53 m. ago Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s TV deal for Fifa’s global project is next expansionist step towards a world super league“And what exactly are you doing here, sir?” To be fair, the border guard at Miami international airport made an excellent point. As ice-breakers go, frowning over the passports and visa tickers of the long-haul crowd on matchday minus four of the Fifa Club World Cup, the border guard was at least in tune with the zeitgeist. What is football doing here?What are Lionel Messi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and the massed engines of the football-industrial complex doing hovering like an alien landing party over this fun, sinking sandbank of a city, a strip of land where the ocean seems to be punching a mulchy green hole in the asphalt every few miles, a place that from the air seems to be made entirely from deep-fried crumb, tropical weed and traffic? Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Club World Cup TV matches, presenters and pundits announced as 23 games free to air

The FIFA Club World Cup will get underway later this week and a host of former Premier League and global stars will be on hand to provide analysis and their thoughts on Channel 5

Society

4 h. ago Attack dogs: how Europe supplies Israel with brutal canine weapons

Military dogs involved in attacks on Palestinian civilians – including children – are likely to have been exported from European countries, investigation findsWarning: readers may find some of the details in this piece distressingIt was only seconds after soldiers entered the Hashash family’s home in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank that the dog attack began. As military raids rolled out across her neighbourhood one morning in February 2023, Amani Hashash says she took her four children into a bedroom. When she heard Israeli military coming into their home she called out that they were inside and posed no threat.Moments later the bedroom door was opened and a large, unmuzzled dog launched itself into the room, plunging its teeth into her three-year-old son, Ibrahim, who was asleep in her lap. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Alejandro Garnacho 'big mistake' transfer verdict given as Man United seek summer funds

Selling Garnacho would mean big profits - but it's a sacrifice some wouldn't want to make

Politics

7 h. ago Air India plane lost signal less than a minute before 'crashing into doctor's hostel'

It is thought the plane, which had only just taken off for London, crashed into a building housing medical professionals or students

Events

7 h. ago Air India plane crash: Signal was lost with Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet 'seconds after take

The Air India flight AI171 lost contact with air traffic controllers "less than a minute" after takeoff

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7 h. ago How much could YOUR council tax be going up? The pain looming for households as they face the 'fastest bill rises in 20 years' under Rachel Reeves' plans

As part of the Chancellor's spending plans, the Treasury suggested that local authorities would hike bills by 4.99 per cent a year for the rest of this Parliament.

Economics

7 h. ago ‘People see government as the enemy’: Bangladesh’s interim leader on the legacy of a toxic system

A year after a student-led revolt unseated Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus is fighting to convince both sides of politics to agree to reformA year on from the political uprising that swept the prime minister of Bangladesh into exile, people still see government as the enemy, according to the country’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus.Rooting out corruption at every level, from village to government, is the only way for people to believe in a “new Bangladesh”, he says. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Esther González: ‘Now girls can grow up in Spain knowing we have Ballon d’Or winners’

One of the world’s best strikers talks about being part of a revolution, moving to Gotham FC and the upcoming EurosEsther González is at the top of her game. The 32-year-old striker’s list of accolades – World Cup winner, three-time Liga F champion, National Women’s Soccer League champion, Copa de la Reina victor and Concacaf W Champions Cup winner – is matched by few in the sport. But as a young girl growing up in southern Spain, her path was uncertain, rife with obstacles. “As a child, I dreamed of what I wanted to be when I grew up,” she says. “It was a soccer player. But, let’s say, circumstances didn’t allow me to see women’s soccer or anything close to women’s soccer.”As she grew up with three sisters, González’s earliest memories of football were playing with her hermanas in their small village in Andalusia. She dreamed of being a footballer, but there wasn’t a path before her. The shy young talent with a nose for goals would play with the local boys: they needed a goalscorer...

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8 h. ago UK households rush to 'hold physical cash' as warning issued to millions

Households are seeking a safety net in time of global volatility, according to the Bank of England's chief cashier

Events

8 h. ago Air India Flight 171 crash: Plane lost signal 'seconds after take

Air India flight 171 carrying 53 British people among its 242 passengers had just taken off from Ahmedabad in western India, and was due to arrive in the UK at London Gatwick Airport this evening

Events

9 h. ago Tackling global warming is key to keeping Dartmoor ‘special’, says William

The Duchy of Cornwall and Central Dartmoor Landscape Recovery Project have launched a new project to create a resilient environment.

Politics

9 h. ago ‘When the river swells, it forces them to run backwards’: rising waters push Colombia’s farmers into hunger and despair

Communities in the Salaquí basin face deepening food insecurity, armed conflict and the collapse of a way of life – while government schemes ignore the real problemPhotographs by Antonio CascioRiosucio was established between rivers and swamps. For most of the year, the people of this Colombian municipality live above water and have developed ways to manage the fluctuating river levels. A network of makeshift wooden boards connects the houses in the town, allowing people to move between them.Despite the resilience of these communities, their increasingly harsh environment is beginning to overcome all the methods and systems designed to tame it, causing crop destruction, hunger and deepening poverty. Continue reading...

Society

9 h. ago World War 3 fears as US official claims it's 'more serious than any other time in the past'

Israel is reportedly 'fully ready' to launch a military strike against Iran in a move that would rupture the country's relationship with the US and could spark a global war

Politics

11 h. ago The secrets of the incredible shrinking Osbourne women: KATIE HIND

She was the round-faced, stroppy teenager who catapulted to global fame when her parents Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne allowed TV cameras into their Beverly Hills home in 2002.

Politics

14 h. ago Boos, cheers and a heavy dose of irony as Trump takes in Les Mis against backdrop of LA protests

The tuxedo-clad US president – accompanied by first lady Melania – promised a ‘golden era’ for America at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington“Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again!”When the rousing anthem of revolution filled the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night, Donald Trump may have had a Pavlovian response along the lines of “Get me Stephen Miller” or “Send in the marines”. We will never know. Continue reading...

Politics

17 h. ago Jonny Evans makes surprise announcement on future after being released by Man Utd

Jonny Evans has been released by Manchester United and the defender remains uncertain about what could come next in his career when he leaves the Red Devils this month

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17 h. ago The incredible shrinking Osbourne women: After Sharon admits she's gone too far on Ozempic, KATIE HIND has the inside story on whether both daughters are using fat jabs too

She was the round-faced, stroppy teenager who catapulted to global fame when her parents Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne allowed TV cameras into their Beverly Hills home in 2002.

Politics

19 h. ago How Greta Thunberg relishes being 'the poster girl for rebellious teenagers': JUDI JAMES reveals how she uses all the tricks of a political pro

Body language expert Judi James said campaigner Greta Thunberg projects the 'image of a heroine' and her confidence on the global stage 'would match or even exceed seasoned leaders'.

Politics

21 h. ago Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say

Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California’s high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influxLA protests – live updatesAs federal agents rushed to arrest immigrants across Los Angeles, they confined detainees – including families with small children – in a stuffy office basement for days without sufficient food and water, according to immigration lawyers.One family with three children were held inside a Los Angeles-area administrative building for 48 hours after being arrested on Thursday immediately after an immigration court hearing, according to lawyers from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), which is providing non-profit legal services in the region. Continue reading...

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