Friday: Brighton v Southampton (kick off midnight UAE)
Brighton are hoping for a third win on the spin, following victories over Manchester City and Bournemouth that moved them up to fifth in the Premier League table, leaving them just a point behind Pep Guardiola's reigning champions in second place.
Bottom club Southampton gave league leaders Liverpool a run for their money last weekend, taking a 2-1 lead at St Mary's Stadium before eventually falling to a 3-2 defeat. It was the Saints' 10th loss in 12 games this season.
Prediction: Brighton 2 Southampton 0
Saturday: Brentford v Leicester City (7pm)
Brentford ended a run of five consecutive away defeats by drawing 0-0 at Everton – despite having Christian Norgaard sent off after 41 minutes – while securing their first clean sheet of the season. It also meant Brentford are still waiting to win two games in a row this season despite recording five league victories.
Leicester's poor run goes on after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Chelsea, which means the Foxes have taken just a single point from four games and sit just one point outside the relegation zone.
Prediction: Brentford 3 Leicester 1
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United (7pm)
Palace dropped down to second bottom last week after drawing 2-2 at Aston Villa, despite twice taking the lead through Ismaila Sarr and then Justin Devenny, leaving them stuck on one win from 12 matches this season.
After three wins on the bounce across competitions, Newcastle fell to a disappointing home loss to West Ham United on Monday night. The Magpies would have moved to within a point of second place but instead lie 10th in the table.
Prediction: Palace 1 Newcastle 2
Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town (7pm)
After going on a three-game winning streak, Forest have now lost two in a row after last week's comprehensive 3-0 loss at Arsenal. The Midlands club are still seventh in a congested top half of the table where only five points separate second place from 10th.
Ipswich have gone three games unbeaten following last week's home draw with Manchester United but remain in the relegation zone, albeit only below 17th-placed Wolves on goal difference.
Prediction: Forest 2 Ipswich 1
Wolves v Bournemouth (7pm)
Wolves have now gone four games without defeat after following up two draws with two wins, the last of which a superb 4-1 victory at Fulham in which Matheus Cunha scored two sensational goals and set up another.
Bournemouth are aiming to avoid a third consecutive loss after losing to Brentford and Brighton, having previously earned seven points from games against Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City.
Prediction: Wolves 2 Bournemouth 2
West Ham United v Arsenal (9.30pm)
West Ham produced their best result of the season by winning 2-0 at Newcastle, easing the pressure on manager Julen Lopetegui and moving them six points clear of the bottom three.
Arsenal produced two impressive performances on the trot by putting put eight goals past Forest and Sporting in the space of three days, conceding just once. The Gunners are fourth in the table, one point shy of Man City in second.
Prediction: West Ham 1 Arsenal 4
Sunday: Chelsea v Aston Villa (5.30pm)
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca secured all three points when he returned to former club Leicester leaving the Blues third in the table, after Nicolas Jackson scored his fifth goal in four consecutive away games.
Villa's struggles in the league go on despite twice coming from behind to draw with Palace last weekend, thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and Ross Barkley, which means they have won just once in seven matches.
Prediction: Chelsea 2 Villa 0
Manchester United v Everton (5.30pm)
United could only manage a draw at Ipswich in Ruben Amorim's first game in charge after Erik ten Hag's sacking and Ruud van Nistelrooy's spell as interim manager. The Red Devils are 12th in the table, six points off the top four.
Everton's frustrating goalless draw with 10-man Brentford means that, while they have lost just once in eight top-flight games, they have also won just twice this season and are two points above the drop zone.
Prediction: Man United 3 Everton 1
Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (5.30pm)
Spurs produced one of the results of the season last weekend when they thrashed reigning champions Man City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium, despite being without both first-choice central defenders and losing at home to struggling Ipswich in their previous outing.
Fulham were brought back down to earth with a bump by Wolves last weekend, meaning they missed out on a third win in a row, and dropped down to ninth in the standings.
Prediction: Spurs 2 Fulham 1
Liverpool v Manchester City (8pm)
League leaders Liverpool made it 10 league wins out of 12 after battling to a 3-2 victory at Southampton thanks to a Mohamed Salah double, extending their advantage over City to eight points.
The worst spell of Pep Guardiola's managerial career goes on after three consecutive league defeats for City, who also blew a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 against Feyenoord in their midweek Champions League match, which at least ended a five-game losing streak across all competitions.
Prediction: Liverpool 3 Man City 1
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FINAL RECKONING
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg
Rating: 4/5
North Pole stats
Distance covered: 160km
Temperature: -40°C
Weight of equipment: 45kg
Altitude (metres above sea level): 0
Terrain: Ice rock
South Pole stats
Distance covered: 130km
Temperature: -50°C
Weight of equipment: 50kg
Altitude (metres above sea level): 3,300
Terrain: Flat ice
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How to vote
Canadians living in the UAE can register to vote online and be added to the International Register of Electors.
They'll then be sent a special ballot voting kit by mail either to their address, the Consulate General of Canada to the UAE in Dubai or The Embassy of Canada in Abu Dhabi
Registered voters mark the ballot with their choice and must send it back by 6pm Eastern time on October 21 (2am next Friday)
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RESULT
Australia 3 (0) Honduras 1 (0)
Australia: Jedinak (53', 72' pen, 85' pen)
Honduras: Elis (90 4)
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Director: Matty Brown
Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea
Rating: 2.5/5
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MOUNTAINHEAD REVIEW
Starring: Ramy Youssef, Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman
Director: Jesse Armstrong
Rating: 3.5/5
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Stars: 3
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Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jack Black, Jennifer Coolidge, Jason Momoa
Rating: 3/5
The specs: Macan Turbo
Engine: Dual synchronous electric motors
Power: 639hp
Torque: 1,130Nm
Transmission: Single-speed automatic
Touring range: 591km
Price: From Dh412,500
On sale: Deliveries start in October
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- Carbon sink: Seagrass sequesters carbon up to 35X faster than tropical rainforests
- Marine nursery: Crucial habitat for juvenile fish, crustations, and invertebrates
- Biodiversity: Support species like sea turtles, dugongs, and seabirds
- Coastal protection: Reduce erosion and improve water quality
The Bio
Name: Lynn Davison
Profession: History teacher at Al Yasmina Academy, Abu Dhabi
Children: She has one son, Casey, 28
Hometown: Pontefract, West Yorkshire in the UK
Favourite book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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Favourite holiday destination: Bali
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Starring: Nader Abd Alhay, Majd Eid, Ramzi Maqdisi
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ESSENTIALS
The flights
Emirates, Etihad and Swiss fly direct from the UAE to Zurich from Dh2,855 return, including taxes.
The chalet
Chalet N is currently open in winter only, between now and April 21. During the ski season, starting on December 11, a week’s rental costs from €210,000 (Dh898,431) per week for the whole property, which has 22 beds in total, across six suites, three double rooms and a children’s suite. The price includes all scheduled meals, a week’s ski pass, Wi-Fi, parking, transfers between Munich, Innsbruck or Zurich airports and one 50-minute massage per person. Private ski lessons cost from €360 (Dh1,541) per day. Halal food is available on request.
MATCH INFO
Champions League quarter-final, first leg
Ajax v Juventus, Wednesday, 11pm (UAE)
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Defence review at a glance
• Increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 but given “turbulent times it may be necessary to go faster”
• Prioritise a shift towards working with AI and autonomous systems
• Invest in the resilience of military space systems.
• Number of active reserves should be increased by 20%
• More F-35 fighter jets required in the next decade
• New “hybrid Navy” with AUKUS submarines and autonomous vessels
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Starring: Nayanthara, Vignesh Shivan, Radhika Sarathkumar, Nagarjuna Akkineni
Director: Amith Krishnan
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Emirates exiles
Will Wilson is not the first player to have attained high-class representative honours after first learning to play rugby on the playing fields of UAE.
Jonny Macdonald
Abu Dhabi-born and raised, the current Jebel Ali Dragons assistant coach was selected to play for Scotland at the Hong Kong Sevens in 2011.
Jordan Onojaife
Having started rugby by chance when the Jumeirah College team were short of players, he later won the World Under 20 Championship with England.
Devante Onojaife
Followed older brother Jordan into England age-group rugby, as well as the pro game at Northampton Saints, but recently switched allegiance to Scotland.
Country-size land deals
US interest in purchasing territory is not as outlandish as it sounds. Here's a look at some big land transactions between nations:
Louisiana Purchase
If Donald Trump is one who aims to broker "a deal of the century", then this was the "deal of the 19th Century". In 1803, the US nearly doubled in size when it bought 2,140,000 square kilometres from France for $15 million.
Florida Purchase Treaty
The US courted Spain for Florida for years. Spain eventually realised its burden in holding on to the territory and in 1819 effectively ceded it to America in a wider border treaty.
Alaska purchase
America's spending spree continued in 1867 when it acquired 1,518,800 km2 of Alaskan land from Russia for $7.2m. Critics panned the government for buying "useless land".
The Philippines
At the end of the Spanish-American War, a provision in the 1898 Treaty of Paris saw Spain surrender the Philippines for a payment of $20 million.
US Virgin Islands
It's not like a US president has never reached a deal with Denmark before. In 1917 the US purchased the Danish West Indies for $25m and renamed them the US Virgin Islands.
Gwadar
The most recent sovereign land purchase was in 1958 when Pakistan bought the southwestern port of Gwadar from Oman for 5.5bn Pakistan rupees.
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