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The new communications director for US President Donald Trump has launched a strongly-worded attack on the White House chief of staff. Anthony Scaramucci was scathing about “paranoid schizophrenic” Reince Priebus, in a phone conversation with a reporter from The New Yorker magazine. He was upset that the reporter, Ryan Lizza, had tweeted about who Mr Scaramucci was dining with. The ...

More than 40 people have died during an attempt to free people during an ambush by militant Islam group Boko Haram, sources have told the BBC. At least five members of an oil exploration team were killed, a spokesman for the University of Maiduguri said. Soldiers and members of a vigilante group also died in the ambush. The high number ...

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN will not break the Financial Fair Play regulations even if they spend £196million on Barcelona’s Neymar, a UEFA official has suggested. PSG want to sign Neymar and have the funds to trigger his release clause A string of Barcelona officials have confidently assured fans that no club can afford to meet that clause. They claim any side doing ...

A California man was arrested after a package addressed to him was found with three live king cobras hidden inside potato chip cans, US officials said. Rodrigo Franco, 34, was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with illegally importing merchandise. Customs officials discovered the snakes, about two-feet long, while inspecting a package that was mailed to Mr Fanco from Hong ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever.When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, putting him $500 million ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Amazon stock opened up 1.6% on Thursday, adding $1.4 billion ...

CHELSEA’s newest signing Alvaro Morata IS an upgrade on Diego Costa, according to pundit Stewart Robson. Robson also believes Morata is a better player than former Chelsea target and current Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku. The Spaniard joined the Blues from Real Madrid last Friday for a fee in the region of £70million. Morata is set to replace Costa as ...

JOSE MOURINHO believes Manchester United can emulate Real Madrid’s successful development of youth players over the next few years. United have a host of talented young stars coming through at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Scott McTominay and Axel Tuanzebe are all members of United’s first-team squad and under the age of 21. Jose Mourinho has had ...

ANTONIO CONTE has questioned Tottenham’s ambition by suggesting they have lower expectations than their Premier League rivals. Tottenham have yet to make a signing this summer as the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United splash the cash. Antonio Conte has seen Chelsea invest around £130million on Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger after winning the title last ...

France says it plans to set up “hotspots” in Libya to process asylum seekers, in a bid to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. President Emmanuel Macron said the move would stop people not eligible for asylum from “taking crazy risks”. The centres would be ready “this summer”. He said that between 800,000 and a million people were currently ...

Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) boss Ángel María Villar has resigned from his vice-president roles at FIFA and UEFA after his arrest as part of an anti-corruption investigation. The news was confirmed today by UEFA, European football’s governing body. It comes after sixty-seven-year-old Villar was suspended yesterday by Spain’s Government, following his arrest. He denies any wrongdoing but has been remanded ...