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Ben Stokes is set to play for the first time since retiring from international cricket by appearing for Durham at Derbyshire on Tuesday.The former England captain will be part of the opening round of matches in the One-Day Cup – the day The Hundred begins.Stokes announced an abrupt retirement from international cricket during England’s third Test against New Zealand last month.Before that match, 35-year-old Stokes missed the second Test during an investigation into an incident in a London nightclub.In his period away from the England team, the all-rounder played in Durham’s County Championship match against Northamptonshire.Although Stokes said he had…

Jones said: “Throughout our history, the UK has overcome challenges from plagues and pandemics to war and our fair share of wet weather. “It is right that we consistently evaluate the risks we could face and plan for what may come.”This year we saw temperatures across the UK breaking records in May, only to be exceeded again in June, and AI offers new ways for criminals to carry out cyber-attacks against us, as well as offering huge opportunities for our economy and security.”The government will do all it can and we are well prepared – but we can all play…

Back in April, Trump threatened to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran, including bridges and power plants.UN human rights chief Volker Türk responded at the time by saying: “Under international law, deliberately attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure is a war crime.” The 1949 Geneva Conventions on humanitarian conduct in war prohibit attacks on sites considered essential for civilians. “I’ll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we’ll hit energy targets,” Trump said in an interview on Special Report with Bret Baier that aired on Tuesday night. He said US negotiators had conveyed to their Iranian counterparts on Tuesday evening that…

Thames Water has returned to a full-year profit after hiking its customers bills by 40% last year.The UK’s largest water company reported post-tax income of £113m for the 12 months to the end of March, swinging from a £1.51bn post-tax loss the previous year.However, the firm’s net debt also swelled to £18.5bn from £16.8bn as it said it “continued to fund the business through… debt and internally generated cash flows”.Chief executive Chris Weston said: “The progress we have made in turning the company around has meant we are now performing better.”The publication of Thames Water’s results comes after the government…

MADRID — A soccer-racism row involving a former prime minister has triggered renewed scrutiny of a perennial Spanish problem. Mariano Rajoy, who governed Spain between 2011 and 2018 as leader of the conservative People’s Party, described the French team in a column he wrote for El Debate news site as a “very high-level squad. Of course, without Frenchmen,” in reference to the African heritage of some of the players. The remarks sparked a fierce backlash from across the border ahead of tonight’s World Cup semifinal between Spain and France in Dallas. On Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said, “France…

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Sir Keir Starmer has become the first serving UK prime minister to be awarded France’s top honour, the Legion d’honneur.He received the award at the end of a meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing – the group of countries Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron helped set up to help Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of 2022.In his tribute, Macron praised Sir Keir’s “decency” and expressed his gratitude for the “commitments for obviously your country, but the security of Europe, Ukraine, the bilateral relationship”.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was among those to pay tribute to…

Alebtong, Uganda – When Lucy Everlyn Atim returned home after six years working as a child rights activist in South Sudan’s refugee settlements, her favourite shea tree was gone.Known locally as moyao, the tree had shaped her childhood. Every morning, she and her friends gathered beneath its branches to eat its sweet, creamy fruit before walking to school.Its disappearance was not an isolated loss. Across northern Uganda, many more shea trees had been cut down for charcoal.“I got concerned,” Atim, now in her mid-thirties and a climate activist, told Al Jazeera.“The destruction of shea trees is alarming. These trees need…

Argentina are ‘in good shape’ and have no concerns over fatigue as the world champions look to book another final.Published On 15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni says he is not concerned about fatigue or his team’s performance before another FIFA World Cup semifinal as they prepare to renew their rivalry with England on Wednesday.The World Cup holders will be seeking to make it to consecutive finals by beating Thomas Tuchel’s side in a fixture that evokes 1986 and Diego Maradona, as well as the lingering sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.“We are in…

DALLAS, Texas — The World Cup was supposed to be Dallas’s moment to shine. The city is famously image-conscious, and the powers-that-be trumpeted the fact that more Cup matches were scheduled here than any other host city. It seemed like a coup for a town whose football team (the other kind of football) bills itself as “America’s team.” But off the pitch, Dallas leaders have spent the spring and summer fighting a series of political fights, many of them centered around sports. It’s a cautionary tale to the many European tourists who have marveled at America’s glittering sporting venues, but…