Scoreboard at tea on the second
day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today.
     Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 304 for 4)
     Sami Aslam b Bishoo                    6
     Azhar Ali b Gabriel                    0
     Asad Shafiq b Gabriel                 68
     Younis Khan c Chase b Brathwaite     127
     Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Gabriel           96
     Yasir Shah c Bishoo b Holder          23
     Sarfraz Ahmed b Gabriel               56
     Mohammad Nawaz b Holder               25
     Sohail Khan c Johnson b Holder        26
     Zulfiqar Babar c Hope b Gabriel        0
     Rahat Ali not out                      0
     Extras: (b-1, LB-15, NB-9)            25
     Total: (all out; 119.1 overs)        452
     Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42, 3-129, 4-304, 5-332, 6-342, 7-412, 8-430, 9-452.
     Bowling: Gabriel 23.1-1-96-5, Cummins 20-1-65-0, Holder 22-8-47-3, Bishoo 26-0-112-1, Chase 19-1-80-0, Brathwaite 9-0-36-1.
     West Indies 

Abu Dhabi, Oct 22 (AFP) Scoreboard at tea on the second

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West Indies were off to a confident start with the bat after their paceman Shannon Gabriel took five wickets on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
     West Indies were 27 without loss at tea with openers Darren Bravo 15 not out and Leon Johnson 12 not out.
     Earlier, Gabriel took a career best 5-96 for his first five-wicket haul to dismiss Pakistan for 452 an hour before tea.
     Bravo, who hit a fighting 116 in the first Test in Dubai, had to open the innings after Kraig Brathwaite went off the field during Pakistan's batting and was unable to start the innings.
     Bravo and Johnson faced no problems in negotiating three overs from left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar with the Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch still unresponsive to bowlers.
     Earlier, Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was unlucky to miss his 11th Test century by just four runs but Sarfraz Ahmed (56) and Mohammad Nawaz (25) added 70 for the seventh wicket to ensure Pakistan crossed 

West Indies start well after Gabriel's career best

An Iraqi cameraman was killed today covering a military offensive to wrest the city of Mosul back from the Islamic State group, his channel said.
	The young reporter was killed "covering the battle" near the village of Al-Shura, south of Mosul, Al Sumaria TV said in a short news flash on its website.
	The channel named him as Ali Raysan.
	Iraqi federal and allied paramilitary forces were working their way up the Tigris Valley south of Mosul today, the sixth day of the offensive on Mosul.
	The huge operation launched on Monday, Iraq's largest in years, involves tens of thousands of forces and is expected to last weeks.
	An Iraqi TV journalist was shot dead by an IS sniper yesterday in the city of Kirkuk, where clashes are still ongoing a day after dozens of jihadist gunmen launched a spectacular raid.

Iraqi TV journalist killed south of Mosul: channel

Scoreboard at tea on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.
     England 1st innings: 293
     Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 221 for 5)
     Tamim Iqbal c Bairstow b Batty      78
     Imrul Kayes b Ali                   21
     Mominul Haque c Stokes b Ali         0
     Mahmudullah c Root b Rashid         38
     Mushfiqur Rahim c Bairstow b Stokes 48
     Shakib Al Hasan st Bairstow b Ali   31
     Shafiul Islam c Broad b Rashid       2
     Sabbir Rahman  c Cook b Stokes      19
     Mehedi Hasan lbw b Stokes            1
     Taijul Islam not out                 3
     Kamrul Islam b Stokes                0
     Extras: (B-2, LB-4, W-1)             7
     Total; (all out; 86 overs)         248
     Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-29, 3-119, 4-163, 5-221, 6-221, 7-238, 8-239, 9-248.
     Bowling: Broad 8-2-12-0, Batty 17-1-51-1, Woakes 7-2-15-0, Rashid 16-1-58-2, Ali 22-4-75-3, Stokes 14-5-26-4, Root 2-0-5-0.
     ...

Chittagong, Oct 22 (AFP) Scoreboard at tea on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.

Ben Stokes countered Bangladesh with bat and ball to put England in contention after Bangladesh spinners left them in trouble in the first Test in Chittagong on Saturday.
     Strokes remained unbeaten on 33 as England reached 108-5 by tea on the third day to go 153 runs ahead after his three-wicket burst in the morning helped them dismiss Bangladesh for 248 runs.
     Jonny Bairstow provided good company with 17 not out as the duo added 46 runs in the unbroken sixth wicket stand to bail out England from 62-5.
     England's hopes of building on their 45-run first innings lead were dealt a serious blow as Shakib Al Hasan and debutant spinner Mehedi Hasan hit back immediately to leave them 28-3 at lunch.
     Mehedi ended England's confident start in the second innings when he induced an edge from captain Alastair Cook who left for 12 after giving a catch to Mahmudullah at slip.
     Shakib trapped Joe Root lbw for one in the next over to take his 150th Test wicket before he had Ben ...

Stokes leads England fightback after spin woes

Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today.
     Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 304 for 4)
     Sami Aslam b Bishoo                    6
     Azhar Ali b Gabriel                    0
     Asad Shafiq b Gabriel                 68
     Younis Khan c Chase b Brathwaite     127
     Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Gabriel           96
     Yasir Shah c Bishoo b Holder          23
     Sarfraz Ahmed not out                 45
     Mohammad Nawaz not out                16
     Extras: (B-1, LB-11, NB-8)            20
     Total: (For six wkts; 108 overs)     401
     Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42, 3-129, 4-304, 5-332, 6-342.
     Bowling: Gabriel 18-1-57-3, Cummins 20-1-65-0, Holder 19-6-46-1, Bishoo 25-0-111-1, Chase 17-1-74-0, Brathwaite 9-0-36-1.

Abu Dhabi, Oct 22 (AFP) Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today.

Misbah-ul-Haq missed a century but Pakistan still amassed 401-6 at lunch on the second day of the second Test against West Indies here today.
     The Pakistan skipper was just four runs away from his 11th century when he was trapped leg-before in the sixth over of the day by West Indian paceman Shannon Gabriel, the third occasion when he fell in the nervous 90s in Tests.
     Nevertheless Pakistan posted 401 with Sarfraz Ahmed (45) and Mohammad Nawaz (16) at the crease, having added 59 for the seventh wicket.
     Pakistan had resumed at 304-4 in the hope that Misbah and nightwatchman Yasir Shah would survive the second new ball which West Indies took at the start of play.
     Shah was fortunate to escape a leg-before review off fast bowler Jason Holder but Misbah was unlucky to be dismissed in the next over.
     Misbah missed an incoming delivery which hit him in front of the wickets, with English umpire Michael Gough raising his finger. The Pakistani skipper reluctantly reviewed .

Pakistan reach 401-6 against West Indies

She is as calm and thoughtful as her father is strident and impetuous. She is Ivanka Trump, and the distance she has taken from her father Donald has earned her both the respect of Democrats and the head-scratching of analysts.
	So the Republican candidate shocked the nation by saying he might not recognize the results of the presidential election if he loses? Ivanka, the model-turned-business -executive, insists "he'll accept the outcome either way."
	So Donald Trump is caught bragging in lewd terms that he can do whatever he wants to women, then insists this was only "locker-room talk"? His daughter calls the comments "inappropriate and offensive" and admits that her father's words can be "uncomfortable for us."
	Ivanka, soon to turn 35, is still clearly her father's protegee. He has been unstinting in his praise for his glamorous offspring, a graduate of the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Trump counts on her to attract young and female voters.
	In ...

Ivanka Trump backs father but doesn't want to fall with him

The Syrian army attacked the village of Qmenas with chemical weapons in March 2015, UN experts said in a report released today.
	But they were unable to determine who was responsible for two other chemical weapons attacks -- against Binnish in Idlib province in March 2015 and Kafr Zita in Hama province in April 2014.
	The report was presented Friday to the UN Security Council.
	The UN-led joint investigative mechanism (JIM) in late August reported that Syrian government forces had carried out at least two chemical attacks in 2014 and 2015 and that Islamic State jihadists had used mustard gas as a weapon.
	Of the nine total alleged chemical attacks it is considering in its ongoing probe, the JIM has now attributed three to the Syrian government and one to the Islamic State group.
	In its fourth report, investigators concluded that there is now "sufficient information" that the attack on Qmenas "was caused by a Syrian Arab Armed Forces helicopter dropping a device from a high altitude ..

Syrian army used chemical weapons in Qmenas village in 2015:UN

An envelope containing a white powdery substance was sent to one of White House hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign offices in New York, though police initially ruled out any danger.
	The envelope was first delivered to Clinton's offices in Manhattan, where campaign workers then transferred it to her Brooklyn headquarters, New York Police Department Lieutenant Thomas Antonetti told AFP.
	"The preliminary investigation determined that it was negative in terms of containing a hazardous substance," he added, noting the Department of Health was conducting further evaluation to determine the nature of the substance.
	Antonetti said the envelope also contained writing, but no death threats.
	"We're trying to determine what the substance was. For right now, we can at least rule out any poisonous or deadly nature of the substance," Antonetti said.

Suspicious envelope found at Clinton campaign office: Police

An ongoing attack by the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has killed at least 46 people, mostly members of the security forces, security and medical sources said today.
	"We have 46 dead and 133 wounded, most of them members of the security services, as result of the clashes with Daesh (IS)," an interior ministry brigadier general told AFP.
	The toll was confirmed by a source at the Kirkuk health directorate. The brigadier general also said at least 25 jihadist attackers had been killed since the raid was launched early yesterday.

IS raid in Iraq's Kirkuk kills 46, mostly security forces

Pundits and pollsters say the bottom may be falling out of Donald Trump's White House run, but diehard supporters in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown strongly disagree.
	A few hours' drive north and west from liberal Washington, Johnstown -- the beating heart of Trump Country -- is a world away from the US capital.
	Industry in the region has been on the decline for decades. Smoke stacks from the steel plants have been quiet for years and large parts of its downtown are deserted.
	There are few jobs remaining from the steel, coal and garment industries that once kept the local economy humming.
	Many here say long-awaited deliverance has come in the person of Trump, the billionaire businessman who has promised to make Johnstown great again.
	Trump's campaign has stalled after lackluster performances at all three presidential debates with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
	It also has been hurt because of the scandal over his alleged groping of women, and the furor over his ...

Forever Trump: Diehard supporters' rallying cry

Lunch scores on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today:
	   England first innings 293 ( M. Ali 68, J, Bairstow 52; Mehedi Hasan 6-80)
	   Bangladesh first innings (overnight 221-5)
	   Tamim Iqbal C Bairstow b Batty      78
	   Imrul Kayes b Ali                   21
	   Mominul Haque c Stokes b Ali         0
	   Mahmudullah c Root b Rashid         38
	   Mushfiqur Rahim c Bairstow b Stokes 48
	   Shakib Al Hasan St Bairstow b Ali   31
	   Shafiul Islam c Broad b Rashid       2
	   Sabbir Rahman c Cook b Stokes       19
	   Mehedi Hasan lbw b Stokes            1
	   Taijul Islam not out                 3
	   Kamrul Islam b Stokes                0
	   Extras (B-2 LB-4 W-1)                7
	   Total ( All out in 86 overs)       248
	   Fall of wicket: 1-29, 2-29, 3-119, 4-163, 5-221, 6-221, 7-238, 8-239, 9-248, 10-248.
	   Bowling: Broad 8-2-12-0, Batty 17-1-51-1, Woakes 7-2-15-0, Rashid 16-1-58-2, Ali ...

Chittagong, Oct 22 (AFP) Lunch scores on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today:

Bangladesh's spinners hit back immediately after Ben Stokes' three-wicket burst in the morning helped England dismiss the hosts for 248 runs in the first innings of the first Test in Chittagong today.
     England's hopes of building on their 45-run first innings lead were dealt a serious blow as Shakib Al Hasan grabbed two wickets and young debutant Mehedi Hasan picked up one to leave them 28-3 at lunch on the third day.
     Mehedi ended England's confident start in the second innings when he induced an edge from captain Alastair Cook who left for 12 after giving a catch to Mahmudullah at slip.
     Shakib trapped Joe Root leg before for one in the next over to take his 150th Test wicket before he had Ben Duckett caught by Mominul Haque at forward short leg for 15.
     It was a nice comeback for the Bangladesh all rounder, who put his team in trouble by being dismissed off the second ball of the morning.
     Resuming on 221-5, Bangladesh were hoping Shakib, who was unbeaten on 31 .

Spinners leave England in tatters after taking lead

Didier Drogba has been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer chiefs after his refusal to play for the Montreal Impact last weekend, the league said Friday.
     Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast star Drogba stunned the Impact by demanding to be left out of the squad for their game against Toronto FC on Sunday after discovering he was not in the starting lineup.
     Although Impact President Joey Saputo said on Tuesday the club had settled its differences with Drogba, the 38-year-old's no-show has brought a league fine.
     "Consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Drogba has been fined an undisclosed amount for his failure to appear for the Montreal Impact's match against Toronto FC on October 16," the MLS said in a statement.
     In a separate ruling, the MLS said it had fined New York City FC player Diego Martinez for an undisclosed sum after he was found to have sworn at a DC United ballboy on Sunday.
     However, the league said that an investigation ...

Drogba fined by league over Impact no-show

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he has "never" been friends with club owner Roman Abramovich, but will not over-celebrate if Manchester United score against his old side on Sunday.
     Russian billionaire Abramovich twice hired Mourinho, in 2004 and 2013, and watched him become the club's greatest manager over his two spells at the helm, notably winning three Premier League titles.
     But he has also sacked him twice, most recently last December, and ahead of the Portuguese's return to Stamford Bridge with United, Mourinho revealed his relationship with his former boss was only ever professional.
     "He was never my friend. We had always the relation of owner-manager, a very respectful relation," Mourinho said.
     "We were never friends, we were never close to each other. So no, he's just a person that I respected."
     Despite Chelsea's dismal title defence last season, which saw them slump to 16th place in the table, Mourinho is likely to receive a warm reception ..

Abramovich 'never my friend': Mourinho

At least 19 people were killed when a helicopter crashed in northwestern Siberia, Russia's Investigative Committee said today.
	Investigators said in a statement that an Mi-8 helicopter carrying 22 people had crashed last night outside the city of Novy Urengoy and that "19 people have died from multiple injuries at the scene, according to preliminary data."
	The helicopter was flying from the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk to the town of Urengoy in the Yamalo-Nenetsky region when it crashed yesterday between 0730 and 08300 IST, investigators said.
	The regional branch of the emergencies ministry said it had been informed that a helicopter made a hard landing some 80 kilometres (50 miles) outside Novy Urengoy yesterday but did not initially report any casualties.
	Emergency workers were dispatched to the scene and managed to save three people from the wreckage, the ministry said.
	The survivors were transported to a hospital in Novy Urengoy, investigators said.
	The Investigative ...

19 dead in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia: investigators

At least 19 dead in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia:

A furious Venezuelan opposition vowed mass street protests next week, accusing the Socialist government of staging a coup by blocking efforts for a recall referendum against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro.
	With Maduro vowing to hold onto power, his opponents cranked up the heat in a stand-off that is destabilizing the volatile, oil-rich South American state, stricken by food shortages and violent crime.
	The opposition MUD coalition called for nationwide demonstrations from next Wednesday against the decision to annul a key stage in the referendum process.
	"A coup d'etat was carried out yesterday (Friday) against all Venezuelans," said Henrique Capriles, a leading MUD figure.
	Authorities on Thursday quashed the opposition's main strategy to get rid of the man they accuse of driving the oil-rich country to the brink of economic collapse.
	The National Electoral Council (CNE) said it had indefinitely suspended the recall referendum process after criminal courts in five states ...

Angry Venezuela opposition vows rallies, alleges coup

Telecom giant AT&T is in advanced talks to acquire entertainment group Time Warner, a banking source familiar with the negotiations said.
	A deal possibly worth more than USD 70 billion could be announced as soon as Monday, the source told AFP yesterday, confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal. Time Warner's assets include the networks CNN and HBO.
	The two parties have reached agreement on many important points, but key outstanding issues include the exact price and a breakup fee should antitrust regulators balk at the transaction, the source said.
	The deal would be structured in cash and stock, but there is a chance other prospective acquirers could step forward, the source added.
	A union of the two media giants, together worth more than USD 300 billion in market value, would be sure to face tough scrutiny from US antitrust regulators because of the ripple effects across media platforms.
	Analysts believe the transaction also could spark other big deals involving large ...

AT&T in advanced talks to buy Time Warner: banking source

A suspected CS tear gas spray was found at London City Airport after passengers and staff were evacuated following a "chemical incident" that left 27 travellers feeling unwell and halted flights.
	London's innermost airport re-opened three hours after the incident was first reported yesterday, after 500 people were evacuated and several passengers treated for breathing difficulties.
	A search of the airport "led to the discovery of what is believed to be a CS gas or spray", Scotland Yard police headquarters said in a statement.
	"Whilst the cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed, officers are investigating if it was the result of an accidental discharge of this canister.
	"Officers are investigating whether it may have been discarded by a passenger prior to check-in.
	"There have been no arrests and enquiries continue."
	The London Ambulance Service said two casualties were taken to hospital and 25 treated at the scene for breathing difficulties.
	David Morris, 28, said he ..

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