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Microsoft cleared to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard The updated bid by Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard, the creator of Call of Duty, has received the nod from UK regulators. The Competition and Markets Authority expressed satisfaction with the modifications made in the deal, having previously rejected the initial £56 billion ($69 billion) offer in April. This approval signifies the conclusion of an almost two-year-long battle to finalise the gaming industry’s largest acquisition. But despite the green light for the takeover, the CMA has issued criticism of Microsfot’s conduct. In response to the CMA’s earlier rejection of the…

Elijah McClain, 23, was stopped by police while walking home from a convenience store in August 2019.

England and Essex legend Alastair Cook retires from professional cricket Alastair Cook has announced he is retiring from professional cricket, calling time on his record-breaking 20-year career.  The England and Essex cricketer retired from Test cricket in 2018 but has played five more seasons with Essex since then.  His contract at Chelmsford has expired and England’s all-time leading run-scorer is not seeking an extension. “It is not easy to say goodbye. Cricket has been so much more than my job,” said Cook in a statement. “It has allowed me to experience places I never dreamed I would go, be a…

Captain Tom’s family say they received death threats and hate mail The family of NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore have said they received death threats and hate mail. The daughter of Sir Tom appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored, and said: “There is a forum… they were all discussing how they were going to come and kill us all in our beds.” Hannah Ingram-Moore said her daughter had also received threats by mail. She said the family lived with “an underbelly of hate”. Sir Tom – who raised £38m for the NHS during Covid – wrote several books before his…

The EU faces what is arguably its stiffest foreign policy test since the war in Ukraine. A devastating attack on Israel by Hamas has been met with a massive Israeli response in the Gaza Strip. It is being described as the worst chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the war of October 1973. We discuss how convincing – or otherwise – the EU’s response has been so far, as well as the EU’s messaging mess when it comes to the question of continued development aid to the Palestinians.

A true English sporting legend.

The 22-year-old sparked a 75-hour manhunt after slipping out of HMP Wandsworth strapped to the bottom of a food delivery van.

The point isn’t climax – it’s pleasure.

Civilians flee to southern Gaza after Israel’s warning More than 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza are under orders to evacuate. Civilians are fleeing the area by car, on the back of trucks and by foot after an Israeli warning that civilians should move south within 24 hours. The Israeli military said it knew it would take longer than that to move everyone but blamed Hamas for telling the Palestinian civilians to ignore the call. The UN has urged Israel to withdraw its order, warning of “devastating humanitarian consequences” Israel has soldiers amassed near Gaza ahead of an expected…

Teacher killed in France school stabbing A teacher has been stabbed to death in France and two others seriously injured in a knife attack at a school. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta High School in the northern city of Arras at about 11:00 local time. The attacker, a man in his 20s, has been arrested and is now in custody. Witnesses claim he shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. French media says he was a former pupil at the school and is of Chechen origin and known to security for his involvement with radical…