Wayne Rooney will start against Reading on Saturday after missing the last three matches. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA. Jamie Jackson · @JamieJackson___. Friday 6 January 2017 09.39 EST Last modified on Friday 6 January 2017 10.03 EST. Share on ...

While he said he supported repealing Obamacare, Rand Paul said the GOP's current proposal would increase the government's debt by $9.7tn over the next 10 years. Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/AP. Jessica Glenza in New York. @JessicaGlenza.

The US vice-president, Joe Biden, has said it is “absolutely mindless” for Donald Trump not to have confidence in the intelligence community, as the heads of the US agencies prepared to present their findings on Russian election interference to the ...

The US vice-president, Joe Biden, has said it is “absolutely mindless” for Donald Trump not to have confidence in the intelligence community, as the the heads of the US agencies prepared to present their findings on Russian election interference to the ...

Four suspects have been charged with hate crimes, kidnapping, battery and burglary after a Facebook Live broadcast in Chicago appeared to show a person with a disability bound, gagged and brutally attacked amid shouts of “fuck Donald Trump”.

Users can now broadcast their lives to the world. But the real-time nature of events may prove to be beyond Facebook's scope. Candace Payne the woman behind the megaviral Chewbacca Video does Good Morning America. Photograph: Josiah ...

Senate Democrats may not be able to block Donald Trump's cabinet nominees. But that won't stop them trying. Eight in particular are being targeted as “troublesome”, including Rex Tillerson (state), Jeff Sessions (attorney general) and Steve Mnuchin ...

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has joined calls for an Israeli soldier to be pardoned after being convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a severely wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank city of Hebron last year. As soon as ...

Donald Trump has said no North Korean nuclear bomb will reach the US mainland, a day after the regime in Pyongyang claimed it was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The president-elect – who has yet to articulate his ...

Juventus attacker Kwadwo Asamoah will not join up with Ghana for the Africa Cup of Nations, with coach Avram Grant excluding him from his provisional 26-man squad on Monday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores Manchester United's second goal although he had appeared to be offside in the buildup. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters. Barney Ronay at the London Stadium. @barneyronay. Monday 2 January 2017 14.21 EST Last modified on ...

Here was a rip-roaring finish reminiscent of the very best of Manchester United as two late goals in two minutes turned defeat into the sweetest of wins. This had appeared to be another tale of how José Mourinho's side could not turn domination into ...

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what was the deadliest attack to hit the capital since mid-October. Photograph: Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images. Iraq. Baghdad market hit by two bombs, killing at least 18. Iraqi police and medical ...

US president Barack Obama listens as Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. Hawaii ...

US president Barack Obama listens as Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. Jon Letman in Pearl Harbor. Tuesday 27 December 2016 23.02 ...

US president Barack Obama listens as Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. Hawaii ...

Roberto Firmino scores Liverpool's second goal in their emphatic victory against Stoke City at Anfield. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images. Andy Hunter at Anfield. Tuesday 27 December 2016 14.19 EST Last modified on Tuesday 27 ...

When the President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo addressed the 11th edition of Africa Futures Award at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, he sounded as if he was in for a peer review of African leadership. But midway into his written speech, the President-in-waiting, who would be sworn into office on January 7, 2017, left no one in doubt that he was interrogating the \'Change\' that has become a winning mantra in recent presidential elections across three countries in the West African sub-regio

Chelsea's Pedro celebrates his first-half goal with team-mate Marcos Alonso adding his congratulations. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters. Paul MacInnes at Stamford Bridge. Monday 26 December 2016 12.07 EST Last modified on Monday 26 December ...

A trophy asset: Oscar was offered £400,000 a week at Shanghai SIPG. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/Reuters. Larry Elliott. Friday 23 December 2016 09.58 EST Last modified on Friday 23 December 2016 10.05 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter ...