Djokovic wins 6-7 (8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Serb claims his 19th grand slam title with Paris win After the sheer willpower and strength it took to topple Rafael Nadal on his surface and his court on Friday, Novak Djokovic was charged with returning to the scene two days later […]
Northern Ireland border row hits summit in Cornwall as prime minister tells other leaders UK is ‘a single country’ Boris Johnson reiterates threat to suspend Northern Ireland protocol Boris Johnson was embroiled in an extraordinary public spat with EU leaders over Northern Ireland on Saturday as tensions over Brexit boiled […]
Lord Evans to call for tougher rules to stop former ministers using contacts and expertise for private gain Ministers could face a five-year ban from lobbying after leaving office and face fines if they break the rules. Lord Evans, chair of the committee on standards in public life, will propose […]
Midfielder, 29, required urgent CPR on the pitch during match against Finland but is now stable Danish international footballer Christian Eriksen was given chest compressions by medics during the Euro 2020 clash against Finland in Copenhagen on Saturday. Eriksen, 29, collapsed face first into the pitch while running to collect […]
Bids in 10-minute auction started at $4.8m for 20 July trip on Blue Origin spacecraft with Bezos and his brother. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has sold the spare seat of the company’s 20 July New Shepard space rocket blast-off for $28m, the company announced on Saturday. Related: Rocket men: Bezos, […]
Children and hospital staff killed in attack on northern city Afrin, which is held by Turkish-backed rebels Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 18 people, many of them when a hospital was hit, a war monitor said. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human […]
Monday’s announcement will come as coronavirus case are rising at fastest rate since second wave Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The lifting of all lockdown restrictions in England is likely to be delayed for up to a month from the planned date of 21 June, government […]
Russian ruler says relations with US at their lowest point in years as the two presidents prepare to meet in Geneva The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has said US-Russia relations are at their lowest point in years, in an interview before his meeting with the US president, Joe Biden, next […]
Taskforce chief Kate Bingham gets damehood and Oxford research leaders also rewarded Key figures in the battle against Covid-19 and Britain’s vaccine success have been rewarded in the Queen’s birthday honours list, with vaccines taskforce chair Kate Bingham getting a damehood. Honours are also bestowed on two leaders of the […]
The Cape Cod fisherman estimates he was in the beast’s mouth for 30 seconds; experts say the encounter was a fluke A commercial lobster diver who got caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod on Friday morning said he thought he was going […]