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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 emailsAt least four people died and five others sustained injuries in an explosion at a hydroelectric plant in northern Italy.Four people were unaccounted for following Tuesday’s explosion at the decades-old plant near Bologna, said regional fire chief Francesco Notaro.The explosion took place at power company Enel’s Bergi plant during maintenance work, which led to the collapse of part of the nine-story underground structure. The incident provoked a fire and caused flooding at depths of up…

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 Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel accused the referee of not having the “courage” to award his side a penalty for a “kid’s mistake” after Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes appeared to pick up the ball in the box during the thrilling Champions League quarter-final at the Emirates.The bizarre situation occurred in the 67th minute of the match and with Bayern leading 2-1, and came as David Raya played a short goalkick to Gabriel. The defender, who didn’t realise…

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 The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions, drastically altering the legal landscape within the state around terminating pregnancies. The law predating Arizona’s statehood provides no exceptions for rape or incest and allows abortions only if the mother’s life is in jeopardy. Arizona’s highest court suggested doctors can be prosecuted under the 1864 law, though the opinion written by the…

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 It was expected to be a great statement from Arsenal, but then it could have been so much worse. The important point is they are alive in the quarter-final after a pulsating 2-2 first leg, where the very spirit of the Champions League seemed to bring so much more out of Bayern Munich.Harry Kane even scored the penalty that made it 2-1 and put Arsenal on the brink, only for Mikel Arteta’s side to rally superbly with…

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 emailsMore than 50 anti-Israel protesters were arrested after storming through a Senate office building, causing the cafeteria to be briefly shut down.Footage posted to social media on Tuesday showed the demonstration, in which dozens of protesters were seen chanting “Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!”Later protesters were seen unfurling a large purple banner which read “Christians for a Free Palestine”. Another read “Break bread not bodies.”Campaign group Christians for a Free Palestine took credit for…

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 On such nights, the Champions League remains the gold standard. It was the sort of game that gives the competition magical, mystical properties, the kind that will be marvelled at for years. It was seminal and special, a match of six goals, five of them arguably outstanding, of two stunning comebacks, of a blistering first half by Real Madrid and a sublime turnaround orchestrated by Pep Guardiola ended with the tantalising prospect of a return fixture next…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPresident Joe Biden said that Israel should call for a six-to-eight-week ceasefire with Hamas to allow for humanitarian aid into Gaza. Mr Biden made the remarks in an interview with Univision conducted last week that aired on Tuesday evening. “So I what I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country,” he told Univision journalist Enrique…

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 Not since the 2004-2005 season have Wrexham played in the third tier of English football but, powered by celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and with the Welcome to Wrexham documentary cameras following their every step, north Wales’s biggest club may be about to end that drought.They have four games remaining in the League Two season and know that three wins will be enough to guarantee League One football coming to the STōK Cae Ras next…

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 state of Missouri executed Brian Dorsey, 52, on Tuesday, for the 2006 double murder of his cousin Sarah and her husband Ben Bonnie. In recent months, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, former and current prison workers, and some family members of the victims pushed for Dorsey’s death sentence to be downgraded.The Missouri inmate was pronounced dead at 6.11pm.“To all of the family and loved ones I share with Sarah and to all of the surviving…

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 Harry Kane knew it was not just Bayern Munich fans who wanted him to score on his return to north London in the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Arsenal.Tottenham’s record scorer was back at the Emirates Stadium for the first time since leaving Spurs in the summer and scored his customary goal when he converted a first-half penalty to put the German side 2-1 up before half-time.Kane kept his cool after Leroy Sane had been fouled…