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• Why Alphonso Davies isn’t playing in Canada’s World Cup opener

  12-06-2026 20:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  Alphonso Davies is Canada’s captain and star player (Photo: Getty Images)2026 World Cup co-hosts Canada kick-off their tournament tonight against Bosnia and Herzegovina – but captain and star player Alphonso Davies won’t be there.Following a glitzy opening ceremony, which will feature Alanis Morissette and Michael Buble, Canada will hope to get off to a winning start in Toronto.It will be no easy task, especially given that The Maple Leaf Team have lost all six of their previo
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake is going to beat GTA 6 for Game of the Year – Reader’s Feature

  13-06-2026 03:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Timeis still shrouded in mystery (Nintendo)With Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time due out this year, a reader suggests it may steal the game of the year accolade from GTA 6.In the long history of video game teases I don’t think there’s ever been anything as extreme as The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake reveal. I do think it was a mistake to show so little, but what’s done is done. Although I don&rs
  
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• Musk, a man in a trillion: Frenzy for shares in SpaceX and its out-of-this world plans send wealth of Tesla and X owner past $1,000,000,000,000

  13-06-2026 02:49 via dailymail.com
  
  Mr Musk, who wants to hurl data centres into space and colonise Mars, declared his ambition was nothing less than 'to make life multi-planetary' as he launched the New York stock market float.
  
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• World Cup LIVE: Donald Trump makes USA vs Paraguay decision as England release stars

  13-06-2026 02:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The United States get their World Cup campaign underway but president Donald Trump won't be at the game
  
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• UK is put on recession alert over Iran war, higher taxes and Labour turmoil

  13-06-2026 02:43 via dailymail.com
  
  In a report that will make grim reading in Downing Street, the Office for National Statistics said the economy contracted by 0.1 per cent in April following a surprisingly upbeat start to the year.
  
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• Beloved longtime TV news anchor steps away from desk after revealing heartbreaking health battle

  13-06-2026 02:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Longtime WABC-TV anchor Bill Ritter announced he has been diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and is stepping away from the anchor desk after decades on New York television.
  
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• Man, 34, who kidnapped, raped and tortured young woman at house in London is jailed for 34 years

  13-06-2026 02:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Gagandeep Singh, 34, who brutally kidnapped, raped and tortured a young woman has been jailed for 34 years and faces deportation on his release.
  
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• Minister missing in action: Farce as new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis hides from media on his first day

  13-06-2026 02:40 via dailymail.com
  
  After being parachuted into the top role, former airborne officer Dan Jarvis kept a low profile on his first day replacing John Healey, who quit on Thursday with a blast at defence spending plans.
  
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• UK furniture company launches massive sale as brick-and-mortar store to close after 30 years

  13-06-2026 02:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Deep Valley at Caddsdown Industrial Park will close its doors after more than three decades and it looks to focus on its growing trade business - it has launched a huge sale
  
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• Mother of paedophile's victim says she will 'never escape the guilt' - as grim details of former private school boy's life behind bars emerge

  13-06-2026 02:29 via dailymail.com
  
  David William James took explicit photos and videos of children younger than 10 while working at six out-of-school centres across Sydney.
  
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• Bruno Fernandes approves Manchester United bid to sign £80m Arsenal target

  13-06-2026 02:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United are set to submit an offer for Mateus Fernandes (CameraSport via Getty)Bruno Fernandes has endorsed Manchester United’s move for West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes, according to reports.United have already held talks over a deal to sign Fernandes this summer and the club are now preparing to submit a formal offer to West Ham.Fernandes, who was signed from Southampton last summer in a deal worth £38 million plus £4m in add-ons, has attracted interest fr
  
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• Bruno Fernandes approves Man Utd bid to sign £80m Arsenal target

  13-06-2026 02:29 via metro.co.uk
  
  Manchester United are set to submit an offer for Mateus Fernandes (CameraSport via Getty)Bruno Fernandes has endorsed Manchester United’s move for West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes, according to reports.United have already held talks over a deal to sign Fernandes this summer and the club are now preparing to submit a formal offer to West Ham.Fernandes, who was signed from Southampton last summer in a deal worth £38 million plus £4m in add-ons, has attracted interest fr
  
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• One Nation insists fundraising event was a 'stunning success' after it was crashed by a prominent neo-Nazi

  13-06-2026 02:11 via dailymail.com
  
  One Nation has declared a Melbourne fundraising event disrupted by a well-known neo-Nazi figure was a 'stunning success'.
  
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• Ed Miliband 'pushing to be made chancellor' if Andy Burnham becomes next Prime Minister

  13-06-2026 02:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Ed Miliband might be setting his sights beyond his energy remit should his long-standing colleague Andy Burnham make it through the doors of Downing Street, insiders have revealed.
  
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• We are all encouraging video game companies to make nothing but sequels – Reader’s Feature

  13-06-2026 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  God Of War Laufey – a spin-off but not a new IP (Sony Interactive Entertainment)A reader asks why there were so many remakes and sequels during Summer Game Fest and the other June showcases, and comes to an unpalatable conclusion.I, like many others, have been disappointed by the recent showcases from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Summer Games Fest. But I think we have to ask ourselves and the industry the question, what do we actually want?I’m a PlayStation guy, with a sprinkling
  
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• Seething Republicans unload on Trump as he snubs the economy and fuels midterm panic: 'We're begging'

  13-06-2026 01:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Republicans on Capitol Hill are seething that Donald Trump is not more focused on the economy as this year's midterm elections approach, warning it could obliterate the narrow GOP congressional majority.
  
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• 'They'll leak medical records, tax records, they'll bug his phone and leak that...' Why the Establishment will do anything to stop Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister

  13-06-2026 01:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Occasionally reckless, sometimes daring, rarely dull, always outspoken, he is arguably the most consequential British politician of our age.
  
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• Ed Miliband is coming for your electric towel rail in Net Zero drive - as critics brand the move 'Soviet'

  13-06-2026 01:39 via dailymail.com
  
  Underfloor heating, gas fires and storage heaters are also in the Energy Secretary's sights as he tries to cut Britain's carbon emissions.
  
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• Beloved family-run department store to close shop after 112 years on high street

  13-06-2026 01:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hancock & Wood opened in 1914 and has been run by the same family for over a century, but online shopping, business rates and retail parks have led to the closure
  
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• Spencer Pratt goes nuclear and reveals he has 'secret recordings' of LA mayoral rivals after losing race

  13-06-2026 01:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Pratt recognized that his campaign was 'coming to a close' as he said that Los Angeles voters were now stuck between having to choose for 'dumb and dumber,' referring to Karen Bass and Nithya Raman.
  
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• Special Forces veterans call on Labour to scrap legislation that persecutes troops who served in Northern Ireland

  13-06-2026 01:29 via dailymail.com
  
  In his letter to the Prime Minister, Al Carns said the Legacy Bill would 'fail veterans it claimed to protect'.
  
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• 'Peace has never been closer': Mediators hopeful of Iran-US deal...but leak of draft sparks row

  13-06-2026 01:23 via dailymail.com
  
  A final agreement 'has been achieved' and both sides must now simply 'complete the next steps', Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has hosted talks, said on Friday night.
  
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• 'Proud pervert' photographer Terry Richardson's humiliating new life in exile: As his wife tells us how their marriage collapsed... neighbors expose eyebrow-raising local rumors about both of them

  13-06-2026 01:21 via dailymail.com
  
  A decade after his career was shredded amid allegations of sexual assault and predatory behavior, the Daily Mail can reveal the hideout to which Terry Richardson has retreated.
  
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• Teen boy left bleeding with his SKULL on show after freak accident saw piece of building's concrete facade whack his head

  13-06-2026 01:20 via dailymail.com
  
  A 14-year-old boy suffered a gruesome head injury after a piece of decorative concrete fell from a Queens building and struck him while he was walking with his family.
  
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• Teen 'battered' girlfriend with golf club and threw bleach at her in terrifying three-hour ordeal

  13-06-2026 01:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Callum Peacock, 19, admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, arson and criminal damage during the terrifying three-hour ordeal
  
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• NHS facing 'triple whammy of pressure' with latest strikes set to coincide with heatwave and World Cup

  13-06-2026 01:01 via dailymail.com
  
  NHS officials are urging the public to come forward for care as usual but are braced for a surge in demand linked to a predicted heatwave and England's first World Cup game on Wednesday.
  
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• Dementia care scandal: ‘No one likes to ask what happens to Mum when the money runs out?’

  13-06-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  I knew my mother, who had been diagnosed with dementia in 2019, needed more than I could give her (Picture: Supplied)Sitting in the manager’s office of the care home I had just viewed, I felt something I hadn’t felt for a long time when it came to my mum: relief.It really was a lovely place — warm and welcoming, with daily activities, nutritious meals, a bedroom with an ensuite, and beautiful gardens to explore. By this point, I knew my mother, Diane, who had been diagnos
  
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• Daily horoscope June 13, 2026: Today’s predictions for your star sign

  13-06-2026 01:01 via metro.co.uk
  
  Here’s what the stars have in store for your day (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Venus rules Taurus and Libra today, making social circles sparkle and new possibilities arise. Plans could change, so stay flexible.
  Aries, Pisces and Gemini, you will be emboldened, whether in your own decision-making or conversations with others. Be unapologetically you.
  Everything feels brighter, so enjoy this infectious energy. Positivity comes naturally.Ahead, you’ll find all star signs’ horoscopes for
  
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• Seriously awkward STI discovery rocks Oscar and the twins in EastEnders

  13-06-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Oscar’s going to have some explaining to do with Josh. (Picture: BBC)What’s worse than cheating on your girlfriend with her twin brother? How about giving them both a sexually transmitted infection? Oh, and the girlfriend is a murderer. For Oscar Branning (Pierre Counihan-Moullier) in EastEnders, sex has never been this unsafe…It’s a fine mess Oscar’s got himself into. And it’s about to get a lot worse.For starters, he’s fallen for a lady tha
  
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• Brand new Coronation Street spoiler videos are here as a shooting causes shockwaves

  13-06-2026 00:59 via metro.co.uk
  
  Trouble is about to explode (Picture: ITV/Metro)A broken father, a family at war and cheating accusations are the order of next week in Coronation Street.Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), scarred from the dramatic crescendo of his son, Sam Blakeman’s (Jude Riordan) psychiatric breakdown, is confronted by even more upsetting news from Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) and Ben Driscoll (Aaron McCusker), and they soon find themselves bearing the brunt of his rage.The bad blood
  
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