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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been permitted to leave prison to undergo surgery on Christmas Day following approval from Brazil’s Supreme Court, court documents show.Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the last election in 2022.Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday granted permission for Bolsonaro to temporarily leave prison and be transferred to a hospital on Wednesday for a hernia operation on 25 December.Bolsonaro, 70, has faced ongoing health complications since being stabbed in the abdomen during a 2018 presidential campaign.In April, the right-wing former president underwent intestinal surgery. By November,…
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano insists Liverpool could sign as many as two players in the January transfer window as he gives an update on Marc Guehi’s future. The Reds have had a turbulent season so far with Arne Slot’s side currently fifth in the Premier League and ten points adrift of leaders Arsenal. Liverpool have performed well below expectations after winning the Premier League in their first season under Slot – but the Reds have now won their last three matches in all competitions. Mohamed Salah recently caused an issue by complaining about his lack of playing time by criticising…
Watch: The BBC reports on the latest Epstein file releaseThe US Department of Justice released its latest – and largest – tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday. The 11,000-plus documents continue a stream of released information that began on Friday, the deadline mandated in a new law that required the department to publicly release all of its investigative files into the deceased paedophile and financier.Many of the documents released on Tuesday are redacted with names and information blacked out, including names of people who the FBI appears to cite as possible co-conspirators in the Epstein case. The justice department…
Mo Salah has been praised for putting his Liverpool troubles behind him after he scored a last-minute winner for Egypt at the African Cup of Nations. In a fresh pair of custom Adidas boots declaring him the ‘Egyptian King’, Salah lived up to the name as he scored a stoppage-time goal to give Egypt a 2-1 win over Zimbabwe to begin their AFCON tournament. After a season of bad press for lacklustre performances, Salah has come in for a lot of praise for his last-minute heroics including from Spanish newspaper AS who said it was “pure drama thanks to superstar…
In this week’s episode of My Week In Cars, Steve Cropley chats to Pat Symonds, the executive engineering consultant at the new Cadillac F1 team. Symonds, a veteran motorsports engineer who has been involved with seven F1 world championship titles, talks to Cropley about racing cars past, present and future, and road cars, too.
Lebo DisekoGlobal Religion correspondent Getty ImagesPope Leo has criticised the Trump administration’s immigration policyJesse Romero, a conservative Catholic podcaster, has some choice words for Pope Leo XIV.”The Pope should tell us how to get to heaven,” says Romero. “He has no authority over the government; he has to stay in his lane.”As a Donald Trump supporter, he is angry about criticism made by the American-born Pope and US bishops about his mass deportation policy. With one in five Americans identifying as Catholic, the Church plays an important role in American life – and politics.Catholics like Vice President JD Vance, and…
Former Liverpool midfielder Boudewijn Zenden has given his verdict on his fellow Dutchman Virgil van Dijk, after he insisted the criticism being fired at the Reds captain is not entirely justified. Van Dijk made another big mistake last Saturday as his missed clearance led to a goal for Tottenham striker Richarlison, with the latest mistake coming amid a season that has seen the 34-year-old defender coming under constant fire as he has made a series of uncharacteristic errors. Now Zenden has told Football365 that Van Dijk and his defensive partner Ibrahima Konate are getting criticism for a collective collapse of…
Anbarasan EthirajanGlobal affairs correspondent NurPhoto via Getty ImagesProtests erupted in India over the killing of a Hindu garment worker in BangladeshThe killing of a Hindu man during recent violent protests in Bangladesh has pushed already strained ties between Dhaka and Delhi into a deeper crisis. As the two neighbours accuse each other of destabilising relations, questions are growing over whether their once close, time-tested relationship is fraying beyond repair.In India, the episode has sparked protests by Hindu nationalist groups. The man who was killed – Dipu Chandra Das, 27 – a member of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, was accused of blasphemy…
That was a close call for Arsenal, but they still have a chance to win a competition that could act as a springboard to even greater success. Don’t underestimate the importance of their Carabao Cup campaign this season. Arsenal edged Crystal Palace 8-7 on penalties, but it’s remarkable we even reached a shootout between these London rivals. The Gunners should have been out of sight in the first half, yet somehow they weren’t. You always felt Palace would come out sharper after the break, and they did. The second half quickly became competitive, with the Eagles chasing their first League…
UN experts and 400 prominent women have urged Iran not to execute Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer and women’s rights activist.Ms Tabari was arrested in April and accused of collaborating with a banned opposition group, the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), according to her family.In October, she was convicted of “armed rebellion” by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht after a trial via video link that lasted less than 10 minutes. Her family said the verdict was based on extremely limited and unreliable evidence: a piece of cloth bearing the words “Woman, Resistance, Freedom”, and an unpublished audio message.Iranian…