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LONDON — Thomas Tuchel justified Jude Bellingham’s omission from this England squad in part by claiming a need to identify an alternative should injury strike the Real Madrid star in the future.Thursday’s authoritative 3-0 victory over Wales at Wembley was further evidence that he might have found not just another option but a genuine competitor for Bellingham’s No. 10 spot.Morgan Rogers impressed in last month’s 5-0 win over Serbia to the extent that he was entrusted to continue the job. It took him, and England, just three minutes to pick up where they left off in Belgrade, smartly converting Marc…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers…DAILY EXPRESS Liverpool are eager to offer Arne Slot a new contract, with his agent reportedly already working on the deal. Image: Liverpool are eager to offer Arne Slot a new contract Bruno Fernandes has no intention of leaving Manchester United to play in Saudi Arabia.DAILY MAIL Sporting Lisbon agreed a deal to sell Viktor Gyokeres to Manchester United worth more than the fee Arsenal eventually paid to secure his services, an assistant to the Swede’s agent has claimed in a bombshell interview. A former Norwegian national team doctor has revealed that…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A shooting at a concert in Peru’s capital may prove to be the undoing of Dina Boluarte’s presidency as it laid bare the steep rise in crime that her country has experienced in recent years.Lawmakers on Thursday, just hours after the shooting, submitted to Parliament five requests for a vote to remove Boluarte from office over what they argued is her government’s inability to stem crime across the South American country. Unlike eight previous attempts to remove her, almost all legislative factions expressed support for the requests.Each petition now requires 56 votes from the 130-member unicameral…

NEW YORK (AP) — The day she was elected New York’s attorney general, Letitia James blasted President Donald Trump as a “con man” and “carnival barker” and pledged to scrutinize his public policies and personal business dealings. As James mounted a lawsuit claiming that Trump’s business persona was built partly on lies, he returned fire, calling her “grossly incompetent” and “an evil person.”James, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, have long been legal and political foes, tangling in dozens of lawsuits over the years. On Thursday, Trump’s Justice Department indicted James on mortgage fraud charges after he vowed revenge on…

China has announced new measures restricting the export of its rare-earth extraction technologies after learning that Pakistan uses Chinese equipment to produce niche metals for the United States. The new rules, issued by the Chinese Commerce Ministry, cover rare‑earth production, processing and separation equipment, as well as related raw and auxiliary materials. Overseas rare earths producers need to apply for export licenses from the Chinese government to obtain China’s extraction technologies and separation equipment. The Commerce Ministry and China Customs also released four related documents extending export controls across strategic materials on the same day. The documents said China will: …

United States trio Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson, and Alejandro Zendejas are all fitness doubts for Friday’s friendly against Ecuador, said head coach Mauricio Pochettino.”We have some [injury] issues in some players like Christian [Pulisic] that didn’t train today and Antonee Robinson, we need to assess tomorrow if they will be available or not,” Pochettino told a news conference on Thursday.”Alex Zendejas is going to be … if it’s an [injury] issue, we don’t believe that Alex will be part of the game tomorrow.”- Pulisic wins Serie A player of the month honor- U.S. cruises past Italy to reach U20 World…

Thomas Tuchel called England’s support “silent” and said he could only hear Wales fans for much of the Three Lions’ 3-0 win at Wembley on Thursday night.The 7,000-strong travelling support made themselves known in the English capital in England’s first game at Wembley since March, even as the hosts plundered three goals inside the opening 20 minutes, adding to the five they scored in Serbia in their last game. There were large pockets of empty seats around the national stadium but it was those who were in attendance who bore the ire of the Three Lions boss, despite fostering such…

Traders work during the Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStock futures are little changed after both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite closed lower following their retreating from fresh all-time highs in Thursday’s session.S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were trading up less than 0.1%, while futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 40 points, or 0.08%.The federal government shutdown dragged into its ninth day on Thursday, after…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded what he called his country’s fight against a U.S.-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into “the best socialist paradise in the world,” as he addressed state anniversary celebrations in the presence of Chinese, Russian and other foreign dignitaries.Kim’s speech on the eve of Friday’s 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party comes as he’s trying to bolster an anti-West partnership with other countries, even as he signaled interest in resuming diplomacy with the U.S.The pinnacle of the North Korean anniversary events would be a…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The foreign minister of Taliban -ruled Afghanistan is set to meet with his Indian counterpart Friday, in a first high-level diplomatic engagement with New Delhi since the group seized power in 2021 after two decades of U.S. military presence.Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is among multiple Afghan Taliban leaders under U.N. sanctions that include travel bans and asset freezes, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the U.N. Security Council Committee granted a temporary travel exemption to him. The visit comes after Muttaqi’s participation Tuesday at an international meeting on Afghanistan in Russia that included representatives from…