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Liverpool will face a familiar and formidable obstacle in the Champions League next year after the draw for the last 16 pitted them against the holders, Real Madrid. The repeat of last season’s final was the stand-out tie from Monday’s draw at Uefa’s headquarters in Nyon, where Paris Saint-Germain were paired with Bayern Munich in another heavyweight contest. There were more favourable draws for England’s other representatives in the last 16, with Manchester City facing RB Leipzig, Tottenham meeting Milan and Chelsea playing Borussia Dortmund. That trio of Premier League clubs will all be away in the first leg, to be staged across 14,…

Grant Shapps has added to the condemnation of Gavin Williamson’s abusive text messages to a colleague, as it was reported that Williamson threatened to reveal details about a Conservative MP’s private life when he was chief whip. Shapps, the UK business secretary, said Williamson should not have sent the messages to Wendy Morton, who was chief whip under Liz Truss’s brief prime ministership. The texts were revealed over the weekend to include angry remonstrations about not being invited to the Queen’s funeral and warnings that “there is a price for everything”. Shapps told Sky News: “I don’t think it was the…

After calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “Ron DeSanctimonious” on Saturday night, former President Donald Trump called on his Miami supporters to vote for the Florida GOP governor during the 2022 midterms. “With thousands of proud, hard-working American patriots, incredible people–just two days from now, the people of Florida are going to reelect the wonderful, the great, a friend of mine, Marco Rubio to the United States Senate, and you’re going to reelect Ron DeSantis as your governor of the state,” he said at an event while stumping for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). “And you’re going to elect an incredible slate of true MAGA warriors to…

Britain’s National Highways has secured a High Court injunction to prevent climate protesters disrupting England’s busiest motorway. Climate group Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has been staging disruptive protests in an attempt to highlight its call for the UK government to begin the process of winding down fossil fuel production in the country. Transport secretary Mark Harper said he had instructed National Highways to apply for the injunction to tackle a “reckless minority of protesters.” The injunction is aimed at ending disruption by the environmental group on the M25, a busy motorway which encircles Greater London. It means that…

Mikel Arteta believes that Arsenal are in Premier League title contention – for the moment, at least – after watching them produce a dominant performance in the 1-0 win at Chelsea on Sunday which took them back to the top of the table. Arteta said that Manchester City, who are two points back in second place, remain the favourites but he did concede that his club are in the mix. “We are today,” Arteta said. “But in football, today and tomorrow is very different. So let’s enjoy the time. “Do something: just look at the last six years, what Manchester City have…

Elon Musk has said that any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be “permanently suspended”, issuing the warning after some celebrities changed their display names and tweeted as “Elon Musk” The new Twitter CEO tweeted on Sunday night: “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.” “Any name change at all” would result in the temporary loss of a verified checkmark, Musk said. On Sunday evening, several accounts that had changed their name to Elon Musk or approximations of Elon Musk appeared to be suspended or…

BERLIN—Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Wednesday it is examining potential risks in connection with bubbles that appeared in vials of COVID-19 vaccine boosters retooled to target the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Swissmedic said it had been informed by vaccination centers of the appearance of bubbles during the preparation of the updated vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech targeting the original version of the coronavirus and the BA.1 Omicron variant that led to a record surge in cases last winter. “Vials of the batch concerned contained bubbles after being removed from the fridge,” said Swissmedic, adding that the phenomenon seems to be accentuated when…

The Bank of England has warned the UK risked being plunged into the longest recession in 100 years after it pushed up the cost of borrowing to 3% in the biggest single interest rate rise since 1989. A 0.75% increase, the latest in a series of eight interest rate rises since last year, would not be enough to guarantee victory in the war against double-digit inflation, the Bank said, as it cautioned further action would be needed. The UK economy faces a “very challenging outlook”, with a recession that began this summer now expected to last until the middle of 2024. With…

A first goal for 18-year-old Alejandro Garnacho was enough to defeat Real Sociedad but was not enough to progress as winners of the group, so Erik ten Hag’s team will be thrown into a playoff against one of those “failed sharks” from the Champions League: one of Ajax, Barcelona, Juventus, Leverkusen, Salzburg, Sevilla, Shakhtar or Sporting CP will have to be overcome to continue in this competition. That may not be too terrifying but it was not the way United wanted it. Two more games in the spring are not what they wanted either. Garnacho’s superb strike after quarter of an hour…

JERUSALEM—Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier’s triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance. Netanyahu’s victory is set to end an unprecedented stalemate in Israel after five elections in less than four years. This time Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of his generation, won a clear parliamentary majority, boosted by nationalist and religious parties. Tuesday’s ballot saw out Lapid, and his rare alliance of conservatives, liberals and Arab politicians which, over 18 months in power, made diplomatic inroads with Turkey and Lebanon and kept the economy humming. With…