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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta have been in 'frequent contact' with Julian Alvarez and haven't given up hope of signing the unsettled Atletico Madrid striker - Sunday Mirror

Double jeopardy? Luigi Mangione state case unlikely to proceed, experts say

After Luigi Mangione admitted in Manhattan federal court that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, most experts believe that the state murder case against is highly unlikely to proceed – though some still see a slim possibility that it may yet happen.

Wells Fargo and Citigroup have room to buy a big bank. These 5 regionals fit the bill

Charles Scharf, chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Co., and Jane Fraser, chief executive officer of Citigroup Inc.

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Walk the halls of any major banking conference or listen in on a quarterly earnings call, and one topic keeps coming up: With the window for mergers wide open under the Trump administration, who will take a swing?

Man Utd: What went wrong in defeat by Hull City?

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick made two wider observations around his side's shock opening day Premier League defeat at newly promoted Hull during his post-match news conference.

"We've done a lot of good things today, but I understand it will get lost, but it doesn't get lost from our point of view," he said.

This newly announced soulslike has a main character inspired by Dark Souls' most heartbreaking boss fight

Honestly, I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner. Via Kotaku, Stray Dog: Nobody Cares is a soulslike directly inspired by Dark Souls, which asks: "What if you played as Great Grey Wolf Sif?" It's an idea that seems painfully obvious in hindsight, and I can only credit developer Parry Frames Studio for doing the hard work of making it a reality.

Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

Grassroots Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy Burnham over Gaza, as the party’s members seek to force the prime minister to recognise Israel’s actions as a genocide and impose a full arms embargo.

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‘These were brave officers’: tributes paid to police among seven killed in A66 crash

Tributes are being paid to two police officers who died on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way along the A66 crashed head-on into their vehicle, also killing five young men.

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