41 m. ago Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta wanted to sign alternative to Martin Zubimendi

Arsenal were able to get a deal for Martin Zubimendi over the line in the summer but their sporting director Andrea Berta had other players on his radar that he may have preferred

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48 m. ago I've seen Hearts Rolls Royces break down before but Ageu could purr as McInnes seeks a smoother ride – Ryan Stevenson

Stevo is impressed by the record signing's brief cameo but knows Derek McInnes will be desperate for less stressful wins going forward

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48 m. ago Airdrie return reunites Charlie Telfer with mentor as he admits surprise at Rhys McCabe exit

The midfielder is back at New Broomfield after becoming new gaffer Danny Lennon's first signing last week

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48 m. ago Manchester United have a solution for midfield weakness thanks to £1million signing

Man Utd did not strengthen Ruben Amorim's midfield options with a new signing in the summer transfer window.

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76 m. ago Boy, 8, 'loses significant amount of blood' and in critical condition after shark attack

The child was swimming with his father and sister near Horseshoe Reef in Key Largo, Florida, when the shark struck just before 3.30pm on Monday. He suffered severe injuries, losing a "significant amount of blood" from a deep bite above the knee

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88 m. ago 'My friend is choosing unusual baby name and I'm horrified by reason behind it'

A woman was left gobsmacked after her friend detailed her cousin's baby name plans. At first, she thought it would be fairly straightforward, but she was so wrong...

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1 hour ago ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right

Spanish PM insists ‘migration is an opportunity’ and is not afraid to discuss what he considers Europe’s recent failuresWhen Pedro Sánchez and Keir Starmer meet in Downing Street on Wednesday it will be the first such bilateral summit between a Spanish prime minister and his British counterpart for more than a decade, an interregnum explained by Brexit and the now healed sore of Gibraltar.The absence of highest level diplomacy has become more glaring given the two men are the leading social democratic leaders of Europe, facing similar problems of migration, souring populist parties, the climate crisis and divisions over how to minimise the damage caused to the European global influence by Donald Trump’s erratic unilateralism. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Novak Djokovic sets up Alcaraz showdown after reaching 14th US Open semi

Serb beats Taylor Fritz 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at Flushing MeadowsCarlos Alcaraz awaits as Djokovic seeks fifth US Open titleForty minutes into his umpteenth big match under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Novak Djokovic seemed to be coming undone. After a supreme start, Djokovic’s first serve had suddenly deserted him. His ground strokes began to spew unforced errors. Up against the wall, he faced five break points while serving for the first set.Each time he came close to falling into the abyss, allowing his distinguished opponent back into the match, Djokovic conjured up a spectacular response. That nerveless, clutch play would define his performance as Djokovic held off a spirited late comeback from a battling Taylor Fritz, who had been the superior player for significant parts of the match, and an increasingly unruly New York crowd to reach the semi-finals of the US Open with a 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Man United 'preparing bid' to sign ideal Premier League midfielder for Ruben Amorim in January

Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip with an update on the future of Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton

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2 h. ago Arsenal news: Granit Xhaka's role in transfer emerges as Mikel Arteta comes under fire

Ecuador international defender Piero Hincapie became Arsenal's final summer signing and the Bayer Leverkusen loanee has spoken after completing his deadline day move

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2 h. ago Steve Clarke can become a Scotland managerial immortal and we owe him a shot at the World Cup

Ryan Christie is determined to repay his boss by firing Scotland to their first World Cup since 1998

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2 h. ago Manchester United have eight quality options to solve transfer priority for free next summer

United wanted to sign a midfielder this summer and it will be their number one priority next summer

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2 h. ago Man City sign seven players and lose 31 after hectic summer transfer window

Manchester City's transfer business extended past deadline day with several deals announced on Tuesday

Sport

3 h. ago Xi Jinping says world faces ‘peace or war’, as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong

Trump criticises victory day event as China caps off a week of diplomatic grandstanding seen as a rebuke to the westXi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held China’s largest-ever military parade, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding seen as a rebuke to the west.Putin and Kim, the authoritarian leaders of Russia and North Korea, are among dozens of world leaders attending the parade, a massive display of military hardware and personnel, orchestrated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which China calls the Japanese War of Aggression. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Could NATO stand up to President Xi's 'Axis of Upheaval'? As China pushes for a new world order, how the alliance's military forces compare to combined might of Beijing, Russia and North Korea

After three and a half years of devastating conflict, Putin is showing no signs of relenting on his military ambitions, and there are growing fears that his target stretches beyond Ukraine.

Events

4 h. ago How Brits sign up for 'Flu Camp' clinical trials with promise of being paid £4k to 'dine on free meals and binge

Flu camp, a series of clinical trials, sees thousands of young Brits deliberately infected with a virus, forced to quarantine for days on end and administered a trial vaccine or drug.

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5 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: His jagged, gapped teeth had shades of Hannibal Lecter. Better watch out

The new supremo is Zack Polanski, 42, a smooth-talking vegan and ex-Lib Dem hypnotherapist who used to tell women they could think their way to a bigger bust.

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5 h. ago New blow for Prince Harry revealed as ANOTHER key staff member quits. Shock departure revealed by RICHARD EDEN

Harry launched Travalyst in 2019 to make tourism more environmentally friendly. However, he and Meghan soon faced accusations of hypocrisy because of their use of gas-guzzling private jets.

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7 h. ago US conducts ‘kinetic strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11, Trump says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ referring to the operation in international waters, amid US-Caracas tensions The US military has killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela during a “a kinetic strike” in the Caribbean Sea, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago They want to talk to somebody. That ‘somebody’ ends up being AI

What is it like to get your mental health treatment from an unlicensed chatbot? Users tell Io Dodds how A.I. helped them through difficult times — but also how it can go catastrophically wrong

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