Reporter's Notebook: Thanksgiving weekend in Turkey with an American Pope, next stop Lebanon

























️ Updates from the season’s penultimate GP (4pm GMT)
️ Sign up for The Recap | Email Luke
John Brewin has West Ham v Liverpool here, by the way:
If Norris outscores his teammate Piastri by four points, he’s the champ.
Continue reading...
© Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

© Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

© Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images
⚽ Updates from the 4.30pm GMT KO at Stamford Bridge
⚽ Sign up for Football Daily | Top scorers | The Recap
A reminder of the teams before they take the field
Chelsea (4-1-2-3ish) Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo; James, Enzo; Estevao, Joao Pedro, Pedro Neto.
Continue reading...
© Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

© Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

© Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

For long spells nothing happened. At one point it was so quiet you could hear a distant plane droning by. But Liverpool will not care.
Sometimes you have to get back on the horse however you can, and if that requires a stepladder, an awkward bunk from a scornful stablehand and an ungainly scramble into the saddle, so be it. Any sort of victory is welcome after six defeats in their last seven league games, and one in which Britain’s most expensive player finally scores his first league goal for the club even more so.
Continue reading...
© Photograph: Anthony Hanc/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Anthony Hanc/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Anthony Hanc/Shutterstock



Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, died on Saturday, days before 93rd birthday
The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas chose to end his life through an assisted death, the group has said.
Ludwig Minelli, who founded the group in 1998, died on Saturday, just days before his 93rd birthday, Dignitas said. It added: “Right up to the end of his life, he continued to search for further ways to help people to exercise their right to freedom of choice and self-determination in their ‘final matters’ – and he often found them.”
Continue reading...
© Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

© Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

© Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations
Earlier this month, after years of litigation, a federal judge in Alabama ordered a new state senate map. In a surprising decision, the map she chose wasn’t one drafted by a court-appointed special master and his expert cartographer, but rather one that had been submitted by an anonymous member of the public, known only by their initials, “DD”.
The decision stunned “DD” – an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Alabama named Daniel DiDonato – who learned his map had been selected as he was preparing to leave for his 9.30am introduction to political science class.
Continue reading...
© Composite: The Washington Post via Getty Images, Daniel DiDonato

© Composite: The Washington Post via Getty Images, Daniel DiDonato

© Composite: The Washington Post via Getty Images, Daniel DiDonato

