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This article is an on-site version of our The Week Ahead newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Sunday. Explore all of our newsletters hereHello and welcome to the working week.In this year of elections, there is also (inevitably) a changing of the guard. On Tuesday, Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico’s first female president. There are many challenges ahead for her, as my colleagues have noted.That same day Nato gets a new secretary-general as former… Read the full article here

Estonia is serving as an example of how smaller nations can use technology to punch above their weight and enhance their economic and political standing. Read the full article here

While on her Gold Over America Tour, Simone Biles got a surprise visit from a special visitor: her husband, Jonathan Owens. Before performing on Saturday, September 28, at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, Biles, 27, shared a video via her Instagram Story of her holding a hand that appeared to belong to Owens, 29. In the next slide, Owens held a heart-shaped arrangement of roses while beaming for the camera. “The best surprise,” Biles wrote. “Ilysmf.” In… Read the full article here

APC’s Okpebholo wins Edo governorship election The week began on Sunday with the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning the 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Amidst allegations of results alterations, intimidation, and police bias, INEC declared Monday Okpebholo, the APC candidate, the governor-elect. Mr Okpebholo polled 291 667 votes to defeat his major rival, PDP’s Ighodalo, who scored 247, 274, while the Labour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata, came third with 22,763… Read the full article here

A flat Manchester United and Erik ten Hag have many questions to answer in the coming days as they put in a poor performance to lose 3-0 to Tottenham in the driving rain at Old Trafford on Sunday. Ten Hag will try to put it down to the first-half dismissal of captain Bruno Fernandes, but United were poor and should have been down by at least two goals before the captain was dismissed for a speculative foul that could have been a yellow. Tottenham had an XG (expected goals) of 4.67,… Read the full article here

An aide to former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has attributed the problem in the party to governors. Demola Olarewaju, who is Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Digital Media and Strategy, posted on X that any state governor associating with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike is a traitor in PDP. According to Olarewaju: “Wike’s entire relevance in Nigeria’s political space is directly dependent on his ability to rock PDP’s boat and make it… Read the full article here

Reintroduced Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ housemates, Rhuthee, Chinwe and Damilola have been sent packing from the show. Biggie, on Sunday afternoon, ordered the three reintroduced housemates out of the house.DAILY POST reported that Biggie brought back Chinwe, Rhuthee and Dami who were previously evicted from the show, on Thursday afternoon. Since their reintroduction, the trio have been at the centre of every drama in the house. On Thursday, Chinwe engaged in a heated argument… Read the full article here

The Premier League has revealed Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes, was sent off against Tottenham Hotspur for “serious foul play”. Fernandes was shown a straight red card following a tackle on James Maddison. The incident happened in the 42nd minute of the match with United 1-0 down, thanks to Brennan Johnson’s finish. In a tweet during the game, the Premier League Match Centre confirmed that the red card was reviewed by VAR. It read: “The referee issued a red card to… Read the full article here

Collated English Premier League results on Sunday: Ipswich 2 (Delap 8, 72) Aston Villa 2 (Rogers 15, Watkins 32) Manchester United 0 Tottenham 3 (Johnson 3, Kulusevski 47, Solanke 77) Played Saturday Newcastle 1 (Gordon 58-pen) Manchester City 1 (Gvardiol 35) Nottingham Forest 0 Fulham 1 (Jimenez 51-pen) Chelsea 4 (Palmer 21, 28-pen, 31, 41) Brighton 2 (Rutter 7, Baleba 34) Brentford 1… Read the full article here

Angel Correa’s 95th-minute equaliser snatched Atletico Madrid a 1-1 derby draw against Spanish champions Real Madrid on Sunday in La Liga. The Argentine forward had to wait nervously for a VAR review to prove he was onside but he had timed his run to perfection and secured the hosts a point. Real Madrid, without injured star striker Kylian Mbappe, largely kept Atletico at arm’s length on a spiky night in the Spanish capital, taking the… Read the full article here