The site is next to the A34, a busy road running through cities including Oxford and Birmingham. The land is just over three acres in size and is largely hidden by trees on all sides. The River Cherwell runs along its west side. A satellite image from the end of March this year shows the site largely covered in grass. By 13 June, it has completely transformed. The grass is replaced by dirt, and an excavator is caught in a satellite image. On 17 August, the site remains largely unchanged apart from what appears to be a single lorry load of rubbish. Five weeks later on 22 September, a 150-metre long and 15-metre wide area is piled with waste. Drone footage filmed by Sky News shows that the waste dump is at least 10 metres high. It would have taken tens of lorry loads to pile up this much waste in so little time. Calum Miller, Liberal Democrat MP for Bicester and Woodstock, told Sky News it was the first time he had seen anything on this scale, questioning whether the Environmental Agency had the resources to deal with it. He said it's the work of an organised crime group. The cost of removing the waste is estimated to be more than the entire annual budget of the local council, which is around £25m. With the site on a floodplain, Mr Miller listed what he saw as the three major environmental risks - waste being washed into the waterways, rain seeping through the waste and carrying toxins into the water and the danger of decomposing chemicals presenting a fire risk. He said the police had used a helicopter with a heat-seeking camera and could see that some of the waste was indeed starting to decompose. The Environment Agency told Sky News, "This is a sickening case of large-scale illegal waste dumping and we share the public's disgust." A spokesperson said: "we took immediate action - issuing a cease and desist order in July. When the risk of further dumping emerged we subsequently secured a court order to close the site to prevent more waste from being illegally tipped. "We have launched a major investigation and are working closely with the police and other partners to find those responsible and bring them to justice." Dr Amani Maalouf, a senior waste management researcher at the University of Oxford, told Sky News that the site is a "significant environment incident". "Once mixed waste interacts with a watercourse, microplastics, packaging residues, and other contaminants can disperse widely and persist in the environment," she said. The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to providing transparent journalism from Sky News. We gather, analyse and visualise data to tell data-driven stories. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite images, social media and other open source information. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while also showing how our journalism is done.

It comes after the US president confirmed on Saturday he would be taking legal action against the broadcaster over the editing of his speech on Panorama - despite an apology from the BBC. In an email to staff, Mr Shah said: "There is a lot being written, said and speculated upon about the possibility of legal action, including potential costs or settlements. "In all this we are, of course, acutely aware of the privilege of our funding and the need to protect our licence fee payers, the British public. "I want to be very clear with you - our position has not changed. There is no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this." 👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 On Saturday, President Trump told reporters legal action would come in the following days. "We'll sue them. We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion (£792m) and five billion dollars (£3.79bn), probably sometime next week," he said. "We have to do it, they've even admitted that they cheated. Not that they couldn't have not done that. They cheated. They changed the words coming out of my mouth."Read more from Sky News:Amber cold health alert now issued for parts of UK until SaturdaySheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity The BBC on Thursday said the edit of Mr Trump's speech on 6 January 2021 had given the "mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action". The broadcaster apologised and said the splicing of the speech was an "error of judgment" but refused to pay financial compensation after the US leader's lawyers threatened to sue for one billion dollars in damages unless a retraction and apology were published. The Panorama scandal prompted the resignations of two of the BBC's most senior executives - director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness. The broadcaster has said it will not air the Panorama episode Trump: A Second Chance? again, and published a retraction on the show's webpage on Thursday.

The hardline "zero asylum seekers" approach taken by Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen in 2019 was unusual for a centre-left party. But her Social Democrats gained seats at the 2022 election, while the populist right-wing Danish People's Party finished twelfth - having been second in 2015 and third in 2019. With Nigel Farage's Reform UK currently leading comfortably in national polls, you can imagine why Labour are interested in what Ms Frederiksen is selling. But how comparable are Denmark's immigration challenges to those in the UK, and what lessons can we draw from them? Read more:Reform's been pretty quiet since Labour started exploring Danish migration model - and this is whyUK government looking at Danish migration model - here's how it worksPolitics latest: Government releases asylum reforms in full - as Labour MPs attack plans Reducing demand - Danish asylum claims falling The most obvious difference between Denmark and the UK is that Denmark is significantly smaller. Its population of 6 million is not much more than that of Yorkshire's. So it makes sense that it also has significantly fewer asylum seekers than Britain. The number of asylum claims per person has been similar historically, however. In the two years before Ms Frederiksen was elected prime minister, Denmark received an average of 57 applications per 100,000 people, while the UK averaged 55. Since then, the UK figure almost trebled to 145, while the Danish figure fell by a third. The Danish story breaks the trend from the rest of Europe, where the number of asylum applications to all EU countries rose by two thirds over the same period. Danish immigration experts say this is not a coincidence, but the result of Ms Frederiksen's policies. "The numbers have fallen because Denmark is not a welcoming place," Michelle Pace, Professor in Global Studies at Roskilde University in Copenhagen, told Sky News. "That has been made absolutely clear by the Mette Frederiksen government and the previous government before hers," she added. In contrast, Mihnea Cuibus, a researcher at Oxford University's Migration Observatory, told Sky News that the UK is typically viewed as an attractive country for migrants. "There's this sense among people that the UK is a safe and welcoming place", he said, also listing several other factors drawing people to the UK, including the English language, existing networks of friends and family, and democracy. Small boats vs visa overstayers - the routes taken to Denmark and Britain Much of the political attention around illegal migration in the UK is dedicated to those crossing the Channel from France on small boats. A total of 190,000 people arrived via this route since 2018, including almost 40,000 in 2025 alone. In Denmark, four in five illegal migrants identified in the country are people who previously had legitimate, time-limited visas, but stayed in the country longer than they should have. That sounds like it might be a significant divergence from the UK's system, but maybe not as much as you would think. New UK data on this part of the system hasn't been published since 2020. But in the four years prior to that, 250,000 people were identified as potential visa overstayers - significantly more than the number to have arrived on small boats. Mr Cuibus said there is a big gap in the data, making trends harder to track."The only hard data that we have are on failed asylum seekers", he said."We know that roughly half of the people who've been rejected for asylum in the last 20 years are still in the country". How applications are handled As well as attracting fewer asylum claims, Denmark is also now more likely to say "no" to claims than the UK has been, a reversal of the trend through most of the 2010s. That appears to be because the UK has become less likely to refuse applications in the last few years, rather than a big spike in Danish rejections. Both the UK and Denmark granted asylum to large numbers of people from Ukraine during this period. Mr Cuibus told Sky News that between 2020 and 2023, the UK had some of the highest rates of granting asylum in Europe. The changes Denmark introduced to its asylum policy between 2015 and 2019 did not significantly increase refusals on asylum applications, but rather made it harder for asylum seekers to stay in the country long-term. The country also passed measures intended to make applying for asylum more difficult, such as restricting family reunification and threatening to confiscate valuables, which also contributed to deterring people from arriving in the first place. Sending people home It's one thing rejecting people claiming asylum, but it's another making sure those people leave safely and legally. One of the mechanisms that protects migrants from unsafe removal is the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which the UK - and Denmark - is signed up to, but which Reform say they would leave if they win power. One key part of Ms Mahmood's plans is to change how the ECHR is interpreted in migration court cases. It would mean that only people with immediate family in the UK - for example, a parent or child - can argue that their "right to family life" would be breached by being deported. Denmark has had greater success than its European neighbours at removing people it has decided should leave. Between June 2021 and June 2025, 46% of the 10,000 people it ordered to leave did so. That's a significantly higher proportion than the EU average of 21% - 400,000 people were returned, of the 1.9 million that were ordered to leave. The equivalent rates for France and Germany were 8% and 28% respectively. The UK does not collect comparable data on the number of people ordered to leave, but it has returned 86,000 people over a similar time period - more than any other European country. That number has been climbing in the past two or three years, but it is still 25% lower than it was in the early 2010s. Voluntary vs enforced returns Denmark's asylum seeker removal policy relies almost entirely on "voluntary returns", rather than those "enforced" by authorities. In the UK, the proportion of voluntary returns has been steadily rising, but it is still used for fewer than half of migrants who leave the UK. "There are quite a few reasons for governments to prefer voluntary returns," Mr Cuibus explained. "The main reason why the Home Office started shifting away from enforced returns more towards voluntary returns... is money." "We don't really know exactly what the costs are right now, but we had some estimates from back in 2013. And at the time, those were estimating that an enforced return cost around £15,000 per person, compared to around £3,000 for a voluntary return. "There's the humanitarian side as well. Enforced returns are not very pleasant things to either go through or watch or have to enforce", he said. "There is a big need for restraints, trained personnel". Individuals who are refused for asylum can apply to the Danish government for the equivalent of several thousand pounds in support to voluntarily return to their country of origin, according to the Danish Return Agency's website. While still potentially cheaper for the government than an enforced return, it's not always popular politically as it can be seen to be rewarding illegality. There has also been criticism of some of the methods used by Denmark to encourage people to leave. Asylum seekers who find their claims rejected can be put in "departure centres", prison-like facilities designed to encourage their voluntary deportation. In 2024, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture criticised one of these facilities for their "carceral environment". Denmark's parliamentary ombudsman described conditions at another as "very burdensome and restrictive for living" and "marked by brutalisation". Michelle Pace, a professor from Roskilde University, said Denmark's policies are a violation of international humanitarian law. "Denmark prides itself on this negative branding, which is based on extremely harsh rhetoric, an extreme choice of words", said Pace, referring to some of Denmark's more controversial immigration policies such as the "jewellery law", which allows the government to seize asylum seekers' assets, including their jewellery, to fund their stay in the country. "It's violating its commitments internationally according to the Geneva Convention of 1951, which ironically Denmark was the first to sign", she said. Ms Pace warned that the UK should look to other European immigration models, like Spain's, which she argues is less xenophobic and more forward-thinking. "In the Spanish case, they looked in terms of a long duration and said, okay, we have a low birth rate. We're going to have a huge shortage of labour in the next 20 to 50 years. "How can we make a legal pathway that is safe for people to come here, build a life that is legal, that is safe, that is structured, that is organised?" 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When Troy Parrott arrived for international duty with the Republic of Ireland last Monday, little did he know that six days later, he would have catapulted his country to the World Cup play-offs. First, there was an impressive 2-0 win against Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed the headlines for his red card, but it was Parrott's name being sung by the Ireland supporters after he scored both goals. 'What dreams are made of' - Troy Parrott hat-trick keeps Ireland's World Cup hopes aliveAs it happened | Teams | Match statsWC 2026 European qualifying schedule | Who has qualified so far The AZ Alkmaar striker was the hero again for Ireland on Sunday against Hungary. He equalised twice at the Puskas Arena, before a dramatic 96th-minute winner saw his team win 3-2 - a night he says will never be bettered. Dublin Airport even changed their name to the 'Troy Parrott International Airport' on social media in a celebratory, tongue-in-cheek nod to the 23-year-old's heroics. Two vital games. Five goals. Parrott has had a huge say keeping his country's hopes alive of a first appearance at the World Cup since 2022. For fans of AZ or the Eredivisie, it is perhaps no surprise. For others, the striker is often thought of as the Tottenham youngster who never quite hit the heights he was earmarked for. But his career proves that the prospect of success does not end if you take a chance and leave the big Premier League club. In fact, it might lead one of the best moments of your life. Beginnings at Spurs After beginning his career with Belvedere in his native Dublin, Parrott joined Spurs' youth ranks in the summer of 2017 at the age of 15. Two years later, he signed a professional deal and began training with the first-team squad. He made his senior debut in a Carabao Cup loss to Colchester in September 2019. Some had compared him to Robbie Keane in his early career, while Parrott trained alongside Harry Kane in the same position. It restricted his opportunities and minutes, despite there being times when he was the only fit striker in the squad. Despite making his Premier League debut against Burnley in December 2019, he would make just one more substitute appearance in the competition for Tottenham under Jose Mourinho. Then came the well-trodden EFL loan track. Stuttering EFL loans - but success in the Netherlands Parrott had five loans in his time at Tottenham, four of them in England. His first to Millwall in August 2020 was hampered by injury, and it was curtailed when he was recalled in January with just 14 appearances and no goals. A few weeks later Parrott joined Ipswich, who were then in League One, scoring twice in 18 appearances. Next came season-long spells at MK Dons (2021/22) and Preston (2022/23). The former saw Parrott help the Dons to the play-offs, scoring in the semi-final second leg against Wycombe, but the club were beaten 2-1 on aggregate. But with another underwhelming loan at Preston, the next move had to be a big one. Speaking to Sky Sports in October 2024, Parrott said: "There have been seasons that I have had before where I have not enjoyed it too much" - referencing his time on loan in the EFL. It was time for Parrott look away from England, landing at Excelsior in the Eredivisie. Moving to the Netherlands proved to be the making of the young striker. "The most important thing was to start enjoying football again without any pressure on it," the 23-year-old told Sky Sports. "Not telling myself I need to do this, I need to do that. I know the talent I have so if I am feeling good in myself and happy then that is always going to show itself on the pitch. "But it was a big step because I did not have any idea what to expect when I first came over. Moving from Ireland to England is one thing but to move somewhere where they speak a different language, a different culture, it was always going to be a challenge." He scored 17 goals for Excelsior in all competitions, with 10 of those coming in the league. Despite hat-tricks in both the semis and final of the two-legged Eredivisie play-offs - each scored at home - Parrott could not stop the club from being relegated. Despite the disappointing end to the season, Parrott was finally showing the potential many had laid upon his head since he was a teenager at Spurs. Speaking on his Excelsior loan, he said: "The thing that helped me the most was that I realised I was a striker who needed to be in the box. On a couple of the loans that I had, I tried to show my ability to come deep and link play. A lot of the time, I was too far away from the goal to score. "I worked a lot with the coach at Excelsior on just being in the box, being there when the ball is getting crossed. I think for me that was the biggest thing, just drilling it into my own head that ultimately you're a striker and you need to be in the box to score goals." Flourishing at AZ Alkmaar Having found a home in the Netherlands, Parrott made a permanent move from Spurs to AZ Alkmaar in the summer of 2024 for a reported fee of £6.7m. Reflecting on his time at Tottenham a few months later, he added to Sky Sports: "No, I don't think I have any regrets. I am grateful for how the club treated me, helping me to grow up as a person and a player. "Those expectations are hard for any young player. I'm speaking like I am old, I'm still young now! It is just the experience I had, being out on all the loans and stuff, is more than what I should have at this age. But it is something a lot of young players go through. "I believe for me I've learned to just put that to the side. It does more harm than it does good. Just to block all that out. I am happy now, being able to showcase what I can do week in and week out at a big team playing in Europe. It is what I wanted when I moved here." Parrott has kept up his standards with AZ. Last season, he scored 14 goals in 30 Eredivisie games - the league's third highest scorer. One of the highlights was four goals against Heerenveen in a 9-1 win in September 2024. His form continued into the 2025/26 campaign, with 10 goals in seven games across all competitions, but found himself halted by a knee injury at the end of August. He has scored three more league goals since his return, with AZ four points ahead of Ajax in the Eredivisie table. Such is his form, a return to the Premier League has been mooted in some areas, although he is contracted to AZ until 2029. Those transfer links will only have increased after his star turn in November's qualifiers. More good times to come for Parrott and Ireland? In just two games this month, Parrott has doubled his international goals tally. Before stepping out against Portugal, he had scored five goals in 31 caps and only once since 2022. While he remains a regular call-up for the Republic of Ireland, he has been guilty of squandering chances with some of his good club form not quite translating to his country. Now, it appears the two have began to merge, and Ireland will need more of the same as they navigate a huge few months at the start of 2026. Parrott rightly said he struggles to see how the night in Hungary can be bettered, but there are still the play-offs to come and maybe even a first World Cup. The good times can roll even further. Given the momentum and confidence both Parrott and Ireland have after this international break, it would be hard to deny them more nights like Sunday.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued an amber cold health alert for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber on Monday. A yellow cold health alert affects the rest of England. Check the weather forecast where you are Multiple yellow weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued by the Met Office for parts of Scotland and northern England from Monday to Thursday. Sub-zero temperatures are expected during the first cold snap of the year, as a spell of above-average temperatures comes to an end. Temperatures dropped as low as -7C (19F) in Tulloch Bridge in the Highlands on Saturday, the UK's coldest night since March. Arctic air heads southwards on Monday, the forecasters said, and by Wednesday, the whole of the UK will be under its spell. Sky weather presenter Jo Wheeler said the UK and Ireland can expect "quite a dramatic change" and warned the expected cold snap, following a mild start to autumn, will feel "shocking". She said the current yellow weather warnings for ice cover northern and eastern parts of the country over the next few days "with the potential for snow or wind warnings" later this week. The potential impacts "would appear to be small and confined to northern and elevated areas familiar with such winter hazards". An area of rain, sleet and snow will move across the country from Monday into Tuesday and stronger winds toward the end of the week will bring significant windchill, "making it feel much colder than temperatures would suggest". Milder conditions should move in by the weekend, she said. Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Dan Holley said: "As Storm Claudia retreats to the South, high pressure to the North West will drive a cold northerly flow from the Arctic across the UK." A major incident had been declared in Monmouth, southeast Wales, over the weekend as people were rescued from flooded homes after the storm. Looking forward, Mr Holley predicted "much colder conditions than of late and, whilst generally drier than recent days, there will also be a risk of wintry hazards, such as snow and ice". Widespread frosts are likely across the UK, he said, with temperatures dipping "as low as -7C in places". Single-figure daytime temperatures, coupled with a brisk northerly wind, will mean "a marked wind chill". The Met Office's chief forecaster Paul Gundersen said rain expected over western Scotland on Tuesday morning could turn to snow as it moves inland. He said details are sketchy, but "a period of snow is likely over high ground, with accumulations of 2-5cm (0.8-1.9ins) possible above about 150m (492ft) in elevation, and as much as 5-10cm (1.9-3.9ins) above 400m (1,312ft)". Mr Gundersen said that "some disruption to travel and infrastructure across higher parts of Scotland" is possible and, by Wednesday, a "strong and very cold northerly flow" will make temperatures feel even colder. Deputy chief forecaster Tom Crabtree warned that Wednesday to Friday "will be the coldest part of the week" as overnight temperatures "could get down to -10C (14F)". He predicted "a significant wind chill" from the strong northerly wind, making things feel even colder. "Wintry snow showers are expected to extend south through Wednesday and into Thursday, mainly affecting north-facing coastal areas," he said. Read more on Sky News:How Claudia devastated PortugalUK suffers flooding as storm hits An amber warning means the weather is likely to cause "significant impacts across health and social care services" including an increase in demand for health services; temperatures inside places like hospitals, care homes and clinics dropping below the levels recommended for assessing health risks; and a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has warned people with heart conditions to take extra care. Ruth Goss, senior cardiac nurse at the foundation, said cold temperatures can "increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and people with cardiovascular disease are also more at risk of serious illness if they get seasonal respiratory infections like flu". She advised anyone with such a condition to wrap up warm and have their free flu jab.

Speaking about his new film, The Thing With Feathers, he admits it's "a very odd job, there's no getting away from it". If the vision of Cumberbatch wrestling with a giant bird sounds like the sort of amusingly surreal movie you fancy taking a look at next week, it's important to understand that this is no comedy. While the film, based on Max Porter's eclectic novella Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, the film is at times disturbingly funny, but mostly it is an incredibly emotional take on the heartbreaking way we all process grief. Cumberbatch plays a man whose wife has died suddenly, leaving him with their two young boys. The story itself is split into three parts - dad, boys and crow. Crow - voiced by David Thewlis - is a figment of dad's imagination, a sort of "unhinged Freudian therapist" for him, according to Porter. Cumberbatch, a father of three, said this certainly wasn't a role he wanted to think about when he returned to his own family each night. "I didn't take it home, I didn't talk about it…You have to work fast when you're a father of three with a busy home life, you know, it's very immediate the need they have of you, so you don't go in and talk about your day crying your eyes out on a sofa with a crow punching you in the face." Since Porter's award-winning work was first published in 2015 it has built a cult following. Using text, dialogue and poetry to explore grief from various characters' perspectives, the author says the subject matter is universal. "Most of us are deeply eccentric in one way or another, like my father-in-law, apparently a very rational, blokey bloke, who's like 'when my mum died, a wren landed on the window and I knew it was my mum'. "Grief puts us into these states where we are more attuned to the natural world and particularly more attuned to symbols and signs. So, imagining a crow moving in with the family actually makes a lot of sense to people, whereas, weirdly, five steps to getting better or get well soon or a hallmark card or whatever doesn't make much sense to the people when you're in that storm of pain." Read more from entertainment news:Wicked star 'felt really scared' growing up gay in schoolPope Leo meets with film stars and directors at Vatican While the film sees Cumberbatch portray a firestorm of emotions, he says he feels it's important to tackle weighty issues on screen. "It is a universal experience, in one way or another you're 'gonna lose someone that you love during your life." The film, he says, explores grief through a male prism. "At a time when there's a lot of very troubling influences on men without female presence in their lives, this thing of scapegoating and seeing the other as a threat, all of that comes into play within the allowance of grief to be a messy, scary, intimidating, chaotic, unruly and out of control place to exist as a man. "This is a film that just leans into the idea that it's alright to have feelings, you bury them or hide them at your peril." The Thing With Feathers is out in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 21 November.

Bafflement, anger, disappointment, and sheer frustration are all on relatively open display at the circular firing squad which seems to have surrounded the prime minister. The botched effort to flush out backroom plotters and force Wes Streeting to declare his loyalty ahead of the budget has instead led even previously loyal Starmerites to predict the PM could be forced out of office before the local elections in May. "We have so many councillors coming up for election across the country," one says, "and at the moment it looks like they're going to be wiped out. That's our base - we just can't afford to lose them. I like Keir [Starmer] but there's only a limited window left to turn things around. There's a real question of urgency." Another criticised a "boys club" at No 10 who they claimed have "undermined" the prime minister and "forgotten they're meant to be serving the British people." There's clearly widespread muttering about what to do next - and even a degree of enviousness at the lack of a regicidal 1922 committee mechanism, as enjoyed by the Tories. "Leadership speculation is destabilising," one said. "But there's really no obvious strategy. Andy Burnham isn't even an MP. You'd need a stalking horse candidate and we don't have one. There's no 1922. It's very messy." Others are gunning for the chancellor after months of careful pitch-rolling for manifesto-breaching tax rises in the budget were ripped up overnight. "Her career is toast," one told me. "Rachel has just lost all credibility. She screwed up on the manifesto. She screwed up on the last two fiscal events, costing the party huge amounts of support and leaving the economy stagnating. "Having now walked everyone up the mountain of tax rises and made us vote to support them on the opposition day debate two days ago, she's now worried her job is at risk and has bottled it. "Talk to any major business or investor and they are holding off investing in the UK until it is clear what the UK's tax policy is going to be, putting us in a situation where the chancellor is going to have to go through this all over again in six months - which just means no real economic growth for another six months." Read more:Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income taxFormer chancellor Osborne is shock contender to head HSBC After less than 18 months in office, the government is stuck in a political morass largely of its own making. Treasury sources have belatedly argued that the chancellor's pre-budget change of heart on income tax is down to better-than-expected economic forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility. That should be a cause of celebration. The question is whether she and the PM are now too damaged to make that case to the country - and rescue their benighted prospects.

YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul will share the ring with former two-time unified world champion Joshua in an eight-round sanctioned fight with 10oz gloves at heavyweight at the Kaseya Center, Florida. The fight will take place in the early hours of Saturday December 20 UK time. Paul was due to face Gervonta Davis, but the fight was cancelled after a civil lawsuit was filed against the lightweight boxing champion, and Joshua steps in as a formidable replacement opponent. 'Been through hell.' Chris Eubank Jr alludes to pre-fight 'issues'Conor Benn defeats Chris Eubank Jr to take two-knockdown revenge winConor Benn beats a Eubank but still wants to emulate his father with WBC title winNot got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW "This isn't an AI simulation. This is Judgment Day," Paul declared. "A professional heavyweight fight against an elite world champion in his prime. When I beat Anthony Joshua, every doubt disappears, and no one can deny me the opportunity to fight for a world title. "To all my haters, this is what you wanted. To the people of the United Kingdom, I am sorry. On Friday, December 19, under the lights in Miami, live globally only on Netflix, the torch gets passed and Britain's Goliath gets put to sleep." Joshua will be boxing for the first time since his knockout loss to then IBF champion Daniel Dubois. "Jake or anyone can get this work. No mercy," Joshua said. "I took some time out and I'm coming back with a mega show. It's a big opportunity for me. Whether you like it or not, I'm here to do massive numbers, have big fights and break every record whilst keeping cool, calm and collected. "Mark my words, you'll see a lot more fighters take these opportunities in the future. I'm about to break the internet over Jake Paul's face." Paul fought at heavyweight last November, a points win over Mike Tyson who came out of retirement for a high-profile showdown. The 28-year-old, who has a 12-1 record, enters the Joshua fight following a career-best victory against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, a former world champion, by unanimous decision win in June. Joshua, who hasn't fought since a knockout loss to Daniel Dubois last September, has twice become a world heavyweight champion during an impressive professional career that has featured 28 victories and four defeats. He claimed his first world title in 2016, unifying the WBO, WBA and IBF belts in an epic fight against Wladimir Klitschko the following year. Joshua won those belts back from Andy Ruiz when the American upset him in 2019 and his championship reign was only ended by Oleksandr Usyk, now the undisputed heavyweight titlist. "Everyone laughed when Jake Paul said in March that he wanted to fight AJ in 2026," Nakisa Bidarian, CEO of Most Valuable Promotions, said. "Well, plans changed, and in under two weeks, MVP and Netflix have made one of the biggest fights of all-time. Now, as only Jake Paul could and would do, he's fighting one of the most fearsome boxers in the world. "Joshua has every advantage in this fight, except one - the delusional confidence of Jake Paul, and if anyone can shock the world, it's him. "This is a global clash between two of the most recognisable figures in the sport, Jake, the face of boxing's new era, and Joshua, the King of UK boxing." Eddie Hearn, Joshua's promoter, said: "They say be careful what you wish for, kind of feel like that's all I need to say. "Two of the biggest names in the sport will collide on December 19. Whilst I admire Jake's b*****, he's going to find out the hard way in Miami."