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Chelsea interested in Granit Xhaka to reunite midfielder with Xabi Alonso

  • Sunderland want to keep former Leverkusen player

  • Como have eye on Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah

Chelsea are interested in signing Sunderland’s Granit Xhaka, who was a key player for Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen.

Xhaka, who has two years on his deal, joined Sunderland last summer and played a major role in them qualifying for the Europa League after their promotion to the Premier League.

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The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach

The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?

It was a rough five-day sail from the Falkland Islands and, as the science expedition approached the South Georgia coast, they found fur seal carcasses floating on the water. “There were these moments when it would hit us,” says Dr Jane Younger, remembering the expedition to the British sub-Antarctic territory six months ago.

Younger, an ecologist at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania, was with scientists from the United States, France, South Africa and the Falklands to check on the spread of the H5N1 variant of bird flu.

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Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia

Some of the largest One Nation supporter groups on Facebook appear to be run from overseas by foreign digital creators who monetise content.

Guardian Australia examined 14 of the largest pro-One Nation public groups with at least 8,000 members, and found most were created this year.

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The moment I knew: After witnessing trauma at a refugee detention centre, we held each other and cried

First Liza Shaw and Rohan were housemates, then they had a casual relationship. But a protest at Woomera would deepen their emotional connection

I met Rohan in 1998 in Lismore, New South Wales, where we were both going to university. Before that, I’d noticed him around town in his sarong and peacock feather earrings. He was distinctive and slightly dandyish, sometimes wearing dresses on campus. I had another partner at the time but our mutual friend introduced us, and Rohan and I became housemates.

We bonded living together and hosting dinner parties, where we’d talk about life and politics well into the night. I was intrigued by his friends. One time Rohan invited a member of the Black Panthers to come and stay at our house.

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In het hele land code oranje om zware onweersbuien

In heel het land is code oranje van kracht wegens zware onweersbuien, meldt het KNMI. De weerwaarschuwing gold aanvankelijk alleen voor de provincies Limburg, Noord-Brabant…

Massale protesten in Servië vinden na anderhalf jaar gehoor: president Aleksandar Vucic kondigt aftreden aan

De president lijkt toe te geven aan de belangrijkste eis van de demonstranten die al ruim anderhalf jaar massaal protesteren tegen de regering. Binnen enkele weken volgen nieuwe verkiezingen.

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Netanyahu zegt brede nationale coalitie te willen na verkiezingen

JERUZALEM (ANP/AFP) - De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu heeft verklaard na de volgende verkiezingen een brede nationale coalitie te willen vormen. Hij geeft nu leiding aan de meest rechtse regering die Israël ooit gehad heeft, maar daar lijkt hij zich van te willen distantiëren.

"Ik ben van plan een brede nationale regering te vormen", zei Netanyahu in een toespraak op televisie. "Geen rechtse regering en geen linkse regering die afhankelijk is van Arabische partijen."

Netanyahu werkt nu samen met extreemrechtse partijen, maar dat levert hem geregeld problemen op. De extremistische ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir en Bezalel Smotrich spreken zich vaak uit tegen het regeringsbeleid als het hen niet ver genoeg gaat. Zij zijn bijvoorbeeld voorstanders van een volledige annexatie van de Westelijke Jordaanoever, die Israël sinds 1967 bezet.

De Israëlische verkiezingen moeten uiterlijk eind oktober plaatsvinden.


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