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He didn’t leave it at that, though; Mangan found Timby on Instagram and followed up with a message inviting her out. “It was short and sweet, and it was really genuine, too,” says Timby – and she took him up on the offer. What followed was a series of whirlwind dates – lunches, dinners, sightseeing … Read more

The US and Denmark have announced a deal on Greenland’s security that will be signed next week. US President Donald Trump said the agreement would grant the US “permanent control over security, and all other needs”. Denmark’s Prime Minister said the deal “strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area” but did not … Read more

World number one Luke Littler survived a first-round scare to overcome Danny Noppert in a thrilling World Series of Darts Finals match in Amsterdam. The 19-year-old, seeking his second World Series Finals victory after 2024, recently whitewashed the Dutchman, who is a former UK Open champion, 6-0 on his way to winning the Czech Darts … Read more

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is “immediately” banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the latest twist in his fraught relationship with American media outlets. In a lengthy post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said that the outlets “constantly write or report fiction or lies” about his administration, … Read more

BMW PGA Championship – round two -12 R Gerard (US); -10 A Scott (Aus), F Celli (Ita); -9 M Elvira (Spa), A Rai (Eng) Selected others: -8 R Fox (NZ), R Fisher (Eng), R McIlroy (NI), I Elvira (Spa), JJ Spaun (US); -7 M Wallace (Eng); -6 S Straka (Aut), A Noren (Swe); -5 L … Read more

Russia’s parliamentary elections are under way, the first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ruling party United Russia, which is backed by President Vladimir Putin, is expected to be the biggest party in parliament. Critics say the election is neither free nor fair, with all ten parties on the ballot either backing – … Read more

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has said he is “truly sorry” for describing rival airlines as “high-fare rapists”. He had previously refused to apologise to a rape crisis centre which criticised him for the comments. O’Leary had made the remark earlier this month while talking to journalists ahead of Ryanair’s yearly meeting with shareholders. Following … Read more

Uefa and Concacaf have written to Gianni Infantino calling on Fifa to pay at least $10m (£7.5m) from its cash reserves to each of the 211 member associations. It is the latest chapter in the war of words between the governing bodies, in response to Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s aborted private equity proposal. Fifa Forward … Read more

Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms which tend to describe non-military methods, for example cyberattacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary. These are quite often employed using proxies, but Russia always denies involvement in such attacks despite growing evidence to the contrary. The French president was speaking to … Read more

Manchester United boss Michael Carrick says it would be “ridiculous” to start thinking how long he has left in the job after “two or three” bad results. His side visit Fulham on Sunday after an awful week. After United lost at home to a Manchester City side reduced to 10 men after 23 minutes, Brighton … Read more

England head coach Thomas Tuchel says “the door is always open” after recalling Trent Alexander-Arnold and Cole Palmer to his first squad since the World Cup – but has warned players they have to “perform”. Tuchel controversially left Real Madrid right-back Alexander-Arnold and Chelsea forward Palmer out of his squad for the summer tournament in … Read more

At least 16 people, including five police officers, have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar. A gun battle is still ongoing between attackers and security forces at the mosque, near police headquarters, in the Kohat district of Khyber … Read more

The hearing follows a damning official report, published in July, which concluded that MI5 gave evidence based on “lies” to three courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy whose abuse was uncovered by the BBC. The report, by the then deputy investigatory powers commissioner Sir John Goldring, heavily criticised a series of senior MI5 figures … Read more

Three people have been killed and eight injured in a shooting at a high school in Banga in the province of Mindanao, southern Philippines. Two of the victims were 14-year-old students, Banga mayor Albert Palencia told the BBC. The gunman, 16, is among the dead, he said, while four of those injured are in a … Read more

His brother Gurpreet Singh Johal has lobbied successive governments calling for his brother’s release. He previously urged the UK government to provide “diplomatic representation” to bring his activist brother home. He described his last meeting, with then-Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper in December, as “disappointing”. At the time, a spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development … Read more

The sisters of the man suspected of being the so-called “Putney pusher” have told the BBC the Metropolitan Police was “negligent” and “reckless” in its handling of the case. Nicholas Brandram was under suspicion of being the jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus during a run on Putney Bridge, west … Read more

Alexander Isak says joining Liverpool last summer was an “easy decision”. The Sweden striker arrived from Newcastle on transfer deadline day in September 2025 for a British record transfer fee of £125m. “[Liverpool] is a massive club, and everything about the club made it pretty clear,” he told BBC Sport’s The Football Interview. “And the … Read more

One learner says social media clips saved her money, but there was also misinformation online.

A British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi nearly a week ago has been rescued in a police operation that left four suspected kidnappers dead and a senior police chief wounded. Nusrat Osman, 47, was freed on Thursday during an operation on the outskirts of the southern city of Blantyre, police said. Officers exchanged gunfire … Read more

In the memoir, Earl Spencer writes of his sister’s troubled marriage – claiming a friend of Diana’s had told him that on the eve of their wedding in July 1981, Prince Charles had told her he was “very happy to marry her, but… not actually in love with her”. Things became “very difficult indeed” in … Read more

Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, a Democrat, opposed the sale on Thursday. He warned “it could put the crown jewels of American military technology within reach of the Chinese Communist Party”. Other Democratic lawmakers and some American defence officials have raised similar concerns about giving F-35s to Saudi Arabia. They said Riyadh might share the … Read more

There is a sizeable group of Lib Dem MPs, and members of its frontbench, who openly question whether their problem is not with the message, nor the strategy, but with Davey, the leader. “I think he’s holding us back,” said one of the party’s spokespeople who is planning a tilt at the leadership if a … Read more

Further allegations made in Earl Spencer’s new book are in several of today’s papers. The Daily Star headlines on King Charles being allegedly “giddily elated like a lottery winner” when he him called about Diana’s death, her brother, Earl Spencer, claimed in the book. Buckingham Palace has strongly pushed back against the credibility of the … Read more

The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a Republican senator joined Democrats in opposing his confirmation. Richard Schroyer was serving as a senior aide to the secretary of Homeland Security when Trump picked him to lead the immigration enforcement agency in June. The White House … Read more

England’s impressive T20 form continues as they thrash Sri Lanka by six wickets in Cardiff to seal the series with a match to spare.