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In the US, the Republican congressman Ken Buck has become the first of his party to sign a discharge petition that would force the Ukraine aid bill to a vote. Buck is retiring but his signature will remain valid after he appeared on Thursday as the 188th signatory out of 218 needed on the Democratic petition to override the House speaker, Mike Johnson, who is obstructing the bill, which would put about $60bn into Ukraine’s defence against the Russian invasion. The International Monetary Fund has confirmed it will pay out $880m to Ukraine in the third phase of a $15.6bn…

The former Brazil and Manchester City striker Robinho has been arrested by federal police at his home in the city of Santos after a Brazilian court ruled he should serve a nine-year prison sentence for a rape he was convicted of committing in Italy.The 40-year-old footballer, whose full name is Robson de Souza, was taken into custody on Thursday night after his lawyers failed in their attempt to delay his detention over the 2013 crime, which took place when he was a player for AC Milan.In 2017, a Milan court found Robinho and five other Brazilians guilty of gang raping…

wattWhen Ryan Gainer was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, he couldn’t speak and his family learned sign language to communicate with him. But after the Southern California boy learned to talk around age four, he became a “ball of energy” that never stopped talking, his sister Rachel said.He loved saying “hello” to neighbors and strangers, and as a young teen he was known as a student who greeted everyone with a “good morning” and a smile.Ryan’s family spoke about his early life and bright appearance two weeks after his life ended at age 15, when sheriff’s deputies were called…

A few nights ago, for some reason, I got served a TikTok where (dating) actors Zendaya and Tom Holland were asked a question about their much-commented-on height difference. OK, the reason might be because I’d been scrolling TikTok for 25 minutes and earlier that day googled Zendaya’s height after seeing Dune: Part Two … but who knows.In this TikTok, Zendaya replied that her mum is taller than her dad, so tall woman/shorter man relationships were always normal to her, and she didn’t even realise it was an issue until dating Tom (who also doesn’t find it an issue).To me, heterosexual…

timeAbout half an hour into the game, Rainbow Films came on and, to be fair, Vinicius Junior didn’t have many better options. He was pinned to the left touchline with two Uruguayan defenders on hand and no Brazilian teammates to help him.And just like that, with a moment of improvisation, a flick of his left heel, a sudden increase in speed, he was off and clear: This is an outrageous skill that – to be picky here – has always been even It would be even better if he could actually keep the ball around.In a way, this vignette, cut…

The far-right Republican candidate running to oversee public schools in North Carolina decried “extreme agendas that threaten our children’s future”, after being confronted by reporters over tweets in which she called for the executions of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.“Don’t let extreme agendas threaten our children’s future,” Michele Morrow said on social media on Thursday, posting an address in which she said she was “facing the most radical extremist Democrats [that] have ever run for superintendent in the history of North Carolina”.But Morrow, who is running for superintendent of public instruction, also had to respond to a CNN crew who…

Rate, comment and share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. Today’s podcast: The international break begins with England playing two interesting friendlies against Brazil and Belgium. Manchester United’s Kobe Minu has been called up; panel ponders whether he could be the answer to Gareth Southgate’s midfield balance. Elsewhere, Wales are two games away from qualifying for Euro 2024 and face Finland in the semi-finals tonight, but across the Irish Sea, no one seems to want to be the manager of the Republic of Ireland. Plus: Josh Widdicombe joins…

Stephen, 47, SheffieldOccupation Manager working in local authority homeless servicesVoting record Normally votes for “some tiny socialist party”. Voted Labour twice under Corbyn, Green onceAmuse bouche Was once on the quizshow Eggheads. Lost miserablyRory, 32, ManchesterOccupation Merchant navy officerVoting record Has voted Lib Dem and Green, but usually LabourAmuse bouche Collects vintage video games. His coolest is probably Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorFor startersRory We had quite a bit in common.Stephen He was younger than I expected, maybe because I’m in denial about my own age. I was expecting a tattooed old tar. He was very nice.Rory There was a sharing…

It’s difficult to disentangle Labour from my sense of self. Grew up in Stockport, looks a bit like Macaulay Culkin, bad dress sense … the Labour party always seemed to fit in there somewhere. My great-grandfather, a railwayman who had his wages docked in the General Strike nearly a century ago, was a Labour councillor. So was my grandmother; her proudest achievement was stopping a family being evicted by a private landlord over Christmas. My parents met at an open-air Labour meeting outside Tooting Bec in the 1960s (romantic). My mother bought me a Labour membership as a 15th birthday…

Susie Wolff, the F1 Academy’s all-female series general manager, has filed a criminal complaint against Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, accusing her and her husband, Mercedes team principal Toto Toto Wolff was charged last year. was found to be unfounded.Wolff and her husband were the subject of a conflict of interest investigation launched by the FIA ​​in December 2023 following allegations that a team member and a member of the sport’s owner Formula 1 Management (FOM) Confidential information is being passed between them. The story centers on Toto Wolff and his wife, who are in charge of the F1…