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Manchester City’s perfect start offers no guarantee of Premier League title
Manchester City are the only team to have won all five of their opening Premier League matches, giving them a three-point lead over champions Arsenal as they begin life after Pep Guardiola. But historical records suggest a perfect start offers no guarantee of the title: teams need to keep winning, and City’s early form will…
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Settlers set fire to Jalud homes, blocking Palestinian family’s return
Over 100 Israeli settlers launched coordinated attacks on the Palestinian village of Jalud in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, preventing a family escorted by Israeli military from reclaiming their homes. The al-Tubasi family, accompanied by Israeli forces following a High Court ruling that they must be allowed to return, were forced to flee…
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Moment French riot cop shoots teenage protester in the face with a grenade launcher from a metre away ‘tearing his mouth apart’
A teenager was seriously injured when a French riot police officer fired a grenade at him from less than a metre away during protests outside a high school in Val-d’Oise on Monday. The incident has prompted outrage and two investigations, amid wider demonstrations over planned education budget cuts. Footage described in the article shows the…
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Australia go down fighting to Brazil in fiery 4-2 friendly defeat
Brazil beat Australia 4-2 in a fiery friendly at Lang Park, recovering from a spell in which the Socceroos led 2-1. Australia’s response after conceding an early goal showed attacking ambition and progress under Tony Popovic, giving the match significance beyond the result as the team builds towards January’s Asian Cup. Vanderson put Brazil ahead…
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Trump’s Canadian whiskey ban hits Americans TODAY as trade war escalates – but president faces brutal warning from US experts
Donald Trump’s ban on Canadian alcohol imports took effect on Tuesday, blocking about $800 million (£596 million) worth of goods and escalating a trade dispute with a close US ally. The move replaces existing 50 per cent tariffs and follows Canadian provinces’ removal of American alcohol from shops in retaliation for threatened US tariffs. The…
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Bardella to sue Mediapart over report alleging teenage antisemitism
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s National Rally (RN), says he will sue Mediapart for libel after the left-wing investigative website reported that he had made antisemitic comments as a teenager. Bardella called the report an attempt to destabilise his party ahead of next year’s presidential election; Marine Le Pen, the RN’s candidate, said she had…
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Spain announces new housing measures after protests over 87-year-old woman’s eviction
Spain’s coalition government has approved new housing measures following protests sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home. The measures, which must still gain parliamentary approval within 30 days, include a potential ban on evictions until 2030, contract rollovers until 2028, stricter regulation of short-term rentals, and a ban on housing…
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Labour Minister who claimed visions of Britain’s countryside with black labradors and warm ale in pubs were a ‘far-Right fantasy’ posted about her own rural idyll with photos of the breed… and pubs
Nature minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter has been criticised after describing a nostalgic image of rural Britain, featuring warm ale, a black labrador in a pub and fox-hunting symbolism, as a “far-Right fantasy”. The Suffolk Coastal MP said she feared the far-Right would define rural issues at the next election, and argued Labour should offer a different…
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Heroic scuba diver who helped rescue Thai football team trapped in flooded cave for nine days dies aged 44
Canadian diver Erik Brown, who helped rescue the Thai football team trapped in the Tham Luang cave in 2018, has died aged 44. The operation drew worldwide attention, and Brown’s work supporting the divers was recognised with Canada’s Medal of Bravery. Brown spent 63 hours in the cave over nine days and seven missions, carrying…
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Soho House is accused of selling out-of-date food to customers as chef claims he was sacked for complaining about being told to switch ‘use by’ labels
A former chef at Soho House’s Shoreditch club alleged that staff relabelled prepared food after its “use by” date and sold it to customers. Hackney Council began an investigation after Kamran Khan reported the claims, and Soho House said it was investigating the incident, which it described as isolated and contrary to company policy. Khan…