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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailJoe Biden and Donald Trump are both set to visit the southern border on Thursday following the breakdown of congressional talks on immigration after the former president indicated his dislike of the proposed legislation. A White House official said Mr Biden would visit the border community of Brownsville, Texas “to meet with US Border Patrol agents, law enforcement officials and local leaders” and “discuss the urgent need” for Congress to enact the bipartisan border security and foreign aid…

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 There were two World Cup winners in the middle of pitch at Wembley and two midfielders who cost in excess of £100m, but the best one on the park was a £16m signing from Stuttgart.As Liverpool slowly ran out of senior players and replaced the legs of those who did start but ran out of steam, the same indefatigable presence continued to cover the ground, keep the Reds on the front foot and outshine, outrun or outfight…

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 US Air Force member who set himself on fire outside of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in protest of the Isreal–Hamas war has died, a US official said.The news comes approximately 24 hours after emergency services responded to calls about the man setting himself ablaze outside of the embassy.The man, who is identified as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio, Texas, filmed himself and live-streamed it onto the social media platform, Twitch, claiming he…

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 Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has been labelled a “dinosaur” after making a sexist comment towards a female reporter at the end of a post-match interview.Rodgers was speaking to BBC Scotland’s Jane Lewis after Celtic’s dramatic 3-1 Scottish Premiership comeback win at Motherwell.In his answer which began the tense exchange, Rodgers said: “To get the win was important for us, psychologically, and for our football. It was another game to convince that when we play how we can…

Trump tells Joe Biden ‘You’re fired’ as he wins South Carolina Republican primary Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump wasted on time in deriding his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley, after the Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity Action donor network announced it would no longer be supporting her campaign after she lost the South Carolina primary.A gleeful Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday that Mr Koch and his partners “got played for suckers right from the beginning”.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 Jurgen Klopp has won a Champions League, Liverpool’s first English league title for three decades and a couple of Bundesligas. The Carabao Cup may only prove the fourth most important piece of silverware he claims this season. And yet the circumstances will set it apart. “In my more than 20 years, it is easily the most special trophy I ever won,” he said. “Tonight is an overwhelming feeling: ‘Oh my god, what’s going on?’ What I see…

Russian forces clear out abandoned military equipment after Ukrainian troops’ retreat from AvdiivkaFor 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 alleged downing of a second Russian reconnaissance war plane last week is causing “great concern” about future deployments of the aircraft, a think tank has claimed.The Institute for the Study of War, citing Kremlin-approved Russia military bloggers, said the Russia information space continued to be “highly sensitive to the recent losses of A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft”, adding that this indicated 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 Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final victory over Chelsea was manager Jurgen Klopp’s “most special trophy” after they overcame more injury adversity to win 1-0 at Wembley after extra time.Already without 11 first-team players, they lost Ryan Gravenberch to an ankle problem after half-an-hour and finished the match with four academy players on the pitch but the youngsters held out long enough for captain Virgil van Dijk to head the 118th-minute winner.“In more than 20 years it is easily…

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 emailsAnother European country is set to legalise cannabis. Germany’s parliament is expected to pass a law on Friday legalising the cultivation and consumption of a limited amount of cannabis, regularising the behaviour of the 4.5 million Germans estimated to use the drug.Under the proposals brought by the Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling three-party coalition, cultivating up to three plants for private consumption and owning up to 25 grams of cannabis would be legalised.Larger-scale, but still non-commercial…

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 Former Southampton and Northern Ireland defender Chris Nicholl, who captained Aston Villa to League Cup glory, has died at the age of 77.Nicholl, who also managed Southampton before taking charge of Walsall, had been living with dementia, specifically chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which he attributed to brain damage caused by repeatedly heading balls over his lengthy career.The former central defender’s death was confirmed in a family statement on his daughter Cathy’s Facebook account.Words can’t describe how much we’ll…