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Moscow condemned the action of the Czech police, calling the detainment a ‘provocation’.Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Czech police have detained a Russian cleric after four containers of a suspicious white substance were discovered in his car.Orthodox Bishop Hilarion was detained in the town of Karlovy Vary, according to a statement released on his Telegram channel by his defence team on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe arrest sparked claims of provocation from Moscow against Czechia’s government, despite Prague having reduced its support for Ukraine since it took office six months ago.Bishop Hilarion, 60, whose secular name…
The 29-year-old endured a difficult 2025, dropping from 24th in the world to outside the top 100, and she lost her British number one ranking amid injury issues.Searching for a fresh start, she split from her long-time coach Biljana Veselinovic and appointed Michael Joyce – the former coach of Maria Sharapova – in early 2026.After a first-round exit in January’s Australian Open, Boulter returned to the world’s top 100 with a WTA 250 title in Ostrava and a run to the third round in Miami.But her form remained inconsistent and she had won just three WTA Tour-level singles matches from…
Four senior lawyers, including the former attorney general Dominic Grieve, have written to Keir Starmer urging him to request that Indian prosecutors drop charges against the British national Jagtar Singh Johal on the basis that continued prosecution would be in manifest breach of the double jeopardy rule which prevents someone being tried twice for the same offence.Johal has been held in an Indian jail for eight years, and in March last year was acquitted of the terrorist charges laid against him in a court in Punjab. The court found the prosecutors had ‘miserably failed’ to present any reliable evidence, despite…
Twenty-six years ago this week, Israel was forced to end an 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. Much has changed since, yet Lebanon and Israel still cling to the very policies that dragged them into today’s war, a war that has engulfed Iran, drawn in the United States, and now threatens the global economy itself.Palestine remains the central issue reverberating across the region and the world. It is why Israel began attacking pro-Palestine forces in Lebanon in the 1970s, years before Hezbollah formed, and why that local conflict has widened ever since. Iran’s backing of Hezbollah after 1982 turned Lebanon into…
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes firmly defended his character and achievements as he accused Roy Keane of telling a “lie” about his pursuit of the Premier League assists record.Fernandes said Keane had put untrue “words in my mouth” on a recent podcast appearance and he hopes to contact the United legend to set him straight.Keane described Fernandes as being at the centre of a “circus act” following United’s 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest on the penultimate weekend of the season.He suggested the Portugal international was prioritising individual assists glory over the team’s interests in his eagerness to set the single-season…
Wyatt-Hodge, with all her experience and early season form for Surrey before the international summer began, is likely to slot straight back in at the top of the order but there are question marks over who should join her.Alice Capsey was promoted to open in Wyatt-Hodge’s absence against New Zealand and the 21-year-old immediately made her mark with an unbeaten 74 in the series opener at Derby before scores of 18 and three in the subsequent two.Wyatt-Hodge’s regular partner, Sophia Dunkley, made scores of eight, 26 and 22 as a frustrating trend of making good starts but failing to kick…
The decision to review the sentences of two teenage boys convicted of raping two girls, aged 15 and 14, in separate incidents in November 2024 and January 2025, and a third boy who took part in the second rape, is correct. A knife was used to threaten the second victim, and the attacks were filmed with footage later uploaded to social media. Given the severity of the crimes, and the fact that having raped one girl, two of the boys went on to rape another two months later, the non-custodial sentences handed down last week by a judge in Southampton look like a serious mistake.Fortunately,…
Seven months after a “ceasefire” was brokered to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the agreement has morphed into a deadly cover for continued Israeli military operations in the enclave.Israeli forces have killed at least 880 Palestinians since then, increasing the total from the war to 72,797, according to Gaza’s health ministry.With Israel’s next national election expected in September, analysts and human rights officials have warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deliberately stalling the peace process to appease his right-wing coalition allies and voters.Mai El-Sheikh, spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Office in Palestine, told Al Jazeera that Israel…
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has agreed to allow Iran to be based in the country during the World Cup, with the United States unwilling to host them. Sheinbaum said her government had been approached by Fifa after the US made it clear it did not want Iran’s squad to stay in the country during the tournament.”We have no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.”The United States does not want the Iranian team to stay overnight, but they are going to play three matches there. “So they asked us: ‘Can they stay overnight in Mexico?’…
Competitors at the French Open are tackling unusually blistering heat along with navigating the red clay and the pressure of performing at one of the biggest tennis tournaments in the world.Temperatures scaled 33C in Boulogne-Billancourt on Monday, with players forced to adjust their games while trying to find their best level through obvious discomfort. This hot weather is expected to endure throughout the first week. “I don’t remember the last time it was so hot at Roland Garros,” said Daria Kasatkina. “Maybe one day, but we’re going to have it for the whole week or something.”The tennis tours chase the…