Mourinho’s Benfica still unbeaten – but miss out on title
With two games left in Portugal’s top flight, Jose Mourinho’s Benfica could join the list of ‘invincibles’ to have gone an entire season without losing. Remarkably, however, that achievement will not be enough to deliver the club’s 39th league title. Porto have already been crowned champions after moving nine points
UK joining Ukraine loan scheme would be good for EU ties, Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer has said joining a £78bn (€90bn) European Union loan scheme to support Ukraine against Russia will be “very good” for relations with the bloc and create jobs in the UK. The prime minister discussed the plan with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the European
Samsung family pays off record $8bn inheritance tax bill
The family behind the South Korean corporate giant Samsung has completed its payment of a 12 trillion won (£6bn; $8bn) inheritance tax bill, the largest such settlement in the country’s history. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and other members of the family, including his mother Hong Ra-hee and sisters Lee Boo-jin and
Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
Three people have died and a UK national is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a small cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The operator of the MV Hondius ship, tour company Oceanwide Expeditions, said a Dutch husband and wife, as well as a German national,
Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched – and ready for revenge
They are still there. There is no evading the simple fact. Everywhere the people walk. Wherever they drive. Whenever they switch on the television. The faces of assassinated leaders, and those of new rulers, dominate the public space. Protests have come and gone. A war. Then a ceasefire. But the
Laufey on making jazz cool again (and the fish that brought out her inner rage)
It’s probably fair to say that most of us have never slapped someone so hard with a wet fish that they fall, fully clothed, into a swimming pool. Until recently, that was also true for Icelandic jazz-pop phenomenon Laufey. Then she released a song called Mad Woman, whose video required
Miami race brought forward because of storm threat
The Miami Grand Prix has been moved forward by three hours to 18:00 BST (13:00 local time) because of the threat of thunderstorms. And world champion Lando Norris says the Formula 1 drivers will be “thrown in at the deep end” by the expected wet weather on Sunday. The McLaren
Tories pledge to tighten household benefit cap rules
The Conservatives say they would stop some households being able to get unlimited benefit payments, by reforming the household benefit cap. The cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit payments most working age people can receive. However, there are exemptions for people on some benefits, including Personal Independence
King’s speech was a ‘high stakes’ moment of US visit, Palace says
King Charles III’s speech to the US Congress last week was a “high stakes” moment, a senior royal aide has said, but one that stayed true to the monarch’s personal “conscience”. The state visit speech, in which the King urged US lawmakers to defend Ukraine and support Nato, was a
Voters will judge Trump on the economy – how is it doing?
Donald Trump once predicted the US-Israeli war in Iran would last no longer than six weeks. It has now entered its third month. The conflict has caused a global energy shock on a par with the oil crises of the 1970s, driving up prices of everything from fuel to groceries.