2 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz’s new weapon he’s using at Wimbledon that has him 'performing at 100%'

Carlos Alcaraz will hope for a Wimbledon three-peat this summer, and he has adopted new technology to help him boost his performance at the London-based Grand Slam

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6 h. ago Spain holiday rules as Foreign Office warns entry could be 'denied'

Spain is the most popular holiday destination for people from the UK

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10 h. ago Portuguese tennis star reveals Wimbledon denied touching tribute request to Diogo Jota after Liverpool star's tragic death

TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: The 28-year-old's death has plunged both his home country and his adopted one into mourning, with fans travelling to Anfield to pay tribute to the forward.

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12 h. ago Nuno Borges dons black ribbon as Jota tribute after football top request denied

The player’s team tried to source a white national jersey before settling for a black ribbon gesture.

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13 h. ago Russia is accused of ramping up its use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine as tyrant Putin continues his onslaught against Kyiv

The use of banned hazardous compounds by the Russian military has become 'standardised and commonplace' in Ukraine, according to several European countries' intelligence services.

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15 h. ago Thomas Partey: the former Arsenal midfielder facing five rape charges

Ghanaian left club this week after playing a central role in Premier League title challenges under Mikel ArtetaFor the first time since Thomas Partey left his home town of Krobo Odumase in eastern Ghana at the age of 11, he woke on Tuesday without a club. Three days later the midfielder, who had departed Arsenal after his contract expired, was charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.What happens next with Partey’s career will be determined by the outcome of legal proceedings scheduled to start with his appearance at Westminster magistrates court on 5 August. The allegations relate to three women who reported incidents between 2021 and 2022. Partey denies all the charges and “welcomes the opportunity to finally clear his name”, his lawyer said. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Husband prepares bow and arrow in kitchen before attacking wife

A husband who attacked his wife with a bow and arrow can be seen brandishing the weapon on CCTV.

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15 h. ago Trump moans 'too many weapons went to Ukraine' under Joe Biden after Mad Vlad call

Donald Trump thinks that Ukraine has been given "too many weapons" by Joe Biden after he had a "pretty long call" with Putin which he is "not happy" about

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17 h. ago Europe is scrambling to form a united front and regain relevance in the Iran crisis

Tehran now places little faith in the European countries who played a key role in brokering the Iranian nuclear dealExposed as divided and marginalised during the Iran crisis, European nations are scrambling to retrieve a place at the Middle East negotiating table, fearing an impulsive Donald Trump has diminishing interest in stabilising Iran or the wider region now he believes he has achieved his key objective of wiping out Tehran’s nuclear programme.On Tuesday the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was the latest senior European figure to phone the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, offering to be a facilitator and urging Tehran not to leave the crisis in a dangerous limbo by keeping UN weapons inspectors out of Iran. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Voices: One year on, is Starmer still the best man Labour has for the job?

There’s a lot the prime minister – and his team – could learn from their party’s own history. What’s preventing them is ego and self-denial, writes Anthony Seldon

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18 h. ago Dutch intelligence services say Russia has stepped up use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine

Two Dutch intelligence agencies say that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin

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18 h. ago Oldham disorder involving car chase and machetes prompts police to extend powers

Greater Manchester Police granted officers extended stop and search powers ‘following a number of incidents overnight involving weapons’.

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18 h. ago The Velvet Sundown: Everything we know about the band accused of being AI

The band have denied claims that their identity and music are fake

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19 h. ago El Salvador’s president denies that Kilmar Ábrego García was abused in notorious prison

Nayib Bukele disputed claims of Ábrego García’s lawyers that he was tortured and deprived of sleep while in custodyThe president of El Salvador has denied claims that Kilmar Ábrego García was subjected to beatings and deprivation while he was held in the country before being returned to the US to face human-smuggling charges.Nayib Bukele said in a social media post that Ábrego García, the Salvadorian national who was wrongly extradited from the US to El Salvador in March before being returned in June, “wasn’t tortured, nor did he lose weight”. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn confirms talks about forming new party with Zarah Sultana

Corbyn says ‘discussions are ongoing’ after MP’s surprise announcement, and is understood to be reluctant to take title of party leaderUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Corbyn has confirmed he is in discussions about creating a new leftwing political party, hours after the MP Zarah Sultana announced she was quitting Labour to co-lead the project.Sultana, the MP for Coventry South who had the Labour whip suspended last year for voting against the government over the two-child limit on benefits, said on Thursday night she was quitting Labour and would “co-lead the founding of a new party” with Corbyn. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Leading football agent who represented Jack Grealish denies claims he 'raped a sex slave'

Jonathan Barnett, who masterminded Bale's £85million 2013 move to Real Madrid, allegedly trafficked his victim from Australia in 2017.

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21 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn 'to make statement' on new independent party as Labour expected to block his Gaza Bill

Zarah Sultana, who had the Labour whip suspended last year, said on Thursday night that she would be co-founding the movement with the Islington North MP

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22 h. ago Harvey Willgoose's best friend told police after schoolboy's death that his killer, 15, was 'always carrying a weapon'

Harvey Willgoose, 15, suffered fatal injuries when another pupil stabbed him on their lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

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22 h. ago Protesters turn out as woman appears in court over alleged support for Hamas

Student Sarah Cotte, from Camden, north London, has denied two charges of expressing ‘an opinion or belief in support of a proscribed organisation’.

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23 h. ago Russian use of chemical weapons in Ukraine ‘widespread and growing’ European intelligence warns

Moscow is accused of using deadly choking agent chloropicrin to flush Kyiv’s troops out of trenches

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