Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney visited the UK to watch their soccer team, Wrexham, play for the first time. The duo bought the club in February.
Welcome to W̶r̶e̶x̶h̶a̶m̶ Maidenhead 👋@RMcElhenney | @VancityReynolds
— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) October 26, 2021
🟢⚪️ #WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/2UiYODo5gI
A Spanish judge has granted joint custody of a dog to a separated couple. The "pioneering" ruling was made after the couple went to court to settle who the pooch, named Panda, would live with.
Spain grants joint custody of dog in rare ruling https://t.co/SqZFzsI9uZ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 27, 2021
The US government has begun its legal appeal against a British court's ruling that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited. Assange is wanted over his publication of thousands of sensitive, classified documents belonging to the US in 2010 and 2011.
''For this reason I have decided extradition would be oppressive by reason of mental health and I order his discharge” https://t.co/xoj8GdpGCU
— Evening Standard (@standardnews) October 27, 2021
Senators in Brazil have voted to recommend charging President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the South American country. Among the recommendations is the charge of crimes against humanity.
A Brazilian Senate committee is recommending that President Jair Bolsonaro be indicted for allegedly bungling the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether to file charges would be up to Brazil's prosecutor-general, a Bolsonaro appointee. https://t.co/MNOdv7dM7N
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 26, 2021
A 21-year-old has become the only current top-level male soccer player to declare himself gay. Adelaide United player Josh Cavallo said he is "finally comfortable" enough to talk about his sexuality.
— Josh Cavallo (@JoshuaCavallo) October 27, 2021
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