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On a cloudy Monday afternoon, Bill Nighy is standing in the middle of a football pitch in south London. “Come on you lot, let’s go,” the actor shouts at a couple of dozen men who have turned up hoping to be selected to represent their country. Nighy is channelling his most recent character – a football coach who takes an England squad to an international tournament. The tournament is the Homeless World Cup, and to promote his new film The Beautiful Game, the Oscar-nominated actor has turned up to the real-life trials for the next event in South Korea. “I…

With no one winning the Powerball jackpot Wednesday, the grand prize for Saturday’s drawing grew closer to the billion-dollar mark, according to the lottery. Wednesday’s winning numbers were: 37, 46, 57, 60, 66 and Powerball 8. The $935 million Powerball jackpot in play Saturday jumped from $865 million after no tickets matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing. It would be the fifth-largest prize in the history of the game. A jackpot winner in Saturday’s drawing could choose to receive the money in annuitized payments or take a lump sum estimated at $449.7 million. Although no jackpot was won Wednesday, three tickets…

The Spanish day is famously long. Lunch doesn’t start until two in the afternoon. Work often ends after seven in the evening and dinner begins at half past eight, at the earliest. To the delight of some tourists keen to experience a different way of living, many restaurants close well after midnight, sending staff home in the early hours of the morning. So, when Yolanda Diaz, Spain’s second vice president and minister for labor and social economy, denounced the country’s late-night culture as “crazy,” she hit a nerve. “No reasonable country keeps its restaurants open until one in the morning,” she…

Sean “Diddy” Combs once traced his success back to a pair of shoes. One day, when he was a child, he asked his mother for a new pair of sneakers, but she couldn’t afford them. He recalled in a 2016 CNN interview that his mother almost began to cry upon hearing his request. That day, he said, “my hustle was born.” The man who famously once sang about being a “bad boy for life” had it pretty good for a long time, thanks to that hustle and his entrepreneurial successes. Buying new shoes may not be a problem anymore but he has…

Apple announced its annual Worldwide Developer Conference will kick off on June 10, when the company is expected to show off its latest AI advancements. The conference, which is widely anticipated each year as a major showcase for Apple software news, will run Monday, June 10 through Friday, June 14. Although last year’s WWDC focused on the unveiling of the Vision Pro mixed reality headset, which launched in stores in February, this year is expected to turn to Apple’s AI efforts. The company is reportedly interested in licensing and building Google’s Gemini AI engine, which includes chatbots and other AI tools, into upcoming iPhones and…

Spanish prosecutors want the ex-head of the country’s football federation to be jailed for two-and-a-half years, after he kissed a female footballer against her will at Spain’s World Cup victory. Luis Rubiales is facing charges of sexual assault and coercion after he grabbed Jenni Hermoso and kissed her on the mouth last August. Ms Hermoso and her teammates said the kiss was unwanted and demeaning. Mr Rubiales was forced to resign, but has denied any wrongdoing. According to a court document seen by Reuters, prosecutor Marta Durantez charged Mr Rubiales with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion…

Former US Senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, The BBC’s US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish person to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Mr Gore said he was “profoundly saddened” to learn of Mr Lieberman’s passing. “It was an honour to stand side-by-side with him on the…

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto boss who was convicted of fraud and money laundering last year, will return to court in New York on Thursday to be sentenced for his crimes. It is certain the 32-year-old will be going to jail; what is not known is how long for. The moment has revived debate about the extent of his crimes – and what punishment might fit. His legal team have called for leniency, but prosecutors are seeking 40 to 50 years in prison. They say such a sentence is warranted for someone who lied to investors and banks, and…

France’s prime minister says a teenage girl will be sued by the state for falsely accusing her headteacher of striking her in a heated exchange over her wearing an Islamic head-covering. The headteacher insisted that the pupil remove her head-covering inside the school, in accordance with French law. He resigned after death threats circulated on social media. The Islamist threat to French schools is taken extremely seriously since the murder of two teachers. Samuel Paty was decapitated on the street in a Paris suburb in 2020 and Dominique Bernard was killed at his school in Arras five months ago. The Paris school headteacher,…

An Australian state premier has backed a campaign to return an Instagram-famous magpie to its human carers after it was seized by wildlife authorities. The bird, dubbed Molly, was rescued as a chick by a Queensland couple and formed an unlikely bond with their bull terrier, Peggy. More than two million people follow a “Peggy and Molly” profile online. Queensland’s leader Steven Miles says Molly should be reunited with the family, contradicting state officials. “I think sometimes common sense needs to prevail… and if you look at the story, there is a better outcome possible,” Mr Miles said on Thursday.…