Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as euro rallies and DAX and MDAX indices rise in early tradingGerman election live: Merz says priority is to make Europe independent from US on defence as coalition talks to beginShares in some European weapons makers are rising in early trading too.German tank maker Rheinmetall jumped 3% at the start of trading, while in London BAE Systems are up 1.7%.‘’A dose of more certainty has been injected into European politics, with the Germany’s Conservatives winning the elections. It comes at a crucial time for the continent. Three years on from the invasion of Ukraine, high stakes deal making between the US and Russia continues, Ukraine is out in the cold and the outcome will have huge implications for security in Europe.There is a dawning realisation that European nations will have to pull together and present a more united deterrent force, and Friedrich Merz, the CDU leader, is reading from that script. He has pledged to relax...

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Colin Farrell gave a tip of the hat to his sister Claudine when he won the award for best lead male performance in a limited series at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.

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From ‘American Beauty’ winning Best Picture to the eternal controversy over Marisa Tomei’s win for ‘My Cousin Vinny’, Oscar history is filled with divisive victories endlessly debated by film fans. Here our culture desk go to bat for some of the most controversial

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Ludvig Aberg got his hands on the Genesis Invitational in front of Tiger Woods last weekend, but like the 82-time PGA Tour winner, the young Swede wants more

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Lawrence Hendry's injury-time header saw the Buffs pick up a 2-1 win away at Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

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Tottenham secured a third straight win in the Premier League for the first time in more than a year

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Tottenham's win against Man United last time out is exactly the boost they needed and will be looking to build on that when they face Ipswich Town

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Dancer George Sampson is one of the original Britain's Got Talent stars, having won the ITV show way back in 2008 during the second series – and many fans are still surprised he's all grown up now

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England host Scotland at Twickenham as the Six Nations returns this weekend, with Steve Borthwick’s side seeking to make it consecutive home wins after beating France last time out

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The Traitors winner Leanne Quigley opens up movingly on the most traumatic two years of her life - as she admits her and fiancee Sophie Brown's twins, 2, 'got them through'

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March signals the start of longer days, and milder climates - it's also the time to start tackling lawns after a winter lull, but Monty Don has some key tips gardeners must follow

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Advanced weather modelling maps show Britain could be blasted by up to 10cm of snow per hour when a wintry front sweeps across several areas in a few days' time

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!A Bigger Cup needs a Bigger Draw. Last year Uefa set out the tournament brackets from the quarter-final onwards, showing Real Madrid which particular jails they might need to escape to win the competition for the 15th time. This year Uefa have gone one better by doing the draw for the rest of the tournament at the last-16 stage. It’s a punch up the bracket for Manchester City, who can now empathise with every failed Bullseye contestant. Look what they could have won: Atlético Madrid in the last 16, then Arsenal or PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals, then maybe Liverpool in the semis. Continue reading...

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Consumer court directs PVR INOX cinemas to pay punitive damages to the man

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Their attack has a distinctly Sheffield Shield flavour to it but the main thing in the two-times winners’ favour is the relative weakness of their groupFor a long time, a strange situation continued in Australian cricket. Through a one-day World Cup in 2023, through a T20 World Cup in 2024, through a Test summer that sat between them, and through the lead-ups and warm-ups before all of the above, the same three fast bowlers showed up almost all of the time. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Patrick Cummins, in aeternum.Things don’t work that way. Fast bowling is a horrifically taxing art, and the mad operators who pursue it across any level of the game share a gruesome delight in cataloguing their lifetime’s injuries, discarding sneakers and peeling back socks and rolling up trouser legs to show you toes bent sideways or lurid half-moons of scars around ankles or knees. At the top level, fitness and availability are sporadic, and that’s before you come to the changes driven by each fo...

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This iconic actress is a three-time Golden Globe Award winner with a storied five decade career.

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Four-time Grammy Award winner Lizzo has wowed fans with her incredible weight loss transformation after she finally reached her goal weight back in January

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Last year’s Grand National runner-up and three-time Cheltenham Festival winner Delta Work has died at the age of 12 after suffering a bout of colic

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PSV beat Juventus 3-1 after extra time in playoffPSG and Borussia Dortmund stroll into last 16Ryan Flamingo scored in extra time to give PSV Eindhoven a 3-1 home win on Wednesday in the second leg of their Champions League knockout phase playoff against Juventus, overturning a first-leg deficit and putting them into the last 16.The tie was level at 3-3 on aggregate after 90 minutes and went into extra time before Flamingo poached a 98th-minute winner as Juventus became the third Italian side eliminated from the competition, after Milan and Atalanta on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Can't hear yourself think over the chatter of your teeth? Time to call in a winter warmer says Abha Shah

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