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One minute to midnight. This is the phrase that kept coming back to me after returning from the occupied Palestinian territories, as I tried to process the overwhelming persecution I had seen there.  What midnight itself looks like – the moment the clock finally strikes – is too bleak to picture fully, though with the haunting horrors of Gaza now etched into the global conscience, many can likely imagine it all too vividly. A week has passed since that visit. As expected, it stirred little interest in mainstream media circles. So it was something of a relief to see Louis…

Since taking office on Feb. 20, Patel appears to have made three flights on FBI planes to Nashville, Tennessee, where his girlfriend, a country singer, lives; two flights to Las Vegas, where he has a home; and one flight to New York, where he attended a professional hockey game. FBI policy in recent years has mandated that directors fly on government aircraft for security reasons.Ben Williamson, an FBI spokesman, confirmed the reduction in 8:30 a.m. director’s briefings but denied that Patel had arrived late at morning meetings. He said Patel still attends five morning meetings each week — including three that are smaller than the director’s brief.“This change was based on…

The Israeli military’s former chief of staff has accused his successor of “sending soldiers to commit war crimes” in Gaza and torn into Israel’s government for “losing touch with Jewish morality”. In an interview with Israeli outlet Ynet on Thursday, Moshe Yaalon, who also served as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence minister between 2013 and 2016, said Israel had abandoned the captives held by Hamas and was carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza.  Yaalon attacked the current military chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, saying he was not stopping “clearly illegal orders” and was ordering “his soldiers to…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has reiterated his desire to sign a striker this summer but said the position is one of the hardest to fill.Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal exit to Paris Saint-Germain means Arsenal will end a fifth consecutive season without silverware despite sustained progress under Arteta since taking charge in December 2019.His sole trophy remains the 2020 FA Cup and Arsenal are under pressure to bolster their forward line this summer to improve their chances of adding further honours.Sources have told ESPN that Red Bull Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko, Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyökeres and Newcastle’s Alexander Isak are all…

Pakistan does not want to respond to India’s attack until its allies have tried diplomacy, a senior Pakistani government source told CNN, as the US, Saudi Arabia and others engage with both sides to try to de-escalate tensions. “Pakistan is giving space for diplomacy,” the source said, denying that Pakistan had struck India. Earlier, Indian officials said Pakistan fired missiles and drones at military sites in India and Indian-administered Kashmir. On Thursday, Pakistan’s military accused India of creating a “hype” about Pakistan attacking 15 locations in India and Indian-administered Kashmir. “It’s such a fantastic and cooked-up story. You can just…

Container ships sit docked at the Port of Los Angeles on May 06, 2025 in San Pedro, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe first shipping containers carrying Chinese products that are subject to President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs have begun arriving in U.S. ports.Seven ships carrying upward of 12,000 containers that sailed from China after those tariffs took effect have arrived at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, in California. Five more such ships are scheduled to arrive there in coming days.Amazon, Home Depot, Ikea, Ralph Lauren and Tractor Supply are among the companies…

Ruben Amorim said Manchester United must accept criticism of their Premier League form, but insists he has had to sacrifice domestic games to chase Europa League glory.United booked their place in the Europa League final on Thursday after sealing a 7-1 aggregate win over Athletic Club.But their form in Europe is at odds with their record in the Premier League, where Amorim’s team haven’t won a game for nearly two months.Editor’s PicksRoy Keane has branded United’s league results as “disgraceful.”And while Amorim says the former club captain is right, he insists he’s had no choice but to prioritise the Europa…

CNN  —  The University of North Carolina on Friday denied that football head coach Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is prohibited from the team’s football facility. Journalist Pablo Torre released an episode of his podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” on Friday that included multiple claims about Hudson and her alleged influence on Belichick, who is embarking on his first season as the UNC football coach after an enormously successful period as a coach in the NFL. Among the claims was that two sources had told Torre that Hudson was prohibited from UNC’s football facility. When asked for comment, the university’s…

CNN  —  Barry Keoghan finally got to meet Ringo Starr, who he is set to portray in the upcoming Beatles biopics, and the two “just sat in the garden chatting away” during the meeting. Keoghan appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and told the late night host that he only recently met the Beatles drummer for the first time at his home, and that Starr even played the drums for him. “He asked me to play but I wasn’t playing the drums for Ringo,” Keoghan said, adding that Starr’s private drum performance “just kind of naturally happened” and…

Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezMay 9, 2025, 08:01 AM ETXabi Alonso has confirmed that he is leaving Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, with the Spanish coach expected to join Real Madrid.In a news conference on Friday, Alonso — who has spent three years at Leverkusen, guiding them to a historic undefeated league campaign in 2023-24 as part of a domestic double — said that he will depart after his team’s two remaining Bundesliga games.Alonso refused to discuss his future, saying it was “not the moment,” but a Real Madrid source told ESPN on Friday that Alonso is “close” to…