UK rapper Yung Filly found not guilty of raping woman after Australian show
During the trial, Barrientos had told the court that he had «fancied» the woman when they met at the concert venue. Barrientos, who was born in Colombia and brought up in the UK, had been in the VIP area while she leaned over the barrier from the general…
Almost 50,000 migrants crossed Morocco-Ceuta border over past 24 hours
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday planned to head to the country’s north African exclave after tens of thousands of undocumented migrants crossed the border overnight. Read moreSpain deploys military as hundreds cross into Ceuta from…
About 49,000 migrants enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta, officials say
About 49,000 migrants have crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in the last 24 hours, officials estimate. Videos and images showed thousands of people swimming into the city on Thursday, while local media reported…
UEFA vows FIFA World Cup boycott over private investor plan – Sports
UEFA has announced its opposition to Gianni Infantino’s plan to open the World Cup’s commercial rights to private investors. At an emergency meeting, UEFA’s 55 member associations unanimously voted to withdraw from the World Cup should…
Franco Baresi: AC Milan and Italy great dies aged 66
Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66, with AC Milan saying their former captain’s «example and integrity will be forever etched into the club’s DNA». Baresi spent his entire 20-year playing career with the club from 1977 until he retired…
What we know about the Hamas disarmament deal announced by Trump
Hamas said on Friday it agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the devastated Gaza Strip. The text of the deal has not been released publicly, and…
Fifa says ‘nobody selling football’ as in continues with controversial World Cup investment plan
Fifa wants to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including its World Cups, and external investors will be able to buy stakes in it. It said it would «invite third parties to make minority, non-controlling investments» in a new…
‘Not an infringement on freedom of expression’: French minister defends expulsion of Russian pundit
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday that the expulsion order issued against pro-Kremlin Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova did not constitute «an infringement of freedom of expression». «We are dealing with a very serious matter,…
Gianni Infantino: Can Fifa president survive after Uefa threatens World Cup boycott?
No-one can be certain what happens now. And no-one knows what the future for Infantino is. Uefa’s statement was followed up by another from Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and hosted this year’s World Cup, saying…
AI safety scare: Anthropic says Claude models accessed outside systems during testing
Anthropic‘s artificial intelligence (AI) models «gained unauthorized access» to three outside organizations during testing that was supposed to keep them away from «real-world» systems, the company said on Thursday. The announcement comes just days…