76 m. ago Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s TV deal for Fifa’s global project is next expansionist step towards a world super league“And what exactly are you doing here, sir?” To be fair, the border guard at Miami international airport made an excellent point. As ice-breakers go, frowning over the passports and visa tickers of the long-haul crowd on matchday minus four of the Fifa Club World Cup, the border guard was at least in tune with the zeitgeist. What is football doing here?What are Lionel Messi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and the massed engines of the football-industrial complex doing hovering like an alien landing party over this fun, sinking sandbank of a city, a strip of land where the ocean seems to be punching a mulchy green hole in the asphalt every few miles, a place that from the air seems to be made entirely from deep-fried crumb, tropical weed and traffic? Continue reading...

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1 hour ago History is repeating itself in my hometown and it’s terrifying to watch

Like everywhere in Northern Ireland, Ballymena has suffered its share of atrocities. Now it’s happening all over again, writes Kate Devlin

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1 hour ago BBC One makes schedule change for Air India crash coverage as EastEnders and The One Show impacted

The BBC has announced that EastEnders and The One Show will be moved in a last minute schedule change, with BBC One airing coverage of the Air India crash instead

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2 h. ago Air India crash live updates: Disaster death toll climbs to 290 as Brit victim describes flight's final moments

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad while heading to London Gatwick.

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3 h. ago Syria asks women to dress modestly on beaches but says bikinis still allowed

Women advised to cover up on public beaches, prompting concerns about freedoms under new governmentSyria’s government has asked women to wear “burkinis” or more modest swimwear while visiting public beaches this summer, although it later clarified there will be no legal consequences for those who wear bikinis.A government directive on Tuesday asked women to wear a “burkini or swimwear that covers more of the body”, and loose-fitting clothing when out of the water. The decree also asked men not to be shirtless when not swimming. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The best last minute booze and food gifts for Father’s Day 2025 from £2

Not sure what to get him - and fast? We've got you covered

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3 h. ago EuroMillions rolls over again meaning Friday the 13th jackpot will be biggest

One lucky lottery winner could take home an eye-watering £208m and that would be the largest prize pot handed out ever

Economics

3 h. ago Air India crash live updates: Miracle Brit survivor describes terrifying last seconds before crash

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad while heading to London Gatwick.

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3 h. ago Ryanair says passengers are ‘suffering’ in 2.5 hour queues due to Portuguese border control delays

The low-cost airline says passengers are missing their flights due to wait times at airports including Lisbon, Porto and Faro

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4 h. ago Our breath is a unique 'fingerprint' that shows anxiety or depression says experts

Boffins are able to identify people solely by their breathing patterns and it also shines a light on a person’s physical and mental well-being

Science

4 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson exposes truth of hidden 'mistake' in Clarkson's Farm finale

Clarkson's Farm fans lost their minds over a "weird mistake" at the end of the fourth season's finale episode, but Jeremy Clarkson himself has finally set the record straight

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4 h. ago I took my city kids on a road trip to teach them about the outback – and learned a few lessons myself | Emily Mulligan

Sensing a golden opportunity to impart some Aussie folklore, I confidently told my kids about a Bunyip. I was unable to answer their follow-up questionsRecently, I bundled the family into our beaten up station wagon and set out on a 3,000km journey from Sydney to the outback to instil some core memories into the kids. We had an ambitious agenda. The distances we had to cover to achieve my red dirt dreams were, to a sane minded person with two small kids in the back, loopy.And I will admit that, for the majority of this road trip, we were gripped with a palpable, vibrating rage towards each other, about the distance yet to travel, and the discomfort of every moment we were in the car. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Voices: Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you

The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine)

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4 h. ago ‘Short man syndrome’ is REAL – boffins say smaller blokes are jealous and competitive

Shorter fellas are hard-wired to be jealous of 'more attractive' taller men and feel the need to prove themselves to compensate for their lack of inches, according to Australian boffins

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4 h. ago More mass casualties near Gaza food points as GHF says five staff killed

US-Israel logistics group claims workers were attacked by Hamas, while Israeli forces kill 22 people across the territoryThe bloody chaos that has overtaken food distribution in Gaza has worsened with more mass casualties among Palestinians trying to reach humanitarian assistance, while the US-Israeli organisation tasked with deliveries claimed that five of its local workers had been killed by Hamas.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said on Thursday that a bus full of its Palestinian staff was attacked by Hamas at 10pm local time on Wednesday, with at least five deaths and other workers taken hostage. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Stagecoach bus drivers in from across the UK to cover Ayrshire strikes

Bus drivers have been brought in to help Stagecoach provide some services across Ayrshire while six weeks of strikes are ongoing.

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5 h. ago Car bursts into flames on M8 as firefighters battle to control blaze

Images from the scene show ferocious flames engulfing the car and huge plumes of thick black smoke towering into the air.

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5 h. ago Simple M&S wedding guest dress that's less than £50 had my friends shocked over where it's from

Fashion writer Eve Rowlands wore a simple black dress to a wedding recently and, with its bubble hem, elegant high neck and open back, friends couldn't believe it was from Marks and Spencer

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5 h. ago I’ve been lucky enough to watch Lionel Messi play 42 times – and it still doesn’t feel enough

The sands of time are slowly closing in on perhaps football’s greatest ever player, writes Miguel Delaney, so treasure these final moments

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5 h. ago Queen Camilla praises literary prize for championing women authors for 30th anniversary

Queen Camilla made a surprise appearance at an open-air event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction in London where she hailed the competition for helping female writers

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