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Aston Villa v Chelsea: Premier League – live

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On TNT Glenn Hoddle is talking empathetically about Mauricio Pochettino, the latest of his many successors as Chelsea manager. “He needs to know who his five or six big players are,” Hoddle says. “You need a spine. I don’t think he’s…

Chelsea 0-2 Barcelona (agg 1-2): Women’s Champions League semi-final, second leg – as it happened

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Bonmatí and Rolfo score to send Barcelona into the final at Chelsea’s expense

Idrissa Gueye’s strike sinks Brentford and ensures Everton’s safety

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The celebrations were not as euphoric as the derby but Brentford marked another momentous step for Everton nonetheless. Despite two separate points deductions totalling eight points, doubts over their financial future and ownership,…

Everton v Brentford: Premier League – live

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Idrissa Gueye’s second-half strike was one of few highlights in a largely dreadful game and proved enough to guarantee Everton’s Premier League survival

Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail

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Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison

Rageh Omaar says he was ‘determined to finish’ after becoming unwell on air

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ITV’s international affairs editor became unwell while presenting News at Ten on Friday and is recovering at home

Matthews leads England to third grand slam in row with victory in France

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England have been bathed in Women’s Six Nations glory since 2019 and the winning sunlight warmed their skin once again as their captain, Marlie Packer, lifted the trophy aloft for the Red Roses’ third successive grand slam and sixth…

France 21-42 England: Women’s Six Nations decider – as it happened

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England completed their grand slam quest in Bordeaux, the visitors scoring six tries – two from Alex Matthews – to earn a 21-point victory over France

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European football: Harry Kane breaks personal record, Dortmund suffer loss

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Harry Kane scored once in either half to guide Bayern Munich to a 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday and a welcome boost before Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.

Hamas ‘reviewing Israel’s latest Gaza ceasefire proposal’

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Islamist group release new video apparently showing two hostages as UN warns famine thresholds will be breached within six weeks

London Gaza protest: has row over ‘openly Jewish’ remark changed the march’s mood?

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In the wake of a controversial viral video, Holocaust survivors joined pro-Palestine demonstration while fears of antisemitism grow

Rafael Nadal delivers a timely reminder of his calibre to delight home crowd

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In the feverish buildup to his final appearance at the Madrid Open, Rafael Nadal made himself abundantly clear. It was not too long ago that he was unsure if he would ever return to the court at all and so, with his lingering physical…

Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse

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Investigation finds groups hosting Islamophobic attacks on London mayor Sadiq Khan, white supremacist slogans and antisemitic conspiracy theories

Arizona woman pleads guilty to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them

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Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, 37, worked at a mortuary and arranged to transport remains to buyers across state lines

Chinese jets fly sorties over Taiwan strait in show of force as US delegation departs

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End of secretary of state Antony Blinken’s three-day visit marks upsurge in military activity after period of relative calm

Moses McKenzie: ‘I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora’

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The award-winning Bristol-raised novelist on his new book about a teenage Rastafarian living in the city in volatile times, how he was influenced by The Catcher in the Rye - and being celebrated by a Tory politician

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South Africa marks 30 years since apartheid amid growing discontent

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Polls predict ANC likely to lose parliamentary majority, due to high unemployment and wealth inequality

Manchester United 1-1 Burnley, Sheffield United relegated after rout – as it happened

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It was the end of the road for Sheffield United, but André Onana’s late clanger at Old Trafford boosted Burnley’s survival bid

Sheffield United relegated after thrashing by five-star Newcastle

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Sheffield United are presumably relieved that their next League assignment in the north-east will be at Sunderland or Middlesbrough. Long before the final whistle brought confirmation of a relegation to the Championship that Chris Wilder…

Zeki Amdouni punishes Onana to grab Burnley a draw at Manchester United

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After yet another late Manchester United capitulation, Erik ten Hag invoked a rare trophyless Sir Alex Ferguson vintage to try to explain it. The Dutchman compared his work to that of the rebuild of 2004‑05, at the start of which a…

Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’

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US senator says Israeli prime minister using antisemitism to distract attention from ‘extremist and racist government’ policies

Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis

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Exclusive: Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’

‘These people matter’: why Diana Matar photographs the sites where US police have killed civilians

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The celebrated US photographer’s haunting new series, documenting the locations where people have died in encounters with police, is a quietly devastating commemoration and a critique of modern American culture

Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh? | Michael Hogan

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It says a lot about our turbulent times that we’ve started seeking omens in random events

The week in audio: The Bachelor of Buckingham Palace; The Price of Paradise and more – review

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Ugly truths emerge when two very different reality shows go under the microscope. Elsewhere, a star turn from Ted Danson, and why bands break up

Dyeing art: Ptolemy Mann’s vibrant thread paintings – in pictures

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“The act of hand weaving and dyeing cloth is extremely labour intensive – it can take months to make one piece,” says British artist Ptolemy Mann, who has been creating textile works of extraordinary colour and vibrancy for nearly 30 years…

How one Wisconsin man plagued election offices and stoked mistrust

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Peter Bernegger has brought at least 18 lawsuits against election clerks and offices over alleged fraud – now he faces criminal charges

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‘There’s going to be fire if I speak’: Salah adds fuel to touchline row with Klopp

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Mohamed Salah ruined Jürgen Klopp’s attempt to play down his touchline row with the winger by saying there would be “fire” if he stopped to speak after Liverpool’s faltering title challenge suffered another blow in their 2-2 draw at West…

One climber dead and one injured after 1,000ft fall from Alaska mountain

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Fall in Denali national park witnessed by another climbing party who dug snow cave and tended to hurt climber

‘Everyone knows something’s going to happen’: fears of a new war on Israel’s border with Lebanon

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As hostilities ramp up, Israelis evacuated from the country’s north say Hezbollah must be pushed back to protect communities from its rockets