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Jamaica’s prime minister Andrew Holness has described the town of Black River as the country’s “ground zero” of damage from Hurricane Melissa. The port on the southwest of the island nation bore the full force of 185 mph (295km/h) winds as the storm made landfall on Tuesday. Officials have said …

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Getty Images The US government shutdown has entered its fifth week and there is no clear end in sight. With Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over passing a spending plan that would reopen federal agencies, millions of Americans are feeling economic pain that could soon grow worse. The fiscal fight means …

Nick Davis,Mandeville, Jamaica and Rachel Hagan Getty Images In Jamaica, the impact was most severe in the southwestern parish of St Elizabeth. The scale of devastation left by Hurricane Melissa is becoming clear after the record-setting storm tore through Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, leaving at least 32 people dead. Although …

The Jamaican authorities say they are still trying to assess the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa – the category 5 hurricane which hit the island on Tuesday. Much of Jamaica remains without power but footage of the aftermath has started to emerge on social media. BBC Verify’s …

Netflix’s Love Is Blind is a show you can depend on when you want to watch singles date and get engaged without the usual component of knowing what the other person looks like. The ninth edition of the series has revealed how its Denver-based participants fared in the show’s signature dating …

When Best won the only medal of his club career in 2006, it was in a side captained by Australian Justin Harrison. Arguably the best provincial side he was a part of – the Ulster squad of 2013-14 – contained Ruan Pienaar, Johann Muller, Jared Payne, John Afoa and Nick …

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Fan protests increased as the season reached its conclusion and the club’s perilous financial state showed no signs of subsiding. The latest adjournment is merely “delaying the inevitable”, a leading member of a fan group has said, and means their chances of getting back towards an even keel could be …

They host the Washington Wizards on Friday, while the Kings travel to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. Giannis Antetokounmpo maintained his strong start to the season as the Milwaukee Bucks overturned a 14-point deficit to beat the New York Knicks 121-111 at Fiserv Forum. Antetokounmpo scored 23 of his game-high …

England were presented with an awkward green top at the Bay Oval in the first ODI and their rusty top order – Brook’s majestic hundred aside – found it tough going. The surface at Seddon Park had a more appreciable straw-coloured hue, but the outcome for their Test contingent hoping …

ABC News/Nick Dole The Endeavor mine at Cobar is about 435 miles northwest of Sydney A man from the Republic of Ireland has been killed in an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), according to RTÉ News. Emergency services were called to …

Netflix’s Love Is Blind is a show you can depend on when you want to watch singles date and get engaged without the usual component of knowing what the other person looks like. The ninth edition of the series has revealed how its Denver-based participants fared in the show’s signature dating …

BBC The Rhossili horses are often seen grazing on cliff edges in the area The removal of horses from historic cliffs at a coastal beauty spot would be a loss for the community, a farmer has said. Nicky Beynon said the animals had been on the cliffs of Rhossili, Swansea, …

Manager Eddie Howe says it was a “relief” that forward William Osula did not leave Newcastle United on transfer deadline day because he now looks like the “complete package”. The 22-year-old was close to joining Eintracht Frankfurt last month, only for the move to fall through. Osula has since gone …

It is fair to say that when Sunderland announced the appointment of Le Bris in June 2024, underwhelmed was the overriding emotion. It had taken three months to find a permanent replacement for Michael Beale and the club had come up with a man who had just been relegated from …

A man has denied making a bomb hoax threat outside the US Embassy in London – and claimed a fake device was “sophisticated graffiti art”, a court was told. Daniel Parmenter, 44, is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of making a bomb hoax on 22 November last year. …

Forwards Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff), Adam Beard (Montpellier), Liam Belcher (Cardiff), Rhys Carre (Saracens), Ben Carter (Dragons), Brodie Coghlan (Dragons), Christian Coleman (Dragons), Olly Cracknell (Leicester Tigers), Rhys Davies (Ospreys), James Fender (Ospreys), Archie Griffin (Bath), Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs), Dewi Lake (Ospreys), Alex Mann (Cardiff), Jac Morgan (Ospreys), Morgan Morse …

Hitman, named after Ricky Hatton, won his first race since the boxer’s death – and his first in three years – in the Old Roan Chase at Aintree. The Paul Nicholls-trained nine-year-old finished two lengths clear of Master Chewy and co-owner Ged Mason said the £45,560 prize money will be …

Forwards Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Ben Earl (Saracens), Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Jack Kenningham (Harlequins), Asher …