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Wealth of options gives Wiegman a selection dilemma for Euro 2025

The Lionesses coach has a core crop of certain starters, but there are four places up for grabs before title defence

Will he stay or go? Guardiola keeps us guessing and adds uncertainty to City's dominance

El Cap The Boss - is an apt Catalan sobriquet for Pep Guardiola as this remarkable son of Spain's northeastern region ponders whether to end his era of ruthless Manchester City dominance.

Silicon Valley venture capitalists fund Trump, saying he 'backs crypto'

The co-founders of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firm have announced their support for Donald Trump's bid for re-election, and plan to make substantial donations to back him further.

Merkel at 70 Ex-chancellor has traded a life in politics for the arts

At the peak of her career, she was hailed as the world's most powerful woman and the de facto leader of the EU.

China Women denied right to freeze their eggs go overseas for treatment

When Yang Li turned 30, she gave herself three years to decide whether she wanted to have children. But as the years ticked by, working a busy job in Beijing, Yang (not her real name) was still unsure if or when she wanted to be a mother. So last year, a month before her 34th birthday, she decided to freeze her eggs.

Israel's religious force Far-right officers 'pursuing their own agenda' in army

Israel's army, the country's pre-eminent secular institution for much of its seven decades, is increasingly coming under the sway of a national religious movement that has made bold moves across Israeli society in recent years.

Trump expected to plead for national unity in first speech since being shot

With political winds at his back, Donald Trump is today expected to use his first speech since surviving an assassination attempt to appeal for national unity.

Rapist in family court case named after judge's ruling

A judge has ruled that a serial rapist whom the family court had permitted to have unsupervised contact with his child can be named after a successful application by journalists.

Adele announces 'big break' from music as long Vegas run nears end

Adele has announced she intends to have a break from music after a forthcoming concert residency in Munich.

Covid-19 inquiry to show UK was not ready for pandemic

The depth of the impact of austerity and Brexit on Britain's readiness for Covid will be spelt out today when the statutory public inquiry into the pandemic givesits first verdict on the country's response.

Percentage of IVF treatments paid for by NHS falls sharply

The NHS has significantly reduced the amount of IVF procedures it provides across the UK, leaving infertile women either unable to access treatment or forced to pay for it privately.

Football Fans, finances and heritage to have new protections

Labour will beef up protections for football fans, including on moves to change stadium locations or club names, as well as committing to imposing \"fair financial flow\" between the Premier League and the English Football League.

Nationalising rail services Unions hail switch from private profit to public ownership

Rail unions said Britain's trains would be \"run as a public service, not for private profit\", as the new government announced, in the king's speech yesterday, early steps to renationalise the railways.

House builders welcome plans to reduce planning restrictions

Developers have welcomed Labour's plans to liberalise the planning regime in England and Wales to kickstart the building of new homes and infrastructure, even as rural organisations warn about the possible consequences.

Fit for the Olympics? Paris's mayor takes dip in newly cleaned Seine before Games

It has been the dream and promise of Paris mayors for decades and a nightmare for Olympic organisers: could the Seine be cleaned up enough to swim in and hold triathlon and other events?

Starmer sets out to redefine relations with Europe as leaders meet in Oxfordshire

Keir Starmer will seek to put immigration and border security at the centre of his first summit with European leaders, as he races to agree on reforms to the asylum system to replace the Rwanda scheme.

Murder-suicide suspected as police find cyanide in teacups shared by six

Police investigating the deaths by poisoning of six people, whose bodies were found in the room of a luxury hotel in central Bangkok, believe one member of the group took their own life and murdered the rest by lacing cups of tea with cyanide.

Labour puts growth and planning at heart of promise to 'fix' the UK

Keir Starmer has pledged to \"fix the foundations\" of the country for the long term by boosting economic growth with reforms to energy and planning, in Labour's first king's speech in a decade and a half.

Orbán: Trump's 'Detailed Plans' Would End Ukraine War Straight After Election

Viktor Orbán has claimed in a letter to a top EU body that Donald Trump has "detailed and well-founded" plans for peace between Russia and Ukraine a claim likely to inflame tensions about the Hungarian prime minister's diplomatic freelancing.

IDF Strikes Kill At Least 60 People Across The Gaza Strip

At least 60 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip yesterday, health officials said, including in an attack on a school sheltering displaced people and another on an Israeli-designated "humanitarian zone", as ceasefire talks appeared to stall once again.

Israel-Gaza War Internal Pressure Mounts On Starmer To Shift UK Policy

The first internal pressure on the Labour government to shift Britain's policy on Israel came yesterday, when Labour Friends of Israel said that the UK should restore funding to the UN's Palestinian relief agency, Unrwa.

Southgate was the ambassador England had needed all along

Departing manager proved the impossible job could be cracked with patriotic virtues of modesty and empathy

Hampton holds firm as England secure summer finals place

They got there - just. England are going to the 2025 Women's European Championship in Switzerland to defend their title, after securing automatic qualification with a nervy goalless draw in Sweden.

'Colin's not a champion': punchy Woods swipes back at Montgomerie

Former world No 1 dismisses retirement talk after Scot suggests he should walk away

Trump 2.0 Ex-president's return could damage global economy

Opinion polls conducted since the weekend suggest Donald Trump's narrow escape from the attempt on his life in Pennsylvania has made his return to the White House more likely. Until now, little attention has been paid to what Trump 2.0 would mean for the US and wider global economy. That will now change.

Harland & Wolff still awaiting decision on £200m bailout

Harland & Wolff, the owner of the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, has said it is still awaiting a government decision on a £200m intervention despite signs that the Labour government is due to reject the financial lifeline.

Senior North Korean diplomat defected to south while in Cuba

A North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, becoming the highest ranking envoy from his country to escape to the south since 2016.

Kagame is elected to fourth term in Rwanda with 99% of the vote

The Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, is gearing up for a fourth term in office after winning a thundering 99.15% of the vote in an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him.

Strictly contestants will no longer be left alone with dancers, says BBC

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers will no longer be left on their own with contestants during rehearsals, the BBC has announced.

Secret Service director: local police responsible for roof from which shots were fired

The US Secret Service was under mounting pressure last night over its failure to prevent the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, as its director said the agency had deemed the rooftop from which the gunman fired his rifle as outside its security perimeter and that local police were stationed inside the building in question.