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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has reiterated his desire to sign a striker this summer but said the position is one of the hardest to fill.Wednesday’s Champions League semifinal exit to Paris Saint-Germain means Arsenal will end a fifth consecutive season without silverware despite sustained progress under Arteta since taking charge in December 2019.His sole trophy remains the 2020 FA Cup and Arsenal are under pressure to bolster their forward line this summer to improve their chances of adding further honours.Sources have told ESPN that Red Bull Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko, Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyökeres and Newcastle’s Alexander Isak are all…

Pakistan does not want to respond to India’s attack until its allies have tried diplomacy, a senior Pakistani government source told CNN, as the US, Saudi Arabia and others engage with both sides to try to de-escalate tensions. “Pakistan is giving space for diplomacy,” the source said, denying that Pakistan had struck India. Earlier, Indian officials said Pakistan fired missiles and drones at military sites in India and Indian-administered Kashmir. On Thursday, Pakistan’s military accused India of creating a “hype” about Pakistan attacking 15 locations in India and Indian-administered Kashmir. “It’s such a fantastic and cooked-up story. You can just…

Container ships sit docked at the Port of Los Angeles on May 06, 2025 in San Pedro, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe first shipping containers carrying Chinese products that are subject to President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs have begun arriving in U.S. ports.Seven ships carrying upward of 12,000 containers that sailed from China after those tariffs took effect have arrived at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, in California. Five more such ships are scheduled to arrive there in coming days.Amazon, Home Depot, Ikea, Ralph Lauren and Tractor Supply are among the companies…

Ruben Amorim said Manchester United must accept criticism of their Premier League form, but insists he has had to sacrifice domestic games to chase Europa League glory.United booked their place in the Europa League final on Thursday after sealing a 7-1 aggregate win over Athletic Club.But their form in Europe is at odds with their record in the Premier League, where Amorim’s team haven’t won a game for nearly two months.Editor’s PicksRoy Keane has branded United’s league results as “disgraceful.”And while Amorim says the former club captain is right, he insists he’s had no choice but to prioritise the Europa…

CNN  —  The University of North Carolina on Friday denied that football head coach Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is prohibited from the team’s football facility. Journalist Pablo Torre released an episode of his podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” on Friday that included multiple claims about Hudson and her alleged influence on Belichick, who is embarking on his first season as the UNC football coach after an enormously successful period as a coach in the NFL. Among the claims was that two sources had told Torre that Hudson was prohibited from UNC’s football facility. When asked for comment, the university’s…

CNN  —  Barry Keoghan finally got to meet Ringo Starr, who he is set to portray in the upcoming Beatles biopics, and the two “just sat in the garden chatting away” during the meeting. Keoghan appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and told the late night host that he only recently met the Beatles drummer for the first time at his home, and that Starr even played the drums for him. “He asked me to play but I wasn’t playing the drums for Ringo,” Keoghan said, adding that Starr’s private drum performance “just kind of naturally happened” and…

Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezMay 9, 2025, 08:01 AM ETXabi Alonso has confirmed that he is leaving Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, with the Spanish coach expected to join Real Madrid.In a news conference on Friday, Alonso — who has spent three years at Leverkusen, guiding them to a historic undefeated league campaign in 2023-24 as part of a domestic double — said that he will depart after his team’s two remaining Bundesliga games.Alonso refused to discuss his future, saying it was “not the moment,” but a Real Madrid source told ESPN on Friday that Alonso is “close” to…

Jordanian authorities have strongly rejected a report by Middle East Eye, which stated that Amman had earned significant sums of money through the delivery of international aid into Gaza. On Thursday, MEE reported that Jordan profited from coordinating aid deliveries through the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), the official body that acts as the sole conduit for aid passing through the country. MEE spoke with sources from aid organisations and individuals with knowledge of the JHCO’s operation, who said authorities charged $2,200 for each aid truck entering Gaza, $200,000 for each random aircraft aid drop and $400,000 for each targeted…

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. CNN  —  When it was first announced four years ago, it sounded like an aviation geek’s dream — an airline with a fleet consisting only of Airbus A380 superjumbos, the huge and majestic double-decker airplanes that offer unrivaled comfort in the sky. Promotional images released by Global Airlines, a startup carrier founded by former investment banker and Guinness World Record holder James Asquith, added to the excitement, with images of smart cabins…

CNN  —  Pierce Brosnan only ever appeared with Robin Williams in one film, but the Irish actor now says he didn’t quite work with Williams. “I really never worked with Robin Williams,” Brosnan recalled recently. ”I only worked with Mrs. Doubtfire.” The star rewatched some of his old films during a chat with Vanity Fair, including his beloved 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” in which Williams plays a father who poses as a female nanny in order to spend time with his children after his wife seeks a divorce. Brosnan played Stuart “Stu” Dunmeyer, a man who starts dating the estranged…