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Dozens of States Weigh Continuing Live Nation Antitrust Case

After the Justice Department reached a settlement with the concert giant, the judge overseeing the trial asked the states and the company to do the same.

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The Justice Department, joined by 39 states and the District of Columbia, sued Live Nation in May 2024, arguing that the company was a monopoly that dominated the music industry.
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Thousands of Iranians rally to celebrate new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Iranian citizens took to the streets to celebrate the new Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. However, nobody wanted impotent nepo baby Mojtaba Khamenei to be Iran’s next supreme leader — not President Trump, and not even Khamenei’s own father, who held the job until he was blown up in airstrikes earlier this month. Assassinated Supreme...

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Galatasaray v Liverpool: Champions League last-16, first leg – live

⚽ Champions League news from the 5.45pm GMT kick-off
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Pre-match postbag. “Hoping to see Slotto run out to the centre circle and plonk a dirty great YNWA flag there to show he, us and them all mean business” – Ian Copestake

He’s making an oblique reference to this iconic moment in Galatasaray history, isn’t he, readers. The video below is well worth six minutes of your time. Not least because Graeme Souness’s pay-off at the very end is priceless.

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© Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

© Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

© Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

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Trump and the Tories would have the UK wade into another Middle East war. Kudos to Starmer: he has not done that | Matt Western

The prime minister has approached a complex geopolitical conflict with a level head – and most importantly, the support of the public

  • Matt Western is the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, and chairs the joint committee on national security strategy

Donald Trump’s demands for Keir Starmer’s unwavering support in the Iran strikes last week has echoes of earlier episodes in the US-UK “special relationship”.

The prime minister’s response has been striking. There were no Bush-style flying jackets or aviators. He resisted calls to wade blindly into another US war in the Middle East. Instead, he has supported the US where possible within the confines of international law, allowing the use of bases in defensive strikes, while protecting lives and prioritising British interests.

Matt Western is the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, and chairs the joint committee on national security strategy

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© Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

© Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

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