* Decision by FA comes after supreme court ruling * Ruling comes into force from 1 June The Football Association has announced that it will ban transgender women from playing in women’s football from 1 June. It follows the ruling from the supreme court that the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman. The decision comes barely a month after the FA ruled that transgender women could continue to play in the women’s game as long as they kept their testosterone levels below 5 n/mol for at least 12 months. Continue reading...

Battle in Kursk showed ‘highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship’ between North Korea and Russia, state news says, hailing ‘heroes’ North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the orders of leader Kim Jong-un. The end of the battle in Russia’s Kursk region showed the “highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship” between North Korea and Russia, the North’s KCNA state news agency cited the ruling party as saying. Continue reading...

Two Chinese detainees allege Russian authorities failed to pay them and did not disclose military service terms, raising concerns for their recruitment.

Voter and business sentiment will pile pressure on the president’s agenda

The world’s 500 richest people suffered the biggest two-day loss ever on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement decimated markets across the glob...