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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 emailsAndrei Nastase became a marked man due to his role in exposing a criminal network run by the Russian mafia and shady powerful oligarchs which had laundered a staggering $22bn (£17bn) of illicit money.Guns were fired near the lawyer and former prosecutor’s family home in the Moldovan capital Chisinau; a hidden camera was later discovered planted inside the house. Cars with number plates from Transnistria, a Russian enclave, followed him daily. His wife and children…

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 claimed he has no desire to offload Scott McTominay amid fresh speculation about the Scotland midfielder’s Manchester United future.The 27-year-old, who was the subject of a failed bid from West Ham last summer, has been linked with Galatasaray, Tottenham and Fulham in recent days.United academy graduate McTominay started 27 matches for the Red Devils last term and was their joint-third highest scorer with 10 goals after moving into a more advanced role. He also…

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 British-Canadian couple who embarked on a “green odyssey” across the Atlantic have been found dead in a lifeboat after they were forced to abandon their solar-powered yacht.Sarah Packwood, 54, from Warwick, and Brett Clibbery, 70, went missing on 18 June after leaving Nova Scotia, Canada, in their sailing boat a week earlier.Their bodies were found on a three-metre lifecraft last week, after it washed ashore on Sable Island, 180 miles off the coast of Nova…

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 has insisted Manchester United are a “long way away” from being ready to win the Premier League and claimed Ralf Rangnick’s assessment that the club need open-heart surgery was correct.Rangnick was scathing about United towards the end of his interim spell in charge during the 2021-22 campaign.Current Austria boss Rangnick stated more than two years ago that the “attitude and energy” at Old Trafford had to change and Ten Hag has reflected on the…

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailThe Chancellor hopes to boost pension pots by £11,000 and unlock billions more in investment with a review of retirement savings.With pension schemes expected to manage about £800 billion by 2030, the review will look at how they can be encouraged to invest in productive assets such as infrastructure.As well as supporting the Government’s aim of boosting economic growth, the Treasury said this would also ensure better returns for savers, increasing the average pension pot by more than £11,000.The announcement…

The Israeli military has claimed attacks on Houthi-linked sites in Yemen are “necessary” and “proportionate”.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it bombed sites in Yemen linked to the Iran-backed Houthi militias on Saturday (20 July) in retaliation for a deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv the day before.IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said: “Israel’s necessary and proportionate strikes were carried out in order to stop and repel the Houthi’s terror attacks after nine months of continuous aerial attacks toward Israeli territory.” Source link

Ukraine getting ‘closer and closer’ to becoming Nato member, says secretary generalFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsUkraine’s air defence systems have repelled Russia’s fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks, officials said, as Moscow targeted the capital with what appeared to be a new unidentified type of low-flying drone.Russia has launched “systematic attacks” and rained missiles and drones across the capital region, looking for new tactics to make battlefield gains, Kyiv’s military head said.Ukrainian defence systems destroyed 35 of…

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 has insisted Manchester United are a “long way away” from being ready to win the Premier League and claimed Ralf Rangnick’s assessment that the club need open-heart surgery was correct.Rangnick was scathing about United towards the end of his interim spell in charge during the 2021-22 campaign.Current Austria boss Rangnick stated more than two years ago that the “attitude and energy” at Old Trafford had to change and Ten Hag has reflected on the…

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 emailsWhen the choreographer Matthew Bourne was a teenager, he collected autographs. Waiting at stage doors on opening nights gave him a glimpse of the glamorous world of drama, music and movement that had caught his eye growing up in Walthamstow, and one of his prized signatures was from Lionel Bart, composer of Oliver! the musical.In 1994, eight years after he launched his dance company, then known as Adventures in Motion Pictures, now as New Adventures, he met Bart…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last week flew a drone over the Butler, Pennsylvania rally site hours before the former president took the stage.Thomas Matthew Crooks sent the drone over the site the morning of July 13, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing law enforcement officials briefed on the shooting. He used a pre-programmed flight path, which officials said may mean he used the drone more than once to scope out the area, according to…