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Atletico Madrid have signed England midfielder Conor Gallagher from Chelsea for a fee believed to be in the region of £33m. The 24-year-old has signed a five-year contract with the Spanish top-flight club. Gallagher joined Chelsea at the age of six and went on to make 90 appearances, scoring 10 goals. He had entered the final year of his contract at Stamford Bridge so Chelsea wanted to sell now to avoid losing him on a free transfer next summer. "To everyone at Chelsea, thank you for making my dreams come true," Gallagher wrote on Instagram. "It's been an absolute honour every time I put on the shirt, and it was a dream come true to captain the team on many occasions. "I loved every moment. These memories will last forever. I appreciate all the love and support from the fans." Atletico forward Joao Felix, also 24, is set to move in the other direction after Chelsea agreed a fee in principle for the Portugal international. Felix scored four goals in 20 appearances during a loan spell in west London in 2023. The collapse of Chelsea's talks to sign Atletico striker Samu Omorodion had delayed Gallagher's move to Spain, but the Felix deal frees up the required funds for Atletico to complete the transfer. Gallagher spent five days in a hotel in Madrid earlier this month expecting a deal before flying back to London when the move stalled. Gallagher had loan spells at Charlton, Swansea, West Brom and Crystal Palace before breaking into the Chelsea first team at the start of the 2022-23 season. He has won 18 England caps since making his debut in 2021 and was part of the Three Lions squads for the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024. 'Positive end to strange transfer saga' - analysis Conor Gallagher's exit will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of some match-going Chelsea supporters who absolutely adored him. They held up a banner in the match against Tottenham, a club many thought he might join, in May in protest of his expected departure. That exit has happened, but a crumb of comfort is that Chelsea have sold him outside the Premier League to Atletico Madrid in Spain, avoiding the kind of pain some fans still feel when watching Mason Mount line up for Manchester United. Chelsea have also handled his departure well by putting together an emotive video package that highlights his bond with the club and wishing him well for the future on all their channels. It reads and feels like a celebration of the career of the boyhood Chelsea fan, who has been with the club since the age of six, as he departs for Wanda Metropolitano. It's a positive end to a strange transfer saga which saw Gallagher training alone at Cobham in limbo as the two clubs tried to pull off a bizarre swap deal. Gallagher will again be able to focus on his football and could be a good fit for Diego Simeone's dogged, high energy and physical style of play. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cx2g77n815go

Back-to-school season is hectic enough — that’s why dinner is on Wendy’s. The fast-food company is honoring classes going back in session by offering a free kids’ meal with the purchase of any premium combo meal. Customers can get a completely free kids’ meal, consisting of four-piece chicken nuggets (regular or spicy), cheeseburger or hamburger and either Jr. French fries or apple slices, along with a drink and a toy. All you need to do to get your free kids’ meal is purchase a premium combo meal, which includes a premium sandwich, a side item and a beverage. The deal is available through September 2 — but there is one small catch. The offer is only available through the Wendy’s app, and there’s a limit to one free kids’ meal per customer per visit. However, there is no limit to how many times the deal can be used, People reported. https://nypost.com/2024/08/20/lifestyle/wendys-is-giving-out-free-kids-meals-for-back-to-school/

The daughter of one of the six Israeli hostages whose bodies were brought back from Gaza by Israel’s military on Tuesday has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of putting “political priorities” ahead of a ceasefire and hostage release deal. Inbal Albini Peri told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that her 80-year-old father Chaim and his friends would have been among the first people freed under any agreement with Hamas and that they “should have come back alive”. Mr Netanyahu has insisted he is making every effort to bring back all of the remaining hostages kidnapped during Hamas’s 7 October attack. But Ms Albini Peri said: “I don’t believe a word he is saying.” “I want him to say to my family and all the other families: ‘I’m sorry. I was wrong." In her interview, Ms Peri did not explicitly explain what she meant by "political priorities". Mr Netanyahu's far-right allies have vowed to pull out of his coalition, undermining his chances of staying in power, if he agrees to release large numbers of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in return for hostages. On Tuesday evening, a senior US administration official criticised the prime minister for making what they called “maximalist statements” that were “not constructive to getting a ceasefire deal across the finish line”. It followed reported comments by Mr Netanyahu suggesting he had told the US secretary of state that Israeli forces must stay in strategic parts of Gaza, which Hamas rejects. The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage. More than 40,170 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. A deal agreed in November saw Hamas release 105 of the hostages in return for a week-long ceasefire and the freeing of some 240 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Israel says 105 hostages are still being held, 34 of whom are presumed dead. Chaim Peri lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz, which was one of the 26 communities and towns close to the Gaza perimeter fence targeted by Hamas on 7 October. The film lecturer and lifelong peace activist was abducted after he voluntarily left the saferoom of his home to protect his wife, Osnat, who was hiding inside. His 34-year-old son, Danny Darlington, was also killed in the attack. In December, Hamas’s military wing released a video showing Mr Peri along with two other elderly hostages from Nir Oz - Yoram Metzger and Amiram Cooper. Mr Peri could be seen addressing the camera and calling for their release. “That is more or less the last that we heard from him. Now we know that he probably died around February,” Inbal Peri told the BBC. In June, the Israeli military informed the family that Mr Peri, Mr Metzger, Mr Cooper and British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell had been killed during an operation in the Khan Younis area, in southern Gaza, citing intelligence it had gathered. On Tuesday morning, Ms Peri was told that Israeli troops had recovered the bodies of her father and five other hostages - Mr Metzger, Mr Popplewell, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder and Yagev Buchshtab - from underground tunnels in Khan Younis. “For my family it’s maybe a small closure. It’s not the right word to say ‘happy’, but for us it is the end of the way and we are burying our father in the place that he loved so much,” she said. “But there are other hostages that are still alive, and the chances that will come back alive are getting smaller.” Ms Peri said she believed that her father and his friends from Nir Oz also should have come home alive as part of a new hostage release deal, which the US, Qatar and Egypt were trying to broker before her father was thought to have died and are continuing to do now. “It only depended on our government and the mental standing of our prime minister, who had different priorities. He had political priorities. And that makes us very, very angry and frustrated. “I’m not saying that we could really stop the war, but we had to do the negotiations instead of keeping on fighting. We have seen for over 10 months that it’s not working.” When asked if she had put this directly to Mr Netanyahu or other members of his government, she replied: “Many people from the government did talk to us and try to help. But when the head is wrong, it doesn’t matter.” She added: “We want our government and our prime minister to go ahead and have a deal, to have something to talk about, instead of risking over and over again our soldiers to bring back bodies. We don’t want any more soldiers to be killed.” “Bring back all the hostages because they are still alive. And their time is really running out.” On Tuesday night, Mr Netanyahu’s office said he had told hostages’ families in Jerusalem that “the first thing is to eliminate Hama and achieve victory”. “The second thing is that we are, at the same time, making an effort to return the hostages, on terms that will allow for the maximum number of hostages being released in the first stage of the deal. I say this clearly: This is an objective that I have set,” he added. “However, the other thing is to preserve our strategic security assets in the face of major domestic and foreign pressure, and we are doing so." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdkyyn1lr4o

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A scheme to check on police dog welfare has been rolled out in Wiltshire after a successful pilot in the north of England. The Animal Welfare Scheme (AWS) involves volunteers visiting to check on the dogs in their police kennels, vehicles and the dog unit's training areas. The volunteers will check on them every month to six weeks, and have said that, so far, they have not come across any problems with the "well cared for" animals. Sgt Jon Harwood, from Wiltshire Police's dog unit, said he "welcomed" the scheme, adding: "It's a nice opportunity for us to show off what we can do". He explained that the scheme will benefit the force and is an "opportunity to learn from other areas". The Animal Welfare Scheme was set up as a result of a review of dog training after the death of Acer, a police dog, in 1997. After being successfully piloted by Lancashire Police, the scheme is now being rolled out in Wiltshire. Sgt Harwood said that at the moment the main concern would be the environment day-to-day, like hot weather and dangerous circumstances. "Ultimately we are in charge of that dog," he said. "We don't deploy them if it's not safe." One thing the force is now considering is a shaded area for the specialist cars that carry the dogs, so that they are not so reliant on inefficient air conditioning. Lesley Peters and Jo Piddock have been chosen as volunteers for the scheme in Wiltshire because of their experience with dogs. Ms Peters has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has worked with police and security, while Ms Piddock does agility and scent work with the animals. The dog training and work is reward-based - and when they have done a job, they get their ball. Dog handlers take their canine partners home with them, where they have special kennels and runs set up. "You can tell by the way the dog is behaving if it's actually happy in the work it's doing," said Ms Piddock. "Everything is great. The dogs are working well, they're well cared for, they're transported well." The pair said they do not have any concerns about Wiltshire Police dogs currently and said there is "positive handling". "There is no forcing the dog to do it - it does it because it wants to or through play," explained Ms Peters. "As long as the dog is happy, they will work for you." The scheme has been implemented by the Police and Crime Commissioner and the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) with support from the Dogs Trust https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxe2v9jj9nmo

England defender Luke Shaw says he is fit and ready to play 90 minutes if needed at Euro 2024. Shaw, the only specialist left-back in Gareth Southgate’s squad, did not play in England’s first four matches of the Euros because of a hamstring injury. But the Manchester United defender came on as a second-half substitute during the quarter-final victory over Switzerland and says he is now ready to play a bigger part in England’s campaign. "Of course, I think I am [fit and ready to play 90 minutes],” Shaw said. “That is down to Gareth's decision. I feel fit and ready to go." Shaw’s appearance from the bench after 78 minutes against Switzerland marked his first competitive football since suffering his injury in February. Southgate had hoped to have Shaw back during the group stage in Germany, but his recovery took longer than expected and has meant Kieran Trippier deputising on the left side of defence. "The last four months have been really tough,” Shaw said of his injury problems. “At the start I was expected to come back a lot sooner, but I went through a lot of setbacks. “It was really nice to get on the other night and get some minutes - I've been itching. "I think before the squad got announced, we had a plan to come back around the second or third game but, unfortunately, things didn't go as planned and I was pushed back a game or so. "Of course, it's tough. They were really there for me, not just Gareth and Steve [Holland, England assistant manager] but the medical staff as well. I have a lot to thank them for." Shaw has had 'strange' Euros Shaw has had to sit and watch from the sidelines as England reached the semi-finals of a second successive European Championship. The 28-year-old has been focusing on his recovery, to the extent that he pulled out of a scheduled media conference before the Switzerland game as he did not want to speak to the press before he had got back on the field of play. "It's been strange,” he said of his Euro 2024 experience. “It's also been difficult as well, going to games, feeling the atmosphere. Not putting the shirt on or being involved in games was hard, but that motivated me more to work back. "The atmosphere in those games spurred me on. "I was of course excited to come back, but the priority was to help us get back into the game and get us through." Without Shaw, England have not always impressed at Euro 2024 – drawing their final two group matches before going behind in both knockout games so far. But brilliant equalisers by Jude Bellingham against Slovakia and Bukayo Saka versus Switzerland have helped them through. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c728j0vg54lo

No oven? No problem! Arizona park rangers redefined “sun-baked” after cooking banana bread atop their dashboard amid the sweltering triple-digit heat wave scorching the US since late last month. “It’s that time of year again! Cooking in the car, cue theme music!” wrote officials with the Saguaro National Park by Tucson, where they performed the unorthodox cooking tutorial, as detailed in a Facebook post. According to the post, they put the loaves on at around 11 a.m. on June 28, when the mercury had hit 97 degrees, which meant the dashboard clocked in at a searing 163 degrees. Fast forward to 2 p.m., and the outside and dashboard temps had reached 105 and 211 degrees, respectively — the latter being the equivalent of a “cool oven temperature.” At that point, the tops of the chocolate-freckled bread turned golden, per the car-beque pics. By the time the rangers took this desert dessert out of the car at around 3 p.m., the confection’s exterior had been browned, although it was still a “bit squishy on the inside,” per the post. Having tried the experiment on other foods, the rangers deduced that cookies were “the most ideal option” for a solar oven on wheels. This car cooking method is also likely more effective — albeit messy — for frying eggs than the much-disputed sidewalk method, whose success is possible but unlikely given that walkways tend to only reach 145 degrees (eggs fully cook at 158 degrees). Viewers were impressed with the cooking tutorial, with one fan writing, “I bet it smells amazing in the car.” “When is the dashboard cookbook coming out?” wrote another. https://nypost.com/2024/07/08/lifestyle/park-rangers-bake-banana-bread-in-car-amid-105-degree-heat-see-how-it-turned-out/

Palestinians in Gaza City say they have experienced one of the most intense Israeli bombardments since Israel launched its war on Hamas after the group's unprecedented 7 October attack. Columns of Israeli tanks are reported to be closing in on the centre of the city from several different directions. The Gaza Civil Emergency Service says it believes a number of people have been killed but has so far been unable to reach them because of fighting in several districts in the east and west of Gaza City. The Al-Ahli Baptist hospital is reported to have been evacuated, with its patients being taken to one of the only medical facilities still functioning in the area - the already overcrowded Indonesian hospital. Meanwhile, a senior Palestinian official has told the BBC that indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel on a ceasefire and hostage release deal are expected to resume in Qatar within 48 hours. A preliminary meeting would take place in Egypt on Monday between US, Israeli and Egyptian intelligence chiefs, the official said. Ahead of the assault in Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued evacuation orders for several neighbourhoods in the centre, including Tuffah, Daraj and the Old City. But one of the areas that has come under the most intense assault, Tel al-Hawa, was not included in the evacuation order that was posted online with a map by the IDF Arabic spokesperson on Sunday. On Monday afternoon, the IDF issued a new order that covered Tel al-Hawa as well as the Sabra and al-Rimal areas, to the north and west. One resident of Gaza City, Abdel Ghani asked: "The enemy is behind us and the sea is in front of us, where shall we go?" Others have also told the BBC that they do not know where to go. They say that only one route remains - to go north towards the port area of Gaza City. Some fled districts after receiving an evacuation order, only to find that the area they moved to was coming under Israeli bombardment. In al-Rimal, a freelance cameraman working for the BBC says that he did not receive any evacuation orders, but later learnt that his neighbour did. He left the area with his family and headed north. They are now in the port area but lack basic necessities. He says he is struggling to find water for his children. In a statement, the IDF confirmed that it launched what it called a new operation in Tel al-Halwa overnight, following what it said was intelligence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad infrastructure and fighters in the area. The military also said that it was operating at the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, in the area. The IDF said that at the start of the operation, it gave warnings to civilians - and it said that it would open up a humanitarian corridor for people to leave the area. The latest Israeli offensive in Gaza comes as hopes have been rising that a ceasefire deal might finally be agreed. A senior Palestinian official familiar with the talks has told the BBC that indirect negotiations between the Hamas and Israeli negotiating teams, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, will start in Doha within the next 48 hours. The official also said a preparatory meeting was due to take place in Cairo on Monday between CIA director William Burns, the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, David Barnea, and the head of Egyptian Intelligence, Abbas Kamel. The three intelligence chiefs are then all due to travel to Doha on Tuesday. The official outlined to the BBC several key sticking points from the Hamas perspective: Hamas wants Israeli forces to withdraw from both the Rafah crossing with Egypt and the Philadelphi corridor, a strip of land running along the Egyptian border Israel has vetoed Hamas’s demand for release from Israeli prisons of 100 senior figures from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah political factions Hamas’s negotiating team has already dropped its requirement for Israel to accept a permanent ceasefire as a precondition for any potential deal. The official said the negotiating process would be very long and complex, but that there was some degree of hope that it might work this time. On Sunday, a statement by the office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may have somewhat dampened expectations by insisting that any deal must not stop Israel from resuming fighting in Gaza until its war objectives are met. Mr Netanyahu has repeatedly defined those aims as being the eradication of Hamas, both militarily and politically. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51yle4m5pzo

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Oppo Reno 12 5G series will be launched by the company in India later this month. The lineup will include the standard Oppo Reno 12 5G and the Reno 12 Pro 5G. These phones were initially unveiled in China in May, followed by a global launch last month. Now the company has announced the India launch date of the handsets. It has also revealed the design of the Reno 12 series and confirmed the colour options and key features of both models. They will arrive as the successors to the Oppo Reno 11 5G lineup, which was introduced in the country in January. Oppo Reno 12 5G, Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G India launch date, design, colour options confirmed The upcoming Oppo Reno 12 5G and the Reno 12 Pro 5G will be launched in India on July 12 at 12pm IST. The company previously confirmed that the phones will be available in the country via Flipkart and the Oppo India website. The Indian variants of the Oppo Reno 12 5G series phones appear to have similar designs as their Chinese and global counterparts. The triple rear camera units are arranged vertically, housed in a slightly, raised rectangular module in the top left corner. The handsets are also seen with glossy finishes. The company has confirmed that the base Oppo Reno 12 5G will be offered in three colour options — Astro Silver, Matte Brown and Sunset Peach, while the Reno 12 Pro 5G will come in Space Brown and Sunset Gold shades. Oppo Reno 12 5G, Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G features The Indian variant of the Oppo Reno 12 5G series smartphones will sport 6.7-inch full-HD+ Flexible AMOLED screens with a 120Hz refresh rate and 1,200 nits of peak brightness. The base variant will have Gorilla Glass 7i, while the Pro version will get Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection. The Oppo Reno 12 5G and Reno 12 Pro 5G will arrive in India with a MediaTek Dimensity 7300-Energy chipset with support for artificial intelligence-backed features like the AI Clear Face, AI Writer, AI Recording Summary, and AI Eraser 2.0. They will each pack a 5,000mAh battery with support for 80W SuperVOOC charging. Both handsets in the Oppo Reno 12 5G series will feature a 50-megapixel primary sensor with optical image stabilisation (OIS) support alongside an 8-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide lens. The vanilla model will have a 2-megapixel macro shooter as the third sensor, whereas the Pro variant will hold a 50-megapixel telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom and up to 20x digital zoom. The base model will have a 32-megapixel front camera, while the Pro version will feature a 50-megapixel selfie shooter. Both Oppo Reno 12 5G phones will support Oppo's AI LinkBoost technology and come with 1P65-rated builds for dust and splash resistance. https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/oppo-reno-12-pro-5g-series-india-launch-date-confirm-design-colour-options-features-6033407#pfrom=topstory

Meta is continuing its monthly cadence of Meta Quest 3 updates with Horizon OS v67 which is beginning to roll out now. Following the comprehensive mixed reality improvements we've seen in recent months this latest batch of upgrades is a little more modest, but does bring one big productivity enhancement. As we reported previously following its appearance in the v67 beta, all users will soon be able to rearrange 2D app windows in a more free flow manner. You can have three app windows grouped in the classic hinged grouping, and a further three that you can move around and leave suspended in convenient places – you can see an example of this in the trailer below. There's also a new Theater View mode. Clicking a button on the panel’s control bar will automatically expand its size, bring it closer to you, and dim your surroundings and other windows so you can focus on that one particular screen. To turn this feature on you’ll need to head into your headset’s experimental menu in your settings. Beyond this, the Horizon Feed on your headset and in the Quest app will soon feel a little more like a social media feed that you'd see on Threads or Facebook. You’ll be able to like and share posts from content creators like images and VR experiences. As usual these improvements won’t reach everyone instantly, so keep an eye on the updates page to know when v67 is available to download. Video capture to get an unofficial boost If v67 hasn’t impressed you then you might be excited to hear that Meta did announce a more interesting software update recently – a partnership with LIV. LIV creates a VR capture tool for PCs that allows you to record third-person video of VR apps. LIV’s software already allows developers to record VR games using a PC and an external camera. But with Meta’s help it should be adding support for mixed reality experiences, as well as support for advanced features like hand-tracking and dynamic occlusion – where virtual objects use depth sensors to know if they should appear behind or in front of real-world items. Lastly, it wants to launch a creator kit in the coming weeks that will allow for improved first person and for third-person video capture without a PC. There's no precise release date for that last one, but if you're wanting to capture VR video it sounds like it might be a serious upgrade on existing Quest tools, so definitely keep an eye out for it. https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/new-meta-quest-3-update-adds-facebook-like-social-features-and-a-productivity-boost

Continuing on the march to bringing computer experiences of the past into the modern computing world, one maker has developed a DECstation emulation built into a credit card-sized single-board computer. This is possible because the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller can emulate the late ‘80s high-end workstation. The minicomputer in question was once considered one of the best, most powerful options of its time. It ran DEC’s version of Unix and X-Windows, Ultrix and DECWindows. The creator says the project emulates a DECstation 3000, but I suspect it may actually be a DECstation 3100. My computing history suggests this was the model that ran Ultrix, not the 3000. But I digress. Everything the MIPS processor-based workstation needed to run, which would often sit on your desk with your CRT monitor on top of it, can now fit onto a business card-sized PCB. An electronics engineer going by rscott2049 developed and published how to make it all happen. The build requires ordering a custom PCB and doing some soldering. Rscott2049 has a GitHub repository with the build requirements, software, and instructions. You’ll need to have the board fabricated, perhaps using the recommended JLCPCB prototype fabrication services. When you receive it, you’ll solder on various components, such as the voltage regulator, micro SD card slot, VGA port, and the like. The maker recommends building two boards, one as a debugger and the other as your “production” model. Next, you’ll debug everything, test connections, and install the operating system and software. The maker uses Dmitry.GR’s LinuxCard project emulator, along with his own emulated Ultrix/DECWindows environment. There’s support for a USB keyboard and mouse combo, monochrome VGA graphics at 1024 x 864, and Ethernet networking. At the end, you’ll have a small computer that slides into your wallet but plugs into a display to give you the full DECWindows experience. Relive the glory days of the late ’80s, even including the entrancing Xmaze or Xworms screensavers. https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/rp2040-boards/throwback-workstation-emulated-on-a-business-card-sized-board-that-you-can-almost-carry-in-your-wallet-decstation-emulation-using-rp2040

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