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Russian gas pipeline explodes in huge fireball blast amid series of ‘Ukrainian strikes’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 emailsVladimir Putin’s troops are using chemical grenades to attack Ukrainian soldiers along the frontline, according to Kyiv military officials.Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces spokesperson captain Dmytro Lykhovyi claimed Russian forces used at least 60 grenades likely equipped with chloropicrin (PS), which is similar to tear gas, between 4 March and 10 March this year.Its use would be a potential violation of the chemical…

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 Around the Arsenal training ground over the last 48 hours, there’s been a new giddiness, at least for this team. Anyone can sense the anticipation to play in what feels like the first major European home game in a long time. Mikel Arteta radiated it on the eve of the second leg against Porto, as he told fans to “bring your energy, bring your noise and let’s do it together”.The Arsenal manager did insist that emotion needs…

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 Russian military transport plane carrying 15 people has crashed, the Kremlin’s defence ministry has reported, allegedly killing all on board.The ministry said the Il-76 aircraft with eight crew and seven passengers on board crashed in the Ivanovo region, roughly 435 miles from the border with Ukraine. Unverified footage online shows the plane descending to the ground as a plume of black smoke trails behind it, while a fire can be seen on the aircrafts…

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 is decision time for Gareth Southgate. On Thursday, he will announce his squad for England’s friendlies against Brazil and Belgium. The last internationals before the summer represent a window into his thinking, to who will make the cut for Euro 2024. With tournament squads reduced to 23, Southgate has more difficult decisions to make and less scope to appease fringe figures than he did when he could take 26 players to Euro 2020 and the 2022…

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 emailsGerman discount supermarket Aldi has announced it will increase hourly pay again, the second time this year.Pay for store assistants and deputy store managers outside London will rise to £12.40 from £12, starting June 1.Workers in London will see their pay rise from £13.55 to £13.65, Aldi said.This is Aldi’s second pay raise in Britain this year after hikes in February.Several food and clothing retailers have raised their minimum rates of staff pay, ahead of…

Biden vows to restore Roe v Wade during 2024 State of the Union address Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailSpecial Counsel Robert Hur is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee today after releasing a scathing and much-criticised report into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The Trump-appointed special counsel had been tasked with investigating the president’s handling of classified information.On Tuesday, a US House of Representatives committee will also hold a hearing on a three-year unsolved mystery: The 6 January…

Mauricio Pochettino has warned there will be more problems for Chelsea if they fail to build on their 3-2 victory over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge as he praised the impact of match-winning substitute Mykhailo Mudryk.The Ukrainian came off the bench to score with a superb individual goal to make it 3-1 in the 76th minute on Monday night (11 March).“It was a very good goal and that is what we expect from a player from the bench – impact,” said Pochettino.“Then it is about competing with different players in his position. Then he will deserve to (start).” Source link

Biden vows to restore Roe v Wade during 2024 State of the Union address Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailOn Tuesday, a US House of Representatives committee will hold a hearing on a three-year unsolved mystery: The 6 January pipe bombs.During the Capitol riots on 6 January 2021, authorities identified two pipe bombs in Washington DC: one outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) building, the other outside the Republican National Committee (RNC) building.As of March 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) still…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USBoeing whistleblower John Barnett, 62, was found dead in his truck in a hotel parking lot in South Carolina over the weekend.Barnett blew the whistle on alleged safety problems at the aircraft manufacturing giant and had been giving evidence in a lawsuit against the company in recent days.The Charleston City Police Department is investigating Barnett’s death, the office of Charleston County coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said.Barnett’s former employer, Boeing, has responded to his death, saying: “We…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USHaiti’s prime minister Ariel Henry has agreed to tender his resignation, regional Caribbean leaders said, amid weeks of spiralling violence in the country.The prime minister has been under pressure to resign and has remained stranded outside the country in Puerto Rico due to surging violence and unrest in Haiti led by criminal gangs, who have taken control of much of the capital.Mr Henry will stand down once a transitional government has been put in place, according…