Late Amad strike seals Ivory Coast win over Ecuador

Ivory Coast'sAmad Diallo scored a clinical 90th-minute winner to earn his side a ​1-0 win over Ecuador in World CupGroup E on Sunday, Reuters reported. 

Wilfried Singo broke down the right wing and his pass inside to substitute Amad set up the Manchester United forward to deftly steer the ball into the far corner of the net from the edge of the box.

Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at 10 million

Voters in Switzerland have rejected an unprecedented far-right proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 million in a divisive referendum dubbed “the Swiss Brexit”, The Guardian reported. 

Some 54.79% of voters were against the proposal by the Swiss People’s party (SVP) and 45.21% were in favour. Turnout was 58.86%.

A different outcome would have obliged the Swiss government to limit the population, currently 9.1 million, to 10 million by 2050, enacting tough restrictions on family reunification, residency permits and asylum if the number had reached 9.5 million before that date.

UK and Japan agree £18bn investment deal

The UK and Japan have agreed a multi-billion pound investment deal which UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said will build a "new era of co-operation" between the two nations, Reuters reported. 

Japanese firms will spend more than £9bn on UK infrastructure and financial services and up to £9bn on UK offshore wind, creating tens of thousands of jobs, Downing Street said as the PM met his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi in London.

11 skydivers and pilot killed in US plane crash

Eleven skydivers and one pilot have been killed in a plane crash in the US state of Missouri, officials said, BBC reported. 

The airplane, which was leased by a skydiving company, took off around 11:20 local time on Sunday, according to a Bates County Emergency Management spokesperson.

After failing to gain altitude, it made a sharp left turn and crashed about 200 yards away from Butler Memorial Airport, the spokesperson told the BBC. All 12 people on board died, he said.