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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 emailDonald Trump opened his CPAC speech with dire warnings of what he thinks will happen if President Joe Biden is re-elected later this year. “If crooked Joe Biden and his thugs win in 2024, the worst is yet to come,” Mr Trump said at the Gaylord National conference centre in National Harbor, Maryland just outside of Washington, DC on Saturday. “Our country will … sink to levels that were unimaginable … With four more years of Biden, the…

‘Cruel’ to judge Arsenal’s Champions League knockout return on last-gasp Porto defeat, Arteta saysArsenal host Newcastle in the Premier League as the Gunners look to bounce back from midweek disappointment to claim a crucial win in the title race.Mikel Arteta’s side were beaten 1-0 by Porto in the first-leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, losing to Galeno’s late winner, and now face another side who have caused them a fair amount of frustration in recent seasons. Eddie Howe’s visitors handed Arsenal their first Premier League defeat of the campaign in November in what was a fractious affair at St…

Gaetz calls for end to aid to Israel unless US cuts funding for United Nations Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe latest instalment of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is underway —another four-day jamboree of grandstanding speeches, culture war grievances and MAGA electioneering.Donald Trump is making the keynote address on Saturday as votes roll in from the South Carolina primary.In his speech, the former president called himself a “dissident.”“I stand before you today not only as your past and hopefully future president,…

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 After 11 years of misery, in Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s words, came 90 minutes of still more misery. New era, same Manchester United? A first defeat to Fulham at Old Trafford since 2003 made for an inauspicious start after the new co-owner’s investment was confirmed. Turning United around was, Ratcliffe had rationalised, more than just a case of flicking a light switch. Repeat this result – and wretched performance – against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup and…

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 emailsThe body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has finally been handed over to his mother, his spokesperson has said.Lyudmila Navalnaya, 69, has been given the body of her son, Kira Yarmysh said on Saturday, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison on 16 February.A number of Western leaders have accused Vladimir Putin and the Russian authorities of killing Navalny, the Russian president’s most prominent critic, although the accusations have been…

Bouncing Leeds United fans belted out the classic Kaiser Chiefs tune “I Predict a Riot” after beating Leicester City on Friday night (23 February).A stunning comeback in the final 10 minutes of the game saw Leeds pull off a 3-1 win, having trailed the Championship leaders since the 15th minute.Goals from Connor Roberts, Archie Gray and Patrick Bamford secured a famous victory at Elland Road after Wout Faes had opened the scoring for the away side.At full-time, delighted Leeds fans bounced up and down as they sang “I Predict a Riot” – having moved six points behind league leaders Leicester.…

Fox News cuts off Trump rally speech to issue multiple fact checks Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAs Donald Trump campaigned in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Republican primary against Nikki Haley, Fox News had to cut coverage of a rally to issue multiple fact-checks to his speech.Anchor Neil Cavuto prefaced the list of corrections (for topics including the stock market, gas prices, and the 2020 election) by saying: “Even though he’s entitled to his opinion, he’s not entitled to his own set…

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 Erik ten Hag insisted Rasmus Hojlund’s injury need not throw Manchester United’s season off course as the club’s failure to sign another striker in January once again came under the spotlight.Hojlund will miss Saturday’s match against Fulham and the midweek FA Cup tie at Nottingham Forest, and is also expected to be out for next Sunday’s derby against Manchester City with a muscle injury that could see him sidelined for up to three weeks and potentially miss…

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 emailsIn the blasted moonscapes of Ukraine’s front lines, exhausted soldiers fight a war for a world they feel has forgotten them.Squatting deep in scorched-black mud, with supplies running low, artillery units ration what they fire at Russian positions.Every day, they face a “human wave” of Russian soldiers, whose commanders seemingly have no qualms about sending men over the top into a battlefield now nicknamed “the meat grinder”.Two years into Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine…

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 England women debutant Grace Clinton made a magical introduction with a goal in the Lionesses’ 7-2 victory over Austria in their opening game of 2024.Alessia Russo struck twice and added an assist at Spain’s Estadio Nuevo Mirador stadium, taking advantage of a mistake by her Arsenal teammate Manuela Zinsberger to open the scoring with an early goal before Clinton opened her England account with a header.Virginia Kirchberger got Austria back into the game, but Beth Mead restored…