Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles

Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles

PM will use independence day trip to announce sharing of classified information about Storm Shadow components Britain will boost Ukraine’s capacity to make its own long-range missiles, Andy Burnham will announce on Monday, as he travels to Kyiv for the country’s independence day on his first foreign visit as prime minister. Burnham will arrive in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning at a crucial time in the war, with Kyiv braced for another wave of Russian missile attacks and the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing his most direct domestic challenge. Continue reading...

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Deal with the triple lock, says economic adviser who turned down No 10 job www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Deal with triple lock, says economic adviser who turned down No 10 job

Pension and welfare reform are the priorities, according to Lord O’Neill of Gatley, who has been helping Andy Burnham with his plans for growth

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Another heatwave on the horizon next week, but it is noticeably cooler this evening for what feels like the first time in ages … & it is bliss

If the honours systems really worked in this country, he’d have died Sir Kevin Keegan

Spain are the world champions after a deserved 1-0 victory over an Argentina team who barely mustered a shot

Spain win the World Cup after Ferran Torres dethrones 10-man Argentina in extra time

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Justice!

I second this motion

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Get Enzo Fernandez out of the dressing room so we can all see him cry at full time.

😀

gah this is painful. Can‘t bear the thought of Argentina snatching it in the last moments

Did you like the half time show? “ I thought it was crap” Wayne Rooney my new hero

If Infantino has been on acid, as this half time show rather suggests, it does at least explain some things

Get Black Grape on.

very nice, but not exactly football-themed

Trump is going to dance at half time, isn’t he

Going to just pretend last night was the real final. It was a better game than this.

Minister for AI to sit in Cabinet 👀 www.thetimes.com/article/c10e...

The medals are massive 🥉

Well, we will always have the Azteca thriller & tonight’s absolute goalfest Best performance since 1966 & a foundation to build on.

What a lot of beautiful football.

I am thinking that maybe I should just stop watching now.

Outstanding. Every bit as good as all the reviews say it is. Can’t wait to see it again. m.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bK...

The Odyssey | Official New Trailer

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EXC Alison Phillips, former Mirror editor, will join Burnham’s No 10 as Director of Transition. But in many other ways, the new No 10 will look a lot like the old one as the new PM looks to provide some stability. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Continuity Keir’: Burnham keeping on many of Starmer’s No 10 advisers

Lack of change in key roles could mean next week’s policy announcements may lack radicalism many hoped for

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It seems to me there are a few reasons Burnham might choose Mahmood over Miliband despite bluesky thinking it’s outrageous. Many of them are not-ed reasons but not all

I’ve enjoyed this World Cup immensely. That was a winnable game & I’m sad that our run was ended by Tuchel having a flap, but we have so much talent in that team to be proud of

Blame lies with Tuchel here. The defensive changes came far too early.

BDB.

Gordon’s been playing out of his socks this tournament. Happy for him.

I’m a little bit lost for words when trying to sum up the spirit and fortitude of the Hillsborough families But after the privilege of watching them make history again today - I’ve tried to sum it all up here…

Under a golden Sky the Hillsborough heroes made history again

A seismic day unfolded in parliament after years of tireless campaigning

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Well well well … this is unexpected