• City playmaker taken off in Champions League match
• Guardiola pleased with draw against Italian champions

Kevin De Bruyne is an injury doubt for Manchester City’s showdown with Arsenal on Sunday after suffering what appeared to be a groin injury in the Champions League goalless draw with Inter at the Etihad Stadium.

The Belgian was hurt when running in on goal and being challenged by Yann Sommer, the Inter No 1, during the first half, afterwards seeming to clutch his groin area. Following treatment De Bruyne continued until the break but was then taken off.

Homes evacuated in Emilia-Romagna region as pounding rain ‘well beyond the worst forecasts’ sweeps in

Homes are being evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna as Storm Boris, which has killed at least 24 people in central and eastern Europe since last week, swept into the country, causing severe flooding and landslides.

Pounding rain hit Emilia-Romagna late on Wednesday afternoon and the situation rapidly worsened as night fell.

• PSG 1-0 Girona, Club Brugge 0-3 Borussia Dortmund
• Sparta Prague sink Salzburg on return to top table

An embarrassing late blunder from Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga gifted Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home win, denying the Champions League debutants a point.

After relentless PSG pressure, Nuno Mendes’s low ball across the goal looked comfortable for Gazzaniga, but he let it slip through his grasp and into the net in stoppage time, for an own goal that earned the hosts a victory that was deserved on the balance of play.

Second judge refuses bail to music mogul, 54, citing possibility that he could tamper with witnesses

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will have to await trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges in a Brooklyn jail instead of his luxurious Miami Beach mansion after a second judge refused to grant a $50m bail package offered by his lawyers.

On Wednesday, US district judge Andrew L Carter Jr denied Combs’s request to be released to home detention with GPS monitoring, pointing to the possibility that Combs may tamper with witnesses.

World Health Organization and Great British Menu among accounts that posted ‘this is a hacked account’

British politicians and international organisations have had their accounts on X hacked on Wednesday night.

MPs including Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, and the Labour MPs Chris Elmore and Carolyn Harris all shared the same message on the social media site. Although quickly removed, the messages could still be read on TweetDeck, a dashboard used to manage accounts on X, formerly Twitter.

Social media platform routes internet traffic outside of Brazil using a communications network update

Social media platform Twitter/X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country’s supreme court.

The X update used cloud services offered by third parties, allowing some Brazilian users to take a route outside of the country to reach X, even without a virtual private network, according to Abrint, the Brazilian Association of Internet and Telecommunications Providers.

This proved a Celtic Park rarity. The Scottish champions were rampant against continental opposition, on an evening absorbing so many years of frustration for Celtic at elite level. New format, new Celtic, new danger.

The paucity of Slovan Bratislava will most likely be borne out by subsequent Champions League outings but Brendan Rodgers and Celtic were fully entitled to relish what played out here after game upon game of European turmoil. Rodgers and his players will travel to Borussia Dortmund believing this environment need not be so chastising after all.

Manchester City know only too well how tough a nut Inter are to crack. The greatest night of City’s history, the Champions League final triumph against them in 2023, was not without its difficulties; the heart-stopping moments have gilded the legend. This was another reminder of the quality of Simone Inzaghi’s Italian champions, albeit without the same levels of drama.

The City supporters had come to see Erling Haaland and the striker’s latest assault on the history books. If he had scored, he would have become the fastest player to reach 100 goals for a club, narrowly eclipsing ­Cristiano Ronaldo’s mark for Real Madrid. It was game No 104 for ­Haaland. Ronaldo took 105.

• Gauff and Gilbert split as coach looks to ‘next chapter’
• Gilbert helped coach Gauff to first major title in 2023

World No 6 Coco Gauff and coach Brad Gilbert are parting company after the player suffered a frustrating fourth-round exit from the US Open, Gilbert said on Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to the next chapter of his career.

Gilbert helped to coach Gauff to her first grand slam trophy in New York last year but the player was unable to retain her title after disappointing early departures from the US Open tune-up tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati.

New allegations against disgraced film mogul, currently jailed in New York, not related to his overturned conviction

Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.

Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.

Twenty killed and at least 450 injured in cities across Lebanon a day after exploding pagers killed 12

• Analysis: Pager and walkie-talkie attacks were audacious and carefully planned

A new series of extraordinary explosions aimed at Hezbollah – this time targeting walkie-talkies – has killed at least 20 and wounded more than 450 in cities across Lebanon, as international observers warned that the simultaneous detonation of thousands of booby-trapped communications devices may constitute a war crime.

The targeted detonations of the walkie-talkies came one day after more than 2,800 were injured and 12 killed by exploding pagers in an attack blamed on Israel that world leaders and diplomats have warned could lead to an all-out conflict between Israel and the powerful militant group despite efforts by the US and UN to avert an escalation with Hezbollah.

Israeli commentators and analysts question timing of explosions and what they will lead to

• Middle East crisis – latest news updates

Nearly 24 hours after the simultaneous detonation of hundreds of pagers imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, followed by more explosions on Wednesday targeting walkie-talkies across Lebanon, in an attack attributed to Israel, political commentators and analysts were grappling with questions about the timing and what the consequences might be for the conflict on the Lebanese border.

The blasts occurred shortly after the Israeli security cabinet had approved a decision to expand the goals of the war in Gaza to include the return of tens of thousands of Israelis evacuated from towns in the north that have been damaged by rockets fired by Hezbollah. That move potentially hands the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a casus belli if he decides to launch a ground invasion into Lebanon.

Edmundo González says he signed election letter under duress as condition for allowing him to flee to Spain

• Is it game over for Venezuela’s opposition as Maduro clings on?

Venezuela’s opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, has said he was coerced into signing a letter recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the country’s disputed election as a condition for letting him flee to Spain.

The revelation of the letter is the latest strain to the country’s political crisis, which was exacerbated by the disputed election results and González’s recent departure for exile in Spain.

Central bank makes cuts after holding rates at two-decade high in aggressive bid to cool inflation

• What will a Federal Reserve interest rate cut mean for you?

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time in four years, stepping back from its aggressive bid to cool the world’s largest economy and reduce inflation.

America’s central bank, which lifted rates to a two-decade high after price growth surged to its highest level in a generation, announced a cut of 50 basis points.

With most of the year’s awards-aiming films now premiered, potential nominees are starting to fall into place

Without a cinema-shuttering pandemic or a production-pausing strike in the way, this year’s fall festival season should have felt like a grand return to normal. There were Oscar winners in the mix – Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Adrien Brody, Ron Howard, Joaquin Phoenix – as well as a host of major biopics and adaptations, making for a robust, awards-friendly lineup on paper.

But with Venice, Telluride and Toronto now out of the way, the Oscar race is far less certain than it usually is at this stage, without a clear Oppenheimer or Everything Everywhere All at Once to bet on.

• WCL 2nd qualifying round, first leg: Häcken 1-0 Arsenal
• Tabitha Tindell scores only goal of game in 77th minute

A laboured Arsenal sunk to a 1-0 defeat away to BK Hacken in the first leg of their Champions League Round 2 encounter. Tabitha Tindell’s second half strike was the difference on a night of few clear-cut chances to give Mak Lind’s side a famous win

The Arsenal manager, Jonas Eidevall, was left to rue his team’s lack of creativity as they produced just four shots on target across the match. “It’s always worrying in football when you’re not efficient with your goalscoring opportunities,” he said. “I think if we zoom out a little , it’s a correct analysis of it [not finishing chances]. It’s a combination today of good goalkeeping to finishing that is on very thin margins... I’m certain that if we continue to create, we will score goals.”

Tactical daring keeps Netanyahu on the front foot but risks lurch into full-blown war

• Explosions linked to walkie-talkies kill at least 14 in fresh Lebanon attack
• Middle East crisis – latest news updates

The detonation of walkie-talkies around Lebanon a day after scores of pagers used by Hezbollah officials blew up is a one-two punch that drives home the extent of Israel’s penetration of its Shia foe’s defences across its northern border.

It represents utter humiliation for Hezbollah that its security can be so effortlessly breached twice, and be shown incapable of protecting its own people.

• Scans reveal ligament damage to the midfielder’s ankle
• Arsenal manager: ‘Hopefully not months’ until return

Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Martin Ødegaard has damaged ligaments in his ankle and will be sidelined “for a while” after the Arsenal captain was injured on international duty.

Ødegaard missed Sunday’s victory over Tottenham in the north London derby having limped off during Norway’s win over Austria last week, with Arteta hopeful that scans would mean he would be back in action sooner rather than later. However, the Arsenal manager revealed before the opening match of their Champions League campaign against Atalanta that the 25-year-old has sustained a significant injury.

Marley, whose ‘incredible gift of empathy’ is said to help exploited women, beats thousands of cats to prize

A cat that offers comfort to trafficked women has been named cat of the year at a national ceremony.

Marley, a black and white cat who lives at a safe house for women who have been enslaved, exploited and trafficked, won the award because of his “gift of empathy”.

Israel is widely believed to be behind the operations – but who made the devices, and how did they explode?

• Middle East crisis – latest news updates

It may be years before the full story is told of how the coordinated explosions of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah were orchestrated. But, even without Israel publicly admitting responsibility, it is clear that the attack must have been carefully planned – however uncertain its consequences.

Experts generally believe a small mount of stable explosive was carefully implanted into each sabotaged device. Alan Woodward, a professor of cybersecurity at Surrey University, said: “There wouldn’t need to be much explosive, as proximity to a human body means it would cause injury even if it was a few grams.”

Popular YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson accused of harmful conditions behind scenes of competition show Beast Games

MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions, including sexual harassment and misrepresenting contestants’ odds at winning the $5m grand prize on his new Amazon reality show, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by five unnamed participants.

The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube’s most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted meal breaks and rest time for competitors – whose “work on the show was the entertainment product” sold by MrBeast.

Young Americans face death penalty for ‘amateurish’ assault in Congo that was led by one of their fathers

The family of a Utah student sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his alleged role in a failed coup d’etat in which his father was killed fears he and two other Americans could be executed within days without US government intervention.

Marcel Malanga, 22, was one of dozens convicted and sentenced at a military tribunal in Kinshasa last week, after the attempted overthrow of the Congolese government in May. The “amateurish” assault, which left six dead, was led by his father, Christian Malanga, a former DRC opposition leader, army captain and self-styled warlord.