The Israeli government plans to pay companies in illegal settlements up to 200,000 shekels ($54,000) following a commitment by European countries to ban their goods amid escalating human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Sometimes what we see does not immediately make sense. A shadow can briefly resemble a face, or one object can momentarily be mistaken for another. New research suggests that the brain may resolve these visual conflicts by allowing different regions to compare their interpretations until a more consistent picture emerges.

U.S. Senate

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, a weapons-grade super intelligence who can almost stand on his own two feet successfully, is very scared. No, he's not afraid of rising gas prices, federal government overreach, or for-profit policing, he's afraid of something much scarier: The Transgender Menace, as well as its associated furries. Tuberville doesn't really seem to understand the first thing about either trans people or furries, but that didn't stop him from going on a wildly hateful rant this week in the Senate that, inexplicably, found horror in the number of furries that work in aviation. 

USA international Emily Fox has described her decision to sign a new contract at Arsenal as "an easy decision".

The 28-year-old has been a key player for the club since joining from North Carolina Courage in 2024 and is understood to have signed a new three-year deal.

For more than seven decades, doctors have used the drug 6-thioguanine (6-TG) to treat leukemia. Its effects in patients are well documented, but researchers are still working to understand the molecular details that determine why some cells are killed by the drug while others manage to withstand it.

Barry Hearn is best known for transforming snooker, darts and boxing into major television sports. 

Even at 78, the Matchroom founder remains one of the world's most recognisable sporting promoters.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...

PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United have made Antonio Conte their top target to replace Michael Carrick as manager, claim sensational reports in Italy - The Sun

Leicestershire County Cricket Club have confirmed they are appealing the 27-point deduction and £5,000 fine for breaching pitch regulations in August's win over Glamorgan.

Leicestershire's groundsman Callum Lewin had argued filming of an unscheduled Bollywood film - believed to be for a biopic of former India captain Sourav Ganguly - had taken place at the ground four days before the Glamorgan fixture, preventing the pitch from being covered for eight hours in bright sunshine.

Robbie Ure is delighted his "unusual route" in football has earned him a place in Sebastien Pocognoli's first Scotland squad.

The 22-year-old striker came through the Rangers academy before a lack of first-team opportunities meant a move to Anderlecht in 2023.