Joe Lynam

BREAKING: US Embassies across the entire Middle East, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and now Egypt, have issued security alerts today urging Americans to immediately depart, and to prepare for flight cancellations and airspace closures, due to the massive new bombing campaign against Iran planned for this weekend, including strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure. This is the first-time Egypt has been included with the immediate departure wording, in line with the other Middle Eastern countries, likely in fear of further strikes following the Iranian attack on a US-owned floating platform in Egypt 3 days ago.

LATEST: Infantino had his eyes on a $30m salary plus bonuses for leading new FIFA enterprise, say whistleblowers. Now the "shabby" scheme has collapsed, football's most powerful confederations are moving against him. thetimes.com/sport/football…

BREAKING: Trump Media has officially launched its new paid data service, providing faster access to Truth Social posts from President Trump. The new service is called "Truth API" which gives firms "a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform’s most market-moving Truths," the company's CEO said in a press release. The service reportedly costs as much as $100,000/month.

Moves to force Gianni Infantino out of the FIFA presidency are officially under way and accelerating. There is now a determined effort at the top of European football in particular to ensure Infantino does not survive at FIFA Details here #liveblog-body" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.sky.com/story/world-cu…

Exclusive: Uefa tells Infantino to resign European game’s member nations will trigger vote of no-confidence unless under fire Fifa president falls on his own sword 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

BREAKING: UEFA says it has 'lost confidence' in Infantino's leadership Read the latest statement⬇️ #liveblog-body" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.sky.com/story/world-cu…

I can see a Vote of no confidence pretty soon

Hospitality Vat rate cut fails to reach consumers as just one of 60 items checked falls in price independent.ie/irish-news/hos…

Fifa backs down from controversial $20bn investment plan ft.trib.al/6oqv46T

DIRECTO | 48.300 de los 50.000 migrantes que entraron en Ceuta ya han regresado a Marruecos, según ha confirmado Interior social.elpais.com/jiv45

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US 30-year bond yield reaches highest level since 2007.

We have detected an intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilization. There have been more than 1,500 publications on outlets identified by analysts as a pro-Russian network, led by Pravda and RT. Pravda Spanish has posted almost 300 of them. Every language edition of RT has pushed more than 25 news items on the issue. For years, Moscow has used migration and other sensitive topics to stoke fear and destabilize European countries. This is not about the situation itself, but about the way Russia tries to exploit any topic that can benefit its agenda. The only way to protect the public from this interference is to cut it off. All Russian propaganda resources should be completely banned in every European country that takes its national security seriously.

Just in: EU Commission has accused Chinese company Temu of obstructing a raid on its Dublin offices late last year under the foreign subsidies regulation Says Temu failed to provide info on management of its EU activities, IT tools & systems, books & records on its EU ops

MUSK PLANS MAJOR MIDTERM SPENDING Elon Musk has reportedly authorized his super PAC to spend up to $120 million to support Republican candidates in this year’s US midterm elections. The funding, expected to total $100 million-$120 million, would target campaigns in at least eight states.

All European nations to boycott World Cup if Fifa goes ahead with controversial investment plan bbc.in/3RDovXM

Glen Hansard was so much more than just the guy from ‘Once.’ He was a rock star, synthesizer and serenader, a busker and bard, a jazzman and a mystic, a hushed folk whisperer and showbiz soul belter. Read our tribute to the late Irish singer-songwriter: rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

Further UEFA statement on FIFA plans: ⬇️

NEW: Infantino tells countries to sign up to World Cup sell-off in 53 days for $40m each - or reject it and receive $10m. "Pure bribery" says one sources. thetimes.com/sport/football…

The New York Knicks went 53 years without an NBA championship. Arsenal waited 22 years to lift another Premier League trophy. But Mayo's All-Ireland title win in Gaelic football blew this year's high-profile sporting exorcisms out of the water. Entering the Boston Red Sox’s “Curse of the Bambino” territory, Mayo went 75 years without success, losing 11 finals after an Irish priest supposedly condemned the team's celebrations following their 1951 title win. nyti.ms/4vVVqVs

European nations ready to boycott the World Cup in opposition to Infantino's plan to sell off part of FIFA to private investors - with an emergency meeting of UEFA nations planned this week, Sky News has learnt news.sky.com/story/uefa-fur…