The London Standard - August 28, 2024

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August 28, 2024

Starmer woos Berlin and Paris 'to reset our relations with Europe'

SIR Keir Starmer met Germany’s top leaders this morning before heading on to France, aiming for a post-Brexit reset in relations with vital European partners following Labour’s election triumph.

2 mins

Get set for a landmark Paralympics

Nearly half of GB athletes at Games will be women and girls in new record

2 mins

Zara's killer 'had affair with prison worker'

‘Deeply troubled’ family demand investigation as woman is charged

1 min

Nine Palestinians die in Israeli raids across the West Bank

ISRAEL today launched raids across the occupied West Bank, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians, according to officials.

1 min

This tribute to Joplin is a vacuous Frankenshow

HERE'S a star performance in a shoddy vehicle.

1 min

We were told we couldn't do sport ... so we do sport

Grit, dark humour and buckets of resilience - it takes more than just athleticism to compete in the Paralympic Games. Katie Strick hears the most inspiring stories from our team

4 mins

Kamala Harris will probably win because she has the wow factor

TO a cynic, there are many things to forget about America.

3 mins

Abroad, they hate tourists; it's expensive at home. So where do we go on holiday?

THERE’S been a drop in the number of tourists in London lately. In fact last year, tourism was down by 7.3 per cent compared with 2019 and I have a feeling that this year is even worse.

3 mins

Carsley can lead England but he'll need to be brave

As a young football fan in the mid-noughties, Lee Carsley's pomp was very much in my era.

2 mins

Markets hold breath over earnings at AI giant Nvidia

NERVOUS stock markets around the world were on a knife edge today ahead of earnings from the tech superstar stock Nvidia that commentators said could send markets either soaring or into a fresh tail-spin.

2 mins

'No need for Olympic darts...demand for our tickets is like Glastonbury'

FEW knew it at the time, but January 2007 was a seismic month for darts.

3 mins

Paris has chance to raise the bar again after London high fell flat

OVER a dozen days, the task for Paris is clear: drive fresh momentum behind a movement that, most critics agree, has not moved anywhere near quickly enough in the past dozen years.

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I'M SAD, ADMITS EMMA AS SHE EXITS IN TEARS

RADUCANU VOWS TO LEARN AS SHE BLAMES LACK OF BUILD-UP FOR FIRST-ROUND LOSS

3 mins

I just want to go to bed, says weary Evans after his marathon fightback

BRITAIN'S Dan Evans staged a remarkable comeback to beat Karen Khachanov in the longest match in US Open history, then said: \"It was a hell of a match... I just want to go to bed.

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