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The Belgian playmaker insists targeting silverware is City’s prime motivation – not making up for last season’s frustrations.

City’s 2019-20 campaign ended disappointingly as they crashed out of the Champions League to Lyon at the quarter-final stage after finishing a distant second to Liverpool in the Premier League. They were also beaten in the FA Cup semi-finals by Arsenal.

De Bruyne insists that has now been put aside with fresh goals set for the new season.

“I think the motivation doesn’t change if you win or you lose,” said De Bruyne, who was typically influential in City’s impressive season-opening 3-1 win at Wolves on Monday.

“When you start a new season there are new aspirations, you want to win the most as possible and we want to ...

Mikel Arteta is eager to strengthen still, though the Spaniard is also in need of slimming down his squad ahead of the transfer deadline on 5 October, with negotiations dragging on over several deals to freshen up his midfield.

Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi look set to be moved on, which would clear enough space and, hopefully in the eyes of the Gunners, raise enough funds to move for their midfield priorities: Thomas Partey and Houssem Aouar, who are both expensive.

Neither Atletico Madrid or Lyon appear willing to be flexible over their valuations, meaning the Gunners must sell first, though interest in Guendouzi has failed to pick up and Serie A clubs appear reluctant to offer more than an initial loan for the Uruguayan Torreira – here are the latest news, rumour...

From Monday 14 September, it became illegal for people in England to meet socially in groups of more than six people.

The new law included a few exemptions, including those meeting in schools and workplaces.

The legislation was brought into place to combat the rising number of coronavirus cases across the UK.

On Tuesday 22 September, Boris Johnson announced a new series of restrictions that are to come into effect in England in the next week, including pubs and restaurants being ordered to close from 10pm at night.

The prime minister’s announcement also included an amendment to the previously stipulated rule of six when seeing friends and relatives.

On Tuesday 22 September, Mr Johnson announced that the list of exem...

ometimes, there’s just no beating a good plot twist. David Fincher’s grisly 1995 noir Se7en, which marks its 25th anniversary today, is celebrated for many things, among them its shocking final twist.

But even upon repeat viewings, many people don’t notice the subtle clues left earlier in the film, which tipped their hand towards Se7en’s climactic reveal.

Foreshadowing can be a fine art, leveraged for great tragic or satirical effect – or it can simply be playful, a way of rewarding obsessed viewers who trawl through their favourite film or TV series hunting for Easter eggs.

In case it needs saying, heavy spoilers follow…

The World’s End

Edgar Wright’s 2013 genre romp The World’s End didn’t so much spoil its own ending as the entirety of its plot...

90 Day Fiancé star Larissa Dos Santos Lima is free from ICE custody after being detained over the weekend, but she may not be completely out of the woods yet.

On Saturday, Dos Santos Lima was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a “misunderstanding” that was promptly handled by her legal team, her rep told People. The reality star, who is from Brazil, was detained as she and boyfriend Eric Nichols were getting into a U-Haul truck to move to Colorado Springs. Her rep added that agents were checking on Dos Santos Lima’s immigration status.

The reality TV star is now safely in Colorado with Nichols, who posted an Instagram video on Sunday captioned, “NOT EVEN ICE can tame my girl...

The actor recounted the phone call on Tuesday during a virtual conference hosted by CNN. Dubbed Citizen by CNN, the event consisted in a series of discussions on issues pertaining to the upcoming presidential election.

Louis-Dreyfus joined Jake Tapper in the morning for a talk titled “Politics, Parody & Participation: Activism in 2020”.

During the chat, Tapper brought up the topic of empathy, and asked the actor about her previous experience talking to the Democratic nominee after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017.

“He did reach out to me in the most touching way, and he called and he was – I mean, it was incredible,” she said.

“I kept thinking I didn’t want to take up his time, but he was giving me doctors’ names and this institute and that hospital and have ...

Throughout her impressive career as a lawyer and later, a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought tirelessly for women and their right to be equal to men.

In her private life, the 87-year-old, who died Friday 18 September from metastatic pancreatic cancer, upheld the same values, as did her late husband, Martin.

The couple, who were married for 56 years, met as undergraduates at Cornell University. They later married in 1954, and had two children together, all the while progressing in their respective careers.

According to Ginsburg, who spoke often of her husband’s support as both a co-parent and as an advocate for her legal career, it was being in a marriage of equals that “made all of the difference”.

These are 10 of the Supreme Court Justice’s most poignant ...