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England’s late show and Italy heartbreak at Euro 2025: Women’s Football Weekly - podcast

Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Carla Ward and Freddie Cardy to discuss England’s dramatic extra-time win over Italy in the Euro 2025 semi-final, and much more besides

On the podcast today: England are through to the Euro 2025 final, but they left it late again! Michelle Agyemang’s 96th-minute equaliser forced extra time before Chloe Kelly converted a rebound from her own saved penalty in the 119th minute to seal a 2-1 victory over Italy in Geneva. The panel break down another nerve-shredding performance, the mentality behind this Lionesses side, and the game-changing role of England’s “finishers”.

Elsewhere, what's next for Italy after a heroic campaign under Andrea Soncin? The panel evaluate the next moves for both the Italian national side and domestic leagues. Plus, a look at Sarina Wiegman’s record of five consecutive major finals, the fitness worries facing England before Sunday, and why Jess Carter’s reception was one of the most critical moments of the night.

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Lawmakers call for release of Afghan man seized by Ice at green card appointment – US politics live

Man who worked for US military in Afghanistan seized by immigration agents and taken out of state after arriving for green card appointment, say attorneys

Lawmakers are calling for the release of an Afghan interpreter, who worked with the US military for years in his home country, who was seized by armed, masked Ice agents after a routine appointment for his green card.

The former wartime interpreter, identified only as Zia for his safety and that of his family, aided American troops in Afghanistan for about five years during the war and fled the country with his family after the Taliban resumed power in 2021.

Zia has done everything right. He’s followed the rules. He has no criminal history.

Following the rules are supposed to protect you. It’s not supposed to land you in detention. If he is deported, as so many of the people have articulated today, he faces death.

What happened to him is the worst kind of abhorrent violation of basic decency. Put aside the legal causes and the issues here for unmasked agents to snatch someone off the street with no warning, no counsel, no opportunity even to know who is doing it while it’s in process is un-American.

To Zia, we have your back. We’re going to fight for you. We’re going to leave no stone unturned.

Our credibility is at stake. We have families who have risked everything not just for themselves, but for their entire family. They have risked their health and safety. And in the name of standing up for the promises of our American democracy, that could not have been easy at the time. So this betrayal has to be that much more difficult in this moment.

This isn’t about one person. This is about thousands of people. This is about our veterans. If their word means nothing when they’re on the battlefield, risking their lives, and being saved in so many instances by the support of people like Zia who are giving this services as their family and their own lives are being threatened and tortured, then what does that mean for our word going forward?

In June this year, average daily arrests were up 268% compared with June 2024.

Ice is increasingly targeting any and all unauthorized immigrants, including people who have no criminal records.

Despite Trump’s claims that his administration is seeking out the “worst of the worst”, the majority of people being arrested by Ice now have no criminal convictions.

Detention facilities have been increasingly overcrowded, and the US system is over capacity by more than 13,500 people.

The number of deportations, however, has fluctuated as the administration pursues new strategies and policies to swiftly expel people from the US.

The US government has deported more than 8,100 people to countries that are not their home country.

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EU demands ‘explanations’ on Ukrainian reforms and says there ‘cannot be a compromise’ on corruption – Europe live

Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, says that Ukraine, as a candidate country for membership, needs to uphold ‘fight against corruption’

Back to Russia-Ukraine talks, AFP just reported, quoting a source in the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs, that the negotiations will start at 4pm GMT, so that’s 5pm London time and 6pm CEST in large parts of Europe.

The EU has also confirmed that trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will speak with US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick this afternoon as they continue talks on the EU-US trade relations ahead of next month’s deadline for tariffs.

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