The UK has lost influence since Brexit to become just one of many “middle powers” in the world, former foreign secretary David Miliband has said. Writing for the Observer, Miliband, now president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said that in order to reverse the decline, the UK needed to enter new “structures and commitments” with the EU on foreign policy. more

Real Madrid against Manchester City and Arsenal London against Bayern Munich tomorrow and Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona on Wednesday are the hits in the first matches of the quarter-finals of the football Champions League. The fourth pairing is made up of Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.more

Rent rises in Britain are forecast to outpace wage growth, despite having already surged at the fastest pace on record after the Covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis.more

Iga Swiatek continues to lead the world women's tennis ranking. There were no changes to the top five positions on the WTA list. The leader in the world tennis ranking is still Serbian Novak Djokovic, who starts his 420th week at the top of the ATP list, bolstering his own record. Hubert Hurkacz has moved up from 10th to eighth place.more

The cost of failing to support Ukraine will be much higher than the cost of repelling Vladimir Putin's regime, argue UK and French diplomatic chiefs David Cameron and Stephane Sejourne in a joint article in the 'Daily Telegraph'. Ukraine must win the war, they write.more

Defending Formula One world champion Dutchman Max Verstappen of the Red Bull team won yesterday's Formula One race for the Japanese Grand Prix, the fourth round of the series in the 2024 season, his 57th triumph in F1. The day before, the Dutchman won pole position for the 36th time.more

Briton Russ Cook, 27, completed his nearly year-long run across Africa yesterday, becoming the first man to do so. The route of his run was 16,000km and took him through 16 countries.more

Britain must emulate Poland's shining example in Nato and strengthen and modernise its armed forces, or they will be smashed by Russian troops in the event of war, three senior retired British military officers warned in The Sun newspaper on Saturday.more

Third in the table Juventus Turin, with Wojciech Szczesny in goal, defeated Fiorentina 1:0 at home in the evening match of the 31st round of the Italian Football Premier League. Home team striker Arkadiusz Milik is still pausing due to injury.more

'Irish reunification is a legitimate aspiration, but it will not be my priority,' declared Simon Harris, who will become the new Prime Minister of the Irish Republic on Tuesday. He also asserted that he wants better relations with the UK than have been the case in recent years.more

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski warned yesterday during a videoconference with ambassadors of countries belonging to the United24 platform that without US aid, currently blocked in Congress by Republicans, Ukraine would lose the war with Russia, AFP reports.more

Liverpool's players drew 2-2 away against Manchester United in the match of the 32nd round of the Premier League. "The Reds" are second in the table and are only behind leading Arsenal London by a worse goal difference.more

The British company Ambrey, which insures merchant ships, reported yesterday that Yemeni Huti militia attacked two more vessels off the Yemeni coast that day. In total, the Iranian-backed Huti attacked three vessels within 24 hours.more

Dutch police detained famous climate activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday along with a group of other demonstrators who were taking part in a protest and attempting to block the important A12 motorway leading to The Hague, AFP reported.more

Piotr Zielinski scored after a shot from distance in the 4:2 away win against Monza in the 31st round match of the Italian Premier League. It was the third goal this league season for the Polish midfielder, who came out in the starting line-up and played until the 68th minute.more

Britain still believes Israel has the right to defend its security, but is shocked by the scale of the bloodshed and this conflict must end, wrote Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Yesterday marked six months since the Palestinian organization Hamas attacked Israel.more

Hubert Hurkacz won the ATP tournament on clay courts in Estoril, Portugal. The Polish tennis player, seeded number two, defeated Spaniard Pedro Martinez 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's final.more

PiS recorded the highest support among rural residents, while the Civic Coalition won in cities. The larger the cities, the more KO's advantage grew - according to an exit poll conducted yesterday by Ipsos. KO's electorate predominates among company owners, directors and students; PiS was voted for by, among others, farmers and retirees.more

Supermarket giant Morrisons is making a big change to its shopping rules. The supermarket currently operates quiet hours between 9am and 10am on Saturdays, and for the first hour of opening on Sundays.more

Maintaining a balance between work and personal life, the so-called life-work balance has a huge impact on both professional performance and happiness. Where is special attention paid to this? If we rely on the Global Life-Work Balance Index ranking developed by the Remote platform, this balance is easiest to maintain for people working in New Zealand, Spain and France.more

There were 34,830 incidents of flytipping in Brent between 2022 and 2023, writes Mylondon.news.more

Athletic Bilbao ended their run of six successive Copa del Rey final defeats as they earned a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Mallorca to end a 40-year wait for silverware. Athletic clinched their 24th Copa del Rey title - and first since 1984 - when Alex Berenguer stepped up to seal a 4-2 win in the shootout in Seville.more

Two planes clipped each other at Heathrow Airport, causing minor damage to both aircraft. There were no injuries and no delays in the incident, which involved a British Airways plane with 121 passengers on board and a Virgin Atlantic aircraft.more

Ukraine is the most popular EU candidate country among Europeans, according to an Ipsos survey for Euronews. Out of 18 countries surveyed, Poland ranks fifth in terms of support for Ukraine's accession.more

Bayern Munich players lost away to newcomer Heidenheim 2-3 in the 28th round. The outgoing German champions are 16 points behind Bayer Leverkusen, first in the table, who defeated Union 1-0 in Berlin. The leader can secure the title next weekend.more