Surrey have signed Durham and England Lions leg-spinner Nathan Sowter on a “multi-year” white-ball contract. The Australian-born bowler is familiar to the Kia Oval, having played there in the past five seasons of The Hundred, both for the Oval Invincibles and MI London. Sowter, 33, told Surrey’s website, external: “When the opportunity to move to
The husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar. Vice-president Deogratius Ndejembi – who made the official announcement of Ameir’s death – said he had been suffering from a heart condition. Ndejembi added that funeral arrangements are under way in Kizimkazi, a village
Gary Oldman‘s connection to the world of James Bond may be unknown, but the actor claims to have some key information about the casting of the next 007. According to the Oscar-winning acting icon, the hotly-disputed and widely-debated hunt to find the next superspy is over, and he’s hoping his “Slow Horses” co-star Jack Lowden
Middlesex captain Leus du Plooy will leave the club at the end of the season, after opting to recommit in international cricket to his native South Africa. His deal, which was due to expire in 2027, relied on him being qualified as a local player, and he had previously expressed an interest in playing for
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is “very, very close” to taking power, its deputy parliamentary leader has told the BBC, after a historic victory in elections for the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Sunday’s preliminary results show it fell three seats short of an outright majority, with 43.8% of the vote. It is now seeking
It’s been almost 240 years since France started its very first Revolution. But fear not, French TV producers still have what it takes to bring yet another one to modern fiction, blending hints of past, present, and future. From Toronto-bound “Alice” recently boarded by SND to France Télévisions genre-bending thriller “Swapped” and Wild Bunch‘s latest
