Refugees Spanish FC leads town's welcome

They filed on to the football pitch as applause rang out, punctuated by shouts of bienvenidos.

Harris heads to swing states buoyed by debate performance

Kamala Harris embarked on a drive to exploit her strong debate performance yesterday, as the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign pledged to intensify efforts to persuade voters in battleground states deemed essential to winning the White House.

Kremlin says it has retaken 10 villages with Kursk counterattack under way

Russia says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements after it launched a counteroffensive in the Kursk region to push out Ukrainian troops who stormed across the border five weeks ago.

Second golfer urged to drop deal with firm criticised over Grenfell fire

A second professional golfer, Leona Maguire, is under pressure to end her sponsorship deal with the Irish company Kingspan after the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster found it behaved with \"persistent dishonesty\" in selling combustible foam insulation.

It's all so much worse than the Grim Starmer thought

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Gibraltar calls in UK police after death of journalist

UK counter-terrorism police are providing support to the investigation into the death of a Daily Telegraph journalist in Gibraltar.

Polaris Dawn astronauts complete first commercial spacewalk

Two astronauts have completed the first commercial spacewalk and tested slimmed-down spacesuits designed by SpaceX, in one of the boldest attempts yet to push the boundaries of privately funded spaceflight.

DWP drops charge for carer who accidentally broke rule on benefits

An unpaid carer threatened with prosecution for fraud after inadvertently breaching benefit rules has had a £1,300 penalty waived by officials after her case appeared in the Guardian.

Israeli raid on Gaza school kills six Unrwa aid workers

Israel has bombed a UN school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza, killing at least 18 people, including the shelter manager and five other Unrwa staff.

Starmer tells Putin: you started this war, you can end it any time

PM's remarks on way to meet Biden for talks on Ukraine use of weapons

Dalzell seals historic win off last ball after Armitage's blunder

Ireland secured a dramatic coup against England in the third one-day international at Stormont, overcoming the loss of three wickets in Mady Villiers' final over as Alana Dalzell struck her first ball for four to pull off a three-wicket win.

Abbott mops up after Short and Head run riot

England came undone against Australia, falling to a 28-run defeat in the first T20I.

Chelsea Women opt for surprise CEO choice

Chelsea have appointed a media expert with no experience of running a football club as the first chief executive officer of their women's team.

Rahm's Ryder Cup future in doubt over refusal to pay fines

Spaniard needs to play three more DP World Tour events this year to stayin the frame

Getting shirty Unearthing lost treasure is easier than finding that red South Africa top

There is a lot that's wrong with cricket at the moment. The longest and oldest format is in a painful death spiral. Franchise leagues are cannibalising the game as the entire ecosystem teeters on collapse. James Vince's cover drive is still not a regular feature of the England side.

Cut in interest rates expected as US inflation continues to soften

Inflation continued to soften in the US last month, falling to its lowest level since February 2021 as the Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Typhoon death toll passes 140 in Vietnam as Hanoi flooded

Thousands of people in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, who live close to the swollen Red River have been evacuated as its waters flooded the streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the north of the country, with the death toll rising to at least 143 people.

'So many similarities' West Bank killing recalls death in 2003

When Cindy and Craig Corrie heard about the death of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the American-Turkish woman killed at a protest in the occupied West Bank last Friday, it reopened a 21-yearold wound. \"You feel the ripping apart again of your own family when you know that's happening to another family,\" Craig said.

Bring in army to protect us, urge Italy's medics

Doctors' and nurses' unions in Italy have called for authorities to consider bringing the army into hospitals in response to an increase in attacks by patients and their relatives that provoked outrage across the country.

Mexican senate gives green light to controversial judicial changes

Mexico's senate has given final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the judiciary, which will make all judges stand for election - a change that critics fear will politicise the judiciary and threaten democracy.

Missile diplomacy No shortage of risks in giving blessing to escalated strikes

Antony Blinken and David Lammy's joint trip to Kyiv, to be followed by Keir Starmer's trip to Washington to see Joe Biden tomorrow, has inevitably lifted expectations that Ukraine will finally be given permission to fire Anglo-French Storm Shadow and US Atacms missiles with their 190-mile-plus range into Russia. There is no shortage of risks.

Blinken hints US will lift restrictions on Kyiv using long-range arms in Russia

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, yesterday gave his strongest hint yet that the White House was about to lift its restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons supplied by the west on key targets inside Russia, with a decision understood to have already been made in private.

Two more men-only clubs set to consider letting women join

Two more of London's oldest remaining gentlemen's clubs have invited members this month to give an opinion on whether they think it is time to allow women to join.

Letby was called 'Nurse Death' two years before her arrest, inquiry hears

Junior doctors were referring to Lucy Letby as \"Nurse Death\" as early as 2016, two years before she was arrested, a public inquiry has heard.

Statue of queen makes her look like Mrs Doubtfire, claim critics

One critic said it made the late queen look like Mrs Doubtfire. Others faulted the shape of the face, the posture and the wellies. Some called it offensive and ridiculous, and demanded that it be melted down.

Man with severe learning difficulties has his 1990 conviction for murder quashed

A man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for life for the murder of a shopkeeper three decades ago after confessing in police interviews, has had his convictions quashed by the court of appeal.

Analysis Darzi lays bare a dire situation but offers road to recovery

Even factoring in the manifestations many over recent years of the NHS's deep crisis, some of Ara Darzi's findings in his verdict on the state of the service are arresting.

Hillsborough review criticises lack of empathy for bereaved

A review of how bereaved families were treated by the authorities after their relatives died in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has recommended an overhaul in postmortem processes and communication, and the need for \"empathy and understanding\".

Ukraine Trump refuses to say whether he wants Kyiv to win

Donald Trump sidestepped a direct question at Tuesday evening's presidential debate on whether he wanted Ukraine to win in its war against Russia, underlining concerns that a second Trump administration could suspend military support for Kyiv.

Analysis Harris was the victor - but the race is far from won

For more than 90 minutes on Tuesday night, Kamala Harris put Donald Trump on the defensive, taunting him about the size of his crowds and pressing him over his shifting positions on abortion. It clearly rattled the former president, who took the bait again and again.