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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who endorsed the resolution, has been pressing for a resolution to the Assange case since assuming office in 2022.

Champions League Last-16 fixtures tonight – PSG & Bayern in action The last-16 of the Champions League is back, with Bayern Munich heading to Lazio and PSG welcoming Real Sociedad to Paris. Yesterday, Manchester City beat Copenhagen 3-1, taking them a step closer to retaining the Champions League title, and a Jude Bellingham-less Real Madrid squeezed past RB Leipzig 1-0.  The eight ties are split over a fortnight of action with Arsenal waiting until Wednesday, February 21 to begin their tie with Porto. That week also sees Inter Milan host Atletico Madrid, PSV face Borussia Dortmund and, in arguably the…

The rescheduled match will kick off at 19:00 GMT. You can watch via the FA Player.

PSG head into Champions League last 16 with all eyes on Kylian Mbappé The Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique, was reluctant to talk about Kylian Mbappé before Wednesday’s Champions League match with Real Sociedad. Mbappé has been nursing a sore left ankle and was an unused substitute in Saturday’s league game against Lille. Asked on Tuesday if Mbappé was ready to start in the first leg of their last-16 contest, Luis Enrique replied with a terse “yes”. “He could have played four days ago if it was a final,” the coach said. “But since it wasn’t, it wasn’t worth taking…

New York special election: Tom Suozzi wins seat vacated by George Santos in boost for Biden The Democrat Tom Suozzi won the New York congressional seat vacated by the disgraced Republican George Santos on Tuesday night, in a boost for Joe Biden ahead of the presidential election. The victory narrows the slim Republican majority in the House and gives Democrats a much-needed win in New York City’s Long Island suburbs, where Republican candidates have shown strength in recent elections. The Associated Press called the result after 52% of votes were counted, with Suozzi garnering 59% compared with 41% for Republican…

Tory MP failed to declare wife’s BP shares during oil and gas debates, standards commissioner finds The Conservative MP David Duguid failed to declare his wife’s £50,000 shareholding in BP while speaking in debates about windfall taxes on the oil and gas industry, the parliamentary commissioner has found. The parliamentary commissioner for standards carried out an investigation into the MP for Banff and Buchan and former Scotland Office minister after the Guardian revealed Duguid’s wife’s shareholdings. Parliamentary rules require MPs to declare while speaking in debates the financial interests of a spouse or other family member, where there could be…

Paramount cuts 800 staff two days after Super Bowl was biggest ever TV show The owner of CBS is laying off 800 employees, just two days after its broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII became the most-watched TV program in history. Paramount Global plans to reduce its global workforce by about 3%, according to sources, and informed staff on Tuesday of the job cuts. Bob Bakish, the media giant’s chief executive, announced the move hours after CBS revealed that its broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime triumph over the San Francisco 49ers averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming…

‘Honest, critical, sane’: Jon Stewart’s welcome return to The Daily Show When Comedy Central announced that Jon Stewart would return once a week to the Daily Show desk, left hostless for more than a year since Trevor Noah stepped down and heir apparent Hasan Minhaj became embroiled in fabrication controversies, it seemed to symbolize all the wrong things. A show that was supposed to be charting a path forward had circled back to its own past, unable to offer an option more inspiring than another helping of whatever the public approved of during the Obama years. In the worst-case scenario,…

A row erupted over dinner ahead of the semi-final meeting with Jordan, which South Korea surprisingly lost 2-0.

Moment Christian Horner leads top secret Red Bull F1 test as he awaits decision on ‘inappropriate behaviour’ probe RED Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has been spotted leading a top secret F1 test as he awaits a decision on “inappropriate behaviour” probe. Horner was seen smiling and laughing with the team at Silverstone where Red Bull’s new car soared around the iconic British track. Horner, 50, has been battling to rescue his career during an eight-hour grilling last Friday after he was accused of “inappropriate behaviour” by a former female staffer. The results of the crunch talks have not been…