Thieves steal three paintings from Renoir Museum on French Riviera

🔮 Ecuador recorded 9,216 violent deaths last year, a homicide rate of 51 per 100,000 inhabitants For one grandmother, it was when bullets began hitting the rooftops of her neighbourhood that she decided she would have to leave the housing development where she had lived for nearly 20 years.

🔮 Thieves stole three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera early on Tuesday, the local mayor said.

🔮 Ministerial salaries in Singapore, already among the world’s highest, will go up from 15 October, boosting the prime minister's annual pay by 64 per cent to S$3.6m (£2.1 m) from S$2.2 m (£1.3m).

🔮 British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband on Tuesday said London could no longer simply “call out” injustice and suffering, but told the House of Commons that the country now had to “act” to oppose the expansion of settlements.

🔮 Huawei says the chip’s design allows it to deliver more computing power while using less electricity, helping the company overcome US restrictions on access to advanced technology. Xiaomi launches a rival foldable phone later on Monday, while Apple unveils its latest iPhone series on Wednesday, with expectations high that it too will be unveiling a foldable phone. The Mate XT2 features a redesigned folding mechanism, improved water resistance as well as an optional screen that prevents people nearby from seeing what is displayed.

🔮 , the agency’s chief said on Monday. The US and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power cooperation in July that would let Riyadh enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors using US technology. Non-proliferation groups, such as the Arms Control Association, have criticised the planned “123 agreement” for not including the Additional Protocol, which grants the IAEA extra powers such as the ability to carry out snap inspections at undeclared locations. Iran implemented the Additional Protocol from 2016 to 2021 under a nuclear deal with major powers that unravelled after the US pulled out in 2018. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that while the Additional Protocol would be the “ideal setup”, Riyadh was preparing to go beyond its core obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement governing relations with the IAEA. “What is important is that in the consultations, in the preparation process, it has been possible to introduce a number of provisions to the bilateral agreement that will give the agency additional verification and monitoring authorisations,” he told a press conference.

🔮 UN rights chief warns AI could pose ‘existential’ risk to humanity’

🔮 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the commissioning of a warship he said could deliver “annihilating retaliatory strikes on an enemy”, citing “constant threats”, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

🔮 The stars unable to shine - list 4 of 4Sabalenka interrupts US Open match against Rakhimova over cannabis smell United have four points from their opening three games of the campaign and lie in 11th place in the Premier League standings, while Everton are in eighth with five points from the same number of matches. Bryan Mbeumo’s superb solo effort had put the visitors in front early in the second half, but Everton grew steadily into the game and Tyrique George equalised with a ferocious shot, before the late goals from Sesko and Maitland-Niles. United will be disappointed not to have taken the three points in a game in which they led twice and struck the bar in the first half through Bruno Fernandes.

🔮 But the latter saw his first effort saved and could not get a good connection on the second.