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The Milwaukee Brewers have taken command of the National League Championship Series, winning the first two games at home and heading to Los Angeles just two wins away from their first World Series since 1982. At this time last year, the Brewers were leaving home down 2-0 and ultimately ended up getting swept in four games by the Dodgers. However, things are different this year, and while many anticipated that the Dodgers would win this series, the Brewers have done everything better so far. Here are a few reasons why the Brewers may have flipped the script on the Dodgers and are a bigger championship threat than you may realize. Their brand of baseballOct 12, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers infielder Brice Turang (2) celebrates with first base coach Spencer Allen (67) after hitting an RBI single against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the eighth inning in game two of the NLCS for the 2026 MLB Playoffs at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Michael McLoone-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectWhat has made the Brewers so dangerous isn't just the fact that they score a lot of runs, but the way they do it as well.

Max Verstappen is set to make his long-awaited debut in GT World Challenge Europe [GTWCE] this weekend. With two of the regular drivers for his Verstappen Racing team, Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon, competing in the rescheduled World Endurance Championship (WEC) round in Barcelona, which replaces the cancelled Qatar race, the Formula 1 superstar will take the wheel himself. Verstappen will share the #3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with regular team-mate and sim racing friend Chris Lulham, as well as reserve driver Ben Barnicoat. It will be his first appearance in a GT3 car since the 2026 Nurburgring 24 Hours, and his debut in the championship.

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Poland's Ministry of Energy, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe and Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement defining the division of tasks and principles of cooperation in preparing the construction of the country's second nuclear power plant. In September 2021, it was announced that six large pressurised water reactors with a combined installed capacity of 6-9 GWe could be built by 2040 as part of the country's plan to reduce its reliance on coal. According to the adopted schedule, the construction of the first nuclear power plant would start in 2026, with the first reactor - with a capacity of 1.0-1.6 GWe - being commissioned in 2033. Subsequent units would be implemented every 2 to 3 years.

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Streaming platform Netflix has secured the rights to broadcast the 2030 World Cup in Spain and Andorra. It is the first time the subscription-based platform will show the men's World Cup. "We will offer all 104 matches of the world's biggest football competition live," Netflix said in a statement. Reigning champions Spain will co-host the 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Morocco. Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will also stage matches to celebrate the tournament's centenary. The American subscription service said it was agreed "one game per match-day will be available to watch for free in Spain". All of Spain's games and the final are among matches that will still be shown on free-to-air television, Netflix added. Netflix has previously shown live sporting events in the UK - such as WWE Wrestling, NFL matches and boxing - and will broadcast the all-British heavyweight contest between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in December. The company also holds the rights to the 2027 and 2031 editions of the women's World Cup in the United States and Canada.

Style & CultureThe ‘East of Eden’ actor debates vacation red flags, remembers her favorite childhood travel memories, and nominates the eighth wonder of the world. October 13, 2026Getty Images“Lovely form. Back straight, lean forward,” a voice off camera is directing Florence Pugh as she lifts two Aperol spritzes like heavy weights. “I think you might need to take a sip of the left one to make sure they're even,” the voice suggests. Pugh’s laid-back, witty approach to life is part of the reason she’s so well loved—that and, of course, her breathtaking talent, both on screen and off. We caught up with the actor before the release of East of Eden, a Netflix series based on the Steinbeck classic, starring Pugh as Cathy Ames and Christopher Abbott as Adam Trask. In this edition of our Globetrotter series, Pugh debates vacation red flags, remembers her favorite childhood travel memories, and nominates the eighth wonder of the world. Sightseeing or sun lounger? Sun lounger. I love to lie down and feel peaceful and read and just let the sun kiss my skin and swim in the sea and eat amazing food, and then go back to lying back down, and then get back up and eat more amazing food.

4 days agoRichard Irvine-Brown, Shayan SardarizadehandAdam Durbin, BBC VerifyBBCClaims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced them. Viral social media posts have claimed there has been a significant drop in influence operations in recent days, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggesting on Monday there was "less hate, less division and fewer provocations" online because of "fewer bots". Russian influence operations, which promote pro-Kremlin narratives and spread disinformation, have been tracked by researchers and journalists including BBC Verify for more than a decade. These campaigns push disinformation on to people's social media feeds on issues like the Ukraine war or post messages in support of Moscow's interests. Ukraine has struck three of Russian tech giant Yandex's five data centres since 8 October in response to Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian internet hubs.

Netflix has secured exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2030 FIFA World Cup in Spain and Andorra, giving the streaming giant all 104 matches of the tournament as it continues to expand its live sports portfolio. The agreement with FIFA covers the centenary edition of the tournament, which will see Spain, the reigning world champion, co-host the competition alongside Morocco and Portugal.

In exactly a month, on November 13, 2026, the world will end. Fittingly, our impending apocalypse falls on Friday the 13th. At least, that was the prediction made by University of Illinois physicist Heinz von Foerster in a highly cited Science paper published in 1960. Though talks of supposed doomsday have renewed in recent months thanks to hyperbolic anxieties over runaway, sentient artificial intelligence, von Foerster had a much different calamity in mind.