41 m. ago Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Spurs sue Ineos and Club World Cup news – football live

Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email WillThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means t...

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74 m. ago Keys to success: the 2025 Van Cliburn piano competition, the instrument’s Olympics

One of the world’s most prestigious and intensive musical competitions took over downtown Fort Worth these past few weeks. Will its winner prove to be another Yunchan Lim-style sensation?A distinctive line drawing of a grand piano adorns a clock face in Sundance Square. At night, it beams like a Tracey Emin installation, presiding over Fort Worth’s downtown district. At the intersection leading to Bass Performance Hall the crosswalk has been replaced with an oversized keyboard, and, inside the cavernous venue, sartorial style favours black and white stripes. A pop-up gift shop in the lobby boasts an array of musical-themed memorabilia; there’s the line drawing on a bubble-gum pink T-shirt, an enormous travel mug, a steak-branding fork. The theme-park feel is confirmed by a white Steinway emblazoned with Mickey Mouse – a limited hand-painted Disney edition (price on request). Welcome to piano city, smiles the sign.Every four years, piano lovers from across the world gather in this Te...

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1 hour ago West Dunbartonshire bracing for heavy rain and thunderstorms as flood alert is issued

A yellow weather warning for rain is in place for western and northern parts of the UK on Saturday, with the Met Office warning of potential travel disruption and power cuts

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2 h. ago A severe tropical storm heads for southern China after toppling trees on Hainan island

Chinese authorities have evacuated thousands of people, closed schools and canceled flights as a severe tropical storm dumps heavy rain on parts of Hainan island and heads for the country’s southern coast

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2 h. ago Perthshire on flood alert as heavy rain and thunderstorms threaten Scotland

A yellow weather warning for rain is in place for the area from midnight tonight until 6pm on Saturday with forecasters warning it could lead to flooding in some areas

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2 h. ago Stirling braced for heavy rain and thunderstorms as flood alert is issued

Stirling and Clackmannanshire are to see heavy rain and thunderstorms as a flood alert warning has been issued for the area

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3 h. ago Disney+ becomes cheapest streamer at £1.99 beating Netflix and Amazon thanks to rare deal

Disney+ has just launched a 'limited-time promotion' that saves shoppers a massive 60% as its price tag plummets to £1.99 in a deal that Netflix and Amazon can't compete with - but the streaming deal won't be around for long so you'll need to hurry

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3 h. ago Double Scots murderer slices fellow inmate's face open in brutal attack behind bars

Shocked medical staff reported the facial wounds were so severe they could see the victim's teeth as they treated his injuries.

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4 h. ago Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state

Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit saysIn the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lidiane Vieira Frazão, 35, was expecting her second child but, even at 40 weeks pregnant, she was unable to obtain a doctor’s note to start her maternity leave.Her job as a funeral agent – at times handling the bodies of people who had died from the virus – was on the long list of “essential services” that could not be suspended during lockdown, according to a decree issued by Brazil’s then-president, Jair Bolsonaro. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Meta sues deepfake ‘nudify’ app which uses AI to remove clothing from photos

So-called “nudify” apps take photos of clothed individuals and turn them into fake nudes, even if the subjects have not consented to having their likeness used

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4 h. ago Top Tech: Disney+ £1.99 per month deal is back but with one major upgrade

Disney Plus has relaunched one of our favourite deals of 2024, but this time there's a major change that's good news for telly fans

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5 h. ago 'I am thankful to God': Woman tells how she missed doomed Air India jet by 10 minutes because of bad traffic

A woman's stroke of fate spared her from boarding the ill-fated Air India jet, delayed by just 10 minutes due to heavy traffic

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6 h. ago Disabled girl who nearly died from stroke moments after birth says Metallica ‘saved her’

11-year old Sarah says listening to the heavy metal band makes her ‘feel safe’

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14 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson stitched us up! Glamorous hospitality consultant vows to 'keep a smile on our face' after Clarkson's Farm viewers slammed her appearance on Amazon Prime show

Rachel Hawkins, 40, has told how she believes she and her aunt Sue were 'stitched up' during the making of TV hit Clarkson's Farm and cast in the role of 'villains' to boost ratings.

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17 h. ago Northern Ireland riots LIVE: Fires burn in Portadown as rocks thrown at police

A heavy PSNI presence has been deployed as unrest continues in Northern Ireland this evening - with reports of fires and rocks being thrown at police in Portadown

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18 h. ago Father played with his phone as police quizzed him over baby's brain injuries, murder trial hears

Thomas Holford, now 24, is accused of killing Everleigh Stroud following an incident at a home in Ramsgate, Kent on April 21, 2021.

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19 h. ago Teenager killed in crash between car and lorry at roundabout

Two other young people were taken to hospital with serious injuries

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19 h. ago DoJ sues New York for blocking immigration arrests near court

Pam Bondi says state employing policies similar to those used by California amid immigration crackdownThe US justice department said on Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against New York state, challenging state policies that blocked immigration officials from arresting individuals at or near New York courthouses.“Specifically, the complaint challenges a law, called the Protect Our Courts Act, that purposefully shields dangerous aliens from being lawfully detained at or on their way to or from a courthouse and imposes criminal liability for violations of the shield,” the justice department said in a statement. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Meta sues Chinese maker of deepfake AI app that takes clothed pictures and turns them into nudes

So-called “nudify” apps take photos of clothed individuals and turn them into fake nudes, even if the subjects have not consented to having their likeness used

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21 h. ago Woman in her 80's rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by car

A large cordon was put in place following the serious crash

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