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Workers throughout the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) supply chain are being told to apply for universal credit following the cyber attack on the company, a union has said.

Unite said staff were being laid off with "reduced or zero pay" following the hack, which has forced the carmaker to shut down its IT networks and halt production.

Unite has called for the UK government to set up a furlough scheme, similar to the one announced by the Scottish government for bus maker Alexander Dennis.

JLR declined to comment on the union's claim. It has previously said factory production would not resume until 24 September at the earliest, but sources claim disruption could last until November.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said it was the "government's responsibility to protect jobs and industries that are a vital part of the economy".

"Workers in the JLR supply chain must not be made to pay the price for the cyber attack," she added.

The BBC has contacted the government for comment.

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ABC has pulled late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely over comments he made about the shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," a spokesperson for the Disney-owned network said in a statement to the BBC.

In his Monday night monologue, Kimmel said the "MAGA gang" was trying to score political points off Kirk's killing.

On Tuesday, a 22-year-old suspect appeared in court charged with aggravated murder over last Wednesday's shooting of the 31-year-old conservative activist. Representatives for Kimmel did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Kimmel said on Monday: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

The late-night host also criticised flags being flown at half mast in honour of Kirk, and mocked the president's reaction to the shooting.

"This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a gold fish," Kimmel said.

Shortly after ABC announced the host had been suspended, Trump, who has criticised him on multiple occasions, said it was "great news for America".

"The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,"the president wrote in a social media post.

Trump then criticised two other late-night hosts, Jimmy Fallon and and Seth Myers, who he described as "two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible."

Benfica have appointed Jose Mourinho as their manager on a deal until the summer of 2027.

Mourinho, 62, succeeds Bruno Lage, who was sacked after the shock Champions League defeat against Qarabag on Tuesday.

The former Chelsea boss returns to management less than a month after being dismissed by Fenerbahce following a Champions League play-offs defeat by his new club Benfica.

Mourinho began his managerial career with Benfica in 2000 but took charge of only 10 games and left following a dispute with the club president.

His new deal at Benfica includes an option for the club and Mourinho to decide not to continue for another season up to 10 days after the end of the 2025-26 campaign.

Lage was sacked despite losing just one game across all competitions this season and Mourinho inherits a side that sit sixth in the Primeira Liga, five points adrift of leaders Porto, but with a game in hand.

His first game back at the Lisbon-based club is on Saturday at 18:00 BST when they travel to 17th-placed AVS.

League One strugglers Wycombe Wanderers have named Michael Duff as their new head coach after sacking Mike Dodds.

Duff, 47, most recently worked as Huddersfield Town boss last season after spells at the helm of Swansea City, Barnsley and Cheltenham.

The Terriers sacked him in March after they dropped out of the League One play-off places with 10 matches of the campaign remaining.

He now succeeds Dodds at a Wycombe side that sits 19th in the table after just one win and five defeats in their opening eight league games under the former Sunderland assistant.

"Everyone at Wycombe Wanderers would like to welcome Michael to the club and look forward to working with him to support the club's goals of competing at the highest level possible in this league and beyond," the club said in a statement.

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Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe met head coach Ruben Amorim at the club's Carrington training ground on Thursday.

As first reported by The Athletic, Ratcliffe flew into Manchester for talks, which were said to be pre-planned.

Ratcliffe had other meetings in addition to the one with Amorim. However, it is understood the 72-year-old is keen to help Amorim work through his current issues.

Ratcliffe did not accompany chief executive Omar Berrada to Leigh this evening to watch the club's women's side reach the Champions League main draw for the first time.

Amorim has come under huge pressure following a dismal start to the season.

Despite spending more than £200m on new players, United have won once - thanks to a stoppage-time penalty against Burnley last month - and were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two Grimsby.

While sources close to Ratcliffe have insisted he remains supportive of the former Sporting coach and point to massively improved data as a reason for their continued belief in the 40-year-old, others argue the statistics mask chronic underperformance.

United have privately dismissed a report Amorim has three games to save his job, although it is clear defeats by Chelsea, Brentford and Sunderland before the October international break would test their faith to the maximum.

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Britain's Tom Pidcock says he worries about riders being targeted after extensive pro-Palestinian protests during the Vuelta a Espana.

The 26-year-old finished a career-best third at the three-week race - cycling's final Grand Tour of the season - for his new Q36.5 team.

The Vuelta - won by Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard - was affected by protests across at least eight stages of the race, leading to crashes in the peloton and organisers having to end stages early.

The eight-man Israel-Premier Tech team, who included two British riders, were targeted, specifically on stage five's team time trial.

Pidcock said: "Obviously I'm not going to comment on why people are protesting, but I worry about my friends who ride for the Israel [Premier Tech] team.

"They're not riding to support Israel, they're riding because they got an opportunity to race bikes around the world - at the end of the day they're just like [the rest] of us. And same with all the staff.

"They had a pretty rough time of it – they have for a while, but it was worse [at the Vuelta]."

Pidcock explained that several riders became more worried as the three-week race progressed.

The final stage to Madrid was abandoned with around 60km to go after protestors stormed the course and minor scuffles broke out with some riders.

Pidcock, who has won two Olympic gold medals in mountain biking and one of the most gruelling stages of the Tour de France, spoke of his experience of seeing the disruptions occur.

"The last stage... when Felix [Gall] got pushed off his bike in Madrid, just before the race was stopped - yeah, that was overstepping it," Pidcock said.

"On one stage they threw pins in the road, and a lot of riders punctured. But in general it never got to a point where I was seriously scared.

"I just don't think people think about the consequences of what they're doing. In the [time trial] I got hit in the face with a flag for example."