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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 emailsA British man has been killed in a skiing accident in France.The man, who is yet to be identified, died while on a trip to the resort of Avoriaz, Morzine, on Tuesday.According to French media, he struck a tree at high speed after swerving to avoid a group of people at around 3pm local time.Despite attempts by the mountain rescue team to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.The man is reported to…

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 striker Harry Kane will make a return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to face his former club in August.A friendly game between the German giants and Tottenham will take place as part of the Visit Malta Cup on Saturday, August 10.The match marks a return to north London for Spurs’ all-time leading goal-scorer, who joined Bayern for £100million last summer.Team-mate Eric Dier will also face his former club after the defender left for Bayern in…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump, fresh off a near-miraculous court ruling slashing a nearly half-billion bond he owed down to $175m, is now slinging Bibles on Truth Social. The former president — who has previously compared himself to Jesus Christ — has lent his image to the “God Bless the USA” Bible, a special version of the Good Book inspired by Lee Greenwood’s saccharine patriotic tune of the same name. Mr Trump held up the brown leather tome — this time…

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 Forty into 23 does not go. Gareth Southgate has called up 40 players for England squads in the last five international breaks.Most will have some hope of going to Euro 2024 but a sizeable chunk will be disappointed. And if some of them were called up because of a host of injuries, it also means Southgate has experimented more than he may have intended in the March friendlies against Brazil and Belgium. Which, in turn, has allowed…

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 emailsAnyone who bought tickets to Opening Night in the hope of seeing its star Sheridan Smith treating us to a bit of thespy, Funny Girl-style razzle dazzle is in for a serious shock. Belgian avant-garde theatre director Ivo Van Hove’s musical, set backstage during a show, is determinedly unflashy and oblique, dimly illuminated by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright’s operatic torch songs. In fact, it feels a bit like the whole cast is trolling musical theatre fans: they…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USJoe Biden has promised to quickly rebuild a major bridge that was rammed by a container ship in a deadly collision on Tuesday. The incident plunged cars and workers into the icy waters below and blocked the busy port of Baltimore.The president pledged to “move heaven and earth to reopen the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible” – and said the federal government would pay.Rescuers pulled out two survivors and searched for…

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 Ukrainian spy boss has revealed a secret assassination campaign “possibly” being carried out by their national spy service to kill pro-Kremlin collaborators. The SBU’s senior officer Lieutenant General Vasyl Maluk named pro-Russia propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed in a St Petersburg cafe last April, as an example of the “very many” Ukrainians killed. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the head of…

Wales manager Page says “there’s nerves” ahead of Euro 2024 qualifier against PolandSign 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 Wales and Poland face off in a crucial encounter this evening which will determine which of the two nations plays a part in Euro 2024 this year. The teams are one game away from a place at the tournament and meet in a qualifying play-off final at Cardiff City Stadium where Wales should be the favourites to triumph. They have home advantage and although lacking…

There was “no credible evidence of terrorism in Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on Tuesday, 26 March, Maryland governor Wes Moore said.Around 1:30am EDT (5:30am GMT), a container ship called the Dali crashed into a pillar of the bridge approximately 30 minutes after setting sail on a 27-day journey to Sri Lanka.The preliminary investigation into the incident points to an accident, Mr Moore added.A search and rescue mission is underway for at least six people who have been missing since the cargo-carrying vessel crashed. Source link

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 Wales and Poland are a game away from a place at Euro 2024 as the two nations meet in a qualifying play-off final.The winner of the tie in Cardiff will advance to this summer’s tournament and join the Netherlands, Austria and France in Group D.Both sides were convincing winners in their play-off semi-finals, with Poland overcoming a slow start to power clear to a 5-1 win over Estonia, while Wales beat Finland 4-1.Could home advantage be key…