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Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia's air defence units destroyed a drone flying towards Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of the Russian capital said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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The Los Angeles Dodgers wanted to make sure they got one victory in Philadelphia during the first two games of the National League Division Series. Getting two wins just doubled the fun and the odds of advancing. Blake Snell allowed one hit over six shutout innings and Will Smith delivered a two-run single during a four-run seventh as the Dodgers recorded a 4-3 victory over the host Phillies on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best- of-five series. Snell (2-0) struck out nine and walked four in Game 2 for Los Angeles, which will look to complete a three-game sweep at home on Wednesday. "To play here and get two wins in this environment is special," Snell said. "The team is clicking right now. It's a lot of fun." Postseason force Teoscar Hernandez had two hits and Roki Sasaki registered the final out as the Dodgers thrived in the intense Philadelphia atmosphere. "For us to come out here, we were like, 'Get one,'" first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "Then obviously when we won two days ago, we were gung-ho about getting two here. This is a hard place to play. "We obviously put ourselves in a great position entering Wednesday. … To win two in this environment is massive." Edmundo Sosa's soft single to center with two outs in the fifth was Philadelphia's lone hit off Snell. Nick Castellanos had a two-run double for the Phillies. Los Angeles reliever Blake Treinen entered in the ninth with the Dodgers leading 4-1, and he didn't fare well. Alec Bohm led off with a single to center, and J.T. Realmuto followed with a double to left. Castellanos reached for an outside sweeper and plopped it into left for the double to bring Philadelphia within one. Alex Vesia entered, and Bryson Stott's bid for a sacrifice bunt was foiled when Max Muncy threw to third and Mookie Betts tagged out Castellanos. Pinch hitter Harrison Bader followed with a single to left, and then Max Kapler bounced into a fielder's choice to leave runners on the corners with two outs. Sasaki replaced Vesia, and he retired Trea Turner on a grounder to second for his second save of the postseason. Phillies manager Rob Thomson defended his decision to play for the tie, saying his bullpen was in better shape than Los Angeles'. He also looked at the late-game charge as a positive sign. "I love the fight in the eighth and ninth inning," Thomson said. "We fought like hell and hopefully that carries over into Wednesday. This is a resilient group, our backs are against the wall, and we'll come out fighting." Philadelphia's Jesus Luzardo (0-1) pitched six-plus strong innings and was charged with two runs, three hits and one walk. He struck out five. Luzardo retired 17 straight Dodgers before running into trouble in the seventh. Teoscar Hernandez lined a leadoff single to center, and Freeman followed with a well-hit double to right. Luzardo exited in favor of Orion Kerkering. One out later, Enrique Hernandez hit a grounder to shortstop, and Teoscar Hernandez slid in safely ahead of Turner's throw to break the scoreless tie. The bases were loaded with two outs when Smith laced a first-pitch sweeper into left-center to drive in two and make it 3-0. Matt Strahm was summoned to face Shohei Ohtani, who ripped a single to right to knock in Muncy to complete the four-run uprising. The Phillies got on the board in the eighth as Kepler hit a one-out triple to right off Emmet Sheehan and scored on Turner's single to center. Sheehan struck out Kyle Schwarber and retired Bryce Harper on a fly to center to end the inning. The top three in the Philadelphia order — Turner, Schwarber and Harper — are struggling in the series. Turner and Harper are both 1-for-7 with three strikeouts and Schwarber is 0-for-7 with five strikeouts. "I wouldn't say pressing," Harper said of the trio's struggles. "We're missing pitches over the plate and they're making good pitches and that's how baseball works sometimes." –Field Level Media

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* Indian citizens with H-1B visas were sought-after marriage prospects * Marriage prized for financial security, quality of life * Trump administration's policy changes creating uncertainty * Some families now looking to countries including UK and Canada for potential matches By Abinaya V, Rishika Sadam and Urvi Dugar BENGALURU/HYDERABAD, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Sidhi Sharma wanted to marry an Indian citizen with a high-flying job in the United States. But the 19-year-old medical student from India's northern Haryana state dropped the idea after seeing recent headlines about U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. "I had always dreamed of settling in the U.S. after marriage," she said, without elaborating on her reasons. "Trump has shut the door for me." Tighter U.S. immigration policies, particularly for the H-1B skilled-worker visa, are making families in India less inclined to marry their children to Indian citizens based in the United States for fear the potential partners might lose their job or immigration status, according to matchmakers, academics and prospective brides and grooms. There is no official government data on marriages between Indian citizens living at home and overseas. "Immigration policies may be written in Washington, but its ripple effects are seen at dinner tables of Indian families when they're talking about marriages," said Anuradha Gupta, the founder of bespoke matchmaking service 'Vows For Eternity'. Traditionally, marriages in India are family-driven decisions, with relatives and matchmaking agencies facilitating "arranged" matches. While marriages for love are gaining ground, especially in the cities, families often still play supportive roles. FROM PRIZED PROSPECTS TO UNCERTAIN MATCHES The U.S. has the world's largest Indian diaspora, according to Indian government data, including around 2.1 million Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), some of the most sought-after marriage prospects. Since returning to office in January, Trump has launched a broad immigration crackdown, including efforts to limit legal pathways to residency. His overhaul of the H-1B visa marks the most prominent effort to reshape temporary work visas and hit Indians, who accounted for 71% of those visas last year, particularly hard. For many Indians, marrying a compatriot living in the U.S. was a ticket to financial security, and a better quality of life, while families welcomed the tradition of them sending money home and providing support to extended families. About 75% of the H-1B visas issued to Indian citizens in 2024 were awarded to men, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. "Up until last year, there was a lot of demand and craze for NRI suitors and men settled abroad," said Vanaja Rao, the managing director of the Vanaja Rao group of companies, popularly known as Vanaja Rao quick marriages. "We've started to see a slowdown ever since Trump took over, and it intensified in the last six months. And of course, after the recent chaos and curbs on H-1B, there's more panic," said Rao, who has been in the business for nearly five decades. In some cases, families are delaying weddings. "There is a lot of uncertainty in terms of immigration in general and not just H-1B, it has only escalated in the past year," said a 26-year-old Indian based in Atlanta, Georgia on condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity. He is aware of three weddings that have been delayed as a result of Trump's policy changes, he said. "Every time there has been speculation about stopping or tightening the restrictions around H-1B visas and skilled-worker migration, there has always been a corresponding impact on the marriage market," said Harshita Yalamarty, an assistant professor at Toronto Metropolitan University. She pointed to Trump's first administration when he also targeted H-1B visas and proposed spouses not be allowed to work. His successor, Joe Biden, later withdrew the policy. Trump's visa overhaul has also prompted many Indian students to rethink the 'American Dream'. There were some 422,335 Indian students in the U.S. in 2024, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data. VISA STATUS IS OFTEN A DEAL MAKER OR BREAKER Some matchmakers are adapting to the new reality. Premium matchmaking platform Knot.dating introduced a 'U.S. visa filter' on its app as it expanded into India's south. The company's cofounder and CEO Jasveer Singh said many families there were particularly keen on NRIs. "Families want to see the visa status of the suitor or match from abroad before proceeding further," Singh said. Since the feature launched in September, about 1,000 NRIs have signed up, with 60% on H-1B visas and the rest on green cards or other visas, Knot.dating's Singh said. Of the 1,000 who signed up, 81% were men. Knot.dating requires male users to earn at least 5 million rupees ($56,332.32) a year but has no income criteria for women. That figure is "astronomically higher than what a fresh graduate or professional typically earns in India, that's equivalent to many years' worth of income here," said KP Singh of overseas education consultancy IMFS. "This U.S. salary offers a level of financial security many here can only dream of." With the American Dream slipping out of reach, some Indian clients are looking more towards Canada, the UK, Europe, and the Middle East for potential matches, said Nikita Anand, founder of matchmaking agency Wedding Tales Matrimony. "When families consider marriage, factors like mobility and security are deeply embedded in their decision-making. It's about long-term stability, not just for themselves but for future generations as well," Vows For Eternity's Gupta said. ($1 = 88.7590 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan and Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru, Rishika Sadam in Hyderabad and Manoj Kumar in New Delhi; Editing by Dhanya Skariachan and Kate Mayberry)

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(Adds Trump comment on Portland paragraphs 9-10) * Illinois launches fourth legal challenge over federal use of National Guard in cities * Courts in Oregon and California say Trump likely overstepped * US government lawyers say Texas National Guard troops in transit to Chicago * Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to sidestep any court restrictions By Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth Oct 6 (Reuters) – The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking to block the deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas headed to the nation's third-largest city. Trump then escalated the widening clash with Democratic-led states and cities over the domestic use of military forces, threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act as a means to circumvent court restrictions on deploying troops where they are unwanted by local officials. Illinois had sued in response to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's orders over the weekend to bring 300 Illinois National Guard members under federal control and then to mobilize another 400 Texas National Guard troops for deployment to Chicago. While Illinois' request for a temporary restraining order plays out, U.S. lawyers told a court hearing on Monday that Texas National Guard troops were already in transit to the state. Trump then issued another memorandum calling up 300 Illinois National Guard troops, reinforcing Hegseth's previous order. U.S. District Judge April Perry allowed the federal government to continue the deployment in Chicago while it responds to Illinois' suit. She set a deadline of midnight Wednesday for the U.S. to reply. The Illinois dispute came after a federal judge in Oregon on Sunday temporarily blocked Trump's administration from sending any National Guard troops to police the state's largest city, Portland. Shortly after Perry's ruling, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he might invoke the Insurrection Act of 1792, which would allow troops to directly participate in civilian law enforcement, for which there is little recent precedent. "I'd do it if it was necessary. So far, it hasn't been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd do that," Trump said. "If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that." Later, when asked in an interview with Newsmax television whether he would invoke the law, Trump repeated that he would only use it if necessary, and then referenced Portland, Oregon, where the mayor and governor oppose deploying the National Guard to quell protests. "If you take a look at what's been going on in Portland, it's been going on for a long time, and that's insurrection. I mean, that's pure insurrection," Trump said. The law has been used sparingly, in extreme cases of unrest. The law was last invoked by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, when the governor of California requested military aid to suppress unrest in Los Angeles following the trial of Los Angeles police officers who beat Black motorist Rodney King. Today, Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back against Trump's attempt to deploy military forces into cities, which the White House says are needed to protect federal government employees from "violent riots" and "lawlessness.” Democratic leaders counter that their cities are being illegally targeted and falsely portrayed as awash in crime. Trump has expanded the use of the U.S. military in his second term, which has included deploying troops along the U.S. border and ordering them to kill suspected drug traffickers on boats off Venezuela without due process. National Guard troops are state-based militia forces that answer to their governors except when called into federal service. Trump has ordered them to Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Portland, prompting lawsuits from state and local leaders. Chicago's lawsuit is the fourth legal action opposing Trump's unprecedented use of soldiers to police U.S. cities. Courts have not yet reached a final decision in any of those cases, but judges in California and Oregon have made initial rulings that Trump likely overstepped his authority. The Illinois lawsuit alleges the Republican president is deploying the military to Illinois based on a "flimsy pretext" that an ICE facility in a suburb of Chicago needs protection from protesters. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, in a press conference, accused Trump of unnecessarily escalating tensions by attempting to add National Guard troops to heavily armed federal police from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies already operating in Chicago. Pritzker said those officers have fired tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters, with U.S. citizens, including children, being "traumatized and detained." "Donald Trump is using our service members as political props and as pawns in his illegal effort to militarize our nation's cities,” Pritzker said. "Donald Trump's deranged depiction of Chicago as a hellhole, a war zone and the worst and most dangerous city in the world was just complete BS," Pritzker said. Trump, responding to Pritzker, reiterated his contention that Chicago was "like a war zone," saying Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had lost control. "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you can go to a lot of different places, and they probably marvel at how much crime we have," Trump said. (Reporting by Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth in New York and Emily Schmall in Chicago; additional reporting by Brad Brooks; Writing by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Donna Bryson, Chizu Nomiyama, Alexia Garamfalvi, Aurora Ellis and Lincoln Feast)

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Oct 7 (Reuters) – MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will miss the next two rounds of the season in Australia and Malaysia after suffering a fracture and ligament injury to his right shoulder in a crash at the Indonesian Grand Prix, Ducati said. Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi collided with the rear of Marquez's Ducati on Sunday and the pair both hurtled into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez appearing to be in significant discomfort after tumbling head over heels. Marquez, who won his seventh MotoGP championship at the Japanese Grand Prix last month, was hunched over on the side of the track for a couple of minutes before staggering to his feet and lurching away while clutching his shoulder. The injury was on the shoulder of the arm Marquez had fractured in the 2020 July season-opening Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, an incident which ruled him out for an extended period and required several surgeries. In a statement on Monday, Ducati said Marquez had "suffered a fracture at the base of the coracoid process and a ligament injury to his right shoulder. "Clinical examination and radiological assessment have ruled out any connection with previous injuries and have also confirmed the absence of significant bone displacement." Marquez could still compete at Grands Prix in Portugal (November 7-9) and Valencia (November 14-16), but he stressed that he would not rush his recovery. "My goal is to be back before the end of the season, but without rushing things beyond the doctors' recommendations," the Spaniard added. "Both my personal and the team's main goals have been achieved, so now the priority is to recover properly and return at 100%." (Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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