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The time of day is a matter of dispute because of a row between political and religious authorities.

He did not give a reason for the move, but many commentators regard it as a way to boost his popularity during Ramadan. It said its clocks and other devices would stay in winter time but its flight times would be adjusted to avoid disrupting international schedules. But Christian authorities said they would change the clocks on the last Sunday in March, as happens most years.

Government's last-minute decision to delay clocks going forward caused confusion and deepened religious division.

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Lebanon is in the midst of the worst financial crisis in its modern history. “I had an 8am appointment and a 9am class, which will now happen at the same time,” she said.

The government decided to keep the time as it is, meaning that Muslims in the country can open their fast an hour earlier, but many people have now opposed ...

Some Muslims objected to the change and pointed out that fasting is supposed to begin at dawn and end at sunset regardless of time zone. The country’s phone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic so the time would not change at midnight. [Lebanese](https://news.sky.com/topic/lebanon-6383) government decided that daylight saving time would begin at the end of Ramadan on 21 April, but this was met with much confusion.

In our weekly price comparison of grocery essentials, it's now Tesco working out as most expensive for the same eight items, at £12.21. In fact, Asda is one of ...

Chicken 300g - £2.55 Chicken 300g - £3 Milk 2 pints - £1.30 Milk 2 pints - £1.19 Chicken 300g - £2.59 Salted butter 250g - £1.99 Have you noticed price rises slowing down? Savers Salted butter 250g - £1.89 This is only the second time that Tesco has been the most expensive since we started tracking prices last March. Chicken 300g - £2.50 It too increased the price of its mince, but only by 4p from £2.15 to £2.19. Chicken 300g - £2.29

An inordinate amount of time is lost to field placements, mid-pitch chats and non-essential tasks; administrators need to step in to speed up the game.

There's a place for pageantry to enhance the importance of games but it should never impinge upon play. If a batter deliberately wasted time and wasn't ready to face up, I'd let the bowler deliver and if he hit the stumps, I'd give it out. If a bowler is about to begin his run-up, a batter must be in position to receive the delivery. "Umpires must be given license to insist that players don't purposefully waste time. These can possibly be decreed health measures or might be purely down to superstition, but they often completely ignore the etiquette of the game. Although it may change with the money in cricket, you basically have to love the game to play it decently.

Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for ...

His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a "purely administrative procedure" that was being given "an obnoxious sectarian turn". A spokesperson for the premier's office said it did not have an immediate comment on the reasoning behind the decision or the resulting backlash. instead of 7 p.m. During the meeting with Berri, Mikati was seen responding in the video clip that his request was not possible because it would cause "problems", including to flight scheduling. LBCI said in a statement that it would disobey Mikati's decision because it would have harmed its work, adding: "Lebanon is not an island". Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for ...

instead of 7 p.m. His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a "purely administrative procedure" that was being given "an obnoxious sectarian turn". A spokesperson for the premier's office said it did not have an immediate comment on the decision's reasoning or the resulting backlash. LBCI said in a statement that it would disobey Mikati's decision because it would have harmed its work, adding: "Lebanon is not an island". [Najib Mikati](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/najib-mikati/) issued a decision on Thursday to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20, instead of entering daylight savings time on the last weekend of March as is usually the case in [Lebanon](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/lebanon/), Europe and other regions. [Muslims](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/muslims/) by allowing those fasting during the holy month of [Ramadan](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/ramadan/) to break their fasts an hour earlier, at around 6 p.m.

The clocks 'sprang forward' one hour last night, an idea that can be traced back to William Willett, a Farnham builder born in 1856.

Willett died of influenza in 1915, aged 58, before he could see his idea become law. So, if you normally get up at 8am, it will feel like 7am after the clocks are set to go forward one hour on Sunday, March 26 at 1am. The former Farnham man is also immortalised in pop music.