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Donald Trump has urged Cuba to “make a deal” or face consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money would now stop.The US president has been turning his attention to Cuba since US forces seized Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro in a 3 January raid on its capital.Venezuela, a long-standing ally of Cuba, is believed to send around 35,000 barrels of oil a day to the island, but Trump has said this will end.”Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators,…
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump would not “land on Greenland and take it by force”, Lord Mandelson has said.The former UK ambassador to the US told the BBC he admired Trump’s “directness” in political talks but said he was not a “fool”, and advisers would remind him taking Greenland would “spell real danger” for the US national interest. There has been growing focus during Trump’s term on how the semi-autonomous Danish territory is run, with Trump on Saturday saying the US needed to “own” Greenland to stop Russia and China from doing so, and would achieve it “the easy way”…
Aston Villa are reportedly eyeing Tammy Abraham for a return to the club as they want to provide ‘support and competition’ for current striker Ollie Watkins. The Villans recovered from a very poor start to the season with some great results of late. They recently went on an 11-game winning streak across competitions, and they have not lost any of their last three games, after being beaten by Arsenal in late December. Villa striker Watkins has begun to come into his own of late. The England international has never failed to surpass 10 goals in five seasons in the Premier…
Arsenal already put a lot of weight into set pieces and have recently had throw-in specialist Thomas Gronnemark consulting to give them an edge in that area. The Gunners are the top club in the Premier League and have curated a team to play to their strengths. There’s a lot of height, with all of their regular back four, bar Jurrien Timber, over six feet. The likes of Declan Rice, Mikel Merino and Viktor Gyokeres are also tall men, so it’s no surprise that Arsenal have the most set-piece goals in the Premier League this season, with 14, while they’ve…
A newly-married couple was killed when a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Islamabad where they were sleeping after their wedding party, police have said. A further six people – including wedding guests and family members – who were staying there also died in the blast. More than a dozen people were injured. The explosion took place at 07:00 local time on Sunday (02:00 GMT), causing the roof to collapse. Parts of the walls were blown away, leaving piles of bricks, large concrete slabs and furniture strewn across the floor. Injured people were trapped under the rubble and had…
A Tottenham journalist how long he feels Thomas Frank has left at the club as they are “dysfunctional” and his “lifeline is getting shorter and shorter.” Spurs have won one of their last seven games in all competitions. During that run, they’ve also lost to both Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth in the league, and were put out the FA Cup by Aston Villa. Pressure has been mounting on manager Frank amid a poor run, with Tottenham 14th in the Premier League and their chances of silverware elsewhere diminishing, with only the Champions League remaining, though they’re not close to being…
There’s a peculiar moment when, driving in formation with your mates, the rush kicks in. No longer are you Joe Bloggs trundling down the motorway. This is much more grandiose. You’re Burt Reynolds making a break for the border, Luke Skywalker charging at the Death Star. No matter how flamboyant the cars, the scenery or the driving, there’s just something about a convoy that gets my ticker going. Somehow, sharing in the experience – mundane as it could well be – amplifies its enjoyability several times over. Perhaps a great deal of it comes down to the feeling of safety we humans get from travelling…
Like the Superb and many other VW Group cars, the ‘B9’ Passat uses the latest version of the familiar MQB Evo platform, which brings two major advancements in particular.One is the improved in-car tech, which we will get to in due course, while on the mechanical side it’s that for the plug-in hybrid a large, 25.7kWh hybrid drive battery can be accommodated with minimal impact on luggage space. That is thanks partly to improvements in battery chemistry giving better energy density and partly to the battery’s placement under the rear seat, with the 45-litre fuel tank under the boot floor.In Germany, the…
Kemi Badenoch says she wants to channel public “anger” towards Labour, as she seeks to position the Conservatives as the only party willing to make the “tough decisions” facing the UK.Speaking to BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg , the Tory leader accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to properly fund the armed forces, despite “spending too much” overall in other areas.And she accused Reform UK of an “authoritarian” desire to “control” industry, citing its policies on the oil sector and carmaker Rolls-Royce.She added that the Tories were now better positioned to oppose the Starmer government, now that the public…
Real Madrid are ready to take advantage of Cristian Romero’s desire to leave Tottenham Hotspur with a ‘stratospheric offer’, according to reports. Romero has been one of Tottenham’s standout players since joining the club from Atalanta in August 2021, but he is reportedly disappointed by the lack of progress in the Premier League. Thomas Frank replaced Europa League-winning boss Ange Postecoglou in the summer after a 17th-place finish last season, but Spurs currently sit 14th after 21 games this campaign and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Aston Villa on Saturday. Will Cristian Romero leave Spurs? Romero to…