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Related video: RAF chief praises first Ukrainian pilots to complete training in UKFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA 12-year-old boy has been killed and a newborn among several injured after Russia may have used a new type of guided bomb in airstrikes on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.Local officials said four children including a three-month-old baby were among 19 people wounded in the attack on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned as “Russian terror”.Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of 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 James Maddison is eager to have an opportunity to show Gareth Southgate what he can do in an England shirt – but insists he is old enough now to not sulk when he does not start.The Tottenham playmaker will be hopeful of a place in Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad when it is announced in May, having made an eye-catching cameo appearance in the 2-2 draw with Belgium on Tuesday.After sitting out the loss to Brazil, Maddison came…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailIndependent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says Israel is ‘becoming a religious fundamentalist country’ under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“Too many people do not understand that the Israel of today is not the Israel of…20 to 30 years ago,” Mr Sanders told news outlet Crooked Media. “It is a right-wing country, increasingly becoming a religious fundamentalist country where you have some of these guys in office believe that God told them they have a right to control the entire area.”Mr…

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 Gareth Southgate says he is facing a “complicated” Euro 2024 selection choice given England’s potential fitness and availability issues heading into the summer.This is the first time since the 2018 World Cup that the 57-cap former defender is having to pick a 23-man squad for a major tournament after it was expanded to 26 following the coronavirus pandemic.But Southgate could name even more than that at the provisional squad announcement on May 21 as the England boss…

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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 mail carrier is reportedly among the dead after a mass-stabbing in Rockford, Illinois.Four people were killed, while five others were injured, in the attack in the area of the 2300 block of Holmes Street at around 1.15pm on Wednesday.Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd said her department received multiple calls to “multiple scenes”.When officers arrived, they found three victims deceased, while another was declared dead on arrival in the hospital.One of the others in the hospital…

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 As Chelsea returned to the Women’s Champions League semi-finals, the celebrations were cut rather short. “We expect to be here,” a weary Emma Hayes concluded. Hayes admitted she was tired, and with another game to now think about, another plan to formulate, it was no surprise how quickly Chelsea needed to move on after this comfortable aggregate win over Ajax. For Hayes, the prospect of a 41st game in Chelsea’s season remains alive and stretches ahead, 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 emailsThere’s something nightmarish about the spectacle of Michael Jackson being endlessly, profitably exhumed by his estate: hologram appearances, posthumous albums, a forthcoming biopic, and now this fourth stage show about his life (following the West End’s Thriller Live, and two Cirque du Soleil extravaganzas). But miraculously, MJ the Musical doesn’t feel like just another cash grab – and that’s all thanks to the formidable writing muscle of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Clyde’s), who…

Soax is a Business Reporter client.Data extraction is at a premium for retailers, and the spotlight is now on the transformative capabilities of datacentre proxies.Data-driven e-commerce businesses need access to huge amounts of data, and they need to be able to quickly and reliably extract it. Datacentre proxies can be used to collect pricing information, monitor worldwide product availability and manage potential brand infringements more quickly and at a better price point than other kinds of proxies.Although datacentre proxies may be less effective at evading bot-blocking measures compared with residential proxies, they still have their place in the data professional’s…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe federal judge overseeing an attempt by Hunter Biden to dismiss tax charges against him appeared sceptical of arguments put forward by lawyers for the president’s son in Los Angeles, saying there was little evidence that special counsel David Weiss had been influenced by Republicans.The office of Mr Weiss has accused 54-year-old Mr Biden of not paying taxes on millions in income from business dealings abroad. Mr Biden, who was not present at the hearing on Wednesday, pleaded…