Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans ‘forcible transfer Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel’s defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah. The MPs, who include centrist and…
Since disaster that has killed at least 120 people, US president has remained quiet about promises to axe relief agency During a trip on Friday to look at the devastation caused by the catastrophic flooding in Texas, Donald Trump claimed that state and federal officials had done an “incredible job”, saying of the disaster that he had…
With minimal food and water, the 26-year-old drank from puddles, sheltered in a cave and used the sun for navigation Carolina Wilga spent 11 freezing nights lost in the Western Australian outback, convinced she would never be found. By “sheer luck” the confused and disoriented German backpacker came across a road, where she flagged down…
Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzmán López and his brother, Joaquin Guzmán López, ran a faction of the Sinaloa cartel A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Friday to US drug-trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord’s sons to enter a plea deal. Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzmán López and his…
Before the big names of Chelseaand Paris St-Germain were going head-to-head in a bid to become champions of the world, an amateur side from County Durham once vied to do the same. West Auckland Town, of the Northern League Division One, the ninth tier of the English football league structure, are recognised as the first…
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says the decision to remove Crystal Palace from the Europa League next season is “the biggest injustice in the history of football”. The Eagles were ordered on Friday to compete in the Conference League by Uefa for breaching multi-club ownership rules. American businessman John Textor owns a stake in Palace…
Summer tour second Test Japan (10) 22 Tries: Takeuch, Deans, Riley Cons: Lee 2 Pens: Lee Wales (21) 31 Tries: Adams, Hardy 2, Edwards Cons: Edwards 4 Pens: Edwards Wales held on for a first international win in 644 days as they ended their 18-Test losing run by defeating Japan in Kobe. The tourists levelled the series at 1-1 as they withheld a spirited second-half…
In her latest Wimbledon column, Sport analyst Naomi Broady – a former top-60 player on the WTA Tour – analyses where Saturday’s women’s final between Iga Swiatek and Amanda Anisimova will be won and lost. On one side, we have a five-time Grand Slam champion who has always had an uneasy relationship with the grass….
Ireland’s Katie Taylor beat Amanda Serrano for the third time in their epic trilogy, winning their bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden on a majority decision after a chess match of a fight. Two of the cards read 97-93 in favour of undisputed light-welterweight champion Taylor, with the third card unable to split them…
Warmer water at the seaside might sound nice for your holiday dip, but recent ocean heat in the Mediterranean Sea has been so intense that scientists fear potentially devastating consequences for marine life. The temperature of the sea surface regularly passed 30C off the coast of Majorca and elsewhere in late June and early July,…
