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Euro 2024: Southgate addresses Grealish, Maguire and Maddison squad snubEngland host Iceland at Wembley on Friday night in what is the final warm-up friendly before the squad sets off for the European Championships.Gareth Southgate has finalised his 26-man squad ahead of Uefa’s formal deadline, and while the debate around inclusions and exclusions will rage on, those in the squad will be aiming to secure their place in the starting eleven with a good showing this evening.Notable absences from the 26 include centre-back Harry Maguire and Manchester City winger Jack Grealish, with James Maddison, Jarell Quansah, Curtis Jones, Jarrad Branthwaite and…

Dr Michael Mosley is missing on the Greek Island of Symi (Getty)For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsTV doctor and columnist Michael Mosley has gone missing while on holiday on a Greek island, his agent has confirmed.A search and rescue operation is underway in Symi, one of the Dodecanese Islands, after the 67-year-old failed to return from a walk on Wednesday. A post on a local Facebook group, which included a picture of the medic, read: “Have you seen this man?…

Southgate promises to give England’s Euro 2024 squad selection ‘respect and consideration’ it deservesJack Grealish and James Maddison have been cut from England’s Euro 2024 squad with Gareth Southgate opting for emerging talent over established names.Harry Maguire could not recover from injury in time to play in Germany, leaving the Three Lions vulnerable at the back. Liverpool’s Curtis Jones was also cut, while his club teammate Jarell Quansah also failed to make the final squad. The pair were surprise inclusions in the 33 and were not given minutes against Bosnia to fight for their place. Brenford striker Ivan Toney survived…

Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summitFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsPresident Emmanuel Macron said France plans to provide Mirage 2000 warplanes to Ukraine and train Ukrainian pilots this summer.Mr Macron did not specify how many single-engine jet fighters would be provided, by when or under what financial terms. He said France had proposed to train 4,500 Ukrainian soldiers but did not clarify where the soldiers would be trained.The announcement comes amid a strain in Russian-French ties that…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice believes the only way to recover from not winning the Premier League last season is to secure Euro 2024 success with England.Rice was an integral part of the Arsenal side that finished just two points behind champions Manchester City following an enthralling title race that ultimately saw the Gunners come up short.It was Rice’s first season in north London after he joined from West Ham for a club-record £105million last summer and he…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USJuul, the e-cigarette, has scored a big win as the Food and Drug Administration rescinded its marketing ban on the product on Thursday.Two years ago, the government ordered Juul Labs to remove its e-cigarettes and vaping products from stores and online shops. The products remained on the shelves pending an appeal. The company claimed that its products could be used to stop smoking cigarettes – and came during a massive rise in the use of e-cigarettes.…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Jack Grealish, James Maddison and Harry Maguire were all left “devastated” by Gareth Southgate’s decision to cut them from England’s final Euro 2024 squad.An initial 33-man training squad needed trimming to 26 players by 11pm on Friday, just over an hour after their last warm-up friendly against Iceland finishes.But rather than wait until UEFA’s deadline, Southgate decided to announce his final selection on the eve of the Wembley send-off.The inexperienced quartet of Jarrad Branthwaite, Curtis Jones, James…

Trump and Dr. Phil repeat lies Biden can stop state court criminal prosecutionsSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump is back on the campaign trail following his conviction in New York last week.The former president is doing a sweep of western states, beginning in Arizona, where at a town hall rally he mocked Joe Biden during a segment on the border calling the president’s immigration order “bulls***”.Mr Trump also sat down for an interview with Dr Phil. He was asked about his “hardest,…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Gareth Southgate announced his official England squad for Euro 2024 on Thursday evening with the big news being the omissions of Jack Grealish and James Maddison, who were both in the squad at the last major tournament, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The England boss named a 33-player preliminary squad for two warm-up matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland knowing that he would need to cut seven players ahead of the tournament. The squad announcement…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump branded Joe Biden’s recent asylum executive order “bull****” during an Arizona campaign rally as he returned to the fiercely anti-immigrant rhetoric that defined his 2016 campaign. The former president said he didn’t want to use the swear word in front of the children in the crowd on Thursday, but the audience took the hint and began to chant “bulls***!” over and over again.Elsewhere, Trump described the border as a “dumping ground for the dungeons of the…