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Foreign secretary Ed Miliband told Labour's party conference that critics of the government's stance on Gaza 'were right', conceding Labour had been wrong. In a speech promising that Labour is 'not here to accept the status quo but to change it', Miliband's admission marks a notable shift in tone from a senior cabinet minister on one of the party's most divisive foreign policy issues.

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment has announced Alibaba Group as an official technology and cloud partner of the Brooklyn Nets. The deal makes the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant a technology partner of the NBA franchise, part of a wider push by Alibaba to expand its cloud business and sports sponsorships internationally. Details on the length and financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.