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With some sunshine for most of England and Wales over the weekend, along with a southerly breeze, temperatures will climb to 22 to 27C, perhaps 28C (82.4F) in south-east England by Sunday.These temperatures will be around 6 to 8C above average for early June.Some of the warmth will extend into Northern Ireland and southern Scotland with highs on Sunday of 20 to 22C, but it will be closer to average in more northern areas with 17 to 20C.It will also be cloudier across more northern areas of the UK over the weekend.This warmer-than-average weather is forecast to last into next…
Joe Hart: England. But I am not actually that bothered whether I am right or wrong. I just like to back my people and I want England to do it.Martin Keown: Looking at the draw, there will be some absolute blockbuster quarter-finals if the favourites win their groups, like England versus Brazil and Argentina against Portugal – or Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo.Is this the hardest World Cup there has ever been to win? Maybe. It feels very open. My head is telling me the best team is France, my heart is telling me that it could be England.Paul Robinson: The…
Former airline captain charged with fraud after allegedly commanding more than 900 flights without required credentials.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026A former airline pilot in Canada has been arrested for allegedly flying hundreds of flights without a proper licence for nearly 17 years.Police in Peel, Ontario, said on Tuesday that they had charged former Air Canada captain Geoffrey Wall with fraud and other charges following a four-month investigation.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Peel Regional Police said Wall, 59, had used fraudulent pilot licences to command more than 900 domestic and international flights between 2009 and 2025.Police…
Graham Platner was far from establishment Democrats’ first choice to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins. But they’re lining up behind him now — even if some are doing so begrudgingly. With votes still being counted in Maine on early Wednesday morning, Platner looked to be winning just shy of three-quarters of the Democratic primary ballots. The strong showing marks a stunning political journey for the oysterman despite his many scandals — and it’s likely to quell murmurs from national Democrats that he could be pushed to withdraw from the race and replaced by another candidate. Senate Minority Leader Chuck…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Strikes come after US attacked Iranian ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz over the downing of a helicopter.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed attacks on United States military bases in Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation for US strikes on ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz.In a statement carried by state media on Wednesday, the IRGC said it launched a drone attack on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and a long-range missile strike on a base in Azraq, Jordan.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listKuwait, which…
In a small, unassuming bookstore in south-west China, a discreet community of women dream of a more equal future. Here in Chengdu, 42-year-old Shen Shen runs one of the country’s leading feminist bookstores.“The world doesn’t lack bookstores for men,” she says, surrounded by piles of volumes by authors including Judith Butler, Simone de Beauvoir and Chizuko Ueno.But Shen Shen must tread carefully. Although “feminist” is not quite a dirty word in China, “gender antagonism” – behaviour or speech could be seen as stoking division between men and women – is.Being a woman in China is getting harder. The rising tide…
Judge Emily Marks had previously allowed the execution to proceed, arguing that no execution is entirely without pain.Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026A federal judge in the United States has permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas, after declaring that the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.On Tuesday, US District Judge Emily C Marks permanently enjoined the state from executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas. Lee was scheduled to be executed Thursday at an Alabama prison.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHer decision came a day after an appeals court reversed her…
Brazilian police have intercepted 108 Cuban nationals in a single day as they were being smuggled into the country.In a statement on Tuesday, officials noted that the incident was part of a growing trend of undocumented immigration leaving the beleaguered Caribbean island for Brazil.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBrazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security described the operation as a “rescue”, designed to disrupt human trafficking and irregular migration.“According to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), this was the largest humanitarian rescue operation ever recorded in a single incident in Roraima,” the ministry said, referring to one of Brazil’s…
The AI boom is ‘wreaking havoc’ on communities across the US by subjecting residents to near-constant noise and vibrations, the lawsuit said. Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026 Elon Musk’s xAI and SpaceX have been sued by Mississippi residents who say a power plant fuelling nearby data centres is blasting “omnipresent and inescapable” noise that has eroded their health and home values. The lawsuit, made public on Tuesday in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi, claims Musk’s companies negligently failed to curb the disturbance and created a public nuisance through excessive and offensive noise. Three residents filed the case on…
MONEY TALKS: Sherif Soliman, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s budget chief, privately briefed members of the Democratic Socialists of America on the state of New York City’s finances last week — a move that could raise ethical concerns, according to a person at the meeting and a prominent government watchdog. The meeting, billed as a “debrief” on the DSA’s “Tax the Rich Campaign,” was held on June 1 at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Clinton Hill. An invitation to the event obtained by Playbook encouraged people to sign up to become dues-paying DSA members in order to participate in the briefing. During…