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KEIR STARMER was warned he may face fierce competition for his role from Andy Burnham after a poll showed the Greater Manchester Mayor would make for the best party leader. Sir Keir Starmer faces the prospect of being forced into resignation should the Labour Party fail to win the Batley and Spen by-election on Thursday. A Sky News poll showed 41 percent of Labour members taking part in the survey would want Sir Keir to stand down if the key Labour constituency is lost. And an astonishing 69 percent backed Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to succeed him, suggesting he would make for…

The National Security Agency (NSA) in a statement Tuesday denied allegations made by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the agency is spying on him “in an attempt to take this show off the air.” “Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air,” the NSA, which conducts surveillance on foreign targets, said in a statement on Twitter. “NSA has a foreign intelligence mission. We target foreign powers to generate insights on foreign activities that could harm the United States,” the agency added. “With limited…

For England, it was always going to be about finding the moment, the one to blow apart a tight game, to cut through so much negative tournament history – particularly at the hands of Germany. And for long spells, as the tension rose to near unbearable levels at a raucous and emotional Wembley, the home crowd wondered whether it would come. Gareth Southgate had reverted to a 3-4-3, ignoring the clamour for greater fantasy and more creative players. It was the England manager sticking bravely to his principles, seeking security, the platform for the moment, and a part of the equation was patience,…

GERMANY has suffered a major cyber attack on its critical infrastructure and banking systems by Russia, according to German media. According to German daily BILD, the cyber attack was launched in the past few days. The German newspaper claims that Western intelligence sources confirmed the state-run Russian hackers from the “Fancy Bear” group was behind the attack. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) confirmed the attack to BILD on Wednesday morning. Several sources told BILD the reason could be revenge for the sanctions policy against Russia and attempts by the Russians to prevent harsh sanctions against Belarus and its dictator Alexander Lukashenko. It…

DRIVERS will be charged up to a £100 deposit fee when topping up petrol or diesel at Tesco and Sainsbury’s. This will be taken out of a driver’s account the moment a card is put into a Pay at Pump machine before the petrol station will work out the correct fee after the car has refuelled. Drivers will then see money refunded to their accounts minus what they owed for the fuel payment. Tesco had used a £1 authorisation fee but this will be replaced for the new £99 deposit. The money will be ringfenced with tesco confirming money would…

BRUSSELS has demanded that Uefa rethinks its plans to host the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final at Wembley amid fears of the Delta variant of coronavirus. Top Eurocrat Margaritas Schinas called for the three matches to be shifted elsewhere in Europe. The EU Commissioner, who is responsible for “Protecting the European way of life”, also bemoaned the current travel restrictions enforced on people arriving in the UK. Mr Schinas told the European Parliament that he could not “personally” see the sense of the semi-finals on July 6 and 7 and the July 11 final being hosted in London. He said:…

A recent survey found that the United States ranks last among 46 nations in media trust, with only 29 percent of Americans who were polled expressing confidence. The annual digital news report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism stated that trust in media has increased in a number of countries and generally across the world—but not in the United States. “Finland remains the country with the highest levels of overall trust (65%), and the USA now has the lowest levels (29%) in our survey,” according to the report. It noted that a number of Americans are turning away from consuming news or…

Ministers are facing demands to re-examine 85 oversight jobs across Whitehall amid questions over Conservative government appointments to the health department. Concerns were raised after it emerged that Matt Hancock had appointed Gina Coladangelo, whom he was pictured kissing in his office in May, as a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) last year. She was paid £15,000 for 15 days’ work a year in a role that included scrutinising his performance as a minister. Non-executive directors (Neds) exist to “challenge” the government and provide independent scrutiny while bringing private-sector experience to departmental boards. In some cases,…

Didier Deschamps refused to blame Kylian Mbappé for the missed penalty that sent France to a stunning defeat against Switzerland on a dramatic night in Bucharest. Switzerland scored two late goals within the 90 minutes to send the game into extra-time, after which the PSG striker was the only man to miss in the shootout. “Nobody can be annoyed with him,” the France manager said. “When you take the responsibility, it can happen. He is obviously very affected by it.” Mbappé was consoled by teammates after his spot kick, which followed nine perfectly-taken penalties in the shootout, was repelled by Yann Sommer. “Kylian takes…

FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry earlier this year. Zuma failed to appear at the inquiry led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in February. This prompted the inquiry’s lawyers approached the constitutional court to seek an order for his imprisonment. The inquiry is examining allegations of high-level graft during Zuma’s period in power from 2009 to 2018. Zuma denied wrongdoing and has so far not cooperated. “Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is sentenced to undergo 15 months’ imprisonment,” a constitutional court judge said,…