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Premier League clubs approve changes to 'associated party' sponsorship rules

Premier League clubs voted to amend sponsorship rules on Friday despite calls from some clubs, including champions Manchester City, to delay any agreement.City challenged the league's associated party transaction (APT) rules, which assess whether deals between clubs and entities linked to their ownership represent fair market value, on competition law grounds earlier this year.Since a takeover from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, vice president of the United Arab Emirates, in 2008, City have become the dominant force in English football.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Premier League clubs approve changes to 'associated party' sponsorship rules

With destruction at Lebanon border, Israel could seek buffer zone: experts

Israel appears to be trying to create a buffer zone in south Lebanon to remove the threat from Hezbollah but its effectiveness in preventing cross-border attacks remains to be seen, observers say.Israel began heavily bombarding south Lebanon in September, escalating its months-long battle against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and later sending in ground troops.An official in south Lebanon said more than a dozen border villages have been two-thirds destroyed, while data analysis also points to broad destruction in the frontier area.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: With destruction at Lebanon border, Israel could seek buffer zone: experts

Israel strikes south Beirut, toppling 11-storey building

Israeli air strikes hit Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Friday and crumpled an 11-storey building, official media reported and AFP images showed, after Israeli military evacuation warnings.The latest raids follow intense Israeli attacks in recent days on south Beirut as well as other areas in Lebanon's south and east, where Israel says it has been targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel strikes south Beirut, toppling 11-storey building

Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel, other aid run low

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Friday that hospitals have only two days' fuel left before they must restrict services, after the UN warned aid delivery to the war-devastated territory is being crippled.The alarm came a day after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant more than a year into the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas militants.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Fears for Gaza hospitals as fuel, other aid run low