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Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UKSign up to our Brexit email for the latest insightIf there’s one thing that almost every British high street still has – it’s a Wetherspoons. The cheap-and-and-cheerful chain boasts inexpensive pints, straightforward food and quirky decor – but it really isn’t for everyone.As Katie Rosseinsky pointed out in a recent piece for The Independent, “if you’re British and of legal drinking age, the chances are that you have strong feelings, one way or another, about Wetherspoons”.That statement is probably one…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA US Navy officer has been sentenced to two years in jail for providing sensitive military information to a Chinese intelligence officer, the US Justice Department said.Wenheng Zhao, 26, of Monterey Park, California, received at least $14,866 in bribe in exchange for secret military information from the Chinese intelligence officer during his service at the Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme.He pleaded guilty on October 2023 for one count of “conspiring with the intelligence officer and one…

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 Mauricio Pochettino urged his Chelsea players to free themselves of the burden of needing to reach the Carabao Cup final and instead prioritise enjoying Tuesday’s semi-final first leg against Middlesbrough.The game at the Riverside could see Pochettino’s team put one foot in the club’s first major final since 2021 and place them on course to crown the manager’s first season in charge with silverware.Chelsea have endured a disjointed six months since the Argentinian was appointed, with an…

Kyiv suffers largest ever drone attack by Russia leaving five woundedFor 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 warplane has accidentally dropped a bomb on a Ukrainian town in Luhansk currently occupied by Vladimir Putin’s own troops.The bomb which fell over Rubizhne and carries a high-explosive warhead did not cause injuries, claimed Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the region’s Moscow-appointed government, in an incident coming just days after Moscow accidentally dropped munitions over the village of Petropavlovka in the Belgorod region.Meanwhile,…

Footage of Sir Bobby Charlton’s tribute to Franz Beckenbauer has resurfaced after the German football legend died at the age of 78.Nicknamed “Der Kaiser” (The Emperor) for his commanding style on the field, Beckenbauer was presented with Laureus’ Lifetime Achievement award in 2007 by the English football icon, whom he faced at the 1966 World Cup.Beckenbauer is one of just three men to have won the World Cup as a player and a manager.In this clip, Sir Bobby recalled how England and Germany’s managers told both himself and Beckenbauer to watch out for each other in the 1966 final. Source…

TX deploys emergency resources before stormSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planetGet our free Climate emailSeveral regions of the US are facing devastating storm conditions Monday through mid-week as a winter storm blasts across the midwest and Storm Finn blows into the Gulf Coast.The southeast US is bracing for tornadoes amid Storm Finn, a major storm in the region which is set to cause travel chaos. The National Weather Service has warned severe thunderstorms, strong wind gusts and tornadoes are expected across the Gulf Coast this afternoon. Meanwhile, there are winter storm…

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 Diogo Dalot feels Manchester United produced a controlled performance to book their place in the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 win at Wigan.Dalot put the visitors in front after 22 minutes, with Bruno Fernandes later converting a second-half penalty.United dominated against the Sky Bet League One side, making 33 attempts on goal, which Dalot accepted they should have made more from.“We created a lot of chances and what would have made the difference today was…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case and the prosecutor who brought it before the court both appear been targeted by “swatting” incidents at their respective homes.Police and fire trucks arrived at Judge Tanya Chutkan’s home after false reports of a shooting on Sunday night, reported NBC News.A police report obtained by the outlet states that officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call at around 10pm and that the judge, who was not…

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 Pep Guardiola knows what it is like, Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini too. Erik ten Hag does not, and that represents hope of salvaging silverware from a sorry season. Three times in the last 11 years, Wigan had upset the odds and ejected a Manchester club from the FA Cup. Each was Manchester City, each a better team than Ten Hag’s Manchester United are now. But they averted embarrassment with an emphatic performance, if a relatively narrow…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USDonald Trump Jr was subject to a community notice on social media after failing to include his father’s name in a reshared article about associates of late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Mr Trump Jr shared an article from The New York Post on X on Monday, which reported on claims that compromising sex tapes were made by the disgraced financier.The article’s headline noted that former presidents Trump and Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and British business magnate Richard Branson,…