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Christian Eriksen
personChristian Eriksen fell to the ground just before half-time in Denmark's Euro 2020 opener against Finland. Medical staff attempted to resuscitate him and thankfully he was conscious when he was finally carried off the pitch on a stretcher. The match was suspended with the score still at 0-0. Finland won 1-0 when the match resumed upon the request of both sets of players. Match between Denmark and Finland will resume at 7.30pm UK time.
Christian Eriksen
personChristian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's match with Finland. The 29-year-old required urgent CPR as he suffered a suspected cardiac arrest. Denmark defeated 1-0 by Finland in their first major tournament appearance. Both sides have agreed to resume the game at 7.30pm UK time.
Boris Johnson
personBoris Johnson will unveil a plan for a new UK animal vaccine manufacturing and innovation centre at The Pirbright Institute in Surrey. It will be backed by £10 million of taxpayer funding and £14.5 million funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Rafael Nadal
personNovak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 in French Open semi-final. World number one will play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final on Sunday. Nadal suffers only third ever defeat on the Parisian clay for the Spaniard.
Apple
organizationUS DOJ secretly seized Apple data from US Representative Schiff and US House Intel Committee aides and family members following subpoena. Justice Department even secured a gag order against Apple preventing them from telling the lawmakers they were being investigated. Democrats called the seizures a “shocking’ abuse of power.
Merrick Garland
personUS Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced a doubling of enforcement staff dedicated to protecting voting rights. Fourteen states have enacted 22 new voting restrictions since Jan. 1, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
Azzurri
personItaly beat Turkey 3-0 in their Euro 2020 Group A opener on Friday. An own goal from Merih Demiral and strikes from Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne gave the Azzurri victory. Turkey will face Wales next in Group A, while Italy play Switzerland.
Darnella Frazier
personThe Indianapolis Star, also known as IndyStar, as a co-winner of the Pulitzer for National Reporting alongside the Invisible Institute, AL.com and the Marshall Project. New York Times won in the Public Service category for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ciro Immobile
personItaly kick off European Championship with 3-0 victory over Turkey. Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne and Merih Demiral on target for Azzurri. Roberto Mancini's side now unbeaten in 28 matches. Switzerland and Wales face each in group's second game on Saturday.
Lorenzo Insigne
personItaly beat Turkey 3-0 in the opening game of Euro 2020 in Rome. Goals came via Merih Demiral's own goal, Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne. Turkey will face Wales next in Group A, while Italy play Switzerland.
the House Intelligence Committee
organizationProsecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, aides and family members. Records of at least a dozen people tied to the committee were seized in 2017 and early 2018. Rep. Adam Schiff - now the committee's chairman - was reportedly one of those targeted.
Boris Johnson
personBoris Johnson met Joe Biden for the first time in Cornwall on Friday. It is Mr Johnson's first overseas trip and first foreign meeting with another leader. The two men signed a new Atlantic Charter and agreed to work to reopen travel.
Damien Tarel
personDamien Tarel, 28, was found guilty of violence against a person invested with public authority. He is banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years. He shouted a centuries-old royalist war cry as he hit the president. Tarel testified that the attack was impulsive and unplanned.
Dominic Cummings
personDominic Cummings said Matt Hancock'should have been fired' for lying. Said Hancock told the PM in March that people in hospital would be tested before being sent back to care homes. There was no capacity to do so at the time, meaning Covid ran rampant and led to thousands of deaths.
Emma Coronel Aispuro
personEmma Coronel Aispuro, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute illegal drugs, conspiring to launder money and conspiring to assist the Sinaloa drug cartel. As part of her plea agreement, she also admits to helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison. She could face up to life in prison for the drug distribution charge alone.
Matt Hancock
personDominic Cummings accused Matt Hancock of being 'disastrously incompetent' West Suffolk MP will attempt to set the record straight on the UK's coronavirus response. Former top aide of PM Boris Johnson called for him to be sacked. Hancock has denied the allegations made by Cummings.
Ilhan Omar
personDemocratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted fellow Democrats for distorting Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments on potential war crimes committed by the US, Israel, Hamas, and the Taliban. Omar: I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.
Joe Biden
personU.S. will purchase and share with lower-income nations 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Two hundred million doses — enough to fully protect 100 million people — will be provided this year. Comes on top of 80 million doses he has already pledged by the end of the month.
Boris Johnson
personBiden accused the UK government of risking the Northern Ireland peace process. The President is very proud of his Irish heritage. This puts him at odds with Mr Johnson who has not managed to prevent tension over the Irish border with his deal.
Pfizer
organizationPresident Joe Biden says the U.S. will purchase and donate half a billion of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. Two hundred million doses — enough to fully protect 100 million people — will be provided this year. The doses will be distributed through COVAX, the global initiative that aims to ensure equitable access to coronavirus testing and vaccines.