(Corrects to add missing name Andrey Rublev in paragraph 19) By Shrivathsa Sridhar and Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka fought off inspired home favourite Emma Raducanu in a cauldron-like Centre Court atmosphere to keep her Wimbledon quest on track but it was the end of the road for two other Grand …
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action’s co-founder on Friday lost a bid to pause the British government’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, with the group losing an urgent appeal meaning it will be banned from midnight. Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, asked London’s High …
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By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) -Runaway leaders McLaren expect old rivals Ferrari to be fighting them for victory at the British Grand Prix after a strong showing by Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in Friday practice. Lando Norris was top of the timesheets overall but Hamilton, record nine-times winner at Silverstone, was quickest in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Thomas Partey, who formerly played for English Premier League soccer club Arsenal, has been charged with rape and sexual assault, London’s Metropolitan Police said on Friday. Partey, a Ghana international, was charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, with the charges relating to three women and the …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -The former leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, announced on Friday he was in talks to start a new political party because Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government had “refused to deliver the change” voters expected during its first year in office. Corbyn, an avowed socialist who took control of …
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By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Sonay Kartal surged into the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time on Friday with a remarkable turnaround performance against French qualifier Diane Parry as she won nine games in a row to come from 4-1 down to triumph 6-4 6-2. Parry, who hammered 12th seed Diana Shnaider …
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By Gabriel Stargardter CALAIS, France (Reuters) -Early one morning this week, a dinghy motored along a vast beach in northern France, stopping every few hundred metres to pick up migrants bound for Britain. Four French police gave chase, but failed to reach the migrants before they reached water’s edge. Soon, with 70-odd people onboard, the …
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(Reuters) -Following are quotes and reaction to the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva in a car crash in Spain on Thursday: LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB “Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota. “The club have been informed the 28-year-old has passed away …
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By Emma Pinedo and Charlie Devereux MADRID (Reuters) -Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early on Thursday, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames. Evidence at the crash site suggested Jota’s car suffered a burst tyre while overtaking, police said. The …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s national broadcaster said on Thursday it would no longer broadcast or stream live any music gig deemed “high risk” after it was widely criticised for showing punk-rap duo Bob Vylan chanting against the Israeli military at Glastonbury. The BBC had already said it should have cut the stream from Bob Vylan’s performance …
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