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From Nigel Farage fails to declare more gifts from crypto donors, England head to the World Cup Quarter Finals, and Prince William chats Football with Mister SwiftJul 6, 2026

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Nigel Farage fails to declare more gifts from crypto donors, England head to the World Cup Quarter Finals, and Prince William chats Football with Mister SwiftJul 6, 2026 — starts at 0:00

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It's Monday sixth of July, it's international Kissing Day and happappy birthday fifty c Smart seven It's news but not We're into the final weeks of Prime Minister Kir Starmer's reign at number ten Downing Street, as it looks increasingly likely that there'll be no challenge to Andy Burnham's leadership bid. This weekend saw the current PM speaking to the BBC in depth about his time in charge and his decision to step down He described an intensely personal and really tough decision which he made with his wife and children, to as he put it, accept that his political career was over. He had a warning for Burnham too, that international issues and the need for overseas diplomacy will take up more time than he might expect, but that it's a consequence of the dangerous times we live in. He was also happy to crack some jokes about his hair gel of all things. So I've been asked what hair gel I use. You may or may not know that for very high level government secrets, there's a rule that it can't be released for thirty years. So I'm going to have to come back to this one in some time. New Health Secretary James Murray doesn't seem too worried about getting a new boss, but then he did manage to settle the resident Doctor's strikes. I'm really looking forward to Andy Bernon becoming Prime Minister. He set out his vision, a hopeful, optimistic vision, and I think there's a big sense of gratitude for what Kee has done Former Nigel Farge faces a fresh crisis this week after new allegations reported by the Sunday Times of undeclared donations There's already a parliamentary inquiry into a five million pound donation Fage received from British cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harbourne. Now, the new reporting suggests that Nigel accepted support, including security and social media staff from George Cottrell. Cottrell has been convicted of fraud in the US and is known as Posh George, he also has involvement in cryptocurrency, and once again his donations weren't declared Reforms Robert Genrick walked a delicate line on Sunday as he attempted to defend his boss. The allegation is that Nigra Farrage maybe a couple of times stayed in the home of a personal friend. By definition, that does not fall within the rules. Welsh Labour MP, Alex Davies Jones says it looks like Nigel might be ducked. If it sounds like a duck, if it walks like a duck, it's probably a duck and this stinks to people. and it does reek off potential corruption or scandal and people don't like it. If you are unsure, you just declare it anyway. why wouldn't you? if it's all above board, then just declare it The NATO summit takes place this week in Ankor, Turkey, with many expecting a pretty bruising conversation between President Trump and his NATO allies. The US president has been clear about how unhappy he has been with the lack of support for his war in Iran, and he's been threatening to withdraw US. troops from Europe He had a long phone call with Vladimir Putin on Saturday, but also spoke to Ukrainian President Zelensky, who says they intend to continue the conversation in Turkey. Zelensky had been warning that Ukraine is braced for another round of Russian strikes this week, and sure enough, Kyiv was hit again early on Monday morning, leaving at least seven people dead. He remained defiant, however, defending Ukraine's record on the battlefield Ukrainians have achieved tangible and impressive results. They are defending what is theirs. Every pure heart in the world expects only one thing from Ukraine We defeat this Russian scum. America spent the fourth of July weekend sweltering under a record breaking heat wave with thunderstorms and even hail disrupting celebrations in Washington The U.S. celebrations were capped by a speech from Donald Trump on the National Mall in which he celebrated victory over Iran and hailed America's golden age at close to midnight That was followed by what the White House described as the largest fireworks display in the history of the world. But the mood and tone of Trump's speech wasn't particularly festive. He devoted a section to criticism of the Republican's new target, The Rise of Democratic Socialism, which has been rebranded by Fox News as communism. The stars and stripes cast the hammer and sickle into oblivion before and We will do it again, if necessary. I don't think it's going to be necessary. I think people have learned They've learned what to do and how to handle it, and we're going to handle it very well Monday. com AI agents took over my work. 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Two early goals from Jude Bellingham put England ahead, but Mexico fought back and the game finally ended three two, with England down to ten men and a Harry Cane penalty the decider Thomas two Kell's team head to Miami now for a quarter final against Norway on Saturday, with Captain Kaine struggling to speak after he joined in the sing song. Yeah It was a crazy game had We had to f it We had to find something. Yeah' it's been sitting now. I can't really talk the occasion, the team, everything against us We found a way.

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