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Villa will want to finish well, Emery doing incredible job – KloppAston Villa host Liverpool in a Monday night Premier League encounter with the hopes of guaranteeing themselves a place in next season’s Champions League. Unai Emery’s team come into the match sitting fourth in the table with a four point lead over Tottenham in fifth. With both teams still having two matches to play a defeat to Liverpool could leave the midlands club vulnerable heading into the final weekend of the season. For their part, Liverpool recovered from a Merseyside derby loss to Everton, which also effectively ended their…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050. The rule, under development for two years, is aimed at boosting the nation’s aging power grid to meet surging demand fueled by huge data centers, electrification of vehicles and buildings, artificial intelligence…

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 Football Association is going to investigate why a designated women’s toilet during the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley did not have a sanitary bin.The sold-out affair saw Manchester Unitedlift their first Women’s FA Cup trophy in the club’s history with a dominant 4-0 win over Tottenham, in front of a crowd of 76,082.But for some of those in the ground, their attention was drawn to the lack of sufficient facilities in one of the women’s…

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 emailsRoger Daltrey has taken aim at Royal Albert Hall members accused of cashing in on seats for charity gigs. Wealthy members of the concert hall are accused of using their dedicated ticket allocation to make a profit from celebrity charity performances organised to raise money for young cancer patients, according to The Guardian. Many allowed their tickets to be resold by the ticket office to raise money for the cause, but others were resold on…

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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 emailBefore he launched his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump braced Michael Cohen for the likelihood of damaging stories about his relationships with women that could derail his bid for the White House, according to testimony from the former attorney.“You know, that when this comes out – meaning, the announcement – just be prepared there’s gonna be a lot of women coming forward,” Cohen said from the witness stand in the former president’s hush money trial on Monday, remembering…

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 contrast said almost as much as the numbers on the table. In the final minutes of Arsenal’s win at Manchester United, Mikel Arteta was “nervous”. How couldn’t he be? This was the title. This was the last chance. It was not a pretty victory, as the manager also admitted, but that’s almost predictable at this point. You don’t go as deep into a title race like this without enduring wins that are just about getting through…

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump’s New York hush money trial will resume at Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday morning, with the defendant set to come face to face with his estranged former “fixer” Michael Cohen in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom in what promises to be another explosive week of testimony.Cohen is the attorney who made the $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels at the heart of the case…

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 manager Mikel Arteta believes Manchester United counterpart Erik ten Hag is an excellent coach who deserves more time to get things right at Old Trafford.United host the title-chasing Gunners on Sunday – the penultimate weekend of the Premier League season.While Arteta retains hope of delivering a first league title to north London in 20 years, United face a fight to even qualify for Europe after a 4-0 thrashing at Crystal Palace on Monday night.That result has…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USPaul Manafort has left his unpaid role advising party officials at the Republican convention.The veteran political consultant, 75, had recently returned to offer his expertise to the convention, according toThe New York Times, and was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last week for planning meetings. A Washington Post story also reported on Friday that he was involved in work connected to foreign officials and businesses.His time in the Republican convention role was short-lived.“As a longtime, staunch supporter of…