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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 A game that had almost everything was never going to leave Real Madrid with nothing. That’s just not how they do things in the Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti’s side probably deserved to lose. They were definitely the inferior side. Their English star had a much more challenging night than Bayern Munich’s English star.And yet it is the 14-time champions that of course leave a big European night that bit more satisfied. Real Madrid have a 2-2 draw…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USElon Musk is eliminating the Tesla team responsible for constructing electric vehicle charging stations in a new round of layoffs announced in an email on Monday. The move has impacted hundreds of employees with some announcing they’d been laid off in social media posts.George Bahadue, a senior manager for site acquisition and business development in commercial charging, expressed his regret in a LinkedIn post.“To the Supercharger team, this is not the end,” he wrote. “It is…

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 Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s clearout of the senior off-field figures at Manchester United has continued with the announcement that interim CEO Patrick Stewart and Chief Financial Officer Cliff Baty will leave at the end of the season.Stewart, who is also the club’s Chief Legal Officer, and Baty are going by mutual consent as they follow Football Director John Murtough in departing, while former Chief Executive Richard Arnold stepped down before the Ineos billionaire’s investment at Old Trafford was…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailSeveral Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions.The officials argue the new policies would hurt women and girls, trample free speech rights and create burdens for the states, which are among those with laws adopted in recent years that conflict with the new regulations.“This is…

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 Everton’s protracted takeover by 777 Partners was brought into further doubt as an Australian budget airline owned by the American investment firm fell into administration.Bonza had its fleet of planes repossessed by AIP Capital, who had provided financing services to 777, the Miami-based company who have agreed to buy owner Farhad Moshiri’s 94 per cent stake in Everton.It comes as 777 need to raise funds to complete their takeover of Everton. As part of the Premier League’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 emailsThe immersive jukebox show Priscilla The Party! will be ending more than four months earlier than expected, with organisers citing financial difficulties as its reason for closure.Staged at the new central London venue Here at Outernet, the show is an immersive reimagining of the hit Australia-set musical, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert.Though it launched to warm reviews in March, Priscilla The Party! will play its final show on 26 May.In a statement released on Monday…

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailWorkers across large parts of the UK would be £200 a week better off if wages had grown at levels seen before the 2008 global financial crisis, new analysis suggests.The Trades Union Congress (TUC) said millions of workers are in the midst of the longest pay squeeze in more than 200 years – the most sustained period of wage stagnation since the Napolenic times.TUC analysis of official statistics said that real terms average pay was lower in real terms in…

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 bison in Yellowstone National Park did not take kindly to a tourist kicking it in the leg, according to park officials.Park rangers responded to a call about a man allegedly harassing a bison herd and kicking one of the animals on 21 April. The incident occurred about seven miles (11 km) inside the park’s west entrance.Clarence Yoder, 40, was stopped in a vehicle in West Yellowstone, Montana, according to the National Parks Service.“Rangers responded to…

Tuchel seeks ‘solutions’ for ‘very dangerous’ BellinghamBayern Munich host Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final as two of Europe’s greatest clubs meet for a place in the Wembley final. But at the centre of the action is a battle between two of England’s biggest stars, as Harry Kane takes on his England international team-mate Jude Bellingham at the Allianz Arena. Kane helped Bayern Munich knock out Arsenal in the quarter-finals, while Bellingham kept his cool as Real Madrid stunned holders Manchester City following a dramatic penalty shoot-out. It leaves both of these teams as the…

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 2024 Tony Awards nominations have been announced, with Daniel Radcliffe, Jeremy Strong and Rachel McAdams among the nominees.On Tuesday (30 April), Tony winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out) and Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) announced the list of nominations. Hell’s Kitchen, a musical inspired by Alicia Keys’s childhood in New York City, and Stereophonic, a show about a rock band on the cusp of stardom starring The Wilds breakout Sarah Pidgeon, lead the nominations…