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Prices 10 times those promised in initial bid
Fifa not expected to change policy for 2026
The Football Association will pass on England supporters’ concerns about high 2026 World Cup ticket prices to Fifa. However, despite the growing outrage, it is understood none of the international federations expect world football’s governing body to change its policy.
Anger among supporter groups continued on Friday after it emerged that the cheapest tickets will cost 10 times the price promised in the original bid for the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the tournament. For England fans it will mean having to pay at least $220 (£165) for group games – when the bid document’s ticket model stated the cheapest seats should be $21 (£15.70).
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Notable figures in the batch of images include Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Woody Allen and Bill Gates
House Democrats published a new tranche of what they called “disturbing” photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, featuring among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the British former royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The 19 photographs, some of which have been seen before, represent a small number of the almost 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee that is looking into the actions and connections of Epstein, the disgraced financier who died by apparent suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019 after he was charged with sex-trafficking offenses.
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© Photograph: House Oversight Democrats

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After deadly clashes between the two countries, the president announces renewal of peace deal made in July
Donald Trump has said that Thai and Cambodian leaders agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the US administration had helped broker earlier this year.
Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting after calls with Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet.
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© Photograph: Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP/Getty Images

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