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Piers Morgan
personPiers Morgan blasted Meghan Markle on his podcast The Diary of A CEO. Accused her of "ripping beloved" Prince Harry away from the UK. Suggested she should sit down with him for an interview totally unlike the one she'd had with Oprah Winfrey. Ofcom received more than 41,000 complaints after Piers claimed he 'didn't believe' Meghan was telling the truth.
Angela Rayner
personAngela Rayner accused of crossing and uncrossing her legs at PMQs. Tory MPs claim she tried to distract the PM by crossing her legs. Ms Rayner branded the report 'desperate, perverted smears'
Elon Musk will pay $54.20 per share for Twitter, matching his original offer, totaling $44 billion. Deal is expected to close in 2022, pending approval by shareholders and other regulatory approvals. Musk said he wants to buy Twitter in order to restore the platform’s adherence to free speech principles.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX worth roughly $265 billion, moved into cyberspace Monday by acquiring Twitter for $44 billion. The takeover had the NAACP worried, and the civil rights organization released a personal plea: “Mr Musk: free speech is wonderful, hate speech is unacceptable”
Antony Blinken
personUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Kyiv. They met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials. It is the first official U.S. visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded two months ago.
Elon Musk
personTwitter and Elon Musk have reached an agreement for him to buy the social media platform in a $44 billion (£34.5 billion) deal. Musk will pay $54.20 cash per share for the San Francisco-based company. The deal represents a 38 per cent premium from Twitter’s closing price on 1 April.
Divock Origi
personLiverpool beat Everton 2-0 in the 240th Merseyside derby at Anfield. Goals from Andrew Robertson and Divock Origi secured victory. Victory reduced the gap to leaders Manchester City back to one point. Everton are now two points from safety.
Dillian Whyte
personTyson Fury stopped Dillian Whyte with a right uppercut in the sixth round. The Gypsy King is set to receive £26.2million from the fight. Whyte will receive just £5.8million from one of the biggest fights in British boxing history. A post-war European record of 94,000 fans filled Wembley Stadium.
Emmanuel Macron
personBoris Johnson has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his re-election. Mr Macron was re-elected for a second five-year term tonight. According to preliminary results, Macron received 58.2% of the vote compared to Le Pen’s tally of 41.8 percent.
Everton
organizationLiverpool beat Everton 2-0 in the Merseyside derby at Anfield on Sunday. Andrew Robertson and Divock Origi scored the goals for the hosts. Everton drop into the Premier League's relegation zone for first time this season.
Marine Le Pen
personNational Rally's Marine Le Pen lost her third consecutive French election. Le Pen said the party is'more determined than ever' as she hailed a victory for the National Rally. About 28 percent of the electorate abstained from Sunday's runoff.
Max Verstappen
personRed Bull's Max Verstappen wins Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy. Sergio Perez finishes second and Lando Norris third. Championship leader Charles Leclerc spun and dropped to sixth. Lewis Hamilton finished 13th and a lap behind in 14th.
Lewis Hamilton
personMercedes star endured yet another afternoon to forget at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Hamilton endured possibly the worst afternoon of his 16-season Formula One career. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc made a costly mistake in the final stages dropping him from third to a sixth-placed finish.
Lewis Hamilton
personRed Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Emilia Romagna Sprint race. Red Bull driver overtook Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on penultimate lap. Sergio Perez took third ahead of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell failed to make it into Q3.
Max Verstappen
personRed Bull's Max Verstappen won sprint race at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. He overtook Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on the penultimate lap. Sergio Perez fought up from seventh on the grid to finish third. Lewis Hamilton started 13th and finished only 14th.
Tyson Fury
personTyson Fury retains WBC heavyweight title, defeating Dillian Whyte in six rounds. Fury floored Whyte with a crushing right uppercut to the chin in the closing seconds of the round. The victory sets up the prospect of a unification showdown with either Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua.
WBC
organizationTyson Fury beats Dillian Whyte to retain WBC heavyweight world championship. Fury knocked Whyte out with a stunning uppercut in the sixth round. Gypsy King then sensationally announced his retirement in the ring. The fight will be a record 94,000-capacity sell-out event.
Miguel Cabrera
personCabrera became the 33rd major leaguer to reach the mark and the first player from Venezuela to accomplish the feat. Hitting the mark tied him with the late Roberto Clemente. Former teammate José Iglesias was the first to hug Cabrera on the field.
House
organizationPM bowed to revolt in the Commons yesterday and dropped attempt to delay yet another investigation into the lockdown lawbreaking crisis. Committee of Privileges will consider whether the Prime Minister knowingly misled the House over lockdown-busting gatherings. If it finds him in contempt of Parliament, it could recommend that he is forced to apologise.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
personRepublican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia faces a challenge to her reelection. Voters say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because of her role prior to the attack. Greene insists she broke no laws, and her supporters have decried the hearing as an attempt by Democrats to punish a political opponent.