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Mexico becomes first country to reach knockout stage of World Cup, beating South Korea 1-05:28 Mexico took advantage of a defensive blunder by South Korea to win 1-0 and become the first team to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup Pakistan abolishes ‘period tax’ after landmark campaign to promote sanitary products4:55 In a country where periods are rarely discussed in public, a tax exemption on sanitary products is being hailed as a breakthrough. Campaigners tell Shweta Sharma this is just the first victory in the long and arduous battle ahead Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer4:55 Labour’s Andy Burnham has won a special election for a seat in Parliament, positioning him to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer Former champion Wyndham Clark takes four-shot lead at US Open4:20 Rory McIlroy was in a larger group on one under but would have been higher had he not bogeyed his final two holes. Home buyers and sellers set to save time and money under housing market shake-up4:20 The Government is planning a package of reforms to help modernise the system and avoid house sales falling through. Texas Air Force base hit with flu outbreak infecting nearly 160 troops after Hegseth lifts vaccine requirement: report3:47 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon was canceling what he called the ‘absurd’ requirement to get a yearly flu shot Couple arrested in ‘fortune teller fraud’ that milked $2.5m from customers for a financial ‘cleanse’: DOJ3:47 Bridgette Doreen Evans and her husband, Vinnie John Uwanawich, have been accused of stealing at least $2.5 million in a years-long ruse |