Dominic Solanke produced a stunning piece of improvisation as Tottenham came from two goals down to earn a point and deliver a serious setback to Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes. City were in total control at half-time as goals from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo emphasised their domination, with Thomas Frank’s team enduring another hostile reaction from their own fans. Solanke gave Spurs hope by pulling one back before he showed superb presence of mind to divert Conor Gallagher’s cross, which was behind him, over City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. It capped a comeback which seemed unthinkable at half-time, with…
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Kylian Mbappe stayed calm to roll home a 100th-minute penalty and claim Real Madrid a 2-1 win for Real Madrid over nine-man Rayo Vallecano on Sunday in a spicy La Liga derby clash. Los Blancos cut Barcelona’s lead back to one point at the top of the table after the Spanish champions beat Elche on Saturday. Vinicius Junior scored early on for Madrid after Jude Bellingham limped off with an apparent hamstring injury. Jorge de Frutos pulled Rayo level early in the second half as Madrid fans showed their anger at their team. After Pathe Ciss’s red card tilted the…
Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday’s special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called it “a wake-up call for Republicans across Texas,” where the GOP controls every statewide office. “Our voters cannot take anything for granted,” Patrick wrote on the social platform X, while noting low-turnout special elections are always unpredictable. “I know the energy and strength the Republican grassroots in Texas possess. We will come out fighting with…
Jeffrey Epstein made $75,000 (£55,000) of payments to accounts connected to Lord Mandelson, bank statements released by the US Department of Justice suggest. Between 2003 and 2004, Epstein appears to have sent three separate $25,000 payments referencing Lord Mandelson. The payments appear as part of millions of documents released on Friday relating to late sex offender Epstein, the largest number shared by the US government since a law mandated their release last year. Lord Mandelson said he had no record or recollection of receiving the sums and did not know whether the documents were authentic. He reiterated his regret for…
French technology giant Capgemini has announced it will sell its US subsidiary after its work locating people for immigration enforcement agency ICE sparked outrage. Capgemini has come under pressure from French lawmakers over a contract its subsidiary signed with ICE, amid international scrutiny over the methods used by the agency’s agents in Minnesota. The fatal shooting of US citizens Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis have sparked protests across the US and led to increased scrutiny of the agency. Capgemini Government Solutions has been under contract since 18 December to provide “skip tracing services for…
There has been an outpouring of grief in Nigeria following the death of an aspiring singer who died on Saturday after being bitten by a snake in the capital, Abuja. Ifunanya Nwangene, 26, rose to prominence after appearing on The Voice Nigeria, the local version of the international TV singing competition, in 2021. She was known for her versatility, blending jazz, opera, classical music and soul. Videos shared on social media show a snake handler removing a snake from her apartment, as people nearby can be heard screaming: “It is a cobra!” A close friend, Sam Ezugwu, the co-founder and…
The chairman of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games has said he “deeply regrets” decades-old flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell – the jailed associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Casey Wasserman’s messages to Maxwell, sent in 2003, were among millions of files published by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday. In one exchange, Wasserman wrote to Maxwell: “I think of you all the time… So what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?” Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting and trafficking teenage girls to be sexually abused…
The director of the new documentary on US First Lady Melania Trump has appeared embracing a young woman in images released by the US Department of Justice on Friday. Brett Ratner, who also directed the Rush Hour films and X-Men: The Last Stand, can be seen sitting on a sofa beside the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and two women whose identities have been obscured. When the images were taken remains unclear, though they appear to have been taken in the same location as photos of Ratner and Epstein alongside the late French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel that were released…
A police recruit collapsed and died while undergoing training at the General Service Unit field in Magadi, Kajiado County. This was a routine training the group was undergoing when the victim died Police said the family of the recruit identified as Cheme Chombo Cheme had informed of the January 31, 2026 tragedy. Police said the victim was undertaking a recruit course at GSU Field Campus – Magadi when he developed sudden unconciousness and was rushed to Magadi hospital for treatment and later referred to Kenyatta National Hospital for further treatment. He was pronounced dead on arrival. The body is lying…
The national security adviser to Slovakia’s prime minister resigned after documents released by the US showed he exchanged messages about girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Robert Fico announced he had accepted Miroslav Lajčák’s departure in a video message on Saturday, describing the adviser as “an incredible source of experience in diplomacy and foreign policy”. The resignation comes a day after three million files relating to the influential financier were released by the US Department of Justice. While the files do not show any wrongdoing on the part of those featured, including Lajčák, they have raised…
The International Police Association (IPA) Kenya Chapter on Friday held its annual party at the Police Pavilion in South C, Nairobi, bringing together police leadership, partners, and friends to set the agenda for the year ahead. Anchored on the IPA motto Servo Per Amikeco—Service through Friendship—the event underscored the Association’s commitment to fostering unity, professionalism, and collaboration within the policing community and beyond. The Inspector General of the National Police Service (NPS), Douglas Kanja, who also serves as the Patron of the IPA Kenya Section, was represented by the Director of Corporate Communications and NPS Spokesperson, Muchiri Nyaga. Guests included…
An autopsy on the bodies of street families who were found dead at various places in Nairobi revealed pneumonia was the cause of the deaths. The postmortem also blamed starvation and bodily injuries on some of the victims. Some of the children were killed in mob injustice incidents. Ten of the bodies were buried at the Langata Cemetery in an emotional ceremony. Pathologists said most of the bodies had lung infections linked to pneumonia. This caused the deaths. There was concerns about the deaths of the about 15 street families in the city in the past month alone. One of…
A federal judge ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the federal judge’s ruling Saturday. CNN has not independently obtained a copy of the judge’s ruling. Liam and his father were taken by immigration agents from his snowy suburban Minneapolis driveway and sent 1,300 miles to a Texas detention facility designed to detain families. They’ve been detaine The order specifies the preschooler and his father be released by Tuesday as their immigration case proceeds through the court system, according…
“This week is all about me,” wrote the then-Prince Andrew to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a small, epic statement of a lack of self-awareness. “Time to put something back into me before the rest of the world starts sucking it out in all their greed and demands,” he wrote, in an email that’s part of the latest disclosures from the US Department of Justice. He was in a good mood, thanking Epstein, because he seemed to have helped sort out a problem for his ex-wife Sarah, over unpaid wages. He added he was about to go into his…
Noni Madueke starred as Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points as they beat Leeds United to record their first league win in four Premier League matches. Madueke was not meant to start the game and was a late replacement for winger Bukayo Saka, who limped out of the warm-up with a hip problem. And Madueke, who has had to play the role of back-up for most of this season, took his chance to impress as he curled in an excellent cross for Martin Zubimendi to nod Arsenal in front. The home side had…