7 h. ago Coco Gauff responds to Aryna Sabalenka over ‘not fair’ French Open final claim

In an extraordinary press conference, Sabalenka said Gauff would have lost to Iga Swiatek and said the French Open winner had been ‘framing’ balls during the final

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65 h. ago Watch Russell Martin's first Rangers press conference LIVE as new manager paraded at Ibrox

The ex-Southampton boss is set to speak to the press for the first time after his appointment was confirmed

Society

3 d. ago Germany on tenterhooks for Merz’s first official meeting with Trump

Two leaders are on first-name terms after phone chats but German chancellor knows he may have to tread fine lineGermany’s new conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, is due in Washington on Thursday for his first official meeting with Donald Trump, putting political Berlin on tenterhooks like no other transatlantic encounter in living memory.Discussions between the German chancellor and the US president will focus on Ukraine, the Middle East and trade policies. How well or badly the talks go – during a small group meeting, followed by a lunch and then, perhaps most nailbitingly, a press conference in the Oval Office – may shape relations for decades to come, analysts say. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rachel Reeves issues major DWP Winter Fuel Payment update in U

The Chancellor was quizzed about changes to the threshold during a press conference in Rochdale this morning

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3 d. ago Bruno Fernandes rejects claim about how he decided his Manchester United future

Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes spoke at a press conference on Tuesday night and discussed Saudi Arabian interest.

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4 d. ago Flavio Briatore calls for massive F1 rule change in bonkers press conference

The FIA press conference at the Spanish Grand Prix was a memorable one with Flavio Briatore stealing the show through his irreverent presence representing Alpine

Politics

4 d. ago ‘The high commissioner found us a bassinet!’ Jacinda Ardern on bringing her baby to the UN

New Zealand’s former PM made history as the first world leader to attend the general assembly meeting with a newborn. In the second extract from her book, she writes about her worry that the image would become a banner for ‘women doing it all’• Read our exclusive interview with Jacinda Ardern here• ‘I was pregnant and unwed. I was also new to the job’: read the first instalment of her memoir hereSeventy-two hours after our daughter, Neve, was born, Clarke and I held a press conference to introduce her to the world. We planned the whole thing before I gave birth, and I’d been sure it would be fine. Kate Middleton did it, I’d thought. I can make it work.Now that I’d just given birth, it did not feel fine. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Donald Trump's phone background mocked after being caught on camera

Donald Trump has been mocked on social media after his phone background was caught on camera during a press conference.

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5 d. ago Watch live: Zelensky and Rutte hold press conference as Ukraine and Russia peace talks take place

Watch live as Volodymyr Zelensky and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte address the media following a round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

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7 d. ago Football matchday live: PSG v Inter Champions League final buildup

All the buildup to the Munich final Jonathan Liew: PSG v Inter is clash of styles on and off pitchYou can email Barry | Kick-off is at 8pm BSTLuis Enrique: “It has been a very difficult journey, with some really high-level matches since the very beginning of the competition,” said the PSG manager in yesterday’s pre-match press conference. “We’re used to playing these kinds of matches, and I think that can be a strength for us. Now we’ll try to take to the pitch with our best weapons. It’s a final. We’ve prepared for it, and we’ll try to draw the game towards areas where we consider ourselves to be better. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.”Paris Saint-Germain: Luis Enrique has given his star players a holiday since they wrapped up the French title 57 days ago, writes Luke Entwhistle in Munich. Is that how to prepare for a tough Champions League final against Inter? Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump announces 25 percent steel tariff increase to 50 percent as he celebrates US Steel deal

President headed to Pennsylvania to mark U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel

Economics

8 d. ago Trump announces 25 percent steel tariff increase to 50 percent as he celebrates US Steel deal: Live

President heads to Pennsylvania to mark U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel

Economics

8 d. ago England’s Smith takes five after Jones and Beaumont tons in ODI canter past West Indies

1st ODI: England, 345-6, bt West Indies, 237, by 108 runsDebutant spinner Smith takes superb five for 36In Charlotte Edwards’s first press conference as England head coach back in April, she was pretty clear about her priorities: “I think we’ve got to look at our ODI game. I think that’s probably an area that we’ve underperformed in for a while.” Perhaps nobody epitomised that more than Amy Jones, who in 12 years of international cricket – including 97 ODIs – had never scored a century.On Friday at Derby, with Edwards grinning away on the dressing-room balcony, Jones punched through the off-side for the boundary which finally broke that duck. They say the years are short, while the days are long: the five overs which Jones spent in the nervous 90s felt almost as long as the 12 years which preceded them. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Musk says black eye came from his son’s punch as he sports shiner during Oval Office meeting with Trump

The press conference officially marked the end of his time as a special government employee heading up the Department of Government Efficiency

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8 d. ago Trump says Musk ‘worked tirelessly’ in press conference to mark his exit from Doge – live

Musk caps his turbulent tenure as the head of Doge in a news conference with Trump in the Oval OfficeThe Republican nominee for governor of Virginia has recently tried to distance herself from her longstanding, hardline anti-abortion record, declining recently to state whether she would support any restrictions on abortion access if she is elected to lead the state this fall. But her record reveals a candidate staunchly opposed to the procedure.Winsome Earle-Sears, now the state’s lieutenant governor, supported a 15-week abortion ban and has previously said she wants to make abortion illegal in almost all cases. In audio obtained by the Guardian, Earle-Sears also suggested an equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Mystery over Elon Musk’s black eye as he joins Trump in Oval Office for goodbye event

The press conference officially marked the end of his time as a special government employee heading up the Department of Government Efficiency

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8 d. ago Trump praises Musk’s DOGE work as tech mogul shows up to Oval Office with black eye: Live

Trump marks U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel at Pittsburgh area rally later on Friday

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8 d. ago Watch live: Trump says goodbye to Musk in Oval Office as Tesla CEO departs government

Watch live as President Donald Trump hosts Elon Musk in a final White House press event on Friday (30 May), a few days after the Tesla billionaire announced that he would be stepping back from the administration.

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8 d. ago ‘I have no shame’: Todd Chrisley speaks out after Trump’s pardon that freed him from prison

Todd Chrisley appeared publicly for the first time since his release at a press conference alongside daughter Savannah Chrisley

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8 d. ago Trump to host Elon Musk in Oval Office as DOGE kingpin departs administration: Live updates

Trump marks U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel at Pittsburgh area rally later on Friday

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