There've been a flurry of overnight developments. The caveat, up front, is that this is a president who changes his mind and has delivered very mixed messages in recent weeks. He also sees real value in saying one thing and doing the opposite. He bluffs. That said, his language is more definitive than before. It feels more than ever like an "off-ramp" from his "Iran excursion" as he calls it. Iran war latest: Trump considers 'winding down' Iran war First, on the White House south lawn, he told us: "Oh, I think we've won. We've knocked out their navy, their air force. We've knocked out their anti-aircraft. We've knocked out everything. We're roaming free." He followed that with: "We want victory… and that's what we've got." As ever the messaging was somewhat mixed. "Well, look," he said: "… I don't want to do a ceasefire. You know, you don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side." But then an hour later, from the air, on Air Force One he delivered the clearest indication yet, via his Truth Social account, that he's keen to wind down the conflict. Does he really think he's achieved all the war aims, or is he now properly spooked by the global economic consequences the war has caused? List of accomplishments On Truth Social he said: "We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran." Then he lists the accomplishments as he sees them: "(1) Completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them. "(2) Destroying Iran's Defense Industrial Base. "(3) Eliminating their Navy and Air Force, including Anti Aircraft Weaponry. "(4) Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear Capability, and always being in a position where the U.S.A. can quickly and powerfully react to such a situation, should it take place. "(5) Protecting, at the highest level, our Middle Eastern Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others." I'll get to his kicker for his allies in a moment but a thought on those points above first. The nuclear material is still in Iran The first three points amount to the comprehensive destruction of Iran's military - that may well be accurate given how intense the American and Israeli bombing has been over three weeks. But point four - "Iran is now not even close to nuclear capability"? Well it's almost certainly been knocked back years, but the nuclear material - near weapons grade, remember - that's still somewhere in Iran. And, of course, for now at least the regime remains in place: more defiant, more aggrieved, more intent on revenge. Danger of retaliation is huge The danger of low-level, prolonged, dangerous and disruptive asymmetrical retaliation is huge. The Iranian regime, as President Trump reminds us, was the global sponsor and exporter of terror. Its sleeper cells are sophisticated. It's a huge challenge for intelligence agencies. Finally - the kicker in his statement. "The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it - The United States does not! If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn't be necessary once Iran's threat is eradicated." Put simply - he's saying: "Sorry folks - not America's problem. We broke the global energy market. You need to fix it." He adds that it will be easy to fix. No one else anywhere is claiming that, by the way. So what next? Well, let's see how what's left of the Iranian government responds to this apparent shift by President Trump. Remember too that this is a president who shifts, changes, and contradicts his own statements all the time. To underline that, thousands more American troops are already on the way to the region. Don't take anything for certain.

The This Country star is not wrong. Award shows, Comic Relief, the odd stunt soap episode aside, live TV entertainment - away from sport - is vanishingly rare. But that's about to change, with cult US sketch show Saturday Night Live coming to the UK for the first time. The brainchild of US TV executive Lorne Michaels, and running in America for 51 years, a cast of 11 young comics aged between 26 and 36, and 20 writers are about to give the UK the same Saturday Night Live treatment, broadcasting from Television Centre, TC1, west London, each week. As the name suggests, it's absolutely live, there is no autocue, just old-fashioned cue cards. Think the iconic Keira Knightley scene in Love Actually. A man called Wally Feresten was flown over from the US to train cue card handlers for the show, a niche necessity that those behind the show did not feel could not be scrimped on. The show is also written and rewritten up to the moment of broadcast, finessing the content, removing the bits that don't elicit enough of a laugh from the warm-up audience, who watch a dress rehearsal just hours before the show goes to air. The cast have to be fleet-footed, flexible and ready to drop a scene, or learn a new one, at a moment's notice. So, could stuff go wrong on the night? And if it does, is it just part of the thrill of live TV? 'In a way mistakes are useful' Dring tells Sky News she is actively embracing the potential for chaos. "I hope so, and I think also to be honest to communicate what the actual show is, which is a live show," she says. "We as a country, we're not used to watching live stuff any more. So, in a way, if the odd thing doesn't go wrong when you're consuming it, you might not necessarily be cognisant of the fact that it is live. In a way, mistakes are useful to communicate what it is." Fellow cast member Al Nash, a stand-up whose online sketches have attracted over 100 million views on social media, says despite the show's glossy appearance, "When I'm doing it, I don't feel like I'm a star… It's kind of ramshackle… "You don't have a chance to think, 'Do I look good right now?' It's just like, get it done, get it over the line." Fast, furious and a little bit chaotic sounds exciting, and for some audience members thrillingly reminiscent of teenage years waking up to the Big Breakfast and wrapping up the week with The Word on a Friday night. 'We've signed a fun contract' But is there a balance between surprising the audience and behaving yourself on live TV? Dring says: "I think it's just following what you find funny, doing due diligence in terms of being considered, not being reckless or careless, but really just following what you think is funny." She adds: "And we've signed a fun contract." Running with it, Nash agrees: "If we dip below a certain amount of fun, there are multiple electrodes on our bodies, and they shock us. If you ever see me on set, go [mimes being electrocuted] then you know that's my own fault". Dring smiles: "And for me that's fun." 'Starmer's Starmer is six out of 10' A brutal six-day work cycle, Monday to Saturday, with Sunday to catch breath, before starting all over again, Nash agrees they've been prepping like athletes. Nash concurs: "I'm certainly spending a lot of time doing keepy-uppies… Instead of writing." So, with Trump featuring so heavily in the US version, have the British cast been vying with one another to play Sir Keir Starmer? Apparently not. "People don't have similar casting, so it just kind of comes naturally," says Dring. "And if my Starmer is like a six out of 10…" says Nash, before Dring cuts in, "Starmer's Starmer is a six out of 10…" "All right," says Nash, laughing, "Well, it will just defer to the best person who can do it because I think collectively we want the show to just be as good as it can be." As for naysayers, already predicting a live, late-night show can never work over here on this side of the pond, Dring deflects the negative vibes with aplomb. "I have a certain amount of affection for the pessimism of the British public, I kind of respect it," she says. "I feel all right about that, and we'll do our darnedest." Nash adds: "The idea that it's going to be a bit naff, it's just insane to me, because we're in charge, and we're going to make it good." Forget the fun contract, and bring on the mishaps, as we get ready to embrace a brave new world of British comedy this Saturday night. Saturday Night Live UK starts on Sky and Now on 21 March, hosted by Tina Fey and featuring band Wet Leg. It will stream on Peacock in the US the following night.

Speaking to Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the veteran Labour peer said Ms Rayner had offered just "one criticism after another" rather than "positive proposals". Politics Hub: Follow the latest "It's so easy to be popular when you are not in the hot seat, and whoever took over from Starmer would face all the same problems," Baroness Harman said. In a speech at an event hosted by campaign group Mainstream on Wednesday, the former deputy prime minister warned Labour was "running out of time". "I'm a big fan of Angela Rayner. I think she's a remarkable woman. I think she energised the party when we were in opposition building up into government," Baroness Harman said. But speaking about Ms Rayner's speech on Wednesday evening, she added: "It didn't have any proposals about what should be done. "I just don't think she should be doing this. I think it's wrong for her and it's certainly wrong for the party and the government. "It's the sort of things that are said by Nigel Farage, by Kemi Badenoch, by the Greens, by the Lib Dems. "I think it's best for you to come forward with positive proposals rather than just criticise a government, which is dealing with a very difficult situation." Read more:Labour's left unit behind 'major reset' call 'Is she saying immigration doesn't matter?' Baroness Harman also said the former deputy prime minister should not "wave" immigration "away" as an issue. "The other thing that I would take issue with Angela Rayner on this is that immigration is now, if you look at the opinion polls and just listen on the doorstep, it's the second most important issue to people after the cost of living," she said. "To just wave it away as an issue and say it's un-British to exercise extra controls… what is she suggesting instead? "Is she saying it doesn't matter that people are concerned about immigration or this is the wrong policy and we should be trying something else?" Baroness Harman said. "It's just a negative intervention."

Maguire's late foul on Evanilson ultimately proved costly, with Junior Kroupi scoring the resulting spot-kick and United having to hang on with 10 men to take a point from their trip to the south coast. A Bruno Fernandes penalty on the hour mark and James Hill own goal, either side of a fine finish from Ryan Christie, had given United a 2-1 lead before Maguire got his marching orders. But it was an incident just before that Christie goal which left Carrick and United captain Fernandes frustrated. Bournemouth 2-2 Man Utd - Match report and reactionAs it happened | Teams | StatsLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights Amad latched onto a clever pass forward from Fernandes and cut into the box but went to ground when Truffert placed both hands on him. It was similar to Maguire's subsequent foul, which, like Amad, spun Evanilson to the ground. "We should have had another penalty," Carrick told Sky Sports. "Obviously, if you get one, you must get the other. "It's pretty much identical for me, two-hand grab. Either way, [the ref] got one wrong, but to give one and not give the other, I can't get my head around it. I think it's crazy. It's a bit baffling, really. "Because of that, they score and then it's chaos after that, really. We should have had another penalty and the game would have been totally different." Fernandes added: "We get a penalty against [us] where more or less it's the same situation as Amad. "One is rewarded as a penalty, the other one not. I know it's difficult for the referee to give two penalties in the same game for the same team but what I don't understand is why VAR doesn't get involved in that situation. "Either one is a penalty and the other one too or none of them is a penalty." However, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp took a different view. "It would have been incredibly harsh," he said. "You can see Truffert is being aggressive with him. He does sort of manhandle him a bit, but I just don't think it's enough for it to be a penalty." Carrick: We are in a good place Reflecting on the bigger picture, with his team third in the Premier League and well-placed for Champions League qualification, Carrick said: "We're in a good place. We've put ourselves in this position through some good work, good results and good performances. "We could have had more tonight but it's not the end of the world. "We've made some improvements. There are things we can improve on, and we can get a lot better. "I'm happy with the way things have gone, but we're not satisfied. We definitely want more."

But the tech tycoon, and the world's richest person, was cleared of some fraud allegations in the civil trial in San Francisco. The case centred on a class-action lawsuit, filed just before Mr Musk took control of Twitter, which he later renamed X. Jurors were asked to decide if two tweets and comments Mr Musk made on a podcast in May 2022 amounted to him intentionally defrauding Twitter shareholders, who sold their shares based on his statements. It is not clear what amount in damages Mr Musk will have to pay to thousands of shareholders, many of them institutional investors, but it is likely to be in the billions. His fortune is currently estimated at about $814bn (£610bn), much of it tied up in Tesla shares. Much of the case surrounded Mr Musk's claim that the social media platform had underreported how many fake and spam accounts, known as bots, were on its platform. The court was shown a tweet in May 2022 where the tycoon said his takeover "cannot go forward" until Twitter's chief executive proved the bot percentage was less than 5%. "He trashed the company. ⁠Trashed the executives. And tanked the stock," the shareholders' lawyer, Mark Molumphy, ​said during his closing argument on Tuesday. Michael Lifrak, a lawyer for Mr Musk, argued that the billionaire's concern about bots was real, and that speaking out about the ​problem did not show he committed or intended to commit fraud. Mr Musk used what he called Twitter's misrepresentation of the number of fake accounts on its service as a reason to retreat from the purchase. Read more from Sky News:UK connects to Musk's satellitesFrench investigators raid offices at XX to block Grok from nude images After he tried to back out, Twitter took legal action to force him to honour his original deal. Mr Musk eventually agreed to pay what he had originally promised and ultimately completed his purchase ​of Twitter in October 2022. The billionaire is separately in talks to settle a US Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit. It accuses him of waiting ⁠too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of ​Twitter so he could buy more at low prices before investors saw what he ​was doing.

The Hollywood actor was remembered by US President Donald Trump, as well as a host of celebrities and his own family, who called him a "warrior" with a heart "full of love". Norris saw a resurgence in popularity after an early internet meme - consisting of jokes presented as "facts" exaggerating his strength and abilities - propelled him to online fame in the mid-2000s. Born in Oklahoma in 1940, Norris joined the US Air Force in his late teens and began training in martial arts while stationed in South Korea, eventually earning a black belt and becoming a six-time undefeated World Professional Middleweight Karate champion. After transitioning into acting, Norris landed his breakthrough role in The Way of the Dragon in 1972 opposite Bruce Lee, before going on to star in more than 20 movies, including Missing in Action and The Delta Force. His role in long-running TV series Walker, Texas Ranger cemented his fame. Norris's family shared the news of the actor's "sudden passing" just days after his 86th birthday on Friday, describing him as "the heart of our family" who lived with "faith, purpose and an unwavering commitment to the people he loved". "While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace," his family said. The US president joined in the tributes to the movie star, telling reporters outside the White House that Norris was a "great guy" and "tough cookie". "You didn't want to fight him, I'll tell you," Trump said. Norris's daughter, Danielle, said: "He may have a warrior exterior, but his heart was so full of love and I'm so grateful that is something he and my mom passed down to me." One of his grandchildren, Greta, paid a tribute to the actor in a post on Instagram that referenced the "Chuck Norris facts" genre of internet joke that played on Norris's persona as a tough guy and invincible fighter. "You all knew Chuck Norris as the man that counted to infinity twice, the man who got bit by a cobra and the cobra died," she said. "He was the man that would not do a push-up but would push the earth down. "Chuck Norris was known for many amazing things, but what I am most proud of is I got to know him as my Papa." Read more from Sky News:Kevin Spacey settles London sexual assault casesAI-generated Val Kilmer to star in movie after actor's death Action stars Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren paid tribute to Norris, who they all starred alongside in The Expendables 2 in 2012. In his final Facebook post shared on 10 March to mark his birthday, Norris said: "I don't age. I level up." "I'm grateful for another year, good health and the chance to keep doing what I love," he added. Political conservative and meme legend Shortly after an appearance in the 2004 film Dodgeball, Norris became the focus of an early viral internet meme that would propel him to a new level of fame. The format of the joke presented wildly hyperbolic statements about his strength and prowess as facts, such as "Chuck Norris had a staring contest with the sun - and won". Another one reads: "The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year". Norris has also been outspoken about his conservative views, including support for gun rights. He endorsed Donald Trump for his first presidential run in 2016. Norris is survived by his wife Gena O'Kelley, five children and 13 grandchildren.

Angela Rayner has stepped back into the spotlight this week and straight into controversy. Her blunt intervention - warning the government is running out of time, criticising its record on "change", and calling parts of Labour's immigration policy "un-British" - has sparked a big question: is Rayner simply saying what others are thinking, or going too far? Harriet certainly thinks it's a bit much. She says Rayner's approach could be undermining the government at a critical moment, just weeks out from the May elections. On the elections, Beth has been in Scotland speaking to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Does he still think Starmer should resign? Plus, what support should the government be offering to help with rising energy costs because of the war in Iran? And can we even afford it as a country? Got a question for the burner phone? WhatsApp 07934 200 444 or email electoraldysfunction@sky.uk. And if you didn't know, you can also watch Beth, Ruth and Harriet on YouTube.

Has Tuchel revealed his untouchables? By confirming that 11 members of his experimental 35-man squad will be rested for the first friendly of the international break against Uruguay, Thomas Tuchel may have effectively revealed some of the players he deems certainties to go to the World Cup. Trent Alexander-Arnold omitted from 35-man England squadEngland squad announcement reaction | FixturesHow Declan Rice is hitting new heights - The RadarWhich nations have qualified for World Cup?2026 World Cup: Dates, venues and format Tuchel confirmed that Dean Henderson, Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, Ezri Konsa, Nico O'Reilly, Elliot Anderson, Declan Rice, Morgan Rogers, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka will be given a few days' break before joining the camp on Friday. Tuchel cited the high number of minutes each of those players have played this season, but also said he has seen enough of them to know they have nothing to prove. We can therefore conclude that they are all but certain, barring injuries, to be on the plane. Jordan Pickford and Jude Bellingham are deemed to be in the same category, along with the injured Reece James, but will join the camp for the first game due to the fact they have played fewer minutes than the likes of Anderson, Rice, Kane and Saka this season.Nick Wright Five-way battle for No 10? Tuchel's biggest decision for his World Cup squad is still to be made: which of the abundance of No 10 talents will and won't go to the tournament. On Friday he made it clear that it will be "very unlikely" he will take "three, four or five players for one position". So, across this split squad, we will see Cole Palmer and Phil Foden vying for the role against Uruguay. Then Rogers, Eberechi Eze and - if fit enough - Bellingham against Japan. Palmer has played just 65 minutes under Tuchel and has underwhelmed of late for Chelsea. Foden - suggested as a No 9 option in November - now can't get into the Man City starting XI. Meanwhile, Bellingham has been out for a month with injury, Rogers - a star of the Tuchel era so far - has dipped, and Eze has only scored against Tottenham, Mansfield and Bayer Leverkusen since the November camp. There aren't knockout numbers from that high-class pool of players. But, as Tuchel says, now "the competition is on" - and this is their last chance on the international stage before the summer to show him they deserve to make the cut.Peter Smith If not now, when? Big blow for Trent and Watkins Nothing is guaranteed in football - but being overlooked for a 35-man squad chosen by the manager to "open up competition" for World Cup places does not bode well. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ollie Watkins were left out for "sporting reasons", Tuchel explained. Dominic Solanke and Dominic Calvert-Lewin were called up ahead of Watkins because Tuchel wanted to see them up close. Tuchel says he has a "clear picture" of what the struggling Aston Villa striker, called up in October, can offer as Harry Kane's back-up. That generosity was not afforded to Alexander-Arnold, who has played just 26 minutes under Tuchel, the former Chelsea boss insisting he knows the qualities this "huge talent" brings. Undoubtedly, Alexander-Arnold's omission is the biggest of them all. Tino Livramento, Jarrell Quansah and Djed Spence are preferred at right-back in a squad that does not include the injured Reece James. Tuchel says it is a decision based on the evidence of the last three camps rather than anything about Alexander-Arnold. Surely, this says a lot about how Tuchel sees the Real Madrid star, who has put injury worries behind him to start seven of their last nine matches, including both Champions League games against Man City. It is hard to see a way back for Alexander-Arnold under Tuchel.Zinny Boswell Dowman's a shock option, but still an outsider Of course, Tuchel had to be asked a question about 16-year-old Max Dowman, who became the Premier League's youngest ever goalscorer in Arsenal's dramatic win over Everton earlier this month. But his response was quite surprising. With so many attacking options - and a debate already in the air about which of England's five No 10s should be picked this summer - Dowman was never really an option for the Three Lions this summer, right? Or could he be? Tuchel admitted that England "have the chance" to call him up and they're considering "all options". This would be an extraordinary story. This is a young boy who has his GCSEs this summer - with the exam season clashing with England's first two World Cup games. With all the options ahead of him, and the fact he is not starting matches for Arsenal, Dowman realistically remains a huge outsider for a World Cup spot this summer. But stranger things have happened. Theo Walcott was picked for the 2006 World Cup despite never kicking a ball in the Premier League. Dowman has more experience than that…Sam Blitz Youth and experience as Man Utd duo return from the wilderness At opposing ends of their international careers, recalls for Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire offer Thomas Tuchel some much-needed options. They earned their last cap in a Nations League clash win over Ireland in September 2024. Having both played an integral part of Manchester United's resurgence under Michael Carrick, the duo are playing their best football for some time as the World Cup draws near. Maguire will be drawing on his 60-plus caps worth of his experience as he retakes his role among England's leadership contingent. There has been work to replace his presence at the back with Marc Guehi performing as a worthy heir during the Euros in 2024. However, a recent renaissance makes it appropriate for Maguire, who has never underperformed for his nation, to return as an option in central defence at the very least. Mainoo, meanwhile, returns with eyes on taking back his midfield spot, with just 10 caps to his name. It was a spot he earned at the Euros, starting each of England's knockout stage fixtures, including the final against Spain. His absence due to being cast into the fringes by Ruben Amorim offered the chance for emerging competition to fill the role and fill it well. Battling away with Adam Wharton, Elliot Anderson and Jordan Henderson to make up a midfield with Rice and whichever No 10 - Mainoo's challenge is clear.William Bitibiri Steele 'on trial' for 'special' World Cup role There was a shock around the newsroom when it emerged uncapped Jason Steele had been named in the 35-man England squad. The Brighton goalkeeper has not played in the Premier League in two years, while he has made just five appearances for the Seagulls this season. But England boss Thomas Tuchel revealed the 35-year-old is auditioning for a "special role" at the World Cup, with Steele "on trial" to be the fourth shot-stopper at the tournament to "support" the three-man mandatory goalkeeper group. Steele's potential role is nothing new, with Tuchel following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Gareth Southgate. Veteran goalkeeper Tom Heaton did a similar job under Southgate as the then-38-year-old was drafted into the Euro 2024 squad to help the goalkeeping unit. And now Steele will be given his chance to stake his claim to fulfil the role, which Tuchel revealed would be to "support the goalkeeper coach, support a penalty-taking group and take a lot of workload off shoulders". Steele's shock call-up shows Tuchel is firmly thinking of the wider picture as he ensures every angle is covered before England begin their bid to win the World Cup for the first time since 1966.Declan Olley