Raducanu reunited full-time with coach from US Open win
Emma Raducanu has not won a title since triumphing at the US Open in 2021
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Why Britain’s potential next PM is putting investors on edge
LONDON — U.K. gilts and sterling have come under increasing pressure, amid fears a new left-leaning prime minister will challenge the country's fiscal discipline and take up a confrontational stance towards bond markets.
· Hugh Leask
Israeli West Bank occupation an affront to Nakba Day legacy (RT reports)
Palestinians mark 78 years since the Nakba on Friday – one of the largest refugee crises in modern history – as expanding Israeli settlements and military operations are again forcing communities from their homes, RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij reports.
· RT
Europe ‘clarifies’ how human rights apply to migration
CHIȘINĂU, Moldova — European governments have agreed to “clarify” how the European Convention on Human Rights applies in migration cases — in a bid to fend of populist attacks on the 75-year-old agreement.
· Jon Stone
NHS staff accessed Southport victims' records 'inappropriately', hospital trust admits
A hospital trust has admitted that nearly 50 staff members looked inappropriately at the medical records of victims of the Southport knife attack.
· Judith Moritz
Poland scrambles to respond after Pentagon ditches troop deployment plan
WARSAW — Poland, one of the closest U.S. allies in Europe, was blindsided by this week's surprise decision from Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to cancel the planned deployment of 4,000 American troops to the country.
· Jan Cienski
Swans star takes controversial mark of the year candidate
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Russia, Ukraine free prisoners of war after Trump deal
KYIV — Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each freeing 205 people as part of a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump that is expected to involve 2,000 prisoners in total.
· Veronika Melkozerova
Fighting for a bigger cause - the Rousey show returns
Ronda Rousey has won 12 of her 14 professional fights
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How the fall of Starmer will reshape British policy on Israel
Israel's genocide in Gaza and campaign of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank have not yet become an issue in the battle to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as British prime minister.
· Middleeasteye
Final tickets on sale despite Spygate uncertainty
Southampton's last Championship defeat was to Hull on 17 January
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Waterloo and a revolution: Von der Leyen and Costa pick their Eurovision favorites
It’s the big, bright annual event that is supposed to bring Europeans together around their television sets. But, beyond the stage, the Eurovision Song Contest has an unmistakably political side.
· Gabriel Gavin
First minister spent election night win at Premier Inn after forgetting his keys
Wales' new first minister had to book himself into a Premier Inn as his party celebrated its historic election victory - after forgetting his flat keys.
· Adam Hale
Israel’s upcoming election season could become its ugliest yet - opinion
Here is a prediction: when the election campaign really moves into high gear, expect to see a Likud advertisement claiming that it was the party that protected and supported IDF soldiers by refusing to pass the ultra-Orthodox draft law that the haredi parties demanded.
· YAAKOV KATZ
Drake surprise drops three albums and mentions the Kendrick Lamar beef
The world was waiting for one Drake album. Along came three.
· Peter Gillibrand
Meningitis cases in Reading are pupils at two schools, UKHSA says
Two people ill with meningitis in Reading have been confirmed as pupils at two schools.
· Indy Almroth-Wright
Finland faces no ‘direct military threat’ despite drone scare, president insists
President Alexander Stubb said Friday that Finland was "not facing any direct military threat" after a drone entered the country's airspace near Helsinki.
· Milena Wälde
Trump policies mean Europe is ‘alone’ – ex-ECB chief
US President Donald Trump’s increasingly “confrontational and unpredictable” policies have left Europe “truly alone together” and unable to rely on Washington as its main security guarantor, former Italian prime minister and ex-ECB chief Mario Draghi has warned.
· RT
X commits to do more on hate and terror content under pressure from UK watchdog
LONDON — Elon Musk's X will introduce new measures to protect U.K. users from illegal hate and terror content, the online safety regulator Ofcom announced Friday.
· Mizy Clifton
Coleman to end 17-year Everton playing career
Seamus Coleman has announced he will finish his Everton playing career at the end of the season, when his contract expires after 17 years at the club.
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Three more VAR errors confirmed by Premier League panel
David Moyes has seen his Everton side wrongly denied three VAR penalties in the Premier League this season
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Beckham becomes UK's first billionaire sportsman
David and Victoria Beckham have been married since July 1999, shortly after Manchester United won the Treble
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Democrats back independents in some red state races
Dan Osborn, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a news conference, May 15, 2024, at his home in Omaha, Neb. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)
· Steve Peoples
At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.
Charles Mauldin remembers that his lungs felt like they were imploding when he breathed in tear gas more than 60 years ago. It was Sunday, March 7, 1965, when Mauldin, who was 17, joined hundreds of other demonstrators in a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol in Montgomery to demand voting rights for Bla…
· Maya Miller and Lisa Song
Amid falling fertility rate, China to certify ‘birth-friendly’ cities and workplaces
Campaign aims to name 40 cities and 200 workplaces as being supportive of childbirth every three years
· Carol Yang
Amid falling fertility rate, China to certify ‘birth-friendly’ cities and workplaces
Campaign aims to name 40 cities and 200 workplaces as being supportive of childbirth every three years
· Carol Yang
Search for new James Bond officially kicks off as auditions begin
The casting process for the new James Bond has officially begun, after years of anticipation and speculation about who will take over from Daniel Craig as 007.
· Ian Youngs
Josh Simons stood down for Burnham as Labour was 'imploding'
The MP who will step down to allow Andy Burnham a chance to challenge the prime minister has said it "was too big an opportunity to miss".
· Paul Burnell
Nakba-inspired Palestinian game Dreams on a Pillow enters full production | The National
Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh has entered the full production phase of Dreams on a Pillow alongside the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign to support development. The narrative adventure title is inspired by stories from the Nakba, the displacement of Palestinians by Israeli forces in 1948.
· Faisal Al Zaabi
New outbreak of Ebola kills 65 in eastern DR Congo
Africa's top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province.
· BBC News
Has last-gasp Celtic penalty undermined Hearts' hopes?
Hearts will win the Scottish Premiership if they avoid defeat at Celtic Park
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Spain's PM faces key Andalusia vote after series of defeats
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialists seek to avoid a drubbing in the key region of Andalusia on Sunday, following a string of electoral losses ahead of next year's national vote.
· The Local
Rubio responds to China’s warning over Taiwan
Washington’s policy on Taiwan remains unchanged and any attempt by China to break the status quo would be a “terrible mistake,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.
· RT
Don’t follow Sweden on nicotine pouches, WHO warns countries
Governments should resist tobacco industry pressure to follow Sweden’s permissive approach toward nicotine pouches, as it will only lead to more people becoming hooked on the stimulant, World Health Organization officials warned on Friday.
· Rory O’Neill
Gap narrows between ruling, main opposition parties ahead of local elections: poll
SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- The gap in the approval ratings for the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) remains considerably wide, though it continued to narrow this week, a poll showed Friday, with less than three weeks left before the June 3 local elections.
· Yi Wonju
Sánchez backs Barcelona football star Yamal against attacks from Israel
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has renewed his war of words with Israel, throwing his support behind FC Barcelona football star Lamine Yamal after he waved a Palestinian flag while celebrating the team’s league title win.
· James Panichi
Over half of Israelis want PM Netanyahu to retire from politics, not run in Knesset election - poll
A slight majority of Israelis surveyed would prefer that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not run in the upcoming Knesset elections and instead retire from political life, a poll published by Maariv on Friday found.
· MOSHE COHEN
British Gas pays £20m to settle probe into force-fitting of prepayment meters
British Gas has agreed to pay £20m into a redress fund to settle an investigation by the regulator into the forced fitting of prepayment meters.
· BBC News
The Highland football team hoping to be the UK's most northerly professional club
A part-time village football club is potentially one game away from joining Scotland's national professional leagues.
· Chris MacLennan
‘A lot of good has come of it’: Trump is bullish on China visit
The president said he had secured trade deals and made progress on getting Chinese help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
· Alex Gangitano
I've never seen anything like the abuse during this election
In the hours after he was re-elected, councillor Shazad Fazal scrolled through the messages he had been sent on Facebook.
· Rebecca Woods
Parlour? Villa? Gerrard? Ranking best FA Cup final goals
There's something magical about those seconds before the FA Cup final kicks off. Trumpets and tin-foil trophies, players as tense as the travelling fans, gaffers pacing the dugout in full club suits. The anticipation of a new hero emerging.
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Claim, counter-claim and tech's seedy side exposed: Five things we learned in the Musk-Altman trial
It is the legal showdown that has pitted two of the biggest names in tech, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, against each other.
· Lily Jamali
Hotel owners expected a World Cup boom - so far it hasn't happened
Walking the streets of Kansas City, Houston, Miami and New York it is hard not to notice a World Cup is coming.
· Archie Mitchell
UK anti-immigration social media accounts traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam
The "Great British People" Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing "the overwhelming scale of mass immigration" and asking viewers if they miss "the Britain we u…
· Marianna Spring
Marlboro maker accused of ‘exploiting’ young people with new global ad campaign
Philip Morris claimed it wanted to end cigarette sales, but experts and campaigners say new promotions seem designed to attract younger consumers
· Kat Lay
Kentucky Republicans keep distance from McConnell in Senate race
Rep. Andy Barr, R-KY, a Trump-endorsed candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks to guests of the Kenton County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
· Jesse Bedayn
'Don't swim' at 12 of 14 river bathing sites, as more locations announced
Signs warning people not to swim are in place at almost all of England's official river bathing sites due to concerns the water could be unsafe.
· Jonah Fisher
Merz’ Pekinger Spagat – wer spricht für Deutschland in China?
Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
· Rixa Fürsen
Carano bout to 'smash' women's fight pay record - Rousey
Ronda Rousey (left) has not fought since 2016, with Gina Carano last competing in 2009
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