Nusaybah Sattar and five relatives were kept off evacuation flight despite holding tickets and UK passports

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A British family stranded in the Middle East after being wrongly refused entry to an evacuation flight from Oman say they have received an apology from the Foreign Office, but no actual help to get home.

Nusaybah Sattar, 26, from London, was in Dubai with her family to celebrate her brother-in-law’s 40th birthday when the city was hit by Iranian drones and missiles last Saturday.

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Steve Borthwick has reacted in the best way after two demoralising defeats and they need a fast start in Italy

During their 12-match winning run, when England were at the peak of their powers, they were setting the bar when it came to the kicking game. Steve Borthwick’s side adapted fastest to the law changes around escorting and reaped the rewards as a result. There are plenty of reasons why that winning run has come to an end in spectacular fashion but the fact that other nations have caught up and overtaken England is a significant one.

Part of the problem is personnel. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso’s absence is a huge blow in this championship and for all Henry Arundell’s qualities, he does not have the same aerial prowess. Tom Roebuck has been in and out, coming back from an injury, so England just haven’t had the same cattle. But it’s clear to me that their rivals have put in the work to get up to speed and are reaping the rewards.

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Youthful manager on his colourful journey as a coach from Germany and Sunday’s FA Cup fifth round trip to Fulham

As a 19-year-old studying at a sports university in Cologne, Tonda Eckert jumped at the chance to work for Germany as an analyst at Euro 2012. “It was nice, eh? Take somebody who doesn’t understand anything about the game and put them in,” says the now Southampton head coach, smiling as he recalls being thrust into an elite environment. He entered the same sphere as Joachim Löw, Hansi Flick and a team of greats: Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm, Toni Kroos, Manuel Neuer, the list goes on.

For the 2014 World Cup, Eckert was tasked with preparing a dossier on Argentina, who Germany overcame in the final. “The celebrations in Berlin were amazing, at the Fanmeile,” he says of the scenes at the fan zone by Brandenburg Gate. In the semi-finals, Germany humiliated the hosts Brazil, triumphing 7-1 in Belo Horizonte. “You know what Joachim Löw said at half-time? That he wouldn’t let anyone play in the final if they didn’t finish the second half with a sense of humility, because he knew how much it meant to Brazil, in Brazil.”

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Restart of operations will be a relief to those stranded but may not dispel doubts raised by past week about key transit hub

After nearly a week of uncertainty, airspace closures and very limited flights, news that hundreds of thousands of passengers around the world were hanging on for emerged: the Gulf-based carrier Emirates was restarting operations in earnest despite the US-Israel war on Iran.

Those relieved by the restart will include the UK’s Foreign Office, after its travails in organising delayed rescue flights out of neighbouring Oman.

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In an extract from his book, Philippe Auclair reveals the influence of mother, Fayza, and prominent women on the Mbappé image and brand

The Mbappés did their utmost to keep outsiders at arm’s length from the outset. The agents – dozens of them – who approached them to become Kylian’s representatives ever since the eight-year-old was making fun of defenders twice his size with Bondy were rebuffed. The financial advisers who offered to broker sponsorship deals met with the same response: father Wilfrid would take care of his son’s sporting career, mother Fayza of all the rest, with Kylian having the final word in any decision involving his future, be it on or off the field; and so it has remained to this day. Kylian does not have a Fifa-registered agent. Nobody but the closest members of his family gets a cut from the deals he signs with clubs or commercial partners. This is not to say that nobody else is involved in the projet.

Luís Campos, sporting adviser for the clubs owned by Qatar Sports Investments after fulfilling a similar role for Lille and Monaco, remains a trusted confidant, as he’s been since playing a central role in smoothing the difficulties the young Kylian encountered at Monaco. Former L’Équipe journalist Bilel Ghazi, who, though unlicensed by Fifa, has been working with players like Rayan Cherki (whom Kylian’s mother Fayza also represented for a short while), has provided media guidance to the Mbappés. Neither Campos nor Ghazi are part of the inner circle, however.

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Omission of presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, however, exposes failure of US president’s ‘theatrical’ doctrine, say experts

Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of at least 10 Latin American countries to a palm-dotted golf resort in Miami on Saturday as the president continues his quest to transform the US’s standing in the region and outmuscle China.

Since returning to power last year, Trump has launched a dramatic – and at times deadly – crusade to, as the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, put it, “reclaim our back yard”.

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In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain

I was at work last Saturday when I heard the blast. Since that moment, the world has been turned on its head. The school called asking me to come and pick up my child. I rushed to the metro and headed north in a carriage filled with anxious people calling their loved ones to ensure their safety, melancholy etched on their faces, uncertainty metastasising from one to another as they checked the latest news on their mobiles.

This is the second time within a year that Israel has decided to go for a war of choice with Iran, but I suppose that is the new normal. Israel has long enjoyed a unique position of near-total impunity when it comes to harassing Palestinians, and now the green light to aggression seems to extend to its unending wars and spreading of terror across the region. And it feels different this time. The pretence that there is some level of precision in the strikes is gone. Instead, the attacks appear indiscriminate, with targets ranging from schools to hospitals, from police stations to urban amenities – all hit with a level of might that seems aimed at demolition, total destruction, the flattening of the city.

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Oscar favourite insists she is a ‘lover of cats’ after telling podcast about ultimatum she once gave to now-husband

If Jessie Buckley fails to win the Oscar for best actress next week it will be a sign that cat lovers have got their claws out.

The Irish actor is the runaway favourite for her performance in Hamnet, but in recent days has stumbled into a controversy over a stated antipathy to cats.

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Tieners die niet meer naar school gaan, rondhangen op straat en in aanraking komen met geweld of criminaliteit. In Schiedam groeit de zorg over een groep jongeren die steeds verder afglijdt. “We mogen ze niet aan hun lot overlaten,” zegt Jaïr Silva Fortes van ChapterNext.

Mr Mikage (ミスター御影） posted a photo:

TEL AVIV (ANP/DPA) - Iran heeft zaterdagochtend raketten afgevuurd op Israël, zo meldde het Israëlische leger. Eerder in de nacht waren er ook al herhaaldelijk meldingen van Iraanse raketaanvallen.

Ondertussen heeft de Israëlische luchtmacht een nieuwe golf van aanvallen gelanceerd op doelen in de Iraanse hoofdstad Teheran. Iraanse staatsmedia zonden beelden uit van enorme branden op de internationale luchthaven Mehrabad in Teheran.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Volgens de familie van Jan Lenferink zal de overleden presentator vast "gniffelen" om de ontstane verwarring over zijn geboortejaar. Online staat dat Lenferink op 9 december 1948 is geboren, maar eigenlijk kwam hij drie jaar eerder al ter wereld.

Een familielid van Lenferink zegt tegen het ANP dat het voor de oud-presentator "een soort van levensdoel was om zijn exacte leeftijd buiten de publiciteit te houden". De voormalige talkshowhost werd op 9 december 1945 in Dalfsen geboren. "Binnen de familie hebben we hier altijd hartelijk om moeten lachen. Ik verwacht dat Jan nu, waar hij ook is, gniffelt om de ontstane verwarring."

In de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag werd bekend dat Lenferink op 80-jarige leeftijd is overleden. Zijn afscheid zal in besloten kring plaatsvinden.

DUBAI (ANP/RTR) - Emirates heeft alle vluchten van en naar Dubai voor onbepaalde tijd opgeschort, maakte de luchtvaartmaatschappij zaterdag bekend. Vrijdag kondigde Emirates juist aan vanaf zaterdag weer dagelijks van thuisbasis Dubai naar tientallen bestemmingen te vliegen, waaronder Schiphol.

KLM stelde het hervatten van zijn vluchten naar Dubai, Riyad en Dammam vrijdag opnieuw uit. De luchtvaartmaatschappij vliegt tot en met dinsdag niet naar de bestemmingen in het Midden-Oosten vanwege de oorlog in Iran. "We volgen de ontwikkelingen op de voet", aldus de maatschappij vrijdagavond in een verklaring.

Eerder deze week vloog Emirates van Dubai naar onder meer Schiphol, omdat het luchtruim toen beperkt open was.

SCHIPHOL (ANP) - Opnieuw is een KLM-vliegtuig met gestrande reizigers uit het Midden-Oosten aangekomen op Schiphol. De vlucht vanuit Muscat in Oman landde omstreeks 08.15 uur op de luchthaven. Het is nog niet duidelijk hoeveel mensen er aan boord van deze vlucht zaten.

Eerder in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag landde al een vlucht uit Egypte met 56 Nederlanders aan boord.

Het kabinet kondigde woensdag aan reizigers te gaan repatriëren. Er zitten in de regio vermoedelijk nog duizenden Nederlanders vast door de oorlog in Iran.

CAÏRO (ANP/AFP) - De ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van de Arabische Liga houden zondag spoedoverleg over de luchtaanvallen op lidstaten aan de Perzische Golf. Hossam Zaki van de liga zei dat de spoedbijeenkomst een videoconferentie is en werd aangevraagd door Egypte, Jordanië, Koeweit, Oman en Qatar.

De liga telt 22 lidstaten, waaronder de landen op het Arabisch schiereiland. Iran, dat geen lid is van de Arabische club, voert vergeldingsaanvallen uit op voornamelijk Amerikaanse steunpunten in de Golfstaten.

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Field River Conservation Park
The Worthing Copper Mine, located on the banks of the Field River at Hallett Cove, South Australia, operated between 1847 and 1857. Established on the Hallett brothers' farm, it is a significant site of Australia's first mining era, featuring the oldest remaining Cornish enginehouse (c. 1851-1852). The mine failed to yield high-grade ore and was largely a fraud on investors.

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Field River Conservation Park
The Worthing Copper Mine, located on the banks of the Field River at Hallett Cove, South Australia, operated between 1847 and 1857. Established on the Hallett brothers' farm, it is a significant site of Australia's first mining era, featuring the oldest remaining Cornish enginehouse (c. 1851-1852). The mine failed to yield high-grade ore and was largely a fraud on investors.

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Field River Conservation Park

There was early drama in Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix when Max Verstappen spun off into the barriers.