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(Adds Nepal floods in paragraphs 5 and 6) SHANGHAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Rescue efforts were underway on Sunday to clear access to campsites on Tibet's eastern slope of Mount Everest, where nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a blizzard that has blocked roads, according to Chinese state media reports. Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams have been deployed to help remove snow blocking access to the area, which sits at an altitude above 4,900 metres (16,000 feet), according to a report in Jimu News. Some tourists on the mountain have already been brought down, it added. The snowfall began on Friday evening and continued throughout Saturday, according to notices on the official WeChat accounts of the local Tingri County Tourism Company, which said ticket sales and entry to the Everest Scenic Area were suspended from late Saturday. Just across the border in Nepal, heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods that have blocked roads, washed away bridges and killed at least 47 people since Friday, police said. Thirty-five people died in separate landslides in the eastern Ilam district bordering India. Nine people were reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters and three others were killed in lightning strikes elsewhere in the country. (Reporting by Casey Hall; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Louise Heavens)

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Oct 5 (Reuters) – Eight OPEC+ countries agreed on Sunday to raise oil production by 137,000 barrels per day (BPD) in November, the group said in a statement. OPEC+ has reversed its strategy of output cuts from April to boost market share and in response to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking lower oil prices. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba in Cairo Editing by David Goodman )

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ANKARA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – British singer Robbie Williams said city authorities called off his upcoming Istanbul concert “in the interests of public safety” after Turkish NGOs and social media users campaigned for the event to be cancelled and protested against his appearance. The October 7 concert was scheduled to take place on the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities that led to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. For days, Turkish social media accounts and pro-Gaza NGOs had been calling for the event to be scrapped, accusing Williams of being "Zionist". The 51-year-old singer has faced renewed scrutiny in predominantly Muslim Turkey over his family’s Jewish heritage and his 2015 performance in Israel, which drew criticism from pro-Palestinian groups. Bubilet, the ticketing company, said it had cancelled the concert at the request of the Istanbul Governor’s Office. The governor's office was not immediately available for comment. Williams wrote on Instagram late on Saturday that the safety of his fans “comes first,” adding he was deeply sorry for the cancellation, which he said was “beyond our control.” (Reporting by Ece Toksabay, Editing by Louise Heavens)

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* Gay "conversion therapy" case to be argued on Tuesday * Court will examine laws banning transgender athletes * Justices to hear challenge to Hawaii handgun limits * Voting Rights Act provision imperiled in Louisiana case By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade back into the nation's culture wars during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday with a series of contentious cases on issues including transgender athletes, gay conversion therapy, guns and race. The first of these goes before the court on the second day of its term. Arguments are slated for Tuesday over the legality of a Democratic-backed Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. Republican President Donald Trump's administration is supporting the Christian professional counselor who challenged the law. "Like last year, this term the Supreme Court again will face issues that arise from the culture wars and the Trump presidency that deeply divide our country," said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, during its last term that ended in June upheld Tennessee's Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors and let parents keep their children out of classes when storybooks with LGBT characters are read. Acting on an emergency basis, it also allowed Trump's ban on transgender people in the military. The Colorado case plaintiff challenged the state's law as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of free speech, saying it unlawfully censors her communications with clients. While lower courts upheld the measure, the First Amendment argument is expected to find a receptive audience in the Supreme Court's conservative justices. "I predict a 6-3 vote in favor of the counselor," Georgetown University law professor Stephanie Barclay said at an event sponsored by the Federalist Society legal group. Barclay said the case centers on client-led talk therapy, not coercive methods. "There is no evidence that the state has marshaled that this type of talk therapy, with client-directed goals, would be harmful," Barclay said. "Colorado might be continuing its losing streak when it comes to these First Amendment cases." The Supreme Court in recent years has ruled in favor of Christian plaintiffs who challenged state anti-discrimination measures in Colorado – a website designer who did not want to provide custom web designs for same-sex weddings and a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. It backed the website designer on First Amendment free speech grounds and the baker on First Amendment religious freedom grounds. Colorado's law subjects mental health professionals to discipline if they perform on children any treatment that "attempts or purports to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity," even when the client seeks out treatment and desires that change. Democratic Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a court filing that conversion therapy is associated with increased depression and suicide attempts, and "the First Amendment allows states to reasonably regulate professional conduct to protect patients from substandard treatment, even when that regulation incidentally burdens speech." Twenty-two other states also have banned conversion therapy. TRANSGENDER ATHLETES In another case, Idaho and West Virginia are seeking to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools. Federal appeals courts ruled against the two states. The Trump administration is supporting the states in the litigation. "Nothing is more central to the culture wars than transgender athletes participating in sports," Chemerinsky said. The litigation implicates the Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection, a provision that often has been invoked in combating discrimination based on race, gender and other traits. U.S. District Judge David Nye ruled that Idaho's treatment of transgender athletes likely violated the equal protection provision. The "incredibly small percentage of transgender women athletes in general," coupled with weak evidence that they actually have physiological advantages, "suggest the act's categorical exclusion of transgender women athletes has no relationship to ensuring equality and opportunities for female athletes in Idaho," Nye wrote. A federal appeals court upheld Nye's decision. The Supreme Court seems likely to give states broad leeway to regulate the participation of transgender athletes in school sports, much as it did in its landmark 2022 ruling in the case called Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that returned the authority to regulate or ban abortion to the states, Bradley University law professor Taraleigh Davis said. "They're continuing this post-Dobbs federalism framework of returning any type of contested moral social issues back to the democratic process at the state level," Davis said. HAWAII GUNS LAW A case from Hawaii gives the conservative justices a chance to further expand gun rights. The court will hear a challenge to a Hawaii law restricting the carrying of handguns on private property that is open to the public such as most businesses. A lower court found that Hawaii's measure likely complies with the Constitution's Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The issue of race also returns to the court, which in 2023 rejected race-conscious collegiate admissions policies. The justices on October 15 will hear arguments in a dispute over a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state from one to two – out of a total of six districts in the state – after a judicial ruling that an earlier map violated the Voting Rights Act. The case gives the conservative justices an opportunity to gut a key provision of this landmark 1965 law that bars racial discrimination in voting. The plaintiffs in the case are 12 Louisiana voters who identify themselves in court papers as "non-African American." They claimed the map violated their equal protection rights. Black people comprise nearly a third of Louisiana's population. The case "could very well affect the drawing of districts" when electoral maps around the United States are reconfigured, according to Widener University Commonwealth Law School professor Michael Dimino Sr. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Will Dunham)

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Oct 5 (OPTA) – Final Rounds and Seeds Progress from the WTA 1000, Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open Women's Singles matches on Sunday .. Final Rounds .. Seed Round Rslt Opponent Score 1 Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 1-Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) (Bye) final 2 Iga Swiatek (POL) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 2-Iga Swiatek (POL) (Bye) final 3 Coco Gauff (USA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 3-Coco Gauff (USA) (Bye) final 4 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 4-Amanda Anisimova (USA) (Bye) final 5 Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 5-Mirra Andreeva (RUS) (Bye) final 6 Jessica Pegula (USA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 6-Jessica Pegula (USA) (Bye) final 7 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 7-Jasmine Paolini (ITA) (Bye) final 8 Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 8-Elena Rybakina (KAZ) (Bye) final Q Varvara Gracheva (FRA) quali won Iva Jovic (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-2 fying final quali won Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 5-7 5-2 (Retired) fying 1st – Iva Jovic (USA) quali lost Q-Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 3-6 6-4 6-2 fying final quali won Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 6-3 6-4 fying 1st Q Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) quali won Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 fying final quali won Alycia Parks (USA) 6-4 6-0 fying 1st – Bianca Andreescu (CAN) quali lost Q-Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 fying final quali won Tereza Valentova (CZE) 6-4 6-2 fying 1st Q Katerina Siniakova (CZE) quali won Yafan Wang (CHN) 6-3 7-5 fying final quali won Catherine McNally (USA) 7-5 6-3 fying 1st – Yafan Wang (CHN) quali lost Q-Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-3 7-5 fying final quali won Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 6-4 4-6 6-4 fying 1st Q Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) quali won Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-1 6-1 fying final quali won Diane Parry (FRA) 6-1 6-0 fying 1st – Anna Blinkova (RUS) quali lost Q-Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-1 6-1 fying final quali won Caroline Dolehide (USA) 4-6 6-4 6-1 fying 1st – Antonia Ruzic (HRV) quali won LL-Emiliana Arango (COL) 7-6(4) 6-4 fying final quali won Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 6-3 6-1 fying 1st LL Emiliana Arango (COL) quali lost Antonia Ruzic (HRV) 7-6(4) 6-4 fying final quali won Anna Bondar (HUN) 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) fying 1st – Polina Kudermetova (RUS) quali won Viktoriya Tomova (BGR) 6-4 6-1 fying final quali won Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 7-6(4) 7-5 fying 1st – Viktoriya Tomova (BGR) quali lost Polina Kudermetova (RUS) 6-4 6-1 fying final quali won Katie Boulter (GBR) 3-6 6-4 6-1 fying 1st – Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) quali won Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 6-3 4-6 6-4 fying final quali won Fangran Tian (CHN) 6-4 6-2 fying 1st – Kimberly Birrell (AUS) quali lost Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 6-3 4-6 6-4 fying final quali won Suzan Lamens (NLD) 6-1 6-2 fying 1st – Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) quali won Xiyu Wang (CHN) 6-4 6-3 fying final quali won Alexandra Eala (PHI) 6-4 3-6 6-2 fying 1st – Xiyu Wang (CHN) quali lost Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 6-4 6-3 fying final quali won Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 2-6 6-3 6-3 fying 1st ………………………………………….. .. Seeds .. Seed Round Rslt Opponent Score Q Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 1/64 to play Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) (start 04:30) final Q Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 1/64 to play WC-Yue Yuan (CHN) (start 08:00) final Q Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 1/64 to play Xinyu Wang (CHN) (start 11:30) final Q Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 1/64 to play Sofia Kenin (USA) (start 00:00) final Q Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 1/64 to play 15-Diana Shnaider (RUS) (start 04:30) final Q Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 1/64 to play Linda Noskova (CZE) (start 00:00) final WC Shuai Zhang (CHN) 1/64 to play 14-Emma Navarro (USA) (start 00:00) final WC Yue Yuan (CHN) 1/64 to play Q-Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) (start 08:00) final WC Donna Vekic (HRV) 1/64 to play 13-Belinda Bencic (CHE) (start 00:00) final WC Camila Osorio (COL) 1/64 to play Marie Bouzkova (CZE) (start 03:00) final LL Emiliana Arango (COL) quali lost Antonia Ruzic (HRV) 7-6(4) 6-4 fying final Q Varvara Gracheva (FRA) quali won Iva Jovic (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-2 fying final Q Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) quali won Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 fying final Q Katerina Siniakova (CZE) quali won Yafan Wang (CHN) 6-3 7-5 fying final Q Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) quali won Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-1 6-1 fying final LL Emiliana Arango (COL) quali won Anna Bondar (HUN) 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) fying 1st Q Varvara Gracheva (FRA) quali won Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 5-7 5-2 (Retired) fying 1st Q Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) quali won Alycia Parks (USA) 6-4 6-0 fying 1st Q Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) quali won Diane Parry (FRA) 6-1 6-0 fying 1st 1 Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 2 Iga Swiatek (POL) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 3 Coco Gauff (USA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 4 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 5 Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 6 Jessica Pegula (USA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 7 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 8 Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 1/64 to play Victoria Mboko (CAN) (start 13:00) final 10 Clara Tauson (DNK) 1/64 to play Olga Danilovic (SRB) (start 06:00) final 11 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 1/64 to play Leylah Fernandez (CAN) (start 00:00) final 12 Karolina Muchova (CZE) 1/64 to play Marta Kostyuk (UKR) (start 00:00) final 13 Belinda Bencic (CHE) 1/64 to play WC-Donna Vekic (HRV) (start 00:00) final 14 Emma Navarro (USA) 1/64 to play WC-Shuai Zhang (CHN) (start 00:00) final 15 Diana Shnaider (RUS) 1/64 to play Q-Katerina Siniakova (CZE) (start 04:30) final 16 Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 1/64 to play Emiliana Arango (COL) (start 00:00) final (Note : all times are GMT)

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* Israel pounds Gaza despite Trump's call for end to bombing * Palestinians wonder when Trump's Gaza plan will be implemented * Egypt prepares to host ceasefire talks * Israeli markets hit highs in sign of optimism * (Adds comment from Palestinian man in paragraphs 5-6, Tel Aviv stock exchange official in paragraph 13, Tel Aviv resident in paragraph 14) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steven Scheer CAIRO/JERUSALEM Oct 5 (Reuters) – Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight and on Sunday, destroying several residential buildings, witnesses said, as Palestinians hoped a U.S. plan to end the war would soon ease their suffering. U.S. President Donald Trump, who had called for an end to the bombing, said on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that Israel had agreed to an "initial withdrawal line" inside Gaza and that "when Hamas confirms, the Ceasefire will be IMMEDIATELY effective." Israel escalated its offensive as Egypt prepares to host delegates from Hamas, Israel and the United States, and Qatar, to kick off talks over the implementation of the most advanced effort yet to halt the conflict. Some Palestinians, who have seen multiple ceasefire efforts fail since the war began two years ago then spread through the Middle East, are losing patience. Displaced Palestinian man Ahmed Assad was hopeful when news broke of Trump's plan. "Unfortunately, there is no translation for this on the ground. We do not see any change to the situation, on the contrary, we don’t know what action to take, what shall we do? Shall we remain in the streets? Shall we leave?" he asked. EGYPT TALKS WILL TACKLE UNRESOLVED ISSUES Hamas had drawn a welcoming response from Trump on Friday by saying it accepted certain key parts of his 20-point peace proposal, including ending the war, Israel's withdrawal, and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives. But the group left some issues up for further negotiation, as well as questions unanswered, such as whether it would be willing to disarm, a key demand from Israel to end the war. "Progress would depend on whether Hamas would agree to the map, which shows the Israeli army would remain in control of most of the Gaza Strip," said a Palestinian official, close to the talks. "Hamas may also ask for a strict timetable for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The first phase of talks will determine how things are going to proceed," he told Reuters, asking not to be named. In a sign of Israeli optimism over the Trump plan, the shekel currency hit a three-year high against the dollar and Tel Aviv stocks reached an all-time high. Yaniv Pagot, head of trading at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, said the rally reflected a shift from depression to optimism. "It's the first time in months that I'm actually hopeful. Trump has really instilled a lot of hope into us, and we believe in him and his leadership," said Tel Aviv resident Gil Shelly. Domestically, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is caught between growing pressure to end the war — from hostage families and a war-weary public — and demands from hardline members of his coalition who insist there must be no let-up in Israel's campaign in Gaza. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on X that halting attacks on Gaza was a "grave mistake." Smotrich and Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, also a hardliner, have significant influence in Netanyahu's government and have threatened to bring it down if the Gaza war ends. ARAB STATES WELCOME HAMAS RESPONSE TO TRUMP PLAN But opposition leader Yair Lapid of the centrist Yesh Atid party has said political cover will be provided so the Trump initiative can succeed and "we won't let them torpedo the deal". In Gaza City, which Israel describes as one of Hamas' last bastions, Israeli forces continued attacks and warned residents who left against returning, saying it was a "dangerous combat zone." On Sunday, witnesses said Israeli planes escalated attacks against targets across the city, Gaza's biggest urban centre. GAZANS DESPERATE FOR START OF TRUMP'S TRUCE PLAN Local health authorities said at least one Palestinian was killed, and several others were wounded in those attacks. Three other people were killed in separate Israeli strikes across the enclave, medics said. Under Trump's plan, all Israeli hostages, alive and deceased, were due to be released within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting the agreement. Israel says 48 hostages remain, 20 of whom are alive. There may be logistical challenges too. Sources close to Hamas told Reuters handing over living hostages could prove relatively straightforward, but retrieving bodies of dead ones amid the huge devastation and rubble of Gaza may take longer than a few days. Trump said on Friday he believed Hamas had shown it was "ready for a lasting PEACE" and he called on Netanyahu's government to halt airstrikes in Gaza. Israel began attacking Gaza after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 251 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's campaign has killed more than 67,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities. (Additional reporting by Jaidaa Taha in Cairo, Mahmoud Issa in Gaza and Miro Maman in Tel Aviv; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Lincoln Feast, William Maclean and Louise Heavens)

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Oct 5 (OPTA) – Final Rounds and Seeds Progress from the WTA 1000, Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open Women's Singles matches on Sunday .. Final Rounds .. Seed Round Rslt Opponent Score 1 Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 1-Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) (Bye) final 2 Iga Swiatek (POL) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 2-Iga Swiatek (POL) (Bye) final 3 Coco Gauff (USA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 3-Coco Gauff (USA) (Bye) final 4 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 4-Amanda Anisimova (USA) (Bye) final 5 Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 5-Mirra Andreeva (RUS) (Bye) final 6 Jessica Pegula (USA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 6-Jessica Pegula (USA) (Bye) final 7 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 7-Jasmine Paolini (ITA) (Bye) final 8 Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 1/64 won (Bye) final – 1/64 lost 8-Elena Rybakina (KAZ) (Bye) final – Varvara Gracheva (FRA) quali won Iva Jovic (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-2 fying final quali won Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 5-7 5-2 (Retired) fying 1st – Iva Jovic (USA) quali lost Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 3-6 6-4 6-2 fying final quali won Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 6-3 6-4 fying 1st – Antonia Ruzic (HRV) quali won Emiliana Arango (COL) 7-6(4) 6-4 fying final quali won Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 6-3 6-1 fying 1st – Emiliana Arango (COL) quali lost Antonia Ruzic (HRV) 7-6(4) 6-4 fying final quali won Anna Bondar (HUN) 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) fying 1st – Polina Kudermetova (RUS) quali won Viktoriya Tomova (BGR) 6-4 6-1 fying final quali won Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 7-6(4) 7-5 fying 1st – Viktoriya Tomova (BGR) quali lost Polina Kudermetova (RUS) 6-4 6-1 fying final quali won Katie Boulter (GBR) 3-6 6-4 6-1 fying 1st – Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) quali won Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 6-3 4-6 6-4 fying final quali won Fangran Tian (CHN) 6-4 6-2 fying 1st – Kimberly Birrell (AUS) quali lost Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 6-3 4-6 6-4 fying final quali won Suzan Lamens (NLD) 6-1 6-2 fying 1st – Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) quali won Xiyu Wang (CHN) 6-4 6-3 fying final quali won Alexandra Eala (PHI) 6-4 3-6 6-2 fying 1st – Xiyu Wang (CHN) quali lost Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 6-4 6-3 fying final quali won Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 2-6 6-3 6-3 fying 1st – Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) quali won Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 fying final quali won Alycia Parks (USA) 6-4 6-0 fying 1st – Bianca Andreescu (CAN) quali lost Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 fying final quali won Tereza Valentova (CZE) 6-4 6-2 fying 1st – Katerina Siniakova (CZE) quali won Yafan Wang (CHN) 6-3 7-5 fying final quali won Catherine McNally (USA) 7-5 6-3 fying 1st – Yafan Wang (CHN) quali lost Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-3 7-5 fying final quali won Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 6-4 4-6 6-4 fying 1st – Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) quali won Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-1 6-1 fying final quali won Diane Parry (FRA) 6-1 6-0 fying 1st – Anna Blinkova (RUS) quali lost Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-1 6-1 fying final quali won Caroline Dolehide (USA) 4-6 6-4 6-1 fying 1st ………………………………………….. .. Seeds .. Seed Round Rslt Opponent Score WC Shuai Zhang (CHN) 1/64 to play 14-Emma Navarro (USA) (start 00:00) final WC Yue Yuan (CHN) 1/64 to play Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) (start 08:00) final WC Donna Vekic (HRV) 1/64 to play 13-Belinda Bencic (CHE) (start 00:00) final WC Camila Osorio (COL) 1/64 to play Marie Bouzkova (CZE) (start 03:00) final 1 Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 2 Iga Swiatek (POL) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 3 Coco Gauff (USA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 4 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 5 Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 6 Jessica Pegula (USA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 7 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 8 Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 1/32 to play (start 00:00) final 1/64 won (Bye) final 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 1/64 to play Victoria Mboko (CAN) (start 13:00) final 10 Clara Tauson (DNK) 1/64 to play Olga Danilovic (SRB) (start 06:00) final 11 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 1/64 to play Leylah Fernandez (CAN) (start 00:00) final 12 Karolina Muchova (CZE) 1/64 to play Marta Kostyuk (UKR) (start 00:00) final 13 Belinda Bencic (CHE) 1/64 to play WC-Donna Vekic (HRV) (start 00:00) final 14 Emma Navarro (USA) 1/64 to play WC-Shuai Zhang (CHN) (start 00:00) final 15 Diana Shnaider (RUS) 1/64 to play Katerina Siniakova (CZE) (start 04:30) final 16 Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 1/64 to play Emiliana Arango (COL) (start 00:00) final (Note : all times are GMT)

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Oct 5 (OPTA) – Results and fixtures for the J-League on Saturday (start times are JST) Shimizu S-Pulse (1) 1 Tokyo (0) 1 Nagoya Grampus (2) 2 Cerezo Osaka (0) 1 Albirex Niigata (0) 1 Fagiano Okayama (1) 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (0) 2 Machida Zelvia (0) 1 Avispa Fukuoka (0) 1 Yokohama (0) 0 Urawa Reds (0) 1 Vissel Kobe (0) 0 Kashiwa Reysol (1) 1 Yokohama F. Marinos (0) 0 Kyoto Sanga (1) 1 Kawasaki Frontale (1) 1 Sunday, October 5 fixtures (JST/GMT) Kashima Antlers v Gamba Osaka (0600)

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(Adds details on Bezzecchi injury, quotes) MANDALIKA, Indonesia, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ducati's MotoGP champion Marc Marquez suffered a collarbone injury as a result of a collision with Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap of the Indonesian Grand Prix on Sunday, his team said. Bezzecchi collided with the rear of Marquez's Ducati and the pair both hurtled into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez appearing to be in significant discomfort after tumbling head over heels. The Spaniard, who won his seventh MotoGP championship at last week's Japanese Grand Prix, 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. EVIDENCE OF FRACTURE Marquez was later seen with his arm in a sling, with members of Ducati team saying on the race's broadcast that there was evidence of a fracture after initial scans. "As a result of today's crash at Indonesian GP, Marc Marquez has suffered an injury to his right collarbone," Ducati said in a statement on social media. "The Spanish rider will travel tonight to Madrid (Spain) for further medical tests and to decide on the treatment to follow." The injury was on the shoulder of the arm Marquez fractured in the 2020 July season-opening Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, which ruled him out for an extended period and required several surgeries. "Not the best way to celebrate the championship," Marquez told reporters after the race. "In the end, Marco Bezzecchi already came to me and said sorry. This happens. It's something that sometimes I will do, sometimes somebody else will do, but it was not on purpose. So, Marco accepts it was his fault. "We will fly to Madrid and try to understand with the doctors exactly what is wrong and try to come back as soon as possible." BEZZECCHI ESCAPES MAJOR INJURY Aprilia said Bezzecchi was taken to hospital to undergo a more comprehensive examination following the crash where he was given the all-clear. "After the medical examinations, no fractures have been found for Marco Bezzecchi," Aprilia said in a statement. Marquez's Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, Joan Mir (Honda HRC) and Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) also crashed out of Sunday's race, won by Gresini Racing rookie Fermin Aldeguer. While Marquez can afford to miss the last four rounds of the season having already sealed the title , Bezzecchi still has the opportunity to finish third overall ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and possibly fight with Alex Marquez for second. Alex sits on 362 points while Bagnaia (274) is third, just 20 points ahead of Bezzecchi in the standings. The next race is the Australian Grand Prix in two weeks. (Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Rohith Nair; Editing by William Mallard, Lincoln Feast and Christian Radnedge)

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* OPEC+ countries to hold meeting at 1100 GMT on Sunday * Countries agree in principle on 137,000 bpd hike, sources say * Saudi Arabia, Russia had different views ahead of Sunday (Recasts on agreement in principle) By Olesya Astakhova and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON/MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) – OPEC+ will raise oil output from November by 137,000 barrels per day (bpd), the same fairly modest increase as in October, three people close to the matter said on Sunday. The group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia and some smaller producers has increased its oil output targets by more than 2.6 million bpd this year, equating to about 2.5% of global demand. The shift in policy after years of cuts is designed to regain market share from rivals such as U.S. shale producers. OPEC+ has agreed in principle on a 137,000 bpd increase, three OPEC+ sources said ahead of an online meeting scheduled for 1100 GMT on Sunday. In the build up to the meeting, Russia and Saudi Arabia, the two biggest producers in the OPEC+ group, had different views, sources have said. Russia was advocating for a modest output increase, the same as in October, to avoid pressuring oil prices and because it would struggle to raise output owing to sanctions over its war in Ukraine, two sources said this week. Saudi Arabia would have preferred double, triple or even quadruple that figure – 274,000 bpd, 411,000 bpd or 548,000 bpd respectively, sources said ahead of the meeting. OPEC+ output cuts had peaked in March, amounting to 5.85 million bpd in total. The cuts were made up of three elements: voluntary cuts of 2.2 million bpd, 1.65 million bpd by eight members and a further 2 million bpd by the whole group. The eight producers plan to fully unwind one element of those cuts – 2.2 million bpd – by the end of September. For October, they started removing the second layer of 1.65 million bpd with the increase of 137,000 bpd. (Reporting by Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar, Olesya Astakhova and Dmitry Zhdannikov, writing by Alex Lawler, Editing by David Goodman)

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