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Burnley are interested in appointing Craig Bellamy as manager after Scott Parker leaves following relegation from the Premier League.

Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.

Jurors at the Old Bailey hear Alfie Coleman, 21, believed in fighting a race war.

A small number of passengers said they had felt unwell, British Transport Police said.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the issue is being treated as an "absolute priority" but does not agree it constitutes a national emergency.

A stronger and faster Sonny Baker is ready to put last summer's difficult white-ball debuts for England behind him.

Two Jewish men have been stabbed in Golders Green, north London, an attack police have declared a terrorist incident.

It comes after legislation to remove their right to sit in the upper chamber passed last month.

A sculpture of a man marching off a plinth in St James's appears to bear the artist's name.

The legislation will force criminals to come up from their court cell and attend sentencing hearings.

Tottenham's Premier League relegation struggles are "difficult to accept", says former manager Mauricio Pochettino.

The Williams driver is ready to race again this weekend after the unexpected five-week break.

It's a very treatable form of cancer if caught early, yet younger adults rarely get screened. Patient advocates want more people to talk to their doctors about risk factors and number 2.

Lilly hiked its full-year sales outlook by $2 billion, and also raised its adjusted profit guidance.

Fresh concerns about the trajectory of the U.S.-Iran war sent Brent crude futures beyond $125 on Thursday.

Brent crude surged to its highest levels since early 2022, before paring gains, as the Middle East conflict chokes supplies.

The U.S. is considering the possibility of reducing the number of troops it has stationed in Germany, President Donald Trump said.

Inflation jumped in April while the euro zone economy expanded a meager 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, data showed on Thursday.

Alphabet reported first-quarter earnings, posting booming cloud revenue and upping its full-year capex spend to as much as $190 billion.

Singer D4vd, pronounced “David,” is about to face a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether he should go to trial in connection with the killing and dismembering of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

German postal worker delivers around 600 letters and 80 packages every week

President Donald Trump posts reminder of the claim that the ‘shadowy cabal that runs the world’ will be overthrown

Among possible nominees for this year's prize are ‌Lisa Murkowski, the U.S. senator for Alaska, and Aaja ⁠Chemnitz, a member of the Danish parliament elected from Greenland

Iran’s ‘mosquito fleet’ reduces the need for their traditional navy in controlling the vital waterway

Leaders of major media companies are urging Israel to lift a ban preventing foreign journalists from independently entering Gaza

The first direct commercial flight between US and Venezuela is scheduled to land in Caracas

The war has cost $25 billion so far, according to Pentagon numbers presented to the House Armed Services Committee during the contentious hearing

ECB interest rate decision looms as growth stumbles and price rises gather pace, up from 2.6% in March and 1.9% in FebruaryBusiness live – latest updatesAir France-KLM cuts forecasts amid $2.4bn fuel bill riseInflation across the eurozone has soared to 3% this month as the Iran war drove up energy prices and growth stumbled.Consumer prices rose by 3% in the year to April across the single currency bloc, data from the statistics body Eurostat showed on Thursday morning, up from 2.6% in March and 1.9% in February. Continue reading...

Defense secretary to be quizzed by lawmakers on Senate armed services committee after bad-tempered session in House yesterdaySign up for the Breaking News US email Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will end a four-day state visit to the US on Thursday with a formal farewell with US president Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in Washington.The king is then expected to lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River in Virginia, a sacred site for many Americans where tens of thousands of the country’s war dead are buried, as well as two presidents and some former Supreme Court justices. Continue reading...

Arrest of potential next leader found hiding in drainage pipe highlights renewed tactics – and fears of cartel infightingUS politics live – latest updatesThe golden coffin of “El Mencho”, the late leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), had barely been lowered into the ground when the Mexican military dealt a second blow to the very top of the organisation this week.As special forces descended on a ranch in the state of Nayarit, grainy drone footage showed El Mencho’s possible successor, Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, being hauled from a drainage pipe he had tried to hide in, all without a shot being fired. Continue reading...

With voter loyalty a distant memory, the Lib Dems’ cost of living policies and criticism of Trump could gain them ground It has been an election buildup dominated by the rise of Reform UK and the Greens, and the contrasting woes of Labour and the Tories. But there is a chance that on 8 May the Liberal Democrats, largely ignored in recent weeks, could wake up as the biggest party in English local government.This is just one of several paradoxes for the party’s leader, Ed Davey, and his team. They are fifth in many national polls, with a rating barely changed from 2024. But Lib Dem bosses are sanguine, convinced that UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. Continue reading...

The PM says incident ‘is an attack on all of us’ after government announces £25m to increase security for Jewish communitiesHere are some of the latest images from the newswires in Golders Green this morning:A 45-year-old man, who is a British national, born in Somalia, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said he came to the UK lawfully as a child.The Metropolitan police said he was initially taken to hospital after being arrested but has since been discharged. He was taken to a London police station where he remains in custody.The Met commissioner, Mark Rowley, said the suspect has a history of mental health issues, drug use and convictions for violence. Continue reading...

US president’s statement follows comments by German chancellor that the US was being ‘humiliated’ in conflictAs we are waiting for Merz’s speech later, I am looking at some recent stories in the German press about Trump’s (repeated) threats to pull out of Germany.And Süddeutsche Zeitung has this brilliant report from Ramstein, with a local entrepreneur giving them this amazing quote that “without Americans, we would be milking cows again.” Continue reading...

Tory leader attacks Reform UK counterpart over undeclared gift in run-up to local electionsOn BBC Radio Merseyside the presenter, Tony Snell, put it to Kemi Badenoch that Merseyside was a lost cause for the Tories. He said that Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, had been on the programme yesterday. He said that Farage argued that Scousers were down to earth and the Tories they were seen as “aloof and remote”.Badenoch said no one had ever described her as aloof and remote. When it was put to her that Farage was talking about the party, she said the Tories were the party of working people. Labour were only interested in welfare, she claimed.Nigel Farage can say as much as he wants that he’s the one who’s down to earth. Someone just gave him a £5m gift to the other day. I don’t know what’s down to earth about that.Who gets £5m is a gift. If I got £50,000 as a gift, I think people would raise their eyebrows. That’s a hundred times that. And he forgot to register it. He forgot that he’d been given £5m. I don’t think that’s down to earth. So I’m not going to be taking any lessons from Nigel Farage. Continue reading...

Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summitsBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesGovernments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production and use of fossil fuels, after a landmark climate meeting involving nearly 60 countries.The voluntary plans will form the bedrock of a new initiative to wean the world off coal, oil and gas, the focus of two days of intensive talks in Colombia this week. Continue reading...

The 155-page interim report released on Thursday shows how little is known – and can be shared – about the 14 December shootingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIf there’s one thing that’s clear from the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion’s 155-page interim report, it’s how much about the Bondi massacre remains unknown – and how little of what is known can be shared with the public.More than a third of the recommendations from the report – which was released on Thursday – were confidential, although the Albanese government plans to implement all of them. Continue reading...

The airline was used by chicken breeders in Texas to illegally transport roosters for cockfights, an animal welfare group said.

More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.

Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story.

The longer the disruption to Middle East fuel supplies lasts, the risk grows that higher energy costs will feed into broader inflation that could dent economic growth.

More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.

Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.

Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.

New roles at the UN and African Union mark a shift from being the subject of decisions to helping shape them.

Israel says it targeted Hezbollah, but experts say the evidence proves otherwise.

Caesarean Awareness Month is marked in April. Conditions in Gaza can lead to risks for mothers who undergo the procedure

Ukrainian forces have hammered one of Russia's largest sites in Tuapse, causing oil spills and black rain.

Powell to remain as Fed governor, denying Trump a key vacancy  AxiosFed holds rates steady but with highest level of dissent since 1992  CNBC‘Integrity is priceless’: Powell closes out eight years at the helm of the Fed | CNN Business  CNNPowell to Remain on Fed Board, Citing Legal Pressure From Trump  WSJThe Fed will have a new leader, but Powell isn’t leaving and that puts Trump’s low interest rates on ice  The Boston Globe

Meta Stock Falls Sharply After Strong Earnings. What’s Dragging It Down.  Barron'sMeta stock drops on quarterly results as 'internet disruptions' in Iran drag down user numbers  CNBCMeta selloff puts high-exposure ETFs in focus after CapEx hike (META:NASDAQ)  Seeking AlphaMeta stock sinks as company raises 2026 AI spending forecast to $125 billion-$145 billion  Yahoo FinanceMeta Reports Big Revenue Jump and Projected Spending Increase  WSJ