Examples of people with aptronyms include athletes such as Usain Bolt, the WNBA star Aerial Powers and the baseball pitcher Brad Hand. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Growing up, Adam Weiner was bullied over his last name. Now it’s one of his biggest assets. Dr Weiner is a urologist, and he says the name has been a huge help in working with patients. “When men come and see me for the first time, they’re typically pretty nervous,” he says. “And let me tell you, having a last name like Weiner in this field is one of the best icebreakers.” Patients routinely come in with a name-related joke, and the tension dissolves. “I don’t mind it one bit,” Weiner says. The name has also helped him achieve prominence in his field. “Researchers, other faculty, other institutions, they tend to remember the urologist named Dr Weiner.” Weiner’s name is an example of an aptronym, one that perfectly fits its owner. Which, as many of his patients have noted, raises a burning question: did his name influence his choice of career? That touches on the concept of what’s called nominative determinism, the controversial idea that a person’s name can influence their choices. (Turns out, urology is a particularly rich field: when New Scientist magazine began exploring nominative determinism in the 90s, two key examples were experts named Splatt and Weedon.) Name is destiny Becca Title, bookstore owner This year, the Trump-supporting activist-investor Bill Ackman, known for fighting to oust Harvard’s former president Claudine Gay, endorsed the theory. “I have a view that people become their names,” he told New York Magazine. “My name is Ackman – it’s like activist man.” It’s a pretty weak assertion, but there are plenty of better examples: writers like William Wordsworth, Francine Prose and Sarah Vowell (not to mention the crime writer Karin Slaughter – not a pen name); athletes such as Usain Bolt, the WNBA star Aerial Powers and the baseball pitcher Brad Hand; food experts like the cookbook writer Joséphine Bacon and Ed Currie, who invented what’s billed as “the world’s hottest pepper”. The head of Nintendo of America is Doug Bowser – he arrived long after Mario’s archenemy got his name – and the founder of Tito’s Vodka is named Tito Beveridge. “Name is destiny,” says Becca Title, who owns San Diego’s Meet Cute bookstore and admires the way romance novels give hints to the characters’ destinies in their names. But is there any truth to the idea? Brett Pelham, a psychology professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, says yes – and he’s done a series of studies backing the claim. A 2002 study found that people named Dennis were more likely than people with equally common names – like Jerry or Walter – to become dentists. The study faced some criticism: another researcher, Uri Simonsohn, pointed out that Dennises are also more likely to be lawyers than people named Walter. But in 2015, Pelham and a colleague, Mauricio Carvallo, published findings that people with 11 common surnames – including Baker, Carpenter and Farmer – were disproportionately likely to work in fields that matched their names. While confounding variables are easy to spot when it comes to first names – maybe the type of people who name their kids Dennis are the type of people who encourage their kids to work in healthcare, last names are less vulnerable to this risk, Pelham says. (Yes, they might be descended from an ancient baker, but the many generations in between make any connection unlikely, he notes.) Pelham acknowledges the risk of “cherry-picking” in any sociological study, but he’s confident in his results, which he believes demonstrate an idea called implicit egotism: the idea that we unconsciously favor names, numbers (such as birth dates), colors and other concepts related to ourselves. He doesn’t think the phenomenon is “magical or mystical”, he says. “We think it’s probably based mainly on things like classical conditioning and the well-known ‘mere exposure’ effect – the more often people see something, the more they like it.” Simonsohn, for his part, remains unconvinced. In an email, he calls the idea “a fun but unsubstantiated belief” that is “almost surely wrong, but harmless”. When the Guardian spoke to people whose names match their jobs, none were fully convinced that their monikers had actually sparked career choices. But several, like Weiner, said their names have had a clear impact – whether positive or negative – on their daily lives. Dustin Partridge’s whole family loves the outdoors - “you’ll very often find a Partridge out in the woods,” he says – and like Weiner, his name was a boon in the workplace. Researching bird-friendly green roofs in New York City, he needed access to strangers’ buildings. “‘Dustin Partridge here, looking to study birds on your roof,’” he would tell people. “That’s a crazy thing to ask for, and several people have said: ‘The only reason I opened this responded to you is because of the last name.’” Now he works at the NYC Bird Alliance (former director: John Flicker). Before Partridge joined, he’d have scoffed at any supposed name-job connection. But then he weighed in on bird safety with a Quayle and tackled conservation with a Forrest. “There might be something to it,” he says. But aptronyms can also weigh heavily on their owners. David Loud, a longtime Broadway conductor and pianist, once feared he’d never get work: “I mean, who would ever want to deliberately hire a loud musician?” he writes in an email. When he got jobs accompanying singers, he says “it became my lifelong goal never to get the review: ‘The aptly named David Loud drowned out all traces of the poor soprano.’” Now, as a conductor, he chooses volume-related words carefully. “‘Could the violas play those sixteenth notes more robustly?’ I might say, or, ‘The ending is too bombastic!’” “[The first name] is one of the few things that you can actually choose about your child’s identity” Pamela Redmond, co-founder of Nameberry For the writer Francine Prose, the connection has mostly been an annoyance. Her last name was shortened when her family arrived in the US in the early 20th century; they didn’t realize Prose was an English word. Though she did have an editor named Page Cuddy, she doesn’t buy claims that our names inspire our fates. The main thing she’s learned from the phenomenon is how often people think they’re the first to notice something obvious. Fellow author Sarah Vowell is equally skeptical. “I am a nonfiction writer and we generally do not believe in fate, only coincidence,” she writes in an email, pointing out that other Vowells in her family have included a machinist, a pharmacist and a shepherd turned doctor. “Fate seems more important to the liars writing fiction, or, apparently, the self-absorbed rich guy who inspired your question,” she said, referring to Ackman. Does it matter whether there’s any truth to all this? Pamela Redmond, co-founder of the baby name site Nameberry and author of several books on choosing names, says the idea is worth keeping in mind. We may not have much power over our last names, but the first name “is one of the few things that you can actually choose about your child’s identity”, she says. Like it or not, people make assumptions about who a Dennis or a Walter might be. And those assumptions can affect how others treat us, which in turn shapes our identity. All kinds of factors influence our choice of a name, Redmond says. “So why not be conscious of it?” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/sep/17/aptronym-job-normative-determinism

Elephants in Hwange national park. The cull will take place in four districts and follows a decision by neighbouring Namibia to cull 83 elephants. Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters Zimbabwean authorities have set out plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger amid the worst drought in four decades. The El Niño-induced drought has wiped out crops across southern Africa, affecting 68 million people and causing food shortages across the region. In Zimbabwe, 7.6 million people are set to face food insecurity from January to April next year, the height of the lean season, according to the World Food Programme. “We can confirm that we are planning to cull about 200 elephants across the country. We are working on modalities on how we are going to do it,” said Tinashe Farawo, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe parks and wildlife authority. He said the elephant meat would be distributed to communities in Zimbabwe hit by the drought. However, some conservationists criticised the plans, saying there were better solutions for helping to feed people whose crops had failed. The cull, the first in the country since 1988, was first reported on Friday, and follows neighbouring Namibia’s decision last month to cull 83 elephants and distribute meat to people affected by the drought. “Regarding the hunger situation, meat is not a staple in Zimbabwe. What we need is grain,” said Farai Maguwu, the director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, a non-governmental organisation. When droughts are so intense, human-wildlife conflicts can escalate as resources become scarcer. Last year, 50 people were killed in elephant attacks in Zimbabwe. Maguwu argued that more boreholes should be drilled for both humans and elephants to drink from in the affected areas and that, if there are still issues, elephants should be relocated to national parks with fewer animals, rather than culling them. The elephants will be culled in Hwange, Mbire, Tsholotsho and Chiredzi districts, in areas where authorities said the animals have clashed with humans. More than 200,000 elephants are estimated to live in a conservation area spread over five southern African countries – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Angola and Namibia – making the region home to one of the largest elephant po[CENSORED]tions worldwide. Farawo said the culling is also part of the country’s efforts to decongest its parks, which he said can sustain only 55,000 elephants. Zimbabwe is home to more than 84,000 elephants. “It’s an effort to decongest the parks in the face of drought,” he said. “The numbers are just a drop in the ocean because we are talking of 200 [elephants] and we are sitting on plus 84,000, which is big.” This year’s drought could kill more of Zimbabwe’s elephants. In January 2024 during the previous drought season, at least 160 elephants died in Hwange, due to water and food shortages and baking temperatures. In late 2019, more than 200 elephants died amid a lack of water. Late rains at the end of 2023 delayed crop planting and a hot, dry spell in early 2024 then caused the harvest to fail in most of the country. Zimbabwe, which has been lauded for its conservation efforts and growing its elephant po[CENSORED]tion, has also been lobbying the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to reopen the trade of ivory and live elephants. Zimbabwe has about $600,000 (£450,000) worth of ivory stockpiles that it cannot sell. Reuters contributed to this report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/17/zimbabwe-to-cull-200-elephants-to-feed-people-facing-hunger-due-to-drought

The case has shocked France and triggered nationwide protests in support of Pelicot's ex-wife Gisele, pictured, who has become a symbol of the struggle against sexual violence in the country [Christophe Simon/AFP] Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging his ex-wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, and is begging for his family’s forgiveness. The 71-year-old’s hearing on Tuesday, the centrepiece of one of France’s most spectacular criminal trials in recent history, had to be delayed last week due to his bad health. He faces multiple charges including rape, gang rape and privacy breaches by recording and disseminating sexual images. Pelicot appeared in court with a cane on Tuesday morning and spoke to the judge through a microphone with his lawyer saying he had taken heavy medication and was allowed to take breaks to lie down throughout the day. “I am a rapist just like all the others in this room,” he said, adding: “I ask my wife, my children, my grandchildren to accept my apologies. I regret what I did. I ask for your forgiveness, even if it is not forgivable.” The case has shocked the country and triggered nationwide protests in support of his wife Gisele, who has become a symbol of the struggle against sexual violence in France. Pelicot told the courtroom he had a difficult upbringing and had himself been a victim of rape, breaking into tears during his testimony. He said he had wanted his wife to participate in partner swaps and her refusal, together with trauma from his youth, had helped to trigger his abusive behaviour. “It became a perversion, an addiction,” he told the courtroom. Pelicot, who said he had filmed the acts of abuse as an insurance policy against the men involved, said he had been the victim of blackmail as a result of his activities. Gisele Pelicot was in the courtroom, wearing sunglasses during her former husband’s appearance on the stand. She was greeted with applause by spectators when she left during breaks. She had insisted on a public trial to expose her ex-husband and the other men accused of raping her. “For 50 years, I lived with a man who I would never have imagined was capable of these acts of rape,” she said. Gisele Pelicot began divorce proceedings after meeting with investigators over the case. Prosecutors have said Dominique Pelicot, who was initially arrested after filming up a woman’s skirt in a supermarket, offered sex with his then-wife on a website called Coco and filmed the abuse. In addition to Pelicot, 50 other men, currently aged 26 to 74, are also on trial on rape charges in the southern city of Avignon. Pelicot has said a total of 72 men participated in the abuse of his then-wife. While some of the defendants admitted guilt to the investigators, others have said they believed they were enacting a couple’s fantasy and that Gisele Pelicot had in fact consented to sex. Investigators found 300 photographs and a video of the acts and filed them in folders, including one titled “Abuse,” according to a court document. Gisele Pelicot told investigators that she had suffered from memory lapses and had consulted a gynaecologist for unexplained pains. The trial is set to last through December. If found guilty, the defendants face up to 20 years in jail. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/i-am-a-rapist-french-man-admits-to-drugging-and-mass-rape-of-his-ex-wife

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran on November 2, 2022 [Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters] On August 14, two weeks after the assassination of Hamas’s politburo head Ismail Haniyeh, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said: “Non-tactical retreat leads to the wrath of God.” He was speaking to officials from the National Congress of Martyrs of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, in the midst of international speculation about whether Iran would respond to an assassination in its own capital that it blamed on Israel. Many assumed it was a vow to take action against Israel, but others interpreted it differently – a suggestion that Iran’s failure to respond was, in fact, tactical because too much would be at stake. Retaliation If retaliation is planned, the question is, when will Iran retaliate, how, and what has held it back so far? And if Khamenei’s words were to use “tactical retreat” to justify not responding, the question is why. The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh revealed significant flaws in the Iranian intelligence and security apparatus, responsible for Haniyeh’s protection. That failure also highlighted vulnerabilities in Iran’s intelligence operations, so it has to clean house to be ready for Israel’s response to any retaliatory move it makes. That the region is teetering on the knife’s edge of possible all-out war is something countless analysts have pointed out, a serious possibility that Iran has to be ready for even as it calibrates its international moves to avoid just that. Building new architecture Iran is trying to acquire new deterrence for a conventional war, building on the lessons it learned during its last all-out war. The year after Iran’s 1979 revolution, which marked a radical break from the West, Iraq invaded Iran with the support of the West, kicking off the Iran-Iraq War. The conflict lasted eight years, leaving Iran devastated economically and socially. The exact number of casualties is unknown, but some believe the war with Iraq cost nearly a million Iranian lives, shattering hundreds of thousands of families. The trauma of that war continues to shape Iran as a state and Iranians as a people, and the ruling elite established a security architecture based on one clear goal: no more all-out war at any cost. Iran relied on its proxies after the United States invasion of Iraq, but now it needs a new mindset and tremendous resources to set its next steps, which may be why it has refrained from a severe escalation so far, despite Israel’s provocations. Israel unleashed its military machine on the besieged Gaza Strip in October, in ostensible retaliation for a Hamas-led attack on Israel during which 1,139 people were killed and about 250 taken captive. It now seems to be trying to build on that momentum and eliminate those it sees as regional rivals, namely Hezbollah and Iran. Iranians hold posters of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during his funeral in Tehran on August 1, 2024 [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters] A direct attack on Iran that violates its red lines would push it to respond militarily, while any deterioration in its network of allied groups could mean a degradation of its regional clout. In addition, a conventional war with Israel could well escalate into direct conflict with the US, which would come at a cost Iran cannot pay. Iran’s security architecture The invasion of Iraq by the US in 2003 was an opportunity as well as a security threat for Iran. The opportunity was the removal of Iran’s archenemy, Sadam Hussein, then president of Iraq. The threat was the belief that once the US concluded its invasion of Iraq, it would shift its focus to Iran. Tehran developed a security architecture to eliminate this threat, creating more proxies to keep the US busy in Iraq, act as a deterrent against the US in case of an escalation, and preserve Iran’s interests in Iraq. More than 20 years later, Tehran’s presence and influence in Iraq have made it a kingmaker and a parallel state, indirectly approving new governments in Iraq. Iranian proxies, namely the Hashd al-Shaabi (Po[CENSORED]r Mobilisation Forces or PMF), are now also part of the Iraqi army and most Shia parties in the coalition government have direct links with Iran. When the Arab Spring of 2011 sparked demonstrations in Syria that descended into violence, Iran mobilised its proxies into Syria to prop up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and safeguard its regional interests. The Arab Spring also led to change in Yemen, where, after the deposition of then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Iran-aligned Houthis gradually took control of much of the country. Qassem Soleimani, the well-known commander of Iran’s Quds Force, was the face and command of these resistance groups. His security architecture, built on proxies, was effective from 2004 until 2020, when it was time for “hybrid war” – a long-term, low-intensity war of attrition, tactical attacks, and indirect conflicts. In 2020, the US assassinated Soleimani in Baghdad, after which Iran is said to have given more autonomy to its proxies to distance itself from any liability they may pose and to avoid a focus on one central heroic figurehead, remaining as a regulator rather than a control centre that directly controls the proxies. Then came the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which ended the era of hybrid war as a potential conventional war loomed. What are Iran’s red lines? This satellite image shows a nuclear site in Isfahan, Iran on April 4, 2024 [Planet Labs PBC via AP] Until then, it will maintain its so-called “strategic patience” to protect what it considers its red lines, including economic lifelines like oil and gas facilities, ports and dams, its territorial integrity, and the safety of its head of state. Iran’s “strategic patience” is directly linked to its capacity-building work – nuclear, military, intelligence, economic and technological – which it has maintained without any major interruptions. In response to each wave of sanctions since the early 1990s and attacks on its assets or key figures, Iran has stepped up its capacity, particularly in nuclear activities and missile programmes. Iran’s reaction to Haniyeh’s assassination could well be a similar acceleration of capacity-building, using its proxies as temporary tactical deterrents while focusing on its nuclear programme – the ultimate deterrent. An all-out war would increase the risk to these temporary deterrents and to its ultimate – and nuclear – deterrent at home. However, Israel, not Iran, will influence how the story unfolds. Tel Aviv, not Tehran, will decide whether Iran’s response is “appropriate”, with the assurance of “ironclad” US backing. This ambiguity is what causes Iran to think twice before acting. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/can-iran-restore-deterrence-against-israel-while-avoiding-an-all-out-war

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The United States Postal Service's new mail trucks are hitting the streets to a very warm reception by carriers, according to the Associated Press. The Next Generation Delivery Vehicles, built by Oshkosh Defense, are a big improvement over the outgoing Grumman LLV, which didn't have A/C or airbags. The new fleet of NGDVs is expected to grow to over 60,000 vehicles within the next few years, and a majority of them will be electric models. The life of a U.S. Postal Service carrier can be a thankless job, especially when the rickety old delivery trucks they drive turn into rolling hot boxes with no air conditioning. The only form of cooling in the USPS's old Grumman LLV mail trucks, which have been in service since 1987, was a hilariously small fan or opening the side doors and driving as fast as possible. Thankfully for the hard-working men and women who deliver our mail, the Next Generation Delivery Trucks are starting to enter service, bringing air conditioning, airbags, and other features that will make their job easier, and the early reception is positive. Last month, the Postal Service's new mail trucks, which are built by Oshkosh Defense in South Carolina, started running routes in parts of Georgia, according to the Associated Press. And so far, mail carriers are reportedly raving about them, with one person telling the AP the addition of A/C, "... felt like heaven blowing in my face." Another applauded the truck's bigger and taller cargo area because he no longer needs to crouch to get around. Brian Renfroe, president of the National Letter Carriers Association, told the AP that the enthusiasm surrounding the new mail trucks is similar to how carriers felt when the outgoing Grumman's were first introduced three decades ago, replacing the mail-delivery-outfitted Jeep DJs. While the government's fleet of Grumman Long Life Vehicles lived up to their name, exceeding their initial 24-year lifespan, their replacement is obviously long overdue. The new NGDV is not only safer and literally cooler (looking like an ugly duck notwithstanding), but it also features a 360-degree camera system, front and rear parking sensors, and myriad other upgrades that make the life of a mail carrier more enjoyable, although it doesn't offer a deterrent for dogs that see a mail carrier and can't help but give chase—at least not that we know of. The USPS had previously said that it plans to purchase 106,000 delivery vehicles from Oshkosh Defense through 2028. Initially, the plan called for at least 66,000 of those to be all-electric models, but following significant pushback, the agency changed course and promised that 75 percent would be EVs until 2026, whereafter every NGDV would be electric. The USPS is electrifying its delivery fleet and taking other steps in an attempt to reduce its carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62187981/usps-new-mail-truck-debut/

Callum Hudson-Odoi scores Nottingham Forest’s winner at Anfield. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA This was the day that Arne Slot found out the Premier League is not all fun and games, as Liverpool and their manager were outwitted by Nuno Espírito Santo and Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi came off the bench to inflict the first defeat of the Dutchman’s Anfield tenure with a trademark goal from the winger. Everything Nuno did worked from his tactics to team selection and substitutions. His gritty side followed their manager’s instructions to the letter to keep Liverpool at bay for 90 minutes and conjured up numerous counterattacks, with Hudson-Odoi eventually finishing one to earn the points after coming off the bench to give Forest their first win at Anfield since 1969 – 20,300 days and 27 trips here had passed in the meantime. It had been a long wait and their corner of fans celebrated it in such a fashion. Slot had enjoyed a breezy start to life in England, winning his first three games without conceding. He is confident with his style and players, picking the same starting XI for the third consecutive match but with a very different result. Forest arrived – and left – unbeaten and are growing in confidence under a coach who is able to rotate personnel and tweak tactics depending on the situation. By the time the winner arrived, Liverpool had received plenty of warnings of the threat posed by Forest on the counter attack. Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Anthony Elanga had all squandered chances to break the deadlock but it was Hudson-Odoi who would eventually provide the perfect ending to a fast counterattack. When the former Chelsea man receives the ball on the left, there is only one destination in his mind. He cut inside, although Conor Bradley made it far too easy for him to make his choreographed move, before curling the ball into the corner beyond Alisson. Nuno’s plan was to pack the middle of the pitch, selecting five central midfielders, in an attempt to nullify Liverpool in the areas they have controlled in the opening three wins. Ryan Yates was appointed the irritator-in-chief as he irked the majority inside Anfield with his aggressive play, causing numerous stoppages as Andy Robertson and Alexis Mac Allister needed treatment for knocks. Ryan Yates climbs above Alexis Mac Allister. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA A goal would have provided a much-needed balm but Luis Díaz hit the base of a post, Diogo Jota sent a good chance straight at Matz Sels and Virgil van Dijk headed a corner wide. Liverpool were creating opportunities but they were unable to be clinical in the critical moments before the break, although Trent Alexander-Arnold caused Sels concern when he was forced to tip a corner over the bar. Liverpool were uncharacteristically wasteful in their output, Mohamed Salah being the biggest culprit. They had 14 shots but only five were on target, lacking composure when it mattered. Slot made a triple substitution at the hour mark, realising things were not going Liverpool’s way but it was Nuno’s changes that had the greatest effect as his narrow team added the width of Hudson-Odoi and Elanga to make the most of the space offered in behind. Sels produced a number of saves but was not tested to extremes, although he did almost gift Liverpool a goal. The Belgian tried to take a looping ball under the crossbar, only to drop it through his own legs. The Belgian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it bounce on the line, as the fans waited to see if Michael Oliver’s watch would vibrate, before taking hold at the second time of asking. Forest got a bit of luck for all their hard work. Ola Aina was superb at right-back to keep Díaz and later Cody Gakpo quiet, epitomising the work ethic and defensive cunning instilled by Nuno. Forest were resolute for 90 minutes and frustration grew around Anfield as Liverpool failed to break down the visitors, each misplaced pass was greeted with a groan. Nothing seemed to work on the day, instead going down blind allies as they were stifled by Forest. Slot will need to brush off his first defeat as things do not get simpler, as this was the start of seven matches in 22 days. After being broken in prior to the international break, Slot is about to learn what life is like as the Liverpool manager. Match Stats Possession NOT31LIV69% Attempts 9 Off target 5 On target 2 3 Corners 7 2 Fouls 15 6 Lineups Liverpool 1 Ramses Alisson 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold 5 Ibrahima Konate 4 Virgil van Dijk 26 Andrew Robertson 38 Ryan Gravenberch 10 Alexis Mac Allister 11 Mohamed Salah 8 Dominik Szoboszlai 7 Luis Diaz 20 Diogo Jota Substitutes 62 Caoimhin Kelleher 2 Joe Gomez 3 Wataru Endo 9 Darwin Nunez (s 60') 17 Curtis Jones (s 75') 18 Cody Gakpo (s 61') 21 Konstantinos Tsimikas (s 75') 78 Jarell Quansah 84 Conor Bradley (s 61') Nottm Forest 26 Matz Sels 34 Ola Aina 31 Nikola Milenkovic 5 dos Santos Murillo 19 Lopera Alex Moreno 22 Ryan Yates 18 James Ward-Prowse 16 Nicolas Dominguez 10 Morgan Gibbs-White 8 Elliot Anderson 11 Chris Wood Substitutes 33 Pereira Carlos Miguel 4 Felipe Morato (s 81') 7 Neco Williams (s 80') 9 Taiwo Awoniyi 12 Andrew Omobamidele 14 Callum Hudson-Odoi (s 54') 15 Harry Toffolo 20 Pedro Jota Silva (s 81') 21 Anthony Elanga (s 61') https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/14/liverpool-nottingham-forest-premier-league-match-report

Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian Ethan, 63 All my muscles are spastic, so moving is difficult and takes a lot of energy – so we don’t do anything too active I can still feel the sense of happiness I felt when Helen and I kissed two years ago. At that time, I hadn’t been kissed like that in about 15 years. I have reduced mobility issues after a life-changing spinal trauma. My injury is in my neck, so everything below that level has been affected to a certain degree. I was married when the trauma happened, but after my return from hospital, my ex refused to countenance any sexual relationship between us. It was devastating. It is horrible to lose that physical intimacy and satisfaction. I still had those desires and wishes, so it felt as if I had a carer rather than a lover. My self-esteem suffered for many years. To have an emotional and physical relationship with Helen is just wonderful. The physical side of what was once a friendship came out of the blue for both of us. We could both sense a very strong desire to be wanted and touched. We understood we weren’t just going to jump into bed; we knew we would have to take things slowly. We had very low expectations, and were amazed to find out what we could do to have fun. I hope to achieve penetrative sex with the use of a vacuum pump, but it’s not the most romantic thing in the world There’s a lot of foreplay. I don’t move particularly well (all of my muscles are spastic, so moving around is difficult and takes up quite a lot of energy) and we don’t do anything too active. We’re slower and more relaxed, but that means there’s more focus, and more care put into finding out what works and what doesn’t. There’s a lot of foreplay. I don’t move particularly well (all of my muscles are spastic, so moving around is difficult and takes up quite a lot of energy) and we don’t do anything too active. We’re slower and more relaxed, but that means there’s more focus, and more care put into finding out what works and what doesn’t. There are still limitations – I have difficulty getting an erection. I hope to achieve penetrative sex with the use of a vacuum pump, but it’s not the most romantic thing in the world. Losing that ability felt as if I’d lost a sense of my masculinity, but then to find ways around that has been lovely. This condition doesn’t prevent me from giving Helen pleasure, which is very empowering. Our favourite is oral sex as it’s a lot of fun – and manageable. I even found some new areas on my body which are now super sensitive, like my nipples. It’s quite wonderful because they never used to be. That’s how your body changes with nerve damage – you feel some things more and others less. Since being with Helen, my whole being feels so much better; I am so much happier. It can be totally overwhelming to have a life-changing disability and many people believe that life stops, but it doesn’t have to. Helen, 66 You’ve got to have a good imagination to have a good, sexy relationship. Even talking about something we can’t do physically can be arousing Before Ethan, I had been on my own for about a decade and had become a self-contained person. After my marriage, I lost trust and never entertained the thought of being with someone else. My relationship with Ethan evolved naturally: he was really in need of affection, and I wanted to respond. I remember one day looking at myself in the mirror and saying: “You’re in love.” I felt completely safe with and trusting of him, and that forms the basis of our sexual relationship. Because of physical limitations, our modus operandi is oral sex. It gives great pleasure to both of us. It’s just magic I think he was far more worried than I was at the start because he knew his limitations. But we manage and it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. From my point of view, I am more than happy with the way things are; I’m receiving pleasure all the time. A lot of our enjoyment simply comes from cuddling and talking to each other, like pillow talk. You’ve got to have a good imagination to have a good sexy relationship. There are times when we talk about something that may be more than we would be able to do physically, but talking about it can be quite arousing as well. We normally have sex once a week. Because of physical limitations, our modus operandi is oral sex. It gives great pleasure to both of us. It’s just magic. We’ve got a nice big bed upstairs, which has a high mattress. Ethan will come to the edge of the bed on his walker, and I will lie back with my legs around his neck. Or he’ll lie on his back and I’ll give him oral sex. We’ve also perfected the 69. We’re always learning something new – Ethan’s nerve pathways are different from anybody without a spinal injury. His nipples are probably his biggest erogenous zone, which we learned from me just touching him and kissing him there. It’s now a huge turn on for him. We can’t run around and hang from the chandelier, but I’ve got a drawer full of sex toys. I just want to give and receive pleasure, which I do. Ethan does have a very complex condition, and that has repercussions. It may be that one day I end up being more of a carer, but that side of it doesn’t bother me. I have an in-built desire for him, and we’ve got this bedrock of being utterly happy with each other. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/sep/14/this-is-how-we-do-it-we-were-quite-amazed-to-find-out-what-we-could-do-to-have-fun

A stray dog at Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul. Photograph: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters Next to the network of the highways that crisscross Turkey, among the lush forests or mountain peaks that dot the country, large stray dogs are a common sight. Most are pale white Akbaş dogs or Kangal shepherds, with their distinctive dark muzzle, pale golden coat and large bodies designed to herd livestock, although on the streets of Istanbul they are more commonly found lazing outside coffee shops, rotund and docile from a lifetime of treats. In cities at least, the stray dogs are po[CENSORED]r enough to be seen as part of the architecture. One particularly large and sleepy example that dozes outside an ice-cream shop on Istanbul’s main shopping street has become a local celebrity nicknamed “The Boulder”, complete with a string of rave reviews left by delighted tourists. The dog is marked as an Istanbul tourist attraction on Google Maps, which features a recommendation to avoid petting him. Despite their welcome presence on the streets in some parts, Turkey’s estimated 4 million stray dogs have become the focus of a furious national debate. Last December, a 10-year-old boy was mauled by a pack of strays while walking to school, prompting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to pledge that the government would find a solution. “It is our duty to protect the rights of our people harmed by stray dogs,” he said. In late July, Turkish lawmakers worked overnight to push through a last-minute bill they claimed would resolve the issue of stray dogs, quickly sowing the seeds of outrage among opposition groups and animal rights activists. The new law, called the “massacre law” by its opponents, requires already underfunded and crowded Turkish shelters to take in strays to be vaccinated, spayed or neutered before putting them up for adoption, adding that any that are ill or pose a risk to humans will be euthanised. Mayors who fail to comply can face penalties, including up to two years in prison. A woman wears a mask during a protest against a bill aimed at removing stray dogs from streets. Photograph: Emrah Gürel/AP The new law quickly proved just as divisive as the dogs’ presence, pitting Turks who view their country as a nation of animal lovers where street strays are treated well, against supporters of the state, who say decisive action is needed for public safety. Proponents of the law claim that stray dogs are a blight, with Erdoğan calling them “a problem that no other developed country has”, and pointing to a need to control the fabric of city life at street level. Opposition activists have united against the law, calling on the authorities to properly enforce previous legislation – also introduced by Erdoğan – which calls on local councils to vaccinate and neuter the dogs, rather than threatening penalties and a cull. At a protest in Istanbul, where police quickly surrounded demonstrators to assess whether their placards met their approval, a large crowd chanted “get your hands off our animals”. Zeynep Tekin said she had turned out to protest because she feared the crackdown on stray animals represents the state’s latest effort to control public life, worried about where it might lead. The government, she said, should instead show care by properly funding municipal shelters to improve conditions, which activists believe would prove most effective. “This is about much more than an animal rights issue … this is a war between the Turkish government and the oppressed,” she said, concerned that the authorities could seek to remove other minority groups from public life if this new law went unchallenged. The same exuberance permeated a gathering of hundreds of animal rights and leftwing activists, with some eager to unite around a cause that has fuelled their longstanding discontent with the conservative shift under two decades of AKP rule. Others said they were focused entirely on the dogs, as they waved approved placards showing puppies alongside Turkish flags. “We’re here to defend the right to life,” said protester Tulin Yeniçeri. “This isn’t anything political.” Longtime volunteer İnci Kutay recalled her time at a municipal shelter in Istanbul, where she described the “terrible conditions” of just two square metres of space for each dog. Sending more animals to these facilities was a death sentence, she said, and one she feared would be enacted brutally due to low budgets. “This is why we object to the new law – the municipalities don’t cover the costs for the animals currently in your care. How are they going to do this for the ones they collect? At least if they are released they have a chance for a good life in the neighbourhood,” she said. Proponents of the new law include Murat Pinar, who founded the Safe Streets Association after his daughter died when she was hit by a truck while running away from stray dogs in the town of Antalya. He said he wanted an end to what he called the “disorderly conduct” of the protests against the new law. Previous measures to curb the problem weren’t enough, he said, calling the protesters members of “marginal groups like feminists, LGBTQ and even some groups that are considered terrorist organisations in our country”. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/fury-in-turkey-animal-lovers-politicians-attack-massacre-law-to-deal-with-4m-stray-dogs

President Joe Biden has denounced election-season attacks on the Haitian American community in the United States, calling out Republican leaders for fear-mongering. Speaking on Friday at a White House brunch billed as a “celebration of Black excellence”, Biden warned that Haitian Americans were a “community that’s under attack in our country right now”. His remarks were a rebuke to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick JD Vance, both of whom have spread unfounded rumours about Haitian migrants and asylum seekers in the US. “It’s simply wrong. There’s no place in America” for that kind of rhetoric, Biden said, without naming Trump directly. “This has to stop, what he’s doing. This has to stop.” Trump — a former Republican president — and Vance, a senator from Ohio, have campaigned on a largely anti-immigrant platform, stirring fears of mass migration and crime at rallies across the US. In recent weeks, both men have zeroed in on the blossoming Haitian American community in Springfield, Ohio, where racial and ethnic tensions have simmered. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on September 13 [David Swanson/Reuters] Springfield, part of the country’s industrial Rust Belt, has sought to bolster its local economy in recent years by welcoming newcomers to the city. But as the Haitian American community grew, so too did the backlash. An estimated 15,000 Haitian immigrants have moved to the area — though officials on the city commission last year cited a lower estimate, between 4,000 and 7,000. Some longtime residents called on the city commission to “stop them from coming”. Tensions further escalated in August 2023, when a Haitian national was involved in a car crash that overturned a school bus and killed an 11-year-old child on the first day of school. While the boy’s family has called on residents to stop the “hate”, attacks on the Haitian American community have continued to spread, attracting national attention. In recent weeks, unfounded rumours have ricocheted across the internet that Haitian Americans are eating pets, echoing an anti-immigrant trope with a long history in the US. The rumour appears to have originated from a screenshot, supposedly taken from a private Facebook group. And city officials have publicly denied there was any basis for it. Even Vance acknowledged the murky nature of the allegations. “It’s possible, of course, that all of these rumors will turn out to be false,” he wrote in a social media post on September 10. A counter-protester in Palo Alto, California, references Trump’s fear-mongering about pets being eaten in Springfield, Ohio, on September 13 [Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters] But Trump and Vance have since repeated the rumour multiple times, including at high-profile events like the September 10 presidential debate. “They’re eating the dogs, the people that came in,” he said at the televised debate, viewed by 67 million people. “They’re eating the cats.” The increased scrutiny on Springfield has led to multiple threats, reportedly linked to anti-immigrant sentiment. On Thursday, city hall was evacuated after a bomb threat. On Friday, other city buildings were likewise emptied after emails warned of an explosive device — including several schools. Nevertheless, that same day, Trump revisited his attacks on the Haitian American community in a news conference at his golf club outside of Los Angeles, California. “In Springfield, Ohio, 20,000 illegal Haitian migrants have descended upon a town of 58,000 people, destroying their way of life,” he said. “Even the town doesn’t like to talk about it because it sounds so bad for the town.” He said the city — as well as Aurora, Colorado — would be a centrepiece for his immigration crackdown, should he be re-elected in November’s election. “We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country,” he said. “And we’re going to start with Springfield and Aurora.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/13/biden-slams-trump-for-attacks-on-haitian-americans-this-has-to-stop

UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan made the remarks in a post on X [File: Jon Gambrell/AP] The United Arab Emirates says it will not support Israel in its “day after” plan in Gaza unless a Palestinian state is established. “The United Arab Emirates is not ready to support the day after the war in Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state,” UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan posted on X on Saturday. In May, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published online a post-war plan for Gaza, claiming the Palestinians “would enjoy unparalleled prosperity” once it is implemented. The plan included investments in ports, solar energy, electric car manufacturing and benefits from newly discovered Gaza gasfields. The plan consisted of three stages from an unspecified “victory date” to 2035. The roadmap said Palestinians in Gaza would run the plan under Israeli occupation, supervised by a coalition of Arab states, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan and Morocco. In response, Abdullah had lambasted Netanyahu, saying he “lacked legitimate authority to implement this step or take any similar measures” and making it clear that the UAE was not consulted on the Gaza plans. “Furthermore, the UAE refuses to be involved in any plan aimed at providing cover for the Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip,” a statement released by the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. “When a Palestinian government is formed which meets the hopes and aspirations of the brotherly Palestinian people, and is distinguished by integrity, competence and independence, the UAE will be fully prepared to provide all forms of support to that government,” it added. ‘Temporary international mission’ In late July, the UAE stressed the need for a “temporary international mission” that addresses the enormous humanitarian fallout of the war in Gaza after the fighting comes to an end. “Consolidating peace and security and ending the humanitarian suffering should begin by the deployment of a temporary international mission in Gaza with a formal invitation from the Palestinian government,” UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy told the official WAM news agency. She added that the mission must put Gaza on a pathway to eventual reunification with the occupied West Bank under the rule of the Palestinian Authority. At least 41,182 Palestinians have been killed and 95,280 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza as the devastating offensive approaches its one-year anniversary. The war followed the October 7 attacks by Hamas in southern Israel, which killed 1,139 people. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/14/uae-says-it-will-not-back-post-war-gaza-plans-without-palestinian-state

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