Goalless draw earns Crystal Palace aggregate win in Conference playoff at Fredrikstad

  • Second leg: Fredrikstad 0-0 Crystal Palace (Agg 0-1)

  • Palace into Friday’s draw but could now lose Guéhi

Crystal Palace’s European adventure goes on after successfully navigating past Norwegian opponents who were determined to make things hard for the FA Cup winners on a tricky plastic pitch. After being denied entry into the Europa League by Uefa, a gritty defensive performance that equalled a club record of 13 matches unbeaten in all competitions while playing in the top flight ensured that they will take their place in Friday’s draw for the Conference League.

More than 1,700 made the journey from south London to Fredrikstad on an occasion many Palace supporters had never thought would become a reality. There were times when they would have feared that the club’s first away match in a major European competition may also end in disappointment as Andreas Hagen’s side piled on the pressure after their narrow defeat in the first leg.

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ChatGPT offered bomb recipes and hacking tips during safety tests

OpenAI and Anthropic trials found chatbots willing to share instructions on explosives, bioweapons and cybercrime

A ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives recipes and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing carried out this summer.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 also detailed how to weaponise anthrax and how to make two types of illegal drugs.

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Democrats seek ‘immediate answers’ after reported arrests of firefighters by US border agents

Senator Patty Murray calls Trump’s immigration policy ‘fundamentally sick’ after incident in Washington state

Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state.

Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000 acre blaze in the Olympic national forest, where they arrested two people who were part of a contract firefighting crew, the Seattle Times first reported. The fire is the largest currently burning in the state.

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‘The whole town was out after’: Grimsby football fans proud of victory over Manchester United

Town celebrates and club shop sells merchandise around world after League Two side defeat Premier League giants in Carabao Cup tie

“I felt like I was dreaming, honestly,” said Wayne Brightmore, 49, after watching Grimsby Town, the football club he has supported since he was a boy, pull off a historic win by beating one of the biggest teams in the world.

“Seeing us beat Manchester United at Blundell Park didn’t feel real,” he said. “It’s dreamland for us, we couldn’t have imagined anything better.”

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