After six months of Russian invasion, Polish hosts are exerting pressure on Ukrainian refugees to return home
Ukrainians who do not already have relatives or friends in Warsaw – or elsewhere in Poland – and who haven’t been able to secure their own housing, are still staying with Polish hosts. But that arrangement is becoming less and less sustainable as the war in Ukraine goes on. At...
Humanitarian agencies warn support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland is running out of steam
Poland’s right-wing government has garnered praise for the generous welcome it has extended to refugees from neighbouring Ukraine. But as Russia’s invasion enters its sixth month, aid workers and local civil society activists are warning that the relatively well-managed reception so far could soon start running into problems as volunteers...
With hopes of exiting Man United fading, Ronaldo now ‘squeezes’ Ten Hag to line him up against Brighton
Cristiano Ronaldo has been “putting the squeeze on Erik ten Hag” in order to play for Manchester United against Brighton on Sunday, it has been revealed. This is because the Red Devils will be without Anthony Martial for that fixture after the France international picked up an injury. And that’s...
Lacklustre Liverpool lucky to salvage a draw at Fulham as Premier League newcomers sound warning
Liverpool were forced to come from behind twice and grind out a 2-2 draw with newly-promoted Fulham in their opening Premier League fixture. But the Reds’ most expensive player in history, Darwin Nunez, delivered the first equaliser off the bench on his top-flight debut and then set-up Mohamed Salah for...
Frustrated Man United manager Erik ten Hag drops Ajax forward from shopping list, wants PSV’s Gakpo
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has reportedly turned his attention to another Eredivisie attacker with a deal to sign Ajax’s Antony increasingly looking unlikely. Ajax issued a hands-off warning by slapping an £80 million price tag on the Brazilian winger. The 22-year-old has been heavily linked with a move...
UK minister predicts ‘new phase’ in Ukraine war as Russia prepares for counter-offensive in Kherson
The war in Ukraine is set to enter a new phase, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said, with Russian forces “almost certainly” preparing for a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south. In an intelligence update released on Saturday, the MoD said that Russian convoys of military trucks and artillery...
Al-Qaeda-linked al Shaabab terror group’s attacks in Ethiopia raises fresh concerns about its regional presence
The al-Shaabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from neighbouring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in recent weeks that a top US military commander has warned could continue. The deadly incursions into Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country and long seen as an anchor of security...
South Sudan leaders face international wrath after extending mandate of transition regime
South Sudan’s leaders announced on Thursday that the country’s post-war transitional government would remain in power two years beyond an agreed deadline, in a move foreign partners warned lacked legitimacy. Martin Elia Lomuro, the minister of cabinet affairs, said the decision was taken “to address the challenges that impede the...
Reconfigured Bayern Munich attack fires six past dazzled Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga opener
If there were any questions as to how Bayern Munich were going to compensate for the loss of Robert Lewandowski, they were answered emphatically on Friday night as the German champions inflicting a devasting defeat on Eintracht Frankfurt. Senegalese striker Sadio Mane, who arrived this summer as an indirect replacement...
Analysis of Arsenal vs Crystal Palace season opener shows the Gunners are rough diamonds
Gabriel Jesus and Wiliam Saliba were excellent, but an Arsenal duo provided cause for concern for Mikel Arteta at Selhurst Park. Jesus didn’t just thrive – as most of us predicted – but dominated as the main man in the Arsenal attack against Crystal Palace in their 2022-23 Premier League...
