Author: James Martin
When England set off for India I thought Jack Leach would be their most important bowler; two games later – and he played in only the first Test – he has been ruled out of the series and I’m not sure it will have much of an impact. That is down to the performances of England’s young spinners, Jasprit Bumrah’s reverse swing and the realisation that seam bowling may be more important than anyone would have expected. With his experience, Leach was the one England spinner I thought could control his bowling in the heat of battle, when the pressure…
Biden says ‘key elements’ of a Gaza deal are on the table With the threat of an Israeli ground offensive looming in Rafah, Joe Biden has said the US would do “everything possible” to make a ceasefire happen. After a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Biden said that “the key elements of the deal are on the table,’ but “there are gaps that remain.” Senior officials from the US, Egypt, Israel and Qatar were expected to meet in Cairo to work on a three-phase framework that would see the release of hostages and achieve an extended pause, sources…
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Russia preparing for military confrontation with West, says Estonia Russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade and could be deterred by a counter build-up of armed forces, Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said. A growing number of Western officials have warned of a military threat from Russia to countries along the eastern flank of NATO, calling for Europe to get prepared by rearming, Reuters reported. The chief of the intelligence service said the assessment was based on Russian plans to double the number of forces stationed along its border with Nato members Finland…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Welcome to the blog Good morning and welcome back to the blog. Today we will be delving into the latest farmers’ protests and policymakers’ efforts to address the agriculture sector’s concerns. Protests are expected to continue in several European countries. At the same time, the European parliament’s committee on agriculture and rural development will hold an exchange of views with stakeholders. We will also be keeping an eye on political moves as Europe enters campaign season. ‘Major disruption’: Farmers protest at Antwerp…
Perhaps it was fitting that Aleksander Ceferin chose Paris for a hall of mirrors show, just a dozen miles from the real thing in Versailles, but the consequences of last Thursday’s events may be far from illusory. The Uefa president’s dramatic announcement that he did not, after all, plan to run for an unprecedented fourth term was timed in part to wrongfoot his doubters but served only to amplify questions about the governing body’s future. Had Ceferin not decided to press for an alteration to Uefa’s term limits there would have been little discussion at this point around the election…
Lisa Wilkinson felt “alone” and unsupported by Network Ten as her reputation was being “trashed in the media”, the veteran TV presenter has told the federal court. The former Project presenter has also revealed Ten executives pulled her off air after her Logies speech was criticised as reckless. “I was shocked, embarrassed and deeply disappointed by [Ten CEO Beverley] McGarvey’s decision to remove me from The Project,” Wilkinson said in an affidavit. “At that time, my most recent contract as co-host of The Project had only been signed 11 months before and still had more than two years to run.”…
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The British art world can no longer ignore or marginalise black artists, according to the sculptor Thomas J Price, who believes black British culture is finally being absorbed into the mainstream. Price said the large number of exhibitions featuring black British artists – such as Entangled Pasts, Life Between Islands, Get Up, Stand Up Now and In the Black Fantastic – had “set a new standard” for representation, triggered by the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. “The gates opened up so wide that the breadth and depth of British culture was seen and you can’t close that up again.…
Walter Sofronoff maintained “extensive communication” with a columnist at The Australian – who provided Bruce Lehrmann’s contact details and passed him information – while examining the failed prosecution, a court has been told. The former Queensland judge’s 273 interactions with Janet Albrechtsen over seven months were raised as part of a legal challenge by the former ACT director of public prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, who seeks to quash the ACT board of inquiry’s findings. Drumgold’s lawyer, Dan O’Gorman, told the ACT supreme court on Monday that Sofronoff’s communication with Albrechtsen, while he led the inquiry, may give an impression that his…