26 minutes ago Paul Pogba opens up on his doping ban 'hell' after being hit with four

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY SAMI MOKBEL: It is the afternoon of October 4, 2024. Paul Pogba stands at home gazing out of the window overcome with shock. Happy shock.

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30 minutes ago Lucy Letby gave baby morphine overdose years before first murder, inquiry hears

Newborn received 10 times the correct amount of painkiller and could have died if colleagues had not spotted errorLucy Letby gave a potentially fatal dose of morphine to a newborn baby two years before she murdered her first victim, an inquiry has heard.The infant received 10 times the correct amount of the painkiller at the end of a night shift in July 2013 and could have died if colleagues at handover had not spotted the error an hour later. Continue reading...

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42 minutes ago Jimmy Carter has voted in presidential election, representatives confirm

Statement does not reveal who ex-president voted for but he has said he wants to live long enough to vote for HarrisJimmy Carter, the centenarian former Democratic president, has voted in the 2024 presidential election, his representatives confirmed on Wednesday.A statement from the Carter Center did not reveal who he voted for, but it is assumed the 100-year-old, who is in hospice care, cast his ballot for the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

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45 minutes ago Comment: Why we’re not buying the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show's return

It doesn’t matter who they send down the catwalk, nothing can sex up the brand’s sordid history of powerful men preying on women

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47 minutes ago Former Las Vegas official who killed journalist must serve at least 28 years

Robert Telles was convicted of stabbing Jeff German of Las Vegas Review-Journal who had written critical articlesA former Las Vegas official was sentenced to serve nearly three decades in Nevada state prison for killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office two years ago and exposed an intimate relationship with a female co-worker.Judge Michelle Leavitt of the Clark county district court on Wednesday sentenced Robert Telles to serve at least 28 years for the September 2022 murder of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. Continue reading...

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51 minutes ago Despite the frenzy of Thomas Tuchel’s England reception there is cause for hope | Jonathan Liew

Put aside the patriotic outrage and the German faces similar problems to his predecessors – but could still solve themBut what about the pathway? What kind of message does it send out to all the promising English coaches out there? What does it say about the system when the Football Association needs to import a head coach from abroad? Why won’t you sing the national anthem? Is it hypocritical for you to wear a poppy when it was your lot who, you know?Yes: if the industrial-strength outrage generated by his appointment is any indication, Thomas Tuchel’s press conference after winning the 2026 World Cup is certainly going to be wild. Because of course we must assume that this outrage is in fact a consistent and principled intellectual stance that will be maintained throughout regardless ...

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51 minutes ago Sky shoppers snap up Samsung's new 2024 Galaxy tablet in 'unmissable' £2 deal

Samsung's newest Tab S10 Ultra tablet is here and our tech expert has found a more affordable way to split it's iPad-rivalling price

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58 minutes ago Murder investigation opened after motorist ‘runs over’ cyclist in Paris

Witnesses say incident happened after luxury car driver and cyclist had heated roadside argumentProsecutors in Paris have opened a murder investigation after the driver of a luxury SUV reportedly ran over a cyclist, crushing him to death, after a heated roadside argument in the centre of the capital.“Initial witness statements indicate that the movement of the car towards the cyclist was deliberate on the part of the driver,” the prosecutor’s office told BFM-TV on Wednesday. The 52-year-old driver was arrested at the scene on Tuesday evening. Continue reading...

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77 minutes ago PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, October 16, 2024

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

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84 minutes ago ‘It’s not me, it’s just my face’: the models who found their likenesses had been used in AI propaganda

London-based Synthesia’s technology was employed to make deepfake videos for authoritarian regimesThe well-groomed young man dressed in a crisp, blue shirt speaking with a soft American accent seems an unlikely supporter of the junta leader of the west African state of Burkina Faso.“We must support President Ibrahim Traoré Homeland or death we shall overcome!” he says in a video that began circulating in early 2023 on Telegram. It was just a few months after the dictator had come to power via a military coup. Continue reading...

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