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Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterMikel Arteta has told his Arsenal players to “stand up and be counted” after their Premier League title bid took a hit with defeat to Aston Villa.Two late goals gave Unai Emery and his players a deserved 2-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium to boost their own top-four hopes.In yet another twist in the title run-in, the Gunners were well beaten as Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins struck within three minutes of one another to stun the home fans.Liverpool had lost at…

Emergency services respond after multiple people stabbed at Sydney shopping centreFor 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 man who carried out a stabbing spree in a Sydney shopping centre seems to have singled out women as targets, Australian police said today as the nation mourned the victims.New South Wales police said their line of inquiry is focusing on Joel Cauchi, 40, who attacked “women and avoided the men” as he went on a rampage in the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex.Five…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterNottingham Forest’s appeal against their four-point deduction for breaking Premier League financial rules is set to be heard in the week commencing April 22, the PA news agency understands.Forest were sanctioned in March for breaching profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) by £34.5million above their permitted threshold of £61million.They immediately cited their unhappiness at an independent commission’s ruling, with their defence centred around the sale of Brennan Johnson to Tottenham on the final day of the 2023 transfer window, which occurred a short…

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 emailsWhen Israel brazenly bombed an Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this month, killing several of the country’s top commanders, weeks of speculation ensued over how Iran would respond.By Wednesday, the US had warned a retaliatory Iranian attack was imminent. At around 11pm local time on Saturday night, word spread across Israel that hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles were on their way – and would enter Israeli air space in a matter of hours.An agonising,…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterRoma defender Evan Ndicka is recovering in hospital after collapsing on the pitch during Sunday’s Serie A clash with Udinese.The game at the Bluenergy Stadium was abandoned after 72 minutes with the score at 1-1 after the 24-year-old Ivory Coast international went down off the ball.Ndicka was carried off on a stretcher after undergoing treatment on the pitch, but Roma later confirmed that the former Auxerre and Eintracht Frankfurt player was “feeling better” and “in good spirits” after being taken to hospital…

Salman Rushdie, in his first major TV interview since he was stabbed in 2022, also read excerpts from his upcoming memoir about the horrific attack Source link

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 emailsThis is America. You can tell by the American flag. You can also tell by the porch, the screen door, and the two hours of slightly annoying self-interested conversation five characters indulge in as they meet for pre-drinks before their 20th-anniversary high-school reunion. American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins triply wowed audiences over here between 2017 and 2019 with his brilliantly postmodern race satire An Octoroon, office comedy Gloria (a Pulitzer finalist) and reframing of the great…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterPep Guardiola has claimed that Manchester City love the pressure of the life-or-death situations of the end of the season.City are in a three-team title race with Arsenal and Liverpool and competing for a second consecutive treble, with a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid and an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea this week.And Guardiola senses his side are savouring the high-stakes games, saying: “They like to play the pressure. They like it when you are dead or alive. That doesn’t mean…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailOne of the Democratic Party’s rising stars was on Donald Trump’s case over what she said were the “lies” the former president told the American people for years about his stance on reproductive rights.The presumed nominee of the Republican Party to take on President Joe Biden in 2024, Mr Trump released a video last Monday outlining his (current) stance on the issue of abortion rights. He declined to support a federal ban, while explaining that he believed it…

Ryan Reynolds surprised his Wrexham AFC co-chairman Rob McElhenney with a Titanic-inspired video prank.In a special message for McElhenney’s 47th birthday on Sunday (14 April), Reynolds explains how 14 April 2024 marks the 112th anniversary of the date the Titanic sank.Wearing his Deadpool costume, he says: “So, for his big day this year, I financed an expedition to the ocean floor to retrieve a few bottles of Wrexham Lager, which was actually on that maiden voyage, to use in an epic birthday toast.”In the video, Reynolds showed clips of underwater footage of the Titanic vessel, before admitting that they couldn’t…