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Three takeaways from a closely run, historic men’s Ballon d’Or award
Team success, the World Cup and the ‘Bundesliga tax’ were considerations as Harry Kane took home the top honor
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Israel election live: polls open in most consequential vote in country’s history
Most polling shows prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will lose its majority, with Gadi Eisenkot th...
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England need to unearth World Cup core despite derby friction and injury chaos
England’s Nations Championship games against Australia and Japan should be the end of experimentation for Stev...
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Finnish and Norwegian leaders hold rare ‘frank and substantive’ call with Putin on Ukraine – Europe live
Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre say they discussed future negotiations to help to end the war, related to...
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HSBC profits surge 32%, sparking fresh calls for bank taxes in the budget – business live
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Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live
Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures annou...
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UK officials discussing options including free movement with EU ahead of summit
Business secretary says focus for November summit will be trade and youth mobility, but talks will also includ...
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Fears grow for Iranian athletes on death row as mountaineer latest to be hanged
Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist...
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Two men charged with national security offences over RAF Fairford incident
One charged assisting a foreign intelligence service and the other with entering a prohibited place, CPS says
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ABC to demand rightwing One Nation party stop using Bluey in ‘shocking and disrespectful’ cartoon
Head of Australia’s national broadcaster says depiction of globally beloved character ramming politicians with...
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Number of UK businesses in financial distress ‘at two-decade high’
Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budget
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GPS detour leads Alabama driver to save Georgia family from house fire
Casey Sparks inadvertently ended up in Lyerly, Georgia, where he noticed burning home and helped to save famil...