Saturday: Fulham v Manchester City (3.30pm kick off UAE)
Fulham's draw at Brentford last weekend means the Cottagers have won just once in seven matches, leaving them 13th in the table as their season finale fizzles out in disappointing fashion.
The Manchester City juggernaut appears to be hurtling along at top gear with Pep Guardiola's side sitting one point behind leaders Arsenal with a game in hand after winning six games in a row. If they are victorious in all three of their remaining matches, City will be Premier League champions for a record fourth consecutive year.
Prediction: Fulham 0 Man City 4
Bournemouth v Brentford (6pm)
Bournemouth have already reached a club record Premier League points tally – 48 – and could equal their highest finish of ninth place achieved in 2016/17. The Cherries are currently 10th, one place and one point shy of West Ham.
Brentford will be happy to see the back of their worst campaign since reaching the Premier League three seasons ago. The Bees are 16th, 10 points clear of the bottom three but could do with striker Ivan Toney finding his scoring touch after a 10-match goal drought.
Prediction: Bournemouth 2 Brentford 1
Everton v Sheffield United (6pm)
Everton have managed to hit some form just when it mattered, losing just once and winning four of their last seven games – a run that has pulled them comfortably clear of the relegation battle.
For hapless Sheffield United, the end of the season cannot come quick enough. Saturday's 3-1 home defeat to Nottingham Forest saw the Blades reach the unwanted milestone of conceding 100 goals, equalling the record set by Swindon Town in 1993/94 – and with two games still to play.
Prediction: Everton 2 Sheffield United 0
Newcastle v Brighton (6pm)
Newcastle United made it four wins in five games with the 4-1 demolition of Burnley on Saturday and are sixth in the table, four points and one place behind Tottenham Hotspur as the Magpies look to secure European football next season.
A Joao Pedro goal three minutes from time saw Brighton end a six-game winless run with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa but goals remain a problem for Roberto de Zerbi's side, who have scored just five times in their last 10 league fixtures.
Prediction: Prediction: Newcastle 4 Brighton 1
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley (6pm)
Spurs' form has fallen off a cliff just when it mattered most, losing four games on the trot, conceding 13 goals along the way to leave their top-four hopes hanging by a thread. They sit in fifth, seven points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa, although Tottenham do still have a game in hand.
Last week's home battering by Newcastle all but killed off Burnley's survival hopes with Vincent Kompany's side sitting second from bottom, five points from safety with two games to play.
Prediction: Spurs 3 Burnley 1
West Ham United v Luton Town (6pm)
David Moyes' last home game in charge sees West Ham hoping to end a run of form that has seen them take one point from a possible 12. They fell to a humiliating 5-0 defeat London rivals Chelsea last time out.
Luton are third from bottom and only three points clear of safety but have tasted victory only once in 15 games and taken one point out of a possible 12 going into this match.
Prediction: West Ham 2 Luton 1
Wolves v Crystal Palace (6pm)
Wolves were hammered 5-1 at title-chasing Manchester City last week maintaining their recent poor run and Gary O'Neil's men have now won once and lost five of their last eight games.
Palace are enjoying a superb run under manager Oliver Glasner, winning four of their last five games including victories over Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester United.
Prediction: Wolves 1 Palace 2
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea (8.30pm)
Forest's win at bottom club Sheffield United, that saw Callum Hodson-Odoi score twice, lifted them three points clear of Luton in 18th place, ending a run that had seen them take one point out of a possible 12.
Chelsea have propelled themselves back into contention for a European spot with their win over West Ham last Sunday lifting them up to seventh place, ahead of Manchester United on goal difference and leaving the Blues just two points behind Newcastle in sixth.
Prediction: Forest 1 Chelsea 3
Sunday: Manchester United v Arsenal (7.30pm)
Monday's woeful 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace leaves Manchester United at risk of missing out on European football next season with Erik ten Hag's side having won just once in seven games.
Arsenal's comfortable win over Bournemouth maintained their narrow one-point advantage over Manchester City at the top of the table, making it four wins on the bounce. But they know that even if they win both their final matches, the Gunners will be reliant on a City slip-up if they are to win the title.
Prediction: Man United 2 Arsenal 4
Monday: Aston Villa v Liverpool (11pm)
Fourth-placed Villa were relieved that their narrow defeat at Brighton did not cost them in the race for a Champions League spot, with Spurs also losing, and remain firmly in the driving seat to play in Europe's elite competition for the first time since 1983 next term.
Liverpool's 4-2 win over Spurs – only their second victory in six league matches – has come too late to reinvigorate their tile aspirations, barring the most stunning of collapses from both Man City and Arsenal. They remain third in the table, five points shy of the Gunners with two games left.
Prediction: Villa 2 Liverpool 2
UAE v Gibraltar
What: International friendly
When: 7pm kick off
Where: Rugby Park, Dubai Sports City
Admission: Free
Online: The match will be broadcast live on Dubai Exiles’ Facebook page
UAE squad: Lucas Waddington (Dubai Exiles), Gio Fourie (Exiles), Craig Nutt (Abu Dhabi Harlequins), Phil Brady (Harlequins), Daniel Perry (Dubai Hurricanes), Esekaia Dranibota (Harlequins), Matt Mills (Exiles), Jaen Botes (Exiles), Kristian Stinson (Exiles), Murray Reason (Abu Dhabi Saracens), Dave Knight (Hurricanes), Ross Samson (Jebel Ali Dragons), DuRandt Gerber (Exiles), Saki Naisau (Dragons), Andrew Powell (Hurricanes), Emosi Vacanau (Harlequins), Niko Volavola (Dragons), Matt Richards (Dragons), Luke Stevenson (Harlequins), Josh Ives (Dubai Sports City Eagles), Sean Stevens (Saracens), Thinus Steyn (Exiles)
ESSENTIALS
The flights
Emirates flies from Dubai to Phnom Penh via Yangon from Dh2,700 return including taxes. Cambodia Bayon Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air offer return flights from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap from Dh250 return including taxes. The flight takes about 45 minutes.
The hotels
Rooms at the Raffles Le Royal in Phnom Penh cost from $225 (Dh826) per night including taxes. Rooms at the Grand Hotel d'Angkor cost from $261 (Dh960) per night including taxes.
The tours
A cyclo architecture tour of Phnom Penh costs from $20 (Dh75) per person for about three hours, with Khmer Architecture Tours. Tailor-made tours of all of Cambodia, or sites like Angkor alone, can be arranged by About Asia Travel. Emirates Holidays also offers packages.
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Director: Abdulrahman Sabbah
Starring: Alaa Meqdad
Rating: 4/5
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F1 drivers' standings
1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 281
2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari 247
3. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 222
4. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull 177
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 138
6. Max Verstappen, Red Bull 93
7. Sergio Perez, Force India 86
8. Esteban Ocon, Force India 56
Kanguva
Director: Siva
Stars: Suriya, Bobby Deol, Disha Patani, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley
India squad for fourth and fifth Tests
Kohli (c), Dhawan, Rahul, Shaw, Pujara, Rahane (vc), Karun, Karthik (wk), Pant (wk), Ashwin, Jadeja, Pandya, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, Bumrah, Thakur, Vihari
Our Time Has Come
Alyssa Ayres, Oxford University Press
GOLF’S RAHMBO
- 5 wins in 22 months as pro
- Three wins in past 10 starts
- 45 pro starts worldwide: 5 wins, 17 top 5s
- Ranked 551th in world on debut, now No 4 (was No 2 earlier this year)
- 5th player in last 30 years to win 3 European Tour and 2 PGA Tour titles before age 24 (Woods, Garcia, McIlroy, Spieth)
PROFILE OF HALAN
Started: November 2017
Founders: Mounir Nakhla, Ahmed Mohsen and Mohamed Aboulnaga
Based: Cairo, Egypt
Sector: transport and logistics
Size: 150 employees
Investment: approximately $8 million
Investors include: Singapore’s Battery Road Digital Holdings, Egypt’s Algebra Ventures, Uber co-founder and former CTO Oscar Salazar
What are the main cyber security threats?
Cyber crime - This includes fraud, impersonation, scams and deepfake technology, tactics that are increasingly targeting infrastructure and exploiting human vulnerabilities.
Cyber terrorism - Social media platforms are used to spread radical ideologies, misinformation and disinformation, often with the aim of disrupting critical infrastructure such as power grids.
Cyber warfare - Shaped by geopolitical tension, hostile actors seek to infiltrate and compromise national infrastructure, using one country’s systems as a springboard to launch attacks on others.
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Amitav Ghosh, University of Chicago Press
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Conflict, drought, famine
Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.
Band Aid
Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.
