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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 man has been named as a suspect in three murders that took place in the late 1980s, two of which were connected to the infamous Colonial Parkway Murders.Police have identified a deceased fisherman as the suspect, over thirty years since the victims were murdered.Alan W. Wilmer has been linked to the 1987 deaths of David Knobling and Robin Edwards in Isle of Wight County and the 1989 killing of Teresa Lynn Howell in Hampton.Investigators were…

Guardiola welcomes return of ‘unique’ Kevin De Bruyne: ‘These guys win games’The January transfer window can be a strange beast on occasions, slow to start but frenzied at the end of the month as teams try to fix flaws or add depth in a compressed timeframe – and often with clubs who don’t want to deal. That can result in inflated fees or extremely late deals being done, but the rumours themselves start early and simply keep going.This month, Arsenal and Chelsea are expected to be two of the teams trying to bring in at least one player each, with…

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 emails A Danish appeals court on Tuesday upheld guilty verdicts for three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of promoting terror in Iran and gathering information for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service.The three were arrested in February 2020 in the town of Ringsted, 60 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of the Danish capital of Copenhagen, and convicted of promoting terror over a deadly attack on a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahwaz…

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 Football Association is assessing information surrounding the death of Sheffield United midfielder Maddy Cusack to see if any of its rules were breached.Cusack died aged 27 last September. Her family is understood to have written to her club within a week of her death, outlining a range of issues she had been facing which they said all stemmed from her relationship with the club’s manager, Jonathan Morgan, who has been in charge of the Blades since…

Donald Trump claims American Civil War ‘could’ve been negotiated’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump is set to attend a hearing on Tuesday morning at Washington DC’s Court of Appeals weighing the presidential immunity plea that he hopes will see his January 6 election interference case dismissed.“Of course I was entitled, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, to Immunity,” Mr Trump told his followers on Truth Social, trailing the appearance.“I wasn’t campaigning, the Election was long over. I was…

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 Two-nil is supposed to be a dangerous scoreline. For Manchester United, it was more of an unknown one, offering a level of comfort to which they have become unaccustomed. After 29 games this season, they mustered a first 2-0 win. That is not the damning part, however, or the fact their victims, Wigan Athletic, lie in the lower reaches of League One.It was only the third match this season they have won by more than one goal.…

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,…