Episode of October 16, 2026

McDonald's 2026 Halloween Boo Buckets feature five Disney Villains: Jafar (Aladdin), Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Scar (The Lion King), Cruella de Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) and Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty). They go on sale starting Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, at participating restaurants for a limited time, while supplies last. You get one by purchasing a Happy Meal — the Boo Bucket replaces the usual Happy Meal box (order a "Boo Bucket Meal" in-restaurant or via the McDonald's app; entrée choices are a hamburger, add-cheese burger, or 4- or 6-piece Chicken McNuggets, plus drink, apple slices and fries). There is no separate flat price: the bucket's cost is folded into the meal and is set by each individual restaurant, so prices vary by location.

Confirmed. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 releases Friday, October 23, 2026 (PlayStation Store lists it at 10/23/2026, 04:00 AM UTC). Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Battle.net/Steam), and Nintendo Switch 2 — it is NOT on previous-gen PS4/Xbox One. The standard (Standard Edition) US price is $69.99 (Vault Edition is $99.99 on all platforms). Xbox Game Pass subscribers must still buy it separately: Xbox's own page states "Modern Warfare 4 not available with Game Pass at Launch," and IGN confirms it "will not be available on Game Pass at launch" (secondary reports point to a later holiday 2027 addition).

Confirmed: Hyron Andrews, 31, a South African lock who joined the Johannesburg-based Lions (10bet Lions) this season after two years at Sale Sharks, died on Friday 16 October 2026 at the team hotel on France's Île de Ré, near La Rochelle, where the squad had been staying since Tuesday ahead of their Investec Champions Cup opener. SA Rugby said he "passed away tragically, following an accident" and "died after falling" at the hotel; French media reports (not officially confirmed) say he was found unconscious in a shower cubicle with emergency services called shortly after 10am and he was in cardiorespiratory arrest, and a local public prosecutor is investigating. The Lions said they are "deeply saddened" and their CEO Rudolf Straeuli said the club is "heartbroken," sending condolences to his wife Maiglin and young sons; EPCR said it and the Lions "have learned of the tragic passing," and a moment's silence will be held before every opening-round Champions Cup/Challenge Cup fixture. The Lions confirmed Saturday's Champions Cup match against La Rochelle at Stade Marcel Deflandre WILL go ahead "in honour of Hyron" (kick-off 17:30 BST/18:30 SAST), with "an appropriate tribute" to be pla

Zalgiris Kaunas vs Anadolu Efes (EuroLeague Round 6, Fri 16 Oct 2026) tips off at 18:00 UK time (BST) — 19:00 CEST / 17:00 UTC / 20:00 in Kaunas. In the UK there is no domestic linear TV channel for it: the official EuroLeague TV listings page lists the UK only as "INFLIGHTS, SPORT 24" (in-flight/cruise channels). For home viewing, a UK fan watches via EuroLeague TV (euroleague.tv), the official streaming service.

Apple's folding iPhone Duo: (1) Official US starting price is $1,999 (256GB); other tiers are 512GB $2,199, 1TB $2,599, 2TB $3,199. (2) Pre-orders open Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5 a.m. PT on apple.com and in the Apple Store app. (3) Availability/shipping begins Friday, October 23, 2026 ("Available starting 10.23"). (4) Colors available: Night Sky and Star White (titanium foldable design).

Iga Swiatek beat Ann Li 6-4, 6-1 in 1 hour 33 minutes in the Wuhan Open quarterfinal on Friday (Oct 16, 2026). Swiatek now plays her Polish compatriot Maja Chwalinska in the semifinal on Saturday (Oct 17, 2026) — their first meeting at WTA Tour level (they last met in 2016, an ITF event in Stockholm, which Swiatek won 6-2, 6-3). It will be the first all-Polish semifinal at a WTA-level event in the Open Era.

Best source: USA Today (usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/10/15/…) — it's a major outlet, fully non-paywalled, and the only candidate that answers all three parts in detail. Characters (five, each with a themed lid and stickers): Jafar (Aladdin), Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Scar (The Lion King), Cruella (101 Dalmatians) and Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty). Exact date: the Boo Buckets Happy Meal goes on sale Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, for a limited time at participating restaurants while supplies last. How to get one: the bucket replaces the normal Happy Meal box ("Boo Bucket Meal") ordered in-restaurant or via the McDonald's app, with a choice of hamburger (cheese optional) or 4- or 6-piece Chicken McNuggets, plus a drink, apple slices and fries; McDonald's says bucket prices are set by each individual restaurant and vary by location. Taste of Home (also non-paywalled) and WDWNT covered the same five villains and Oct. 20 date but lacked the meal contents/price detail; Attractions Magazine was blocked by a Cloudflare bot wall (HTTP 403).

Pick matchcountdown.com. Its match page states "Friday, October 16, 2026 · 17:00 UTC" and "All event times are shown in your local time," so for a UK fan the confirmed tip-off is 6:00 pm UK time (17:00 UTC = 18:00 BST) tonight, backed by a live countdown and an FAQ confirming kick-off. basketnews.com and xscores.com are both blocked by Cloudflare bot walls ("Just a moment…", HTTP 403), while flashscore.com is confusing and thin: it defaults to football and its EuroLeague fixtures/results pages served betting-ad boilerplate and JS-driven lists showing only dates, with no readable kick-off time or TV info for this game. Note the gap even on the winner: no site named a specific UK broadcaster/stream — MatchCountdown's "Where to watch" is only a generic JustWatch/YouTube-highlights pointer, so there is no confirmed UK TV/streaming listing.

Pick IGN (ign.com). Its article "Microsoft Is Reminding Xbox Game Pass Members That They'll Have to Buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 if They Want to Play Day One" (by Wesley Yin-Poole) is the single best source because it explicitly confirms all four facts in one place: launch on Friday, October 23, 2026; platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC (Battle.net, Xbox on PC, Steam) and Nintendo Switch 2; a standard-edition price of $70 (Vault Edition $100); and that the game will NOT be on Game Pass day one — subscribers must buy it to play at launch, with it joining Game Pass about a year later. Caveats on the others: callofduty.com (the official publisher site) repeatedly timed out for me, so I could not verify it; GameSpot was blocked by a Cloudflare "Just a moment..." bot wall (HTTP 403); and Xbox Wire's official "Modern Warfare 4 Launches October 23 as a Standalone Release" post rendered too thin to confirm pricing (1-min read, body did not load).

The CBSSports.com article body itself would not render for me (see obstacles), but its headline is "Joe Milton signs with Eagles amid Jalen Hurts injury, possible IR move," and the story is fully confirmed by CBS's own Philadelphia outlet and Bleacher Report (dated Oct. 16, 2026). What the Eagles are doing: signing QB Joe Milton off the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad onto their 53-man roster (reported by insider Jordan Schultz). Why: Jalen Hurts was diagnosed with a superficial blood clot in his calf — found via ultrasound after a Saturday walkthrough in London before the Jaguars game, with a follow-up ultrasound Wednesday showing the clot had moved — and was ruled out for Week 6 vs. the Carolina Panthers; the Eagles were also thin at QB after releasing Andy Dalton on Oct. 9, leaving only Tanner McKee and rookie Cole Payton behind Hurts. What it means: Tanner McKee starts Sunday vs. Carolina (his third career start), with Payton likely the No. 2 initially and Milton expected to become the primary backup once he learns the playbook; Hurts' return timeline is unclear (CBSSports' headline suggests a possible IR move, which would sideline him at least four games). Milton, a 2024 sixth-