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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 emailsHolidaymakers and locals were enjoying their Thursday evening dancing at a Majorcan bar – when “screams, wailing and crying” were heard as the building collapsed, turning the busy beach resort into a bloodbath.Emergency services and rescue teams have been working at the scene of the Medusa Beach Club in Palma since the tragedy unfolded at around 8.30pm, leaving four dead, 16 injured and more feared trapped under the rubble.Spain’s National Police said on Friday 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 The cliché is that footballers take each game as it comes. Kyle Walker isn’t, even though his next match could see him join the club of FA Cup-winning captains. Instead, a man with his eye on history is also already targeting a far greater achievement. “Why can’t we do five in a row?” asked the Manchester City skipper.No one had won four consecutive English league titles until Pep Guardiola’s team beat West Ham last week. Now another…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAn Oklahoma-based missionary group says three of their members are dead after a gang attack in Haiti.The three were associated with Missions in Haiti, a missionary group that runs a school outside Port-au-Prince.Missionary couple David Lloyd III, 23, and Natalie Lloyd, 21, died on Thursday evening after being “shot and killed by the gang,” according to the group’s Facebook page. The missionary group’s Haitian director, 20-year-old Jude Montis, was also killed in the attack.Earlier Thursday evening,…

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 Pep Guardiola believes Erik ten Hag will be in trouble if Manchester United don’t win the FA Cup – even though he feels the problems at Old Trafford are not caused by the manager.The Manchester City manager came to the defence of his beleaguered counterpart, who could be at risk of being sacked after a traumatic season, by saying Ten Hag has suffered because of United’s extensive injury list.United recorded their lowest-ever Premier League finish by coming…

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 emailsThe UN’s top court has ruled that Israel must “immediately halt its military offensive” in the city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border.The order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) further ratchets up international pressure on an increasingly isolated Israel to rein in its war on Hamas in Gaza. The decision marked the third time this year the 15-judge panel has issued preliminary orders seeking to reduce the death toll and alleviate humanitarian suffering…

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 Andre Onana praised under-fire Erik ten Hag amid increased talk that Saturday’s FA Cup final will be the Manchester United manager’s last match in charge.An eye-watering injury list has been compounded by underperforming players and poor decision-making in what has been a campaign to forget for all connected with the Old Trafford club.United bowed out of Europe before Christmas and stumbled home in eighth place – their lowest finish of the Premier League era – to heap…

Putin will be made to pay to rebuild Ukraine, says US secretary of stateFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsVladimir Putin has arrived in Belarus for a two-day visit where he will discuss tactical nuclear exercises with his ally Alexander Lukashenko.Russia has begun stationing its nuclear weapons inside Belarus, which borders Nato members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, since its war against Ukraine began.The Belarus visit is part of a round of foreign tours Putin is conducting as he kicks off his…

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 Xavi Hernandez is the latest addition to the summer managerial merry-go-round after FC Barcelona ended a bizarre month of back-and-forth decision-making by announcing he is to be sacked after the final game of the season in LaLiga.Back in January of this year, the club icon announced he would not see out the final year of his deal and would step down at the end of 2023/24 – only for improved results and the backing of the board…

The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards is the UK’s largest awards programme that celebrates the very best of British business. With a year-long programme of networking events, the awards programme doesn’t just celebrate businesses across all industries, championing sustainability, diversity and equality, it creates a community of like-minded businesses and entrepreneurs that have triumphed throughout the year.Sarah Austin, Director of the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards, believes that excellence is never an accident, saying “It’s a direct result of high intention, sincere effort and intelligent execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives. Choice, not chance, determines…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailIt has been nearly two decades since an African leader was feted with an official state visit to Washington but the White House rolled out the red carpet for Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday with the largest state dinner of the Biden presidency. Around 500 guests have been invited to the state dinner, the sixth hosted by President Joe Biden, with former president Bill Clinton, former First Lady, New York senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,…