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Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterNottingham Forest have accused VAR Stuart Attwell of being a Luton fan after feeling they were on the wrong end of “three extremely poor decisions” during Sunday’s 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton.Forest posted on X, formerly Twitter, soon after full-time that they were considering their options, having “warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him”, adding that their patience had now been “tested multiple times” this season.The relegation-threatened midlands club were…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA member of Donald Trump’s legal team divulged the defence’s plan to “focus on the facts” to show that the former president did nothing wrong, one day before the opening arguments are set to begin in the landmark hush money trial.Mr Trump is now standing criminal trial — the first president or ex-president ever to do so — over 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterEverton like a points-deduction derby. Stripped of eight points this season, they have regained six of them at the expense of Nottingham Forest, the other team with an asterisk in the table. Failing Financial Fair Play may prove less damaging for Forest than an inability to take anything from Everton. In a world of revised tables, having lost four points themselves, Forest find themselves out of the drop zone by a lone point. Everton have taken 38 for the season, the normal…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDuring a Sunday morning appearance on CNN, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was asked whether she thinks there should be exceptions for survivors of rape and incest when it came to abortion laws.Apparently, she does not.Ms Noem’s interview with Dana Bash on State of the Union covered a wide range of topics given that the governor is seen as a leading contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate.On abortion, she spoke in favour of the issue being decided…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterReal Madrid host Barcelona in the latest edition of El Clasico which kicks off at 8pm BST this evening. Carlo Ancelotti’s men, who will still be feeling the effects of their tantilising penalty shootout victory over Manchester City during the week, have an eight point lead in La Liga and a win tonight would all but guarantee them the title. Madrid will welcome back Aurelien Tchouameni for their clash after he missed Wednesday’s Champions League win over City through suspension. Vinicius Jr…

A persistent downpour which started on Friday 19 April has flooded various cities in southern China.In Shaoguan City, Guangdong province in southern China, heavy rainfall over the weekend has left urban and rural areas under water, blocking highways and disrupting traffic.Rescuers were deployed to evacuate residents with boats, footage from Chinese state media CCTV showed.Low-lying areas of Qingyuan and Zhaoqing, also in the Guangdong province, were deluged with rain.No casualties have been reported yet.The rainfall is expected to persist until Monday in some areas. Source link

We want to win trophies every season – Ten HagSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterManchester United travel to Wembley this afternoon to face Championship side Coventry City in the second FA Cup semi-final with the knowledge that this competition is their final chance of winning a trophy this season.The Red Devils defeated Liverpool in a thrilling contest in the last round but have not been able to build on that momentum in the Premier League. They have not won since that clash at Old Trafford settling for…

Israel’s military released footage on Sunday 21 April of what they say shows strikes on several targets of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon.The video shows strikes on an observation post and military structures, according to claims from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).Tensions between Hezbollah and the IDF have risen since Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Iranian-backed Palestinian groups, attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, sparking a devastating Israeli offensive in Gaza that has continued for more than six months.Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed proxy in Lebanon, immediately began striking Israeli targets, opening up tit-for-tat fighting along a second front. Source link

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterMatch-winner Bernardo Silva has accused the Football Association of not caring about the wellbeing of players over the scheduling of Manchester City’s FA Cup semi-final.Silva scored the late clincher as a weary-looking City ground out a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday to book a second-successive final appearance.Yet – after the game – manager Pep Guardiola hit out at the decision to make City play less than three days after they were taken to a penalty shootout in 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 USThe order to kill came from inside a federal prison near Argentina’s capital. Unwitting authorities patched a call from drug traffickers tied to one of the country’s most notorious gangs to collaborators on the outside. Hiring a 15-year-old hit man, they sealed the fate of a young father they didn’t even know. At a service station on March 9 in Rosario, the picturesque hometown of soccer star Lionel Messi, 25-year-old employee Bruno Bussanich was whistling to…