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The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86. The media tycoon, who led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011 and whose Forza Italia party is a junior partner in the current ruling coalition, had been suffering from leukaemia for some time. Berlusconi was one of Italy’s most flamboyant politicians, making a political comeback in 2017 despite a career tainted by sex scandals, countless allegations of corruption and a tax fraud conviction. He spent six weeks at Milan’s San Raffaele’s hospital this spring, undergoing treatment for a lung infection linked to a chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia, before being readmitted. Born…

Since his emergence at the top level of professional tennis 18 years ago, Novak Djokovic has used the dizzying bar set by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal before him as inspiration to push himself to his limits, never doubting that he would one day rise above it. What once seemed impossible eventually became inevitable. On Sunday, Djokovic finally surpassed his great rivals in the most significant category of all as he defeated Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 to clinch his 23rd grand slam title, breaking his tie of 22 with Nadal. This historic victory means that Djokovic is now the men’s…

Michael Gove has said that “life moves on” after Boris Johnson’s resignation as an MP, as ministers tried once again to shift attention from an embittered former leader showing little sign of wanting to leave parliament quietly. Gove, the UK communities and housing secretary, used a morning broadcast round to stress what he said were the “significant contributions that Boris made”, while firmly presenting him as a figure now in the Conservatives’ past. Gove was asked if he agreed that Johnson, who announced on Friday evening he was stepping down as an MP to pre-empt a damning verdict from the…

David Moyes celebrated the best moment of his career after West Ham won their first major trophy in 43 years by beating Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final, while Declan Rice insisted his future was not yet decided after captaining the side to a dramatic win. Jarrod Bowen scored the winner in the 90th minute, sparking wild scenes at the Eden Arena in Prague, and Moyes beamed after the final whistle. West Ham’s manager was delighted to win the first major trophy of his career. “This is fantastic,” Moyes said. “I’ve had a long career in football and you don’t get…

Edward Snowden has warned that surveillance technology is so much more advanced and intrusive today it makes that used by US and British intelligence agencies he revealed in 2013 look like child’s play. In an interview on the 10th anniversary of his revelations about the scale of surveillance – some of it illegal – by the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, he said he had no regrets about what he had done and cited positive changes. But he is depressed about inroads into privacy both in the physical and digital world. “Technology has grown to be enormously influential,” Snowden said.…

Boris and Carrie Johnson hosted a close friend, who helped plan their wedding, overnight at Chequers when a number of Covid restrictions were in place, the Guardian has been told. Dixie Maloney, a corporate events organiser, stayed at the former prime minister’s grace-and-favour country mansion on 7 May 2021 when indoor gatherings between different households were banned except when “reasonably necessary” for reasons such as work or childcare. She is understood to have been informally helping to plan the couple’s festival-style wedding, which took place in the Downing Street garden three weeks later. A spokesperson for Maloney issued a statement saying she would…

An Air Force veteran and former intelligence officer has come forward alleging that classified information about the government’s possession of nonhuman craft is being illegally withheld from Congress. David Grusch, 36, was a decorated combat officer in Afghanistan and is a former intelligence officer with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Grusch first told his story to investigative journalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, who published the story in the science and technology outlet The Debrief on June 5. NewsNation aired an interview with Grusch later that evening. Grusch, who has handed over classified information on the craft to…

Some sudden deaths were caused by COVID-19 vaccines, autopsies have confirmed. Eight people who died suddenly after receiving a messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine died due to a type of vaccine-induced heart inflammation called myocarditis, South Korean authorities said after reviewing the autopsies. “Vaccine-related myocarditis was the only possible cause of death,” Dr. Kye Hun Kim of the Chonnam National University Hospital and other South Korean researchers said. All of the sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) occurred in people aged 45 or younger, including a 33-year-old man who died just one day after receiving a second dose of Moderna’s vaccine and a…

Rishi Sunak has pledged to make a robust defence of free trade on his visit to Washington DC, while indicating he will dodge any disagreement over Joe Biden’s mass programme of green subsidies, labelled protectionist by some UK ministers. Speaking to reporters on his plane to the US on Tuesday, the prime minister also hinted that the UK’s strength in areas such as offshore wind made it an ideal partner in the Biden administration’s attempts to collaborate economically in the face of China. Sunak is preparing to meet a series of senior Congress leaders in Washington DC, and take part…

Pep Guardiola has admitted he may have made mistakes in his team selection when Manchester City lost against Chelsea in the 2021 Champions League final. City face Internazionale on Saturday in the final in Istanbul attempting to complete the treble, with Kyle Walker a doubt because of a back problem. Against Chelsea in Porto two years ago, Guardiola’s decision to drop João Cancelo and Rodri, his usual left-back and central midfielder, and choose Raheem Sterling, who had lost his regular berth, caused surprise. City lost 1-0 to a Kai Havertz strike and the manager received criticism for his selection. On Tuesday he was asked whether this…