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• Rangers target Derek McInnes from Hearts as replacement for Danny Röhl

  12-06-2026 19:56
  
  Röhl expected to join RB SalzburgMcInnes turned down chance to manage Rangers in 2017Rangers are likely to move for the Hearts manager, Derek McInnes, if Danny Röhl completes a move to RB Salzburg. The Ibrox club and Salzburg are in talks over a deal for Röhl, who was appointed by Rangers last October. The 37-year-old began his coaching career elsewhere in the RB stable, at Leipzig. There is a rising sense in Glasgow that he will accept Salzburg’s overtures, with a switch li
  
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• Trump says leader of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang killed in US strike

  13-06-2026 03:51
  President says Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores killed in ‘swift and lethal’ military strike with help from VenezuelaThe US military has killed a leader in the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, with the help of Venezuela, Donald Trump announced on Friday.“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, on
  
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• USA v Paraguay: World Cup 2026 – live

  13-06-2026 03:43
  ⚽️ Kick-off at 9pm EDT/2am BST/11am AEST
  ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail BeauChris Richards is INA 100% record on our projected lineup, with Chris Richards getting his wish and cracking the opening lineup. So, a nominal lopsided 3-4-2-1 that plays as a 3-2-5 in attack and a 4-4-2 in defense.The US fared better against Germany after Malik Tillman dropped deeper into midfield and Weston McKennie played more advanced. I would expect similar today, thoug
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy boosts army wages and seeks foreign recruits to counter manpower shortage

  13-06-2026 03:18
  Frontline soldiers to get better salaries and revised fixed-term contracts; Putin reacts to Ukraine’s increasing drone strikes. What we know on day 1,571Ukraine will hike military wages and seek to recruit more fighters abroad, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed, as the army faces a manpower shortage after four years of war with Russia. Zelenskyy’s government said in May it would study possible measures to boost military personnel numbers after talks on how to end the war with Russia
  
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• Manchester United lead chase for West Ham’s £80m-rated Mateus Fernandes

  13-06-2026 03:01
  Real Madrid also among midfielder’s potential suitorsCastellanos an option for Everton amid likely exitsManchester United are leading the race to sign Mateus Fernandes from West Ham. The midfielder also has interest from Arsenal, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, but the strongest early moves have come from United as they look to boost Michael Carrick’s squad.West Ham hope to receive £80m for Fernandes, although they may face financial pressure to drop their asking price aft
  
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• US justice department approves $111bn merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery

  13-06-2026 02:54
  Deal still under UK scrutiny with new investigation, and could face lawsuit from state attorneys generalDonald Trump’s Department of Justice has decided to approve the $111bn merger of Paramount Skydance, controlled by the Ellison family, and Warner Bros Discovery, the parent company of networks like CNN and HBO.The deal was approved by the justice department’s anti-trust division after months of review, and despite the concerns of many people in the entertainment and media industrie
  
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• Gene Shalit, longtime Today show movie critic, dies at 100

  13-06-2026 02:25
  
  Beloved movie critic and arts reporter was known for bushy hair and mustache and affection for groan-inducing punsGene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the Today show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and affection for groan-inducing puns, has died. He was 100.Shalit’s family announced the death Friday to NBC News, saying in a statement that he “passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life”. Continue
  
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• Court denies emergency appeal to retain Trump’s name on Kennedy Center

  13-06-2026 02:07
  
  Justice department lawyers had appealed to stay a judge’s order to remove Trump’s name from facadeAn appeals court in Washington DC rejected an emergency appeal seeking to pause the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center on Friday.Justice department lawyers for Donald Trump and his hand-picked Kennedy Center board filed the emergency appeal earlier on Friday, asking the court to stay a judge’s order that his name be removed from the facade of
  
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• Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses

  13-06-2026 01:12
  Data analytics company loses on 22 out of 23 counts in lawsuit disputing how Swiss government rejected firm’s servicesThe US technology company Palantir has lost a legal challenge to force a Swiss independent magazine to publish its responses to articles about how the Swiss government rejected its services.The data analytics company lost on 22 out of 23 counts of the suit. In a ruling on Friday, Zurich’s commercial court dismissed the majority of counterstatement requests filed by th
  
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• Philippines picks up the pieces after strongest earthquake in decades

  13-06-2026 01:01
  
  7.8-magnitude quake hit the southern island of Mindanao killing at least 55 people and leaving a trail of destruction It was just before midnight when the rescue team pulled the body from the rubble of a grocery store destroyed by the most powerful quake to hit the Philippines in half a century. The family wailed at the sight.“While tragic, it offered the family a painful consolation,” said Rene Baliong, the head of the search and rescue team. “They have a body to bury.”
  
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• BBC kicks off World Cup broadcast battle in Salford and provides contrast to ITV’s celebrity slop

  13-06-2026 00:32
  Journalistic muscles were flexed with Ros Atkins factchecking real-world issues with production offering merits more achievable by working from homeMust a World Cup broadcast be on location? The BBC, for reasons of cost and environmental concerns, has rolled back to when tournaments were beamed back to the UK. Halcyon days of Brian Moore and Des Lynam accompanied by pundits in garish knitwear and beige furniture are long gone, if lamented. How to recapture their magic? Need it be a problem when
  
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• Ex-West Ham director would not be in involved in inquiry into David Sullivan

  13-06-2026 00:10
  Tara Warren of the Independent Football Regulator was an executive director at West Ham until DecemberA nonexecutive director of the Independent Football Regulator will not be involved in the inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct against David Sullivan to avoid a conflict of interest over her links to West Ham.Tara Warren was an executive director of West Ham United and the club’s women’s team before joining the football regulator. Continue reading...
  
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• Blood test can find thousands of genetic conditions in pregnancy, say scientists

  13-06-2026 00:00
  
  Technique that examines fragments of foetal DNA in mother’s bloodstream could limit need for invasive screening, according to researchersA new maternal blood test that can detect thousands of serious genetic conditions in the developing foetus could limit the need for invasive screening during pregnancy, according to scientists.The test, to be described at the European Society for Human Genetics conference in Gothenburg on Saturday, relies on detecting tiny fragments of a foetus’s DN
  
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• Helen Mirren and six Lionesses receive honours for King Charles’s birthday

  12-06-2026 23:30
  Footballers, charity founders, actors and musicians among those celebrated for service to BritainSix members of the Lionesses’ victorious Euro 2025 squad have been made MBEs in King Charles’s birthday honours list, while the actor Dame Helen Mirren has been made a Companion of Honour for services to drama.They are joined by the former rugby league player Kevin Sinfield, who has been knighted for his campaigning and fundraising to tackle motor neurone disease. Continue reading...
  
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• Arise, Sir Kevin: Sinfield knighted in king’s birthday honours list

  12-06-2026 23:30
  Rugby league great given accolade for MND fundraisingHas raised more than £11m in memory of Rob BurrowKevin Sinfield has promised to continue his quest to support those living with motor neurone disease after being awarded a knighthood in the king’s birthday honours list.The 45-year-old rugby league great has been recognised for his incredible fundraising efforts and becomes the second former player from the sport to be knighted, after Billy Boston’s elevation this time last ye
  
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• Wyatt-Hodge fires England to Women’s T20 World Cup record score to sink Sri Lanka

  12-06-2026 23:28
  Group 2: England, 219-1, beat Sri Lanka, 132, by 87 runsWyatt-Hodge unbeaten on 105 for hosts in openerEngland got their World Cup campaign off to a flyer with an 87-run win against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on Friday evening, thanks to a thundering century from Danni Wyatt-Hodge.This was a statement win by England, whose batting firepower has recently been questioned but who powered their way to 219 – the highest total by any team in the history of the tournament – for the loss of just
  
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• Katie Boulter stuns Rybakina for biggest win after Raducanu starts Queen’s party

  12-06-2026 23:23
  British No 3 produces her greatest performanceEmma Raducanu finds her best tennis to defeat CirsteaKatie Boulter battled hard with Elena Rybakina and she emerged from the longest day of her career with her greatest victory, a special performance from the British No 3 yielding a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win over the world No 2 and Australian Open champion.Emma Raducanu was also a winner on Friday, defeating Sorana Cirstea, the seventh seed and one of the most in-form players in the world this year 6-4, 6-2
  
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• Supersub Cyle Larin rescues point for Canada against Bosnia and Herzegovina

  12-06-2026 23:21
  “History is about to be made,” the understandably giddy stadium announcer said in the seconds before kick-off and while this was not the perfect start, Canada will not forget Cyle Larin’s equaliser against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a hurry.Trailing to Jovo Lukic’s first international goal, Larin stepped off the bench and pulled the co-hosts level with his first touch, lashing in 121 seconds after his entrance. It felt like a shot that carried pent-up frustration at being
  
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• George Furbank gives Saints farewell gift to seal thrilling playoff win against Leicester

  12-06-2026 23:21
  Semi-final: Northampton 45-31 LeicesterSaints await winners of Bath v Exeter in finalIn recent years the semi-finals of the English Prem have been a reliable home banker. Not since Harlequins famously overturned a 28-0 deficit to beat Bristol after extra time in 2021 has any away side prospered and that trend continues. Northampton are into next week’s final after a ripper of an East Midlands derby that reflected well on all involved.A first-half hat trick by the Saints’ centre Tom L
  
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• The Alien Autopsy Scandal review – an exquisite, playful look at how a faked video swept the world

  12-06-2026 23:00
  The story behind the grainy footage of a dummy filled with butcher’s off-cuts is an extraordinarily eccentric and knotty joy – with the hoaxers resembling Scooby-Doo baddiesYou will, no doubt, be familiar with the 1995 footage of a supposed alien autopsy. Since its yikes-inducing TV debut, the jittery black-and-white film is estimated to have been viewed by a billion people. Still, for better or worse, here it is again: a scrum of faceless hazmat suits hover over the corpse of a pot-
  
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• Wigan underline their class with Super League hammering of Wakefield

  12-06-2026 22:57
  Wakefield 10-48 WiganWarriors dismantle hosts for sixth win in seven gamesThe Super League table rarely lies, and it certainly doesn’t usually have too many glaring abnormalities at the halfway point in a regular season. But a quick glance at the running order right now tells a slight mistruth; Wigan Warriors may not be top, but they are quite clearly the best side in the competition right now.There is a four-point gap between Wigan and the two sides joint-top of the table, Leeds Rhinos an
  
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• SpaceX to list on US stock market at historic $1.77tn valuation

  12-06-2026 22:36
  Initial public offering for aerospace and AI company made Musk the world’s first trillionaire as share prices jumpedShare your views on SpaceX’s stock market debutSpaceX made the biggest stock market debut in history on Friday after nearly two and a half decades as a private company. Public trading began around midday with a starting share price of $150, which quickly jumped by a double digit percentage and sent the company’s valuation above $2tn, where it remained through mark
  
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• Fraudster jailed after scamming London renters out of £77,000

  12-06-2026 22:36
  Frederic Priestley, 32, falsely advertised property he did not own for rent on Facebook, obtaining payments and depositsA man has been jailed after defrauding more than 30 people out of more than £77,000 in a rental scam, police said.Frederic Priestley, 34, from Southwark, London, falsely advertised a property for rent on Facebook between April and September last year. Continue reading...
  
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• Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’

  12-06-2026 22:12
  Unidentified officer removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UKA police officer is under criminal investigation over the alleged use of artificial intelligence and has been removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UK.The officer, who has not been named, is being investigated over allegations of using the technology to “create evidential material in a number of cases” and perverting the course of justice. Continue readin
  
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• Pro-Palestine activists sentenced as terrorists over damage at Israeli arms factory in UK

  12-06-2026 21:56
  Four found guilty get tougher conditions as judge says actions were ‘designed to intimidate the UK government and a section of the public’A judge has imposed lengthy custodial sentences on four Palestine Action activists who smashed up drones and other equipment at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK factory after ruling that there was a “terrorist connection” to their offending.Charlotte Head, 30, and Leona Kamio, 30, were each jailed for five years and Fatema Rajwan
  
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• Blake Lively awarded legal fees but no damages in Justin Baldoni dispute

  12-06-2026 21:55
  
  The Gossip Girl star can recover legal fees and costs arising from It Ends With Usco-actor’s countersuit Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from fellow actor and director Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought after settling her legal claims over their 2024 film It Ends With Us, a judge ruled on Friday.Judge Lewis J Liman said in a written ruling that Lively can recover legal fees and costs related to her defense against a countersuit Baldoni brought aga
  
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• ‘Tickets are very expensive’: Mexican president Sheinbaum explains why she did not attend World Cup opener

  12-06-2026 21:51
  President gave ticket to a young female soccer fan‘I gave it to someone who couldn’t go, who loves football’The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, explained on Friday why she was absent from the Estadio Azteca during Mexico’s opening match with South Africa, saying tickets to the match were unaffordable for most Mexicans and that she had given her ticket to a young female soccer fan.“Stadium tickets are very expensive,” Sheinbaum said during her daily morni
  
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• ‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success

  12-06-2026 21:30
  The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novelJust as I am about to interview this year’s Women’s prize winner, debut American novelist Virginia Evans, at the party on a drizzly evening in a leafy London square, we are interrupted because someone wants to congratulate her. The fan is Richard Curtis.A warm-hearted weepy with a sprinkling of gentle humour, Evans’s prize-winning novel T
  
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• US-Iran peace deal remains elusive as Trump and Tehran trade conflicting claims

  12-06-2026 20:23
  US president dismisses Iranian media reports agreement is close, despite earlier suggesting a deal could be signed this weekendMiddle East crisis – live updatesProspects for an immediate end to the war between Iran and the US remained uncertain on Friday amid a chaotic series of conflicting claims and counter-claims by US and Iranian officials about ongoing negotiations.Donald Trump seemed to distance himself from his earlier comments that suggested a preliminary agreement could be signed
  
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• Scotland become faithfuls or traitors before World Cup opener against Haiti

  12-06-2026 20:08
  Robertson said game helped pass time in training campScotland play 83rd-ranked Haiti on Saturday in BostonAndy Robertson has revealed an unorthodox way Scotland have prepared for their World Cup return, with the captain organising a game of Traitors for the squad during their buildup camp in the United States.Scotland’s meeting with Haiti in Boston is their first World Cup game since 1998. Much has been made of Scotland’s togetherness in the lead up to this tournament. Robertson did
  
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