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Kyren Wilson and David Gilbert could not be separated at the end of the first game of the World Snooker Championship semi-final at the Crucible.They drew 4-4 with Wilson, the only seed in the tournament, having to fight back from 3-2 down and then 4-3 down in what was a very balanced all-England match.The tension clearly affected both players’ starts, but Wilson took the match away with a 73 to start the match. A nice long red in the second boded well for Wilson, but errors continued to plague both players, with Gilbert missing a routine black that ultimately cost…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature53 min: Wirtz spreads the play to Adli on the Leverkusen left. Stanisic is lurking in the middle and Adli, having advanced into a gaping hole down that flank, tries to cut the ball back to him – but Roma can intercept and clear.ShareUpdated at 22.14 CEST51 min: Leverkusen win a corner that Hincapie tries to nod goalwards. It’s a good chance – he’s in space and just a few yards from goal – but he can’t get over the ball after an awkward bounce.Share48 min: Roma stroke the ball…

Apple is working to fix an issue that’s causing some users to complain that their iPhone alarms aren’t going off, or are playing too quietly.The company said it was aware of the issue, which was also noticed by TikTok users who complained about incidents where the alarm failed to go off.”This is probably the third or fourth day in a row that my alarm hasn’t gone off,” one TikTok user said.”I’ve noticed that my alarm hasn’t been waking me up for the past week or so,” another said. Users said the issue was causing problems with their timekeeping.Apple says it’s…

James, 32, WarwickOccupation Junior doctorVoting record Normally Labour, but voted Green in a recent local election. Voted Conservative in 2010 in his home constituency in County Durham. They will not get his vote ever againAmuse bouche Learned how to fly gliders while at university. That’s how he met his partner, and they’ve been together ever sinceGareth, 58, WarwickshireOccupation Sales manager in the chemical industryVoting record At general elections, he almost always votes Lib Dem, and is a member of the party. Does not consider himself ideological, thoughAmuse bouche Is keen on genealogy and has discovered a lot of boring farmers and hairdressers in his…

APro-Palestinian protests swept college campuses across the United States, and student journalists from New York to Texas documented the reality inside the camps. They stepped forward to capture quiet moments, celebratory elements, tense scenes and violent police arrests.We asked nine photographers—who have been covering demonstrations at Columbia University, Berkeley, the University of Texas, and more—to tell the stories behind their most powerful images.lily spedlozzi George Washington UniversityAs part of the George Washington University encampment was cordoned off with barricades, protesters outside used chalk to write phrases such as “GW is complicit in genocide,” “Shame on you GW,” or “Power to…

Israel’s war cabinet to meet tonight to discuss ceasefire and hostage dealThe Times of Israel is reporting that Israel’s war cabinet will meet at 6.30pm tonight to discuss “the next steps in negotiations to achieve a hostage deal”.It reports the full security cabinet will meet afterwards. The war cabinet consists of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defense minister Yoav Gallant, and minister without portfolio Benny Gantz.There are also three non-voting observer members of the war cabinet, former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot, minister for strategic affairs Ron Dermer, and the leader of Israel’s ultra-orthodox Shas party Aryeh Deri.ShareKey eventsShow key…

medium sizeMay 2, 1994, today. White led 37-24, the table was open and even the usually stoic Hundley showed signs of concern. White bends down to deal with Black, who usually plays pot with his eyes closed.The moment White conquered Mount Everest, it should have been his crowning glory. Instead, that was the day music died. There was a gasp around the Crucible when White’s attempt at Black failed to threaten the pocket. All he could do was sit back and wait, hoping that Hendry would give him another chance.If White’s fumble had been to anyone other than Hundley, the…

Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor of the exchequer for 43 of Liz Truss’s 49 days as British prime minister, has said Truss “essentially” sacked him “on Twitter”, a dismissal he called “kind of Trumpian” in its swiftness and brutality as Britain fell into crisis.Kwarteng said: “One of the things that I feel bad about, among other things, was that she capitulated very quickly [to pressure to sack him]. So I came back and I was sacked, essentially on Twitter. So, kind of Trumpian.”Kwarteng and Truss were close political allies and friends who entered parliament together in 2010, rose as ministers under…

“I Always strive to be a game changer or innovator. The 19-year-old won his first world title in Montreal in March with a long program to music from the TV show “Succession.” It was immediately hailed as the greatest sporting performance in the history of the sport.Marinen became the second man to land six quadruple jumps in a single event, and the first to do so with a quadruple half jump, a thrilling quadruple half jump he had never seen in competition before. Completed. Accompanied by clunky strings, dissonant piano chords and Nicholas Britell’s delightful 808, he skated with energy…

At a remote rural airport in Michigan, an outsized plane touched down as music from Tom Cruise’s film Top Gun boomed from loudspeakers. Late afternoon sunshine gleamed off five giant golden letters on the plane’s side – “TRUMP” – and its Rolls Royce engines. A crowd bedecked in red roared as the plane rolled to a standstill behind a blue “TRUMP” lectern.A door opened and men in dark glasses and dark suits from what Donald Trump would call “central casting” made their way down the stairs. “Trump! Trump!” the audience chanted, raising hundreds of camera phones in eager anticipation. Great…