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ANGELA MERKEL sparked fury in France after her government agreed to buy US maritime patrol aircraft for €1.1 billion (£950 million). The German Chancellor’s defence team will purchase five Boeing (BA.N) P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, it has been announced. Following approval from the parliamentary budget committee, the contract will now be signed, the ministry as Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said as she visited her counterpart in the United States. The “interim” deal with the US, however, has sparked outrage in France as it could have damaging repercussions for Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System (MAWS) programme. Sharing the news on Twitter, Les Patriotes…

Declan Rice has turned down two contract offers from West Ham and wants to be informed of any bids amid interest from Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City. The midfielder is West Ham’s most valuable player and the club are keen to fend off suitors by handing him a lucrative long-term deal. However Rice would like to play Champions League football next season and is open to leaving despite David Moyes’s side qualifying for the Europa League. The 22-year-old, part of England’s Euro 2020 campaign, has a further three years on his contract with an option for another season and…

NISSAN has announced plans for a £1billion gigafactory in Sunderland on the same day voters go to the polls in the Batley and Spen by-election. Tories are hoping the announcement for the new factory will give them a boost at the polls in the Yorkshire seat. The Conservatives are confident of winning the once Labour stronghold, delivering a devastating blow to Sir Keir Starmer. Nissan had previously threatened to leave the UK due to the country leaving the EU, with the announcement of the new mega-investment seen by the Government as a huge win for Brexit Britain. The Sunderland plant…

KEIR STARMER was warned he may face fierce competition for his role from Andy Burnham after a poll showed the Greater Manchester Mayor would make for the best party leader. Sir Keir Starmer faces the prospect of being forced into resignation should the Labour Party fail to win the Batley and Spen by-election on Thursday. A Sky News poll showed 41 percent of Labour members taking part in the survey would want Sir Keir to stand down if the key Labour constituency is lost. And an astonishing 69 percent backed Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to succeed him, suggesting he would make for…

The National Security Agency (NSA) in a statement Tuesday denied allegations made by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the agency is spying on him “in an attempt to take this show off the air.” “Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air,” the NSA, which conducts surveillance on foreign targets, said in a statement on Twitter. “NSA has a foreign intelligence mission. We target foreign powers to generate insights on foreign activities that could harm the United States,” the agency added. “With limited…

For England, it was always going to be about finding the moment, the one to blow apart a tight game, to cut through so much negative tournament history – particularly at the hands of Germany. And for long spells, as the tension rose to near unbearable levels at a raucous and emotional Wembley, the home crowd wondered whether it would come. Gareth Southgate had reverted to a 3-4-3, ignoring the clamour for greater fantasy and more creative players. It was the England manager sticking bravely to his principles, seeking security, the platform for the moment, and a part of the equation was patience,…

GERMANY has suffered a major cyber attack on its critical infrastructure and banking systems by Russia, according to German media. According to German daily BILD, the cyber attack was launched in the past few days. The German newspaper claims that Western intelligence sources confirmed the state-run Russian hackers from the “Fancy Bear” group was behind the attack. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) confirmed the attack to BILD on Wednesday morning. Several sources told BILD the reason could be revenge for the sanctions policy against Russia and attempts by the Russians to prevent harsh sanctions against Belarus and its dictator Alexander Lukashenko. It…

DRIVERS will be charged up to a £100 deposit fee when topping up petrol or diesel at Tesco and Sainsbury’s. This will be taken out of a driver’s account the moment a card is put into a Pay at Pump machine before the petrol station will work out the correct fee after the car has refuelled. Drivers will then see money refunded to their accounts minus what they owed for the fuel payment. Tesco had used a £1 authorisation fee but this will be replaced for the new £99 deposit. The money will be ringfenced with tesco confirming money would…

BRUSSELS has demanded that Uefa rethinks its plans to host the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final at Wembley amid fears of the Delta variant of coronavirus. Top Eurocrat Margaritas Schinas called for the three matches to be shifted elsewhere in Europe. The EU Commissioner, who is responsible for “Protecting the European way of life”, also bemoaned the current travel restrictions enforced on people arriving in the UK. Mr Schinas told the European Parliament that he could not “personally” see the sense of the semi-finals on July 6 and 7 and the July 11 final being hosted in London. He said:…

A recent survey found that the United States ranks last among 46 nations in media trust, with only 29 percent of Americans who were polled expressing confidence. The annual digital news report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism stated that trust in media has increased in a number of countries and generally across the world—but not in the United States. “Finland remains the country with the highest levels of overall trust (65%), and the USA now has the lowest levels (29%) in our survey,” according to the report. It noted that a number of Americans are turning away from consuming news or…