47 m. ago David Beckham ‘immensely proud’ as knighthood confirmed on King’s Birthday Honours list

The former England captain is being honoured for services to sport and charity

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48 m. ago David Beckham ‘immensely proud’ over knighthood award in King’s Birthday Honours

Beckham won 115 caps for England.

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48 m. ago David Beckham’s rollercoaster journey from Leyton Orient trial to a knighthood

The former England captain has been given a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours.

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97 m. ago UN peacekeeping chief in Congo meets M23 leaders in first visit to rebel

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, in her first visit to the eastern city of Goma since its capture by the insurgents

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2 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'can't believe' Lou Michaelis move as 'love interest' emerges

Fans of the ITV soap said they 'can't believe' what is set to happen with Lou Michaelis as they spotted her potential new love interest

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2 h. ago Iran launches hundreds of ballistic missiles towards Israel as it begins major response to attacks on its nuclear sites: Live updates

Iran vowed to respond 'harshly' to Israel's strikes on Tehran's nuclear facilities, which have taken out top Revolutionary Guard generals and nuclear scientists.

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2 h. ago Iranian ballistic missiles rain down on Tel Aviv with skies ablaze after Iran vowed 'revenge' on Israel for nuclear site attacks

Israelis have been ordered to take cover in bomb shelters as Iran launches hundreds of ballistic missiles that has hit seven sites and injured several people in revenge for attacks last night.

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3 h. ago 'I was meant to be on fatal Air India flight. Heavy traffic saved my life'

Bhoomi Chauhan said she felt 'numb' after hearing about the crash, which claimed the lives of hundreds of people

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3 h. ago Borrowed culture and a plasticine burger – welcome to the Club World Cup and almost

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami play in Saturday’s opener but people still look blank when asked about Fifa’s $1bn eventFire up the marching band. Rouse the majorettes from their state of indifference. Put out more flags. Put out some flags. Put out a flag. Er is anyone actually there? IShowSpeed? Can you hear me Pitbull? Welcome to the almost-World Cup, an almost-real almost-event that will perhaps, with a favourable wind, now begin to feel like almost-football.­This week Gianni Infantino described Fifa’s regeared tournament as football’s Big Bang, referencing the moment of ignition from which all the matter in the universe was dispersed out of a previously cold and indifferent void. And to be fair, Infantino was half-right. So far we have the void. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'work out' new Underworld owner as unexpected duo emerges

Fans think they have spotted a potential new owner of Underworld after Carla Connor

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3 h. ago Passengers advised to 'plan ahead' for Parklife weekend in Manchester

Nearly 200,000 people are expected to attend multiple events across the city this weekend

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3 h. ago London fire LIVE: Harold Hill blaze sends smoke billowing over city

As many as 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters raced to the scene of a huge fire in Harold Hill this evening - with a thick plume of grey smoke seen billowing over London

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4 h. ago Hundreds of US marines arrive in LA as large protests are planned across US

Marines arrive on seventh day of protests in Los Angeles, after Trump’s earlier decision to send national guard troopsUS politics live – latest updatesFederal troops continued to be on duty in the streets of Los Angeles on Friday after a series of court rulings, and more arrived, with large protests planned in California and across the country this weekend against the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration raids and a big military parade in Washington DC.About 200 US marines arrived in LA on Friday morning. This followed Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to deploy national guard troops to LA last weekend, over the objections of the governor of California, Gavin Newsom. The marines were to take over protecting a federal building, US Army Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who commands the taskforce of marines and national guardsmen, said. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Kneecap’s legal team for court battle to include Julian Assange lawyer

Rapper Liam O hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged over the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag at a gig in May.

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4 h. ago UK records warmest day of the year so far as temperatures hit 29.4C

It comes ahead of an amber thunderstorm warning coming into effect.

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4 h. ago How to watch the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 for free in the UK this summer

The revamped FIFA Club World Cup 2025 gets underway on Sunday, with Manchester City and Chelsea among the 32 teams battling it out for the title in the USA

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4 h. ago About 200 marines to move into Los Angeles, says official, as law enforcement continues patrolling California streets – live

Neither marines nor national guard troops in Los Angeles have temporarily detained anyone, Maj Gen Scott Sherman says; marines to protect federal buildings and personnelWith Donald Trump’s deployment of more troops in response to protests in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the president’s birthday, journalist Judith Levine tells Jonathan Freedland why she believes the US has entered a new era of authoritarianism in this week’s edition of US Politics Weekly. You can listen here.With predictions of as many as 200,000 attendees at tomorrow’s Washington parade, the Secret Service is preparing for protests by erecting 18 miles of anti-scale fencing and deploying drones to the city’s skies to keep watch. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago GCHQ intern who downloaded secrets and names of spies onto phone learns fate

Hasaan Arshad, 25, was found to be in 'flagrant breach' of tight security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system during his GCHQ internship

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5 h. ago Women’s prize winner Yael van der Wouden: ‘It’s heartbreaking to see so much hatred towards queer people’

The winner of this year’s fiction prize on growing up as an outsider, why we’re all guilty of complicity, and using her acceptance speech to reveal that she is intersexIt has been a dramatic couple of years for 37-year-old Dutch author Yael van der Wouden: her first novel, The Safekeep, a love story that deals with the legacy of the Holocaust in the Netherlands, was the focus of a frenzied bidding war and shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Last night it won the Women’s prize for fiction.“I wrote this book from a place of hopelessness,” she says when we meet. “I was looking for a ray of sunshine.” This morning in London the sun is blazing. She could never have expected that her novel would see off shortlisted authors including Miranda July (of whose work she is a big fan) and Elizabeth Strout. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jail bosses investigate video showing 'prison governor walking out of city centre brothel'

EXCLUSIVE: Footage shows a man dressed in a grey suit and a white shirt walking out of a door between two shuttered shopfronts in Sheffield.

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