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VIDEO SHOWS: BELGIUM AND MACEDONIA TRAINING AHEAD OF WORLD CUP QUALIFIER IN GHENT/ PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM BELGIUM, HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, AND NORTH MACEDONIA HEAD COACH, BLAGOJA MILEVSKI RESENDING TO CORRECT SLATE SHOWS: GHENT, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF KAA GHENT'S PLANET GROUP ARENA 2. SCREEN READING (English) 'Welcome' WITH FLAGS OF BELGIUM AND NORTH MACEDONIA 3. STADIUM INTERIOR 4. FOOTBALLS ON PITCH 5. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WALKING OUT ONTO THE PITCH 6. SIGN FOR EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS FOR THE WORLD CUP IN PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM 7. BELGIUM HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, AND, CAPTAIN, KEVIN DE BRUYNE, ARRIVING 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIUM HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, SAYING: "Macedonia will play the same as they did in the first leg. They are a counter-attacking team that plays long balls and tries to win the ball back further down the pitch in order to play in our half. Obviously, they have talented players too. We will have to neutralise their strengths. But above all, we will have to impose our own strengths on them. It's up to us to be better than we were in the first leg and to continue playing like we did against Wales and in the September fixtures." 10. FORWARDS, MICHY BATSHUAYI, AND, LOIS OPENDA, WARMING UP 11. GOALKEEPERS, THIBAUT COURTOIS, MATZ SELS AND MAARTEN VANDEVOORDT 12. VARIOUS OF WARM-UP DRILLS 13. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIUM HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, SAYING: "If it's like the first leg, it would be the right idea to take the lead again but we have to know how to protect that lead. We have to make sure we don't give them any chance to equalise because it was mainly our mistakes that allowed them back in the game. The goal is simple: to take top spot in the group by the end of the match tomorrow evening, two points ahead of Macedonia and with one game in hand. 14. GARCIA AND DE BRUYNE LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 15. PLAYERS WARMING UP 16. VARIOUS OF COURTOIS, SELS AND GOALKEEPER, SENNE LAMMENS, TRAINING TOGETHER 17. PLAYERS GATHERING IN 18. NORTH MACEDONIA ON THE PITCH FOR TRAINING SESSION 19. PLAYERS PASSING BALL AROUND IN GROUP 20. HEAD COACH, BLAGOJA MILEVSKI, TALKING TO TEAM IN HUDDLE 21. HUDDLE BREAKING 22. VARIOUS OF MILEVSKI SEATED DURING PRESS CONFERENCE 23. (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) NORTH MACEDONIA HEAD COACH, BLAGOJA MILEVSKI, SAYING (ROUGH TRANSLATION): "I have to be satisfied with results in the Nations League, with our competitiveness in the current group, almost securing a World Cup play-off spot for second time. I am pleased with what we showed on the pitch. Our energy and team spirit at this moment is the force pushing us forward and showing us what the path to take. Maximum respect for Belgian who are the best team in our group with an extraordinary roster. We are living our dream. I hope we can stay competitive in these qualifiers for as long as possible. We'll see how it ends up." 24. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 25. MILEVSKI LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 26. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS JOGGING 27. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS RUNNING WARM-UP DRILL 28. GOALKEEPERS TRAINING 29. VARIOUS OF RONDO DRILLS 30. WARM-UP DRILL STORY: Belgium host North Macedonia in Ghent on Friday (October 10) with the opportunity to leapfrog their visitors and take top spot in their qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup. Rudi Garcia, who took over as head coach of the Red Devils at the start of 2025, oversaw a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture in Skopje to kick off the qualifying campaign back in June. Having taken the lead through Maxim De Cuyper early on, Belgium let slip their advantage with just four minutes left of regulation time. Since then, the 61-year-old Frenchman has guided Belgium to three successive victories beginning with a 4-3 win over Wales in Brussels courtesy of a late winner from captain Kevin de Bruyne. That victory was followed up by lopsided wins against Lichtenstein and Kazakhstan in September by a combined scoreline of 12-0. Speaking to a press conference on Thursday (October 9), Garcia urged his side to learn from their mistakes in Skopje. "It would be the right idea to take the lead again but we have to know how to protect that lead," he explained. "We have to make sure we don't give them any chance to equalise because it was mainly our mistakes that allowed them back in the game," added Garcia, who is best known for his spells at Lille, Roma, Marseille and Lyon before embarking on his first foray into international management with Belgium. As it stands, Belgium sit second in the standings on 10 points from four games, one behind North Macedonia, who have played five matches. Wales also have 10 points but from five outings. (Production: Zoran Mikletic, Conal Quinn)
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(Adds U.S. contribution to multilateral force, paragraphs 27-28) * LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: * Ceasefire to start within 24 hours after Israeli ratification * Hostages could be released within 72 hours after * Israelis gather at 'Hostage Square' in anticipation of official start * Trump is invited to speak to Knesset By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Israel's government ratified a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday, clearing the way to suspend hostilities in Gaza within 24 hours and free Israeli hostages held there within 72 hours after that. The Israeli cabinet approved the deal early Friday morning, roughly 24 hours after mediators announced the agreement, which calls for the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the start of a phased withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza under U.S. President Donald Trump's initiative to end the two-year war in Gaza. "The government has just now approved the framework for the release of all of the hostages – the living and the deceased," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's English-language X account said. The war has deepened Israel's international isolation and upended the Middle East, having evolved into a regional conflict that has drawn in Iran, Yemen and Lebanon. It also tested the U.S.-Israeli relationship, with Trump seeming to lose patience with Netanyahu and pressuring him to reach a deal. Israelis and Palestinians alike rejoiced after the deal was announced, the biggest step yet to end two years of war in which over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed, and return the last hostages seized by Hamas in the deadly attacks that started the assault. Hamas' exiled Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya said he had received guarantees from the United States and other mediators that the war was over. An Israeli government spokesperson said the ceasefire would go into force within 24 hours of government approval of the deal. After that 24-hour period, the hostages held in Gaza would be freed within 72 hours. Twenty Israeli hostages are still believed to be alive in Gaza, while 26 are presumed dead, and the fate of two is unknown. Hamas has indicated that recovering the bodies of the dead may take longer than releasing those who are alive. Once the agreement is operating, trucks carrying food and medical aid will surge into Gaza to help civilians, hundreds of thousands of whom have been sheltering in tents after Israeli forces destroyed their homes and razed entire cities to dust. HURDLES REMAIN The accord, if fully implemented, would bring the two sides closer than any previous effort to halt the war. Much could still go wrong. Even after the deal was signed, a Palestinian source said the list of hundreds of Palestinians to be released was not finalised. The group is seeking freedom for some of the most prominent Palestinian convicts held in Israeli jails, as well as hundreds of people detained during Israel's assault. Further steps in Trump's 20-point plan have yet to be discussed. Those include how the shattered Gaza Strip is to be ruled when the fighting ends and the ultimate fate of Hamas, which has so far rejected Israel's demands it disarm. Netanyahu also faces skepticism from within his governing coalition, as many have long opposed any deal with Hamas. Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would vote to bring down the government if Hamas is not dismantled. But the announcement of an end to fighting and return of hostages was greeted with jubilation. 'ALL OF THE GAZA STRIP IS HAPPY' "Thank God for the ceasefire, the end of bloodshed and killing," said Abdul Majeed Abd Rabbo in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. "All of the Gaza Strip is happy, all the Arab people, all of the world is happy with the ceasefire and the end of bloodshed." Einav Zaugauker, whose son Matan is one of the last hostages, rejoiced in Tel Aviv's so-called Hostages Square, where families of those seized in the Hamas attack that triggered the war two years ago have long assembled. "I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't explain what I'm feeling … it's crazy," she said. In Gaza, Israeli attacks continued before the official start of the ceasefire, but there were far fewer fatalities than the scores killed on a daily basis in recent weeks. Local health authorities reported seven dead in two separate Israeli strikes on Thursday. TRUMP HEADS TO REGION Trump said he would head to the region on Sunday to possibly attend a signing ceremony in Egypt, and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana invited him to address the legislative body, which would be the first such speech by a U.S. president since 2008. The deal received support from Arab and Western countries and was widely portrayed as a major diplomatic achievement for Trump. Successful completion of the deal would mark a significant accomplishment for the Republican president, who has struggled to quickly deliver on his promises to bring peace to the Gaza conflict and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Western and Arab countries met in Paris to discuss an international peacekeeping force and reconstruction assistance for Gaza once the fighting stops. The United States will deploy 200 troops as part of a joint task force for Gaza stability, with no Americans on the ground in the Palestinian enclave, two senior U.S. officials said on Thursday. The officials, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the 200 would be a core part of a task force that would include representatives from Egypt's military, Qatar, Turkey and probably from the United Arab Emirates. More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's assault on Gaza, launched after Hamas-led militants stormed through Israeli towns and a music festival on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing 251 hostages. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jersualem and Nidal al-Mughrabi in Cairo; Additional reporting by Howard Goller in New York, Pesha Magid and Alexander Cornwell in Jerusalem, Jana Choukeir and Tala Ramadan in Dubai, and Jeff Mason and Steve Holland in Washington; Writing by Michael Georgy, Peter Graff, Andy Sullivan and Daniel Trotta; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks ended in negative territory on Thursday as investors, left with no economic data or any sentiment-swaying catalysts, took the opportunity to consolidate ahead of third-quarter earnings season. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched back from Wednesday's record closing highs, while the blue-chip Dow closed with the deepest percentage decline. "The earnings cycle is upon us and there's a wait-and-see in terms of whether we’ll see the same level of consistency of earnings growth in the coming quarter that we've seen in the last two quarters," said Matthew Keator, managing partner in the Keator Group, a wealth management firm in Lenox, Massachusetts. "Couple that with the uncertainty surrounding the lack of data coming out of Washington and how the Fed navigates that, it's natural to see a bit of a pullback." The stock market's pause comes amid a steep rally that has been largely driven by the rise of artificial intelligence technology. The runup has prompted concerns that a bubble is forming, which could be a harbinger of an impending correction. Sunday will mark the current bull market's third anniversary; the benchmark S&P 500 touched the nadir of its current market cycle on October 12, 2022 on the heels of monetary tightening from the Fed. Over that time period, while tech and tech-adjacent megastocks have driven the index nearly 90% higher, history suggests the current bull market has more gas in its tank. The U.S. government shutdown entered its ninth day, with few signs of progress. Consequently, market participants continue to be deprived of essential economic data. And with the start of third-quarter earnings season just days away, the scarcity of market-moving catalysts is focusing investors' attention on remarks from monetary policymakers for clues regarding the central bank's rate cut intentions through the end of the year. New York Federal Reserve President John Williams favors more interest rate reductions before year-end due to risks facing the weakening labor market, he said in an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday. Financial markets are currently pricing in a 94.6% likelihood that the Fed will implement a 25 basis-point interest rate cut at the conclusion of its October 28-29 meeting, according to CME's FedWatch tool. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 243.36 points, or 0.52%, to 46,358.42, the S&P 500 lost 18.61 points, or 0.28%, to 6,735.11 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 18.75 points, or 0.08%, to 23,024.63. Among the 11 major sectors of the S&P 500, materials suffered the biggest drop, while consumer staples were the sole gainers. Housing and homebuilding were among the clear underperformers, both off more than 2% amid margin and demand worries. On Tuesday of next week, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo are slated to report quarterly results, marking the unofficial launch of third-quarter earnings season. Analysts currently predict year-on-year S&P 500 earnings growth of 8.8% in the July-September period, weaker than the second quarter's 13.8% and the year-ago quarter's 9.1% annual growth, according to the most recent data from LSEG. Delta Air Lines provided an upbeat forecast for the current quarter, after posting stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings. The airline's shares jumped 4.3%. Other U.S. carriers also gained, boosting the S&P 1500 Airlines index by 1.9%. U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale rose 3.1%, after reporting September sales data. Shares of Albemarle increased 5.3% after brokerage TD Cowen raised its price target on the lithium producer and as China tightened export controls on rare earths. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 2.91-to-1 ratio on the NYSE. There were 354 new highs and 91 new lows on the NYSE. On the Nasdaq, 1,694 stocks rose and 2,966 fell as declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.75-to-1 ratio. The S&P 500 posted 20 new 52-week highs and 11 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 133 new highs and 66 new lows. Volume on U.S. exchanges was 20.44 billion shares, compared with the 19.75 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days. (Reporting by Stephen Culp in New York; Additional reporting by Lewis Krauskopf in New York and Niket Nishant and Sukriti Gupta in Bengaluru; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet-owned Google said dozens of companies have been affected by an ambitious hacking campaign that targeted Oracle's suite of business products. The company said in a blog post Thursday that 'mass amounts of customer data' were stolen in the process. (Reporting by Raphael Satter)
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Oct 9 (Reuters) – Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA: * BRAZIL'S HAPVIDA SAYS NORGES BANK HAS REACHED 5.001% STAKE IN HAPVIDA – FILING Source text: [ID: Here] Further company coverage: (Reporting by Sao Paulo newsroom)
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VIDEO SHOWS: BELGIUM AND MACEDONIA TRAINING AHEAD OF WORLD CUP QUALIFIER IN GHENT/ PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM BELGIUM, HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, AND NORTH MACEDONIA HEAD COACH, BLAGOJA MILEVSKI COMPLETE SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW SHOWS: GHENT, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF KAA GHENT'S PLANET GROUP ARENA 2. SCREEN READING (English) 'Welcome' WITH FLAGS OF BELGIUM AND NORTH MACEDONIA 3. STADIUM INTERIOR 4. FOOTBALLS ON PITCH 5. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WALKING OUT ONTO THE PITCH 6. SIGN FOR EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS FOR THE WORLD CUP IN PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM 7. BELGIUM HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, AND, CAPTAIN, KEVIN DE BRUYNE, ARRIVING 8. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 9. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIUM HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, SAYING: "Macedonia will play the same as they did in the first leg. They are a counter-attacking team that plays long balls and tries to win the ball back further down the pitch in order to play in our half. Obviously, they have talented players too. We will have to neutralise their strengths. But above all, we will have to impose our own strengths on them. It's up to us to be better than we were in the first leg and to continue playing like we did against Wales and in the September fixtures." 10. FORWARDS, MICHY BATSHUAYI, AND, LOIS OPENDA, WARMING UP 11. GOALKEEPERS, THIBAUT COURTOIS, MATZ SELS AND MAARTEN VANDEVOORDT 12. VARIOUS OF WARM-UP DRILLS 13. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BELGIUM HEAD COACH, RUDI GARCIA, SAYING: "If it's like the first leg, it would be the right idea to take the lead again but we have to know how to protect that lead. We have to make sure we don't give them any chance to equalise because it was mainly our mistakes that allowed them back in the game. The goal is simple: to take top spot in the group by the end of the match tomorrow evening, two points ahead of Macedonia and with one game in hand. 14. GARCIA AND DE BRUYNE LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 15. PLAYERS WARMING UP 16. VARIOUS OF COURTOIS, SELS AND GOALKEEPER, SENNE LAMMENS, TRAINING TOGETHER 17. PLAYERS GATHERING IN 18. NORTH MACEDONIA ON THE PITCH FOR TRAINING SESSION 19. PLAYERS PASSING BALL AROUND IN GROUP 20. HEAD COACH, BLAGOJA MILEVSKI, TALKING TO TEAM IN HUDDLE 21. HUDDLE BREAKING 22. VARIOUS OF MILEVSKI SEATED DURING PRESS CONFERENCE 23. (SOUNDBITE) (Macedonian) NORTH MACEDONIA HEAD COACH, BLAGOJA MILEVSKI, SAYING (ROUGH TRANSLATION): "I have to be satisfied with results in the Nations League, with our competitiveness in the current group, almost securing a World Cup play-off spot for second time. I am pleased with what we showed on the pitch. Our energy and team spirit at this moment is the force pushing us forward and showing us what the path to take. Maximum respect for Belgian who are the best team in our group with an extraordinary roster. We are living our dream. I hope we can stay competitive in these qualifiers for as long as possible. We'll see how it ends up." 24. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 25. MILEVSKI LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 26. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS JOGGING 27. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS RUNNING WARM-UP DRILL 28. GOALKEEPERS TRAINING 29. VARIOUS OF RONDO DRILLS 30. WARM-UP DRILL STORY: Belgium host North Macedonia in Ghent on Friday (October 9) with the opportunity to leapfrog their visitors and take top spot in their qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup. Rudi Garcia, who took over as head coach of the Red Devils at the start of 2025, oversaw a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture in Skopje to kick off the qualifying campaign back in June. Having taken the lead through Maxim De Cuyper early on, Belgium let slip their advantage with just four minutes left of regulation time. Since then, the 61-year-old Frenchman has guided Belgium to three successive victories beginning with a 4-3 win over Wales in Brussels courtesy of a late winner from captain Kevin de Bruyne. That victory was followed up by lopsided wins against Lichtenstein and Kazakhstan in September by a combined scoreline of 12-0. Speaking to a press conference on Thursday, Garcia urged his side to learn from their mistakes in Skopje. "It would be the right idea to take the lead again but we have to know how to protect that lead," he explained. "We have to make sure we don't give them any chance to equalise because it was mainly our mistakes that allowed them back in the game," added Garcia, who is best known for his spells at Lille, Roma, Marseille and Lyon before embarking on his first foray into international management with Belgium. As it stands, Belgium sit second in the standings on 10 points from four games, one behind North Macedonia, who have played five matches. Wales also have 10 points but from five outings. (Production: Zoran Mikletic, Conal Quinn)
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Oct 10 (Reuters) – A mass Russian drone attack triggered a fire in a high-rise apartment building in central Kyiv early on Friday and drone fragments hit the ground in several districts, officials said. Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said a drone set apartments on fire on the 6th and 7th floors of a high-rise block in the central Pecherskyi district. Pictures posted online showed apartments ablaze as firefighters were being brought into position. Tkachenko said there was no information on any casualties. In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, drones had struck several targets, injuring two people and triggering at least one fire in a dwelling, the regional governor said. (Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. chocolate consumers will face elevated chocolate prices this coming Halloween period as cocoa costs have more than doubled since early 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by Wells Fargo's Agri-Food Institute. While wholesale cocoa prices have eased from late 2024 peaks, manufacturers are still passing on to consumers their increased costs. Companies are also reducing seasonal product lines and implementing "shrinkflation" – reducing portion sizes while maintaining prices, the report said. The surge in cocoa costs was caused by severe supply disruptions in West Africa, which accounts for approximately 70% of global cocoa production. Heavy rains in late 2023 triggered black pod disease and crop rot, while subsequent El Nino-induced droughts in 2024 increased the prevalence of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease. Global cocoa production fell 12.9% year-over-year to 4.37 million metric tons in the last crop season, creating a supply deficit of 494,000 metric tons, the largest in over 60 years, according to the International Cocoa Organization (ICO). Production in Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer, dropped 25.3%, while Ghana's output declined 31.3%. The outlook remains challenging, Wells Fargo said, citing preliminary assessments by cocoa exporters that point to a 10% decline in output for the 2025/26 crop year beginning in October across four West African producers. "It is likely that cocoa prices will remain high at least through the next crop year ending September 2026 given the current record cocoa supply deficit," the report stated. Recently imposed tariffs on major suppliers of cocoa and cocoa products to the U.S. States are an added cost factor. The main U.S. suppliers are Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic and Ghana. All of them received so-called "reciprocal" tariffs, ranging from 15% to 25%. U.S. importers and chocolate makers need to pay that additional amount when the beans or byproducts such as cocoa butter or cocoa powder arrive in the country. Cocoa is only produced in tropical regions. Wells Fargo analysts said consumers should shop for treats with less cocoa content, compare prices across retailers, and consider generic alternatives, which can offer savings compared to branded products. (Reporting by Marcelo TeixeiraEditing by Marguerita Choy)
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Oct 9 (Reuters) – The United States would have announced this week a support package for farmers stung by trade disputes that included direct subsidies, if it weren't for a government shutdown, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Thursday. "We would have announced an AG program to bridge our farmers until the next season, and that will be through direct subsidies… because it's important that our farmers get credit," he told the 'Ingraham Angle' program. He also said he expected Chinese buyers, which have deserted U.S. soybean farmers, to return at the end of the season. (Reporting by Costas Pitas)
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