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US president Joe Biden has said prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach on Gaza was a “mistake” and urged Israel to call for a ceasefire, in an interview that aired on Tuesday.Biden’s comments were some of his strongest criticism yet of Netanyahu amid growing tensions over the civilian death toll from Israel’s war on Hamas and dire conditions inside Gaza.“I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” Biden told Univision, a US Spanish-language TV network, when asked about Netanyahu’s handling of the war.Biden reiterated that an Israeli drone attack last week that killed seven aid…

Arteta says Arsenal must learn from their two sloppy goals against Bayern Munich if they are to have any chance of advancing to the Champions League semi-finals.Bukayo Saka gave the home side an early lead with his 18th goal of the season, but defensive errors saw Bayern deny Arsenal 20 on half-time through Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane. The 15th goal of the game, leading 2-1. Substitutes Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard combined brilliantly to equalize 14 minutes from time, before Kingsley Coman struck the post late on. Delicately balanced.Saka confronted Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg after claiming he was brought…

Brian Dorsey, who was convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband in 2006, was executed in Missouri’s Bonne Terre state prison Tuesday despite an extraordinary effort by corrections officials and his appeals judge to have his capital sentence commuted.Prison officials confirmed that Dorsey had been put to death by lethal injection. They said he had been pronounced dead at 6.11pm.Legal avenues for Dorsey’s life to be spared had been closed down Tuesday, first when Missouri governor Mike Parson denied a last-minute appeal to stay Dorsey’s execution and then when the US supreme court declined to intervene.Dorsey’s clemency petition had…

timeIt was a strange, dizzying, drunken game played under the roof of a dank greenhouse at the Santiago Bernabéu. In between periods when not much happens, brilliant things keep happening. There is a long time to grind gears. For much of the evening, the encounter between England’s No. 10s, your dream Foden-Bellingham showdown, stubbornly refused to materialize.However, as the night wore on, the six goals were of a quality more and more reminiscent of the music policy at Kendall Roy’s birthday party, which was always a blast. The last goal, Federico Valverde equalized the score to 3-3. It was simply…

Mikel Arteta had told Arsenal to write a history of their own against an old nemesis who had done it all before and, while this was not quite a night for the ages, his ­players proved a point. They showed them­selves ­capable of facing down ­Bayern Munich as equals and on this ­evidence it will take a brave onlooker to predict the outcome of the second leg in Bavaria next week.The result was fair, both sides convincing in some spells and looking alarmingly naive in others. Reports of Bayern’s demise have evidently been exaggerated; Arsenal, though, matched them blow for blow and…

Pep Guardiola praised the “wonderful goals” from Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Josco Gvaldiol as Manchester City drew 3-3 with Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals Emotional stability in Madrid.The lead changed three times in a six-goal thriller. Silva gave City the lead inside two minutes but Real equalized through a Ruben Dias own goal and led 2-1 after Rodrygo scored in the 14th minute. Foden’s long-range shot in the 66th minute helped Manchester City equalize, and then Gvaldiol scored the first goal for the visitors to give the team the lead. The Croatian’s goal…

Real Madrid produced another of those European comebacks but on this occasion so, too, did Manchester City. So Madrid went and did it again, even if this time they stopped short of the full turnaround, instead ­leaving this quarter-final on edge. The past two European champion sides, whose meetings average 4.3 goals a game, gave us another wild night to remember.Carlo Ancelotti had called for courage and personality and there was plenty of that, plenty of talent too. There were also six Santiago ­Bernabéu goals to set up a fascinating second leg at the Etihad Stadium. If it’s half as…

England captain Leah Williamson joked the best way to stop her Arsenal team-mate Katie McCabe was to make sure she didn’t get the ball, but Ireland’s lack of possession is exactly what the Lionesses are facing on the way to What you do on your way to victory. The 2-0 win started the 2025 European Cup qualifiers.That dominance was evidenced by Lauren James’ first-half goal and Alex Greenwood’s clinical penalty.After a tough 1-1 draw with Sweden on Friday night, England need a win to ensure they remain in contention for automatic qualification against Switzerland next year.It may seem odd to…

A Florida woman was sentenced Tuesday to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary four years ago to the conservative group Project Veritas.Aimee Harris was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Laura Taylor Swain, the judge who called the Palm Beach, Florida, woman’s actions “despicable”.Harris pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in August 2022, admitting that she received $20,000 of the $40,000 that was paid by Project Veritas for personal items belonging to the president’s daughter, Ashley Biden.Project Veritas, founded in 2010, identifies itself as a news organization. It…

key eventsShow only key eventsPlease enable JavaScript to use this feature80 minutes: McCabe fired the ball into the England penalty area again. Hayes headed the ball and jumped high, but was unable to shoot the ball towards the goal.share79 minutes: Campbell’s long, straight, vicious, and frankly scary throw and McCabe’s in-frame punt are the Irish’s best options here.share77 minutes: McCabe elected to cross from the left and found Louise Quinn at the back post who sent a lovely low ball across the face of goal… but somehow it didn’t get bundled in! Ireland’s best attacking performance of the game, they…