Real Madrid-Celta Vigo: Mbappe brace keeps LaLiga title hopes alive
Madrid see off late comeback by Celta to stay within four points of LaLiga leaders Barca, whom they visit next weekend.
Lewis Capaldi makes surprise return to live performance at charity gig
The Scottish musician breaks health-related hiatus with gig in support of the suicide prevention charity Calm
Lewis Capaldi performed on stage for the first time in two years after making a surprise appearance at a charity gig in Edinburgh to raise funds for suicide prevention.
He appeared on Friday night at the concert – headlined by Tom Walker and Nina Nesbitt– at Edinburgh Assembly Halls, in aid of the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm).
Continue reading...Israel uses Druze community to justify “interfering in Syria”
“Interestingly, that their [Druze] location in the Golan Heights presents, if you like, a strategic interest for Israel.
AI-generated image of Trump as pope is the latest White House controversy
US President Donald Trump is facing backlash for publishing an AI-generated image of himself as the pope.
UK politics: New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – as it happened
Andrea Jenkyns says she wants a ‘lean, mean local government’ and says she is ‘up for a fight’ with unions
The Conservatives will come back from their poor results in the local elections but it will have to be a “slow and steady” effort, party leader Kemi Badenoch has said, PA reports.
She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I am sorry to all of those councillors who’ve lost their seat”.
Continue reading...‘Everyone knew it but him’: Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law has seen role diminished since the transition – Politico
France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe
Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown
France and the EU are to step up their efforts to attract US-based scientists hit by Donald Trump’s crackdown on academia, as they prepare announcements on incentives for researchers to settle in Europe.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, alongside the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders and researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives and protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe.
Continue reading...Father of teen fatally shot by Cincinnati police allegedly kills officer with his car
Man who became distraught after viewing footage of the fatal shooting of his son crashed into officer the next day, authorities say
The distraught father of an 18-year-old shot and killed by police in Cincinnati allegedly killed a police officer with his car less than 24 hours after the death of his son.
The double killing has shocked the Ohio city amid ongoing concerns about American law enforcement’s involvement in lethal encounters with citizens.
Continue reading...Syrian gov’t reaches deal with Druze community, as Israel steps up attacks
Syrian government reaches a deal with the Druze community, as Israel keeps attacking Syria.
Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis’ Tombstone – The New York Times
- Designers Do a Double Take at the Lettering on Pope Francis’ Tombstone The New York Times
- The Pope's tomb is the most unexpected design crime of 2025 Yahoo
- No one could believe it - the unexpected typo on Pope Francis' tomb that has sparked criticism from experts and the faithful alike Unión Rayo
- The kerning on the pope’s tomb is a travesty Fast Company
- "Absolute dilettante at work": Expert calls sloppy inscription on pope's tomb "shameful" | blue News bluewin E-Mail
UN’s Francesca Albanese defiant amid Israeli pressure and Gaza catastrophe
UN special rapporteur discusses pressure to cancel her role, threats of arrest in Germany, and ongoing Gaza catastrophe.
Moscow has means to bring Ukraine war to ‘logical conclusion,’ Putin says – politico.eu
- Moscow has means to bring Ukraine war to ‘logical conclusion,’ Putin says politico.eu
- Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine AP News
- Putin says Russia has the strength to finish Ukraine operation Reuters
- Ukrainian ambassador to US on Putin’s nuclear weapons comments: ‘He is a threat’ The Hill
- Putin expresses ‘hope’ that nuclear weapons will not be needed in Ukraine Al Jazeera
Biden aides discussed a cognitive test but decided against it, book reveals
Debate around Joe Biden’s mental acuity and his age was a critical issue during the run up to the 2024 election
Joe Biden’s top staff debated the possibility of the embattled Democratic president taking a cognitive test last year as he geared up for re-election but eventually decided against the idea, a new book is set to reveal.
Debate around Biden’s mental acuity and his age was an acute issue during the run up to the 2024 election, which eventually saw Biden step down from his re-election campaign in favor of his vice-president, Kamala Harris.
Continue reading...Israeli soldiers, settlers harass Palestinian activist featured in BBC film
The activist says settlers feel emboldened by the unchecked support given to them by US President Donald Trump.
Elon Musk’s Starbase in Texas will officially become a city
Residents approved incorporating a patch of land as the new municipality in an election on Saturday.
Badenoch says more children, not immigration, will help with ageing population
Conservative leader’s remarks to BBC suggest she may develop policies that encourage women to have more children
People should be having more children rather than the UK relying on immigration to deal with an ageing population, Kemi Badenoch has suggested.
The Conservative leader said the UK needed to answer the question of how we “make sure we can deal with [an] ageing society, people not having enough children”.
Continue reading...‘Starbase’: Residents of Texas site home to Musk’s SpaceX back city status
Overwhelming majority of people who voted to turn base into municipality are employees of Elon Musk's space company.
MSF hospital bombing kills seven people in South Sudan
At least seven people were killed and 20 injured after a Doctors Without Borders hospital was bombed in South Sudan
What led to Mike Waltz’s ouster as Trump’s national security adviser?
The Signal group chat scandal and Waltz's hawkish stance on Iran are being touted as the reasons for his ouster as NSA.
More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine – The New York Times
- More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine The New York Times
- Allies seek deal on more Patriots for Kyiv before NATO summit, source says Reuters
- Ukraine-Russia war live: US to send first Patriot missile systems to Kyiv since Trump-Zelensky Vatican talks The Independent
- Patriot air-defense system based in Israel to be refurbished, sent to Ukraine – NYT The Times of Israel
- US to send refurbished Patriot air defense system from Israel to Ukraine, NYT reports. The Kyiv Independent