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US lawmakers voted Wednesday after fraught negotiations to move forward with a contentious 2025 defense budget that raises troops' pay but blocks funding of gender-affirming care for some transgender children of service members. The centerpiece of the $884 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- which was green-lit by the Republican-led House of Representatives but still needs Senate approval -- is a 14.5 percent pay increase for junior enlisted service members and 4.5 percent for other personnel. But talks over the 1,800-page-plus text were complicated by a last-minute Republican intervention to prevent the military's health program from covering gender-affirming care for children of service members if it results in "sterilization." "Citizens don't want their tax dollars to go to this, and underaged people often regret these surgeries later in life," Nebraska Republican Don Bacon told CNN. "It's a bad hill to die on for Democrats." Gender-affirming health care for children is just one of multiple fronts in the so-called "culture wars" that polarize US politics and divide the country, with Republicans using the issue as a cudgel against Democrats in November's elections. The funding block angered progressives, and prompted the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee to come out against the legislation. "As I said a few days ago, blanketly denying health care to people who need it -- just because of a biased notion against transgender people -- is wrong," Adam Smith, who represents a district in Washington state, said in a statement. More from this section "The inclusion of this harmful provision puts the lives of children at risk and may force thousands of service members to make the choice of continuing their military service or leaving to ensure their child can get the health care they need." Smith slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson for pandering to "the most extreme elements of his party" by including the transgender provision. The must-pass NDAA -- a bill that Congress has sent to the president's desk without fail every year since 1961 -- cleared the chamber in a 281-140 vote and now moves to the Senate, with final passage expected next week. The topline figure is one percent above last year's total and, with funding from other sources, brings the total defense budget to just under $900 billion. Some foreign policy hawks on the Republican side of the Senate wanted $25 billion more for the Pentagon but they are still expected to support the bill. "The safety and security of the American people is our top priority, and this year's NDAA ensures our military has the resources and the capabilities needed to remain the most powerful fighting force on the planet," Johnson told reporters. ft/mlmOTTAWA — A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia, and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of using copyrighted news content without permission to train its ChatGPT generative AI system. In a joint statement issued Friday, the publishers alleged that OpenAI has routinely violated copyright laws by scraping large volumes of content from Canadian media. “OpenAI is capitalizing and profiting from the use of this content, without getting permission or compensating content owners,” the statement read, emphasizing that such practices undermine significant investments in journalism. The coalition stressed its openness to technological innovation but underscored the need for adherence to copyright laws and equitable terms for intellectual property usage. “News media companies welcome technological innovations. However, all participants must follow the law, and any use of intellectual property must be on fair terms,” the statement added. Generative AI systems, like ChatGPT, rely on vast amounts of existing content to generate text, images, and code based on user prompts. However, concerns over how these systems access and use copyrighted material have sparked a wave of legal challenges globally. In response, OpenAI stated that its models are trained on publicly available data and are “grounded in fair use and related international copyright principles that are fair for creators and support innovation.” The company highlighted its collaboration with news publishers, including options for outlets to opt out of such usage if they choose. This lawsuit is the first of its kind in Canada but mirrors ongoing legal battles in the United States, where the New York Times has filed a similar case against OpenAI and Microsoft. While some organizations have opted for litigation, others have chosen to collaborate, entering licensing agreements with OpenAI for compensation. These include notable names like The Associated Press, News Corp., The Atlantic, and France’s Le Monde. The lawsuit also adds to broader tensions surrounding Canada’s Online News Act, which mandates platforms like Google and Meta to compensate news publishers for content usage. While Meta pulled news from its Canadian platforms in protest, Google agreed to pay CA$100 million (US$71 million) to Canadian news outlets. However, the government has yet to clarify whether the act applies to AI systems like ChatGPT. — Agencies < Previous Page Next Page >
Old Lady 2 Old Men 0. Manchester City plan a significant overhaul of their ageing squad next summer, after some emergency action in January, but the question is, where will they be by then? They are already facing the unthinkable after this messy defeat by Juventus and that is having to head into a Champions League play-off in February and two more demanding fixtures in what is already a hugely congested schedule. But if they are not careful they might even miss out altogether, and go out of Europe completely, as they sit just a point above that zone in the new expanded 36-team table. They are 22nd and need to finish no lower than 24th. They face Paris St-Germain away – the French giants also desperately need points – and Club Brugge at home. The Belgians are currently above City in the table. Finishing in the top eight, something of a given before this campaign started, is beyond them. But then so much of what is happening at City right now is uncharted territory under Pep Guardiola. It is one win in 10. And they have lost seven of them. That is unheard of for the Catalan. As for City, this is their worst run of results since Stuart Pearce was the manager 18 years ago. The wheels have come off and are bouncing down the track. City have conceded 23 goals in their past 10 games. In their treble-winning season they only let in 43 goals across the entire campaign. Next up? The Manchester derby at home on Sunday, which will be like two wounded beasts fighting it out. What will infuriate Guardiola is the rinse-and-repeat nature of City’s performances, as they once again dominated and gave away cheap goals. Both were well-taken, but were due to careless mistakes and Josko Gvardiol – who has endured a difficult few weeks – was to blame. For all the older players City rely on, it was two of the younger ones who had the poorest evenings. Gvardiol is 22 and Erling Haaland is 24, and for all his brilliance, he missed the best opening for City when the game was goalless. Haaland has taken just four of his 12 big chances in the Champions League this season. Instead he was eclipsed by Dusan Vlahovic. The Juventus striker was outstanding, delivering an all-round centre-forward’s performance and capped it with the opening goal. Juventus double their lead over Man City 😳 📺 & — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) It was not as if City played badly and Guardiola argued that case. They just have this strange vulnerability. This curious lack of belief. They are trying to do the same things that brought them such stunning success. Kevin De Bruyne did enough, but it is not quite calibrated. The ball is being overhit, under-hit and some of those legs are not moving the way they used to. Change is coming, but can they get by until then? The theory was that surely they would improve once players started to come back but they are back – with a few key exceptions – and it is not getting better. This was not a hugely understrength City side. Obviously add in Rodri and another centre-half. But the rest of the team is the same. Juventus are in the middle of their rebuild under their new head coach Thiago Motta, and this was a result and a display that was their best since he took over. At the end, the players celebrated in front of the Curva Nord, where the Juventus ultras congregate, and where they were relentless in their chanting amid the rhythmic banging of a drum. As he strode off the pitch, Guardiola glanced over. He is used to being at the heart of such occasions, not on the outside. The first half was cagey. City made the running, as ever, and dominated possession, but Juventus were happy with that, forcing them wide and were only undone once. At last there was that moment of brilliance, that connection of old, that combination that has been so deadly for City when De Bruyne spun on the edge of the penalty area and slid a precise pass for Haaland to run around Pierre Kalulu for a sight on goal. As he lifted his shot he was thwarted by a superb save from goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio, but Haaland should have scored. Guardiola held his hands on his face. It showed the tension he felt. Maybe he sensed what was coming. After Ilkay Gundogan failed to capitalise on De Bruyne’s smart pass, with his shot lacking conviction and easily charged down, Juventus struck. Ederson beat out Federico Gatti’s acrobatic volley but there was a woefully loose pass from Gvardiol across the face of the penalty area intended for Kyle Walker, but which ran to Kenan Yildiz. Gvardiol should have just cleared. Why did he make such a foolish error? And so Yildiz’s cross was met by Vlahovic, easily beating Gvardiol, another mistake from the defender, and Ederson could not stop the header from going over the line. City went close when De Bruyne steered a low shot narrowly wide and closer when Di Gregorio palmed away Gundogan’s curling effort. But it was Juventus who scored again as they broke and two substitutes combined, with Weston McKennie brilliantly volleying home Timothy Weah’s cross. Once again Gvardiol was at fault, leaving McKennie unmarked as he ran towards Weah when two team-mates were already there. Once again City were beaten. Once again they had helped beat themselves. Yet again they remain in crisis. 11:00 PM GMT The remaining fixtures for the British teams Lille (H), PSV Eindhoven (A) Dinamo Zagreb (H), Girona (A) Monaco (A), Celtic (H) Young Boys (H), Aston Villa (A) Paris St-Germain (A), Club Brugge (H) 10:37 PM GMT City languishing in 22nd Man City drop to 22nd in the final Champions League table of 2024 📉 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) 10:24 PM GMT More from Gundogan on what City are missing I feel like we know exactly what’s going wrong. If you look at the most part of games even today we actually didn’t play bad, created chances, just missed to score, in these kind of games if you give away once chance it’s not easy to bounce back. We know what’s going wrong it’s just finding the switch to turn things around because even though we are not getting results, it doesn’t feel like we are far off. As long as we don’t find that click it’s going to be tough, the only thing right now we can do, every single player needs to question themselves, to do better, how the player can individually sacrifice more to contribute to the team so we can get collectively back on our way. 10:23 PM GMT Guardiola speaking after the game We miss the last pass, the last action and concede few. I’m so proud of these players, they gave everything and they tried. We play really good. We did not lose many balls and we arrived in positions. You know against Italian teams they defend so deep and are so compact, they are the masters of these situations. We have two games, we need one win. The Feyenoord game and Inter caused us a problem, it will help us appreciate what we have done and are going to do in the future. 10:18 PM GMT Telegraph Sport columnist Jamie Carragher speaking about Guardiola on CBS You can’t believe what you’re seeing. This is a massive crisis. The greatest manager, possibly of all time, has no answers at this moment in time. 10:09 PM GMT A good night for Vlahovic 22 - Dusan Vlahovic is the Serie A player who has scored the most goals in all competitions since the start of 2024 calendar year: 22. Abundance. — OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) 10:08 PM GMT Gundogan says City have a mental problem It feels like every attack we concede, it’s so dangerous. We are a bit careless in the duels and we overcomplicate things instead of playing simple and missing the right timing. We give them counter-attacks and then have to run 50 or 60 metres back and we are not built for that, we are built for possession. Confidence is a big part of it, it’s a mental issue as well. In one action we lose the ball or miss a pass we drop easily. They do not even have to do much to disrupt our rhythm. We have to do the simple things as well as possible, clean and fluidly, that is how we get the confidence back. At the crucial moment it feels like we are doing the wrong thing. 09:52 PM GMT FT: Juventus 2 Man City 0 Thiago Motta’s football is a long way from the archetypal Italian style, but Juventus wound the clock back with an obdurate display of penalty-box defending and decisive counter-attacking. City had heaps of control for long periods, but Haaland missed their best chance of the first half. Juventus put bodies on the line in the second, and City ran out of ideas and were picked off on the break. PSG (A) and Club Brugge (H) City’s final two games, but it is just one win in 10 across all competitions. 09:49 PM GMT 92 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 Just the two minutes of added time to play, City’s race is surely run. Top eight looks out of the question now, the maximum points haul City can reach is 14. 09:48 PM GMT 90 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 Manchester City’s players are insistent that they should have a penalty for handball against Gatti, but his arm was by his side and Rico Lewis’ shot took a deflection. Lewis does not deserve to be on the losing team. 09:46 PM GMT 89 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 One last hurrah for City, pinning Juventus back and keeping the ball around the box, but once again the cross was hopeful and inaccurate. To give Haaland some leeway, some of the delivery he has been offered has been neck high. 09:45 PM GMT 86 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 Now Bernardo is shown a yellow card for pushing Gatti out of petulance. Juventus’ defenders have smothered Haaland brilliantly all night. City struggling for answers at the moment. 09:43 PM GMT 83 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 The free-kick comes to nothing and Grealish is shown a yellow card for a trip in midfield. Vlahovic is withdrawn by Motta to a healthy ovation from the home fans. As things stand, City are just three places above the elimination cutline. The team below? PSG, who City play away next. The good news is the game is in five weeks. 09:39 PM GMT 81 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 City have not played badly in general play here, but this game rather sums up their season: an underlying defensive vulnerability while they are not scoring enough at the other end outside of Haaland. They do have a free-kick now, around 35 yards from the Juventus goal. 09:37 PM GMT 79 minutes: Juventus 2 Man City 0 Now City are rolling the dice with a change: Savinho on for Doku. Guardiola’s team unable to cope defending a counter attack once again this season. 09:34 PM GMT GOOOAAALL! City sucker-punched on the break Juventus have barely been in City’s half for 20 minutes but they have their second goal. Motta’ substitutes combining to great effect on the counter-attack. McKennie switching the ball to Weah, he needed a second attempt to cross from the right but he stood up a lovely cross for McKennie to hammer home on the volley. A gut punch for City. Juventus double their lead over Man City 😳 📺 & — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) 09:30 PM GMT 71 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 De Bruyne with a needless shot from range over the bar, unlike him to make the wrong decision. Juventus are sinking deeper and deeper now though as they look to hang on to this narrow lead. 09:27 PM GMT 68 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 Di Gregorio with a flying save to keep Gundogan’s shot from the distance out of the top corner! The Gundogan plays a give-and-go at the edge of the box, but Gatti produces yet another block to halt him. Juventus are bringing on a pair of USA internationals: McKennie and Timothy Weah, son of George. 09:24 PM GMT 65 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 Another pair of mammoth defensive blocks from Juventus in their own penalty area. City continue to be frustrated. Still no changes from Guardiola despite Phil Foden warming up vigorously. 09:22 PM GMT 63 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 Doku with another teasing ball across the box from the left. It feels like City are starting to turn the screw, but there was a scare at the other end with Ederson needing two attempts to gather Yildiz’s fizzed cross. 09:17 PM GMT 59 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 Another excellent piece of City play in response to the goal, with Grealish bobbing and weaving through the middle. He spread play to Bernardo on the right after the Juventus defence had shifted over, but once again the shot was blocked. 09:16 PM GMT 58 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 Koopmeiners produces a magnificent block in his own penalty area to deny Lewis after Doku saw his own effort charged down. Better from City though and the game is starting to open up now. 09:14 PM GMT 54 minutes: Juventus 1 Man City 0 City had been comfortable for most of the night, but now they need to start attacking with more pace and purpose. It was a soft goal to concede, fairly agricultural play from Juventus rather a stroke of genius. Guardiola might look to his bench soon. 09:12 PM GMT GOOOAALL! Vlahovic strikes for Juventus The forward who has been much-maligned since his big money from from Fiorentina has given Juventus the lead out of more or less nothing. He rose highest between Dias and Lewis to meet a cross swung in from the left, and Ederson bundled the ball over the line. The header was straight at him, City’s goalkeeper could surely have done better. Juventus take the lead over Man City 🫣 How will Pep Guardiola's men respond...? 🤔 📺 & — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) 09:10 PM GMT 52 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 So much of Juventus’ possession in thi s game has been deep in their own half. They finally progress into City territory, but City slow down Conceicao before Gatti draws a save from Ederson. 09:08 PM GMT 49 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 De Bruyne has show flashes of his best tonight, another smooth piece of play down the right to set up Gundogan in the box but his shot was blocked. The ball just will not drop for City in the penalty area so far despite them working the ball into good positions. 09:06 PM GMT 47 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 A corner early in the second half for the home team after a foray down the right for Conceicao. He started the first half brightly but City’s stranglehold on the game left him frozen out as the first 45 minutes progressed. The delivery from Juventus was poor and City clear. 09:03 PM GMT The second half is under way! As things stand, Juventus and City are four points off the top eight and an automatic spot in the last 16. 08:57 PM GMT Jason’s HT verdict: Two teams lacking confidence and rhythm For all the incessant drumming from the home fans massed in the Curva Nord it is a game so far that lacks rhythm and is desperately in need of a beat. It is still strange to see Manchester City lacking so much in confidence and fluency. The one moment of class felt like a throwback to happier times for them with Kevin De Bruyne superbly picking out Erling Haaland. But Juventus goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio saved well. It is on a knife-edge for City and maybe the determination not to lose another game is more important to them than having to win. As things stand they be heading to the Champions League play-offs which would mean two more games in an already hugely congested season. 08:48 PM GMT HT: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City have been the dominant team, and after some chastening away games over the last few months Guardiola will be pleased with the control they have established. A little toothless at the sharp end though, aside from Haaland’s chance, created by De Bruyne but saved by Di Gregorio. Juventus had a couple of nice passages built from the back early, but nothing more. Vlahovic getting no change from Dias. 08:46 PM GMT 45 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Just the one minute of added time to play. Juventus happy to let the seconds tick down. 08:45 PM GMT 43 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City have a corner which De Bruyne is going to swing in from the left. Flicked on at the near post but cleared, before Rico Lewis fluffs a volley from the edge of the box. City remain frustrated. 08:41 PM GMT 40 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City produce their first moment of magic: De Bruyne with a delightful through ball into the box for Haaland but the Juventus goalkeeper Di Gregorio read his dinked finish and stuck out his left mitt to deny to City the opening goal. 08:39 PM GMT 39 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Man City continue to monopolise possession but much of it is in front of Juventus. They are holding the English champions, but the home crowd do not exactly sound to enthused with what they are watching. 08:37 PM GMT 35 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Grealish wins a foul in midfield for City. Juventus are dropping into a flat back five which is covering the width of the pitch against City’s front-line, and offering numerical security against Haaland. Lewis is playing superbly in the middle of the park for City, but the forwards are not proving decisive. Haaland tries to swivel on one after a poor clearance but his volley is blocked. 08:33 PM GMT 32 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City’s defence at full stretch for the first time in the game as Yildiz runs at them again, but they are spared by the offside flag. Moments earlier, Kyle Walker had burst forward to the byline but once again the Juventus defenders ensured there was no path to Haaland. 08:31 PM GMT 29 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Better from Juventus with Yildiz getting on the half-turn in midfield, and threading pass through to Vlahovic but the ball ran away from the striker with the angle narrowing. City get their foot on the ball again and work their combinations around the box, but Bernardo’s cross towards Haaland is meat and drink for the Juventus centre-backs. 08:28 PM GMT 27 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City yet to muster a shot on target, though Guardiola will be pleased that they have looked entirely untroubled defensively. Already this game has the feel of a contest in which one might be enough. Two teams cancelling each other out tactically. 08:24 PM GMT 23 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Grealish with space to drive through midfield with the ball at his feet, but City slow the ball down. Gundogan with a clever dart beyond the Juventus defence, before Doku’s low cross is cleared. A little more cut and thrust to the game in the last few minutes. Then De Bruyne gets in behind down the left and almost picks out Haaland. 08:22 PM GMT 20 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Yildiz with the first real shot in anger of the game, shooting across Ederson from 25 yards out and just wide of the far post. The chance came after the Juventus goalkeeper Di Gregorio bypassed the City press with a diagonal to the right wing. 08:18 PM GMT 17 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City clip a free-kick into the box from a central position but it will not fall for a mauve shirt in the area. Quick feet from Bernardo to skip into the box and win City a corner after he was found by De Bruyne. The Belgian takes the corner with an outswinger but City cannot win the first contact. Juventus launch it towards Vlahovic but he is outnumbered. 08:15 PM GMT 14 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 De Bruyne took the free-kick short and Juventus cleared the cross. Neither goalkeeper has had a save to make yet. Juventus are happy keeping things tight, and City are happy slowing the game down with possession. More pressing there from Juventus, forcing Dias to kick long. 08:13 PM GMT 12 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Koopmeiners’ corner was far too floaty and deep. City the enjoy another sustained spell of possession in the Juventus half with Lewis and Bernardo instrumental, and Doku wins a free-kick in a crossing position wide left. 08:10 PM GMT 9 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Locatelli with a cute pass through midfield to Conceicao, Juventus starting to show more composure after an awkward first few minutes. They also have a corner, after Lewis let a long ball bounce and the lively Conceicao put him under pressure. City will have to defend a set-piece for the first time in the game. 08:07 PM GMT 6 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City pressing high in numbers as Juventus try to pass out of their penalty area, and on this occasion they manage it. Conceicao with a fine switch of play from right to left, but the flag then went up for offside against Vlahovic. The home team’s brightest moment so far. 08:05 PM GMT 4 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 Nice from Rico Lewis to receive the ball in a pocket of midfield space. Juventus’ goalkeeper Di Gregorio gets the ball down in his six-yard box and tries to get the home team building from the back, but City are soon back on it. This has been a serene start from Guardiola’s team, exactly what you would want on a big European away night. They are keeping the ball and dulling the atmopshere. 08:02 PM GMT 2 minutes: Juventus 0 Man City 0 City play for some territory from kick off, and straight away settle into a lengthy spell of possession. De Bruyne drifting towards the right flank, and as our man in Turin Jason Burt suggested Grealish is operating in a more central position. Doku holding the width wide left. 08:00 PM GMT KICK OFF! Man City, playing in their mauve away kit, get the game started. 07:59 PM GMT The players are out at the Allianz Stadium Two teams struggling to live up to their history, distant and recent, in the formbook. A chance for both Juventus and City to kickstart their Champions League campaign. 07:52 PM GMT Grealish playing as a No 8? It will be interesting to see where Jack Grealish plays for Manchester City. In the warm-up Bernardo Silva was crossing in balls from the right which suggests it might be Grealish back in the middle alongside Ilkay Gundogan. The experiment of playing him deeper worked well in the win over Nottingham Forest - City’s only victory in their last nine games - which made it all the stranger that he did not start against Crystal Palace at the weekend. Is this the future for Grealish or will be revert to being a winger again when all the City midfielders are fit? There have, it seems, always been question marks over Grealish but Pep Guardiola still has faith in him and sees him as an important player in the future. 07:45 PM GMT Guardiola on facing Motta He did really well in Bologna qualifying for the Champions League and playing really good and he is trying to do it here. The same reason I decided for Stefan [on recalling Ederson]. Everyone involved and trying to change the dynamics. There are other types of players maybe we would play away in the Champions League but they all played well vs Forest. 07:41 PM GMT Doku speaking before the game When you play for team like Man City then there is pressure on every game. Every game is like a final. It’s just another game that we will try and win. 07:31 PM GMT Guardiola goes back to his No 1 goalkeeper As ever the PA system at Juventus’s stadium is in overdrive as the teams warm up although no one should complain if you get to run out to AC/DC’s Thunderstruck as the home players have just done, complete with light show... For Manchester City, the big news is the return of Ederson in goal. The Brazilian has not had the best of seasons but it always felt slightly odd that he was dropped in favour of Stefan Ortega who is certainly not at his level. Ederson is one of three changes from the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace with Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku also starting. It suddenly looks like a stronger City line-up. 07:21 PM GMT A milestone night for Bernardo 74 - Bernardo Silva is now Manchester City's all-time appearance holder in the UEFA Champions League, with tonight being his 74th game for the club in the competition. Legend. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) 07:08 PM GMT Mathues Nunes’ personalised shinpads 07:01 PM GMT Guardiola wants City to slow down What will save us is the way we play. And now we are a moment that we attack so quick, and we do a lot of things not in the right tempo that we lose the ball. We have to be so simple and basic to what we are as a team, and that confidence going back to the simple things, just have the ball and pass the ball, in the right foot, in the right tempo, the simple things do it better. And after that, you will get the confidence, because you cannot imagine how you regain the confidence when you make an extra thousand, million passes, and you are involved in the game, you are involved together. That helps us to be who we are. 06:54 PM GMT Juventus team and subs 🚨 Mr Motta's men for 📝 — JuventusFC 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@juventusfcen) 06:53 PM GMT City’s central midfield a concern A blue-chip Champions League away game and Man City will kick off without a specialist deep-lying midfielder. I suspect Rico Lewis will tuck in from left-back - leaving Walker, Dias and Gvardiol as a back three - next to Ilkay Gundogan. Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva will play ahead of them in a midfield box or diamond. Perhaps Gundogan and Bernardo will rotate between high and low. Once again, no natural ball-winner in there. City do have more threat in the forward line though with Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku back on the wings either side of Erling Haaland. 06:47 PM GMT Man City team and subs: Doku and Grealish restored to team Your City side in the 🩵 XI | Ederson, Walker (C), Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Doku, Grealish, Haaland SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Hudson, Kovacic, Savinho, Nunes, Foden, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand — Manchester City (@ManCity) 06:41 PM GMT Thiago Motta on facing City We have prepared to give it our all in the game, carefully studying what we must do and what we must not do against such a huge opponent. I cannot pass judgement on their current situation, but this is a team that has proven their immense value over the years. I have enormous respect for them and for their coach Pep Guardiola, for whom facts simply speak for themselves, as he has managed to win everything and consistently. We know that Manchester City want to attack and keep the ball. We will have to defend well and show great quality when we have possession. 06:33 PM GMT Best betting sites Betting on the football today? Take a look at for free bets and betting offers. 06:32 PM GMT Sign up to our Telegraph Football newsletter 06:31 PM GMT Man City’s flaky defence meets a blunt Juventus attack Who said the new Champions League format would extinguish all jeopardy? Owing partly to their own failings, the final three matches of Manchester City’s league phase have much riding on them. City are currently 20th in the table on eight points from five games, with tonight’s trip to Juventus and an away match at Paris St-Germain their next two fixtures. Finishing outside the top eight places which secure a spot in the last 16 is a real possibility for City, with two extra games in February looming if they do miss out. Were they to lose against Juventus and PSG - two of the four clubs below them above the cutline in 24th - City might well require three points from their final game against Club Brugge just to stay in the tournament. City’s away results domestically do not bode well. Pep Guardiola’s team are without a win on their travels since a scratchy 2-1 victory at Wolves on October 20, and have shipped 14 goals in their last six away games across all competitions. Given City’s defensive instability, and the continued absence of Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake through injury, Juventus’ struggles in front of goal are a source of comfort. Thiago Motta replaced Max Allegri as head coach in the summer with the promise of more modern, enterprising and structured attacking football, but things have been rocky after a bright beginning to the campaign. Juventus’ results are a funny old read, losing just one match in all competitions but drawing seven of their last nine. They have not created two expected goals or more in a single match since a 2-2 draw at Parma at the end of October. Motta has not been helped by a lengthy injury list, with just four outfield players on his bench during the drab goalless draw at Villa Park last time out in the Champions League. Full team news on the way shortly.WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump called his meeting with Justin Trudeau productive and says the prime minister made a commitment to work with the United States to end the drug crisis amid the threat of stiff tariffs. “We discussed many important topics that will require both Countries to work together to address, like the Fentanyl and Drug Crisis that has decimated so many lives as a result of Illegal Immigration, Fair Trade Deals that do not jeopardize American Workers, and the massive Trade Deficit the U.S. has with Canada,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social Saturday. Trudeau flew to Florida Friday evening to attend a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump’s transition team is based. The in-person meeting came at the end of a rocky week in which Trump threatened to impose stiff tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, unless the two countries stop illegal border crossings and prevent illicit drugs from entering the United States. Trump said he and Trudeau discussed the drug crisis and the president-elect made it “very clear that the United States will no longer sit idly by as our Citizens become victims” of the drug epidemic, which he attributed to cartels and fentanyl coming from China. “Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation of U.S. Families,” Trump posted. Trump said the pair also discussed illegal immigration, as well as trade, energy and the Arctic. Trump’s post did not directly mention tariffs and it’s unclear whether the prime minister’s visit has alleviated his concerns about the border. Trudeau, in West Palm Beach Saturday morning, answered a reporter’s question about the dinner, calling it “an excellent conversation.” A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said the two leaders “shared a productive wide-ranging discussion over dinner.” It was centred on collaboration and strengthening the bilateral relationship. “As Canada’s closest friend and ally, the United States is our key partner, and we are committed to working together in the interests of Canadians and Americans,” the statement said. Trudeau had a notably rocky relationship with the Republican leader during the first Trump administration. However, the prime minister was the first G7 leader to visit Trump since the Nov. 5 election. Trump’s tariff threats are critical for Canada. More than 77 per cent of Canadian exports go to the United States. Trudeau said earlier Friday that he would resolve the issue by talking with Trump.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after independent Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed the nomination, thwarting their hopes of locking in a majority at the federal agency for the first two years of President-elect Donald Trump's term. A vote to move ahead with the nomination of Lauren McFarren, who currently chairs the NLRB, failed 49-50. Had she been confirmed to another five-year term, it would have cemented a Democratic majority on the agency's board for the first two years of the incoming Trump administration. Now, Trump will likely be able to nominate McFarren's replacement. The NLRB oversees labor disputes, supervises union elections and has the power to investigate unfair labor practices . The partisan breakdown of the NLRB’s leadership is fiercely contested by businesses and labor groups, as the majority on the board sets the agenda and determines how readily the agency uses its power to investigate and enforce labor laws. “It is deeply disappointing, a direct attack on working people, and incredibly troubling that this highly qualified nominee — with a proven track record of protecting worker rights — did not have the votes," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. The rejection of McFarren was yet another blow to Senate Democrats and President Joe Biden from Manchin and Sinema, who served as major brakes — and at times outright obstacles — to much of their legislative agenda the first two years of Biden's term. Manchin left the Democratic Party in May, while Sinema withdrew from the party in 2022. Both chose not to run for another Senate term and will be leaving the Congress in January. Some congressional Republicans praised Manchin and Sinema for preventing the confirmation. “This NLRB seat should be filled by President Trump and the new incoming Senate. Not a historically unpopular president and a Senate Democrat Majority that has lost its mandate to govern,” Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, said in a statement after the vote. “Big Labor knows the days of having the federal government do its bidding are numbered,” Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., wrote in a statement. Foxx, who chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, said that the incoming Trump administration would focus on “enacting a truly pro-worker agenda.” Business groups also praised the rejection of McFarren. Kristen Swearingen, a vice president at Associated Builders and Contractors, a trade group, called McFarren's policies “harmful” and said the process to nominate her was “flawed.” “Under McFerran’s leadership, the NLRB has issued decisions and expanded interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act that have been rejected by the business community, Congress and federal courts," argued Swearingen. Labor unions decried the vote. Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest consortium of labor unions, said the senators who rejected McFarren's nomination “voted against the working people of this country” and warned that the incoming Trump administration would direct the NLRB to side with management over workers. “Make no mistake: This vote had nothing to do with stopping Chair McFerran’s renomination and everything to do with reversing generations of progress workers have made toward building a fairer and more just economy," Shuler said. Democratic lawmakers, like Schumer, took a dim view of the vote. Some directed their anger directly at Manchin and Sinema. “Shortchanging workers is a bad way to leave,” Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., wrote on social media .
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