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The head of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and his son have been arrested, following a brawl at Sunday’s Copa América final in Miami.Mr Ramón, 71, and Ramón Jamil, 43, were held on charges of battery involving an official or an employee, said the Miami-Dade Police Department.The charges relate to the brawl at the stadium after Colombia lost to Argentina 0-1 in extra time.Neither Mr Ramón nor his son have publicly commented on the issue.In a statement sent to the BBC, the Miami-Dade Police Department said the incident had happened just after the football match ended at the Hard…

Joe Biden has defended calling Donald Trump a threat to democracy, as he gave his first interview since the attempt on his rival’s life.The president said his campaign had a duty to clearly communicate the threat of a second Trump term, and disagreed there was a need to tone down his rhetoric.However, he told NBC’s Lester Holt it had been a “mistake” to have said it was “time to put Trump in a bullseye” during a private donor call days before the assassination attempt.Mr Biden said he meant Democrats needed to focus more on Trump, his policies and the false…

1 hour agoBy Simon Jack & Tom Espiner,  Business editor & Business reporterDaniel Kretinsky says he will not walk away from Universal Service ObligationThe prospective new owner of Royal Mail has said he will not walk away from the requirement to deliver letters throughout the UK six days a week, as long as he is running the service.”As long as I’m alive, I completely exclude this,” Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky told the BBC.Mr Kretinsky has had a £3.6bn offer for Royal Mail accepted by its board.Shareholders are expected to approve the deal on 25 September, but the government also has a…

1 hour agoBy Tom Richardson, BBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesNvidia’s AI-driven avatars have been hailed as a glimpse of gaming’s potential future by some”I’m very aware that I could wake up tomorrow and my job could be gone,” says Jess Hyland.The video game artist says the industry she’s spent almost 15 years working in is on “shaky” ground at the moment.A boom in players and profits during the pandemic sparked a flurry of investments, expansions and acquisitions that, in hindsight, now look short-sighted.Gaming remains profitable, but thousands of workers worldwide have lost their jobs, and successful studios have been shut down over the past…

The Republican National Convention has officially begun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Donald Trump has become the party’s official nominee, after a formal counting of the delegates at the convention. The BBC’s Nada Tawfik is at the event and walks through the significance of it taking place just days after an assassination attempt against Trump. Source link

Euro 2024 champions Spain have returned home to a royal welcome in Madrid.Spain beat England 2-1 in Sunday’s final in Berlin to win their record fourth European crown.They travelled from Germany to the capital Madrid on Monday and met Spain’s King Felipe VI and his family.Celebrations are set to continue as fans gather at Cibeles Square in anticipation of seeing their heroes and the Henri Delaunay Trophy. Source link

2 days agoBy George King, Andrew Woodger, BBC News, SuffolkGetty ImagesThe Clash performed an infamous show at The Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds in 1978A town’s local history society has said a punk gig which “caused mayhem” and resulted in certain types of live music being banned in public buildings for two decades is “not worthy” of a blue plaque.The Bury Society has unanimously agreed against putting its support behind calls for a blue plaque to commemorate The Clash’s 1978 concert at The Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.The show, which also featured an earlier incarnation of 2 Tone leaders The…

26 minutes agoBy Mike Wendling, BBC NewsReuters“I’m a ‘never Trump’ guy. I never liked him.”“My god what an idiot.”“I find him reprehensible.”That was from JD Vance in interviews and on Twitter in 2016, when the publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy catapulted him to fame.A few short years later, Mr Vance transformed himself into one of Trump’s steadfast allies.And a few years after that the first-term senator from Ohio is now by Trump’s side as vice presidential running mate – and, by extension, an early frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028 – with a reliably conservative voting record and midwestern…

PA MediaGlasgow’s TRNSMT festival is in full swing, with dozens of artists still to perform on Sunday.The sunshine and blue skies that greeted festival goers on the opening day of Scotland’s biggest music festival on Friday turned to overcast skies and drizzle for the second day.About 50,000 attended TRNSMT festival on Friday, headlined by Liam Gallagher.Music fans basked in the sunshine at Glasgow Green and watched artists such as Garbage, Sugababes and even a secret set by Scottish rockers Travis.On Saturday, Rick Astley wowed revellers by performing AC/DC’s Highway to Hell and Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, as…

3 hours agoBy David Gritten, BBC NewsEPAUnrwa says two thirds of its school in Gaza have been hit since the start of the warAt least 22 Palestinians were killed and 100 wounded in a strike on Sunday on a UN-run school in central Gaza being used as a shelter by displaced people, the Hamas-run health ministry says.The Israeli military said it had targeted a number of Hamas “terrorists” operating from Abu Oraiban School in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp.Witnesses told BBC Arabic there were no armed fighters there and that children were among the casualties.It was the fifth attack on or near…