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Results like Liverpool’s 2-0 victory at Brentford on Saturday, thanks to 91st and 93rd-minute goals from Darwin Nunez, are they type that win titles – especially when Arsenal then threw away two points at home to Aston Villa later in the day. It’s increasingly looking as though the Premier League championship is Liverpool’s to lose while the weekend turnarounds also give the Reds a welcome lift in confidence heading into their penultimate Champions League group match at home to Lille. Had Nunez not handed maximum points to Arne Slot’s table-toppers in west London the spotlight would have been on Liverpool’s…

Chelsea have agreed a £17m deal to sign French centre-back Mamadou Sarr from Strasbourg, according to reports. Sarr, 19, has made 12 appearances for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg since joining from Lyon last summer. Todd Boehly’s BlueCo consortium, which took over Chelsea in 2022, also own Strasbourg so a deal was reached amicably. Chelsea, who have spent heavily since Boehly purchased the club from Roman Abramovich, will pay around £17m to sign Sarr. However, the 19-year-old will remain at Strasbourg for the rest of the season before arriving at Stamford Bridge in the summer. Despite featuring heavily for the youth…

Marcus Rashford and Erik ten Hag could be set for an awkward reunion with the Manchester United star and former manager tipped to join forces in January. A whole host of clubs around the world have expressed interest in Rashford whose United career is over after being left out of the squad by Ruben Amorim and admitting he is ‘ready for a new challenge’. AC Milan were the frontrunners but they can only sign one English player this transfer window and have switched their attention to Manchester City wantaway Kyle Walker. The Telegraph report that Borussia Dortmund are now the…

Australia want to inflict more misery on England and seal a stunning series whitewash after retaining the Women’s Ashes at the earliest possible opportunity. The hosts’ 57-run victory in the first T20 at the Sydney Cricket Ground saw Australia take an unassailable 8-0 lead in the multi-format series. Four successive defeats means even if England win the remaining two T20s and one-off Test match they can only draw the series 8-8. Australia have held the urn in women’s cricket since 2015 and have no intention of taking their foot off the gas with a chance to whitewash the old enemy.…

Donald Trump will begin his second term in the White House on Monday after taking the oath of office at an indoor ceremony amid frigid weather in Washington, DC. The US president-elect has vowed to “act with historic speed and strength” as he unleashes a blitz of executive orders on day one. Follow our live coverage of his inauguration. Follow the LIVE inauguration of Donald Trump HERE

Oxfam’s annual inequality report shows the rapid acceleration of wealth accumulation by the world’s richest in 2024, as 44 percent of the world continues to live in poverty. FRANCE 24’s Business Editor Charles Pellegrin speaks with Oxfam International’s Executive Director Amitabh Behar at the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Billionaire wealth growing at 'unimaginable' rate as poverty persists, Oxfam says

On Wednesday January 15, in a final snub ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, US President Joe Biden announced the surprise removal of Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. The decision came after a series of changes in the relationship between the US and Cuba in recent years. With the return of Trump to the White House, Cubans fear new diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana, and a negative impact on tourism and the island’s economy. FRANCE 24’s Ed Augustin, Matthieu Comin and Laurence Cuvillier report. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250120-trump-s-return-to-white-house-leaves-cubans-worried-about-future

Donald Trump has said he will act with “historic speed and strength” once he is back in the White House, promising a slew of executive orders – many expected on day one – targeting undocumented migrants, transgender rights and large chunks of Joe Biden’s legacy. Donald Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders and directives after he is sworn in as US president at a frigid US Capitol on Monday, having promised to deliver many of his campaign pledges before the day is out. Sources familiar with the planning said more than 100 such orders and directives could…

Southport Stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty  Axel Rudakubana has admitted to killing three girls at a dance class in Southport on the first day of his trial. The 18-year-old was to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday charged with 16 offences, including three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder. Dramatically changing his plea at the last moment, the teenager admitted to all the charges. He pleaded guilty to the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine. He also admitted to possessing…

Number of under-45s renting surges by fastest rate in a decade as mortgage costs price out younger buyers, Hamptons research finds Rents for young people rise by £3.5bn to record high as landlords pass on mortgage costs, analysis finds  Younger tenants in Britain have seen their rents rise by a collective £3.5bn to hit a record high in the past year as landlords pass on their mortgage costs, new analysis suggests. Under-45s are now paying 66 per cent of all rent in Britain, amounting to a record £56.2bn in 2024, according to Hamptons estate agents. Mortgage costs soared as the…