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TransPennine Express to be nationalised after FirstGroup lost contract due to poor service TransPennine Express, the train service covering Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, will be nationalised following numerous customer complaints and train cancellations. The government will take over operations with the aim of improving service quality, though passengers will not experience immediate changes. In recent months, about a quarter of TransPennine Express services were cancelled, reducing to around one in six in March but still the highest cancellation rate in the UK. The decision not to renew the contract with FirstGroup, the company running TransPennine, was influenced by staff…

Police arrest 61 suspected Italian mafia in widespread raid Italian police have conducted a series of raids across seven regions, resulting in the arrest of 61 suspected members of the ‘Ndrangheta, Italy’s most powerful mafia. The individuals are accused of crimes such as fraud, drug trafficking, government infiltration, and extortion of local farmers. Over 500 police officers participated in the operation, targeting a total of 167 people, including those already in prison. This crackdown is part of an ongoing effort to dismantle the criminal network. Last week, a major operation involving ten countries led to the arrest of over 100…

Finnish PM Sanna Marin to divorce as she prepares to leave office Finland’s outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her husband Markus Raikkonen have announced their divorce after 19 years together, and three years officially married. Ms Marin, who became the world’s youngest prime minister in 2019, expressed gratitude for their time together and their shared daughter. The couple married in 2020 during Ms Marin’s leadership in the country’s pandemic response. Despite the divorce, they stated that they will remain best friends and continue to spend time together as a family. Ms Marin’s centre-left party suffered a defeat in the…

Pochettino wants to replace both Edouard Mendy and Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Awrh.

We’re going through the looking glass this week.

Israeli air strike kills missile commander in Gaza In a pre-dawn airstrike on a Gaza apartment, Israel targeted and killed the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) rocket launching force along with two other militants. This attack followed Gaza militants firing over 500 rockets into Israel. In response, the Israeli military conducted strikes on more than 130 militant targets in Gaza, resulting in 25 deaths, including civilians and PIJ commanders. Israel reported four fatalities, including three children, caused by rockets falling short in Gaza. The armed wing of PIJ confirmed the death of Ali Hassan Ghali, also known as Abu…

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday blamed each other for an exchange of fire along their restive border, which killed one person and wounded four, days ahead of EU-hosted peace talks.

Trump will pardon a ‘large portion’ of Jan. 6 rioters – makes promise at CNN town hall event Former US President Donald Trump made a promise during a CNN town hall event at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. He stated that if elected, he would pardon a significant number of individuals convicted of federal offences related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “I am inclined to pardon many of them,” Trump said. “I can’t say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control.” He said he will grant…

UK migration bill impractical and morally unacceptable, says Justin Welby The Guardian says The archbishop of Canterbury has clashed with ministers after branding the government’s flagship illegal migration bill as “morally unacceptable” legislation that will “damage the UK’s interests and reputation at home and abroad”. In a withering attack upon Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s plan, Justin Welby said it would not fulfil the prime minister’s pledge to “stop the boats”, ignored the key causes of the movement of refugees, and could break the system of international cooperation that promised to help those fleeing war, famine and conflict. “[The bill]…