The front-runner in the Tory leadership contest has promised to “break down barriers” to support those keen to get on the housing ladder. A day after an outcry over rival Rishi Sunak’s plan to block new housing being built on the green belt, which experts said would only worsen the housing crisis, Truss risked similar criticism by saying she wanted to leave “housing which were imposed from Whitehall from the top down....

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the impact of a rise in long Covid cases from 1 to 2 million showed it was likely to be “a significant part of the pandemic’s legacy”. Using data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the IFS said about 110,000 of the 2 million sufferers – who must report symptoms for at least three months – were signed off sick, with the loss 4....

anchester United are in action against Atletico Madrid this evening as they play their penultimate friendly of the summer in a busy weekend for the club. Erik ten Hag is expected to name a strong starting line-up for a tough encounter with Diego Simeone’s side in Oslo with United’s Premier League season opener at home to Brighton just a week away. New signings Lisandro Martinez and Christian Eriksen have been involved in training and could well break out after being included in the traveling squad for Norway, although it is clearly hard to say how much they will be involved once they have joined....

Apple arbeitet an einer neuen Farboption für den Beats Fit Pro, zumindest lassen die neu veröffentlichten Bilder das vermuten. Die Farben sollen auf Englisch Glimmer, Ocker und Umbra sein. Apple plant neue Farben für Beats Fit Pro Ende letzten Jahres stellte Apple den Beats Fit Pro vor (hier ist unser Test des Beats Fit Pro). Sie können sie jetzt in Weiß, Schwarz, Salbeigrau und Hellviolett kaufen. Es sieht so aus, als würden bald drei neue Farboptionen erscheinen....

Brand im Bereich Ahrweiler: Die Feuerwehr bekämpft einen Großbrand im Industriegebiet in Niederzissen 10 Bilder eines Großbrandes im Industriegebiet in Niederzissen Foto: Martin Gausmann Niederzissen Großeinsatz für die Feuerwehr im Kreis Ahrweiler: Am Freitagabend ist im Entsorgungszentrum im Industriegebiet Scheid in Niederzissen ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Anwohner sollten die Fenster geschlossen halten. …

Laut Bernhard, einem Einwohner von Oberentfelden, begann der Stromausfall gegen 16 Uhr. „Als der Fernseher den Geist aufgab, dachten wir zunächst, es sei die Sicherung.“ Kurze Zeit später eilte die Feuerwehr am Haus vorbei. Den Blackout nimmt er mit Humor: „Ich esse erstmal ein oder zwei Eis, bevor alles in der Tiefkühltruhe auftaut.“ Bei so vielen verschiedenen Sorten zur Auswahl hofft er, dass die Kraft bald zurückkehrt. “Sonst esse ich weiter, bis mir schlecht wird....

Pete Thamel Heather Dinich CloseESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University LOS ANGELES — Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff is so bullish on College Football Playoff expansion that he told ESPN on Friday he potentially sees the format changing before the current contracts ends following the 2025 season. CloseESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University “I’m really confident that we’re going to expand the College Football Playoff,” Kliavkoff told ESPN....

14h21 : trop triste et en plus c’est un volontaire – RIP – que ces Hommes sont courageux – 14h21 : Condoléances à la famille du héros mort pour lutter contre le feu. 14h18 : Je viens d’apprendre le décès d’un pompier volontaire à cause d’un malaise lors de l’incendie de notre Montagnette près de Tarcason. Merci à ce héros, pensées pour sa famille. 😥’ 14h17 : ⚫️ AVIS DE DÉCÈS C’est avec une immense tristesse que nous vous informons du décès de l’adjudant-chef Martial Morin du CIS de Tain l’Hermitage des suites d’un malaise survenu le 15 juillet dans l’exercice de sa mission à l’occasion de la lutte contre un feu de forêt à Tarascon....

Speaking to reporters while traveling home from northern Nunavut, the 85-year-old Francis stressed that he hadn’t thought about resigning but said “the door is open” and there was nothing wrong with a pope stepping down. “It’s not strange. It’s not a catastrophe. You can change the pope,” he said while sitting in an airplane wheelchair during a 45-minute news conference. Francis said that while he hadn’t considered resigning until now, he realizes he has to at least slow down....

Ministers from Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are calling on Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, to allow their provinces to select more immigrants “with the skills they need most” in a letter sent Tuesday night. “We need the ability to respond to the rapidly evolving needs of specific areas and communities, with a flexible system that we can adapt to changing economic and humanitarian needs,” the letter states....

Both sides said the attack was premeditated to cover up the atrocities. Russia claimed that Ukraine’s military used US-supplied rocket launchers to hit the prison in Olenivka, a settlement controlled by the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic. Separatist authorities and Russian officials said the attack killed 53 Ukrainian prisoners and wounded 75 others. Moscow opened an investigation into the attack, sending a team from Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s main criminal investigation agency, to the scene....

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BERLIN/FRANKFURT, July 27 (Reuters) – Russia delivered less gas to Europe on Wednesday in a further escalation of an energy stand-off between Moscow and the European Union that will make it harder, and costlier, for the bloc to fill up storage ahead of the winter heating season. The cut in supplies, flagged by Gazprom (GAZP.MM) earlier this week, has reduced the capacity of Nord Stream 1 pipeline – the major delivery route to Europe for Russian gas – to a mere fifth of its total capacity....

A Moscow court ordered journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who denounced Russian intervention in Ukraine during a live TV broadcast, to pay a fine for defaming the Russian military. Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court said Thursday that Ovsyannikova, a former editor at state-controlled Channel One, must pay a fine of 50,000 rubles ($806). “The evidence confirms Ovsyannikova’s guilt. There is no reason to doubt its authenticity,” the judge said. Ovsyannikova dismissed the proceedings against her as “absurd”....

When Elizabeth Szakal saw a dog in the cab of a truck with the rear windows only slightly open during this week’s heat wave, she felt she had to do something. What she didn’t expect was a violent confrontation with the dog owner. Szakal says she was at the Salmon Arm Canadian Tire store Tuesday when the incident happened. “I had the store try and page him. When he finally came out, I told him it was way too hot to have a dog in a car....

Minor leaguers Noelvi Marte, Levi Stoudt, Edwin Arroyo and Andrew Moore are headed to Cincinnati, the teams announced. Marte, a shortstop, has the highest grade of the group, with ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel ranking him the 12th best prospect in baseball heading into the season. The Mariners, led by rookie Julio Rodriguez, entered Friday at 54-46, 11 games behind the AL West-leading Houston Astros and holding onto the second wild-card spot....

Mexikos Junioren-Taekwondo-Team droht die Disqualifikation von der Weltmeisterschaft, wenn die Mitglieder nicht bis Donnerstag in Sofia, Bulgarien, eintreffen Quelle: Constantin van Lijnden Gestrandete Passagiere am frühen Mittwochmorgen am Frankfurter Flughafen Quelle: dpa „Dieser Streik ist völlig unnötig, er ist auch völlig übertrieben“, wütete Lufthansa-Sprecher Martin Leutke am Mittwochmorgen vor laufender Kamera. In laufenden Tarifverhandlungen hat die Fluggesellschaft bis zu 15 Prozent mehr Lohn für die niedrigsten und 10 Prozent für die mittleren Lohnempfänger angeboten....

Sunak’s interruptions in Monday night’s head-to-head debate, his speaking over Truss, his general “shouty private school behaviour” was condemned as “desperate” and “unbecoming” by Truss supporters. Sunak’s team hit back. Yes, the debate was lively. But it was “insulting” to suggest Truss could not look after herself in a “rumbustious” debate, insisted the deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab. Sunak was, according to others, merely explaining the deficiencies in Truss’s proposed fiscal policy....

Coverage will be limited to the judge issuing a sentence and explaining the reasons for it, with a time delay to avoid the transmission of any violent or abusive backlash. The first ever televised sentencing will take place at the Old Bailey on Thursday in the case of 25-year-old Ben Oliver, who admitted manslaughter after stabbing his elderly grandfather to death. Viewers will be able to see inside the courtroom for about 30 minutes, but the cameras will be fixed on the judge with no view of the defendant, victims, jurors, lawyers or witnesses....

Because it matters The Zenfone is one of the smallest Android phones made right now and one of the cheapest phones to pack the most powerful Snapdragon processor. What’s next While small Android phones will still be rare going forward, we expect the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip to be in even more Android phones in the second half of 2022. Unveiled on Thursday, the Asus Zenfone 9 can give fans of smaller phones all the specs and power of bigger, more expensive flagships....

A damning report into gender identity services, run by The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust, found the model puts children at “significant risk”. An interim report by Dr Hilary Cass, said children and young people are subject to “long” waits to access gender dysphoria services and are not receiving support while they wait. The report said a “fundamentally different” service model is needed that can provide timely and appropriate care for children and recommended the creation of local specialist NHS centres....