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Marco Rubio steps in after Tim Walz pardoned illegal alien child rapist before deportation

• Rubio says he overrode a clemency-related obstacle to deport Vang
• The case centres on a Minnesota pardon granted before removal
• It has intensified political rows over immigration and public safety

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital that Tue Lue Vang, a Laotian national living in the US, has been deported after Minnesota’s pardon board granted him clemency shortly before he was due to be removed. The case matters because it has become a political…

How Yorkshire-born Erling Haaland could have been playing for England! Norway superstar even says ‘home’ is here – but now he’s out to make himself Public Enemy Number One

• Leeds-born Haaland faces England, his birth country, in Miami quarter-final.
• He has scored seven goals, taking Norway to the last eight.
• His father Alf-Inge played 10 years in English football.

Erling Haaland, the Norway striker born in Leeds, will lead the line against England — his country of birth — in a World Cup quarter-final in Miami on Saturday night. The article highlights how deeply England has shaped Haaland's story, from his birth in west Yorkshire to his…

Moment angry passengers revolt on Wizz Air flight from Luton after being trapped in 37.7C heat without air con as delayed plane sits on runway

Passengers staged a revolt aboard a delayed Wizz Air flight departing London Luton, after being left for around two hours in temperatures of 37.7C without air conditioning while the aircraft sat on the runway. Footage shows travellers standing, shouting and fanning themselves with safety cards, with some removing…

Trio who stormed family-run jewellers in Ted Lasso’s up-market Richmond face jail over roles in £225,000 viral smash-and-grab

• Three Essex men admit conspiracy to rob over Richmond jewellery raid.
• Around u00a3225,000 of jewels were stolen in the viral smash-and-grab.
• The trio will be sentenced at the end of the month.

Three men have admitted their part in a daylight smash-and-grab raid on a family-run jewellers in the affluent London suburb of Richmond, footage of which went viral in early 2026. Deniz Mehmet, Robert Clarke and Lee Ramsey pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob after being filmed smashing the…

POLL OF THE DAY: Is Andy Burnham the man to restore Britain on the global stage?

• Reader poll asks if Andy Burnham can restore Britain globally.
• Officials warn he may face early provocation from Putin.
• Previous poll: 53% backed Farage to beat Count Binface.

The Daily Mail's "Poll of the Day" asks readers whether Andy Burnham, described as taking over as prime minister, is the man to restore Britain's standing on the world stage. The framing follows warnings from Downing Street officials and a former foreign policy adviser that Mr Burnham is…

Wife of wealthy AI boss who was ‘found with stab wound to the chest in downstairs bathroom’ of £2.5m home was arrested, inquest hears

• Node4 CEO Neil Muller, 54, found fatally stabbed at Warwickshire home.
• His wife was arrested following the death on 7 June.
• Weapon found in sink; inquest opened at Coventry Coroner's Court.

An inquest has opened into the death of Neil Muller, the 54-year-old chief executive of technology firm Node4, who was found with a fatal stab wound to the chest at his home in Warwickshire. Coventry Coroner's Court heard that Mr Muller's wife was arrested following his death, which…

8 indicted in planned sniper attack at White House UFC 250 event, DOJ says

• Eight men indicted over alleged plot to attack White House UFC event.
• Targets allegedly included Trump, Vance and Elon Musk.
• FBI disrupted the plot; the event still went ahead.

The US Justice Department has announced that eight men have been indicted on terrorism charges over an alleged plot to carry out a sniper attack at the UFC Freedom 250 event held on the South Lawn of the White House last month. The alleged targets included President Donald…

WNBA player who battered Caitlin Clark elbows another Fever star in the face, but there’s a catch

• Alyssa Thomas elbowed Fever's Lexie Hull in the face.
• Writer says it was just a normal basketball play.
• Fever won 92-89; Thomas scored 22 points.

Indiana Fever guard Lexie Hull took an elbow to the face from Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas during the third quarter of the two teams' meeting on Thursday night. The incident drew attention because Thomas is the same player who forcefully threw Fever star Caitlin Clark to the…