Today, the UK Defence Secretary John Healey has resigned.
In his resignation letter to the PM, Healey set out his reasons for leaving, telling the PM the defence investment plan “falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time”.
The sixth minister to resign for Starmer’s cabinet in a month, and one of its most loyal, the question will now turn to what lies ahead for the PM.
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Real Madrid have confirmed the re-appointment of Jose Mourinho as head coach.
The 63-year-old has agreed a three-year deal and will begin work when the club returns for pre-season training on 13 July.
Real Madrid have paid Benfica £13m (15m euros) in compensation to bring the Portuguese head coach back to the Bernabeu – more than a decade after his first stint at the club came to an end.
Florentino Perez had vowed to re-appoint Mourinho as head coach if he was re-elected as club president earlier this month.
It is the second time Mourinho has taken charge of Real Madrid, with his previous spell, which begin in 2010 and lasted three seasons, yielding a La Liga title, a Copa del Rey and a Spanish Super Cup.
Mourinho has since taken charge of Premier League clubs Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur and had stints at Roma, Fenerbahce and Benfica in more recent years.
During his one and only season at Benfica, Mourinho led the two-time European Cup winners to an unbeaten Liga Portugal campaign, though it was only enough to secure a third place finish.
Earlier this week, Benfica agreed a deal to appoint former Fulham manager Marco Silva as Mourinho’s replacement.
Mourinho, meanwhile, heads back to Real Madrid with the club having failed to win a trophy in the last two seasons.
Today, the focus is on Mexico’s festivities. Ahead of the co-hosts match against South Africa, fans in the stadium were treated to musical performances from Shakira, Colombia’s J Balvin, Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Latin music star Danny Ocean and Fher Olvera.
It might give you a hint as to what’s happened – if there has been a seven-goal thriller, for example – but we won’t be giving you the winner or the result.
Dr Christopher Tibbs, regional medical director for NHS England, said that young people were put at a high risk of harm because clinicians provided “specialist diagnosis, care and treatment that they were neither qualified, nor commissioned to deliver”.
The voyage of discovery for Australia‘s depleted one-day squad now moves to Dhaka against a Bangladesh side who are confident on their own turf. The visitors had hoped for reinforcements by now but that hasn’t proved the case with captain Mitchell Marsh still sidelined and Travis Head granted leave from the whole tour. But they were not a million miles away from beating Pakistan in spin-heavy conditions.
It is the first men’s bilateral ODI series between these teams for 15 years. One of the intriguing aspects of this leg of the tour is what conditions will confront Australia in only their second ODI series in the country. In times gone by it would have been billed as another trial by spin, but it may not play out that way this time. Pace bowling is now having a big say in Bangladesh. Across the six ODIs played this year – five of which have been in Mirpur, the venue for this series – pace bowlers have taken 69 wickets at 22.60 while spin has accounted for 26 at 35.50.
Having largely relied on Nathan Ellis for the last two matches in Pakistan – and even he was effectively bowling fast cutters most of the time – along with a handful of overs from Cameron Green, the likes of Xavier Bartlett and Ben Dwarshuis could well have a role to play.
Should pace play a significant part that should, in theory, provide a more familiar challenge for Australia’s batters. However, a home attack that could consist of Nahid Rana, Taskin Ahmed and the variations of Mustafizur Rahman should pose plenty of questions, especially for those struggling for form such as Marnus Labuschagne – if he is able to retain his place in the side. That isn’t to say spin won’t be a threat as well, with Bangladesh well covered in that department. Either way, it’s been a country where the bowlers are in the game: there hasn’t been an ODI total over 300 in Bangladesh since 2023.
The hosts have won their last four series at home – against Sri Lanka, West Indies, Pakistan and New Zealand – and while each of those teams have had problems of their own, Bangladesh have found a formula that is working.
Form guide
Bangladesh WWLWL(last five completed matches, most recent first) Australia LWLLW
Marnus Labuschagne had a difficult series in Pakistan•Getty Images
In the spotlight: Nahid Rana and Marnus Labuschagne
Australia will get their first look at Nahid Rana who is emerging as one of the most exciting pace-bowling prospects in the world. In the recent six ODIs against Pakistan and New Zealand he took 16 wickets at 17.43. He impressed, too, in the Tests against Pakistan which is something to keep in the back pocket with Bangladesh touring Australia for two matches in August.
It might prove fortunate for Marnus Labuschagne that Marsh and Head have not made this series as it leaves him as one of the more experienced members of the squad. However, whether that saves his place in the XI remains to be seen. He had a poor series in Pakistan with scores of 0, 5 and 19 – although his last dismissal was a run out in a mix-up with Josh Inglis – but his ODI woes extend much further: in his last 13 innings he has a top score of 47 and averages 12.46.
Team news: Mosaddek could end long wait; balance of attack question for Australia
Mosaddek Hossain will most likely return to the Bangladesh ODI side for the first time since August 2022, while the pace attack will include the first choice trio.
Australia will likely need an extra pace bowler compared to how they finished the Pakistan series. Both Bartlett and Dwarshuis offer something with the bat, too, which is helpful for the balance of the lower order. Cooper Connolly remains available as a batter only, at least for the ODI series, and both he and the uncapped allrounder Liam Scott could put pressure on Labuschagne if the batting order was shuffled.
Australia (probable): 1 Matt Short, Josh Inglis (capt & wk), 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Alex Carey, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Matt Renshaw, 7 Ollie Peake, 8 Xavier Bartlett, 9 Matt Kuhnemann, 10 Nathan Ellis, 11 Adam Zampa
Pitch and conditions: Weather could play a part
The pitch in Mirpur has been on the more pacy side in the last two ODI series. There will be more likelihood of the side wanting to bat first when winning the toss, although the weather forecast is for rain and thunderstorms throughout the day which could bring chasing under DLS into the equation.
Najmul Hossain Shanto needs 86 runs to reach 2000 in ODIs.
The last time the teams played an ODI was in the 2023 World Cup where Marsh hit an unbeaten 177 off 132 balls to chase down 307.
Bangladesh have only beaten Australia once in ODIs – the famous day in Cardiff in 2005.
Quotes
“I think anytime you take Mitch Marsh and Travis Head out of the team, you lose something. They’re both incredibly good players. It’s unfortunate that they’re not here, but similarly with the Pakistan series we’ve just had, I think it’s really important that a few younger guys are getting some experience in these conditions. Obviously there’s a World Cup on the horizon as well, so to be able to look at some different combinations and some different guys before then, I think it’s really important.” Australia captain Josh Inglis speaks about the absence of top players Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head.
