16 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Friday's four meetings, including Newcastle Nap

Newsboy expects his Nap, Machete, to slice through the field to score his first win in the UK at Newcastle (3.15) and he also fancies No Questions Asked to score a Grade 2 novices' chase success at Ascot (3.00)

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40 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Thursday's three meetings, including Chelmsford Nap

Newsboy fancies Uncle Don to come good as he drops down the weights at Chelmsford City (8.00) and he also reckons Triggerman can improve further after a wind op at Southwell (3.22)

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47 h. ago WRU Council member resigns after losing confidence in board's plans

He announced he was quitting at a meeting on Monday

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3 d. ago Allied defence ministers to meet after US offers Kyiv security guarantees

A meeting in Berlin on Monday night saw European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer set out conditions for any peace deal with Russia.

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3 d. ago European leaders gather in Berlin as US pushes to end Ukraine conflict

Zelenskyy to meet British, French and German leaders, with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, also invitedEurope live – latest updatesEuropean leaders including Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron will meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday in a show of support hosted by the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, as the US pushes for a swift end to the war in Ukraine.The British prime minister, French president and the heads of Nato and the EU, who have criticised previous US proposals to end the Russian invasion as too favourable to Moscow, are set to convene with Zelenskyy on Monday evening at Merz’s offices in central Berlin. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Horse racing tips: ‘The Moores will strike at their favourite meeting’ – Templegate’s Monday NAP

TEMPLEGATE'S Monday picks are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. THE BOSS BEAR (Plumpton 1.30, nap) The Gary and Josh Moore-trained five-year-old showed signs of inexperience when he won with plenty in hand at Fontwell in May. That form is nothing special, but he ran green and got the message late to run...

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4 d. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Monday's three meetings, including Wolverhampton Nap

Newsboy reckons a three-year-old can score a second career victory at Wolverhampton (8.00) and he also fancies a course and distance winner to go in again earlier on the same card (5.00)

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7 d. ago Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips with £100,000 guaranteed at Cheltenham on Friday

THE Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting. You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake. So for staking it’s 2x2x1x2x2x2 which adds up to...

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8 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s four meetings, including Warwick Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Rodney, to win at Warwick and also hopes Smugglers Haven can score at Taunton and complete his Daily Double

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance | Editorial

The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have become adept at scrambling to deal with the latest bad news from Washington. Their meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street on Monday was so hastily arranged that Mr Macron needed to be back in Paris by late afternoon to meet Croatia’s prime minister, while Mr Merz was due on television for an end-of-year Q&A with the German public.But diplomatic improvisation alone cannot fully answer Donald Trump’s structural threat to European security. The US president and his emissaries are trying to bully Mr Zelenskyy into an unjust peace deal that suits American and Russian interests. In response, the summit helped ramp up support for the use of up to £100bn in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine. European counter-proposals for a ceasefire will ...

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9 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Wednesday’s four meetings, including Hexham Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Wee Alki, to win at Hexham and also hopes Kicour La can score at Leciester and complete his Daily Double

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1 week ago Europe live: Zelenskyy meets pope as he tours Europe to shore up support amid US pressure for Ukraine deal

Meeting with pontiff follows UK visit on Monday and comes ahead of talks with MeloniUkraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Pope Leo this morning, with the pair discussing the war in Ukraine, according to the Vatican readout.Pope Leo “reiterated the need for the continuation of dialogue and expressed his urgent desire that the current diplomatic initiatives bring about a just and lasting peace,” the statement read. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Tuesday's two meetings, including Uttoxeter Nap

Newsboy believes his Nap, Railway Bell, can hit the right note in the 3.00 at Uttoxeter and he also fancies Lethal Nymph to come good on the all-weather at Newcastle (5.00)

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1 week ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Monday’s four meetings, including Wolverhampton Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Emma's Letter, to win at Wolverhampton and also hopes Mask Of Zorro can score at Fontwell and complete his Daily Double

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: With no Miami breakthrough, Zelenskyy turns to European allies

Positive tone after Florida talks with Ukrainian president heading to London Street to see Starmer, Macron and Merz. What we know on day 1,383Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials in Miami, Florida produced no evident breakthrough by the end of Saturday. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he joined his negotiators for a “very substantive and constructive” call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. “Ukraine is committed to continuing to work honestly with the American side to bring about real peace,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram, adding that the parties agreed on the next steps and a format for talks.Zelenskyy will next turn to European allies when he visits London on Monday for an in-person meeting with leaders Keir Starmer of Britain, Emmanuel Macron of France and Friedrich Merz of Germany. Macron said the group would “take stock” of peace negotiations. The four leaders took part in a virtual meeting of the “coalition of the willing” about two w...

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1 week ago Zelenskyy to meet Starmer at Downing Street to discuss US draft peace deal

Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar securityVolodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Downing Street on Monday for an in-person meeting with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in a show of support for Ukraine.Starmer will use the meeting with the leaders from Ukraine, France and Germany to discuss the continuing talks between US and Ukrainian officials aimed at finding an agreement on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security. Continue reading...

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1 week ago France’s Macron to meet Zelenskyy, Starmer and Merz in London on Monday

France’s Macron to meet Zelenskyy, Starmer and Merz in London on Monday  The Indian Express

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1 week ago France's Macron to meet Zelenskiy, Starmer and Merz in London on Monday

France's Macron to meet Zelenskiy, Starmer and Merz in London on Monday  Reuters

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1 week ago Live: Macron will meet Ukraine, German and UK leaders in London Monday

Live: Macron will meet Ukraine, German and UK leaders in London Monday  France 24

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1 week ago Macron will meet Ukraine, German and UK leaders in London Monday

Macron will meet Ukraine, German and UK leaders in London Monday  France 24

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