6 h. ago Piers Morgan risks wrath of Donald Trump as he tells England to BOYCOTT World Cup

England are in the middle of their preparations for the 2026 World Cup but the Three Lions have been told to consider their spot at the tournament in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s tariff threats

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8 h. ago Scotland could boycott World Cup in protest at Donald Trump, says former SNP MP

Hannah Kennedy-Bardell said Scots needed to consider "radical action" to send a message to the US president.

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9 h. ago Calls for Scotland and England to boycott the World Cup over Trump's Greenland obsession

Conservative former minister Simon Hoare and Liberal Democrat MP Luke Taylor intimated that both England and Scotland should pull out of the tournament in protest at President Donald Trump.

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10 h. ago Calls for England and Scotland to boycott the World Cup over Trump's Greenland obsession

Conservative former minister Simon Hoare and Liberal Democrat MP Luke Taylor intimated that both England and Scotland should pull out of the tournament in protest at President Donald Trump.

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32 h. ago Tickets, travel and Trump: How the 2026 World Cup is shaping up six months from the final

The champion will be decided on 19 July in New Jersey. Here’s a rundown of the issues that will shape the tournament as it comes to North AmericaWe’re only six months from the biggest single sporting occasion in the world. On 19 July in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the men’s World Cup final will kick off and a champion will be crowned (although it will be hard to top the last one).The final will be more than a coronation (or confirmation, if Argentina repeat as champions). It will also be a culmination of six weeks of near non-stop soccer played across three countries, four time zones, and 16 cities. It’s likely that conclusions will already be drawn at that point on how the whole tournament fared. But for now, at this semi-convenient milestone, it’s worth taking stock of where we are six months out. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Trump’s obsession with Greenland is a victory for no one but Putin

Trump may be unaware that he’s doing Russia’s bidding, but Europe and the UK understand they need to handle him carefully or risk giving the Kremlin multiple victories, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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50 h. ago FIFA warned to strip Donald Trump of the World Cup after 'utterly, totally sickening' actions'

TalkSPORT star Jeff Stelling, who hosted Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday for 29 years, says Trump's policies should disqualify the US from hosting the iconic football tournament

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56 h. ago The most popular show among gen Z? The Rookie – a police procedural

In an era of TikTok and YouTube, teens have never watched old-school television less – yet zoomers love this broadcast drama seriesHannah Leef knows she should be studying for midterms this week. But she has to also make time to watch her all-time favorite episode of The Rookie, an ABC procedural drama about Los Angeles cops. (That would be season two, episode eight.) The 15 year old, who lives in New England, calls the show her “hyperfixation”.Leef first watched the entire series, which is currently in its eighth season, in three weeks. “Which is, like, not healthy,” she admits. She keeps up with new episodes while constantly rewatching the series – which she’s done 10 times now. She’s hooked “about 12 or 13” of her friends on The Rookie, and one of them ploughed through the entire series in a week: “She did not sleep.” Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with awardFifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prizeThere is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago A World Cup cancellation seems utterly unthinkable despite Donald Trump's imperialism

IAN HERBERT: Governments decide whether to withdraw their teams from a World Cup, but it would be hard to see anything but a boycott for the Danes in those circumstances.

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2 d. ago Wes Streeting hails improvement in NHS ambulance response times

Mr Streeting unveiled new figures showing ambulances in England last month reached heart attack patients and other 'Category 2' calls faster than at any time since the pandemic.

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4 d. ago US responds to fears Trump's visa ban could unleash World Cup CHAOS

Football fans said they feared the 'hostile' visa ban handed down by Donald Trump's White House could stop them from following their team at this year's World Cup

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4 d. ago Trump administration exempts World Cup and Olympics from visa ban

Foreign spectators, media and corporate sponsors intending to attend these events remain barred

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4 d. ago Trump administration exempts World Cup and Olympic athletes from visa ban

Foreign spectators, media and corporate sponsors intending to attend these events remain barred

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4 d. ago Three US citizens sue Trump with the ACLU over encounters with ICE agents – live

Lawsuit comes as state governor Tim Walz urges Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after president threatens to invoke Insurrection ActTrump threatens to use Insurrection Act in MinnesotaPeople affected by the US visa freeze: share your experienceDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US names major sporting events other than World Cup, Olympics exempt from Trump visa ban

The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as “major sporting events” — aside from soccer's 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games — that athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the U.S. to take part in despite a broad visa ban

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5 d. ago ACLU sues Trump administration for ‘racial profiling campaign’ against Somali and Latino communities in Minnesota surge – live

Lawsuit comes as state governor Tim Walz urges Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after president threatens to invoke Insurrection ActTrump threatens to use Insurrection Act in MinnesotaPeople affected by the US visa freeze: share your experienceDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump to 'make most important announcement in history' in World Cup bombshell

EXCLUSIVE: Brit documentary film-maker Mark Christopher Lee says Washington insiders have told him the US President has already written the speech

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5 d. ago Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act over protests in Minneapolis – US politics live

US president says he will use law that allows military to be deployed domestically if protests in Minneapolis do not stopDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago World Cup thrown into chaos as Trump blocks fans of 15 nations from entering the US

The State Department released an internal memo on Wednesday that directed consular officers to deny visas from 75 different countries ahead of this summer's big tournament.

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