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Israel struck a family home in the central Gaza town of al-Zuwaida on Thursday, killing 11 people and wounding dozens more. The attack is part of an Israeli escalation in strikes against homes and buildings sheltering displaced Palestinians. Civil defence rescue workers said that several people remain missing beneath the rubble after the overnight attack. One video clip circulating online shows rubble in place of where the Abu Dahrouj family home would have been. Other footage shows the moments after the assault, with people seen assessing the destruction and running to the aid of victims. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the…
Sep 25, 2025, 10:21 AM ETRio Ngumoha signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on Thursday, with the Premier League champions rewarding the teenager for his first-team breakthrough.His new deal comes a month after he scored his first goal for the club — a dramatic 100th-minute winner in a 3-2 win at Newcastle United. He turned 17 four days later.Ngumoha, whose five senior appearances for the club also include a Champions League victory against Atlético Madrid, had previously been on a scholar’s contract.He joined Liverpool in the summer of 2024 from Chelsea’s academy. A tribunal is yet to decide how…
Jeff CarlisleSep 25, 2025, 10:05 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.The European club season has been in full swing for over a month now, giving those U.S. men’s national team players plying their trade overseas the chance to establish themselves. Some have gotten off to uneven starts, with the opening round of UEFA Champions League fixtures proving to be especially difficult. Others have hit the ground running. Those in MLS have been in rhythm for a while now.Then there’s Christian Pulisic, who has been leading the U.S. charge in Europe for nine years…
Crystal Palace realistically accept that Marc Guehi’s time at the club is coming to an end, amid interest from Liverpool.Guehi was on the verge of joining the Premier League champions on Deadline Day, only for the deal to collapse late on. Palace acknowledge it will be difficult to convince their captain to commit his long term future to them, and the England international is calm about his next steps.As well as Liverpool and their Premier League rivals Manchester City, virtually every big club in Europe wants to sign Guehi when he is likely to be a free agent next summer – including…
Phil Foden is pushing for an international recall when Thomas Tuchel names his latest squad next week.Foden is more prolific now than at any stage since January. The stats show he is currently in the best form of any of England’s No 10 options, hence why Tuchel has sat up and taken notice. There are signs that, after a very difficult time last season, the 2024 PFA Players’ Player of the Year is getting back to his best.Two goals and two assists in his first five games of the season for Manchester City represent his best return for eight months,…
It is easy to forget Ryan Mason is still just 34 years old.He has already, seemingly, lived a life in coaching and management. Two spells already as interim Tottenham boss, he also worked under Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte, Nuno and Ange Postecoglou. There was also the Carabao Cup final in 2021, taking charge a week after the sacking of Mourinho – they lost 1-0 to Manchester City – in just his second game at the helm. At that time he was just 29.He had, of course, been forced to retire at the age of 26, after suffering a…
Sep 25, 2025, 09:11 AM ETEuropean soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday.A majority of the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) 20-member executive committee is expected to support any vote in favor of suspending Israeli teams from international play, two sources told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.Such a step would prevent Israeli national and clubs teams from playing in international competitions including next year’s World Cup. Israel’s…
Kylian Mbappé stood off to one side, smiling and waiting as Xabi Alonso sang his praises.Mbappé had scored twice — and been named player of the match — as Real Madrid beat Marseille 2-1 in the Champions League. In the flash interview zone at the Santiago Bernabéu, the coach had a somewhat awkward task: publicly assessing his star forward’s contribution, within earshot of the man himself.”He wasn’t bad,” Alonso told Movistar reporter Ricardo Sierra, laughing and glancing off-screen towards Mbappé. “As usual. Two goals. He has an incredible impact. We’re happy to have him, but there’s a long way to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to preserve the Federal Reserve’s political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now.The justices are weighing an emergency appeal from the administration to remove Cook while her lawsuit challenging her firing by Republican President Donald Trump proceeds through the courts.The White House campaign to unseat Cook marks an unprecedented bid to reshape the Fed board, which was designed to be largely independent from day-to-day politics. No…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican appeals tribunal put an end to prosecutors’ efforts to salvage their claims of massive fraud in the Holy See’s “Trial of the Century,” in which a once-powerful cardinal and nine others were accused of fleecing tens of millions of euros from the church before being acquitted on many charges.The tribunal declared inadmissable the prosecutor’s requests to overturn acquittals on dozens of charges, saying they had failed to provide specific reasons for their appeal within the right timeframe. The court agreed with the defense that prosecutors had cut and pasted the same arguments they used…