Manchester United have sacked head coach Michael Carrick after a poor start to the Premier League season.

The decision came after United drew 4-4 with Aston Villa, leaving them in the league’s bottom three after 10 matches.

Carrick had taken charge in January and guided the team to third place last season, earning a permanent contract.

The club said a change was needed to meet its ambitions, while the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust said the club’s problems lie primarily with its ownership.

After the midterm elections, Democrats are set to control both chambers of Congress, while voters’ dissatisfaction with the Iran war contributed to Republican losses.

The United States and Israel began the war on February 28, and Trump launched it without first seeking Congress’s approval.

Congress cannot end the fighting on its own, but it controls federal spending and can use that power to pressure the president.

Democrats could try to block money for the war in budget bills, though Trump could veto those measures, risking a government shutdown if lawmakers cannot agree on funding.

Two Iranian men were convicted of spying on journalists in Britain on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Mostafa Sepahvand was found guilty of two offences, while Farhad Javadi Manesh was convicted of one at Woolwich Crown Court.

Prosecutors said they watched journalists at Iran International, a Persian-language station critical of Iran’s government, from August 2024 to March 2025.

Sepahvand was also convicted on a charge linked to a plan to attack one or more targets, while Manesh was acquitted of that charge.

Anthropic has filed paperwork to go public in the United States, moving closer to a stock market listing expected in November.

The San Francisco company makes Claude and was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees.

Its first-half revenue reached $16.3 billion, about 14 times the amount from the same period a year earlier.

It also reported an $80.7 billion net loss, mostly due to a one-time accounting charge, while spending heavily on computing infrastructure.

Google’s smart glasses launch on Dec.

10, the company says, after developing them with Samsung and eyewear designers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster.

The glasses have cameras and microphones that let wearers take photos, record videos and ask Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, questions without taking out a phone.

A light signals when the camera is recording, and sensors are designed to stop it working if the light is covered or tampered with.

The Baltimore Ravens acquired center Ryan Neuzil from the Atlanta Falcons just before the NFL trade deadline.

The Ravens sent Atlanta guard Andrew Vorhees and a conditional 2028 sixth-round pick.

Baltimore has had several center injuries this season, and Neuzil adds depth to its offensive line.

The Ravens had already traded for Cam Jurgens, who has started their last three games.

Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year at the 2026 Golden Joystick Awards in London.

The game also won Console Game of the Year, along with awards for lead performer Angela Sant'Albano and its trailer.

The Golden Joysticks celebrate achievements across the video game industry, and most awards are decided by public vote.

Requiem received 17% of the vote, narrowly ahead of Phantom Blade Zero at 16% and Crimson Desert at 15%.

The FDA is adding a vision-loss warning to all GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss, diabetes and other conditions in the United States.

The drugs include well-known brands such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound.

The warning concerns a rare condition that reduces blood flow to the optic nerve and can sometimes cause permanent vision loss.

An FDA analysis found about 6 cases per 100,000 patients taking a GLP-1 for at least a year, compared with fewer than 4 per 100,000 among people taking a placebo or other glucose-lowering medicines.