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A drone strike killed a young woman and injured 15 others near Khan Younis, reported the Wafa news agency.Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026Israel’s military carried out a spate of attacks in Gaza, continuing its bombardment despite the ceasefire that remains in place on paper, as Palestinian factions prepare to convene in Egypt to discuss the enclave’s future.In Friday morning’s attack, an Israeli drone killed a young woman and injured at least 15 others in the southern Khan Younis area, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLater in the day, another Israeli…
A mother who poisoned her one-year-old son with a lethal cocktail of prescription medications added to milk in a baby bottle has been jailed for life for his murder.Emma Barnett, 36, killed her son Oakley before he could be taken into care after a family court hearing ordered that he be removed from her.The judge, Mr Justice Derek Sweeting, told Cambridge crown court that Barnett had arranged to join a family court hearing remotely on 8 November 2024.He said that before the hearing started she drove her car to Epping Forest, and collected medications that had been prescribed to her…
Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026Italy’s Flavio Cobolli said he was “sad and happy at the same time” after reaching his first Grand Slam final at the French Open on Friday, following the last-minute withdrawal due to illness of his last-four opponent and compatriot Matteo Arnaldi.The 24-year-old 10th seed will meet Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final, which will produce a new major champion, after the German second seed earlier moved past Jakub Mensik in the other semi-final.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listJust more than 20 minutes before Cobolli and Arnaldi were due to take to Court Philippe…
This is not the first time in recent years that a Lord’s pitch has been questioned.Questions were also raised during the 2025 World Test Championship final after 14 wickets fell on each of the first two days.By contrast, just a month later England and India played out a thrilling Test that went five days, but this year’s pitch could lead to the match finishing inside three days.The batters’ struggles were exemplified by a delivery from New Zealand seamer Matt Henry that barely bounced above ankle height and cannoned into the stumps, giving England’s Jacob Bethell’s no chance.”This is a really…
England head coach Thomas Tuchel says reports about the state of the pitch for his team’s friendly against New Zealand will not influence which players are involved.The Daily Mail, external said the playing surface for the match at the Raymond James Stadium, home of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was a ‘plug and play’ pitch laid just a week ago.Several pitches for World Cup matches are being played in stadiums that usually have artificial surfaces but which have been relaid with grass.Travelling ground staff from the Football Association were reported to be liaising with the venue over the pitch which…
Trump seeks to shore up support among rural voters hard hit by tariffs, economic fallout of war with Iran.Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026United States President Donald Trump has sought to reassure farmers hard-hit by tariffs and the economic fallout of the US-Israeli war with Iran during a visit to Wisconsin.The stop in Chippewa Falls on Friday for a farming roundtable comes months before the midterm elections in November. Trump was seeking to bolster support for Republican US Representative Derrick Van Orden, who has been targeted by Democrats hoping to take control of the chamber.Recommended Stories list of 3…
Iran players get visas 10 days before their opening World Cup match against New Zealand in Los Angeles on June 15.Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026Iran’s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official, just 10 days before their first match in Los Angeles amid a conflict between the two countries.Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, Abolfazl Pasandideh, said late on Thursday the squad had still not received their US visas, but these were granted overnight, the White House official said.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUS Ambassador to…
LAYUP: The New York Knicks are in the NBA finals, and politicians can’t seem to get enough of it. They’re hosting invite-only watch parties as an excuse to butter up the political press and cash in on the cultural cachet. They’re deploying taxpayer-funded staff to film and edit Knicks-focused social media clips of themselves, fit with music, multiple shooting locations and a whole lot of hype. And they’re even mocking up government documents in an effort to spread good vibes — and good publicity — around New York’s basketball team. It feels like Empire State’s electeds are jumping at every…
Anthony Head, the actor best-known for playing Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died aged 72.“He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family,” his daughters Emily and Daisy Head said in a statement.“It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed first-hand the impact both he and his work have had on so many.”As well as playing the mentor to Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character, Head had a recurring role in David Walliams and Matt Lucas’s BBC sketch show Little Britain, appeared in…
French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound foreign aid flotilla accuse Israeli forces of abuse and torture.Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026French anti-terrorism prosecutors say they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected “torture” and “war crimes” over Israel’s alleged mistreatment of French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month.The probe was opened on Friday following a referral from the foreign ministry late last month, said the national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office (PNAT), after activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla accused Israeli authorities of severe mistreatment during their detention.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of…