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The Sudanese Armed Forces say they captured the town of Abu Surug in West Darfur on October 5, taking it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The claim is being tracked by open-source analysts following Sudan's civil war, which has seen heavy fighting across Darfur as the army presses offensives against the RSF.

A small music release titled 'Somebody's Gotta Do It' is being circulated online alongside links to artist pages and a Lyon concert poster credited to Phab. The shared material mixes genres tagged R&B and punk, pointing to Bandcamp album pages and personal artist sites. It appears to be part of grassroots self-promotion within a local independent music scene.

Channel 4 has confirmed it is making a celebrity version of the show Handcuffed, according to a report by Televisual. Details such as the cast, air date and format changes have not yet been announced. The news gives the programme a higher-profile spin-off as broadcasters continue to commission celebrity editions of successful formats.

Channel 4 has confirmed a brand-new reality series called Celebrity Handcuffed, with what the announcement calls explosive pairings of celebrities confirmed for the line-up. Details beyond the show's title and its pairing concept have not yet been released, and it is not clear when the series will air or which names are taking part.

Katie Price and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman are to be chained together for Channel 4's new celebrity format, Celebrity Handcuffed. The pairing of a reality TV star and a politician has drawn attention for its unusual casting, with the two expected to spend time physically bound to each other for the programme.

Seattle radio station KEXP played The Verve's 1993 track Slide Away during its Variety Mix programming. The song, from the band's debut album A Storm in Heaven, remains a staple of the British shoegaze and Britpop era. The mention carries a Ukrainian flag tag, and listeners share the track's streaming and Bandcamp links.