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Oct 10 (OPTA) – Summaries for the Primera División on Friday (start times are ART) 2nd Phase ……………………………………………………….. San Lorenzo (0) 0 Yellow card: Perruzzi 90 Subs used: Ladstatter 63 (Reali), Herazo 73 (Cerutti), Herrera 73 (López), Hernández 84 (Tripichio) San Martín San Juan (0) 1 Scorers: D. González 77 Yellow card: Diarte 22, Lecanda 45, Borgogno 86 Subs used: Salle 61 (Fernández), Cavallaro 61 (González), Barrera 72 (Maestro Puch), Orihuela 72 (Diarte), Cáseres 88 (González) Referee: Pablo Dóvalo ……………………………………………………….. Defensa y Justicia (0) 1 Scorers: J. Gutiérrez 47 Yellow card: Molinas 32, Osorio 56, Miranda 90 Subs used: Hausch 64 (Molinas), Miranda 64 (González), Barbona 75 (Gutiérrez), Schamine 89 (Osorio) Argentinos Juniors (0) 0 Yellow card: Álvarez 25 Subs used: Siri 46 (Rodríguez), Gho 46 (Oroz), Porcel 46 (Gómez), Sosa 67 (López), Ovando 75 (Prieto) Referee: Juan Pafundi ……………………………………………………….. Central Córdoba SdE (1) 3 Scorers: J. Galván 35, L. Besozzi 62, M. Perelló 90+5 Yellow card: Moyano 47, Fúnez 92, Perelló 96 Subs used: Perelló 63 (Barrera), Florentín 63 (Verón), Zalazar 73 (Besozzi), Cristóforo 73 (Juárez), Fúnez 91 (Heredia) Unión (0) 1 Scorers: A. Colazo 79 Yellow card: Palavecino 30, Profini 84, Fascendini 92 Subs used: Estigarribia 46 (Palavecino), Grella 56 (Fragapane), Colazo 74 (Tarragona), Palacios 74 (Solari), Profini 74 (Martínez) Referee: Carlos Andrés Gariano ……………………………………………………….. Newell's Old Boys in play Tigre ……………………………………………………….. Saturday, October 11 fixtures (ART/GMT) Barracas Central v Boca Juniors (1730)-postponed Gimnasia La Plata v Talleres de Córdoba (1900) Banfield v Racing Club (2100) Sunday, October 12 fixtures (ART/GMT) Belgrano v Estudiantes (0115) Vélez Sarsfield v Rosario Central (0115) Aldosivi v Huracán (1730) Instituto v Atlético Tucumán (1945) Independiente Rivadavia v Godoy Cruz (1945) River Plate v Sarmiento (2215) Monday, October 13 fixtures (ART/GMT) Independiente v Lanús (0015) Platense v Deportivo Riestra (2130)

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BELFAST, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Northern Ireland reignited their World Cup qualification hopes with a 2-0 win over Slovakia in Belfast on Friday, and moved into second place in Group A. Slovakia arrived full of confidence after their shock 2-0 win over Germany and a 1-0 victory in Luxembourg had put them top of the standings, but they fell behind to an own goal in the 18th minute. Patrik Hrosovsky turned the ball into his own net from an Ethan Galbraith low cross in the box and the lead was no more than the home side deserved after a bright start. Slovakia never looked like getting back into the game and Trai Hume's first international goal nine minutes from time wrapped up the win at a jubilant Windsor Park. The visitor's keeper punched the ball away from his area but Hume was there to send a stunning side-footed volley to the net and set up a mouth-watering clash with Germany in Belfast on Monday. "The keeper has come to clear it, and I just had to guide it towards the goal and thankfully I did," Hume told BBC Northern Ireland. "It was a great night, good performance and the most important thing is the three points. I think we deserved it." Germany's 4-0 win over Luxembourg moves them top on six points, ahead on goal difference of Northern Ireland and Slovakia. The group winners qualify automatically with the runners-up advancing to the playoffs. (Reporting by Trevor Stynes, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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* France faces Monday deadline for budget bill * Lawmakers likely to heavily amend the bill * Stopgap law may be needed to keep government running By Leigh Thomas PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, freshly reappointed late on Friday days after resigning, faces an immediate test to deliver a 2026 budget bill by Monday to give it any chance of passing through a divided parliament by year-end. Here is a look at what's at stake: WHY LECORNU FACES A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK October 13 is the hard deadline for Lecornu to present a draft budget bill – first to cabinet, and then on the same day to parliament. That means, at a minimum, the ministers responsible for finance, budget, and social security must be appointed by then. Missing the deadline would leave lawmakers without the 70 days the constitution grants to debate and pass the budget before year-end. The Constitutional Court also requires eight days to review the legislation. Before he had resigned, Lecornu had already sent a draft to the Haut Conseil des Finances Publiques, France's independent fiscal watchdog, for review as required by law. WHAT'S IN THE DRAFT BUDGET? Lecornu has not disclosed any details about what is in the draft, but he did say after he resigned that the budget deficit must be reduced to between 4.7% and 5% of economic output next year, a bigger gap than the 4.6% targetted by his predecessor. The deficit is forecast at 5.4% this year. He has ruled out a 2% tax on wealth over 100 million euros as demanded by the left, but has promised to raise taxes on the wealthy by reducing room for tax optimismation strategies. WHAT HAPPENS IN PARLIAMENT? If Lecornu is not brought down by a no-confidence vote, his bill will almost certainly be heavily amended in the National Assembly, where no party holds a clear majority. Before his re-appointment, Lecornu had pledged to not invoke special constitutional powers to bypass parliament and pass the budget, which would have likely triggered a no-confidence vote against him. Some left-wing lawmakers have feared the new government is banking on parliament failing to pass a budget within the 70-day window — which could allow it to adopt the bill by decree. WHAT HAPPENS IF LECORNU FALLS? If Lecornu is brought down by a no-confidence vote, as some opponents are already promising, parliament would need to pass emergency stopgap legislation to authorize spending, taxation, and borrowing from January 1 until a full budget is adopted. France resorted to such emergency measures last December after then-Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government was ousted, invalidating his proposed 2025 budget. While a stopgap law would avoid a U.S.-style government shutdown, it would impose strict limits on public finances until a new government could pass a full budget next year. (Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Richard Lough and Toby Chopra)

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PTWC: LIFTS TSUNAMI WARNING AFTER EARTHQUAKE AT DRAKE PASSAGE

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* MIT president: research funds should be for 'scientific merit' * Trump wants universities to protect conservative ideas * White House targets foreign students, diverse hiring policies By Julia Harte Oct 10 (Reuters) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding. In an open letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Kornbluth said some of the policies would restrict MIT's independence and freedom of expression. "The premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone," Kornbluth said in her letter, which was posted to an MIT website. Some of the policies included in the memo were capping international undergraduate enrollment at 15%, banning the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions and defining genders based on biology. Schools that pursue "models and values" beyond those outlined in the memo could "forgo federal benefits," the memo reads, while institutions that comply could be rewarded. MIT was the first university to refuse to support the White House memo, which followed Republican President Donald Trump's efforts to use financial pressure to force some of the country's top institutions of higher learning to submit to unprecedented control over who and what they teach. Other universities said they were studying the administration's demands and drafting responses. Brown University was one of the universities that received the memo even though it reached a deal with the federal government in July, agreeing to pay $50 million over 10 years to support workforce development in Rhode Island in exchange for the government unfreezing $510 million in funding for medical and health sciences research. In an open letter on Friday, Brown President Christina Paxson said she was working with her university community to draft a response to the memo. On Monday, the University of Virginia's rector and interim president announced the formation of a working group to advise the university how to respond, but said that "it would be difficult for the University to agree to certain provisions" in the memo. Dartmouth University, the University of Arizona, the University of Southern California and Vanderbilt also sent statements saying they were deciding how to respond. The University of Texas had said earlier this month that it was "enthusiastically" looking forward to working with the administration. The White House's 10-point memo called for "transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas," but did not include similar measures to protect liberal ideas. It also proposed that the Classic Learning Test, embraced by some conservatives and already authorized for use by Florida's public university system, be among the college entrance exams considered alongside the SAT and ACT. Since Trump took office in January, his White House has targeted what it deems liberal-leaning institutions in various fields and tried to withhold funding from colleges and universities over issues such as pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza, transgender policies, climate initiatives and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The administration's threats to cut off federal funding to schools such as Harvard University for allegedly favoring "radical left" policies have hit legal roadblocks. (Reporting by Julia Harte; editing by Donna Bryson and David Gregorio)

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(Adds Bardella in paragraph 4, details from the Elysee Palace) * Macron reappoints last PM to resolve political crisis * Hard left and far right angered by choice * Crisis denting economic growth, central bank chief warns By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister on Friday just days after he quit the job, a move that enraged some of the president's fiercest political opponents who pledged to vote out the new government. Macron, 47, will hope loyalist Lecornu can draw enough support from a deeply divided parliament to pass a 2026 budget. Faced with France's worst political crisis in decades, many of Macron's rivals have demanded he either call fresh parliamentary elections or resign. The immediate reaction to Lecornu's appointment from the far right and hard left was scathing, suggesting his second stint as prime minister will be no easier than his first, which ended on Monday when he resigned after just 27 days in office. "The Lecornu II government, appointed by Emmanuel Macron who is more isolated and out of touch than ever at the Elysee Palace, is a bad joke, a democratic disgrace and a humiliation for the French people," National Rally party president Jordan Bardella posted on X. LECORNU'S PRIORITY IS TO PASS A BUDGET FOR 2026 There was no immediate reaction from the leadership of the Socialists and the conservative Republicans, both of whom will be crucial to Lecornu's survival. Lecornu's most pressing task will be to deliver a budget to parliament by the end of Monday. "I accept – out of duty – the mission entrusted to me by the President of the Republic to do everything possible to provide France with a budget by the end of the year and to address the daily life issues of our fellow citizens," he wrote on X. "We must put an end to this political crisis that exasperates the French people and to this instability that is harmful to France's image and its interests." Lecornu added that whoever joined his government would have to renounce their personal ambitions to succeed Macron in 2027, a contest that has injected instability into France's weak minority governments and fractious legislature. He pledged his cabinet would "embody renewal and diversity." Macron's entourage said Lecornu had "carte blanche", in a sign the president was leaving his prime minister plenty of wiggle room to negotiate a cabinet and budget. LEFTIST PARTIES UPSET WITH MACRON Macron earlier convened a meeting of mainstream party leaders to rally support around his choice, but angered leftist parties when they found out one of their own would not be named as prime minister. Another collapsed government would raise the likelihood of Macron calling a snap election, a scenario seen benefiting the far right the most. France's political turmoil, which has dented growth and spooked financial markets, was in large part triggered by Macron's decision last year to hold a legislative election, a gamble that delivered a hung parliament split between three ideologically opposed blocs. The country's push to get its finances in order, requiring budget cuts or tax hikes that no party can agree on, has only deepened the malaise. If the National Assembly cannot find common ground on a budget in the time given, emergency legislation may be needed to keep the country running next year on a roll-over budget. FATE OF PENSION REFORM IS KEY ISSUE The country's central bank chief, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, forecast on Friday that the current political uncertainty would cost the economy 0.2 percentage points of gross domestic product. Business sentiment was suffering but the economy was broadly fine, he said. "Uncertainty is … the number one enemy of growth," Villeroy told RTL radio. Fraught budget negotiations have cost Macron three prime ministers in less than 12 months. Central to the most recent budget negotiations have been the left's desire to repeal Macron's 2023 pension reforms that lifted the retirement age, and tax the wealthy more heavily. Those demands have been hard to square with the conservatives, whose support Macron also needs to pass a budget. In Friday's meeting, Macron offered to delay raising the retirement age as far as 64 by one year to 2028. Green leader Marine Tondelier described the concession as insufficient. The deficit is forecast to hit 5.4% this year, nearly double the European Union's cap. Lecornu recently said he envisaged a 2026 deficit between 4.7% – 5%. (Reporting by Paris Newsroom Writing by Gabriel Stargardter and Richard Lough Editing by Alison Williams, Frances Kerry and Toby Chopra)

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By America Hernandez, Francesca Landini and Curtis Williams HOUSTON/PARIS/MILAN/LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The settlement of an arbitration announced on October 9 by Venture Global involved Unipec, a trading unit of Chinese state-owned oil and gas firm Sinopec, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Venture Global first announced the resolution on Thursday without disclosing the other party involved, adding the agreement would have no material impact on its business. Unipec had previously entered into a fixed-price, three-year take-or-pay sales purchase agreement for one million metric tons per annum from Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana, according to a regulatory filing in March. While it did not name the company, Venture Global also said at the time that a mid-term customer had been seeking damages of around $200 million. The Chinese firm sued for arbitration in late 2023, becoming one of seven Venture Global customers to ultimately do so, claiming the U.S. supplier breached its contract by selling cargoes on the spot market before honoring its long-term purchase agreement. Venture Global declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. Unipec did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Curtis Williams in Houston, America Hernandez in Paris, Francesca Landini in Milan, additional reporting by Marwa Rashad in London; Editing by Nathan Crooks and Chris Reese)

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* US to impose 100% tariffs on November 1 * Software export controls also to take effect * Trump: 'No reason' to meet Xi in three weeks * Rift between two largest economies leaves markets reeling * Stocks drop by most since April in response to Trump's threat (Updates with new tariff and export control levies in paragraphs 1-3) By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was lifting tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. to 100% and imposing export controls on "any and all critical software" in a reprisal to recently announced export limits by China on rare earth minerals critical to tech and other manufacturing. "Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying," Trump said on his Truth Social platform. "Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software." The announcement followed an earlier post issued on Friday that signaled new levies against Chinese goods were in the offing while also threatening to cancel a meeting with President Xi Jinping, a broadside against Beijing on Friday that sent markets and relations between the world's largest economies into a spiral. Trump, due to meet Xi in about three weeks in South Korea, complained on social media about what he characterized as China's plans to hold the global economy hostage after China dramatically expanded its rare earth element export controls on Thursday. China dominates the market for such elements, which are essential to tech manufacturing. Trump said there was no reason to hold the meeting with Xi that he had previously announced. Beijing had never confirmed the meeting between the leaders. The remarks signaled the biggest rupture in relations in four months and immediately raised questions about whether an economic detente between Beijing and Washington – the world's biggest factory and its biggest consumer – can survive. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; additional reporting by David Brunnstrom, David Lawder and Maiya Keidan; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Deepa Babington)

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Oct 10 (Reuters) – Jefferies Financial Group Inc : * MORGAN STANLEY ASKS TO PULL CASH FROM JEFFERIES’ POINT BONITA – BLOOMBERG NEWS Source text: https://tinyurl.com/hvw4djfx Further company coverage:

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TRUMP: IT HAS JUST BEEN LEARNED THAT CHINA HAS TAKEN AN EXTRAORDINARILY AGGRESSIVE POSITION ON TRADE

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