China Is Cracking Down On Disloyalty!

British officials have said they are working to reverse a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans attending a Europa League game next month because of security concerns. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the police recommendation to bar the visiting team’s fans from the November 6 game was “the wrong decision,” and UEFA urged British authorities to ensure the Israeli team’s fans could go to the match. Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression in World War 2, died this morning at the age of 101. And China has released its second-most senior general and eight other high-ranking military commanders, as leader Xi Jinping enforces a crackdown on corruption and disloyalty in the Chinese armed forces.