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DAVID DE GEA has instructed his agent Jorge Mendes to begin working on a deal to join Real Madrid in the summer, according to reports in Spain. David de Gea has long been linked with Real Madrid ever since his transfer to the Bernabeu collapsed on deadline day in 2015. A move looked unlikely this summer with Real said to ...

DAVID Cameron thought Barack Obama was one of the “most narcissistic, self-absorbed people” he ever met, according to a former Downing Street strategist. Steve Hilton, who was a senior adviser to Mr Cameron during the 2010 General Election campaign, made the unexpected claim on his new TV show on the American network Fox News. The revelation comes as a shock ...

A plane travelling from Chicago to Hong Kong was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Alaska after an incident involving faeces. United Airlines flight 895 rerouted to Anchorage after a passenger allegedly smeared excrement in two of the aircraft’s lavatories. The man is also said to have tried to flush his shirt down the loo. Further details about the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED news is coming thick and fast and Express Sport brings you the latest. Man Utd news LIVE updates: Follow all the latest from Old Trafford Monday January 8 Lucas Moura latest 08.00: Manchester United’s move for Lucas Moura has stalled with PSG looking to offload him permanently. United are hoping to strike a loan deal until the end ...

NORTH KOREA could be on the verge of triggering World War 3 – but which nations would join the rogue state to wage war against the United States? North Korea has been fueling World War 3 concerns by refusing to shut down its nuclear development programme. But East Asia expert Gordon Chang revealed at least three nations would be prepared ...

The government of Kenya has released Sh37 billion (about $357,790,000) to all public schools towards the implementation of free education, a day after they reopened for the 2018 first term. Sh29.5 billion (about $280,430,000) has been paid to all the public secondary schools for Free Secondary Education (FSE) that has been rolled out as part of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2017 ...

A tourist was killed and 12 other people were injured in a hot air balloon crash near Luxor in Egypt on Friday, state-run news agency MENA reported. The balloon, with tourists from different nationalities and Egyptians onboard, crashed to the west of the city of Luxor, MENA said. The health ministry said a woman was killed and 12 people injured but gave no other ...

President Trump has hinted at the possibility of military action against North Korea, but any U.S. strike is likely to rapidly escalate into an all-out war. A full-scale conflict with North Korea would cause mass casualties, even in the best-case scenario. A U.S.-North Korean war could lead to millions of deaths, a refugee crisis and long-term instability. President Donald Trump’s ...

Barcelona appear to have made their first January signing in Yerry Mina from Palmeiras. The Colombia international was welcomed to the Blaugrana by former Newcastle star Faustino Asprilla. One of the stars in the Brazilian Serie A with Palmeiras, Barcelona look set to sign the 23-year-old centre-back as cover with Javier Mascherano on the way out. “Benvingut [welcome] Yerry Mina ...

Apple is cutting the price of its out-of-warranty battery replacement program for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later down to £25. The decision follows claims the company deliberately slowed down older models’ performance with a software update – something it flatly denies. However, Apple did issue an apology to customers for the way it communicated the issues surrounding older ...