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‘One-family nation’HM King commends Bahrain’s ‘highly patriotic people’ and vows progress will continue in all fields

• His Majesty receives Shura and Representatives councils’ annual reports

• Bahrainis lauded for ‘solidarity and dedication’ to serving country, locally and abroad

TDT | Manama

Bahrain is a cohesive one-family nation with a highly patriotic people,

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has affirmed, add-ing that the kingdom’s progress march will continue in all fields.

This came as HM the King yesterday received the annual reports of the Shura and Rep-resentatives councils for the fourth session of the Fifth Leg-islative Term.

The reports were handed over to His Majesty by Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh and Council of Representatives

Speaker Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal, as well as by their depu-ties, at Al Sakhir Palace.

HM the King expressed thanks and appreciation to the Shu-ra Chairman and Speaker for the dedicated and success-ful efforts they had exerted throughout the Fifth Legislative Term, hailing the Kingdom’s achievements in strengthening

the democratic march in the interests of the nation and the citizens.

He expressed pride in the effective role the legislative branch plays in supporting the kingdom’s development process, defending top national interests, and strengthening cooperation relations with various brotherly and friendly countries.

Rich history

HM King Hamad indicated that Bahrain boasts a rich his-tory and a prosperous present across various fields, citing its wide-ranging achievements.

He commended the achieve-ments and constructive ideas on ways to develop the legislative performance in the Kingdom

included in the annual reports of the Shura and Representatives councils, praising the advanced level of fruitful cooperation be-tween the executive and legisla-tive branches.

While tackling the upcom-ing parliamentary and munici-pal elections, HM the King ex-pressed hope that during the sixth legislative term, the king-dom will be able to optimise its gains and further develop its economy, praising Bahraini cit-izens’ solidarity and dedication to serving their country, locally and abroad.

The annual report of the Shura Council featured a summary of the keynote royal speech while opening the fourth session of the Fifth Legislative Term, in addi-tion to statistics and data about the Council’s performance and achievements. It also covered the participation of the parlia-mentary delegations in external events, and the discussions of decree-laws, draft-laws and the state budget.

(Continued on Page 4)

HM the King with Chairman Al Saleh and Speaker Zainal

His Majesty receives the councils’ annual reports

Truss next UK Prime Minister

London

Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen For-

eign Secretary Liz Truss as the party’s new leader, putting her in line to be con-firmed as prime minister.

(Full report on Page 8)

Liz Truss

Oil prices jump as OPEC+ cut outputRiyadh

Oil prices rose more than 3 percent yesterday as

the Organization of the Pe-troleum Exporting Coun-tries and its allies, which includes Russia and known as OPEC+, agreed a small production cut to bolster prices.

(Full report on Page 7)

‘Threats to US and partners will not go unanswered’Doha

The US said yesterday that two long-distance warplanes flew across

the Middle East as part of a simulated international bombing exercise amid tense haggling on restoring a nuclear deal with Iran.

Top US General Lt. Gen. Alexus Gryn-kewich said the “Bomber Task Force” simulation on Sunday showed that the US and its allies can “rapidly inject over-whelming combat power into the region on demand.”

“Threats to the US and our partners will not go unanswered,” added Grynke-wich, commander of the combined forces air component of US Central Command,

an area that covers Northeast Africa, the Middle East and as far as Central and South Asia.

The general did not name potential ad-versaries but the US is locked in intense negotiations over reviving a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program.

The US said last week that Iran’s re-sponse to the latest proposed deal was “not constructive.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday that it had not received any official US reaction to its demands.

European-brokered talks on restoring the 2015 accord — abandoned by the US in 2018 — have been ongoing in Vienna since April last year, but have repeatedly stalled.

A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress conducts a Bomber Task Force mission with coalition and regional partners on Sunday. (US Central Command)

Royal gesture of compassion

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister extended his gratitude and appreciation for the continued support provided by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to the Kingdom’s progress and development.HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister commended HM the King’s directive to improve education services. In line with HM’s directive, His Royal Highness instructed that a parent induction day be held at public schools to introduce parents and guardians to educational and administrative bodies

and give them a voucher to purchase school stationery and supplies.HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister commended the Ministry of Education and its staff, who have contributed to a successful induction day that was

well attended and received by parents.His Royal Highness concluded by emphasising that the development of the education sector is the responsibility of its educational and administrative staff, whose efforts are required to meet the Kingdom’s goals and ensure Bahraini citizens continue to excel in line with the Kingdom’s progress and development.


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PUBLIC INVITATIONThe Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding) in cooperation with Tatweer Petroleum – Bahrain Field Development Company W.L.L., cordially invites you to attend a public stakeholder meeting that will be held on

Tuesday, 13th September 2022,10am to 8pm, Awali Hall, Awali Township 10am to 8pm, Awali Hall, Awali Township

To present the findings of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report for the Bahrain Field Expansion and Development Program located in the Awali

Bahrain Field in the south of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

HM King receives model of ‘Supermarine Spitfire’TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa re-ceived from business-

man Yousuf Salahuddin a model of the Supermarine Spitfire, an aircraft purchased by Bahrain as a gift to Britain during the Second World War.

HM the King, who received Salahuddin at the Sakhir Palace yesterday, was also presented with a special photo album in-cluding his personal photos, in addition to pictures document-ing the stances of the late His Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the citizens and residents in support of Britain during World War II, and a rare picture of the Supermarine “Spitfire” aircraft during its in-auguration ceremony.

His Majesty expressed thanks and appreciation to Salahuddin for the precious gift, commend-ing his efforts in documenting Bahrain’s history, and wishing him continued success.

The businessman extended heartfelt thanks and apprecia-tion to HM the King for appre-

ciating his endeavours, praying to Allah the Almighty to bless HM with abundant health and long life.

HH Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al

Khalifa, the then Ruler of Bah-rain, the citizens and residents made financial donations to fund the purchase of 10 Super-marine “Spitfire” fighter jets

carrying the name of “Bahrain”, as a gift to the British Air Force during World War II. The name of Bahrain was written in Arabic and English from both sides of the cockpit.

IconicSupermarine Spitfire was the

iconic British fighter of the Sec-ond World War.

The late HH Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1932-1942) set up a special fund for the cit-izens and residents to make do-nations to purchase ten fighter jets to support Britain during the war.

The first Supermarine Spit-fire aircraft carrying the name of Bahrain was inaugurated in March 1941.

Bahrain was among the first countries that had supported Britain during WWII (1939-1945), as the late HH Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a telegram to HM George VI of Britain (1936-1952) in which he pledged Bahrain’s support for Britain in the war.

HH expressed Bahrain’s full solidarity with Britain.

HM the King receives the precious gift from Salahuddin

Speaker hails royal support and visions(Continuation from Page 1)

TDT | Manama

Council of Representa-tives Speaker Fawzia

bint Abdulla Zainal extend-ed her deepest appreciation and gratitude to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khali-fa for receiving her to submit to him the annual report for the fourth session of the Fifth Legislative Term.

She asserted that HM the King’s support and visions are crucial for enriching the achievements of the state of law and institutions in the kingdom, noting the royal approach is the roadmap for increasing the kingdom’s rich record of landmark achieve-ments.

The Speaker expressed pride in HM the King’s un-wavering support for the leg-islative branch, which paved the way for strengthening the democratic process in the kingdom, enabling the Nation-al Assembly to enhance its per-formance and supervisory role, according to the constitutional provisions, and thanks to the effective cooperation of the government, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

Zainal asserted that meet-ing HM the King and listening

to his sound directives and visions motivate the Repre-sentatives council to contin-ue assuming its constitution-al duties and performing its legislative and oversight role, towards achieving the nation’s top interests and meeting the citizens’ aspirations.

She pointed out that during the fourth session, the Repre-sentatives Council had been keen to put the royal direc-tives among the priorities of its work, by providing the nec-essary legislative structure for the development of investment efforts in the public and pri-vate sectors.

HM King is thanked by Gabon presidentTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa re-

ceived a cable of thanks from President Ali Bongo Ondim-ba of Gabon, in reply to HM’s congratulations on Gabon’s Independence Day.

Poet received

HM King Hamad received at the Sakhir Palace Bahraini poet Mohammed Hadi Al Halwachi.

Al Halwachi introduced his son Ali who has graduated from Manchester Metropoli-tan University majoring in hu-man resources management.

Al Halwachi read out a poem before HM the King.

HRH Prince Salman congratulates TrussTDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday sent a congratulatory cable to Eliz-abeth Truss on the occasion of her election as leader of the governing Conservative and Unionist Party of the UK and Northern Ireland.

His Royal Highness ex-

pressed his sincere congrat-ulations on the occasion of Truss’s election as leader of the Conservative Party, wishing her success in continuing to achieve progress and develop-ment for the UK and its people when she is appointed as its new Prime Minister.

HRH Prince Salman com-mended the strategic partner-ship between Bahrain and the UK across various fields.

KNOW WHAT

The annual report of the Shura Council fea-

tured a summary of the keynote royal speech

while opening the fourth session of the

Fifth Legislative Term, in addition to statistics

and data about the Council’s performance

and achievements

NHRA new electronic classification systemTDT | Manama

The National Health Regulatory Authority

(NHRA) has launched a new electronic system for sub-mitting requests and dates for registration and classi-fication of medicines, phar-maceuticals and alternative medicine products.

“This step allows agents to book an appointment via the electronic system, choose the appropriate time and submit applications, to register and classify phar-maceutical products,” said NHRA Chief Executive Of-ficer Dr Mariam Adhbi Al Jalahma.

She noted that the new electronic system will con-tribute to facilitating the application process instead of sending via e-mail or per-sonal attendance.

Successful rare kidney operation for seven-month babyTDT | Manama

A King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) team re-

moved the right kidney from a seven-month baby.

Led by KHUH Chief of Staff and Consultant Paediatric Sur-geon Professor Martin Corbali, the team performed the rare re-section (nephrectomy) on the baby girl.

“The girl was suffering from severe swelling in the right side,” said Prof Corbally, noting that tests showed the presence of a 50 ml Wilms cancerous tumor in the right kidney, which is consid-ered large compared to the age of the infant.

The baby girl first underwent chemotherapy to reduce the size of the tumour to avoid bleeding during surgery or rupture of the

tumour, provided that the exci-sion process would be carried out after six weeks.

The medical team decided to perform the surgery immediate-ly due to the baby’s health con-dition and the spreading cancer in the kidney. Doctors also con-cluded that chemotherapy might expose the baby girl to future complications due to her age. Surgeons performed the radical kidney resection, as the baby lost only 5 ml of blood, which is a very small percentage compared to other resections, due to the use of the latest techniques to prevent bleeding during surgery.

“The surgery was performed without any side effects and the patient recovered a few days af-ter undergoing the surgery,” said Professor Corbally.The delicate operation in progress


PUBLIC INVITATIONThe Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding) in cooperation with Tatweer Petroleum – Bahrain Field Development Company W.L.L., cordially invites you to attend a public stakeholder meeting that will be held on

Tuesday, 13th September 2022,10am to 8pm, Awali Hall, Awali Township 10am to 8pm, Awali Hall, Awali Township

To present the findings of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report for the Bahrain Field Expansion and Development Program located in the Awali

Bahrain Field in the south of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

HM King receives model of ‘Supermarine Spitfire’TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa re-ceived from business-

man Yousuf Salahuddin a model of the Supermarine Spitfire, an aircraft purchased by Bahrain as a gift to Britain during the Second World War.

HM the King, who received Salahuddin at the Sakhir Palace yesterday, was also presented with a special photo album in-cluding his personal photos, in addition to pictures document-ing the stances of the late His Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the citizens and residents in support of Britain during World War II, and a rare picture of the Supermarine “Spitfire” aircraft during its in-auguration ceremony.

His Majesty expressed thanks and appreciation to Salahuddin for the precious gift, commend-ing his efforts in documenting Bahrain’s history, and wishing him continued success.

The businessman extended heartfelt thanks and apprecia-tion to HM the King for appre-

ciating his endeavours, praying to Allah the Almighty to bless HM with abundant health and long life.

HH Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al

Khalifa, the then Ruler of Bah-rain, the citizens and residents made financial donations to fund the purchase of 10 Super-marine “Spitfire” fighter jets

carrying the name of “Bahrain”, as a gift to the British Air Force during World War II. The name of Bahrain was written in Arabic and English from both sides of the cockpit.

IconicSupermarine Spitfire was the

iconic British fighter of the Sec-ond World War.

The late HH Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1932-1942) set up a special fund for the cit-izens and residents to make do-nations to purchase ten fighter jets to support Britain during the war.

The first Supermarine Spit-fire aircraft carrying the name of Bahrain was inaugurated in March 1941.

Bahrain was among the first countries that had supported Britain during WWII (1939-1945), as the late HH Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a telegram to HM George VI of Britain (1936-1952) in which he pledged Bahrain’s support for Britain in the war.

HH expressed Bahrain’s full solidarity with Britain.

HM the King receives the precious gift from Salahuddin

Speaker hails royal support and visions(Continuation from Page 1)

TDT | Manama

Council of Representa-tives Speaker Fawzia

bint Abdulla Zainal extend-ed her deepest appreciation and gratitude to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khali-fa for receiving her to submit to him the annual report for the fourth session of the Fifth Legislative Term.

She asserted that HM the King’s support and visions are crucial for enriching the achievements of the state of law and institutions in the kingdom, noting the royal approach is the roadmap for increasing the kingdom’s rich record of landmark achieve-ments.

The Speaker expressed pride in HM the King’s un-wavering support for the leg-islative branch, which paved the way for strengthening the democratic process in the kingdom, enabling the Nation-al Assembly to enhance its per-formance and supervisory role, according to the constitutional provisions, and thanks to the effective cooperation of the government, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

Zainal asserted that meet-ing HM the King and listening

to his sound directives and visions motivate the Repre-sentatives council to contin-ue assuming its constitution-al duties and performing its legislative and oversight role, towards achieving the nation’s top interests and meeting the citizens’ aspirations.

She pointed out that during the fourth session, the Repre-sentatives Council had been keen to put the royal direc-tives among the priorities of its work, by providing the nec-essary legislative structure for the development of investment efforts in the public and pri-vate sectors.

HM King is thanked by Gabon presidentTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa re-

ceived a cable of thanks from President Ali Bongo Ondim-ba of Gabon, in reply to HM’s congratulations on Gabon’s Independence Day.

Poet received

HM King Hamad received at the Sakhir Palace Bahraini poet Mohammed Hadi Al Halwachi.

Al Halwachi introduced his son Ali who has graduated from Manchester Metropoli-tan University majoring in hu-man resources management.

Al Halwachi read out a poem before HM the King.

HRH Prince Salman congratulates TrussTDT | Manama

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yesterday sent a congratulatory cable to Eliz-abeth Truss on the occasion of her election as leader of the governing Conservative and Unionist Party of the UK and Northern Ireland.

His Royal Highness ex-

pressed his sincere congrat-ulations on the occasion of Truss’s election as leader of the Conservative Party, wishing her success in continuing to achieve progress and develop-ment for the UK and its people when she is appointed as its new Prime Minister.

HRH Prince Salman com-mended the strategic partner-ship between Bahrain and the UK across various fields.

KNOW WHAT

The annual report of the Shura Council fea-

tured a summary of the keynote royal speech

while opening the fourth session of the

Fifth Legislative Term, in addition to statistics

and data about the Council’s performance

and achievements

NHRA new electronic classification systemTDT | Manama

The National Health Regulatory Authority

(NHRA) has launched a new electronic system for sub-mitting requests and dates for registration and classi-fication of medicines, phar-maceuticals and alternative medicine products.

“This step allows agents to book an appointment via the electronic system, choose the appropriate time and submit applications, to register and classify phar-maceutical products,” said NHRA Chief Executive Of-ficer Dr Mariam Adhbi Al Jalahma.

She noted that the new electronic system will con-tribute to facilitating the application process instead of sending via e-mail or per-sonal attendance.

Successful rare kidney operation for seven-month babyTDT | Manama

A King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) team re-

moved the right kidney from a seven-month baby.

Led by KHUH Chief of Staff and Consultant Paediatric Sur-geon Professor Martin Corbali, the team performed the rare re-section (nephrectomy) on the baby girl.

“The girl was suffering from severe swelling in the right side,” said Prof Corbally, noting that tests showed the presence of a 50 ml Wilms cancerous tumor in the right kidney, which is consid-ered large compared to the age of the infant.

The baby girl first underwent chemotherapy to reduce the size of the tumour to avoid bleeding during surgery or rupture of the

tumour, provided that the exci-sion process would be carried out after six weeks.

The medical team decided to perform the surgery immediate-ly due to the baby’s health con-dition and the spreading cancer in the kidney. Doctors also con-cluded that chemotherapy might expose the baby girl to future complications due to her age. Surgeons performed the radical kidney resection, as the baby lost only 5 ml of blood, which is a very small percentage compared to other resections, due to the use of the latest techniques to prevent bleeding during surgery.

“The surgery was performed without any side effects and the patient recovered a few days af-ter undergoing the surgery,” said Professor Corbally.The delicate operation in progress


Reopening of schools fuels traffic jams across Kingdom

With thousands of students and school employees returning to educational institutions, the road network is going to face immense pressure

Staff ReporterTDT | Manama

Commuters are having dif-ficulty across the King-dom due to heavy traffic

near schools and highways, a day after school resumed.

Sunday being the first day of school turned out to be momen-tous for both students and their parents. However, the traffic congestion played a spoilsport throughout the day.

Speaking to The Daily Trib-une, Badusha P K, an expat and local driver, said: “The traffic peaked during the mornings and evenings when parents as well as hired drivers rushed to drop and pick children on the premises of schools.

“They create traffic jams near schools that would soon trickle down into highways and other road networks, making it tough for commuters. Yesterday I had to take detours and detours to escape the traffic jams.

“Traffic tailbacks were main-ly experienced on Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Highway, Al Estiqlal Highway, Shaikh Salman High-way and Budaiya Highway. Ow-ing to road construction activi-ties, traffic jams are now com-mon in Juffair too,” he added.

Echoing a similar view, a res-ident of JidAli said, “The area

is already crowded, and the reopening of schools and play schools in this sector is adding to chaos. People who have to leave for work must now plan ahead of time to avoid getting stuck in traffic.”

Although marking the start of the new school year, the depart-ments and directors of the Min-istry of Interior took all neces-sary security and organisational measures and arrangements to ensure the safety of students and uninterrupted flow of traffic, bottlenecks often appear across roads, especially during the school going and leaving hours.

The General Traffic Depart-ment has taken serious steps to ensure traffic flow by distribut-ing traffic orders and patrols, as well as monitoring movement

and following up on student safe crossings.

Previously, the Ministry of Ed-ucation hosted a workshop to prepare for the start of the new school year and to provide in-formation on various aspects of traffic regulations near schools.

“This course is part of our careful planning to ensure the safety of kids when they return to school. We were keen to ac-quaint the security guards with a variety of potential scenarios and how to handle them dur-ing the training in order to pre-pare them to act quickly when anything seemed out of the norm,” Professor Muhammad Al Abbasi, Head of the School Safety and Security Department at the Ministry of Education, pointed out.

HM King is hailed for directives to improve education servicesTDT | Manama

The Cabinet extended its gratitude to His Majesty

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for his directives to further im-prove the Kingdom’s education services.

It also commended His Roy-al Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for

his order to arrange a parent in-duction day to be held by public schools, to introduce parents and guardians to the educational and administrative bodies.

This came as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, yester-day chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting at Gudaibiya Palace.

At the induction, parents and

guardians were also given a folder with information on the new academic year, which has facilitated the preparation for the reinstatement of in-person learning across all educational institutions.

The Cabinet noted the posi-tive response from parents and guardians on the initiative, and commended the efforts of the Ministry of Education and the

educational and academic bod-ies across public schools, for ensuring a successful induction day for parents.

It reviewed a memorandum submitted by the Minister of Education regarding the proce-dures for the induction day.

The Cabinet highlighted the importance of the official talks held in Paris between His Majesty King Hamad and

France President Emmanuel Macron, which indicate the two countries’ shared commit-ment to strengthening bilateral relations.

To mark the International Day of Charity, the Cabinet affirmed the Kingdom of Bahrain’s com-mitment to adopting initiatives that further humanitarian relief, making it a model to be emulated internationally.Deputy Prime Minister

Cash flows from operating activities Profit for the period 1,234 1,680 Adjustments for: Depreciation on fixed assets 34 63 Depreciation on right of use assets 33 -Amortisation on investments 186 132 Interest expense on lease liability 1 -Dividend income (3) (3)Gain on disposal of investments (47) (1,117)(Reversal) / provision for impairment (153) 263 Reversal of provision for end of service indemnity (17) (27)Net cash generated from / (used in) before changes in operating assets and liabilities 34 (689) Changes in operating assets and liabilities Statutory deposits with CBB 269 (127)Loans and advances 7,990 (9,464)Other assets 227 (201)Customer deposits (2,884) 2,671 Due to financial institutions (15,645) 13,499 Due to other offices of the Head Office (2,202) 6,687 Other liabilities (466) (668) (12,711) 12,397 Payment of end of service benefits (9) -Net cash (used) / generated from operating activities (11,452) 13,388

Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of investments (3,852) (27,324)Proceeds from disposal of investments 1,932 23,195Dividends received 3 3 Purchase of fixed assets and intangible assets (44) (105)Net cash used in investing activities (1,961) (4,231)

Cash flows from financing activities Payment of lease liability against right of use assets (29) -Net cash used in financing activities (29) -Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents (13,442) 9,157 Exchange effect during the period - 79Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 27,915 15,904 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 14,473 25,140

CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Assets Cash and balances with the Central Bank of Bahrain 10,282 16,518 Due from financial institutions 1,898 5,978Due from other entities of the Head Office 3,504 6,899 Investments at amortised cost 12,808 12,795 Investments at FVOCI 35,915 48,964 Loans and advances at amortised cost 34,743 42,776Property and equipment 211 205 Other assets 1,251 1,478 Total assets 100,612 135,613 Liabilities and Head Office funds Liabilities Customers’ deposits 57,630 60,514 Due to financial institutions 12,630 28,275 Due to other entities of the Head Office 26,814 29,016 Other liabilities 1,156 1,638Total liabilities 98,230 119,443

Net residual attributable to Head Office 2,382 16,170

Interest income 3,043 3,108 Interest expense (1,559) (1,598)Net interest income 1,484 1,510

Fee and commission income – net 154 115 Foreign exchange gain – net 57 37 Other operating income 56 1,124 Operating income 1,751 2,786

Staff expenses (388) (483)Premises expenses (70) (71)Depreciation (34) (63)Other operating expenses (178) (226)Total operating expenses (670) (843)

Profit for the period before provisions 1,081 1,943

Provision reversal / (charge) - net 153 (263)

Profit for the period 1,234 1,680

Other comprehensive income Items that are or may be reclassified in subsequent periods to profit or loss: Net change in fair value of debt investments at FVOCI (14,975) 23 Net change realised on financial assets measured at FVOCI reclassified to profit or loss on disposal (47) (1,117)Total other comprehensive loss (15,022) (1,094)

Total comprehensive (loss) / income for the period (13,788) 586

31 December 2021

(Audited)30 June 2022

(Reviewed)30 June 2021

(Reviewed)

The above financial information has been extracted from the condensed interim financial information of United Bank Limited, Bahrain Retail Branch for the six months ended 30 June 2022, which were reviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers ME Limited, Kingdom of Bahrain, and approved for issue by the management on 5 September2022.

CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six month period ended30 June 2022

(Reviewed)30 June 2021

(Reviewed)

As at30 June

2022(Reviewed)

Six month period ended

(Expressed in thousands of Bahraini Dinars unless otherwise stated)



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Huge traffic jam was seen on a main highway in the Kingdom yesterday morning

Three Asian men acquitted of selling alcoholTDT | Manama

The Lower Criminal Court has acquitted three Asian

men of selling alcoholic drinks due to a lack of evidence.

They were sent for trial after police officers searched their apartment and found many al-coholic beverages.

“My client, while he was asleep, police officers entered

his apartment and searched it. The apartment is composed of three rooms, and my client was sleeping in one of the rooms. It’s a shared apartment, there-fore the other two rooms were locked. My client informed the police officers that he didn’t have the keys to the two other rooms,” the first defendant’s lawyer told the judges at the Lower Criminal Court.

She added: “The police of-ficers found the beverages in one of the other two rooms. There is no evidence against my client, while also the bottles, although their number was big, it doesn’t mean that they were for sale.”

The Court acquitted the trio of wrongdoing but ordered the seizures of the bottles because they included ethyl.

10-year jail sentence and BD5,000 fine for selling shabuTDT | Manama

The High Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian man to

10 years in prison for peddling shabu and fined BD5,000.

The defendant was arrested in a sting operation after he was lured to sell shabu to an officer in plain clothes. The defendant will be deported once he com-pletes his jail term.

His activities came to light through confidential sources who alerted police officers. The undercover agent contacted the defendant and offered him BD7 to buy a quantity from him.

C o u r t s t o r i e s


Reopening of schools is a ‘stress for telecom sector’ Internet service providers will see a cut in their businesses as children return to schools after a gap of two years Staff Reporter

TDT | Manama

While the students, parents and children are overwhelming-

ly excited and happy after the schools reopened marking the beginning of the new school year, an industrial segment is slightly under stress, contem-plating a fall in future revenues.

Since the pandemic season began, the telecom sector has been immensely profiting with the role of Internet services in the education segment sig-nifying in an unprecedented manner.

Many schools and education-al institutions in the Kingdom would partner with telecom companies to help with the shift from off-line to online and dis-tance learning as the campuses were shut starting March 2020 to limit the spread of coronavi-rus. Telecom companies also rolled out new offers for the student community, which in-cluded monthly packages for uninterrupted and fast Internet services. The monthly services often charged parents between BD12 and BD20, opening up a

new revenue stream for these telecom companies.

“The reopening of schools will definitely cut one revenue stream for the telecom compa-nies in the Kingdom and they could experience a slight dip in their revenues,” an industry expert told The Daily Tribune.

“But this is no way going to affect the overall business po-tential or revenue targets of the Kingdom’s telecom companies as the scale of their operations are quite big,” the expert point-ed out.

Speaking to The Daily Trib-une, a parent said he cancelled an Internet service that was costing him BD12 a month as his

children are back in schools say-ing goodbye to online classes.

“I can’t really say that I am saving BD12 a month because my expenses have only increased in the form of transport and other things,” he added.

The Daily Tribune earlier reported on the health issues faced by students after being made to sit before the comput-ers for hours together as part of pursuing online classes.

Many children suffered from frequent headaches, eye pain or bloodshot eyes after being made to attend extensive on-line classes. There were also medical studies, which showed an increase in the incidences of

squint eyes among the children. A recent study conducted by

the Kingdom’s Telecommuni-cations Regulatory Authority (TRA) showed that fibre broad-band plans offered by the oper-ators in Bahrain have the lowest charges in the GCC.

The study by TRA also found that Bahrain’s telecom opera-tors compete on a regional and Arab level for mobile servic-es, especially in charge of the high-usage packages.

The Kingdom’s fixed broad-band charges for high speeds have been reduced by 67 per cent between 2019 and 2021, according to the study.

With an average mobile broadband usage at 28GB per month, at high usage levels of 10GB and more, Bahrain is more competitive than other GCC countries, the study asserts.

The number of homes with fibre broadband has increased substantially owing to the re-duction in broadband prices and continued fibre rollout.

As per the latest market data, 65pc of households in Bahrain have fibre broadband services, compared to 42pc in 2019, not-ing an increase of subscriptions by 34pc.

Students’ dependence on the Internet was at peak high due to online classes throughout the pandemic season

Yousif & Aysha Almoayyed Foundation donates school bags

As part of their mission to reach out to the community, Yousif & Aysha Almoayyed Foundation launched an internal campaign where they distributed school bags to the children of their staff and to other charities. This initiative also served as a token of gratitude from Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons (YKA) to its employees for their continuous efforts and dedication. Salwa Almoayyed, Head of Yousif & Aysha Almoayyed Foundation and Director at YKA, handed the bags to the children of the employees and commented, “We would like to con-gratulate the students for starting a new academic year, and are eager to see them strive in their education and be a part of the prosperity and development of Bahrain.”

Teachers’ Day celebration at Bhavans-Bahrain Indian School TDT | Manama

Teachers can change lives with the right mix of chalk

and challenges. To offer the reverence, Teachers’ Day was celebrated with passion and delight at Bhavans-Bahrain Indian School (BIS).

Students of Student Council presented a special assembly as a tribute to teachers. Stu-dents gave band performance, performed a dance, narrated a poem, delivered speeches and shared a video on ex-tending gratitude towards teachers.

Later, teachers had fun and frolic as they played games.

Teachers also took pledge to be dedicated and commit-

ted towards their profession thereby delivering quality ed-

ucation. The assembly ended with

motivating words and wishes from Directors Mr Himanshu Verma and Mrs Ritu Verma. Director Mr Himanshu Verma stated that the teachers are the one who shape the stu-dents to become global cit-izens. Principal Mr Saji Ja-cob motivated the teachers to continue doing the great work.

As per the tradition, senior students got the chance of be-ing teachers as they handled the junior classes.

Overall it was a day filled with cheerful smiles, laughter, fun, and appreciation.

Teachers taking oath in presence of management

NMS-Bahrain honours teachers with memorable activities

TDT | Manama

Teachers’ Day was celebrated with great pomp and gaie-

ty at New Millennium School, Bahrain yesterday.

To acknowledge the selfless contribution of the teachers in shaping an intellectually bright society, the junior and the sen-ior Students’ Council put up a spectacular show.

The special assembly com-

menced with a prayer recited by the students to glorify the paramount role of teachers in the society, followed by a pledge taken up by the students on be-ing respectful and obedient to the teachers.

The foot tapping songs and dances, the humorous skit, and the fun-filled activities organ-ised for the teachers, created an enthralling atmosphere. The teachers, on this occasion, also

took up a pledge to strive to make a positive impact on the lives of the students by living upto the mission of the school.

The staff members of the school were felicitated on this occasion. In his address, Prin-cipal Mr Arun Kuumar Sharma, appreciated the effort of the students in putting up such an entertaining programme and extolled them on their perfor-mance.

He wished the teachers on behalf of the management and self and also expressed his grat-itude to them for their selfless dedication and commitment through these years, which ena-bled the NMS students to emerge as bright shining stars around the world.

It was truly a proud day for the teachers to bask in the love and attention they received from their students!

The teachers with Principal Mr Arun Kuumar Sharma

‘Smile’ concludes summer program for heroic children

TDT | Manama

The “Smile Initiative’’, a Bahrain Future Socie-

ty for Youth initiative in the Kingdom of Bahrain that pro-vides psychosocial support to children with cancer and their parents, has concluded its summer program aimed at developing the skills and talents of its young heroes, en-tertaining them, and helping them develop their social and psychological skills.

Young heroes between the ages of 4 and 15 of the initia-tive’s members attended the program, which was arranged by the initiative at its head-quarters in Um al-Hassam. The activities were divided into classes that included handicrafts, art, pottery col-ouring, story reading, cooking and movies, in addition to out-door entertainment field trips.

The summer program of the “Smile” initiative was super-vised by several of its volun-teers, who took over the tasks of preparing educational and recreational activities for them. The program was held this year with the support of the “INOVEST” company.

Mr Mohamed Al Sokari, a member of the Board of Di-rectors of the Future Youth Association, to which the ini-tiative belongs, and the general supervisor of the summer pro-gram, said that this program, which the “Smile” initiative is keen to organise and develop annually, intends to use the summer break to fill the time of the kids involved in the project with beneficial intel-lectual, cultural, and creative activities that help them learn and grow while also honing their talents in many areas like art, painting, and other things.

The children with cancer and their parents along with event organisers


Financial Institutions (FIs): Model Risk is critical to avoid exposure from Financial and Regulatory Risks

TDT | Manama

The recent market volatility and macroeconomic trends

demands a significant change in the models used by banks (e.g., business, risk, compliance). The fact that this could alter and im-pact the model outcomes, FIs realize the need for a strategic change management process built around strong governance to facilitate effective imple-mentation and compliance with MRM standards.

Inadequate practices and standards regarding model de-velopment and usage has led to widespread attention and ex-posure while also facilitating sub-optimal lending decisions, and pricing that can impact fi-nancial performance. This then may lead to a domino effect on steering parameters of FIs, in-cluding profitability, operational efficiency, capital requirements, etc. This is evident across mod-els covering credit risk, mar-ket risk or operational risk, and even include models enhanced by machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

According to Haie Lawrenz, a member of KPMG’s Global Mod-el Risk Management Working Group: “The global financial cri-sis showed us that model risk is real and that the consequences can be far-reaching. In the past some banks have suffered from significant financial and rep-utational damages due to the use of uncalibrated models or

the use of inappropriate mod-els to address considered risks. Additionally, the importance of models for business decisions have increased significantly as we see the inclusion of AI and ML models in the new digital busi-ness models and sales channels.”

Regulators meanwhile are in-tensifying their focus on Model Risk Management (MRM), with regulatory inspections and ex-ams connected to MRM increas-ing and regulators publishing new guidance. Most FIs imple-ment their general approaches to MRM based on the require-ments of the US Federal Reserve/OCC’s SR11-7 guidelines. Since then, other significant initiatives — including the European Cen-tral Bank’s (ECB) Target Review of Internal Models (TRIM) in 2017, the ECB guide to internal models in 2018, and guidance from the Bank of England (BOE) Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) - continue to emerge and

significantly evolve as supervi-sors aim to contain model risk through enhanced MRM govern-ance and concepts.

“We are experiencing an in-creasing demand in stakeholder expectations which is driving a positive impact on risk manage-ment. Regulators, sharehold-ers, and board members around the world are pushing for an increase in sophisticated risk management protocols across at an enterprise level covering capital, liquidity, and even credit and cost forecasting. Regulatory attention on this matter is ac-celerating the level of guidance provided to FIs to help them drive progress towards a more effective and efficient model val-idation value chain.” Mahesh Balasubramanian, Partner, and Financial Services Lead, KPMG in Bahrain.

Forward-focused FIs have already embraced the concept of MRM, and realize its critical

importance to their operations, growth and future prosperity. However, we are still witness-ing many FIs struggle to meet the complexities and challenges posed by the regulators, particu-larly in relation to the typical model approaches and the di-versity of the environments in which models are used.

MRM is still significantly un-derappreciated which has led to the risk of many FIs developing short term solutions with limit-ed strategic benefit and scope. Emerging technology and AI are taking MRM to the next level and is rapidly becoming a steady fea-ture in digital sales channels for various client and sales channel applications. However, many FIs lack even basic MRM governance exposing themselves to signif-icant operational and financial model risk.There are five leading challenges in today’s global markets that need to be considered by FIs to create an effective and sustainable MRM function:

1) MRM framework: Banks generally use models to support decision making, financial and regulatory reporting, and to provide predictive information across their business functions. As a result, they are exposed to potential risks arising from the use of models and need to establish an appropriate MRM framework with clear model definitions that better serve the industry and their asset class. 2) Model inventory and tiering: The heart of MRM is usually a model inventory, which includes all models that fulfill the regulatory guidance as well as the internal definitions of a model. Based on the implications of a model ‘going wrong,’ FIs generally categorize their models as high, medium, or low risk. Unfortunately, precisely defining what constitutes high, medium, or low risk requires conceptually is posing challenges. FIs should decide on the relevant factors to consider when tiering models, such as materiality, impact, uncertainty, regulatory implications, etc. Regulators expect transparency in the classification methodology, the use of limited subjectivity, and clear documentation of all assumptions and rationales for conclusions.3) Model lifecycle: While the inventory is a critical part of the MRM, it is also essential that the model lifecycle needs to address the different phases right from development to initial validation, approved usage, transparency, accountability and eventually its final decommission to mitigate model risk.4) Communication: Communication, both internal and external with stakeholders, throughout the lifecycle is critical to the success of the MRM, i.e., for management, validation, external communication with supervisors and regulators, etc. It is also very important to embed the model risk culture and mindset across the organization. 5) Technological environment: Recent technological advancements has aided the

MRM setup quite significantly and provides a holistic view of model risk across the organization. It may be developed internally or through the support of an external vendor or managed services in a strategic environment with consideration for flexibility and economic tactical solutions.

MRM not managed is a real threat for FIs and the impact from the risks can be far-reach-ing. With the increased scruti-ny from regulators FIs need to ensure that they maintain an effective and sustainable MRM. While governance is key, MRM standards must factor in the treatment and management of AI/ ML models into their gov-ernance.

While FIs focus on the valid-ity of their individual models, the efficacy of the controls im-plemented covering the design, development, revision, and use of models is also paramount.

Haie Lawrenz further adds that “Based on regulatory re-quirements highlighted in a cur-rent regulator’s guidance and consultations, many banks are struggling to meet their mandate and need to urgently prepare and enhance their MRM govern-ance to ensure that they are not impacted by their exposure to model risk as well as any regu-latory gaps within their models or MRM-framework.”

Additionally, MRM is an emerging risk, especially for au-dit committee members, as FIs increasingly rely on a significant number of models for business and risk management purposes.

A structured model landscape enables FIs to better understand model risk. Models are generally clustered in categories. The number of models within an institution can be from a lower two-digit number up to even >1000 models

Angshuman Dey, a Technical Director for Financial Risk Management with KPMG

Haie Lawrenz, a member of KPMG’s Global Model Risk Management Working Group

OPEC+ agrees small oil production cut• Supply will be cut by 0.1 mln bpd from Oct

• Iran nuclear deal could boost oil supply

• Russia's gas supplies to Europe cut further

• Brent crude falls to $96 from $120 in June

Reuters | London

OPEC and its allies led by Russia yesterday agreed a small oil production cut to

bolster prices that have slid on fears of an economic slowdown.

The oil producers will reduce output by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), amounting to only 0.1% of global demand, for Oc-tober and also agreed they could meet any time to adjust produc-tion before the next scheduled meeting on Oct. 5.

The decision essentially maintains the status quo as OPEC has been observing wild fluctuations in oil prices.

"OPEC+ is wary of protract-ed price volatility generated by weak macro sentiment, thin liquidity and renewed China lockdowns, as well as uncer-

tainty over a potential U.S.–Iran deal and efforts to create a Rus-sian oil price cap," said Matthew Holland at Energy Aspects.

Top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia last month flagged the possibility of output cuts to ad-dress what it sees as exaggerat-ed oil price declines.

Benchmark Brent crude oil has dropped to about $95 a bar-rel from $120 in June on fears of an economic slowdown and recession in the West.

It was also dragged down by a potential supply boost from Iranian crude returning to the market if Tehran is able to re-vive its 2015 nuclear deal with

global powers."The political angle, it seems,

is a Saudi message to the U.S. about the revival of the Iranian nuclear agreement ... It is hard to interpret the decision as any-thing but price supportive," said Tamas Varga of oil broker PVM.

"The cut suggests that there is a desire to defend oil prices to stay above the level of $90 per barrel," said Giovanni Staunovo at UBS.

Raad AlKadiri at Eurasia Group said: "It is a signal of in-tent ... The decision to cut rein-forces that "do not take us for granted."

Signals from the physical market, however, suggest supply remains tight and many OPEC states are producing below tar-gets while fresh Western sanc-tions are threatening Russian exports.

Russia has said it will stop supplying oil to countries that support the idea of capping the price of Russian energy sup-plies over its military conflict in Ukraine.

Russia's gas deliveries in Eu-rope, meanwhile, have been cut further, which is likely to spark more price spikes.

"An output cut won't make them any friends at a time when the world is facing a cost-of-liv-ing crisis," said Oanda analyst Craig Erlam.

The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is pictured at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria

Iran is expected to add 1 million bpd to

supply, or 1% of global demand, if sanctions are eased, though the

prospects for a nuclear deal looked less clear

on Friday.

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BETTER

Gulf mostly subdued as Emaar hits Dubai on weak outlook

Reuters

Most Gulf stock mar-kets fell yesterday as

blue-chip Emaar Properties dragged down Dubai despite PMI pointing a solid non-oil private sector growth in UAE and Saudi Arabia in August.

Saudi Arabia's non-oil pri-vate sector expanded in Au-gust at its fastest rate since October last year, as business activity was boosted by im-proving demand conditions, a survey showed on Monday. read more

A similar survey in UAE showed non-oil private sector grew in August at its fastest pace since June 2019, boosted by better demand and lower selling prices, though senti-ment about the future slipped to a 17-month low.

Saudi Arabia's benchmark index (.TASI) fell 0.3%, with Al Rajhi Bank (1120.SE) easing 0.6% and Saudi National Bank (1180.SE) decreasing 1%.

In Dubai, the main share in-dex (.DFMGI) tumbled 1.3%, extending the losses for four straight session. Developer Emaar Properties (EMAR.DU) dropped 3.3%, its biggest fall

in two month, while Emirates NBD Bank (ENBD.DU) slid 0.8%.

A Reuters poll of property market analysts showed prop-erty prices in Dubai will rise this year and next at a slower pace than previously thought as higher mortgage rates and the cost of living crisis will reduce foreign demand.

Most of the analysts said the recovery was fragile and une-ven, and an oversupply of res-idential properties along with rising interest rates would pressure prices over the com-ing months.

Abu Dhabi's index .However, Alpha Dhabi

Holding (ALPHADHABI.AD) gained 1.1% after its unit Pure Health signed an agreement to acquire a minority equity investment in Ardent Health Services, a leading U.S. health-care provider, for a total in-vestment of AED 1.8 billion.

In Qatar, the benchmark (.QSI) also slipped 0.5%, ex-tending the losses for sixth consecutive sessions, as fi-nancial and industrial stocks moved sideways. Gulf's largest lender Qatar National Bank (QNBK.QA) shed 1.3% but In-dustries Qatar (IQCD.QA) was up 1.2%.

An investor monitors a screen displaying stock information at the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE BUSY MAKING OTHER PLANSJOHN LENNON

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1901 1909 1914 1916TODAY IN

HISTORYUS President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anar-chist, while visiting the Pan-Ameri-can Exposition in New York

New York Times headline announc-es American explorer Robert Peary

had discovered the North Pole 5 months earlier

World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins, French and British forces prevent German advance on Paris (till the 12th Sept)

1st true supermarket, the “Piggly Wiggly” is opened by Clarence

Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee

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Today, on #Teachers-Day I am glad to an-

nounce a new initiative - the development and upgradation of 14,500 schools across India un-der the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising In-dia (PM-SHRI) Yojana. These will become mod-el schools which will en-capsulate the full spirit of NEP.

@narendramodi

Indian President Drou-padi Murmu con-

ferred National Awards on 45 teachers from across the country on the occasion of Teach-ers’ Day

@rashtrapatibhvn

Ultimately, our work is not about roadmaps,

action plans, strategies & agenda items, as impor-tant as those things are. Our work is about peo-ple – & particularly the people who are poorest; the people who are most marginalised; the people who are furthest behind

@DrTedros

4 in 10 people forced to flee are children. All

children have the right to reach their dreams & achieve their full poten-tial. Refugee & displaced children deserve our full support.

@antonioguterres

Disclaimer: (Views expressed by columnists are personal and need not necessarily reflect our

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610,489,455

6,504,341

587,424,352

Deaths

Recovered:

New cases

New deaths +258,266

+639

Country Total cases

new cases

Total deaths

New Deaths

Total recovered

Active cases

Egypt 515,645 24,613 442,182 48,850

Saudi Arabia

813,878 +114 9,306 +3 801,008 3,564

UAE 1,017,543 +398 2,341 997,100 18,102

Kuwait 657,395 2,563 654,470 362

Oman 397,846 4,260 384,669 8,917

Qatar 432,202 +683 681 426,977 4,544

Middle East

Country Total cases Total deaths

1 USA 96,626,337 1,072,946

2 India 44,462,445 528,007

3 France 34,592,737 154,189

4 Brazil 34,517,770 684,427

5 Germany 32,247,828 147,762

6 S. Korea 23,606,740 27,149

7 UK 23,521,792 188,242

8 Italy 21,944,877 175,872

9 Russia 19,771,113 384,787

10 Japan 19,450,222 41,054

11 Turkey 16,797,750 100,840

12 Spain 13,352,019 112,804

13 Vietnam 11,421,055 43,122

14 Australia 10,075,747 14,078

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News in brief u Israeli investigations into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May concluded that she was likely to have been unintentionally shot by an Israeli soldier but was not deliberately targeted, the military said yesterday. Abu Akleh, a U.S.-Palestinian citizen, was shot dead on May 11 while covering an Israeli military operation in the volatile town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank in circumstances that remain heavily disputed. The Israeli military says that troops conducting operations in Jenin had come under heavy fire from all sides and had fired back, including towards the area where Abu Akleh was standing about 200 metres from their position, but that they had not been able to identify her as a journalist. It said “there is a high possibility that Ms. Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by IDF gunfire that was fired toward suspects identified as armed Palestinian gunmen”. It said it was also possible that she was hit by Palestinian gunmen.

u Iran is seeking the closure of the UN nuclear agency’s investigation of its nuclear activities among other guarantees, in order to revive the country’s

2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a senior Iranian official said yesterday. “An end to the agency’s probes is part of the guarantees that we are seeking to have a sustainable and durable nuclear agreement,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told a televised

news conference. Last week, Iran sent its latest response to an EU-drafted text aimed at overcoming an impasse to revive the nuclear pact, under which it had restrained its nuclear program in exchange for relief from US, EU and UN economic sanctions.

u A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck southern Iran on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said. Iranian state TV said rescue teams had been sent to the area but there were no immediate reports of fatalities or damage. Major geological fault lines crisscross Iran, which has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years.

u A prominent German businessman was aboard the private jet that crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia after flying half way across Europe from Spain without responding to controllers’ calls, his company, Quick Air, said yesterday. The jet, an Austria-registered Cessna 551, left Jerez in southern Spain on Sunday afternoon, turning at Paris and Cologne before flying straight out to the Baltic Sea, where it spiralled into the water off the Latvian coast, flight tracking data showed. “I can confirm that it was the private jet of our owner, Karl-Peter Griesemann,” said a spokesperson for Quick Air, an air charter company based in Cologne. Griesemann and three others were on board the plane, the

spokesperson added. Cologne newspaper Express reported that Griesemann was the pilot and that he was accompanied by his wife, daughter and his daughter’s boyfriend. The cause of the crash is not yet known. Spain’s air traffic control service ENAIRE said it lost contact with the aircraft in airspace

above Toledo at 1455 local time (1255 GMT), an hour after it took off.

Iran demands closure of IAEA probes for ‘sustainable’

nuclear deal

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes southern Iran region - EMSC

German businessman on private jet that

crashed in Baltic

Israel says Al Jazeera reporter was likely killed unintentionally by

its forces

A shakemap represents the ground shaking produced by an earthquake. The information is different from the quake’s magnitude and epicentre as a shakemap focuses on the variation in ground shaking produced by the quake, rather than describing the source or strength

KNOW WHAT

• Truss beats ex-finance minister Sunak to be new PM

• Boris Johnson to formally step down on Tuesday

• New leader faces cost of living, energy price crisis

• Truss will become the Conservatives’ fourth prime minister since a 2015 election.

• Truss succeeds Boris Johnson, who was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal saw support for his administration drain away.

• Truss signalled during her leadership campaign she would challenge convention by scrapping tax increases and cutting other levies in a move some economists say would fuel inflation.

Reuters | London

Liz Truss will become Brit-ain's next prime minister after winning a leadership

race for the governing Conserv-ative party yesterday, vowing to press ahead with promises of tax cuts and to deal with a growing energy crisis.

After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive lead-ership contest, Truss, currently the foreign minister, defeated for-mer finance minister Rishi Sunak in a vote of Conservative Party members, winning by 81,326 votes to 60,399.

"I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy,"

Truss said after the result was announced. "I will deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with peo-ple's energy bills, but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply."

Truss takes over as the coun-try faces a cost of living crisis, industrial unrest, a recession and war in Europe, where Britain has been a leading backer of Ukraine. She appeared to rule out another national election for the next two years, saying she would win a great victory for her party in 2024.

She succeeds Boris Johnson, who was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal saw support for his

administration drain away.He will travel to Scotland to

meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday to officially tender his resigna-tion. Truss will follow him and be asked to form a government by the monarch.

Long the front-runner to re-place him, Truss will become the Conservatives' fourth prime minister since a 2015 election. Over that period the country has been buffeted from crisis to crisis, and now faces what is forecast to be a long recession triggered by sky-rocketing inflation which hit 10.1% in July.

Foreign minister under John-son, Truss, 47, has promised to act quickly to tackle the cost of living crisis, saying that within a week she will come up with a plan to tackle rising energy bills and securing future fuel supplies.

She signalled during her lead-ership campaign she would chal-

lenge convention by scrapping tax increases and cutting other levies in a move some economists say would fuel inflation.

That, plus a pledge to review the remit of the Bank of England while protecting its independ-ence, has prompted some inves-tors to dump the pound and gov-ernment bonds.

Kwasi Kwarteng, widely tipped to be her finance minister, sought to calm markets on Monday, by saying in an article in the Financial Times news-paper that under Truss there would need to be "some fiscal loosening" but that her administra-tion would act in "a fiscally responsible way".

Asked if he would be finance minister following Truss's vic-tory, Kwarteng told Reuters he didn't know.

russ faces a long, costly and difficult to-do list, which op-position lawmakers say is the result of 12 years of poor Con-servative government. Several have called for an early election - something Truss has said she will not allow.

Veteran Conservative lawmaker David Davis de-scribed the challenges she would take on as prime min-ister as "probably the sec-ond most difficult brief of

post-war prime ministers" after Conservative Margaret Thatcher in 1979.

"I actually don't think any of the candidates, not one of them going through it, really knows quite how big this is going to be," he said, adding that costs could run into tens of billions of pounds.

Truss has said she will appoint a strong cabinet, dispensing with what one source close to her called a "presidential-style" of governing, and she will have to

work hard to win over some lawmakers in her party who had backed Sunak in the race.

Her victory among party members was also the

narrowest of any Con-servative leadership election held this century.

The Institute for Government think-tank said Truss would have a weak-er starting point than any of her predecessors, be-cause she was not the most popular choice among her

party's lawmakers.First, she will turn

to the urgent issue of surging energy prices. Average annual house-hold utility bills are set to jump by 80% in Oc-tober to 3,549 pounds, before an expected rise to 6,000 pounds in 2023, decimating personal finances.

Liz Truss (left) was mocked by Russian media earlier this year for posing for pictures similar to those taken of Margaret Thatcher (right) during her visit to the country in 1987 (courtesy of Daily Mail)

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss visits British troops on deployment to Estonia last November. Mrs Thatcher in one in Germany in 1983 (Courtesy: Daily Mail)

Daily Mail reported that Truss Snubbed Sunak by walking past him without shaking his hand

Boris Johnson pictured in Downing Street yesterday, where he will remain until the formal handover

Liz Truss speaks after being announced as Britain’s next Prime Minister at The Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Britain

Liz Truss vows tax cuts after winning British PM race

Liz Truss becomes the UK’s (and her party’s) third female prime

minister as she defeats Rishi Sunak to take power and replace

Boris Johnson in No10

Earthquake in China’s Sichuan kills 46, shakes provincial capitalReuters | Beijing

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan

province yesterday, the strong-est to hit the region since 2017, killing at least 46 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more distant provinces.

Some roads and homes near the epicentre were damaged by landslides, while communica-tions were down in at least one area, state television reported.

No damage to dams and hy-dropower stations within 50 km (31 miles) of the epicentre

was reported, although dam-age to the provincial grid had affected power to about 40,000 end-users.

The epicentre was at the town of Luding, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said, in the mountains about 226 km southwest of

Chengdu.In Luding, the quake was so

strong it was hard for some peo-ple to remain standing, while cracks appeared on some hous-es, the China News Service re-ported. Video clips on social media showed lights swing-ing while people rushed out of

buildings into the streets.Four of the seven people

killed were in Luding.A total of 39,000 people live

within 20 km of the epicentre and 1.55 million within 100 km, according to state

television.The quake was Sichuan’s big-

gest since August 2017, when one of magnitude 7.0 hit the Aba prefecture.

The most powerful Sichuan earthquake on record was in May 2008, when a magnitude 8.0 quake centred in Wenchuan killed almost 70,000 people and caused extensive damage.

Police hunt two men after knife rampage kills 10 in CanadaReuters | Weldon, Saskatche-wan

Two men suspected of kill-ing 10 people in a stabbing

rampage that devastated an in-digenous community in Canada were still at large on Monday as police tried to determine a motive for attacks that shocked a nation where mass violence is rare.

Police launched a manhunt for Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, after they allegedly stabbed people in 13 different areas across an indigenous com-munity and its surrounding province on Sunday. At least 15 others were wounded.

The attacks in Saskatche-wan province were among the deadliest in Canada's modern history. A statement by indig-enous leaders indicated they may have been drug-related. Police said some of the victims appeared to have been targeted, while others were apparently random.

Police have provided photos of the two men, who they say are armed and dangerous. They were traveling in a black Nissan Rogue and spotted in the city of Regina, about 320 km (200 miles) south of the attacks in the James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon, po-lice said.

The suspects were likely in Regina, the city's police chief, Evan Bray, said in a Twitter video late on Sunday. But au-thorities have warned it was not clear where they might be headed or if they had changed vehicles.

Indigenous people account for less than 5% of Canada's population of about 38 million and suffer from higher levels of poverty and unemployment than other Canadians and also have a shorter life expectancy.

P r i m e M i n i s t e r Ju s t i n Trudeau said his government had been in direct communica-tion with the James Smith Cree

Nation leadership, adding, "we are ready to assist in any way we can."

James Smith Cree Nation is an indigenous communi-ty with a population of about 3,400 people largely engaged in farming, hunting and fishing. Weldon is a village of some 200 people.

The nation's elected elders declared a state of emergency. Police bulletins urged people to report any suspicious per-sons and to take precautions including sheltering in place, while warning against picking up hitchhikers or approaching suspicious people.

"Do not leave a secure loca-tion. Use caution allowing oth-ers into your residence," one advisory said.

A police forensics team investigates a crime scene

Sri Lanka bill to trim president’s powers likely to become law within weeks-ministerReuters | Colombo

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said yesterday a

constitutional amendment bill trimming presidential powers is expected to become law in a couple of weeks.

“The new amendment will reduce presidential powers and bring back participatory gov-

ernance,” Sabry told reporters at the foreign ministry.

The bill, which will require a

two-thirds majority in the house to become law, was proposed to help shore up stability and defuse unrest provoked by the country’s worst financial crisis in decades.

The crisis came to a head in July when then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was accused of economic misman-agement, fled the country and

resigned, replaced by Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The proposed amendment would establish a constitution-al council and nine independ-ent commissions to improve governance. The commissions would work to promote human rights, increase audit oversight of government agencies and bol-ster anti-graft investigations.

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Kyiv claims battlefield gains as Russian gas shutdown hits Europe markets

• Ukraine releases picture of flag over Kherson province town

• European markets hit hard by closure of Russian pipeline

Reuters | Kyiv

Ukraine made its bold-est claim yet of suc-

cess on the battlefield in its week-old counter-offensive against Russian forces in the south, while European markets reopened on Mon-day in free-fall after Russia kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut.

After days of declining to give details about their new offensive, Ukrainian offi-cials posted an image online of three soldiers raising a flag over a town in Kherson province, a southern region occupied by Russia since the war's early days.

The image of the flag be-ing fixed to a pole on a roof-top, purportedly in Vysoko-pyllya in the north of Kher-son, was released as Presi-dent Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukrainian forces had captured two towns in the south and one in the east. In an overnight address, he did not identify the locations.

After months of endur-ing punishing Russian ar-tillery assaults in the east, Ukraine has at last begun its long-awaited coun-ter-attack, its biggest since it drove Russian forces away from the outskirts of Kyiv in March.

Ukraine had kept most details of its new campaign under wraps so far, banning journalists from the front-line and offering little com-mentary in public.

Ukrainian man stands at a destroyed wholesale market after a Russian strike in Kramatorsk


A general view of the submerged houses, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Dera Allah Yar, District Jafferabad, Pakistan

Flood victim family take refuge with their belongings as floodwater rises, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sohbatpur

A family, affected by flood, sits in a tent amid rising flood waters in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad

Pakistan struggles as floods worsen

Eight go on trial over 2016 Bastille Day truck attack• 2016 Bastille Day attacks trial starts

• Attacker drove truck at crowd, killing 86

• Attacker shot dead by police on the spot

• Defendants accused of helping him get weapons, truck

• Islamic State claim of responsibility questioned

Reuters | Paris

Seven men and one wom-an went on trial yesterday over a deadly 2016 truck

rampage in the French city of Nice, accused of helping the driver who killed 86 people, in-cluding 15 children and teenag-ers, who had gathered to watch a fireworks display.

Attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot dead by police on the spot after causing dev-astation and chaos on a stretch of about two km (1.2 miles) on Nice's seaside boulevard, where families were celebrating Bas-tille Day.

Prosecutors say the defend-ants, who face between five years in jail to a life sentence, helped Tunisian-born Lahouaiej Bouhlel get weapons, rent the truck or survey the route he took for the attack.

"It's a difficult moment, it's very complicated," Anne Mur-

ris, who lost her daughter in the attack, said as she arrived at the court. "This sends me back six years ago, when I was look-ing for my daughter (after the attack)... a lot of sadness, also feelings of fear."

None of the defendants is ac-cused of taking part in the at-tack or even of being complicit, which survivors said they strug-gled with.

The lack of high-profile de-fendants, together with the fact that there are question marks over the attacker's motives, mean the Nice trial is quite dif-ferent from the past months' trial into the Islamist attacks that killed 130 in Paris in 2015.

Islamic State claimed respon-sibility a few days after the Nice massacre, but offered no proof that the attacker, who had a re-cord of domestic violence and petty crimes, had direct contact with the group.

ROAD RAGE

Described by neighbours as a “frightening” man with

a tense personality, Lahouaiej Bouhlel had months before his rampage been handed a six-month suspended sentence for hurling a wooden pallet at another driver in a road rage incident.

French media including Le Monde and Liberation this week reported accounts by his wife of severe domestic vi-olence by a husband who beat her, raped her and threatened to kill her and their children if she left him.

Lahouaiej Bouhlel drank

alcohol, ate pork and showed no interest in religion, they quoted his wife as telling in-vestigators after the attack. He started looking up Islamist content online weeks before the attack, Le Monde wrote.

Three of the accused, close friends of the attacker, are ac-cused of participation in a ter-rorist criminal association for helping him obtain weapons and the truck. Two of those face 20 years in jail, while one faces a life sentence.

The five other defendants are accused of helping indi-rectly through arms trafficking and face shorter sentences. One of that group will be tried

in absentia.“Some people are hoping

the trial will help them move forward,” said Jean-Claude Hubler, who chairs the Life for Nice victims’ association.

“Some are so angry that for them the trial will not lead to anything significant - we know that the terrorist is dead.”

Hubler said he and a num-ber of other victims were more interested in seeing whether officials will, separately from this trial, face sanctions for what he said was a lack of se-curity to protect the Bastille Day celebrations.

The trial verdict is expected in December.

French gendarmes stand in front of the temporary courtroom before the start of the trial of eight individuals for their role in the July 14, 2016 attacks on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice in which 86 people died when a truck was driven into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France

There are serious doubts over whether this was an opportunistic

claim of responsibility, and the prosecutors’ office said that

was one of the points the trial would aim to clarify. They could not say whether the defendants would plead guilty or deny any

wrongdoing.

KNOW WHAT

Bangladesh will not face a situation like Sri Lanka, PM Hasina saysReuters | New Delhi

Bangladesh Prime Min-ister Sheikh Hasina has

said her country will not face a situation like the eco-nomic crisis in Sri Lanka although her government has sought loans from glob-al agencies amid a fall in its reserves and surging import costs. read more

In an interview with Reuters partner ANI, aired ahead of her visit to India on Monday, Hasina said that Bangladesh’s economy re-mained strong despite the impact of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war.

Bangladesh’s $416 billion economy has been one of the fastest-growing in the world for years but dwindling for-eign exchange reserves due to inflated import bills have prompted the government to seek loans from global agencies, including the In-ternational Monetary Fund (IMF). read more

“Bangladesh has always timely (in paying) our debt; our debt rate is very low in the context of Sri Lanka,” Hasina said. “Some people have raised this issue that Bangladesh will be Sri Lan-ka, but I can ensure that that will not happen.”

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Iran sentences two women to death for 'corruption on earth' - IRNAReuters | Dubai

Two women have been sen-tenced to death in Iran

on charges of "corruption on earth" and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran's official IRNA news agency re-ported yesterday.

"Contrary to news published

online, the sentenced have de-ceived and trafficked young women and girls out of the country by promising them ed-ucational and work opportuni-ties, thus leading to the suicide of several of their victims," IRNA said.

" C o r r u p t i o n o n e a r t h " is a term Iranian authori-

ties use to refer to a broad range of offences, includ-ing those related to Islamic morals.

In March, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame-nei described homosexuality as part of a "moral deprivation" widespread in Western civili-sation.

India's Bengaluru hit by flooding, traffic snarls after heavy rainReuters | Bengaluru

Large parts of India's tech capital Bengaluru were un-

der water yesterday after tor-rential rains uprooted trees, caused crippling traffic and forced offices to issue work-from-home orders to employ-ees, raising fears of further dis-ruptions through the week.

The Bangalore Urban district on Sunday received 28.1 mm

rainfall, 368% more than the average, according to data com-

piled by the state-run India Me-teorological Department (IMD).

Members of a rescue team row their boat past submerged vehicles

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Two Russian embassy staff dead, four others killed in suicide blast in Kabul• Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards

• Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over the country

Reuters | Kabul

Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a su-

icide bomber detonated explo-sives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said yesterday.

Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached the gate, in one of the first such attacks since the Taliban took power last year.

“The suicide attacker before reaching the target, was recog-nised and shot by Russian em-

bassy (Taliban) guards ... there is no information about casualties yet,” Mawlawi Sabir, the head of the police district where the attack took place, told Reuters.

The Russian Foreign Minis-

try said in a statement that an unknown militant set off an ex-plosive device near the entrance to the consular section of the embassy around at 10:50 a.m. Kabul time.

“As a result of the attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also victims among Afghan citizens,” the ministry said.

The four others killed were

Afghan civilians, Khalid Zadran, a Kabul police spokesman said.

Russia is one of the few coun-tries to have maintained an em-bassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over the country more than a year ago. Although Moscow does not officially recognise the Taliban’s government, they have been in talks with officials over an agreement to supply gasoline and other commodities.

The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) con-demned the blast.

“In light of recent events, UN-AMA stresses the need for the de facto authorities to take steps to ensure the safety and security of the people as well as diplomatic missions,” the UN wrote on Twit-

ter, in reference to the Taliban government.

During the decades-long Tali-ban insurgency against the west-ern-backed Afghan government, bombings targeting foreign mis-sions were a regular occurrence in Kabul, especially in recent years, with embassies and hotels fortifying themselves with razor wire and blast walls.

Such incidents have decreased dramatically since the insurgent group swept to power in August 2021.

Since then, attacks - some of them claimed by Islamic State - mainly targeted the Taliban and civilian targets such as mosques.

No group has claimed respon-sibility for Monday’s blast.

Men who were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy, are treated inside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan

Ukraine nuclear plant disconnected by shelling after UN watchdog exits-EnergoatomReuters | Kyiv

The final working reactor at the vast Zaporizhzhia nucle-

ar power plant was disconnected from Ukraine’s grid on Monday after Russian shelling disrupted power lines, state nuclear com-pany Energoatom said.The imperilled six-reactor facil-ity in southern Ukraine, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, was captured by Mos-cow in March, but is still run by Ukrainian staff.“Today, as a result of a fire caused by shelling, the (last working)

transmission line was discon-nected,” Energoatom said in a statement on Telegram.“As a result, (reactor) unit No. 6, which currently supplies the (plant’s) own needs, was unload-ed and disconnected from the grid,” it said.Ukraine was unable to repair the power lines now because of fighting raging around the sta-tion, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.“Any repairs of the power lines are currently impossible- fight-ing is ongoing around the sta-

tion,” he said.Galushchenko complained that the fresh shelling had hit soon after most of the inspectors from a mission by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency, left the plant earlier on Monday.“As soon as the IAEA mission left the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant- the station has once again been disconnected,” he added.Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other of risking a nuclear disaster as the plant’s territory has been regularly shelled over the past month.

A view shows the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

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Two Russian embassy staff dead, four others killed in suicide blast in Kabul• Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards

• Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over the country

Reuters | Kabul

Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a su-

icide bomber detonated explo-sives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said yesterday.

Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached the gate, in one of the first such attacks since the Taliban took power last year.

“The suicide attacker before reaching the target, was recog-nised and shot by Russian em-

bassy (Taliban) guards ... there is no information about casualties yet,” Mawlawi Sabir, the head of the police district where the attack took place, told Reuters.

The Russian Foreign Minis-

try said in a statement that an unknown militant set off an ex-plosive device near the entrance to the consular section of the embassy around at 10:50 a.m. Kabul time.

“As a result of the attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also victims among Afghan citizens,” the ministry said.

The four others killed were

Afghan civilians, Khalid Zadran, a Kabul police spokesman said.

Russia is one of the few coun-tries to have maintained an em-bassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over the country more than a year ago. Although Moscow does not officially recognise the Taliban’s government, they have been in talks with officials over an agreement to supply gasoline and other commodities.

The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) con-demned the blast.

“In light of recent events, UN-AMA stresses the need for the de facto authorities to take steps to ensure the safety and security of the people as well as diplomatic missions,” the UN wrote on Twit-

ter, in reference to the Taliban government.

During the decades-long Tali-ban insurgency against the west-ern-backed Afghan government, bombings targeting foreign mis-sions were a regular occurrence in Kabul, especially in recent years, with embassies and hotels fortifying themselves with razor wire and blast walls.

Such incidents have decreased dramatically since the insurgent group swept to power in August 2021.

Since then, attacks - some of them claimed by Islamic State - mainly targeted the Taliban and civilian targets such as mosques.

No group has claimed respon-sibility for Monday’s blast.

Men who were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy, are treated inside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan

Ukraine nuclear plant disconnected by shelling after UN watchdog exits-EnergoatomReuters | Kyiv

The final working reactor at the vast Zaporizhzhia nucle-

ar power plant was disconnected from Ukraine’s grid on Monday after Russian shelling disrupted power lines, state nuclear com-pany Energoatom said.The imperilled six-reactor facil-ity in southern Ukraine, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, was captured by Mos-cow in March, but is still run by Ukrainian staff.“Today, as a result of a fire caused by shelling, the (last working)

transmission line was discon-nected,” Energoatom said in a statement on Telegram.“As a result, (reactor) unit No. 6, which currently supplies the (plant’s) own needs, was unload-ed and disconnected from the grid,” it said.Ukraine was unable to repair the power lines now because of fighting raging around the sta-tion, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.“Any repairs of the power lines are currently impossible- fight-ing is ongoing around the sta-

tion,” he said.Galushchenko complained that the fresh shelling had hit soon after most of the inspectors from a mission by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency, left the plant earlier on Monday.“As soon as the IAEA mission left the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant- the station has once again been disconnected,” he added.Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other of risking a nuclear disaster as the plant’s territory has been regularly shelled over the past month.

A view shows the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Kanye West lashes out at ‘crazy’ peopleCelebretainment | Los Angeles

Kanye West has lashed out at “crazy” people who don’t understand

him.The 45-year-old shared the

message on Instagram, insist-ing he “won’t back down” from his strong opinions on his chil-dren’s schooling or his busi-nesses, just days after he posted and deleted a string of messages about his former wife Kim Kar-dashian and her family.

Kanye wrote: “Here is the through line. Gap having meet-ings about me without me Adi-das releasing old shoes and col-oring my shoes like I’m dead me not having a say on where my children go to school.

“Call me whatever names you want. If you don’t understand why I won’t back down on my businesses my brands and my children then you’re the ones who are crazy.”

The message came after Kanye posted a series of mes-sages online which appeared to be part of a disagreement with Kim over where to send their four children - North, nine, Chi-cago, four, Saint, six, and Psalm, three - to school with Kanye suggesting he wanted the kids to attend the institution he founded, the Donda Academy.

In one of the notes posted online, Kanye wrote: “It’s not up to Calabasas or Hulu where my kids go to school I’m not the crazy one here It’s up. I won’t

stop until I have a say so on my kids no matter what it legally takes.”

Another post referred to Tristan Thompson, Scott Dis ick , and Travis Scott - who have al l children w i t h K a r -d a s h i -a n ’ s s i s t e r s - a n d compared t h e m t o sperm “do -nors”.

The star added: “We’re in this to-gether.”

Tristan has two kids with Khloe Kardashian, while Scott has three children with K o u r t n e y , and Travis is dad to a son and daugh-ter with Ky-lie Jenner.

K a n y e also shared a s c r e e n shot which a p p e a r e d to show an exchange be-tween him and his ex Kim, with the reality TV star

writing: “Can u please stop (sic)” and Kanye replied: “No ... We need to talk in person. You don’t have say so of where the

kids go to school. Why get say say. Cause

you half white?”A n o t h e r

screen shot appeared to show Kim passing on a message f r o m h e r mum Kris

Jenner. She wrote: “’From

m y m o m - PLEASE. Tell him

to please stop men-tioning my name. I’m al-

most 67 years old and I don’t always feel great and this stresses me to no end.”

Kanye responded: “Y’all don’t have so so

over my black chi ldren and where they go to school.”

In anoth-er message, Kanye seem-ingly refer-enced Kim’s i n f a m o u s sex tape and a shoot she did for Play-boy as well as another shoot for the maga-zine by her sister Kylie.

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Call me whatever names you want. If you don’t understand why I won’t back down on my

businesses my brands and my children then you’re

the ones who are crazy

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Across1- Strike breaker; 5- Summarize; 10- Aggregate; 14- “The Joy of Cooking” author Rombauer; 15- Tarnish; 16- Food thickener; 17- Put down; 18- Quality; 19- Cosmonaut Gagarin; 20- Last letter of the Greek alphabet; 22- Chinese game; 24- Formerly, formerly; 27- Fly; 28- Source of caviar; 32- Family tree member; 35- Part of HRH; 36- Santa’s reindeer, e.g.; 38- Atty.-to-be exams; 40- Make ___ for it; 42- Halfhearted; 44- Lose one’s cool; 45- Unite; 47- Flat-topped hills; 49- Pet for King Solomon; 50- Urges; 52- Educated; 54- Stead; 56- Pig; 57- Moisture; 60- Domingo, for one; 64- Henry VIII’s sixth; 65- Melodies; 68- It’s used to walk the dog; 69- Legal rights org.; 70- Part of Hispaniola; 71- K-6; 72- Composition in verse; 73- John of England; 74- Drop off;

Down 1- Farm structure; 2- Burn the midnight oil, studying; 3- Gallic girlfriend; 4- Burrowing, carnivorous mammal; 5- Queue after Q; 6- Where It.’s at; 7- A type of bake; 8- Rap sheet info; 9- Constrictor; 10- A city’s first lady?; 11- Son of ___!; 12- Puppeteer Tony; 13- Hindu title; 21- Jason’s craft; 23- Monopoly board corner; 25- Faction of a group, often religious; 26- Emblem; 28- Ersatz; 29- Wearies; 30- Encroach; 31- Scruffs; 33- Artificial waterway; 34- Military camp; 37- Flat circular plates; 39- Rushed, drove too fast; 41- Monetary unit of Bhutan; 43- “James and the Giant Peach” author; 46- “___ Brockovich”; 48- Chimney residue; 51- Do a slow burn; 53- Complied; 55- Everyday; 57- Texas city; 58- Della’s creator; 59- Agitated state; 61- ___ contendere; 62- Court cry; 63- Capital of Italy; 64- Soft food for infants; 66- DDE’s command; 67- Transgression;

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Lisa Kudrow branded ‘one of worst humans’ on Earth by Spencer Pratt

Celebretainment | Los Angeles

Lisa Kudrow has been branded “one of the

worst humans” on Earth by ‘The Hills’ star Spencer Pratt.

The 39-year-old slated the ‘Friends’ actress, 59, on TikTok, with TV personal-ity Bethenny Frankel, 51, also commenting she had a “crazy experience” with Lisa when she appeared on her talk show.

Spencer initially slammed Lisa last week, and then took to the social platform again on Saturday to explain his remark.

The dad-of-one alleged Lisa approached him and his wife Heidi Montag, 35, at a party in 2009, where he said the actress claimed he had the “eyes of a serial killer” and would murder his partner.

He said: “It was almost like we were filming for ‘Punk’d’ and a camera was going to pop up, but Heidi and I didn’t care as there was delicious food and a open bar.

“As we were sitting there consuming a little caviar, Phoe-be (Lisa) approach-es, which was a little shocking as no-one had spoken to us at all at the par-ty.

“ R i g h t i n front of me she tells Heidi that she needs to get away from me as fast as possi-ble because I’m going to murder Hei-di and that I have the eyes of a serial killer.

Bradley Cooper wants more kids with Irina Shayk


Bradley Cooper wants to have more kids with Irina

Shayk.The 47-year-old actor - who

welcomed daughter Lea back in 2017 with Irina - called it quits with the supermodel in 2019 but the pair are report-edly considering rekindling their romance after enjoying a vacation together and would like to have another daughter together.

A source told PageSix: “It was a real family getaway and they are considering getting back together. She would like her daughter to have a sibling. They both [Bradley and Irina] haven’t gotten serious with anyone else and they are both into the idea of having a kid.”

However, the news comes just days after it was claimed that the ‘Licorice Pizza’ star

and his ex were simply “getting along well for the sake of their daughter” and that they had a “system in place” for Lea.

A source said: “They are co-parenting and get along well for the sake of their daughter. They do things as a family and it’s going well. They have a good system in place for Lea and they take turns with her. They also come together as a family and do things when they can.”

Last year, Irina was roman-tically linked to rap star Kanye West after his divorce from Kim Kardashian.

Irina and Kanye, 45, were seen together on a romantic trip to France, but their spark ultimately fizzled out.

A source said at the time: “It was never a serious thing that took off.”

Another source revealed that Kanye was wowed by the model. However, the

Britney Spears: My sons get really mad when I post about them


Britney Spears says her sons

get “really mad” when she posts about them on In-stagram.

The 40-year-old pop star - who re-cently collaborat-ed with Sir Elton John on new single ‘Hold Me Closer’ - is mother to Sean, 16,

and Jayden, 15, with

her ex-husband Kevin Feder-line and joked that her children could give the music legend a “run for his money” but that they “stopped seeing her”

Alongside a montage of her-self dancing in various states of undress, she wrote on Ins-tagram: “GEEEZ see it hits me later … the fact that I’m do-ing a song with Elton .. makes me wanna freaking cry … he’s me and my mother’s favorite musician … I listened to driv-ing hours to dance class from 8 to 14 … see again WHHATT THHE F***!!! Wow wow, what

an honor to be with such gifted hands !!! WE ALREADY KNOW !!! My son might give him a run for his money !!! ….I have soooooooo much foot-age of him p l a y i n g … yep my chil-dren are freak-ing geniuses !!! It’s kinda scary … he stopped seeing me.”

Reese Witherspoon reveals she was cast for ‘Walk the Line’ at a weddingANI | Washington

Hollywood actor Reese Witherspoon opened up

about her part as June Cart-er Cash in ‘Walk the Line,’ as well as how she was cast in the film.

“That’s a funny story because I had grown up in Nashvil le. I played Mama May-belle Carter in the

fourth grade play,” she told her “Little

Fires Everywhere” co-star Kerry Washington on her podcast.

“That’s June’s mom,

who was ... one of the very first country recording artists in the 1920s.”

Witherspoon re-calls meeting “Walk

the Line” director James Mangold at a wedding when

he first scouted her for the part. “We

were at a wedding, and he goes, ‘Hey,

you’re from Nash-ville, aren’t you?’

And I was like, ‘I am. Yeah.’ And he goes, ‘Do you know who June Carter is?’”

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Lisa Kudrow

Hamilton apologises to team for angry radio outburstReuters | Zandvoort

Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton apologised

for an expletive-laden radio outburst at his Mercedes team as his hopes of a first win of the Formula One season dis-appeared in Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix.

The Briton led until a late safety car period left him de-fending on slower tyres than his rivals, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen roaring past at the re-start to take a home victory.

Hamilton ended up fourth, with team mate George Russell second.

“I was just on the edge of breaking point with emotions and my apologies to the team because I don’t even remem-ber what I said, I just lost it for a second,” he told Sky Sports television.

“But I think they know that there is just so much passion and I want to look at it as a glass half full,” added the winner of 103 races.

Hamilton has won a race in every season he has competed since his debut in 2007, but that record is in danger of ending with Verstappen taking his 10th win in 15 races and romping towards his second title.

The disappointment was so much greater because Mercedes sensed that Zand-voort offered a real opportunity, even if Verstappen had started

on pole in front of his home crowd.

“I really was hopeful that we were going to get a one-two together as a team,” said Ham-ilton, who has not won since Saudi Arabia last December.

“It was finally there, within our grasp but of course then the safety car really didn’t help.

“Without the safety car I think we’d have been challeng-

ing them (Red Bull) for the win at the end on the one-stop which I don’t think the others could do.”

MNM trio will need to accept sitting on the bench, says PSG coachReuters | Paris

Paris St Germain will need all their resources if they are to

shine on all fronts this season, and it means that their formi-dable ‘MNM’ attacking trio will need to take a break at times, whether they like it or not.

While Mauricio Pochettino would rarely replace Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe or Ney-mar, his successor Christophe Galtier has not hesitated to put the Brazilian on the bench on Saturday, three days before their Champions League open-er against Juventus.

Neymar came on around the hour mark but it was Mbappe who made way for his fellow forward in their 3-0 win at Nantes and the France player did not show any sign of frus-tration.

Messi is the one who played the most among the three, al-though he was also recalled to the bench in the closing stages against Monaco and Toulouse.

Galtier, who took over this season, had warned that the team would come first, and he has been true to his word as PSG scored a record 24 goals in their opening six league matches.

“I talked about it twice - once with each of them and once with the whole squad, to tell them that this is how it was going to be and that we had to have the right attitude and accept it,” said Galtier.

With a packed schedule with

the World Cup looming in the European autumn, Galtier said there was little choice.

“You say it’s new, but it’s an

obligation for everyone because of the very busy schedule,” he explained.

“We play a lot, every three days, then every four days, then there is the World Cup. Everyone has to understand that they won’t be able to play all the games.”

Champions Al Najma triumph in league opener

Title holders outclass Bahrain Club while Samaheej surge late in win against Tubli on opening night of 2022/2023 Khalid bin Hamad Bahrain Handball League

• Al Najma finish strong in resounding win against Bahrain Club

• Samaheej use decisive 11-0 run to seal victory against Tubli

TDT | Manama

Al Najma and Samaheej were both victorious last night in the open-

ing evening of action in the 2022/2023 Khalid bin Hamad Bahrain Handball League, being played at the Bahrain Handball Association (BHA) Arena in Um Al Hassam.

Defending champions Najma battled past a hard-challenging Bahrain Club 33-25, while Sama-heej posted an emphatic come-from-behind 29-23 win against Tubli in their contest.

In Najma’s win, they held a slim 16-12 advantage heading into the locker rooms and then Bahrain Club kept things close early in the second half.

But Najma gradually began to pull away and a Mohammed Habib goal gave them a 23-20 lead. They continued to extend

the gap to 26-22 moving into the final 10 minutes. Back-to-back goals from Habib and Bilal Basham made it 31-23, and they then rode their momentum to the final whistle.

Najma’s triumph last night continued from where they left off last week, when they claimed the Bahrain Super Cup —the tradit ional sea-son-opening fixture in the na-tional handball scene—with a 31-24 triumph over arch-rivals Al Ahli.

Najma are looking to build on

their monumental success from last season, when they won the league title, the BHA Cup and the Gulf clubs handball champi-onship, while also claiming the

silver medals in the Asian clubs championship.

Meanwhile, Samaheej used a blistering 11-0 run midway through the second half to turn a narrow deficit into a command-ing lead, and they never looked back.

The game was deadlocked at 13-all at the end of the first half, and then Tubli went ahead 19-16 eight minutes after the break.

But then Samaheej stepped things up and scored the match’s next 11 goals to power to a 27-

19 advantage. That completely changed the face of the contest, as Samaheej held Tubli scoreless for nearly 20 minutes.

Samaheej cruised from there as they sealed a well-deserved season-opening win.

The first week of league action continues tonight and tomor-row. This evening, Al Shabab take on Al Tadhamon at 5.30pm, to be followed at 7.15pm by an exciting clash between Al Ahli and Barbar.

Tomorrow, Al Ettihad take on Al Ettifaq at 7pm.

We play a lot, every three days, then

every four days, then there is the World

Cup. Everyone has to understand that they

won’t be able to play all the games

CHRISTOPHE GALTIER

The first week of league action con-tinues tonight with Shabab taking on Al

Tadhamon and Al Ahli facing Barbar; while tomorrow Al Ettihad

play against Al Ettifaq

Messi is the one who played the most

among the three, although he was also recalled to the bench in the closing stages against Monaco and

Toulouse

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Najma’s Hassan Mirza in action against Bahrain Club last night Samaheej and Tubli players battle during their game

Paris St Germain’s Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe attend a news conference in Tokyo (file photo)

Binotto and Sainz lament Ferrari’s Dutch ‘mess’

AFP | Zandvoort

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto and one of his

drivers Carlos Sainz agreed their disastrous Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday was “a mess”.

In a chaotic and busy race, punctuated by stoppages, Red Bull emerged trium-phant as Max Verstappen drove to his fourth con-secutive victory ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Le-clerc.

Ferrari’s race was filled with series of errors and misfortunes including bun-gled pit-stops, unsafe re-leases in the pit lane and erratic strategy calls.

A poor first pit stop left Sainz standing for 12 sec-onds as his crew searched for a left rear tyre.

“Oh my God!” exclaimed Sainz.

Not only had his crew mislaid a tyre, but they also left a wheel gun on the ground in front of Sergio Perez of Red Bull.

“A mess,” said Binotto. “What happened: a mess. A very, very late call. The mechanics weren’t ready. We will revisit that at the end of this race.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. in the pit during the race

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton arrives at Circuit Zandvoort before the race

I was just on the edge of breaking point

with emotions and my apologies to the team because I don’t even

remember what I said, I just lost it for a second

LEWIS HAMILTON

Hamilton has won a race in every season

he has competed since his debut in 2007,

but that record is in danger of ending with Verstappen taking his

10th win in 15 races and romping towards

his second title

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Hamilton apologises to team for angry radio outburstReuters | Zandvoort

Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton apologised

for an expletive-laden radio outburst at his Mercedes team as his hopes of a first win of the Formula One season dis-appeared in Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix.

The Briton led until a late safety car period left him de-fending on slower tyres than his rivals, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen roaring past at the re-start to take a home victory.

Hamilton ended up fourth, with team mate George Russell second.

“I was just on the edge of breaking point with emotions and my apologies to the team because I don’t even remem-ber what I said, I just lost it for a second,” he told Sky Sports television.

“But I think they know that there is just so much passion and I want to look at it as a glass half full,” added the winner of 103 races.

Hamilton has won a race in every season he has competed since his debut in 2007, but that record is in danger of ending with Verstappen taking his 10th win in 15 races and romping towards his second title.

The disappointment was so much greater because Mercedes sensed that Zand-voort offered a real opportunity, even if Verstappen had started

on pole in front of his home crowd.

“I really was hopeful that we were going to get a one-two together as a team,” said Ham-ilton, who has not won since Saudi Arabia last December.

“It was finally there, within our grasp but of course then the safety car really didn’t help.

“Without the safety car I think we’d have been challeng-

ing them (Red Bull) for the win at the end on the one-stop which I don’t think the others could do.”

MNM trio will need to accept sitting on the bench, says PSG coachReuters | Paris

Paris St Germain will need all their resources if they are to

shine on all fronts this season, and it means that their formi-dable ‘MNM’ attacking trio will need to take a break at times, whether they like it or not.

While Mauricio Pochettino would rarely replace Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe or Ney-mar, his successor Christophe Galtier has not hesitated to put the Brazilian on the bench on Saturday, three days before their Champions League open-er against Juventus.

Neymar came on around the hour mark but it was Mbappe who made way for his fellow forward in their 3-0 win at Nantes and the France player did not show any sign of frus-tration.

Messi is the one who played the most among the three, al-though he was also recalled to the bench in the closing stages against Monaco and Toulouse.

Galtier, who took over this season, had warned that the team would come first, and he has been true to his word as PSG scored a record 24 goals in their opening six league matches.

“I talked about it twice - once with each of them and once with the whole squad, to tell them that this is how it was going to be and that we had to have the right attitude and accept it,” said Galtier.

With a packed schedule with

the World Cup looming in the European autumn, Galtier said there was little choice.

“You say it’s new, but it’s an

obligation for everyone because of the very busy schedule,” he explained.

“We play a lot, every three days, then every four days, then there is the World Cup. Everyone has to understand that they won’t be able to play all the games.”

Champions Al Najma triumph in league opener

Title holders outclass Bahrain Club while Samaheej surge late in win against Tubli on opening night of 2022/2023 Khalid bin Hamad Bahrain Handball League

• Al Najma finish strong in resounding win against Bahrain Club

• Samaheej use decisive 11-0 run to seal victory against Tubli

TDT | Manama

Al Najma and Samaheej were both victorious last night in the open-

ing evening of action in the 2022/2023 Khalid bin Hamad Bahrain Handball League, being played at the Bahrain Handball Association (BHA) Arena in Um Al Hassam.

Defending champions Najma battled past a hard-challenging Bahrain Club 33-25, while Sama-heej posted an emphatic come-from-behind 29-23 win against Tubli in their contest.

In Najma’s win, they held a slim 16-12 advantage heading into the locker rooms and then Bahrain Club kept things close early in the second half.

But Najma gradually began to pull away and a Mohammed Habib goal gave them a 23-20 lead. They continued to extend

the gap to 26-22 moving into the final 10 minutes. Back-to-back goals from Habib and Bilal Basham made it 31-23, and they then rode their momentum to the final whistle.

Najma’s triumph last night continued from where they left off last week, when they claimed the Bahrain Super Cup —the tradit ional sea-son-opening fixture in the na-tional handball scene—with a 31-24 triumph over arch-rivals Al Ahli.

Najma are looking to build on

their monumental success from last season, when they won the league title, the BHA Cup and the Gulf clubs handball champi-onship, while also claiming the

silver medals in the Asian clubs championship.

Meanwhile, Samaheej used a blistering 11-0 run midway through the second half to turn a narrow deficit into a command-ing lead, and they never looked back.

The game was deadlocked at 13-all at the end of the first half, and then Tubli went ahead 19-16 eight minutes after the break.

But then Samaheej stepped things up and scored the match’s next 11 goals to power to a 27-

19 advantage. That completely changed the face of the contest, as Samaheej held Tubli scoreless for nearly 20 minutes.

Samaheej cruised from there as they sealed a well-deserved season-opening win.

The first week of league action continues tonight and tomor-row. This evening, Al Shabab take on Al Tadhamon at 5.30pm, to be followed at 7.15pm by an exciting clash between Al Ahli and Barbar.

Tomorrow, Al Ettihad take on Al Ettifaq at 7pm.

We play a lot, every three days, then

every four days, then there is the World

Cup. Everyone has to understand that they

won’t be able to play all the games

CHRISTOPHE GALTIER

The first week of league action con-tinues tonight with Shabab taking on Al

Tadhamon and Al Ahli facing Barbar; while tomorrow Al Ettihad

play against Al Ettifaq

Messi is the one who played the most

among the three, although he was also recalled to the bench in the closing stages against Monaco and

Toulouse

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Najma’s Hassan Mirza in action against Bahrain Club last night Samaheej and Tubli players battle during their game

Paris St Germain’s Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe attend a news conference in Tokyo (file photo)

Binotto and Sainz lament Ferrari’s Dutch ‘mess’

AFP | Zandvoort

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto and one of his

drivers Carlos Sainz agreed their disastrous Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday was “a mess”.

In a chaotic and busy race, punctuated by stoppages, Red Bull emerged trium-phant as Max Verstappen drove to his fourth con-secutive victory ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Le-clerc.

Ferrari’s race was filled with series of errors and misfortunes including bun-gled pit-stops, unsafe re-leases in the pit lane and erratic strategy calls.

A poor first pit stop left Sainz standing for 12 sec-onds as his crew searched for a left rear tyre.

“Oh my God!” exclaimed Sainz.

Not only had his crew mislaid a tyre, but they also left a wheel gun on the ground in front of Sergio Perez of Red Bull.

“A mess,” said Binotto. “What happened: a mess. A very, very late call. The mechanics weren’t ready. We will revisit that at the end of this race.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. in the pit during the race

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton arrives at Circuit Zandvoort before the race

I was just on the edge of breaking point

with emotions and my apologies to the team because I don’t even

remember what I said, I just lost it for a second

LEWIS HAMILTON

Hamilton has won a race in every season

he has competed since his debut in 2007,

but that record is in danger of ending with Verstappen taking his

10th win in 15 races and romping towards

his second title

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Kyrgios stuns Medvedev at US Open, Gauff advancesNick Kyrgios dethrones Daniil Medvedev; sets up quarter-final clash with Karen Khachanov

• Coco Gauff races into quarters with win over Zhang Shuai

AFP | New York

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios sent defending cham-pion Daniil Medvedev

tumbling out of the US Open on Sunday as US teenager Coco Gauff reached the quarter-finals for the first time.

The notoriously temper-amental 23rd-seeded Kyrgios produced some scintillating shot-making on his way to a su-perb 7-6 (13/11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over the world number one from Russia.

Kyrgios, who was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the Wimble-don final in July, showed grit and composure to save three set points in the opening set be-fore holding his nerve to win an epic tie-break 13/11 before a raucous Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd.

Although Kyrgios dropped the second set, he roared back to dominate Medvedev in the third and fourth sets to clinch victory in 2hr 53min.

“It was an amazing match, ob-viously Daniil as the defending champion had a lot of pressure on his shoulders, but I’ve been playing amazing the last couple of months,” Kyrgios said after the win.

“What a place to do it -- packed house in New York. I’m extremely blessed.”

Medvedev meanwhile said the mercurial Kyrgios had elevat-

ed his play to the same level as great such as Rafael Nadal and Djokovic.

“Nick today played kind of at the level of Novak and Rafa,” said the 26-year-old after seeing 21 aces and 53 winners whizz past him.

“If he plays like this until the end of the tournament, he has all the chances to win it.”

Kyrgios will face Karen Khachanov in the quarter-fi-nals on Tuesday. Khachanov equalled his best performance in a Grand Slam event by de-feating Spanish 12th seed Pablo Carreno Busta in a 3hr 21min five-set thriller.

The 27th-seeded Khachanov dug deep to down Carreno Busta 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on the Lou-is Armstrong Stadium.

Elsewhere in the fourth round

on Sunday, fifth seed Casper Ruud became the first Norwe-gian man to reach the US Open quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2 victory over French lucky loser Corentin Moutet.

The 23-year-old Ruud, seed-ed fifth, will face Italy’s Mat-teo Berrettini for a place in the semi-finals.

Berrettini extended his im-pressive run of recent Grand Slam singles performances with a 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 de-feat of Spain’s Alejandro Dav-idovich Fokina.

The 26-year-old from Rome missed Wimbledon earlier this year after testing positive for Covid-19, and was injured for the French Open.

But Berrettini has now made the quarter-finals or better in the last five Grand Slams he has

played in after Sunday’s win.“It’s not a secret for me the

Slams are the goal of the season,” he said.

“I think it proves that my level is high in Slams ... I play my best tennis in the most important stages of the tour.”

Gauff marches on In the women’s draw mean-

while, rising American star Gauff kept home hopes alive with a battling 7-5, 7-5 win over China’s Zhang Shuai on the Ar-thur Ashe Stadium.

The 18-year-old 12th seed will now play France’s in-form Car-oline Garcia for a place in the semi-finals.

Garcia, the world number 17, has emerged as a dark horse in New York despite a modest re-cord in Grand Slams.

The 28-year-old reached her only other Grand Slam last-eight on home ground at Roland Gar-ros five years ago.

But she arrived in New York

brimming with confidence after claiming the Cincinnati Masters lead-in event, and so far at the Open has yet to drop a set.

Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic followed up her victory over Serena Williams with anoth-er battling display to reach the quarter-finals.

Tomljanovic -- who knocked out tennis icon Williams in the third round on Friday -- ad-vanced to the last eight with a 7-6 (10/8), 6-1 victory over Rus-sia’s Liudmila Samsonova.

“The fact that I won, I’m still a little speechless,” Tomljanovic said after her win.

The 29-year-old world num-ber 46 will play Tunisia’s fifth-seed Ons Jabeur in the quarters.

Jabeur, who became the first African woman to reach the final at Wimbledon in July, secured the first US Open quarter-final appearance of her career with a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 win over Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova.

Djokovic to skip Serbia’s Davis Cup group stage ties for personal reasons

Reuters | London

Novak Djokovic will miss Serbia’s Davis Cup Fi-

nals group stage matches starting in Valencia next week due to personal rea-sons, the country’s tennis federation announced yes-terday.

The former world num-ber one won Wimbledon to take his Grand Slam singles titles tally to 21 but missed the ongoing US Open as he opted not to be vaccinat-ed against COVID-19, which meant he could not fly to New York for the year’s final major.

Djokovic, 35, was expect-ed to return to action in the men’s premier team event but Serbian captain Viktor Troicki said in a statement posted on the Teniski Savez Srbije website that the play-er had cancelled his partic-ipation.

Reuters has reached out to Djokovic’s team seeking comment.

Djokovic’s official website lists the Sept. 23-25 Laver Cup at London’s O2 Arena as his next tournament, fol-lowed by an ATP 250 event in Tel Aviv and the Paris Masters in late October.

Serbia have been drawn in Group B alongside Spain, South Korea and Canada.

Two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the quarter-finals of this year’s event with the knock-out stages to be held in No-vember in Malaga.

Mansoor ready for tense climax to world title race

• Team Abu Dhabi star says he can handle pressure in decisive Portuguese double header

TDT | Manama

Team Abu Dhabi’s Mansoor Al Mansoori says he is ready

to handle the pressure as he bids to secure the 2022 UIM F2 World Championship in a tense finale to the season over the next two weekends in Portugal.

His first F2 Grand Prix vic-tory in Lithuania last month has given the Emirati driver a three-point championship lead over Germany’ Stefan Hagin to take into Sunday’s penultimate round in Ribadouro.

With the final Grand Prix of the campaign to follow a week later and 270km away in Vila Velha de Ródão, Al Mansoori is determined to follow team-mate and three-times world champion Rashed Al Qemzi to the F2 crown.

“I’m not surprised to be lead-ing because, from the start of the season, I was aiming to put my-

self in a good position,” he said. “Competing alongside Rashed

has given me a lot of extra con-fidence, and this helped me to take the lead in the champion-ship with my first win in Lith-uania.”

Al Mansoori paid tribute to Italian powerboat racing leg-end, Guido Cappellini, who has delivered 14 world titles to the UAE capital since taking over as Team Abu Dhabi manager in February 2015.

“We all owe so much to Guido for the success the team has en-joyed since he took charge,” he

said. “He has built a great team spirit, and used his experience to take us to the top.

“The most important thing I’ve learnt from him is to focus, and keep calm always. Before the last round, his advice about how to deal with the pressure from the boats behind was so important.”

“It wasn’t easy to hold my lead for 45 laps. But that was great experience, and now I want an-other strong finish on Sunday to take me into the last round.”

Back to back victories at the same two Portuguese venues

12 months ago secured a third F2 world championship for Al Qemzi, who could yet land an overall F2 podium place.

“I want to have a strong finish to the season,” he said. “There are still 40 points to be won, and I can still finish in a good position in the championship.

“I like the conditions and the atmosphere and always enjoy racing in Portugal, so I have a good feeling going back to there and I want to win again. But I also want to help my team mate as much as I can.”

Reece James signs new long-term deal at ChelseaAFP | London

Chelsea and England de-fender Reece James has

signed a new five-year contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2027, the Premier League club announced yes-terday.

The 22-year-old right-back has made 128 appearances for the Blues after coming through their academy.

“I am over the moon with my new contract and I’m thankful for the fans, the new owner-ship and everyone involved in the club,” James said.


Team Abu Dhabi’s Mansoor Al Mansoori (R) poses with Rashed Al Qemzi (L) and Guido Cappellini

Reece James

Novak Djokovic

Nick today played kind of at the level of Novak and Rafa. He

has a little bit different game because he’s not a grinder. At the same time he can rally. He’s tough to play. He has

an amazing serve. If he plays like this until the end of the tournament, he has all the chances

to win itDANILL MEDVEDEV

I’m not surprised to be leading because, from the start of the season, I was aiming

to put myself in a good position. Competing

alongside Rashed has given me a lot

of extra confidence, and this helped me to

take the lead in the championship with my first win in Lithuania

MANSOOR AL MANSOORI

Medvedev, who lost his world number one ranking following his defeat, was attempt-

ing to become the first man to defend the US Open title since Roger

Federer in 2008

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Daniil Medvedev (L) and Nick Kyrgios greet each other after the match

MotoGP signs agreement to race in Saudi ArabiaReuters | Riyadh

MotoGP has signed a mem-orandum of understand-

ing to race in Saudi Arabia, the sport’s commercial rights hold-er Dorna said yesterday.

It said a future Saudi Arabian grand prix would be held on a newly constructed, multi-pur-pose circuit, without specifying where.

“The addition of Saudi Arabia to the MotoGP calendar on an annual basis will see the sport expanding further into the Middle East,” Dorna said in a statement.

MotoGP has raced in the re-

gion since 2004 with a floodlit night grand prix in Qatar.

Dorna said the partnership would also produce a new tal-

ent development programme for young Saudi riders with the aim of producing champions of the future.

Saudi Arabia made its Formu-la One debut last December as part of a 15-year-deal and the country also hosts the annual Dakar Rally, all-electric Formu-la E and Extreme E.

“The region is a key market for motorsport and the demand in the Kingdom for events of this kind is growing with re-search showing that 80% of Saudi fans wanting to see more in their country,” said Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta.


Riffa, East Riffa set for epic clash in AFC CupBahraini clubs to face off in Zonal Semi-finals, marking first time that two sides from the Kingdom will be going head-to-head

in the competition’s history

• Elimination match scheduled for 8pm kick-off at Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium at Muharraq Club in Arad

• Winners to march on to the West Asian Zonal final, where they will face either Al Arabi of Kuwait of Al Seeb of Oman

TDT | Manama

Bahraini clubs Riffa and East Riffa are set for an exciting clash this evening

in the Zonal Semi-finals of the AFC Cup 2022.

The match is scheduled for an 8pm kick-off and it will be played at the Shaikh Ali bin Mo-hammed Al Khalifa Stadium at Muharraq Club in Arad.

The Riffa derby marks the first time that two sides from the Kingdom will be facing off in

the competition’s history.The winners of the sin-

gle-game affair will move on to the West Asian Zonal final, where they will face the win-ners of the other semis contest between Al Arabi of Kuwait and Al Seeb of Oman. That contest was played late last night in Ku-wait City.

Both teams have a wealth of

talent, spearheaded by their Bahrain international stars. For Riffa, they will rely heavily on the likes of Mohammed Jassim Marhoon, Komail Al Aswad, Sayed Mahdi Baqer, Mohammed Al Rumaihi and Sayed Hashem Isa, to name a few; while for East Riffa, set to lead the charge are Sami Al Hussaini, Mohammed Duaij, Jasim Khelaif, Abdulla Shallal and Faisal Budahoom,

amongst others.Leading up to the crucial

match, officials from both clubs participated in the offi-cial technical meeting hosted by the Asian Football Confed-eration (AFC). The colours of both teams’ uniforms for this evening’s encounter were pre-sented during the proceedings.

The Riffa players and coach-ing staff welcomed to their train-ing session the club’s chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa and other high-ranking officials.

Riffa head coach Ali Ashoor briefed Shaikh Abdulla on his squad’s preparations for to-night’s highly anticipated game.

Meanwhile, East Riffa had also stepped up their preparations over the last few days under head coach Florin Motroc from Romania. Motroc only recently returned to his post at the helm of the team, after former man-ager Ghassan Maatouk suddenly left the club.

The winners of the West Asian Zonal final will then march through to the AFC Cup 2022 final, where they will face the winners of the Inter-Zone Play-off final. There are currently four teams still vying for that spot, including Sogdiana Jiz-zakh of Uzbekistan, Eastern of Hong Kong, ATK Mohun Bagan of India and Kuala Lumpur City of Malaysia.

Riffa qualified for the Zonal Semi-finals after finishing as the best runners-up from the group stage, while East Riffa made it through after topping Group C.

This year is the first time that two teams from Bahrain have advanced past the group stage since 2014, when Riffa and Al Hidd competed in the Round of 16.

East Riffa’s Florin Motroc supervises his team’s practice Riffa’s Ali Ashoor, right, speaks with Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa during

a training session

Omar Hamza wins under-23 category in Spain triathlon race• Bahrain triathlon national team member clinches first place in age-class with time of 2:04:11

TDT | Manama

Bahraini triathlete Omar Hamza clinched an im-

pressive victory in the men’s under-23 category at the Med-iterranea Tri Valencia event in Spain.

The high-level race featured a 1.5-kilometre swim, a 40km cycle and a 10km run.

Omar finished in first place after completing the total dis-tance in two hours four minutes 11 seconds.

He posted a time of 20 min-utes 59 seconds in the swim, 1:08:44 in the cycle and 34:28

in his run.Finishing over three minutes

behind Omar was Pablo Gomez Navarro as runner-up in a time of 2:07:42, while Xavi Follow Selfa took the other podium place five seconds behind in 2:07:47.

Omar, a member of Bahrain’s national triathlon team, com-peted in the event as part of his preparations for upcoming races, including the 2022 World Triathlon Age-Group Cham-pionships in Abu Dhabi this November.

Omar Hamza, right, celebrates after winning the race’s age-class

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