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Owen Hargreaves hails ‘special’ Arsenal star after Champions League win against Girona Ethan Nwaneri earned more plaudits after his man-of-the-match performance in Arsenal’s 2-1 Champions League win over Girona. Nwaneri scored the game’s deciding goal with a superb finish from outside the box to rubber stamp Arsenal’s top-eight finish and secure the Gunners a spot in the last-16. Mikel Arteta’s side went behind early in the first half after Arnaut Danjuma capitalised on some questionable positioning from stand-in keeper Neto. However, Arsenal hit back from the spot through Jorginho’s penalty before Nwaneri scored his first Champions League goal on…

Andy Gray tells Arsenal to make £100m bid for January target Andy Gray has urged Arsenal to make a stunning £100m bid to ‘tempt’ Aston Villa to sell star striker Ollie Watkins. Villa rejected Arsenal’s opening £60m bid for Watkins but expect the Gunners to return with an improved offer. Mikel Arteta is desperate to sign a new striker before the January transfer window closes as he looks for attacking reinforcements ahead of what he hopes will be a successful title push in the second-half of the season. Gabriel Jesus suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the month but…

Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal sent Mathys Tel transfer message from Bayern Munich Bayern Munich have confirmed that Mathys Tel wants to leave the club in January amid transfer interest from Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Tel has found it hard to get regular minutes in Vincent Kompany’s side, with the young Frenchman behind the likes of Michael Olise, Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry in the pecking order. That lack of playing time has led the 19-year-old, who is yet to score a goal in all competition this season, to consider his future with the German club.…

A Passenger jet collides midair with military helicopter in Washington DC during landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, the FAA confirmed. The incident is under investigation. The collision happened on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9pm local time. An American Airlines commercial jet crashed into Washington DC’s Potomac River after colliding with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter in mid-air just before 21:00 local time (02:00 GMT). Passenger jet collides midair with military helicopter in Washington DC The plane crashed in the Potomac River, which weaves through DC, according to the DC Fire and EMS Department.…

Trump administration rescinds memo to halt federal funding The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a sweeping directive to freeze all federal grants and aid after the move was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. The funding freeze, which came into action on Tuesday, is believed to have disrupted tens of billions of dollars in spending across healthcare, education, disaster relief, housing assistance and other programs. A memo sent by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to government agencies included a series of yes or no questions including “does this program promote gender ideology?” and “does this program promote or support in…

US President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked a decision that would protect some 600,000 Venezuelans from deportation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday. Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, had ordered an extension of the deportation relief from April 2025 to October 2026. What do we know about the Trump administration’s plan to deport Venezuelans? Noem told the Fox News broadcaster that she had rescinded the Biden administration’s extension, which also gave Venezuelans access to work permits through the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Trump had already attempted to block the program during his first term in 2017-2021, but the…

US President Donald Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay, shifting focus from White House chaos after a funding freeze order was withdrawn. Trump said a new camp would hold up to 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens” at the Cuba facility, intensifying his immigration crackdown and second-term agenda.

Vice President – JD Vance Republican elected on Donald Trump’s ticket in the 2023 November elections. Vice President – JD Vance Republican James David Vance aka JD Vance is a Senator from Ohio and a Vice President of the United States. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2022 and served from January 3, 2023, until January 10, 2025, when he resigned to become Vice President, following President Donald Trump’s inauguration. News from the VP office

PhD student ‘raped 10 women after plying them with alcohol or drugs’ A PhD student is accused of drugging and raping 10 women over a period of four years, a court has heard. Zhenhao Zou, 27, a Chinese national, allegedly drugged or pressured the women to drink alcohol before sexually assaulting them. The prosecution alleged that Zou often filmed himself doing so and would keep the videos as ‘souvenirs’. Zou is accused of raping the women between September 2019 and May 2023 and appeared at Inner London Crown Court. Multiple videos were found on his phone of unconscious women when…

The current Speaker of the House – Mike Johnson Republican – Louisiana. Speaker of the House – Mike Johnson Republican Republican Mike Johnson elected 56th speaker of the House. House lawmakers in October 2023 elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the 56th speaker of the House, capping more than three weeks of dysfunction and chaos on Capitol Hill. He had only been a Congressman for 6.8 years which made him the second fastest member to be elected as House leader. About the Speaker of the House Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader…