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Leading British Jewish journalists have signed a letter calling on Israel to allow foreign media access to the Gaza Strip. The letter, signed by ITV political editor Robert Peston and The News Agents’ hosts Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel among others, also criticised Egypt’s restrictions on access through the Rafah crossing. “We note that local media have done an extraordinary job reporting on events while themselves being displaced, hungry and at constant risk, but they should not carry this burden alone,” reads the letter, printed in the trade magazine Press Gazette on Thursday. “As journalists and editors, who are also Jews,…

May 22, 2025, 07:45 AM ETParis Saint-Germain have “always” been interested in signing Lamine Yamal, Barcelona’s sporting director Deco said on Thursday, adding that ahead of the summer window, the Catalan club are monitoring Liverpool’s Luis Díaz and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford.Barça’s top priority is to tie Yamal to a long-term contract once he turns 18 in July, with the Spanish teenage sensation’s current deal expiring in June 2026.”We know the player’s value,” Deco said of Yamal to Catalan radio RAC 1. “He attracts interest from all over the world, from all clubs. We want him to stay and for…

‘Understated’ is the word to describe the man who leads Sunderland. ‘Limited fanfare’ the perfect way to describe the announcement of Regis Le Bris’ arrival last summer. But to say he hit the ground running and quickly became a hero at the Stadium of Light would be an understatement. It is easy to forget now that Sunderland led the way for most of the first third of the season, and until mid-February’s defeat to Leeds were still among the sides competing for automatic promotion. Saturday 24th May 2:00pm Kick off 3:01pm Le Bris took a club that meandered through last…

Anaheim, California CNN  —  Disneyland is celebrating its 70th anniversary starting May 16, and the resort is offering special ticket pricing through August 14. Disney is offering discounted tickets for adults to enter one of the resort’s two theme parks for $100 or $120 per day, depending on the package. A separate deal for Costco members in certain West Coast warehouse locations allows for adults to visit both parks on the same day for about $150 per day. These ticket deals all require visiting multiple days. A 3-day adult ticket package is available on the Disneyland website or app for…

Paul Merson says Ruben Amorim’s comments regarding leaving Old Trafford without compensation have given Manchester United a potential route to parting ways with their head coach. Amorim said he would leave without a pay-off if United’s board and fans wanted him to after the painful Europa League final loss to Tottenham on Wednesday. The spotlight is firmly on Amorim’s Old Trafford future after Man Utd wasted their get-out-of-jail-free card at the end of a wretched domestic campaign, as the side 16th in the Premier League lost 1-0 to 17th-placed Spurs in Bilbao.United’s first Europa League defeat of the season came…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs.U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from carrying out two plans announced in March that sought to work toward Trump’s goal to dismantle the department. It marks a setback to one of the Republican president’s campaign promises.The injunction was requested in a lawsuit filed by the Somerville and Easthampton school districts in Massachusetts and the American Federation of Teachers,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass barrier.The visit came ahead of a scheduled immigration hearing for Khalil, a legal permanent resident and Columbia University graduate who has been detained in a Louisiana jail since March 8.He was first person to be arrested under President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on protesters against the war in Gaza and is one of the few who has remained in custody…

Reflecting on that famous night, Gerrard said: “The big moments we shared together, it affected so many lives, especially here in the city, the country and beyond.”To leave a legacy that we did is obviously a very proud feeling… I wish I could do it all again. I wouldn’t want to lose those special moments, I wouldn’t want them to be taken away, to start again.”In terms of how lucky I was to live the dream as a Liverpool player, I’d go back to 17 years of age tomorrow.”Hosted by Reds fan Vicky Gomersall, the roundtable takes place inside Liverpool’s…

TOKYO – Asia’s latest bull market is in wishful thinking as governments around the region believe that they can avoid an epic currency clash with Donald Trump’s White House.Officials in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and elsewhere claim to have it on good authority that they can keep their exchange rates separate from US tariff negotiations. It’s not clear where this collective delusion comes from, but suffice it to say, a brawl over yen, won and yuan valuations is coming.The same likely goes for the Indonesian rupiah, Thai baht and Vietnamese dong as Trump’s trade negotiation team gets around to shaking down…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jony Ive is renowned for crafting a meticulous product design aesthetic that shaped the tech cultural zeitgeist during a 27-year career at Apple. He did his most influential work after Apple co-founder Steve Jobs returned to run the company in 1997, where the two forged a partnership that would hatch a succession of game-changing products like the iPhone in 2007. Ive ultimately left the company in 2019.Ive’s name was thrust back into the spotlight on Wednesday when ChatGPT maker OpenAI recruited him and his design firm, LoveFrom, to lead a new hardware project.But OpenAI CEO Sam…