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Alejandro Garnacho has arrived at Chelsea's training ground in advance of his reported £40 million ($54 million) move from Manchester United, Blues boss Enzo Maresca said Friday.

At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".

Protests erupted across several Indonesian cities on Friday in anger at the death of a motorcycle taxi driver hit by a police vehicle, as officers responded with tear gas and the president called for calm.

Ruben Amorim admitted he has thought about quitting Manchester United as the under-fire boss revealed he sometimes "hates" his players.

A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi who is set to begin a jail term in a women's prison on Friday after legally changing gender.

Crystal Palace will face Dynamo Kyiv and Strasbourg in this season's UEFA Conference League as the London club learned their fate Friday for their first ever European campaign.

Japan pledged Friday to invest $68 billion in India during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tokyo, as the two countries agreed to deepen security ties.

Nottingham Forest were handed a reunion with Swedish side Malmo on their long-awaited return to continental competition as Friday's draw for this season's Europa League threw up a repeat of the sides' clash in the 1979 European Cup final.

Wayne Rooney believes Ruben Amorim's remarks following Manchester United's shock League Cup loss at Grimsby prove "something is broken" at the club.

McLaren set out their stall as the team to beat at the first practice session of the Dutch Grand Prix Friday, their two drivers setting the early pace in tricky conditions.

Bayern manager Vincent Kompany on Friday lamented the spending power of Premier League clubs, as reports emerged of one-time Munich target Nick Woltemade signing with Newcastle.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was dropped by England as coach Thomas Tuchel on Friday handed first call-ups to Elliot Anderson and Djed Spence for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia.

Julia Roberts hopes to "stir it all up" for viewers of her new film about a university professor grappling with fraught US campus politics, as the Hollywood star made her debut at the Venice Film Festival on Friday.

European stock markets fell Friday as investors digested mixed economic data, while shares in UK banks and the pound dropped on reports the sector could face a windfall tax.

Eddie Howe has promised Newcastle will not make "poor" transfer decisions as German international Nick Woltemade's impending arrival opens the way for Alexander Isak to join Liverpool.

It is simply impossible to avoid Max Verstappen at Zandvoort aan Zee, the seaside resort that hosts the Dutch Grand Prix.

Austria's data protection authority said Friday that it has ordered YouTube to comply with EU regulations and respond to requests by users for access to data that it holds on them.

A dozen furry dolls strung together on a metal chain dangled from Labubu fan Maki Li's neck as he proudly posed for photos in front of a store selling the toys in central Beijing on Friday.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday urged women to immediately report intimate photographs shared online without their consent, after it emerged that even the premier herself had been targeted.

Switzerland's key economic barometer fell in August after US President Donald Trump imposed whopping tariffs on the export-reliant country, the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) said Friday.

Kennedy Tukuafu will make her first Test appearance since July after being named in a much-changed New Zealand side for the reigning champions' Women's Rugby World Cup pool match against Japan in Exeter on Sunday.

The Israeli military declared Gaza City "a dangerous combat zone" on Friday, as it prepared to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of devastating war.

Eric Trump, son of the US president, urged a crowd in Hong Kong on Friday to buy bitcoin during a trip to Asia where his crypto company is reportedly seeking acquisitions.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, scion of Thailand's most enduring and controversial political dynasty, was touted as the youthful, glamorous future of the movement, capable of winning over a new generation of voters.

It took 20 years for South Korean director Park Chan-wook to return to the Venice Film Festival but the veteran cineaste has hardly been idle in the interim.

Fenerbahce on Friday sacked Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho after they failed to make the lucrative Champions League league phase, the Turkish club said in a statement.

German unemployment topped three million in August for the first time in over a decade, official data showed Friday, in another blow to Europe's struggling top economy.

Thailand's Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet on Friday over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia, throwing the kingdom into political turmoil.

Indonesian police fired tear gas Friday at hundreds of protesters rallying in the capital over the death of a motorcycle taxi driver, hours after the country's president promised to investigate the incident.

Russia is demanding Ukraine cede all of its eastern Donbas region, but would be willing to freeze the conflict in the south of the country along current front lines, Turkey's top diplomat has said.

The wife of jailed former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Friday on charges including bribery, stock-market rigging, and accepting luxury gifts worth more than $50,000, a special prosecution team said.

The leading French eggs association has sounded alarm over the import of hundreds of thousands of eggs from Ukraine, warning they breach with European production standards and may contain banned antibiotics.