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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 emailFormer president Donald Trump is falsely claiming to have stopped all movement between the US and Mexico in a bid to push lawmakers to scuttle a bipartisan proposal to increase President Joe Biden’s power to curb illegal crossings.Mr Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Monday to claim that he had not needed what he described as a “big, complex Democrat-oriented Border Bill” to stop crossings between the US and Mexico during his administration. He also said…

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 A young Sheffield Wednesday fan has been praised after he used money he had received for Christmas to buy a hamper of sweets for Coventry midfielder Kasey Palmer.Palmer has alleged he was racially abused during the Sky Bet Championship meeting between the sides at Hillsborough on January 20.Eleven-year-old Wednesday supporter Cole was upset by what happened and felt moved to act. He sought advice from the anti-discrimination educational charity, Show Racism The Red Card, and used Christmas…

French farmers blocked roads around Paris with their tractors on Monday 29 January, as they pushed the government to do more to protect the country’s agricultural sector from foreign competition, rising costs and low pay.Angry farmers have threatened to put the capital under “siege” and in recent days have set up roadblocks on motorways to highlight their cause.France’s new prime minister Gabriel Attal sought but failed to defuse the protest movement last week with a series of pro-agriculture measures, which farmers said fell short of their demands that producing food be more lucrative, easier and fairer. 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 The Uefa hierarchy are confident of passing controversial amendments to its federation statutes next Thursday, in a move that could yet see incumbent president Aleksander Ceferin stay on until 2031. The vote at the Uefa Congress in Paris next week is also set to indicate the early battlelines at the start of a growing civil war in European football. The split has already seen Croatian legend Zvonimar Boban resign as chief of football on principle, and confederation…

Moment Russian plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war appears to crashFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmployees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service reported.The SBU said late Saturday that five people have been charged, with one person detained while trying to cross the Ukrainian border. If found guilty, they face up to 12 years in prison.The investigation comes…

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 Mikel Arteta has described stories linking him with Barcelona as “totally fake news” with the Spanish manager vowing not to leave Arsenal.Reports in Spain had suggested that Arteta could be a candidate to replace Xavi after the Barcelona boss announced that he would be stepping away at the end of the season.The Arsenal manager spent time in the Catalan club’s academy as a youngster, and has impressed since taking charge at the Emirates Stadium, pushing Manchester City…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFormer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is under fire after she suggested some pro-Palestinian protesters are “connected to Russia.”“We have to think about what we’re doing, and what we have to do is try to stop the suffering in Gaza … but for them to call for a ceasefire is Mr. Putin’s message,” she said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning.“Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like 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 When you start to piece together exactly what happened at The Hawthorns on Sunday, in the FA Cup tie between West Brom and Wolves, it makes a terrifying picture.You may have seen the image of a bald man with blood streaming from a wound on top of his head, his face washed red. Fans appeared to chant “Let him die” as he was escorted away by police.A ball boy required treatment after being hit by a missile.…

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak has urged Iran to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East after three US troops were killed in a drone strike on an American base in Jordan.The PM condemned the attack near the Syrian border which has sparked fears about escalating conflict across the region, as the UK blamed “Iran-aligned militia”.US president Joe Biden vowed that the US “shall respond” after blaming Iran-backed groups for the first US fatalities since the Israel-Hamas war – but Iran has denied any involvement in drone strike.“We…

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 is an argument that no team will be so badly affected by the midseason international tournaments as Tottenham. Captain Son Heung-min and midfielders Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma are all key starting players under Ange Postecoglou, and were instrumental in the team’s fast start to the season, which briefly saw them on top of the Premier League.The Asian Cup and Africa Cup of Nations have weakened other clubs, of course. But Liverpool’s squad depth has…