67 m. ago Sir Bradley Wiggins thanks ‘great inspiration’ Lance Armstrong for help in battling drug addiction

Armstrong, stripped of his cycling titles for using performance-enhancing drugs, has helped Wiggins deal with his cocaine addiction

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81 m. ago Four dead in Kyiv after Russia hits Ukraine with missile and drone attacks in 'revenge' strike

The attack comes just hours after Vladimir Putin said he would seek revenge for a Ukrainian drone strike last week

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1 hour ago Russia mounts deadly barrage on Kyiv after vowing revenge for Ukraine attack on bomber fleet

Four killed and 20 wounded as missiles and drones target the Ukrainian capitalRussia mounted an intense and sustained barrage of Kyiv overnight, with missiles and drones targeting the Ukrainian capital where there was a succession of large explosions, Reuters reporters in the city said.By daybreak on Friday, authorities in Kyiv reported that four people were killed and 20 people had been wounded, of whom 16 had been hospitalised. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Dornoch delight for Lee as Syme, Ramsay and MacIntyre make strong starts in Holland and Canada

48-year-old equals course record at Sutherland venue with brilliant eight-under 62

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2 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal make Rodrygo top target; Kepa deal; Chelsea Kudus offer; Man Utd, Liverpool latest

Halfway stage now reached in first of two summer transfer windows

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2 h. ago Trump secretly admired Ukraine’s ‘badass’ drone attack – but worries it’ll make Russia ceasefire harder: report

President was impressed by Ukraine’s audacious attack on Russian airfields

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3 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal to move for Rodrygo; Kepa deal; Chelsea Kudus offer; Man Utd, Liverpool latest

Halfway stage now reached in first of two summer transfer windows

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer's muddled politics are reaching their limit. It's time for him to make a choice | Andy Beckett

Veer left or double down on the right? Either way, the prime minister needs to commit and sell it to an impatient electorateAfter less than a year in power, Labour has reached a familiar place. Keir Starmer’s troubled government is at a fork in the road, wondering which direction to follow. With the delivery of its spending review next week after several acrimonious delays, and a Commons vote on its divisive welfare cuts expected later this month, the government’s unity and morale are fragile. The public finances are severely strained, with ever more competing demands, such as for extra defence spending. Though much more energetic than its Tory predecessor, this government often seems opaque, unable to explain its purpose in a compelling way.Many voters and journalists – even more impatient than usual after years of manic politics – are already considering what might replace Starmer’s administration. At barely 20% in the polls, Labour is as unpopular as in its most disliked days und...

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3 h. ago The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine

Arcola theatre, LondonThe horrific reality of Russia’s invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burton’s playDuring the violent chaos following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a woman whose husband is missing receives a phone call from his number. Brief relief implodes when the speaker is not him but a stranger revealing that this device has been found beside a corpse covered by a tarpaulin.This is one of numerous shattering anecdotes in a play by Dash Arts, based on work by The Reckoning Project, which collects verbatim testimony from conflict victims with the aim of bringing prosecutions for war crimes.At the Arcola theatre, London, until 28 June Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Russia mounts deadly barrage of Kyiv after vowing revenge for Ukraine attack on bomber fleet

Four killed and 20 wounded as missiles and drones target the Ukrainian capitalRussia mounted an intense and sustained barrage of Kyiv overnight, with missiles and drones targeting the Ukrainian capital where there was a succession of large explosions, Reuters reporters in the city said.By daybreak on Friday, authorities in Kyiv reported that four people were killed and 20 people had been wounded, of whom 16 had been hospitalised. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners eye record deal and receive Nico Williams update

Arsenal are looking to strengthen their squad this summer and new sporting director Andrea Berta will be a busy man, with a new striker top of the Gunners' shopping list

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5 h. ago Manchester United's £117million double deal gives Ruben Amorim alternative transfer boost

Mathues Cunha will move to Man Utd this summer and Bryan Mbeumo may well join him

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5 h. ago Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony

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5 h. ago Kyiv under major drone attack after Putin threatened response to Ukrainian strikes in Russia

The attack comes after Ukraine hit 41 Russian military aircraft last Sunday

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6 h. ago I suspect there's something poisonous about money. That’s why I’m embracing a gift economy | Kelley Swain

A slow and gentle lifestyle is possible; it’s just not sold to us, so it is harder to listen out forGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’ve heard from a very wise friend that something she hadn’t previously considered, which she read in my “tiny house” article, was that the housing market requires most people to be in debt. It’s been a strangely positive experience to come to the concept of “economics” through living my life as a poet, novelist and medical journalist, because it allows me to critique things that might otherwise go unnoticed. Another very wise friend told me that her husband went to university to study economics, was told on day one that the entire model is built on a concept of infinite growth, and he quit to become a gardener. No wonder we’re friends.The first book of economics I read was The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The point of this beautifully written, small book (a long essay, really) is that different concepts of “economies” exist – we need...

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7 h. ago Ukraine under ongoing Russian missile and drone attack that has wounded at least 3

Officials say Ukraine was under an ongoing Russian ballistic missile and drone attack early Friday that wounded at least three people

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8 h. ago North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright as it continues repair

North Korea says it righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as it continues to repair a new warship leader Kim Jong Un has described as a significant asset for his nuclear-armed military

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8 h. ago Russia blames UK for drone attack as Putin signals retaliation and rising WW3 risk

Many of Vladimir Putin's notorious nuclear doomsday planes destroyed in the meticulous Ukrainian attack, but now Russia's ambassador to the UK is placing the blame on London

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8 h. ago Kemi's human rights exodus: Badenoch to say she's ready to quit the ECHR in order to take back control of Britain's borders

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will say today that she is 'increasingly of the view we need to leave' the Strasbourg Court to prevent activist judges frustrating attempts to deal with the migrant crisis.

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9 h. ago Arsenal 'considering' bargain transfer for forgotten Chelsea record breaker

Arsenal are considering a summer move for Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga who has just returned from his Bournemouth loan spell and is available in a cut-price deal

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