44 m. ago South Africa win World Test Championship after completing stunning comeback against Australia – live reaction

South Africa chasing a target of 282 to win at Lord’sRead the latest edition of The Spin | And email James60th over: South Africa 218-3 (Markram 106, Stubbs 0) So it is Tristan Stubbs to the middle. Starts at the non-striker’s end, but immediately gets strike as Markram guides a single. Lots of pressure on Stubbs, more a white-ball player but one of huge talent, who Shukri Conrad has backed in this team. Small target, plenty of time, and in a short-form game he might knock off these last 64 runs in five overs. But this is different. Hit on the pad early, Hazlewood appealing but it’s going down leg. Two slips and a gully, but the second slip is Webster and the gully is Green, so effectively four slips and two gullies. Cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket up closer. Deep point and deep backward square saving boundaries. Stubbs defends his first five balls.59th over: South Africa 217-3 (Markram 105) Oh, there it is! The first tremor? South Africa’s captain battled through the pain yesterd...

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48 m. ago Transfer news LIVE! Gyokeres hands Arsenal boost; Man Utd rejected; Chelsea fresh target; Wirtz wages revealed

The summer window re-opens on Monday

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61 m. ago How Trump hinted at a crackdown on protests long before his inauguration

Similarly, how cities have long planned their responses to a Trump-led escalation, which is finally hereThe White House’s escalating response to street protests echoes talk before Donald Trump’s inauguration of forcibly quelling resistance in urban America. Those plans are now the present.After the use of federalized national guard units and marines in response to protests in Los Angeles, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) plans to deploy Swat-style special response teams to Seattle, Philadelphia, northern Virginia, New York and Chicago – cities led by Democrats that have long been the target of Trump’s invective – before expected protests this weekend, according to reports by NBC and others. Continue reading...

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61 m. ago Ice arrests of migrants with no criminal history surging under Trump

Guardian analysis sharply contradicts president’s claim that officials are targeting ‘criminals’ for deportation from USThe federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency has exponentially increased the arrest and detention of immigrants without any criminal history since the second Trump administration took office, a data analysis by the Guardian shows.The information sharply contradicts Donald Trump’s claims the authorities are targeting “criminals” for deportation as part of his aggressive anti-immigration agenda. Continue reading...

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73 m. ago Iran hits back: Tehran warns it will target UK military bases if Britain helps defend Israel

At least three people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured as Tehran launched waves of attacks on Israel

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2 h. ago UK and US given chilling warning by Iran if they defend Israel from 2,000 missile attack

Israel Iran conflict has seen Britain, US and France warned by Tehran that military bases will be targeted if they decide to defend Israel from any upcoming barrage of missiles as tensions rise

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2 h. ago Why Liverpool fans are missing the point in Man City Florian Wirtz vs Rayan Cherki debate

Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz after he was initially a target for Manchester City earlier in the summer.

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2 h. ago Israel warns Iran that 'Tehran will burn' if it fires more missiles

Defence Minister Israel Katz has chillingly warned 'Tehran will burn' if more missiles are fired at Israel, following a barrage of ballistic weapons fired by Iran on Friday night.

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2 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Gyokeres rejects Man Utd, Arsenal bid; new Chelsea target; Mbeumo race; Wirtz medical

The summer window re-opens on Monday

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3 h. ago Benjamin Nygren gets 'fearless' Celtic billing as Alexander Isak lavishes praise on Hoops transfer target

The Hoops are in advanced talks to land the FC Nordsjaelland playmaker

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3 h. ago South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day four – live

South Africa chasing a target of 282 to win at Lord’sPlay starts at 10.30am BST / 11.30am SAST / 7.30pm AESTRead the latest edition of The Spin | And email GeoffWho’s nervous? I’m nervous, on their behalf. The batters in next will have spent the evening telling themselves that they’re relaxed, but I’m sure there are thoughts flittering around, mostly that they would all really like to not be required. Australia need to turn that screw right away to have a chance.Then there was Andy Bull, who pondered the slips and the turn of fate that saw Steve Smith’s horrible hand injury. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Netanyahu outplayed Trump on Iran. Now the US risks being mired in another war | Mohamad Bazzi

If Trump wants to be the peacemaker he claims to be, he must negotiate a new deal with TehranBefore dawn on Friday, Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes against more than 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and air defense systems. The surprise Israeli attack also killed some of Iran’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Iranian regime called it a “declaration of war” – and western powers raced to prevent a wider regional conflict that could draw in the US along with other countries in the Middle East.While the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims that he’s trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the attack is as much intended to blow up ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Donald Trump’s administration. While Trump’s overall foreign policy has been a disaster, for months he had resisted Netanyahu’s pleas to give Israel a green light to attack Iran, with US assistance. Trump insiste...

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4 h. ago Sexual assaults in Glasgow city centre double as 'alarm' raised over attacks

It comes as the number of rapes in Glasgow rose by a "shocking" 40 per cent while domestic abuse crimes against women increased by 41 per cent this year compared to last.

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5 h. ago Barcelona hold talks with top Arsenal target as Lamine Yamal teases transfer

Barcelona have entered the race for Athletic Bilbao star Nico Williams, who is also on Arsenal's radar, with the Spanish giants holding talks as the player lays out his demands

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6 h. ago Inside Iran's nuclear sites that were targeted in Israeli airstrikes as WW3 fears spike

Israel has attacked several Iranian nuclear sites in a bid to prevent Tehran from building nuclear bombs. Here is a closer look at some of Iran's major nuclear sites and their importance in the country's program.

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6 h. ago Transfer news LIVE: Man Utd's Mbeumo move hijacked, Liverpool's Wirtz medical, Arsenal face battle

Manchester United now face genuine competition from Tottenham for Bryan Mbeumo as Liverpool agree a record deal for Florian Wirtz and Barcelona go after Arsenal target Nico Williams

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6 h. ago Arsenal star makes feelings very clear on Mikel Arteta's latest transfer target

Arsenal have been heavily linked with Real Madrid star Rodrygo this summer and Gabriel has given his possible arrival and ringing endorsement as the Gunners weigh up their options

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8 h. ago Park life: right in the middle of another couple’s domestic: the Edith Pritchett cartoon

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8 h. ago ‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife rather than teenage girls. Two friends separately brought it to my house, like contraband dropped out of a biplane. Book groups hastily convened, strategically timed for when the men were out of the picture.The story opens with a 45-year-old woman about to take a road trip, a break from her husband and child and general domestic noise. She’s intending to drive from LA to New York, but is derailed in the first half hour by a young guy, Davey, in a car hire place, to whom she is passionately attracted. The next several weeks pas...

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8 h. ago Celtic transfer clock is ticking on hot prospect as ghost of missed target hovers – Chris Sutton

Lennon Miller has been touted for a move to Parkhead and the ex Hoops hero is urging his old club to get it done

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