There are significant challenges to overcome if we are to deploy something similar to Israel’s acclaimed air defense network because the threat to America is quite different.

Celtic will host the first leg as they compete in a Champions League knockout tie for the first time in 12 years

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Star posted cryptic message online, saying: ‘My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!!’

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A ‘Hervana’ performance at the FireAid benefit concert in California was met with a rapturous reception from fans of the Nineties rock band

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Tom and Ben Curry will start together for England in Dublin while Maro Itoje steps up as captain.

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Bang played an abusive husband in the Apple TV+ series

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The Argentine forward could present an opportunity for United to boost their flexibility in the transfer market and fend off any problems from PSR, though his talent remains alluring after shining at Old Trafford since graduating from the academy in 2022

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The 1,119-foot-long Triton-class ship is perfect for everyone

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Tens of thousands of people have gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital to listen to sermons by Islamic scholars at the Biswa Ijtema or global congregation of Muslim devotees

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The Gunners secured their place in the top eight after winning all four of their games at home

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A flight simulator has recreated the journey an American Airlines plane took before a fatal crash with a US Army helicopter on Wednesday, 29 January.

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After a freezing night out in the open, hundreds of striking Serbian students have resumed their 2-day anti-graft protest march from the capital, Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad

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Uefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue.

Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great.

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On strike days about one train in four is running, during limited hours, between London Euston, the West Midlands and northwest England

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Judge Alison Raeside, Judge Peter Nathan and Judge Sally Williams named after several media organisations successfully challenged court ban on identifying them

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Activist stands convicted of ‘inflaming the situation’ during 2022 protests in Iran

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Annabel Sutherland struck 163 to guide her side to 422 for five – a lead of 252.

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Francisco Alvarez takes big swings, both with his bat and in charting goals.

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After a mere 90-year wait, a second woman will finally join Peggy Antonio up on the Melbourne Cricket Ground honours board – take a bow, Annabel Sutherland. The 23-year-old already had a Test double-hundred to her name, scored against South Africa last year: now, she will go down in history as the first woman to ever score a hundred at the G.

By the close, Australia had extended their lead to 252, with the real possibility that Beth Mooney – unbeaten on 98 – will join Sutherland up on that honours board by Saturday evening.

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The eight Champions League play-offs have been revealed, with a place in the last-16 in the tournament up for grabs

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In this week’s newsletter: From the return of Apple’s hit thriller to the most open Oscar race I can remember, this year has so much in store for us culture vultures

Happy New Year! 2025 is upon us and pop-culturally it has the potential to be a belter, with big releases and events aplenty. For a full rundown of everything to watch, listen to and play this year, check out the Guardian arts desk’s exhaustive year-ahead preview.

Here on the Guide, meanwhile, we’re looking at some of the big questions across film, TV and music that we’re anticipating getting answers to this year. Just putting them together has whetted our appetites for the next 12 months. Hopefully they’ll do the same for you.

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Busloads of visitors left litter including discarded barbecues and makeshift sleds in the Abruzzo town

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Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli, will be released along with Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon in exchange for about 90 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons, the group said.

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The best way to repair the damage of Brexit is to start talks on a bespoke UK-EU customs union – to cut red tape, boost exports and strengthen the UK's position in our dealings with President Trump, argues Ed Davey

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