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Real Madrid lashed out at the Copa del Rey final referees on the eve of Saturday’s match, labelling complaints about pressure from the club’s television channel “unacceptable” and boycotting all planned pre-match activities in protest. “These statements… made in a premeditated manner 24 hours before the final against one of the participants, demonstrate, once again, a clear and manifest animosity and hostility of these referees towards Real Madrid,” said Los Blancos in a statement. Real Madrid refused to take part in the usual press conference, the open training in front of media, the traditional presidents’ dinner and a pre-match photo-call.…

World leaders, Catholic officials and mourners from around the globe are at the pope’s funeral in Rome. Among them are US President Donald Trump, Prince William, French President Emmanuel Macron, Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and former US President Joe Biden. Pope Francis’s vocal opinions on global issues occasionally put him at odds with some world leaders. Dignitaries are sitting on the the right-hand side of the square – facing the Basilica – with the heads of state for Argentina and Italy taking the front seats. They are followed by reigning sovereigns followed by heads of states who…

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, has died by suicide aged 41, her family has confirmed. Giuffre was one of the most outspoken accusers of convicted sex offenders Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his former girlfriend. She alleged they trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17, which Prince Andrew has strenuously denied. Relatives said in a statement on Friday that she had been a “fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse”, and that the “toll of abuse… became unbearable”. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim…

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs appear to have offered a preview of his legal defence in his sex trafficking case, arguing that the rapper led the “lifestyle” of a “swinger” and was not a criminal. At a hearing in New York on Friday – a little more than a week before his trial – his attorneys told the court that the rap mogul thought it was “appropriate” to have multiple sex partners, including sex workers, because it is “common”. Federal prosecutors also revealed to the court on Friday that they’d offered Mr Combs a plea deal, which he rejected. The…

Famed aerobatic pilot Rob Holland has died after a plane crash at the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. His death on Thursday was announced in a statement on his official Facebook page. Mr Holland, 50, was due to perform this weekend at Air Power Over Hampton Roads, a popular air show at the Virginia base. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it was investigating the crash of the experimental MX Aircraft MXS. Mr. Holland previously piloted the carbon-fibre, custom-built MXS-RH, a single-seater aircraft made by the same Australian company whose experimental plane crashed. He was approaching the…

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to respect each other’s sovereignty and come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May. The deal was signed by the two countries’ foreign ministers in Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also present at Friday’s ceremony. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent months as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized swathes of mineral-rich territory in eastern DR Congo. After losing territory, the government in Kinshasa turned to the US for help in exchange for access to the minerals. Relations have been so…

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd has been crowned the winner of this year’s Celebrity Big Brother. Shepherd, who has played David Platt for 25 years on the soap, beat fellow finalists including drag artist Danny Beard, US personality JoJo Siwa and TV star Chris Hughes. Also in the ITV reality show’s final on Friday were comedian Donna Preston and pop star Chesney Hawkes. Minutes after his win was announced, a visibly shocked Shepherd left the house repeatedly saying “crazy” as he was greeted by the series’ hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best. The self-declared Big Brother superfan said: “I…

Nearly 500 civilians have been confirmed killed in Sudan’s North Darfur in the past two weeks, the United Nations said Friday, condemning “horrifying” numbers of deaths and widespread sexual violence. The UN human rights office said it had listed at least 481 civilians killed in North Darfur since April 10 and that “the actual number is likely much higher”. The state has become a key battleground in the war that erupted on April 15, 2023 between the regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The UN…

Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a formal notice of intent to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. This comes one day before Mangione’s arraignment hearing in federal court, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday. Mangione, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Thompson outside a New York City hotel on Dec. 4, 2024 as Thompson was on his way to an investors conference. He has been indicted on two counts of stalking, a firearms offense and murder through the use of a firearm. In the filing, prosecutors argue Mangione intentionally killed…

A US judge ruled Thursday that Donald Trump cannot legally withhold federal funds from authorities offering limited protections to undocumented migrants, known as “sanctuary cities,” as the president presses his aggressive mass deportation effort. Trump has vowed to deport “millions” of undocumented migrants in his second term, after running an election campaign that focused on illegal immigration. The cities and counties that include San Francisco, Chicago and New York do not allow their local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with national-level immigration officers to identify and remove undocumented residents. Trump has railed against local politicians who seek to protect people…

California’s economy has overtaken that of the country of Japan, making the US state the fourth largest global economic force. Governor Gavin Newsom touted new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis showing California’s growth. The data shows California’s gross domestic product (GDP) hit $4.10 trillion (£3.08 trillion) in 2024, surpassing Japan, which was marked at $4.01 trillion. The state now only trails Germany, China and the US as a whole. “California isn’t just keeping pace with the world – we’re setting the pace,” Newsom said. The new figures come as Newsom has…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he will step back from his role with the Trump administration’s cost-cutting team known as Doge. Those at the White House, including the president, have said it has long been the plan that Musk would soon step away, but the news came as the billionaire’s car business saw earnings plunge. Musk’s announcement left many unanswered questions, including when he will actually leave the administration and what will happen to Doge, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency. When asked by the BBC on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reinforced the message that the administration was…

The health of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has worsened after intestinal surgery earlier this month, according to his medical team. The 70-year-old remains in intensive care and will undergo new tests. Bolsonaro was visited in hospital by a court official on Wednesday, who delivered a summons giving him five days to present his initial defence against coup charges, in preparation for his trial. Bolsonaro has been ordered to stand trial after charges that he directed an alleged right-wing coup attempt after he lost the 2022 presidential election to the left-wing President Lula da Silva. In a video of the…

Police shot and killed an armed 30-year-old man at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning, police said. Two officers shot at the man around 07:00 local time (12:00 GMT), Ontario police’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), said in a statement. No police officers were injured, and “there is no known threat to the public”, according to the SIU, which is tasked with investigating incidents involving police shootings. Authorities say that the shooting happened after they were called to a “dispute”. After several minutes of de-escalation attempts, the man pulled out a gun and police opened fire. On Thursday morning, Peel…

The Cabinet is set to consider the report by the Presidential taskforce on review of laws governing religious organizations in Kenya, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said. Murkomen revealed that a Cabinet committee is seized of the report of the taskforce chaired by Rev Mutava Musyimi which recommended reforms to curb religious extremism. He said the full Cabinet will consider the report before being transmitted to Parliament for consideration. “The Cabinet committee has considered a raft of recommendations by the Mutava Musyimi-led taskforce proposing a legal framework for regulating churches. Next week, the cabinet will consider the report and…