Polish women's football representative Ewa Pajor, currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg, will play for Barcelona from the new season, German and Spanish media report. The transfer is expected to amount to almost half a million euros, a record for a women's team from Catalonia.more
The UK has begun talks with four countries - Armenia, Botswana, Costa Rica and Côte d'Ivoire - to strike a deal with them similar to the one with Rwanda to send illegal immigrants there, 'The Times' reported yesterday.more
More than 6 million nights were spent by Italian and foreign tourists in vineyards last year in Italy, reported the national farmers' union Coldiretti. He stressed that a real boom of so-called oenotourism, or wine-related tourism, is underway.more
French President Emmanuel Macron believes that the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris on the Seine could be moved to another location in the event of a threat of a terrorist attack.more
A third large cliff fall in five months has been reported close to the site of a proposed flat development in Cornwall. The Save Whipsiderry Cliff group said the incident happened at the beach near Newquay at about 08:40 BST on Saturday.more
51 per cent of respondents answered 'no' or 'rather not' to the question of whether the ruling coalition is fulfilling its election promises, according to an Ipsos poll for OKO.press and TOK FM. Among the dissatisfied are voters of the Left and the Third Way, the commentary indicated.more
The government has been accused of "betraying renters" on the fifth anniversary of a "failed" promise to ban no-fault evictions - as figures suggest that over 80,000 households have been put at risk of homelessness since then.more
Iga Swiatek continues to lead the world women's tennis ranking. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka is second and American Coco Gauff third. There have been no changes at the top. Meanwhile, Hubert Hurkacz has dropped from eighth to ninth place in the world tennis ranking. The leader is Serbian Novak Djokovic, who begins his 421st week at the top of the ATP list, bolstering his own record.more
The number of homeless refugees seeking urgent housing from English councils has increased by 239 per cent in the past two years, analysis shows, prompting charities to slam the “dysfunctional system” that leaves people living on the streets in tents.more
Elana Milmann, 77, from Israel, and Juliusz Gorzkoś, 72, from Sierpc, who recently discovered they were siblings, were due to meet in Warsaw yesterday. The meeting did not take place, hampered by Iran's overnight attack on Israel.more
The ice cream called 'Haaland Is', which appeared on the Norwegian market in April, has sparked a debate on healthy food, as the Manchester City footballer has repeatedly stressed that he only eats healthy products in the most natural form possible and unprocessed.more
The US and UK announced a ban on imports of aluminium, copper and nickel from Russia on Friday to deprive the Kremlin of revenue from the metals trade. The metals were also withdrawn from trading on the London and Chicago stock exchanges.more
Inter Milan's players drew 2-2 with Cagliari at the San Siro Stadium in the 32nd round of Serie A. The Nerazzurri are confidently heading for their 20th Italian championship in the club's history. The Udinese Calcio - AS Roma match was abandoned after Evan Ndicka lost consciousness and fell to the turf.more
Hundreds of the Manchester Arena bombing survivors, along with relatives of the victims, have launched legal action against MI5, claiming it failed to take action that could have stopped the attack.
More than 250 people have joined the group action against MI5 and have submitted their claim to the investigatory powers tribunal, which hears complaints against the intelligence services.more
The results of a poll published on Saturday by the New York Times and Siena College show that Donald Trump has only a one-point lead over President Joe Biden. Both intend to run for another term in the White House in the November elections.more
Bayer Leverkusen's players secured their first ever German championship after a 5:0 victory over Werder Bremen. With five rounds to go, they are 16 points ahead of Bayern Munich, who have been top of the Bundesliga continuously since 2013.more
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron today assessed that Iran's attack on Israel was serious but failed and urged the Israeli authorities not to escalate the conflict.more
Activists say locals are being forced to sleep in their cars and even caves. Residents in the Canary Islands are planning protests and strikes in a backlash against overtourism. Campaigners say the unsustainable influx of visitors is ruining life in the holiday hotspot. One activist group on the island of Tenerife has planned a hunger strike over the construction of two new hotels.more
The government is investing more than £55m in expanding facial recognition systems – including vans that will scan crowded high streets – as part of a renewed crackdown on shoplifting.more
Liverpool's players lost 0:1 to Crystal Palace in the 33rd round of the English Premier League and are slowly losing ground to defending champion and championship contenders Manchester City. Arsenal London lost 0:2 to Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium.more
72 per cent of respondents are not concerned that the 4-day week will result in reduced productivity, 19 per cent of respondents hold the opposite view, according to the ClickMeeting survey. At the same time, 24 per cent of those questioned believe they have too many responsibilities at work.more
They may no longer be referred to as HRH, but Prince Andrew and Meghan Markle can still claim the titles of being the UK’s least favourite royals, a new poll has found.more
