have been despatched for assimilation.
3. Six years in the past, Clara Temple was in first grade, attempting to order lunch from the cafeteria for the primary time. She did not know her pupil ID quantity to enter into the keypad. She panicked and felt embarrassed; nevertheless, a cafeteria employee, her unsung hero, swooped in and rescued her.

This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.

Instagram and WhatsApp at the moment are again on-line after a mass international outage affected a number of Meta-owned apps on Wednesday.

Fb has but to substantiate whether or not all its points have been resolved.

“Thanks for bearing with us! We’re 99% of the best way there – simply doing a little final checks. We apologize to those that’ve been affected by the outage,” Meta, which owns the apps, mentioned on X.

Over 22,000 folks reported points with Fb on Wednesday night and over 18,000 struggled to make use of WhatsApp, in keeping with outage-tracking website Downdetector.

Issues with the apps had been reported within the UK, components of Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the US.

“And we’re again, comfortable chatting!” WhatsApp mentioned on X.

“Andddd we’re again – sorry for the wait, and thanks for bearing with us,” Instagram mentioned.

The outages began round 18:00 GMT on Wednesday, in keeping with Downdetector. Its numbers are primarily based on stories of outages and the precise variety of customers affected could fluctuate significantly.

Quickly after customers reported points, Meta mentioned it was conscious of a “technical difficulty” that was “impacting some customers’ skill to entry our apps” and mentioned it was working to make things better as quickly as potential.

A wide range of points had been reported together with not with the ability to use the apps in any respect or feeds not refreshing for sure customers.

“We’re conscious of some points accessing WhatsApp. We’re actively engaged on an answer and beginning to see a return to regular for most individuals. We anticipate issues to be again to regular shortly,” WhatsApp mentioned across the identical time.

Meta’s platforms are a few of the hottest on this planet. Fb has over three billion lively month-to-month customers.

The largest outage Meta skilled was in 2021 when founder Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the disruption precipitated.

On that event, Fb, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram companies went down for nearly six hours.

Marti Cifuentes felt a half-time tactical change paid off in QPR’s 2-0 win at residence to Oxford United.

The end result made it back-to-back residence victories and 4 clear sheets in a row for Rangers.

The primary half was dire however they have been higher within the second and Sam Subject scored each objectives to safe the factors.

“I do know that it was not one of the best first half of my life as a coach,” stated Cifuentes.

He additionally recommended the house followers, who made their frustration clear at half-time, wanted to indicate extra persistence.

The R’s boss defined: “We adjusted a few particulars from a tactical viewpoint in our build-up. Within the first half we have been getting a bit locked when attempting to beat the excessive press.

“We spoke about find out how to enhance our ball-tempo once we have been excessive up the pitch. We actually did that.

“It’s one of the crucial necessary issues for me, as a supervisor, to know what sort of message a participant wants.

“And each participant is totally different. Some gamers want a little bit of a push and others want the alternative.

“It’s simple to get offended simply because the primary half shouldn’t be working. One thing I’ve realized in my profession is that these are the moments once you as a supervisor want to indicate extra calmness, as a result of that’s what a lot of the guys want.

“Credit score to the gamers. I didn’t win the second half. I didn’t rating two objectives. I simply attempt to do my job one of the best I can.”

Rangers, lately backside of the Championship desk, at the moment are nineteenth, unbeaten of their previous 5 matches and 4 factors above the relegation zone.

They’d not gained at residence this season previous to Saturday’s success towards Norwich and towards Oxford they struggled earlier than Subject put them forward early within the seconf half.

“Once you look again a few weeks in the past, I believe everyone would take a victory like this,” Cifuentes stated.

“Now plainly what we did within the first half was not adequate – which I agree with, we must be higher – however I believe we must be very humble and pay attention to the place we’re, with a whole lot of injured gamers.

“I do know that the supporters need extra. I need extra. Everyone needs extra. However soccer shouldn’t be a straightforward sport.

“I’m very comfortable for the gamers and followers as a result of it’s been a very long time ready for these two wins in a row.

“It’s necessary for us as effectively by way of it being towards a crew that’s near us within the desk.”

Recent off of one of many greatest tried injustices in latest American felony historical past, Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg can’t be trusted to steer the prosecution of the person who allegedly shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione has been arrested and charged with the homicide of Thompson. Mangione was captured whereas in possession of a gun, a suppressor, a number of pretend IDs, and a three-page doc detailing his considering behind the capturing, together with the reported quote that “these parasites merely had it coming.” Mangione was charged with a number of crimes referring to his arrest in Pennsylvania, however he’ll face homicide expenses in New York.

Particularly, Mangione will face homicide expenses within the borough of Manhattan, which is below Bragg’s jurisdiction. This comes on the heels of Bragg’s try to damage the lifetime of Daniel Penny, a former Marine who put a violent homeless man named Jordan Neely in a chokehold to stop him from attacking girls and kids in a subway automotive. Police video of witnesses interviewed after the incident all supported the truth that Neely was violently threatening passengers. Penny was, fortunately and rightfully, acquitted of criminally negligent murder.

It’s solely truthful to conclude that Bragg tried to damage Penny’s life as a result of he was white and Neely was black. Any pretense of Bragg being critically involved about public security has lengthy been disregarded as he recurrently downgrades felony expenses to greatest let precise violent profession criminals out of jail as quickly as doable, together with one occasion of giving an accused rapist a plea take care of a sentence of simply 30 days behind bars. Bragg even had his prosecutors dismiss the cost of second-degree manslaughter in opposition to Penny because the jury was deliberating to attempt to coax them into convicting Penny of the lesser cost of negligent murder. Bragg appeared completely determined to make an instance of Penny and be certain that he be put behind bars whereas actual criminals run free.

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Bragg has continually manipulated the felony justice system to attempt to get no matter final result he thinks suits his political agenda. That features his disgraceful prosecution of Penny and different individuals who have tried to guard themselves from criminals who Bragg has let roam free. It consists of his open-door coverage that has seen Bragg put criminals again on the streets as rapidly as doable within the title of “reform.” It even consists of his political prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump primarily based on a authorized idea that had no grounds in actuality.

As such, Bragg has proved that he can’t be trusted to deal with the cold-blooded killing of Thompson, with all of the political implications of his pro-criminal “reform” stance in addition to the left-wing view of medical health insurance executives equivalent to Thompson. Bragg is extremely prone to botch this a technique or one other, whether or not or not it’s deliberately or incompetently. He belongs nowhere close to this case or the felony justice system on the whole.

Actuality imitated artwork within the Murdoch household final 12 months when an episode of HBO’s Succession triggered a real-life reckoning over the way forward for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

The acclaimed drama, which culminates with a right-wing media tycoon’s household grappling with the fallout of his dying, reportedly prompted Murdoch’s youngsters to reassess their very own father’s succession plan.

In sealed testimony delivered in Reno, Nevada, in September, Murdoch and his 4 eldest youngsters—Lachlan, James, Elisabeth, and Prudence—mentioned how the episode spurred a flurry of personal conversations.

In response to court docket paperwork obtained by The New York Occasions, the kids started devising a public-relations technique for his or her father’s eventual dying after watching the fictional portrayal of chaos erupting inside Logan Roy’s media dynasty.

The episode impressed Elisabeth Murdoch’s consultant to the household belief, Mark Devereux, to write down a “‘Succession’ memo.” The doc, aimed toward avoiding a real-life parallel to the present’s turmoil, marked the start of what would develop into a deeply contentious household feud.

Murdoch, 93, had sought to make sure his eldest son Lachlan’s dominance over the empire by altering the Murdoch Household Belief to grant him “everlasting” and “unique” management. The belief, which holds eight voting shares—4 managed by Murdoch and 4 shared equally amongst his eldest youngsters—was designed to divide management evenly after the patriarch’s dying.

Nonetheless, Murdoch’s efforts to shift voting energy away from his extra reasonable youngsters, James, Elisabeth, and Prudence, culminated in a authorized problem. Nevada commissioner Edmund J. Gorman Jr. finally blocked the modifications, describing them as a “fastidiously crafted charade” and accusing Murdoch of appearing in “unhealthy religion.”

Adam Streisand, Mr Murdoch’s lawyer, confirmed they intend to attraction the choice handed down by the Nevada court docket.

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The dispute isn’t believed to revolve round monetary inheritance, as Mr Murdoch’s plans wouldn’t cut back the wealth allotted to his youngsters. As an alternative, the proposed modifications would have shifted voting energy away from his much less conservative offspring, in what many see as an try to safe a right-wing agenda throughout the household’s influential media holdings.

The authorized battle underscores rising tensions throughout the Murdoch household over the route of the media empire, which spans a number of continents and contains highly effective shops reminiscent of The Wall Avenue Journal and Fox Information. The court docket’s resolution marks a big setback for Mr Murdoch’s imaginative and prescient of a Lachlan-led future, elevating questions concerning the long-term unity of the dynasty.

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The way forward for Murdoch’s sprawling media empire, which incorporates Fox Information, The Wall Avenue Journal, and UK shops reminiscent of The Solar and The Occasions, has captivated public consideration lately. The drama even served as partial inspiration for the hit collection.

When Murdoch introduced his retirement final September, he appeared to resolve the long-standing query of succession by naming his eldest son, Lachlan, as chairman of Information Corp and chief govt of Fox Corp. Nonetheless, Murdoch’s subsequent efforts to entrench Lachlan’s place—guaranteeing his siblings couldn’t problem his authority—have sparked a bitter authorized battle.

Murdoch’s youngest daughters, Chloe and Grace, don’t have any voting rights however maintain equal fairness stakes within the belief.

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In a press release, James, Elisabeth, and Prudence welcomed the ruling, expressing hope that it could permit the household to deal with “strengthening and rebuilding relationships.” The trio’s extra reasonable political leanings stand in sharp distinction to their father and Lachlan’s right-wing stance, fueling hypothesis that the empire may shift editorially if management turns into shared.

In response to sealed paperwork obtained by The New York Occasions, Murdoch had warned {that a} lack of consensus amongst his heirs may result in a “reorientation of editorial coverage and content material,” doubtlessly diluting the businesses’ conservative legacy.

Regardless of Murdoch’s intentions, the authorized battle has amplified divisions throughout the household. James Murdoch, as soon as thought of a frontrunner for management, has lengthy clashed with Lachlan over politics. Their working relationship broke down throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, as James voiced considerations over Fox Information’s beneficial protection of Trump. He later resigned from the Information Corp board in 2020, citing editorial variations.

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Murdoch, who’s value an estimated $17bn (£13.8bn) in response to Forbes, spent 70 years constructing his world media empire. Nonetheless, his retirement has completed little to quiet the household drama. Whereas Lachlan has emerged as his chosen inheritor, the struggle to reshape the belief has drawn public scrutiny and deepened rifts amongst his youngsters.

For now, the court docket’s resolution marks a big setback for Murdoch’s plans. The result leaves the door open for his extra reasonable offspring to affect the empire’s strategic route—doubtlessly steering it away from its staunchly conservative roots.

The Unbiased has approached Rupert Murdoch for remark.