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Diego Simeone backs ‘rebel’ João Félix to help Atlético overcome Chelsea
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João Félix will start against Chelsea, Diego Simeone has confirmed. That should not be news – the Portuguese forward is the club’s record signing at €126m and their most technically gifted player – but it is. Félix ha...
Geen 10 backs Jacob Rees-Mogg’s attack on HuffPost journalist
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Downing Street has declined to offer evidence for Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that a journalist was “either a knave or a fool” and deliberately distorted comments by another minister, but is standing by the allegation. Wh...
Michael Rosen backs calls for Covid UK public inquiry
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Michael Rosen, the poet and children’s writer who survived Covid after six weeks on a ventilator, has backed calls for a public inquiry into the UK’s handling of the pandemic amid rising pressure on Boris Johnson to a...
Trump backs challenge to Georgia official who refused to overturn election
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Donald Trump advanced his quest on Monday to purge elected Republicans who refused to go along with his attempt to steal the 2020 presidensiële verkiesing, announcing an endorsement in Georgia in an effort to unseat a ke...
Ursula von der Leyen backs authorisation mechanism for Covid vaccine exports – video
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Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU is transparent and open, and welcomes other countries to be transparent with their exports.Speaking at a virtual summit, she said contracts should be fulfilled before exporting vac...
Starmer backs shadow chancellor amid reshuffle rumours
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Keir Starmer has given his backing to his shadow chancellor amid rumours of an imminent reshuffle, as the Labour leader nears his first anniversary in office. Starmer said he had “full confidence” in Anneliese Dodds, ...
Funeral provider Dignity backs chairman despite £19.6m loss in Covid crisis
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The funeral services company Dignity has urged investors to vote against attempts by its largest shareholder to oust the chairman. A fund managed by Phoenix Asset Management Partners, which owns 29.9% of Dignity, het ...
WHO chief backs calls for pandemic treaty – video
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The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said a pandemic treaty would help to tackle gaps exposed by Covid-19, strengthen implementation of international health regulations an...
South Africa’s rugby chief backs plans for fans to return for Lions Tests
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The South Africa Rugby president, Mark Alexander, believes that proposals being presented to the country’s government next week make “a strong case for a safe and sustainable return of supporters”. Die Britse & ek....
Tucker Carlson: Murdoch steun Fox News se gasheer in 'wit vervanging'
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Die uitvoerende hoof van die Anti-Defamation League het Maandag aan Lachlan Murdoch gesê 'n toekenning wat hy 'n dekade gelede aan sy pa gegee het, onthef jou nie, hom, die netwerk, of sy raad vanweë die morele mislukking om nie daadwerklik op te tree nie ...
Mikel Arteta backs Arsenal’s players for taking knee before Slavia Prague win
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Mikel Arteta revealed that a group of senior Arsenal players asked him whether they could take a knee prior to their resounding Europa League quarter-final win at Slavia Prague, with the club and Uefa giving the green...
Arteta backs Kroenkes and insists fans would be ‘surprised’ by owners’ work
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Mikel Arteta has backed Arsenal’s owners, the Kroenke family, in the face of mounting pressure from supporters and a potential bid by Daniel Ek. Ek, the co-founder of Spotify, intends to test the Kroenkes’ resolve wit...
‘Monumental moment’ as US backs patent waiver for Covid vaccines
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Goeie more. The US has declared its support for a patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, in an attempt to enable more widespread access to vaccines around the world. The head of the World Health Organization welcomed ...
Pope Francis backs waiving patents on Covid vaccines
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Pope Francis has offered his support for waiving coronavirus vaccine patents to boost supply to poorer countries, in a video message to the Vax Live concert. The Argentine pontiff backed “universal access to the vacci...
Australië nuus regstreeks: Coalition backs $600m gas plant as IEA warns against new fossil fuel use
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Experts warn that the taxpayer-funded plant makes little commercial sense; concerns over speed of vaccine rollout continue with Melbourne hubs below capacity. Volg die nuutste opdaterings
Gemili backs Johnson-Thompson to win Olympic gold despite injury
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s Olympic dream is still on track despite a serious achilles injury late last year and she remains capable of winning gold in Tokyo, according to her friend and fellow Team GB athlete Adam Ge...