Sometimes, your luck is just in, you catch a break when you most need it and, after so much major tournament semi-final heartache, England finally got something to go their way and, in the process, one of these suffocatingly high-tension encounters to follow suit. The 90 minutes had been nerve-shredding, […]
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Officers had been instructed to arrest Zuma by the end of Wednesday if he failed to turn himself in South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is in police custody after handing himself in to serve 15 months in jail for contempt of court. Police ministry spokesperson Lirandzu Themba confirmed Zuma, […]
Arrests made after prime minister says attackers posed as members of the US Drug Enforcement Agency The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated in his home by a group of armed men who also seriously injured his wife, according to a statement and comments made by the country’s […]
Information commissioner acts after concerns raised about Matt Hancock and health minister Lord Bethell The information commissioner has launched an investigation into health ministers’ use of private emails, prompted by revelations of Matt Hancock’s use of them for government business. The watchdog will probe the use of all private correspondence […]
Guardian analysis prompts health warnings as Javid says England entering ‘uncharted territory’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Two million people could contract Covid this summer, potentially meaning up to 10 million must isolate in just six weeks, Guardian analysis shows, prompting warnings over risks to health […]
Dutch police have detained three suspects after investigative reporter was shot in the street Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries, known for his work in exposing the criminal underworld, has been shot and seriously wounded on a street in Amsterdam. Three suspects were detained, including the possible gunmen, police said, […]
In the end, it all came down to one kick. One kick to put Italy into the final. One kick to erase the years of underachievement, one kick to quench a nation’s longing, one kick for everything. The kick fell to Jorginho. With his customary hop and skip, and a […]
Taxpayer facing potential £335m loss after audit office says government bank carried out limited due diligence on business support loans The collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital was given access to a government-backed loan scheme without being subjected to detailed checks, leaving UK taxpayers facing a £335m loss, Whitehall’s spending watchdog […]
All but one of the herd of 13 were born in captivity, but conservationists hope they can be ‘rewilded’ A herd of elephants born and raised in a Kent zoo are about to get on a plane to travel almost 4,500 miles (7,000km) to Kenya, in order to reintroduce them […]
Commons health committee says NHS has reduced baby deaths significantly but could do more to improve safety A cascade of catastrophic failings’: the UK’s baby death scandals A thousand babies die preventable deaths every year in England because a culture of shifting blame and keeping tight-lipped means lessons are not […]