French Open: Jannik Sinner and Coco Gauff in action on day five – live | French Open

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Andreeva break immediately in set two but three doubles and she’s down three break-back points. She saves the first when Krueger nets, then lasers a backhand winner down the line, after which Krueger forces it, larruping a backhand long for deuce. […]

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Israel to establish more settlements in the West Bank – Middle East crisis live | Israel

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature In response to the Israeli Cabinet’s decision to establish 22 new settlements, Israeli NGO Peace Now tells the Guardian that the annexation of the occupied territories and expansion of settlements is Israel’s “central goal.” The Cabinet’s decision to establish 22 new […]

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US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits pays £10m in dividends | Benefits

The British arm of a US contractor that profits from testing whether some people in the UK should receive disability benefits has paid £10m in dividends to its investors. Maximus, a Virginia-based business, reported a 23% rise in pre-tax profit for its UK arm, from £23.6m to £29.1m, in its financial year to the end […]

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TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne solves the case of a murdered school gerbil | Television

Poker Face 9pm, Sky MaxThe fun whydunnit continues and Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) is working at a posh elementary school this week, where she finds herself solving the murder of the class gerbil (the biggest victim yet?). She’ll have to get to the bottom of a feud between a girl and a boy who are battling […]

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Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country? | Nuclear weapons

At first, Zora Schelbert, the chief operating officer and tour guide at the Sonnenberg nuclear bunker in Lucerne, Switzerland, wasn’t sure whether the requests she was receiving were a joke. It was February 2022, and Russia had just dropped the first bombs over Kyiv. “People were asking me what kind of measures they should take, […]

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Housing ombudsman for England warns of ‘simmering anger’ over living conditions | Social housing

The housing ombudsman has warned “simmering anger at poor housing conditions” could boil over into social tension as his office recorded a 474% increase in complaints about substandard living conditions since 2019/20. Richard Blakeway, the housing ombudsman for England, said repairs were now the single biggest driver of complaints his office deals with, accounting for […]

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Ukraine war briefing: Kremlin holds back peace memorandum that it promised Trump | Ukraine

Ukraine has submitted its peace terms and insisted Russia do the same before further talks, which the Kremlin has demanded take place next Monday in Turkey. “We are not opposed to further meetings with the Russians and are awaiting their memorandum,” said the Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov. “The Russian side has at least four […]

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Trump laments size of ‘much too big’ airplane gifted by Qatar | Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s big, beautiful new plane from the government of Qatar has arrived – but the US president says it’s too big to be his personal perk. The problem for the US president is not the smack of impropriety that comes with accepting a luxury 747 jumbo jet from the Gulf state and intended as […]

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US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs | Trump tariffs

A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based court of international trade came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his authority, left US trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos. […]

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