England, who are in Group L, will begin their tournament against Croatia in Dallas at 4pm EST (9pm BST) on 17 June. They will then go on to face Ghana in Boston at 4pm EST (9pm BST) on 23 June and Panama at the Met Life Stadium in New Jersey at 5pm EST (10pm BST) on 27 June. Scotland are in Group C, and their first match will be against Haiti in Boston at 9pm EST on 13 June (2am BST 14 June). They will go up against Morocco also in Boston at 6pm EST (11pm BST) on 19 June and then Brazil in Miami at 6pm EST (11pm BST) on 24 June. Fans are expected to rush to sort their travel and accommodation plans now that they know where and when the matches take place. Read more:Unapologetically political - a World Cup draw like no other Wales and Northern Ireland have yet to find out if they will qualify. Wales must face a play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Cardiff, then either Italy or Northern Ireland, if they are victorious. If they beat these play-off opponents, they will secure their place in Group B alongside Canada, Qatar and Switzerland. The World Cup final will be a 3pm EST (8pm BST) kick-off in New Jersey, New York, on 19 July. However, Northern Ireland will also be vying to guarantee their spot in the same group if they can beat Italy and then either Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sky News can exclusively reveal that Mr Morgan is in the process of finalising a roughly $30m (£22.5m) fundraising for Uncensored that will give it a pre-money valuation of about $130m (£97m). The new investors are understood to include The Raine Group, the New York-based merchant bank, and Theo Kyriakou, the media mogul behind Greece's Antenna Group, owner of a stake in London-based digital venture The News Movement. Michael Kassan, a marketing veteran, is understood to be advising the business on advertising-related matters and may also invest in a personal capacity, according to insiders. A number of family offices from around the world are also said to be in talks to become shareholders in Uncensored. Joe Ravitch, the prominent American banker and Raine co-founder who has advised in recent years on the sale of Chelsea and Manchester United football clubs, is said to be joining the Uncensored board as part of the capital-raising. The move comes nearly a year after Mr Morgan announced his departure from Rupert Murdoch's British empire through a deal which handed him full control and ownership of his Uncensored YouTube channel. Allies of Mr Morgan said this weekend that some details of the fundraising were likely to be confirmed publicly in the coming days. While the size of his personal stake in the business was unclear this weekend, insiders said the crystallisation of a $130m valuation would mean that Mr Morgan's economic interest was, on paper, worth tens of millions of pounds. "The ambition is to grow this into a billion dollar company within a few years," said one person close to the discussions with investors. "With the scale of audiences now being driven to digital channels and the commercial opportunities there, that is definitely achievable." The former Mirror editor, whose career has also encompassed stints at ITV, with CNN in the US and Mr Murdoch's global media conglomerates News Corporation and Fox, is now drawing up plans to transform Uncensored into a more diverse digital media group. This is expected to include the launch of a series of 'verticals' attached to the Uncensored brand, including channels dedicated to subjects such as history, sport and technology. Mr Morgan is already said to be in talks with prominent figures to spearhead some of these new strands, with a chief executive also expected to be recruited to drive the growth of the overall Uncensored business. His appetite to establish a YouTube-based global media network has been driven by the scale of the global audiences he has drawn to some of his recent work, including interviews with the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and the former world tennis number one Novak Djokovic. Both of those athletes have collaborated with Mr Morgan by posting parts of their exchanges on social media platforms, attracting hundreds of millions of views. Mr Morgan's access to President Donald Trump, whom he has interviewed on several occasions, is also likely to be a factor in the timing of Uncensored's expansion strategy. While many 'legacy' news and media networks remain hamstrung by inflated cost bases, Mr Morgan's decision to go it alone and focus on developing the Uncensored brand reflects his belief that the news and media industries are ripe for disintermediation by channels tied to prominent, and sometimes controversial, individual journalists and presenters. The Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel has 4.3 million subscribers, roughly half of whom are from the US. Of the remaining 50%, however, only a minority are British, with a significant number based in the Middle East, South Africa and parts of Asia. This has fuelled Mr Morgan's view that there is journalistic and commercial mileage in creating content on issues which historically might have struggled to generate a significant international audience - such as ongoing military and political tension between India and Pakistan, and the white farmer 'genocide' furore in South Africa. Under the deal he struck with Mr Murdoch in January this year, Mr Morgan has a four-year revenue-sharing agreement that involves News UK receiving a slice of the advertising revenue generated by Piers Morgan Uncensored until 2029. Mr Morgan had returned to Mr Murdoch's media empire in January 2022 with a three-year agreement that included writing regular columns for The Sun and New York Post, as well as presenting shows on the company's now-folded television channel, Talk TV. He also recently released a book, Woke Is Dead, which was published by Mr Murdoch's books subsidiary, Harper Collins. As part of his new arrangements, Mr Morgan also signed a deal with Red Seat Ventures, a US-based agency which partners with prominent media figures and influencers to help them exploit commercial opportunities through sponsorship and other revenue streams. Among those Red Seat has worked with are Megyn Kelly, the American commentator, and Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News presenter. While many well-known American news media figures are followed because of their partisanship and affiliations to either the political left or right, Mr Morgan has positioned himself as a 'ringmaster' who is not ideologically hidebound. His plans come at a time of continuing upheaval in the global media industry, with Netflix agreeing a landmark $83bn deal this week to buy the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. In the UK, Sky, the Comcast-owned immediate parent company of Sky News, is in talks to acquire ITV's broadcasting business, while the Daily Telegraph newspaper could soon find itself as a stablemate of the Daily Mail if a proposed £500m deal is successful. Meanwhile, Reach, the London-listed newspaper publisher which owns the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror, now has a market valuation of just £176m - less than double that of Mr Morgan's new standalone digital media company. When Sky News revealed Mr Morgan's move to separate from News UK earlier this year, he said: "Owning the [Uncensored] brand allows my team and I the freedom to focus exclusively on building Uncensored into a standalone business, editorially and commercially, and in time, widening it from just me and my content. "It's clear from the… US election that YouTube is an increasingly powerful and influential media platform, and Uncensored is one of the fastest-growing shows on it in the world. "I'm very excited about the potential for Uncensored." This weekend, he added: "I am very excited that some of the most experienced and successful players in the global media industry, like Joe, Michael and Theo, share my ambitious vision for Uncensored. "This is the future of modern media."

Nigel Farage announced the former Conservative life peer's defection during a rally in the Scottish town of Falkirk, where regular anti-immigration protests have taken place outside the Cladhan Hotel - which is being used to house asylum seekers. Mr Farage, Reform UK's leader, said he was "delighted" to welcome Greenock-born Lord Offord to Reform, describing his defection as "a brave and historic act". He added: "He will take Reform UK Scotland to a new level." During a speech, Lord Offord, who previously donated nearly £150,000 to the Tories, said he would be quitting the Conservative Party and giving up his place in the House of Lords as he prepares to campaign for a seat in Holyrood in May. The 61-year-old said he wanted to restore Scotland to a "prosperous, happy, healthy country". "Scotland needs Reform and Reform is coming to Scotland," he told the rally. Read more:Nigel Farage dismisses school racism claims as 'banter in a playground'Farage allegations are deeply shocking - but will they deter voters? "Today I can announce that I am resigning from the Conservative Party. Today I am joining Reform UK and today I announce my intention to stand for Reform in the Holyrood election in May next year. "And that means that from today, for the next five months, day and night, I shall be campaigning with all of you tirelessly for two objectives. "The first objective is to remove this rotten SNP government after 18 years, and the second is to present a positive vision for Scotland inside the UK, to restore Scotland to being a prosperous, proud, healthy and happy country." The latest defection comes as Mr Farage finds himself at the centre of allegations of racism dating back to his time in school. Sky News reported on Saturday that a former schoolfriend of Mr Farage claimed he sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates - and had a "big issue with anyone called Patel". Jean-Pierre Lihou, 61, was initially friends with the Reform UK leader when he arrived at Dulwich College in the 1970s, at the time when Mr Farage is accused of saying antisemitic and other racist remarks by more than a dozen pupils. Mr Farage has said he "never directly racially abused anybody" at Dulwich and said there is a "strong political element" to the allegations coming out 49 years later. Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice has called the ex-classmates "liars". A Reform UK spokesman accused Sky News of "scraping the barrel" and being "desperate to stop us winning the next election".

It's another damaging result for the Premier League title holders, who have won just four of their last 15 games across all competitions. They sit eighth in the table, having missed the chance to go fifth, with a 10-point gap to leaders Arsenal. Leeds 3-3 Liverpool - Match report and reactionFREE Premier League highlights▶️ | Live PL tableLatest Leeds news⚪️ | Latest Liverpool news🔴 "For Liverpool, despair," said Neville at the final whistle at Elland Road. "Inconsistent. You can't trust them. You're always thinking something's going to go wrong and they make mistake after mistake after mistake." After Hugo Ekitike's quickfire double at the start of the second half, Liverpool let Leeds back into the game. Ibrahima Konate gave away a penalty for Dominic Calvert-Lewin to make it 2-1 before Anton Stach fired in an equaliser moments later. Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool back in front but Ao Tanaka scored another Leeds equaliser from an injury-time corner. "Liverpool's implosion is real," said Neville. "This is a game that was comfortable for them at 2-0. "It could happen. You thought it might happen. Arne Slot cannot believe it. "It's a mystery that continues. His team just implodes. Liverpool... you just can't trust them." Transfer Centre LIVE! 'Perfect-fit Marc Guehi must be Liverpool January target Reflecting on Liverpool's problems on The Gary Neville Podcast, Neville gave his backing to Liverpool boss Arne Slot - but warned it could take some time to get the team back on track, given the number of problems that have surfaced. "It's a bad one again and they'll be dejected going back to Liverpool on that coach. They'll be in a very dark place, I don't think they'll be in a good place at all. "I can't entertain the idea of Arne Slot and talking about his job, that's just not for me. He's won a title four months ago. "There's definitely a problem. There's definitely an issue of settling this new team, this group of players who've come together into the squad and what's happening with [Mohamed] Salah, what's happening with [Alexander] Isak, what's happening with the defenders and what's happening with the full backs... There are lots of questions. 'We thought the game was over at 2-0, says Dominik Szoboszlai "You can tell he's still trying to answer them and he's probably not going to answer them for a while yet. It may even need a transfer window to refine things again. He had a very very steady ship when he first came in. Then got this introduction into the dressing room of five or six players and tried to integrate them into a team with real excitement and massive transfer fees. "We were all saying Liverpool were unbelievable favourites for the league - I said Arsenal but I could see why everyone was. "It's gone wrong, it's gone badly wrong but it isn't a time to throw the baby out with the bath water. "This is a time for them to knuckle down, work hard think about what they need to do to refine that squad a little bit more, think about what they're doing in January, start to plan for next season with Arne Slot and what that looks like because they've got a fantastic manager in my opinion and think about now how they rebuild that Liverpool defence, how they get that Liverpool midfield right and most importantly how is he going to get the best out [Florian] Wirtz and Isak." Neville's praise for Leeds: A week of hope! Meanwhile, Leeds have backed up their midweek win over Chelsea by earning another valuable point in their fight against relegation. They are now three points above the drop zone - and earned Neville's praise for their performances in a run of games which also saw them go close to landing a result at Man City. "Man City away. Chelsea at home. Liverpool at home. The week that was probably going to be cementing their place in the Championship next season. It's been the week of hope," said Neville. "Four points. And they nearly got a point at Man City. They've been fantastic. "Fair dos to [Leeds boss Daniel Farke]. I thought when he was changing his team it was a case of just resting them for the next game but they played that 3-5-2, they played a bit more direct, then he's flipped his system into a 4-2-3-1 that has actually played through Liverpool at times." Slot: We can only blame ourselves Liverpool boss Arne Slot to Sky Sports: "It's not the first time we've dropped points. It's not the first time we have conceded a goal in the last minute. It's not the first time we have conceded a set-piece. I think everyone can understand what the mood was in the dressing room. "I don't think we conceded any chance until we were 2-0 up. The penalty wasn't a chance but we made it a chance because it led to a penalty, with a VAR intervention one more time. "So 2-1, then maybe their first chance of the game led to 2-2. We showed mentality to go 3-2 up. I think after that we had control. Of course, there's always the long ball, second ball, which you can't always make sure it doesn't happen. "And then a set-piece comes in nine minutes of extra time and they score. That is part of our season. But the ones to blame are us. We concede these chances." Szoboszlai: We thought the game was over Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai to Sky Sports: "I don't know what happened after 2-0. I think we thought the game was over. "We said at the beginning of the game that this was the kind of game where you can never underestimate the team you play against. "Maybe after the penalty, they just had their momentum to make it 2-2. We came back, so it was a good reaction from the team, but conceding again from a set-piece is not a nice way. "We have to find solutions, we have to show reactions and everybody has to take responsibility. Not always the old guys or the guys that have been here longer, everybody. "Everybody has to go on the pitch and show they are ready to fight for this badge." Liverpool's next five fixtures Liverpool and Leeds meet again on January 1, this time at Anfield, live on Sky Sports. Dec 9: Inter Milan (A) - Champions League Dec 13: Brighton (H) - Premier League Dec 20: Tottenham (A) - Premier League, live on Sky Sports Dec 27: Wolves (H) - Premier League Jan 1: Leeds (H) - Premier League, live on Sky Sports Leeds' next five fixtures Dec 14: Brentford (A) - Premier League, live on Sky Sports Dec 20: Crystal Palace (H) - Premier League, live on Sky Sports+ Dec 28: Sunderland (A) - Premier League, live on Sky Sports Jan 1: Liverpool (A) - Premier League, live on Sky Sports Jan 4: Man Utd (H) - Premier League

A new strain of the flu virus is believed to be much more infectious than previous strains and has already led to a record number of patients needing urgent hospital care. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it is seeing the flu among younger patients and fears the virus will now spread to older, more vulnerable patients. Dr Jamie Lopez Berbnal, consultant epidemiologist at the UKHSA, told Sky News: "The new strain circulating has evolved a bit more rapidly than normal. "And that could mean that there's a bit less immunity in the population from what we normally see in a flu season. "And that could mean that the flu virus spreads a bit more than usual. And that's something that we've started to see already, in particular in children and young adults. "But we're now starting to see flu take out a bit more in older adults, who tend to be more vulnerable to flu as well." Read more from Sky News:Sky News goes inside hospital struggling with winter pressureWhy is flu season worse this year? More than 17 million flu jabs have been administered in England so far. But that's not enough. Flu season has come early and hit harder. A mutated, stronger strain of the virus is driving this wave and the peak is nowhere in sight. The NHS said that unlike a cold, flu symptoms can come on very quickly and can include a sudden high temperature that appears within a few hours. With a cold, a high temperature would appear gradually. Flu can cause a headache, dry cough and aching body - while a cold mainly affects your nose and throat. And flu can leave you feeling too exhausted to carry on as normal - unlike a cold, which leaves you feeling tired. In children, flu symptoms can include an earache and a drop in energy. Professor Julian Redhead, national director for urgent care for NHS England, said this flu season would be a "big challenge" for the health service. "I think it's going to be a big challenge for us as we go forward because it just increases the pressure. "I mean, at the moment we've got around, say 1,500, maybe 2,000 patients in hospital with flu and the predictions are that it will rise to somewhere between 5,000 and 8,000. "So you can see the pressure that will be put on the system will be very large and that's why we're concerned." Professor Redhead also warned people not to underestimate the virus. Even for normally healthy people the effects of flu could be quite serious. He said: "Anyone can be at risk of severe flu and it does carry complications, which people won't necessarily recognise because it can affect the heart and lungs and things like this. "Clearly, it's the most vulnerable population that we're really worried about and what happens for them, is they can get bacterial infections on top of the flu and end up with things like pneumonia, which can be really, really serious. "And we see patients going into ITU in these circumstances every year and that puts pressure into the ITU systems as well. "So yes, it can be dangerous. It is mainly the very old and very young, where we see the complications. "But remember that the increase at the moment is very much in the younger population and the danger is it then transmits into the older, more vulnerable population and that's what we want to try to prevent."

It had been reported that the US streaming giant was in exclusive talks over the deal following a bidding war for the assets. Paramount Skydance and Comcast, the ultimate owner of Sky News, were the rival suitors for the bulk of WBD that also includes HBO, the HBO Max streaming platform and DC Studios. Money latest: Budget airline launches six new routes While Netflix has agreed a $27.75 per share price with WBD, which equates to the $72bn purchase figure, the deal gives the assets a total value of $82.7bn. It will see WBD come under Netflix ownership once its remaining Discovery Global division, mostly legacy cable networks including CNN and the TNT sports channels, is separated. However, the agreement is set to attract scrutiny from competition regulators, particularly in the United States and Europe. Both WBD and Netflix do not see the prospect of the deal being completed until late 2026 or 2027. The main stumbling block is likely to be the fact that Netflix, which has hits including Stranger Things and Squid Game, is already the world's biggest streaming service. Further drama could come in the form of a complaint by Paramount, which had previously made a bid for the whole company. CNBC reported this week that Paramount had claimed the auction process was biased in favour of Netflix. Entertainment news provider Variety has also reported that major studios fear an institutional crisis for Hollywood unless the move is blocked. Ted Sarandos, the co-chief executive of Netflix, said: "By combining Warner Bros' incredible library of shows and movies - from timeless classics like Casablanca and Citizen Kane to modern favourites like Harry Potter and Friends - with our culture-defining titles like Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters and Squid Game, we'll be able to do that even better. "Together, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling." Netflix shares were trading down more than 3% in pre-market deals but recovered much of that loss when Wall Street opened. Those for WBD were up by more than 2%. David O'Hara, managing director at the advisory firm MKI Global Partners, said of the proposed deal: "The 12-18 month timeline signals a long antitrust review, but despite the overlap between Netflix and HBO Max, there is a path to approval through possible HBO divestment. "Netflix would not accept a $5.8bn break fee if it didn't see at least a small chance of the deal closing."

Jean-Pierre Lihou, 61, was initially friends with the Reform UK leader when he arrived at Dulwich College in the 1970s, at the time when Mr Farage is accused of saying antisemitic and other racist remarks by more than a dozen pupils. But Mr Lihou, who is half-German and said he went for a couple of sleepovers at Mr Farage's parent's house, told Sky News' Amanda Akass that it "soon become obvious he was not quite the same person I thought he was". Warning: This article contains references to antisemitic slurs which readers may find offensive Another former pupil, Stefan Benarroch, who was in the year below Mr Farage and is Jewish, said that Mr Farage was "not a kid" when he made alleged antisemitic remarks and his behaviour was "unacceptable in any era". Mr Farage has said he "never directly racially abused anybody" at Dulwich and said there is a "strong political element" to the allegations coming out 49 years later. Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice has called the ex-classmates "liars". A Reform UK spokesman accused Sky News of "scraping the barrel" and being "desperate to stop us winning the next election". 'People were hurt by it' Mr Lihou told Sky News Mr Farage used to direct antisemitic songs at his Jewish friend Peter Ettedgui, who is one of the main former classmates to have spoken out against the Reform leader. "He used to sing: 'Gas them all, gas them out, gas them all, into the chambers they crawl' - and the rest of those horrible words," he said. "You think, when somebody is obviously distressed by that, why do you keep doing it? The humour wears off... when you see this, and because I'm German I'm particularly sensitive to anyone making that kind of analogy." Mr Lihou also said Mr Farage used to "pass comment on anyone that wasn't white, particularly Indians". He said: "He had a great big issue with anyone called Patel because I think the school had at one point more Patels than Smiths. That seemed to irk him. "Anybody who wasn't white, he was likely to have a comment pretty much throughout my school life, especially Jewish people. I think that was the worst thing because you could obviously see that people were hurt by it." 'He was truly ghastly' Mr Benarroch, who was also friends with Mr Ettedgui, told Sky News: "His behaviour as a teenager was unacceptable by any standards and in any era. He was truly ghastly at Dulwich College." He said he would never have come across Mr Farage "had I not been a Jew". "He and his minions - and one of his minions, in particular, was my tormentor at Dulwich - they would spot us coming out of Jewish prayers on a Friday," he added. "So his behaviour at 16, 17, 18 - and you are a man at 18, you're technically an adult - was truly appalling. So we're not talking about a kid here." The property developer said the racism allegations are "not just about Nigel Farage as a teenager, this is also about Nigel Farage as an adult". "His behaviour as a teenager was unacceptable by any standards and in any era. He was truly ghastly at Dulwich College," he added. 'These things don't leave you' Mr Benarroch, who is no longer a practising Jew, added: "I was terrified of his bullies, he had these guys hanging around with him who were instructed to have a go at us as these young, nice Jewish boys. "I don't recall ever having direct contact with Nigel Farage, but certainly I was very much a witness to his tormenting of others, especially Peter Ettudgui. "He [Mr Farage] was so extreme, these things don't leave you, they don't leave your body, as such." On Thursday, Mr Farage launched into a tirade at the BBC after one of its reporters asked about the claims, with the politician reading out a letter he said was from someone he went to school with. He quoted the unnamed Jewish pupil as saying there was "plenty of macho, tongue-in-cheek schoolboy banter" and said sometimes it "was offensive, but never with malice". Read more: Farage dismisses school racism claims as 'banter in a playground'Farage needs to explain 'racist' comment allegations, says PM 'It was not schoolboy banter' Mr Benarroch rejected Mr Farage's claim it was just "schoolboy banter" and said he has continued to show the same views, just in a less obvious way. "You tell that [that it was banter] to the guys, to Peter who had 'Hitler should have gassed you' said to him," he said. "Peter Ettedgui was tormented by Nigel Farage. "The point I'm making is, he's a grown man now. He's a highly intelligent politician with nuance when it suits him, and so clearly he's not going around saying 'Hitler should have gassed you all', obviously." The former Dulwich student said Mr Farage had "kept the most disgraceful company imaginable" in the US during the 2010s on radio and TV shows. He specifically named Rick Wiles, a far-right American conspiracy theorist whose YouTube channel was banned in 2020 after calling Donald Trump's impeachment a "Jew coup". Mr Benarroch, who said he is not part of any political party, said "there is no political motivation" behind his allegations, but accused Reform and Mr Farage of making "a political statement" by calling them liars. On Thursday, Mr Farage said he had received multiple letters from former pupils in support of him. He said a letter from a Jewish schoolmate, said: "While there was plenty of macho tongue-in-cheek schoolboy banter, it was humour, and yes, sometimes it was offensive... but never with malice. "I never heard him [Farage] racially abuse anyone." A Reform UK spokesman "accused Sky News of scraping the barrel". He said: "This ridiculous interview has nothing to do with Nigel Farage himself but apparently someone who knew him at school almost 50 years ago. "Sky News are desperate to stop us winning the next election."

The hierarchy believe that in the 11th minute of the game, Tarkowski's shoulder barge on the Switzerland winger amounted to violent conduct. Ndoye fell to the ground after he was barged from behind. The incident wasn't seen by on-field referee Chris Kavanagh, and the VAR James Bell didn't think it was worthy of a red card, and so didn't intervene. Premier League rules dictate the VAR cannot get involved if they think a challenge is worthy of a yellow card. Everton 3-0 Nottingham Forest - Match report & highlightsAs it happened | Teams | StatsLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights Forest officials believe that if Tarkowski was sent off that early, when the score was still 1-0, the result could have been different. Thierno Barry scored his first Everton goal to help his side beat Forest 3-0 eventually at the Hill Dickinson Stadium as the Toffees moved up to fifth place in the Premier League after a fourth win in five. "On another day, I'm amazed big Tarky gets away with that but he did," said Sean Dyche after the match. "Not even a yellow card. It's not a shove if you look at it. Players get yellows and reds now for just touching heads together and it's a lot more than that."