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The wrestlers, predominantly either orphans or raised by single parents, receive no salary and rely on donations to get by.They train under rain and blazing sun, cook basic meals of porridge outdoors, and sleep in rented dormitories.

Aged 23, Jordan Loverine has emerged as one of SGW's brightest stars and is a symbol of what the sport can mean to those with nowhere else to turn."Wrestling has given me hope after dropping out of school," he told BBC Sport Africa."I was almost giving up in life.

"But SGW has given me a new family and new dreams too - to become a great wrestler, to gain fame and success and to help others."More than 100 young Ugandans, all aged 25 and under, now make up the SGW roster.

Among the standout talents is Lamono Evelyn from Northern Uganda, whose stage name is Zampi.

Raised by her mother after losing her father as a baby, she never completed high school because of financial hardship.Emma Salisbury, a fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, a think tank, says the carrier's Pacific deployment holds a powerful symbolic importance. "It's a message not just of deterrence against Russia, but also against China," she says. "In the world as it is now, we can't look at things geographically. Everything is interconnected. It's linking together our alliances and partnerships on a global scale."

But the deployment also highlights the challenges of trying to do more with less. Britain can only afford to have an episodic appearance in the Indo-Pacific. And the Trump administration has warned UK and other European allies to focus on their own doorstep, rather than faraway adventures. The carrier deployment is another strain on finite resources.Of course, ministers maintain that their soon-to-be published defence review really could reset the dial and restore the UK to military readiness. But so far no government has really been willing to tackle the greatest dilemma for UK defence: do less or spend a lot more.

There is no doubt that Reform performed well in Thursday's local council elections. The party won most votes, most seats and overall control of most councils.True, the party's share of the votes cast across all 23 councils where elections took place on Thursday was no more than 31%. So despite doing well, it secured far from a majority of those voting.