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Lords of Scam looks at the scammers that managed to skim mns of EURs from financial loopholes in the EU’s Emissions Trading System. The French-language Netflix documentary traces the rise and crash of businessmen-turned-scammers who amassed a fortune through financial deception and altered carbon taxes. Europe has a carbon quota system in place that allows for companies to buy and sell offsets on carbon emissions levels, but for years the system had a series of loopholes that flew under the radar. By interviewing the front man of the operation, Tunisian Mardouche “Marco” Mouly, the true crime doc goes into the details of the scam and how it fell apart from the inside out as those involved began to turn on each other once the police came sniffing.

⚽ Pyramids will face Alexandria’s Al Ittihad in the most important matches of the Egyptian League today at 8pm, while El-Gouna will play against Pharco and Al Mokawleen against El Gaish, both at 5:30pm.

But the game all Egyptian football lovers will be waiting for is tomorrow’s Al Ahly versus El Zamalek at 8pm at the Cairo International Stadium.

Today in the Europa League:

• 7:45pm: Leon vs. Sparta Braga
• 7:45pm: Legia Warsaw vs. Napoli
• 10:00pm: Leicester City vs. Spartak Moscow
• 10:00pm: Marseille vs. Lazio

And the Europa Conference League (Serious question: does anyone actually watch it?):

• 10:00pm: Roma vs. Bodo Glimt
• 10:00pm: Tottenham vs. Fethiye Arnhem

And as usual, new gameweeks of the major European leagues are coming back on Friday: In the English Premier League, Southampton will play against Aston Villa at 10pm. In La Liga, Athletic Bilbao faces Cadiz at 10pm while Empoli plays against Genoa at 10:15pm in Serie A. In the German Bundesliga, Mainz will meet Borussia Moenchengladbach at 9:30pm.

But the Premier League will really kick off on Saturday, with the day starting with the Manchester derby between United and City at 2:30pm. At 5pm, Chelsea will play against Burnley, Brentford against Norwich City, and Crystal Palace against Wolves. Brighton and Newcastle will end the day with a game at 7:30pm.

Barcelona will face Celta Vigo at 5:15pm on Saturday in La Liga, while Real Madrid will host Rayo Vallecano at 10pm.

Bayern Munich plays against Freiburg at 4:30pm in the German League, while Borussia Dortmund has a difficult confrontation against RB Leipzig at 7:30pm.

Juventus will face Fiorentina at 7pm on Saturday in Serie A. You can stream the match without charge on YouTube.

And finally, Ligue 1 will see Paris Saint-Germain face Bordeaux at 10pm.

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Some sweet treats to enjoy during the weekend: Craema Bakery infuses Egyptian flavors and spices into Western pastries and cakes, coming up with creations that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are delicious. Their specialty tarts come in all shapes and sizes, with flavors ranging from custard, molasses and tahini, pistachio and halva, and sticky pecan buns. Craema also makes a wide selection of cookies including halva and dark chocolate, pecan and cinnamon, and our personal favorite, oatmeal cookies with white chocolate and apricot. For more intense dessert lovers, check out their signature cakes which vary from lemon blueberry to 3agameya walnut. You can order the sweet treats from their page on Instagram. For now it seems only Maadi peeps are privy.

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Don’t miss out on CairoComix 6 this weekend at the Mahmod Mokhtar Cultural Center which brings together local comic book creators and animators in a series of exhibits, workshops, talks, and book signings.

AUC’s Falaki Theatre is hosting this year’s Hakawy Festival for youth art, featuring music groups, art exhibitions, and acting performances from children across the country. You can check out the festival’s events here.

Singer and actor Mohamed Ramadan is holding a concert at Family Park tomorrow at 10pm. We’re guessing the family-friendly venue felt confident enough, now that Ramadan has vowed to keep his clothes on while on stage.

Pink Floyd cover band Paranoid Eyes are performing tomorrow at 10pm at The Room New Cairo in a set called The Dark Side Of The Room.

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Stuff you should know, from the Stuff You Should Know podcast: Hosted by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant, the show has often topped charts since its debut in 2008. The podcast explores such a wide variety of topics, that you’ll find something that suits you no matter what your interests are. However, the duo always venture to explain things in a way that is interesting and comedic, tying events to both popular culture and history. The episodes have two formats: A full-length episode that nears an hour in length or the 15-minute “short stuff.” Some of their most popular releases explore tipping in restaurants, cheese, Barbie, and pinball; we’ve recently listened to an episode that poses the question “Will we find evidence of aliens by their engineering projects?” You can find the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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This Is How They Tell Me the World Will End: The Cyber Weapons Arms Race: In her book, New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth explores the new kind of global warfare that comes with the threat of cyberweapons. She focuses mainly on zero day exploits where hackers exploit a vulnerability before software developers can find a fix. With zero day attacks, hackers have been able to do everything from silently spying on an iPhone, dismantling the safety controls at a chemical plant, rigging an election, or even shutting down the electric grid. For a long time, the US was planning to hoard the zero day technology for its own uses, but soon the hacker market grew out of control until the West eventually became the main targets from other nations who mastered the use of cyberweapons. Perlroth uses years of reporting and hundreds of interviews to paint a picture of what could happen if cyber criminals decide to take on the world.