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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailJoe Biden’s campaign is targeting Donald Trump’s criminal convictions in a new $50 million advert campaign ahead of the first presidential debate between the two candidates at the end of the month.In the 30-second ad, which will run in all swing battleground states, voters will be told: “This election is between a convicted criminal who’s only out for himself, and a president who’s fighting for your family.” The Biden campaign has previously steered clear of weighing in on…

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 France captain Kylian Mbappe urged “the youth to make a difference” in the country’s upcoming election and in the face of “extremes knocking on the door of power” as Les Bleus’ Euro 2024 opener against Austria came amid a tumultuous political moment back home.Mbappe addressed the French people during a pre-match press conference following Emmanuel Macron’s shock announcement to call a snap parliamentary election. Macron suffered heavy defeats by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (NR) party…

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 emailsAngelina Jolie has thanked her teenage daughter, Vivienne, for helping her win her first ever Tony award.The actor, 49, netted her first Tony for her role as producer on The Outsiders: A New Musical.Jolie attended the ceremony, which took place in New York at Lincoln Centre’s David H Koch Theatre on Sunday (16 June), alongside her daughter.Vivienne, 15, who is one of six children that Jolie shares with her ex-husband Brad Pitt, also contributed notes…

An oil spill caused by a dredger hitting a stationary cargo tanker has blackened part of Singapore’s southern coastline, including the popular resort island of Sentosa.The spill has sparked concerns it may threaten marine wildlife, as a clean-up operation got underway on Sunday 16 June.The Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima struck the Singaporean fuel supply ship Marine Honor on Friday.It damaged the cargo tank on Marine Honor, which leaked oil into the sea.Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority confirmed the oil leak had been contained, and that the oil that escaped from the damaged tanker had been treated with dispersants.But due to…

Jude Bellingham explains ‘wolf’ celebration against SerbiaSign 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 England kicked off their Euro 2024 tournament with a 1-0 victory over Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday evening. Jude Bellingham started then finished a flowing move in the 12th minute to head the Three Lions into the lead and they saw out the rest of the game despite constant pressure from their opponents. That victory moved them to the top of Group following an earlier draw between Denmark and Slovenia with…

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 emailsDaniel Radcliffe brought his Merrily We Roll Along co-star Jonathan Groff to tears with an emotional acceptance speech at the Tony Awards on Sunday night (16 June).As the Harry Potter star took home his first ever Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Musical category for his role as Charley Kringas in the Broadway production, he told Groff that he will “never have it this good again”.Glee star Groff, in the audience, looked overcome with…

Michael Mosley’s friend pays tribute to ‘one of the most important broadcasters’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 emailsSearches are underway for three people missing on Greek islands gripped by extreme heat after at least five tourists died. Temperatures have exceeded 44C, with one meteorologist warning the current deadly heatwave would “go down in history” as Greece’s earliest summer heatwave in more than 100 years, as climate change causes temperatures to rise.Broadcaster Dr Michael Mosley is among five tourists to have been…

England will be “more efficient” in how they play moving forward at Euro 2024, Gareth Southgate has said.The Three Lions secured a hard-fought 1-0 win against Serbia in their opener on Sunday night (16 June), thanks to Jude Bellingham’s brilliant first-half header.But they struggled after the break, with Southgate suggesting his team “ran out of energy”.“That didn’t surprise me because of the lack of 90 minutes that lots of the players have had,” he said at full-time.“I think we can be more efficient in the way that we play that will also help us moving forward.” Source link

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA search for two Louisiana girls, who were abducted after their mother was killed, ended hours later in Mississippi where the children were found, one of them tragically dead.Louisiana State Police issued an Amber Alert for the girls after their mother, Callie Brunett, 35, was found dead in her Louisiana home in Loranger, about 60 miles east of Baton Rouge, on 13 June.She had been reported missing after no one had spoken with her since Tuesday,…

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 AS Roma owner Dan Friedkin has agreed a deal to buy out Everton majority owner Farhad Moshiri, according to multiple reports. The Texas-based Friedkin Group has been offered the chance to buy Moshiri’s 94 per cent stake in the club, and is set to make a final decision over the next 24 hours. It would bring an end to a long-running saga around the future of the Premier League club, which has taken a number of twists…