The delay, filed in court on Friday, can cost Paramount $1.7bn in fees if the deal is not closed by next June.

Paramount Skydance has agreed to pause its $110bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery until after a federal judge rules on states’ challenge to the deal, according to court papers.

The Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

The number of people forced to flee the heatwave-induced fires in Spain and France has now passed the 100,000 mark.

Spanish police have arrested a man accused of sparking a wildfire by using farm machinery, as blazes across the country and in France continue to force mass evacuations.

Sebastia in the occupied West Bank and five Lebanese castles get emergency listing despite Israeli objections.

UNESCO has added sites in the occupied West Bank and Lebanon to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, despite Israeli objections.

Across the seven games in which Bournemouth took points off Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea last season, it is telling that Alex Scott was nearly ever-present, playing 625 of a possible 630 minutes.

It's been brief. Kerolin only joined the Women's Super League from the NWSL 18 months ago. She's about to leave as the English top-flight's most expensive export.

On the verge of signing for Barcelona, Kerolin's £1.28m fee would break the current record held by Olivia Smith's sale from Liverpool to Arsenal last summer. Barca are willing to smash their own transfer policy in pursuit of the Brazilian, too, having never previously paid a fee over £500k.

Newcastle have completed the signing of midfielder Aladji Bamba from Monaco. 

Sky Sports News understands Newcastle will pay an initial fee of £30m, plus £5.5m in potential add-ons.

Bamba has signed a five-year contract and will wear the No 8 shirt, previously taken by Sandro Tonali before his £100m exit to join Tottenham earlier in the window.

Jurgen Klopp has warned he will walk away from his new job as Germany's head coach if the German media don't "leave my family in peace".

Klopp has returned to management on a contract that runs until the end of the 2030 World Cup after leaving Liverpool in 2024 because he was "running out of energy", having won six trophies in nine years at the club.

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At a typical San Diego Comic Con, fans clamor to see celebrities such as Henry Cavill, Elle Fanning, Ryan Gosling, Mark Hamill, and Jason Momoa, who have all been special guests in recent years. A different dynamic is evolving this year, with several Spotify and Warner Brothers geek-friendly and pop culture podcasters conducting panels and creating buzz around the convention.