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Labour's Wes Streeting resigned as health minister on Thursday to call for a leadership contest to oust Keir Starmer, accusing the British prime minister of overseeing political drift and forcing others to take the blame
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With his premiership imploding, Boris Johnson famously observed that: “As we’ve seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful — and when the herd moves, it moves.”The words will already be familiar to Sir Keir
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Carlo Ancelotti arrived in Brazil with five Champions League titles as a manager, league trophies from Europe's big five competitions and a reputation for making elite dressing rooms breathe a little easier.One year on, he knows this job is something different: less club grind, more national obsession and perhaps his final gig.In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, he said he was close to signing a contract extension until 2030.'It's all sorted, we just have to sign it. I'd like to stay,' he said.Two days later, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed the four-year extension.'Ancelotti’s continued tenure at the helm of the Brazilian national team - the most successful side in the history of world football - reflects not only the CBF’s backing for the work carried out by the manager, but also the trust he has earned from the squad and Brazilian fans since his arrival in late May 2025,” CBF said in a statement.'I see a squad with great potential for the future. We have top-class young players, a new generation coming through here, who are of a very high standard,' Ancelotti told Reuters on Tuesday to explain why he wanted to stay. DIFFERENT KIND OF TESTThe 66-year-old Italian took charge of Brazil after a glittering club career but preparing for the World Cup has brought a different kind of test - fewer training sessions, more emotion and the agony of choosing 26 names in a country where the iconic yellow jersey represents more than just a team.Brazil will be missing key players including Rodrygo, Estevao and Eder Militao through injury, adding another layer of psychological strain before Ancelotti announces his squad in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. And there is also Neymar, whose inclusion (or not) in the squad has the country holding its breath.Brazil, who are joint-fourth favourites with holders Argentina to win the World Cup behind European champions Spain, France and England, face Morocco, Haiti and Scotland in Group C.'It weighs heavily on me,' Ancelotti said when asked about the human cost of cutting players from his squad.'I have to make a professional judgement about a player, a person with whom I get on very well personally, players who have been with us but who I might not be able to call up; ultimately, this has an impact. It affects my emotions.'It's a relief, to present the squad list. Although more than the relief you feel for having done your job, it's something tinged with the sadness you feel at having to make this decision.'Relief is a word Ancelotti returns to often. Winning, he said, does not bring pure joy so much as the easing of pressure before the next demand arrives.'When you win, what you feel isn't happiness, it's relief,' he said. 'And when you lose, it's real physical and mental suffering.'That understanding of suffering may be useful in Brazil, where recent World Cup failures have been treated as national autopsies. It is now 24 years since they last won the title.Ancelotti said he wants to create an atmosphere in the squad that is calm, humble and serious enough to carry the pressure rather than be crushed by it. CHANGE OF RHYTHMMoving from club football to a national team has also changed the rhythm of Ancelotti's life.At his last club job with Real Madrid, the next match was always a few days away. With Brazil, there is more time to reflect - and perhaps more time for a manager who has spent three decades adapting to football's changing face.'It's a different job,' Ancelotti said. 'This job allows me more time to reflect, more peace of mind ... Going back to a club? I don't think so. It may well be that this is my last job.'The Italian's connection with Brazil stretches back to his playing days in the early 1980s at AS Roma, when playing alongside icons such as Falcao and Toninho Cerezo.Also, there was the 1994 World Cup, when he was assistant to Arrigo Sacchi as Italy lost the final to Brazil on penalties.Ancelotti said he could not have foreseen then that he would one day coach Brazil - or that Italy would be absent from another World Cup.'I couldn't have imagined a month or two ago either that Italy would be out of the World Cup and, unfortunately, this is now the third consecutive World Cup Italy has missed,' he said.The Italians lost in a penalty shootout to Bosnia and Herzegovina in their playoff final in March.'For an Italian, this is sad but it's an opportunity for Italians to support Brazil in this World Cup,' added Ancelotti. ANCELOTTI PLAYS MANY ROLESThe Italian said his greatest continuity as a coach has not been tactical, but human. He has changed with the game, helped by younger staff, but his relationship with players remains much the same as when he began coaching in 1995.'I feel like the manager, the friend, the team mate, many things; the father sometimes too, why not?' he said.Then came the Ancelotti twinkle. He recalled a Brazilian player - unnamed - who once told him he was due to marry in a week but did not want to go through with it.'I told him: 'Look, you have to make the decision that your heart tells you to make,'' Ancelotti said, laughing. The player did not get married.' 'So there are many aspects to my job: coach, father ... sometimes even therapist,' Ancelotti said smiling.'I enjoy it, I really do.'
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His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has instructed the authorities concerned to build two pedestrian bridges on Al Haray Road in a step aimed at
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The United Arab Emirates has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Republic of India following the storm that swept through Uttar Pradesh, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, as well as
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Air Arabia (PJSC), the first and largest budget carrier operator in the Middle East and North Africa, on Thursday announced its financial and operational results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2026.Air Arabia reported
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Mumbai Indians' Tilak Varma celebrates after leading his team's to victory against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. (AFP) Jasprit Bumrah made a winning start to his Mumbai Indians captaincy stint on Thursday, as Tilak Varma hit 75 not out off 33 balls helped beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in the IPL.Bumrah stood in for the unavailable duo of Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, as Varma starred again for Mumbai, lifting his side from 88-3 to 205-4, and crossing the finish line with a ball to spare. Varma hit six sixes. He had Will Jacks (25 not out) for company at the end. Earlier, Punjab recovered to 200-8 after a middle-order collapse precipitated by Shadul Thakur's 4-39. Azmatullah Omarzai's 38 off 17 balls turned the game around for the Kings, but it did not suffice. Fourth-placed Punjab, struggling to stay afloat in the top four, lost a fifth consecutive game, and must win both their remaining games to make the knockouts. Mumbai are ninth with four wins in 12 games. Put into bat, Punjab made a quick getaway with its openers putting on 50 off 33 balls. Prabhsimran Singh, who has been criticised on social media for being overweight, replied with four sixes and hit 50 off 29 balls. He added 57 off 35 balls with Cooper Connolly (21). Thakur applied the brakes as he picked four wickets in three overs. He had Prabhsimran Singh caught in the 12th over, and bowled skipper Shreyas Iyer two balls later. Punjab did not score a run for six balls as Raj Bawa bowled Connolly. They lost six wickets for 33, crashing to 140-7. Late carnage helped Punjab hit 63 runs in the final three overs and reach 200. Omarzai struck 19 runs off the 18th over, then Bartlett scored 22 and 12 off the final two - the duo hit four sixes between them. Skipper Bumrah took no wickets and conceded 35 runs in his four overs Mumbai started quickly as Ryan Rickelton hit 48 off 23 balls with four sixes. He put on 61 off 39 balls with Rohit Sharma (25). Omarzai struck with the ball, dismissing both Rickelton and later Sherfane Rutherford for 20 after a stand of 61 with Varma. Yuzvendra Chahal bowled a controlled first spell of wrist spin on a slowing Dharamsala wicket, before Varma broke free with 50 off 25 balls. Varma and Jacks put on 56 off 20 balls to secure victory. Brief Scores: Punjab Kings 200/8 in 20 overs [Prabhsimran Singh 57 (32), Azmatullah Omarzai 38 (17); Shardul Thakur 4-39, Deepak Chahar 2-36, Raj Bawa 1-11] lost to Mumbai Indians 205/4 [Tilak Varma 75* (32), Ryan Rickelton 48 (23), Will Jacks 25* (10)] by 6 wickets Related Story
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Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court obligated a man to pay Dhs55,600 to a woman after she transferred the amount to him in installments to book travel tickets and make hotel reservations for
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Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court obligated a man to return Dhs200,000 plus a fine of Dhs10,000 to another, from whom he received the money for investment and promised to deliver the profits
