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88th over: India 327-5 (Gill 121, Jadeja 49). This partnership continues to look serene and untroubled. Stokes bangs one into the pitch and Jadeja nudges it off his ribs for another quick single, Gill adds another, then Jadeja repeats the shot for one more single.

87th over: India 322-5 (Gill 119, Jadeja 47). Woakes, yesterday’s stand-out, starts from the City End, and concedes four first up thanks to a gorgeously timed clip through midwicket by Jadeja. The umpire then has a word with Jadeja about running on the pitch (to give himself some juicy rough to bowl into later presumably), and the No 7 responds by veering sharply left and running the next single from the very edge of the strip. More anguish for Woakes ensues when a no-ball is edged through the cordon for four by Gill, who to be fair played it with good, soft hands.

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After the Islanders sent down Isaiah George in January, the path back looked pretty clear for the 21-year-old defenseman.

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Navarro isn’t messing around. Twelve minutes in, the 10th seed leads 3-0, and has hit only once unforced error.

Pinnington Jones, looking like the 2002 champ Lleyton Hewitt with his backwards cap and diminutive frame, has begun his match too, but it’s been an inauspicious start. The Brit is broken in the opening game, to 30, after three successive errors: on the forehand, the backhand and then a double fault. Cobolli consolidates the break and it’s 2-0.

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Wildfires have been reported in Greece, Turkey, Spain and Germany as Europe’s heatwave continues

in Italy

Due to the climate emergency, Italian seas have reached temperatures above 20C even at depths of 40 metres, according to a report released on Wednesday by Greenpeace.

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PM and health secretary say only possible to transform the NHS due to decisions taken by chancellor in the budget

Streeting says he has to go to the Commons to make a statement to MPs.

But first he introduces Rachel Reeves, saying that she has put an extra £29bn into the NHS.

It is thanks to her leadership that we’ve seen interest rates in our country fall four times. It’s thanks to her leadership that we see wages finally rising faster than the cost of living. And it’s thanks to her leadership we have the fastest growing economy in the G7.

If Australia can effectively serve communities living in the remote outback, we can meet the needs of people living in rural England.

If community health teams can go door to door to prevent ill health in Brazil, we can do the same in Bradford.

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Real Madrid head coach likens unfettered midfielder to former Liverpool teammate after Club World Cup heroics

Fede Valverde once said that he could spend all day watching Steven Gerrard play; his coach sometimes feels like he still is, and no one is better placed to see it or make it so. Xabi Alonso had been in charge at Real Madrid for just two games when he said that the Uruguayan reminded him of his former partner in the Liverpool midfield. “ I haven’t seen many players with his physical performance,” he said. “I’m very happy to be coaching him. Every manager would like a Valverde on the team.”

Coming from Alonso, it was quite the compliment. There was always something special between him and the Liverpool captain. Gerrard described the Spaniard as “pure quality, a class act on the pitch and a gentlemen off it,” and was “devastated” at his departure, writing: “I missed you every day from the moment you left.” Alonso said that Gerrard was the better player, the man with whom he won the European Cup, scoring six minutes apart, and shared the Istanbul kiss that inspired endless fan fiction; the man he once called “my hero, my mate”.

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Appearing on Alex Cooper's "Call Her Daddy" podcast, the "Old Guard" actress lifted the lid on her dating likes, dislikes and everything in between.

Asset managers added to holdings in bet that sell-off sparked by doubts over Rachel Reeves’ future would be shortlived

Bets on GE Aerospace, Microsoft and Visa help activist fund to first-half profits

21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a Congressional intern in Washington, D.C., was shot and killed on Monday. He was an intern for Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan).

Bond yields fall, reversing a sharp rise on Wednesday sparked by speculation over the future of the chancellor

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UK government bond markets have rallied after Keir Starmer backed Rachel Reeves to remain as chancellor for “a very long time” despite lingering investor concerns over a multibillion-pound hole in Britain’s public finances.

The yield – in effect the interest rate – on British government bonds, also known as gilts, fell by about 0.1 percentage points on Thursday morning to trade close to 4.5%, reversing a sharp rise on Wednesday sparked by feverish speculation over Reeves’s future.

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Today’s rumours are here for you

Last week it was Istanbul, this week it is Turin. Jadon Sancho’s next destination for employment is like an Interrail trip around our favourite city break destinations. According to Corriere dello Sport, Manchester United want £25m for the England winger, 25, and Juventus are interested. Helpfully, Sancho is said to be prepared to lower his wage demands in order to join the Old Lady.

Sancho’s departure will free up some cash to fund the potential signing of Ollie Watkins, because nothing says thought out transfer strategy like paying £60m for a 29-year-old striker due a big payday. Multiple back pages suggest that Jim Ratcliffe’s crew are intensifying their pursuit of Watkins, with Rasmus Højlund potentially returning to Italy.

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Omaha City Councilman Brinker Harding has mounted a congressional bid to succeed Repbublican Rep. Don Bacon in the U.S. House of Representatives

In a new biography written by filmmaker Shawn Levy, "Clint: The Man and The Movies," Clint Eastwood's life behind the camera is examined in depth.

Autonomous robots from Uber Eats are rolling out across U.S. cities, featuring LIDAR sensors, secure compartments and all-weather operation for food and grocery delivery.

Donna Kashanian, 64 and a community service volunteer, arrived in 1978 on a student visa and has no criminal record

Kaitlynn Milne says her mother is usually always up first thing in the morning, hours before the rest of the family. She enjoys being productive in the quiet hours around sunrise. It’s an especially optimal time to do yard work, when the rest of her New Orleans neighborhood still sleeps and she can count on peacefully completing chores.

Gardening and rearranging the shed is how an average morning would go for Madonna “Donna” Kashanian, a 64-year-old Iranian mother, wife, home cook, parent-teacher association (PTA) member and lifelong community service volunteer.

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Between his so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ and his bombing of Iran, Trump has confirmed he is a man of a familiar past

The convergence of the US Senate’s passage of Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” in domestic policy with his strike on Iran in foreign policy has finally resolved the meaning of his presidency. His place in history is now clear. His rise, like that of a reawakened left, indicated that America is ready to move on from its long era of neoliberalism and neoconservatism. In office, Trump has blocked the exits by doubling down on both.

The first of those slurs, neoliberalism, refers to the commitment across the political spectrum to use government to protect markets and their hierarchies, rather than to moderate or undo them. The second, neoconservatism, is epitomized by a belligerent and militaristic foreign policy. The domestic policy bill now making its way through Congress, with its payoff to the rich and punishment of the poor, is a monument to neoliberalism, the Iran strike a revival of neoconservatism.

Samuel Moyn is the Kent professor of law and history at Yale University, where he also serves as head of Grace Hopper College

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Without his, my husband resembles an estate agent. It’s time more men took advantage of this hairy little glow-up

It’s a convenient truth of our time that if you Google for long enough, you will eventually find the answer you want. In other words, there’s a lot of anti-beard propaganda out there, and I’m not falling for any of it. I love beards. So I keep scrolling.

Past the recent Washington Post report that some toilets contain fewer germs than the average beard (that’s pretty much true of phone screens, and we happily rub them on our faces). Not even pausing on an investigation into whether it would be hygienic to scan canines and humans in the same MRI machine, which found most beards contained more microbes and bacteria than dog fur. La la la, I’m not listening.

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Tadej Pogacar’s UAE team and Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma lead the way but watch out for Soudal-QuickStep

Two men, Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen, with one plan: stage wins and the green jersey; VDP is the big star, but in recent Tours de France it’s been “Jasper Disaster” who has delivered. On the flat stages, VDP uses his explosive power and superlative bike handling to lead out Philipsen, who has won nine stages in the last three Tours and the green jersey in 2023. Anywhere a bit lumpy will be for VDP, although he has taken only one Tour stage in his career. That was at Mûr de Bretagne in 2021, so watch out for him when the Tour returns there on 11 July.

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© Composite: Guardian Picture Desk

Military expands at border with Air Force controlling 250 miles in Texas, authorizing troops to detain migrants while civil liberties groups warn of Posse Comitatus violations.

Former Clinton advisor Mark Penn calls Mamdani’s NYC mayoral win a “9-1-1 moment" for Democrats, warning of deeper trouble for the party.

Boys as young as 11 and 12 are "idolizing and parroting" the misogynistic rhetoric of Andrew Tate and other masculinist influencers at school, posing a risk to women teachers and the girls who witness it, Canadian researchers are reporting. Read More

CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers suggested that the Trump family should be investigated for citizenship status as deportation efforts continue.

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Plus, Lululemon vs. Costco.

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Now that Canada’s trade war with America has surged back into public consciousness like a blast from the recent past, a new poll suggests Canadian frustration with and mistrust of the U.S. remains high, despite a slight easing. Read More

Let freedom ring and the floodgates of flirtation open.

“It's about enforcing antitrust robustly in a way that works for all Americans … that’s my starting point,” the head of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division told NYNext.

"Let's not kid ourselves, it's all about the money," said one noted British music rep of the Oasis reunion. "And the money is ginormous."

Studies suggest a connection between warmer months and reduced fertility rates, particularly related to male fertility.

Mr. Jota and his brother André Filipe, 26, died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player’s wedding.

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Liverpool's forward, 28, died in a car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, the Portuguese Football Federation said on Thursday.

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.

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Wisconsin snow park faces federal lawsuit after allegedly firing a Christian employee for posting Bible verses on his personal social media, which the park denied.

And...here's why this brand deserves the attention.

Edward “Ron” Acosta, 78, was found stabbed to death inside his mansion in a gated community in San Antonio on Tuesday after he was allegedly killed by his nephew, David Ruiz.

The time travel comedy was a surprise smash in 1985 and remains a Hollywood touchpoint and as it reaches a major anniversary, those who made it share their memories

The actor Lea Thompson has had a distinguished screen career but hesitated to share it with her daughters when they were growing up. “I did not show them most of my stuff because I end up kissing people all the time and it was traumatic to my children,” she recalls. “Even when they were little the headline was, ‘Mom is kissing someone that’s not Dad and it’s making me cry!’”

Thompson’s most celebrated role would be especially hard to explain. As Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future, she falls in lust with her own son, Marty McFly, a teenage time traveller from 1985 who plunges into 1955 at the wheel of a DeLorean car.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-gium!

The music mogul remains in custody after he was convicted on two counts of transporting prostitutes. A judge will determine his prison sentence at an unspecified date.

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In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with.

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