Manchester United v Burnley, Tottenham v Bournemouth: Premier League, EFL and more – live

Manchester United v Burnley, Tottenham v Bournemouth: Premier League, EFL and more – live

Updates from this afternoon’s matches Scores | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail Emillia Sunderland starting lineup: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Mandava, Diarra, Xhaka, Sadiki, Talbi, Mayenda, Le Fee. Brentford starting lineup: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Yarmolyuk, Henderson, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago. Continue reading...

Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais

Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough? Today I watched those children again, the ones who stood before the cameras at al-Shifa hospital on 7 November 2023. They spoke in English, not their mother tongue, but the language of those who they thought might save them. “ We want to live, we want peace, we want to judge the killers of children,” one boy said. “We want medicine, food and education. We want to live as the other children live .” How holy their concern now sounds, rising over a land emptied of the living. As if starving a child pre-disposed to death makes the violence more justified? Ahmad Ibsais is a first generation Palestinian American, law student and poet who writes the newsletter State of Siege Continue reading...

Everyone’s got a theory on Taylor Swift’s engagement – even JD Vance | Arwa Mahdawi

Everyone’s got a theory on Taylor Swift’s engagement – even JD Vance | Arwa Mahdawi

Will she go Maga? Will it change the NFL or lift the stock market? The left-field claims are everywhere Breaking news alerts were pinged to phones around the world; Swifties screamed in the street; the Prince and Princess of Wales delivered their royal approval; Donald Trump wished them luck . By now it will not have escaped your attention that Taylor Swift, the reigning queen of pop, is engaged to Travis Kelce, a podcaster who also plays football. Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons

Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons

The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest. Officially, all beauty salons were closed by the Taliban in August 2023, shuttering 12,000 businesses with the loss of more than 50,000 female beautician jobs. Yet clandestine salons have continued to operate within communities across the country. Continue reading...