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[title] => Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact as regional tensions escalate
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[description] => Deal with nuclear-armed Pakistan comes as Gulf Arab states worry about US reliability while Saudi official says pact isn’t responding to ‘specific events’Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a formal mutual defence pact in a move that significantly strengthens a decades-long security partnership amid heightened regional tensions.The enhanced defence ties come as Gulf Arab states grow increasingly wary about the reliability of the US as their longstanding security guarantor – concerns heightened by Israel’s attack in Qatar last week. Continue reading...
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[description] => Armed forces say ‘special naval militia’ involved in Caribbean deployment as defence minister cites ‘threatening, vulgar voice’ of WashingtonVenezuela says it has begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region.Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month – a move slammed by UN experts as “extrajudicial execution”. Continue reading...
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[description] => Injury to New Zealand flanker one of four changesFly-half Ruahei Demant set for landmark 50th capJorja Miller has been ruled out of New Zealand’s semi-final against Canada in a huge blow to the Black Ferns’ hopes of defending their Rugby World Cup crown. New Zealand are in for a tight game on Friday against Canada, who are ranked No 2 in the world as they seek a place in a third straight World Cup final. Their most recent meeting ended in a 27-27 draw in the Pacific Four tournament.The 21-year-old Miller has been one of the Black Ferns’ best players this World Cup in both attack and defence, scoring four tries and missing two tackles of the 39 attempted. Continue reading...
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[description] => Negotiations soon to begin on UK’s entry to Safe scheme, which it hopes will secure bigger role for its defence firmsFrance has proposed limiting the use of British-produced military components in the EU’s €150bn defence fund, in a move that could complicate negotiations over the UK’s entry into the scheme.Four diplomatic sources told the Guardian that French officials had proposed a 50% ceiling on the value of UK components in projects financed through the EU’s €150bn Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund. Continue reading...
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[title] => Gabriel Martinelli’s instant impact gives Arsenal opening win at Athletic Bilbao
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[description] => “Impactors,” Mikel Arteta called them, and Gabriel Martinelli made quite an impact at San Mamés. “Sometimes you just need a second to change the history of a football club,” the Arsenal manager said last spring, and although describing the goal that set up victory here in those terms would be pushing it, the beginning of a Champions League campaign in which they aspire to do just that underlined why he has insisted on the importance of strength in depth. On a night in which they were without seven key men and were yet to find a way through a club that are the ultimate in resistance the solution came from the bench.One second it was not, but Martinelli had only been on the pitch for thirty-six of them when was suddenly away, racing behind the Athletic Bilbao defence and slipping the ball under Unai Simón to put Arsenal into the lead with twenty minutes left. As if to prove the point, Leandro Trossard, another substitute who had come on just five minutes before him, had provided the p...
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[title] => The Guardian view on the UN’s genocide finding: Britain – and the world – can no longer look away | Editorial
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[description] => A UN commission has found Israel’s war in Gaza ranks among history’s greatest crimes. The UK government must stop hiding behind legal fictions and recognise the realityA United Nations commission of inquiry has now said what Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organisations, as well as many genocide scholars, have already argued: that Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide. The commission finds that mass killings, attacks on vital infrastructure, starvation, displacement and denial of medical care meet the legal definition of history’s gravest crime. It finds genocidal intent “the only reasonable inference” from both the statements of Israel’s leaders and the conduct of its forces in Gaza.Against this, Israel’s repeated assertions that it is acting in lawful self-defence ring hollow in the face of overwhelming evidence and a deliberate pattern of destruction. The UN’s conclusion imposes moral clarity. It also demands political action, especially from those, includi...
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[description] => Following weeks of devastating airstrikes that have already razed Gaza City to the ground, the Israeli Defence Forces are now entering the city on foot hoping to root Hamas out once and for all
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[title] => Bruno Fernandes hits out at Manchester United’s lack of control in derby loss
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[description] => All goals in 3-0 loss to City were avoidable, says captainMazraoui concedes United ‘just not good enough’Bruno Fernandes has criticised Manchester United’s lack of control in Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, the captain stating that each of the goals his team conceded at the Etihad Stadium could have been avoided.Phil Foden’s header came after Jeremy Doku moved too easily past Luke Shaw, while Doku’s assist for Erling Haaland’s first goal derived from the space allowed by United’s defence. The Norwegian’s second goal was a breakaway finish, and against resulted from suspect defending by the visitors. Defeat leaves United with four points from their opening four games of the season. Continue reading...
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[title] => Europe’s secret Ryder Cup weapon? VR headsets shouting abuse at players
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[description] => Rory McIlroy reveals team’s new plan for Bethpage testNorthern Irishman signs off with strong 65 at WentworthRory McIlroy has revealed a secret European weapon before their upcoming defence of the Ryder Cup: virtual reality headsets shouting abuse.Luke Donald, Europe’s captain, handed players the equipment during a team gathering on Tuesday night. The idea is to try to replicate what level of attention – or name-calling – the European team will receive in what is expected to be the hostile environment of Bethpage later this month. Continue reading...
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[title] => Inoue vs Akhmadaliev: Fight time, undercard, latest odds, prediction, ring walks today
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[description] => ‘The Monster’ returns home to Japan for latest defence of his undisputed super-bantamweight titles
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[title] => Three things we learned from Chelsea draw as defence struggles but Moises Caicedo scores again
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[title] => Sophie de Goede shines in Canada’s formidable win over Australia
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[description] => Quarter-final: Canada 46-5 AustraliaCanucks will face New Zealand in semi-finalsExpansive attacking rugby? Tick. Pick and go tries? Tick. Impressive defence and holding up tries? Tick. Canada’s performance underlined why they are among the tournament favourites and had everything to set-up a tasty semi-final against the defending champions, New Zealand, on Friday.The wing Alysha Corrigan was a bright spark, scoring twice, as was Karen Paquin while the dependable Sophie de Goede had another solid outing for the side she used to captain. Continue reading...
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[title] => Who is Tommy Robinson: From apprentice aircraft engineer to right
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[title] => England confirm major changes to coaching staff as Lee Blackett joins from Bath
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[description] => Sarah Hunter and Lou Meadows pinpoint when it all clicked for Red Roses ahead of their World Cup quarter-final Earning the right to win each game may be the Red Roses’ mantra at this Rugby World Cup but making history on home soil is the goal Sarah Hunter and Lou Meadows are working to orchestrate. England’s assistant coaches describe themselves as complementary, bringing diverse experience that creates a “good blend” alongside the forwards coach, Louis Deacon, and the head coach, John Mitchell, with the Red Roses unbeaten under the New Zealander’s tenure.In a hotel meeting room on the outskirts of Bristol as England enter the business end of the tournament, Hunter and Meadows explain how the coaching setup offers “different lenses” for tactics and planning. The duo have brought a sharp, strategic edge to the hosts’ defence and attack and for 40 minutes they range over a series of topics, including picking in which game this England side have come closest to perfection. Continue rea...
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[description] => France, Germany and Denmark to contribute fighter jets and other assets in mission also expected to involve UKFrance, Germany and Denmark will contribute fighter jets and other military assets to an enhanced defence of Poland against future Russian drone incursions, Nato leaders announced at a press conference on Friday.The UK is also expected contribute to the Eastern Sentry mission, which will gradually be expanded across from the Arctic in the north to the Black Sea and Mediterranean in the south to better tackle Russian drones and missiles. Continue reading...
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[description] => Cas bans US sprinter Erriyon Knighton for four yearsEthiopia’s Diribe Welteji ineligible pending case appealDoping in track and field has been thrust back into the spotlight on the eve of the World Athletics Championships after the US sprint star Erriyon Knighton was banned for four years and the Ethiopian Diribe Welteji was declared ineligible to run in Tokyo because of a case still being adjudicated. Both athletes had previously won world championship medals.The 21-year-old Knighton, who won a world championship bronze over 200m in 2022 and silver in 2023, had blamed his failed drugs test last year on contaminated oxtail imported from abroad. However on Friday the court of arbitration for sport rejected Knighton’s defence. A press release said: “There is no proof that would support the conclusion that oxtail imported into the USA would be likely to contain trenbolone residues at the level required to have caused the athlete’s adverse analytical finding.” Continue reading...
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[title] => Russian drone incursion an ‘aggressive, reckless act’, says EU as Poland plans no
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[description] => Poland is seeking to step up its defences with plans to restrict air traffic in the eastern part of the countryGrynkewich now gets a specific question on Poland.He speaks about how allied command operations worked in this case, with every level “doing exactly what they were supposed to do, which was to defend Alliance territory.”“But when you’re when you’re an operational commander, and you have a capability and there’s an attack or an incursion into your airspace, the cost of the weapon doesn’t matter at that moment in time; you’re going to use it to defend our population.” Continue reading...
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[description] => Poland is seeking to step up its defences with plans to restrict air traffic in the eastern part of the countryForeign ministers of Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland have just issued a joint statement “strongly condemning the recent incursion of Russian drones into Polish territory,” calling it a “deliberate and coordinated attack” and an “unprecedented provocation.”They recognised the need for “better coordination and operational coopration between our respective structures responsible for air security” to “prevent the harmful consequences of Russia’s outrageous actions.”Only an adequate and resolute response will half further escalation. Continue reading...
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[title] => Poland dismisses Russia’s claim drone incursion was unintentional as UK considers bolstering Nato air defences – live
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[description] => Donald Tusk says Poland dealing with a large-scale provocation after at least 19 violations of Polish airspacePoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country is closer to military conflict “than at any time since the second world war” as Warsaw and Nato allies weighed a response to an incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.Poland scrambled its own and Nato air defences, shooting down at least three drones, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Nato territory early on Wednesday in the most significant way since the full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Continue reading...
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[title] => Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine
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[description] => Donald Tusk says operation was launched after ‘repeated violations of Polish airspace’Follow the latest updates livePoland scrambled its own and Nato air defences to shoot down drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday during a Russian attack on Ukraine in what the Polish army called an “act of aggression” as Warsaw got involved in the war in its neighbouring country for the first time.The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said early on Thursday that operations were continuing and that he was in “constant contact” with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte. Tusk called for an emergency meeting of the council of ministers at 8am local time, a government spokesman said. Continue reading...
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[description] => Warplanes scrambled after warning from Ukraine; Poland to seal border over Russian and Belarus’s ‘very aggressive’ Zapad war games. What we know on day 1,295Warplanes were scrambled early on Wednesday after Ukraine’s air force warned that Russian drones had entered Nato-member Poland’s airspace. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command said. The Ukrainian air force said drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland. Ukrainian media reported that one was heading towards the western Polish city of Rzeszow, and said airports were being temporarily closed.Poland will close its border with Belarus on Thursday as a result of the “very aggressive” Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus involving Russia, Donald Tusk has announced. The Polish prime minister said it was also a response to a growin...
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[title] => Macron appoints new Prime Minister just 24 hours after François Bayrou lost confidence vote: Defence minister, 39, becomes country's fourth PM in a year
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