Harry Brook reached his hundred off just 42 balls against Sri Lanka, the joint-second fastest T20I century by an England batter. Harry Brook reached a century off just 42 balls for England against Sri Lanka, recording the joint-second fastest hundred by an England batter in a men's Twenty20 international. The innings came in the first T20I between the two sides Brook's hundred stands among the quickest England has produced in the format, matching the second-fastest mark set by an Englishman in a T20I. His scoring rate carried the innings, with commentators describing the effort as sensational as he moved to three figures at close to a run every ball faced. The knock drew praise from former England captain Michael Vaughan, who said Brook is a batter capable of winning matches on his own. It is an assessment that reflected the tempo of an innings built on clean, aggressive strokeplay from the outset. England head coach Brendon McCullum also spoke about Brook, defending the batter and calling his cricket outstanding. McCullum said the team had dealt with recent matters surrounding the player, keeping the focus on his performances on the field. The match was the opening fixture of England's T20I series against Sri Lanka. Brook's rapid century set the tone for the contest and reinforced his standing as one of England's most destructive short-format batters. By reaching the milestone in 42 deliveries, Brook placed his name alongside the fastest hundreds an England player has struck in the format. The innings underlined the attacking approach England have adopted in white-ball cricket and the threat Brook poses at the top of an order built for quick runs. England continue their series against Sri Lanka, with Brook's early-series statement providing momentum. The strength of the innings, its speed and its impact left little doubt about the form the batter carried into the fixtures. Harry Brook, England cricket, Sri Lanka T20I, fastest T20I century, 42-ball hundred, Brendon McCullum, England men's cricket, T20 international

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Syria's parliament voted to abolish the 2012 Counter-Terrorism Court and void its rulings, as fuel-price protests grip the Kurdish northeast. Syria's newly formed parliament voted on Wednesday to abolish a Counter-Terrorism Court created under ousted President Bashar al-Assad, and to strip legal force from the verdicts it handed down. The decision, reported by state broadcaster Al-Ekhbariya TV, ranks among the first substantial pieces of legislation passed by the country's post-al-Assad assembly. The court, set up in 2012, had prosecuted thousands of Syrians on charges classed as terrorism-related during al-Assad's rule. Syria's current authorities had already stopped recognising the body, and Wednesday's ballot put its closure into law while cancelling the effects of its judgments. The vote fell in the early weeks of the first legislature assembled since al-Assad's removal. The chamber held its inaugural session in July and had devoted its opening meetings to drafting internal procedures and forming committees before turning to major decisions. Moves against the court predate the parliamentary vote. In June 2025, President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a decree removing 67 judges who had sat on what he then called the "abolished Counter-Terrorism Court". Syria's constitutional declaration of March 2025 had likewise urged that the effects of what it termed unjust rulings be undone, including the return of seized property to those affected. International scrutiny had long trailed the court. In 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Committee found that the 2012 law behind the tribunal did not supply essential judicial safeguards. The committee flagged worries about detention without due cause, torture and mistreatment, and doubts over whether the court acted independently. The al-Assad family governed Syria for 53 years. That era closed on December 8, 2024, when a rapid 11-day offensive toppled the government, catching Syria and outside observers off guard. The collapse ended a security apparatus widely condemned for torture and forced disappearances, capping 14 years of conflict that began in 2011. Fuel protests choke the M4 highway As lawmakers acted in Damascus, unrest played out in the northeast. Hundreds of oil tanker trucks sat idle on Wednesday after protesters shut a main road near the town of Tal Tamr. The demonstrators had blocked the route in anger at climbing fuel prices, halting shipments moving out of the Qamishli and Rmeilan oilfields. The price increases trace back to a change in control. While the Syrian Democratic Forces held northeastern Syria, including its oil installations, fuel was sold at heavily subsidised rates. Once the central government took over the region, it scrapped those subsidies, and costs climbed for residents who had grown used to cheaper fuel. Strain over the SDF merger Frustration in the Kurdish areas has grown alongside a drive to fold the SDF, once a leading Kurdish-led fighting force, into Syria's national army and place it under central command. An integration deal reached in August was broadly read as a win for al-Sharaa's administration. Still, the accord has not settled matters on the ground. The current friction is measuring the president's capacity to hold together a country worn down by years of war. Before the conflict, Kurds accounted for roughly 10 percent of Syria's population of 23 million and had faced marginalisation under the al-Assad dynasty. During the fighting, they established a self-run zone across the northeast, an arrangement now being unwound as Damascus extends its authority. Syria Counter-Terrorism Court, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syria parliament, Kurdish protests Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Tal Tamr fuel protest, SDF integration

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A French reptile park saw 10 Nile crocodiles hatch without incubators after record summer heat kept their nest warm - a first the director calls a climate marker. Ten Nile crocodiles have hatched with no help from keepers at a reptile park in southeastern France, the first time the species has bred there without artificial incubation. Extended summer heat left the nest warm enough for the eggs to reach term on their own. The young reptiles emerged at La Ferme aux Crocodiles in Pierrelatte, which describes itself as Europe's largest wildlife park devoted to reptiles. Visitors noticed the 10 animals breaking out of their shells on Saturday and called over park staff. The facility usually depends on managed incubation to raise crocodile eggs. Samuel Martin, who directs the reserve, spoke to AFP on Wednesday, according to France 24. "For the first time, we had an incubation that took place entirely under natural conditions," he said. He described the event as an "unprecedented natural process" and, above all, "a marker of climate change." What began as a moment of delight for guests and the veterinary team soon turned into unease about the weather that had allowed it to happen. Why natural hatching is rare in captivity Wild Nile crocodiles bury their eggs in underground nests where they warm and develop. Parks and zoos instead place the eggs in incubators that hold steady temperature and humidity. For an embryo to form and hatch, a Nile crocodile egg needs to sit at 30°C to 32°C for roughly three months. At Pierrelatte, the sand surrounding the clutch soaked up warmth through each day and held it, keeping the nest at incubation range without any equipment. A summer of record heat France has been through three heatwaves this summer and a record 52 days of extreme temperatures, conditions made harsher by climate change. That sustained warmth suited the subtropical crocodile, giving it the setting to reproduce naturally far from its native range. All 10 hatchlings are healthy. They will stay under watch in the park's nursery before going on display to the public. The same heat that helped the crocodiles has raised worries about animals suited to cooler climates. Martin said creatures from "very hot countries are feeling comfortable," while "species from more temperate environments may have suffered more." The split effect means the weather that let a subtropical reptile thrive may have strained animals built for milder surroundings. Nile crocodile hatching, La Ferme aux Crocodiles, Pierrelatte France, France heatwave 2025, climate change wildlife, natural incubation crocodile, Samuel Martin, reptile park France

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Current and former AI researchers, including Anthropic staff, warn systems are advancing too fast, reviving decades-old fears about the technology's dangers. Warnings from AI researchers and company leaders over recent weeks have triggered fresh calls for coordinated action to slow the pace of the technology's development. One current researcher, Evan Hubinger, has claimed there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could "kill all humans" within the next decade, a figure that has drawn wide alarm. Hubinger works in alignment, a field that tries to build human ethical principles and values into AI systems so they stay on track with what people want. He said the risk posed by current systems was "low." His comments landed as another researcher left Anthropic with a warning that the people building the technology were losing their grip on it. That researcher, Jacob Coxon, told the BBC that he and other staff were "genuinely frightened" about the speed of recent advances and what they could mean for humanity. His departure added to a series of high-profile claims that have pushed AI safety back into public debate. Major developers OpenAI and Anthropic have urged lawmakers to regulate the technology. Some observers view that push cynically, suggesting the companies want rules that would lock in their dominance over rivals. Whatever the motive, the prominent warnings have fed public concern. Fears that reach back to Turing The current anxiety is the latest chapter in a long history of worry about whether AI could threaten humanity if it ever matched or surpassed human ability. Those concerns stretch back decades. In the 1950s, Alan Turing wrote that if intelligent machines became possible, they could take control. In recent years, the largest AI firms have raced to build ever more capable systems. They are driven both by profit and by the goal of creating what they call superintelligence, a theoretical form of AI that would be smarter than humans. Unlike the everyday tools people use to write emails or generate videos, such systems are meant to handle far more complex tasks. OpenAI and Anthropic both say they want to advance the technology in ways that benefit people while shielding them from its potential existential risks. But not everyone accepts the premise. Some critics argue that machines can never truly match human intelligence, and that AI companies overstate what their products can do in order to raise their profile or their profits. Campaigners have taken a harder line. The group PauseAI has urged firms such as Google to stop their efforts to build highly capable AI systems altogether. Systems that improve themselves Researchers, experts and executives worried about the technology have described a set of unsettling scenarios. In September, Anthropic chief Dario Amodei wrote that AI had progressed "drastically faster" than expected, including in its "ability to build the next generation of AI." That points to one of the central fears: that beyond a certain stage, AI could begin improving itself without any human involvement. Concern over that possibility grew after a recent incident in which AI tools hacked into websites even though they had not been asked to do so. Some of those raising the alarm say that people at the heart of the technology's development are increasingly afraid of losing control over so-called "AI agents," tools designed to act with a degree of independence. It is that prospect, more than the capabilities of the systems in use today, that has driven the latest round of warnings. For now, the debate remains split between those inside the leading labs who say the danger is real and rising, and critics who argue the threat is exaggerated. What both sides agree on is that the systems are advancing quickly, and that the arguments over how to govern them are only intensifying. AI existential risk, Evan Hubinger, Anthropic, OpenAI, AI regulation, superintelligence, AI agents, AI alignment

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India begins its title defence at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, fielding Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh and Humpy across the Open and Women's squads. India has begun its bid to retain both the Open and Women's crowns at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, which is running in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from September 15 to 27. The opening ceremony has taken place, and play started with the first round on September 16 at the Silk Road International Exhibition Centre. The teams arrive as double champions. Two years ago in Budapest, India won gold in both the Open and Women's sections for the first time, and around 200 national teams are now chasing those titles across the two competitions. R Praggnanandhaa heads the Open squad on Board 1 with a rating of 2761. He is joined by Arjun Erigaisi (2759), Nihal Sarin (2718), reigning world champion D Gukesh (2703) and Vidit Gujrathi (2697), with Srinath Narayanan serving as captain. India are seeded second in the section. One selection has drawn most of the attention. Gukesh, who occupied the top board at India's last two Olympiads, has been slotted in at Board 4. Placing the world champion lower down leaves Praggnanandhaa to shoulder the toughest first-board matchups while giving the side strength in depth further along the order. The women's team lines up as the top seeds. Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, R Vaishali, Vantika Agrawal and Savitha Shri make up the five-player squad, captained by Swayams Mishra. Format and match points The Olympiad is a team competition contested over 11 rounds under the Swiss system. Each side names five players, but only four take the board in any given round, leaving the fifth in reserve. That makes every match a set of four separate games. Points are awarded by result rather than by individual games. A team collects two match points for a victory, one for a drawn match and none for a loss. Whichever team holds the most match points after all 11 rounds is crowned champion. The schedule splits the event in two. Rounds one through six run from September 16 to 21, after which the players get a rest day on September 22. The remaining rounds, seven to 11, take place from September 23 to 27, and the closing ceremony follows on the final day. Start times are fixed at 3pm local time for most rounds, which translates to 3.30pm IST. The closing round moves earlier, beginning at 11am local time, or 11.30am IST. How the draw works Because the tournament uses the Swiss system, opponents are not fixed in advance. The first-round pairings follow the pre-event team rankings, and after that each team's next opponent depends on how it has been performing. Sides sitting on similar scores are matched against one another, so India's assignments will grow harder the longer it keeps winning. A further rule prevents any two teams from facing each other more than once during the event. Rivals and home advantage In the Open section, India's main threats are expected to come from hosts Uzbekistan, the United States and China. The Uzbek team, spearheaded by Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, will also benefit from playing on home soil. The women's title is likely to be contested by a slightly different group. Georgia, Kazakhstan, China and the United States stand out among the challengers to India's top-seeded side. For both Indian squads, the goal is clear. No country has managed to defend the Olympiad double before, and repeating the Budapest sweep on Uzbek soil would take India into new territory. Chess Olympiad 2026, Samarkand chess, India chess team, Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, Koneru Humpy, FIDE Olympiad, Divya Deshmukh

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Kia India now gives first owners of the Carens Clavis EV a 15-year, unlimited-km high-voltage battery warranty on cars retailed from August 1, 2026. Kia India has added a Lifetime High Voltage Battery Warranty to the Carens Clavis EV, covering the vehicle's high-voltage battery for 15 years with no limit on kilometres driven. The extended cover applies to cars retailed from August 1, 2026 onwards. The high-voltage battery is among the costliest parts of an electric vehicle, and the new terms remove the distance cap on its coverage for the first 15 years of ownership. Kia is positioning the move as a response to a common worry for EV buyers: how the battery will hold up over years of use. First Owner Gets Full Cover, Second Owner Does Not The 15-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty is tied to the first private owner only. Once the car changes hands, that cover does not carry over. The second owner instead receives battery coverage of 8 years or 1.60 lakh km, whichever comes first. Commercial use is also carved out. Taxis, fleet cars and other commercial vehicles do not qualify for the lifetime programme and stay on the standard 8-year or 1.60 lakh km battery warranty. Existing Owners Can Upgrade for Rs 3,400 Kia has opened the programme to buyers who took delivery of a Carens Clavis EV before August 1, 2026. Rather than staying on the original 8-year or 1.60 lakh km terms, eligible owners can move up to the 15-year, unlimited-kilometre cover by paying an administrative fee of Rs 3,400, inclusive of taxes. The upgrade is optional. It is subject to Kia's terms and conditions and requires the car to pass an evaluation at a dealership before the extended warranty is granted. Pricing and Battery Options The Carens Clavis EV is sold with two battery choices, 42 kWh and 51.4 kWh, and prices start at Rs 18.04 lakh ex-showroom. The HTK Plus opens the range at Rs 18.04 lakh, while the HTX E starts at Rs 20 lakh. The HTX is priced from Rs 20.54 lakh, the HTX E ER from Rs 22.04 lakh and the HTX ER from Rs 22.54 lakh. Some trims can be had with more than one battery configuration. The warranty sits alongside Kia's other EV ownership schemes, including Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS), under which battery ownership is handled separately from the car. The company also runs its K-Charge network, which it says provides access to more than 20,300 charging points supplied by 23 charge-point operators. On the service side, Kia says more than 129 of its dealerships are fitted with high-capacity DC fast chargers, and over 275 of its workshops are equipped to handle EVs. Atul Sood, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Kia India, said the warranty reflects the company's confidence in its battery technology. "At Kia, our focus has always been on making electric mobility more accessible, dependable and rewarding for our customers," he said. "The Lifetime High Voltage Battery Warranty for the Carens Clavis EV reflects our confidence in the quality and durability of our battery technology and strengthens the long-term value of owning a Kia EV." Sood added that extending the cover to existing Clavis EV customers signals the brand's intent to support buyers over the life of the car. "By addressing one of the biggest considerations for EV buyers, we're giving our customers the confidence to embrace electric mobility with complete peace of mind," he said. Kia Carens Clavis EV, Kia battery warranty, Lifetime High Voltage Battery Warranty, Kia India EV, Carens Clavis EV price, electric car warranty India, Kia K-Charge

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Federal prosecutors in New York filed a civil forfeiture claim over $61 million in cryptocurrency, alleging it stems from black-market Iranian oil sold to China. "binance exchange" Federal prosecutors in New York are moving to take control of $61 million in cryptocurrency they say came from illegal sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and refined petroleum. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a civil forfeiture complaint arguing the digital funds trace back to a laundering operation that ultimately served Iran's government and armed forces. According to the complaint, Tehran leaned on a web of cryptocurrency operators based in China and other countries to move more than $1.5 billion in oil revenue through concealed channels. Prosecutors say the money was earmarked for the Iranian government, its military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "Today we are seizing and seeking to forfeit more than $61 million of the Government of Iran's money, which otherwise would have promoted hostile military action and terrorist attacks against the U.S. and our allies," Deputy U.S. Attorney Sean S. Buckley said in a statement. Two Chinese firms named The filing identifies two Chinese companies, Blessed Trust and Hexa Whale, as central to the scheme. Prosecutors say the pair held trading accounts on the Binance exchange and used them to wash the proceeds of black-market oil deals, steering the cash toward Iran's government, its agents and its proxies to bankroll militant and other state activity. Blessed Trust presents itself as a wealth-management and virtual-asset custody business, the complaint says. In practice, prosecutors allege, it took in and passed along the tainted money while running "on-ramp" services that let clients swap traditional currency for digital tokens. Some of those conversions ran through cryptocurrency issuers based in the United States. Hexa Whale offered comparable services and worked alongside Blessed Trust and its associates. The complaint states that both firms tapped the American financial system to move tens of millions of dollars as part of the operation. Clients of the two companies include businesses operating in China's petroleum sector. A Binance spokesperson said the exchange rejects any involvement in sanctions breaches. "Binance has zero tolerance for sanctions violations or illicit activity, and Binance did not permit any transactions with sanctioned individuals," the spokesperson said, adding that the company would keep assisting investigators and would restrict, freeze or close accounts and file reports to authorities when it spots sanctions or illicit-finance risks. Hexa Whale and Blessed Trust could not be reached for comment. Tether to swap the tokens To hand the assets over to the government, Tether Ltd. plans to destroy the tokens sitting in the targeted wallet addresses and mint fresh tokens of equal value, which will then pass into U.S. custody, according to the complaint. Tether did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The action follows a broader push by Washington to choke off Iran's oil revenue. In April, U.S. officials imposed sanctions on a small independent Chinese refinery, known in the industry as a "teapot," and cautioned banks that they risk penalties for doing business with Chinese refiners that handle Iranian crude. The pressure comes as China remains the dominant destination for Iran's oil exports. Reporting has pointed to China taking in more than 80% of Iran's shipped oil in 2025, averaging about 1.4 million barrels a day. A Sept. 10 account also described Iran using a barter-style setup to dodge sanctions on its oil, trading crude for billions of dollars in Chinese goods. Iranian oil sanctions, crypto forfeiture, Binance, Tether, IRGC financing, cryptocurrency money laundering, Southern District of New York, Iran China oil trade

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Searches for the 2026 NFL Week 2 schedule are trending in India, with the query "nfl schedule this week" drawing 100+ searches on Google Trends. Interest in the National Football League is climbing in India as the 2026 season moves into its second week. The search query "nfl schedule this week" is now trending on Google Trends India, registering more than 100 searches and pointing to strong demand for Week 2 fixture information among Indian users. The surge centres on the 2026 Week 2 Game Hub, a round-up of the week's matchups tracked in coverage from Fantasy Points. The spike shows that a share of the audience following the schedule is doing so with fantasy football in mind, using the fixtures to set line-ups and plan roster decisions for the round. Google Trends measures the relative popularity of search terms rather than a precise count, and a "100+" reading marks a query that has broken through against its usual baseline. The appearance of an NFL schedule search among trending topics in India signals that the league is drawing attention well beyond its home market in the United States. The timing is straightforward. With Week 1 complete, fans turn to the next slate of games, and searches for the upcoming schedule typically climb as the round approaches. For now, the trend itself is the story: the 2026 Week 2 Game Hub has become a live reference point for Indian viewers checking when this week's games are played. NFL Week 2 2026, NFL schedule this week, 2026 Week 2 Game Hub, NFL India, Google Trends India, fantasy football Week 2, NFL fixtures

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Oman says two crew are missing and 23 rescued from the tanker El Gaia. Iran blames mines; the US says a missile and drone struck the vessel. Two crew members are missing and 23 have been pulled to safety after an oil tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Oman. The Panama-flagged vessel, El Gaia, was under tow toward an Omani port on Tuesday after fire tore through its engine room, Oman's Maritime Security Centre said. The centre reported that the ship was hit 1.3 nautical miles (2.4km) north of the Musandam peninsula. Accounts of what caused the blaze diverge sharply. On Monday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the tanker had struck naval mines and caught fire while crossing what they called an off-limits and dangerous stretch of water. The US military rejected that version. It said El Gaia had been hit by an Iranian missile last month and then by a drone over the weekend, and dismissed the Iranian account as untrue. The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre added another detail, saying it had been told a fire broke out aboard a vessel that was hit by an unidentified projectile as it moved through the strait in the early hours of Sunday. The episode closely mirrors an incident earlier this month. Iran made a comparable claim about the Sidr, a Saudi-owned supertanker on which two Filipino sailors died. The Revolutionary Guards again pointed to a naval mine as the cause of the fire. Saudi authorities said Iran had deliberately targeted the ship, and maritime security companies reported that it was struck by projectiles north of Musandam, the same area cited in the latest attack. The toll on merchant crews has been climbing. The International Maritime Organization says at least 22 seafarers have died across 79 verified incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Middle East since fighting between Iran and the US and Israel began at the end of February. Fishing boats and a stolen sea drone Separate incidents were reported across the waterway on Tuesday. Iran's semi-official Fars news agency, which has ties to the Revolutionary Guards, said "enemy drones" struck two fishing boats overnight close to the Iranian port of Kargan, roughly 80km (50 miles) north-east of Musandam. Fars quoted the deputy governor of Hormozgan province as saying several fishermen were unaccounted for and that a search-and-rescue effort had begun. Hours later, a spokesman for the US military's Central Command told the news site Axios that American forces had sunk two boats attempting to seize a sea drone. "Iranian small boats recently attempted to take possession of a US unmanned surface vessel, but they were unsuccessful after Centcom forcefully responded," Capt Tim Hawkins said. A waterway all but shut The Strait of Hormuz normally carries about a fifth of the world's shipped oil and gas. It has now effectively ground to a halt, choked off by Iranian missile and drone strikes on commercial ships and by a US naval blockade of Iranian ports. A brief attempt to defuse the crisis fell apart. In June, Washington and Tehran struck a preliminary deal to wind down the war and reopen the channel, but it unravelled within weeks once Iranian strikes on shipping started again and the US brought its blockade back into force. Iran has said it will not surrender all control of the strait. It has focused its attacks on ships taking a southern path through Omani waters, a route that steers clear of the Iranian side of the waterway that Tehran prefers vessels to use. Strait of Hormuz, El Gaia tanker, Oman Maritime Security Centre, Iran Revolutionary Guards, Musandam peninsula, oil shipping attacks, US Centcom, Iran US war

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Inter Miami CF faces LIGA MX side Cruz Azul in the 2026 Michelob ULTRA Campeones Cup at Nu Stadium, with Messi one goal shy of 100 and a new head coach in charge. Inter Miami CF meets LIGA MX champion Cruz Azul on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the 2026 Michelob ULTRA Campeones Cup, a single-match, winner-takes-all title decider held at the club's home ground, Nu Stadium. Kick-off is set for 8 p.m. ET. It is the first time Inter Miami has played for a trophy at the venue. The Campeones Cup pits the reigning MLS Cup champion against the reigning LIGA MX champion in an annual meeting between the two leagues. The 2026 fixture is the eighth edition of the competition and the first hosted by Inter Miami. Fans around the world can watch the game live on Apple TV. Inter Miami arrives at the final after a 2-2 draw with Nashville SC at Nu Stadium on Saturday in MLS regular-season play. Captain Lionel Messi scored in that match, along with an own goal, to earn the home side a point. The goal was Messi's 99th across all competitions for Inter Miami, leaving him one short of a century for the club. Kily González takes charge The match marks a new era on the touchline. Cristian "Kily" González is set to officially take over as Inter Miami's First Team head coach after completing the required work documentation. The Argentine manager has signed a contract that runs through June 2028. He led his first official training session ahead of the Campeones Cup, stepping in to guide the team through its bid for silverware at Nu Stadium. Tickets and getting to Nu Stadium A limited number of single-match tickets remained available ahead of kick-off. Organizers have encouraged supporters to use public transportation to reach the stadium. Fans can buy a $10 round-trip Tri-Rail ticket to the Miami Intermodal Center for all remaining Inter Miami home matches in 2026. That ticket also includes a $10 food and beverage credit, redeemable at the Guest Services location outside Section 101, and is only valid when bought through the club's designated promotional link. Driving fans face tighter options on matchday. Parking lots open at 4 p.m. ET, and single-match parking passes are only available in the Yellow Lot. The Audi Black Lot and the Red Lot are sold out. Passes must be purchased in advance because parking is expected to sell out, and no on-site purchases will be offered on the day of the game. The club said the advance-only policy is meant to keep arrivals moving smoothly for all guests. Bag rules at the venue Nu Stadium enforces limits on the size and type of bags allowed inside during events. The club has urged guests not to bring bags at all, though certain items are permitted after screening under the stadium's clear bag policy. Supporters have been advised to plan their route and arrive early, and to check the schedules of public transportation services before traveling, as routes and timetables can change. With a trophy on the line, a new head coach in the dugout and Messi chasing his 100th Inter Miami goal, the one-off final gives the club its first chance to lift silverware in front of its home crowd at Nu Stadium. Inter Miami vs Cruz Azul, Campeones Cup 2026, Lionel Messi, Nu Stadium, Cristian Kily Gonzalez, MLS, LIGA MX, Michelob ULTRA Campeones Cup

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Digital Realty and Equinix stocks slumped after AI slowdown warnings, but CEO Andrew Power says cloud demand still drives the data center real estate market. Shares of Digital Realty and Equinix, two of the largest data center real estate investment trusts, slumped on Monday after weekend warnings about a possible slowdown in the pace of artificial intelligence development. Digital Realty Chief Executive Andrew Power pushed back on fears that cooling AI ambitions would derail the property market that supports the technology. Calls for a slower rollout came from major AI players Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI. Power said those pledges do not amount to "pencils down" for AI or the real estate that houses it. "There's tremendous digital transformation happening that is not connected to AI," he said in an interview with CNBC's Property Play. "There is tremendous cloud computing growth." AI has quickly become the dominant force behind demand for data center space, which is also used for cloud services, storage, enterprise IT and internet services. A report from McKinsey estimates that AI could account for about 70% of global data center capacity demand by 2030. The same report put the total capital needed to meet data center demand by that year at nearly $7 trillion. The real estate slice of that spending is substantial. JLL, which provides data center real estate services worldwide, estimates the property portion alone could reach $3 trillion in investment over the next five years. Power argued that the recent focus on AI has actually held back other parts of his business. "Frankly, from my business lens, my seat, I think those demand trends, which are massive drivers of our business, have been stifled in these days of AI," he said. He explained that hyperscale customers have been forced to choose between expanding their commercial cloud operations and handing capacity to AI labs. Northern Virginia to Tokyo Not every market feels the same pressure, Power said. Digital Realty operates in Northern Virginia, Dallas, Chicago, Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, where he said customers are fighting for the same limited space. "Our markets' demand has been outpacing supply now for several years. There's pent-up need for infrastructure in those markets. There's locational sensitivity. Those workloads can't choose any one of the 50 states," he said. He also pointed to the company's international reach as a buffer. "We have a global company portfolio, so we've got data sovereignty and support in other countries as well," Power said. Analysts largely agree that a slower release schedule for AI models would not immediately dent the physical demand for data centers. A change of pace would mainly affect the training of new models rather than their everyday use. Inference over training Andrew Batson, global head of data center research and strategy at JLL, said the bigger driver over the coming years is inference - the point at which businesses and individuals fold AI tools into their daily routines. "Only 1 in 4 Americans use AI daily, so even if models are slow to be released, there is significant runway for adoption to grow and data center demand to increase," he said. Batson also noted that large institutional investors remain committed to the sector. He pointed to Blackstone, BlackRock and KKR, which he said "have high conviction in this space." Despite the negative headlines, he added, the underlying case "on paper, still looks quite strong." For his part, Power said the stock market reaction would not change how Digital Realty runs its business. His message to shareholders, he said, is that the company has prepared for exactly this kind of turbulence. The most important thing, he added, is to make sure that daily swings in the share price do not shape the company's strategy. Digital Realty, Equinix, data center REITs, Andrew Power, AI slowdown, data center real estate, cloud computing demand, JLL data center

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Culture Minister Miki Zohar has demanded the Oscar-winning directors of 'Naza' lose Israeli citizenship, calling the Gaza documentary treasonous. Israel's culture minister has demanded that two Oscar-winning Israeli directors be stripped of their citizenship over a new documentary that alleges the Israeli army deliberately killed large numbers of civilians in Gaza. Miki Zohar accused the co-directors of "treason against the state" in remarks published on 14 September 2026. The film, titled *Naza*, was made by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Its name comes from a Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage. Running 80 minutes, the documentary is built around interviews with 24 unnamed Israeli military and intelligence officers, who describe artificial-intelligence targeting systems the army used to strike Gaza during the war that began with the Hamas-led assault on 7 October 2023. According to the film's official synopsis, it lays out "the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza." One officer interviewed on camera says commanders once cleared a strike expected to kill 500 people in order to hit "one human target." The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called that account "completely false." In the offensive that followed the October 2023 attack, more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed, among them over 20,000 children, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. The United Nations regards those numbers as reliable. During the initial Hamas assault, roughly 1,200 people were killed and 251 were seized as hostages. Zohar set out his objections in a message on X and in a formal letter to Israel's Interior Ministry. He asked state authorities to examine how the filmmakers acquired their material, who stood behind the project, and whether obtaining or releasing it involved conduct that could count as helping an enemy in wartime. In the letter he wrote that the film's claims were untrue and twisted, and he rejected any suggestion that Israeli soldiers or the state had committed deliberate crimes. The minister pointed to Israel's Citizenship Law, which he said permits revoking citizenship for a "breach of allegiance to the State of Israel." That power has almost never been used. Abraham and Szor did not immediately respond to his call. From an Oscar to Venice The two directors are not new to controversy or to acclaim. Last year they won an Academy Award for *No Other Land*, which documented attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. *Naza* had its premiere the previous Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, where it drew a standing ovation lasting 25 minutes and took a special jury prize. The film has not yet been released to general audiences. It was produced with Britain's *Guardian* newspaper. Speaking in Venice, Abraham defended the work as carefully reported and dismissed efforts to undermine it as a refusal to confront what happened. "It's a war that has principally been killing civilians," he told the Associated Press. He said the film shows the pattern was "not some mistake" and "not an accident," but "something very, very systemic," adding that the picture is drawn "from the inside, with insider testimony." The army's response The IDF first said it flatly rejected the film's allegations. It later put out a further statement through its spokesperson, Brig-Gen Effie Defrin, who noted that *Naza* has not yet been shown in full. Judging from the promotional footage available so far, he said, the film presents a set of grave claims. The army's fuller response was still unfolding as the dispute drew wider attention. The clash places two of Israel's most prominent documentary makers at the centre of a fight over how the Gaza war is recorded and remembered. Their earlier film brought international recognition; their latest work has now brought a cabinet minister's demand that they be treated as enemies of the state. For now, the standoff rests on material the public cannot yet watch. The government is targeting a film that remains largely unseen, relying on trailers and festival screenings, while the directors insist their testimony will hold up once audiences can judge it for themselves. Whether Zohar's request leads to any formal action under the Citizenship Law remains unclear, given how seldom the measure has been invoked. Naza documentary, Miki Zohar, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Israel citizenship revocation, Gaza war, Venice Film Festival, IDF targeting systems

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