Sky has won broadcast rights to show a record number of Premier League matches in a new four-year deal starting from 2025/26. Sky Sports has retained the rights to four out of five packages – with the other being retained by TNT Sports – and means that exclusive live coverage will increase by 70%. Sky
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Israeli authorities are investigating claims some investors may have known in advance about the Hamas plan to attack Israel on 7 October and used that information to make hundreds of millions of pounds. Research by US law professors Robert Jackson Jr and Joshua Mitts, from New York University and Columbia University respectively, found significant short-selling
A former US ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with secretly acting as a Cuban agent for “more than 40 years”. Manuel Rocha, who was arrested at his Miami home on Friday, served as the top US diplomat to Bolivia between 2000 and 2002. Prosecutors from the US Justice Department accuse him of promoting the
A new five-point plan to reduce immigration has been announced by the government, which includes banning care workers from bringing over their families and increasing the minimum salary for a skilled worker visa. Home Secretary James Cleverly has come under pressure since taking office three weeks ago to show he is taking a hardline on
Andrew Lopez, ESPNDec 4, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IT’S NOV. 17 and the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets are in New Orleans for an important in-season tournament contest. With 9:07 left in the first quarter, Pelicans wing Brandon Ingram corrals a rebound off a Jonas Valanciunas missed 3 and stands a foot
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, gestures as he speaks after the National Electoral Council published the results of the consultative referendum on Venezuelan sovereignty over the Essequibo, in Caracas, on December 3, 2023. Venezuelan electoral authorities on December 3 claimed that 95 percent of voters in a nonbinding referendum approved of
Photo by Life Of Pix on Pexels.com As the European Union moves toward a ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles in 2035, European automakers have secured less than a fifth of the cobalt, lithium, and nickel they’ll need by 2030, according to a new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&C). Exceptions are Tesla
Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify. Toru Yamanaka | AFP | Getty Images Music streaming service Spotify is laying off 17% of its workforce, in a dramatic move aimed at reducing its costs and adjusting for a slowdown in growth, CEO Daniel Ek said Monday. In an email sent out to staff,
The chief executive of Ofcom will remain recused from a probe into the takeover of The Daily Telegraph even after Lloyds Banking Group – which employs her husband – is repaid a £1.16bn loan by the newspaper’s owners. Sky News has learnt that Dame Melanie Dawes, who has run the media regulator since 2020, will
The Israeli military has said its ground offensive is expanding to every part of Gaza as its campaign to oust Hamas continues. Tanks have cut off the road between Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, effectively dividing the Gaza Strip into three, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday. Follow live: Military operations
Sir Keir Starmer will promise a “better bargain” for the British public in a major speech that will focus on the need for economic growth over spending. The Labour leader will warn that his government would not be able to “turn on the spending taps” and will instead have to be “ruthless” when it comes
Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2023, 02:23 AM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said she is concerned the planned 9% rise in the BBC licence fee is “very high” and that the BBC must remain “value for money”. Ms Frazer said the government wanted to ensure the licence fee rises by an “appropriate amount” amid the ongoing cost of living crisis. The licence
Six teenagers have been found guilty in connection with the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty. Mr Paty was murdered in an Islamist terror attack on 16 October 2020 near his school in Paris. Police shot dead 18-year-old Abdullah Anzorov soon after the attack. Teacher Mr Paty, 47, had shown pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad
Sultan al-Jaber, president of the UNFCCC COP28 climate conference, speaks during day two of the summit on Dec. 2, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A fight over the future of fossil fuels has been thrust into the global spotlight at
Honda recently unveiled a small, folding electric scooter known as the Motocompacto that is often referred to as a suitcase scooter. But now a rival Japanese electric scooter company has what could become a serious competitor. Meet Arma, the first lunchbox scooter. The Arma scooter is both smaller and lighter than Honda’s Motocompacto, making it
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images Executives in the cryptocurrency industry called the start of a new bull run with a growing number of voices calling for fresh all-time highs for bitcoin in 2024 above $100,000. Bitcoin has rallied more than 120% this year,
Rishi Sunak has suggested more tax cuts are on the way because the economy has “turned a corner”. The prime minister told reporters that while he would not comment on specifics, trimming taxes was “the direction of travel from this government”. But it came as he refused to say if the pensions triple lock would
Dec 3, 2023, 12:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The final four-team College Football Playoff field is set, with the selection committee having to make the toughest decision it had ever faced. We knew going in that history would be made and that at least one team and its fan base would be left with
Around 1,500 homes and businesses are still without power after heavy snow caused major power cuts in Cumbria. It came as much of the country was hit by cold and wet conditions over the weekend, including a low of -12.5C recorded in northern Scotland overnight. Freezing conditions are forecast to continue on Monday and the