13 h. ago Summer arrives early as record heatwave engulfs northern India

Barmer in western Rajasthan state records highest temperature ever in first week of April of 45.6C

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51 h. ago Liverpool signing takes aim at Vinicius Jr after making bet with Real Madrid star

Liverpool are set to welcome goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili in the summer and the Georgian will hope to arrive at Anfield with his bank balance bolstered after a bet with Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr

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56 h. ago Man United two transfers away from unleashing Ruben Amorim wish with £62.5m swap deal

Latest Manchester United transfer news and opinion as Matheus Cunha continues to be on United's radar and could be their dream arrival in the summer

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3 d. ago Arsenal warned William Saliba future rests on key summer transfer decision after Andrea Berta arrival

Sol Campbell hopes Saliba will be impressed by the club’s summer transfers

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6 d. ago Mikel Arteta excited by ‘big summer’ after Andrea Berta’s arrival at Arsenal

Striker believed to be main transfer objective Arsenal hope to extend Saka and Saliba contracts Mikel Arteta is looking forward to “a big summer” working with Arsenal’s new sporting director, Andrea Berta, as the club attempt to strengthen their squad to sustain another Premier League title push next season.Arsenal go into Tuesday night’s meeting with Fulham trailing the leaders, Liverpool, by 12 points with nine games to play and look destined to finish as runners up for a third straight campaign. But after the arrival of Berta – the former Atlético Madrid sporting director who has replaced Edu – Arsenal are expected to step up their search for additions, with a striker believed to be the main objective. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Record small boat arrivals across Channel may continue for months this summer, admits border minister

Dame Angela Eagle says a key bill to reduce the number of crossings will take months to get through Parliament

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7 d. ago Record small boat arrivals across Channel may not slow this summer, admits border minister

Dame Angela Eagle says a key bill to reduce the number of crossings will take months to get through Parliament

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1 week ago The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha review – hopeless sons vs brilliant daughters

Families are at war in the new India, in a novel raising complex questions about patriotism, nationalism and how the country is changingIn Delhi the seasons are “human-fucked”, explains Tara Saxena, the narrator-protagonist of The Tiger’s Share. Autumn is the “season of smogs and mellow murderousness”; once the smoke arrives in October, “we could no longer see the sky”. Over summer the Loo, a dry “caramelising” wind, slurs through the city, while inside their flats people “lived as cheese and chocolate do in India, refrigerated”. Now and then comes the brief respite of rain. In its aftermath, people head out into the parks to enjoy the momentary cool, the only time when the air is “useably fresh, like a banana that is only one-third rotten”.Food-related imagery abounds in Keshava Guha’s second novel; you are never allowed to forget that all things – produce, people, every species – are perishable, that from the moment of our birth the decay is inbuilt, and that such a truth is all t...

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2 w. ago Arne Slot gets major transfer boost as club green light deal for key target

Lyon will let Rayan Cherki move on this summer once the right offer arrives in a boost to Arne Slot ahead of predicted summer of hectic activity at Anfield

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3 w. ago Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim hails 'quite complete' youngster after breakthrough

Manchester United face Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday with one summer arrival having started to get first-team minutes and taking the eye of Ruben Amorim

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4 w. ago Weatherwatch: year’s worth of rain falls in Argentinian city in eight hours

Rainfall in Bahía Blanca led to 10 deaths, swept away vehicles, destroyed bridges and left areas under waterThe city of Bahía Blanca in Argentina had a new rainfall record on Friday, after a recent heatwave. More than 400mm of rain was recorded in just eight hours, more than twice the city’s previous record of 175mm set in 1930, and roughly equivalent to a year’s worth of rainfall.The heatwave primed the atmosphere for heavy rainfall by creating high instability and raising humidity levels. Then on Friday, as a cold front swept across the region, this warm moist air was able to rise, cool and rapidly condense, leading to severe thunderstorms across the region. As the front then continued northwards towards Buenos Aires over the weekend, further severe storms were triggered, containing heavy rain, hail, and strong gusts. Continue reading...

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