Ben Shelton scores three aces to win the fifth day of Wimbledon 2025 in 69 seconds against Rinky Hijikata despite only being a game away from victory on Thursday evening.
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Floaty, breathable and pretty dresses are a must-have for effortless summer chic, keeping you cool as the temperature rises. With the summer season now in full swing, numerous beloved high-street stores are slashing prices, offering discounts of up to half price – including Boden.
The popular retailer has reduced the cost of its coveted Sofia Trim Jersey Midi Dress, normally ranging from £90 to £98, to just £49 for the ‘Paintbox Daisy’ pattern, effectively cutting it to half-price.
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This particular design boasts a figure-flattering fit-and-flare shape, handy side seam pockets, and a removable self-fabric belt for added adaptability. If the ditsy print doesn’t tick your boxes, the frock is also available in an array of colours like navy, black, terracotta red, poppy red, multi and bright blue, all adorned with patterns and offered in both petite and regular fit.
Sizes four through 16 are still up for grabs for the dress, which features eye-catching puff sleeves and intricate scallop trim detailing. Its jersey composition, blending 50% cotton with 50% TENCEL Modal, promises both softness and comfort – a fact that shoppers have been keen to praise.
With it’s 4.5 star rating, one happy customer said: “Purchased this dress for office-to-evening days, and it’s perfect – comfortable and stylish.”
Echoing the sentiment, another fan of the dress wrote: “I’m in love with this dress, it’s so flattering and incredibly comfortable. I wish there were more colours available.”
Whilst another raved: “This dress fits so well. Even though I’ve gained a few extra pounds recently, it does a great job of hiding them – I’m already thinking about getting it in more colours.”
Despite the majority of positive feedback, a few shoppers had issues with the sizing, particularly the length: “I am 5ft2 and it was too long even though I had bought petite. It was also a bit unflattering around the waist.”
Some weren’t fond of the gathered waist, stating it didn’t flatter their figure as much as they’d hoped. Alternatively you could opt for the Maxi Shirt Dress with Tie-Waist from La Redoute, priced at £67.99. The dress is available in several neutral shades including dark green, navy, and black, reports the Express.
The dress has been a hit with customers, boasting a 4.5-star rating from 248 reviews. “I love this dress, I get loads of compliments and it goes seamlessly from day to evening,” one happy customer raved.
Meanwhile, New Look’s Dark Khaki Crinkle Texture Tie Front Midi Shirt Dress is currently on sale for £20.99, reduced from £27.99. The dress offers both comfort and style with its elasticated waist and tie front detail, and comes in versatile shades of black, dark khaki, and navy.
For those interested in Boden’s Sofia Trim Jersey Midi Dress, now on sale for £49, visit the website.
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton set the pace in first practice at the British Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Hamilton headed Norris by 0.023 seconds at Silverstone, with the second McLaren of championship leader Oscar Piastri third, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
It was the first time Hamilton had topped a practice session this season, excluding his pole position for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who suffered a blow to his already slim championship hopes when he was taken out of last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix by Mercedes ‘ Kimi Antonelli, was only 10th fastest, complaining about the balance of his car.
Red Bull are one of a number of teams with revised floors for this event, the others McLaren, Aston Martin, Haas, Williams and Sauber.
At Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso used the new floor in the first session, to end up 11th fastest, while team-mate Lance Stroll ran the previous specification for comparison and ended up just one place behind.
British-Swedish driver Arvid Lindblad, 17, replaced Yuki Tsunoda for first practice and was 14th.
In warm temperatures and in front of a large crowd, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto both had huge spins at the ultra-fast Copse corner, remarkably without going off track and damaging their cars.
President Donald Trump’s signature tax cut and spending package, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” was passed by the US House of Representatives on July 3.
The bill combines tax increases, spending increases on defense and border security, and social safety net reductions.
The bill “hurts regular Americans and rewards billionaires with massive tax breaks,” according to Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Elon Musk, a former ally of Trump, criticized the bill in a statement, saying it would “bloat” spending and the nation’s already unmatched debt.
On Friday, July 4, the US’s Independence Day, at 4 p.m. et, Trump is anticipated to sign the bill into law.
What will happen next, and who will be affected by the bill:
The bill’s main objective was to increase Trump’s first-term tax cuts.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which lower taxes and increased the standard deduction for all taxpayers, was signed by Trump in 2017, primarily to benefit those with higher incomes.
Households earning $460, 000 or more made up more than a third of the total cuts.
By 2025, the top 1% (roughly 2.4 million people) will have received an average tax cut of $ 61,090, which is higher than any other income group. In contrast, there were savings of between $ 380 and $ 1,800 for the middle 60 percent of earners (78 million).
The new law made these tax breaks permanent, but they were scheduled to expire this year. Additionally, Trump added some additional spending cuts as promised during his most recent campaign.
For instance, the State and Local Taxes Deduction has been updated in the US tax code.
Taxpayers can deduct some local taxes, such as property taxes, from their federal tax returns in this manner.
People can only deduct up to $10,000 of these taxes at the moment. This cap would increase from $10,000 to $40,000 for five years under the new bill.
Taxpayers will be able to deduct tips and overtime income up until 2028, as well as interest on loans to buy US-made cars from now until 2028.
The estate tax exemption will increase to $30 million for married couples and $15 million for individuals elsewhere.
The legislation also includes about $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.
Republicans intend to reduce funding for low-income families’ food assistance programs, as well as Medicaid and other programs to help offset the cost of the tax cuts.
Their stated objectives included limiting access to immigrants and focusing these programs on specific groups, primarily pregnant women, people with disabilities, and children.
More than 71 million people are currently covered by the government’s Medicaid program.
The bill would leave an additional 17 million Americans without health insurance in the coming ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) assists poor people in purchasing groceries while Medicaid assists Americans in poor health.
Benefits are currently provided by SNAP, or food stamps, to about 40 million Americans.
According to the CBO, 4.7 million SNAP participants will lose out over the course of the 2025-2034 program reductions.
Without any sunset clauses attached, changes to Medicaid and SNAP may become permanent provisions.
The new bill, the largest spending reductions to the US safety net in modern history, was highlighted in a recent White House memo that referenced more than $1 trillion in welfare cuts.
For Trump’s border and national security plans, the bill sets aside about $ 350 billion, spread out over a number of years. Among these are:
Republicans have withdrawn tax breaks from coal and oil companies in favor of clean energy projects supported by renewable energy sources like solar and wind.
The landmark Inflation Reduction Act, signed by former president Joe Biden, aimed to combat climate change and lower healthcare costs.
Instead of expiring at the end of 2032, the current law allows for people to purchase new or used electric vehicles on September 30 this year.
The proposed legislation would increase the debt ceiling from the current $ 36. 2 trillion (which accounts for 122 percent of GDP or GDP) to the $ 4 trillion that was proposed in the House’s version in May.
Washington is unable to borrow more money than the nation’s stated debt cap. However, Congress has 78 times raised, suspended, or changed the debt ceiling, putting more pressure on the US’s long-term fiscal stability.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump oversaw an estimated $ 8 trillion increase in the federal debt in his first term.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the debt as a share of GDP, or the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, was already higher than it was last year. In May, Moody’s downgrading of the US credit score was a result of inattention.
The White House asserts that in part by promoting further growth, the new tax bill will reduce projected deficits by more than $1.4 trillion over the next ten years. However, that has been vehemently refuted by economists on both sides.
By 2034, interest payments on the nation’s debt will exceed the legislation’s target of $ 2 trillion, which would overshadow spending on other goods and services, according to the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
On Thursday, the US Congress’ lower house approved the bill by a margin of 218 to 214.
The bill was opposed by all 212 Democratic House members. Representatives from the Republican majority, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, joined them.
The bill was overwhelmingly passed by the Senate on July 1 with the support of Vice President JD Vance, who had cast the decisive vote.
The budget lab at Yale University found that wealthy taxpayers are more likely to benefit from this bill than those with lower incomes.
At least 613 Palestinian deaths have been reported by the UN human rights office, both at border crossings for humanitarian aid run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and close to humanitarian convoys.
As of June 27, this is a figure. Further incidents have occurred since then, according to Ravina Shamdasani, a UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson, who spoke to reporters in Geneva on Friday.
According to the OHCHR, 509 of the 613 people died close to GHF distribution points. More than 650 people have died and more than 4,000 have been wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
As killings continue on the organization’s sites, which rights groups have criticized as “human slaughterhouses,” the GHF started distributing limited food packages in Gaza at the end of May. The UN says this new method of delivery is neither impartial nor neutral.
According to Mahmoud Basal, a representative for the Gaza civil defense, there is “recorded evidence of civilians being deliberately killed by the Israeli military.”
He claimed that at these locations, “more than 600 Palestinian civilians were killed.” “Some were shot by Israeli snipers, and others were killed by drone strikes, airstrikes, or other acts of aid-gathering.”
41 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since Friday morning, according to medical sources.
Following a number of deadly deadly attacks on makeshift tents in the al-Mawasi coastal area, which Israel once considered a “humanitarian safe zone,” the Israeli military in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, killed at least 15 Palestinians. There have been constant attacks there.
Additionally, several Khan Younis regions were threatened with new forced displacement threats from the Israeli army. The area near the Nasser Hospital is one of the areas that has been given the warnings for parts of the city’s east and center.
A mother of the son’s death who tried to get food told Al Jazeera that she “lost everything” after his death.
She continued, “My son was a provider, and I relyed totally on him,” adding, “He was our life’s pillar and foundation.”
The woman referred to the aid distribution centers operated by the GHF as “death traps.”
She said, “We are forced to go there out of hunger, and we are forced to do so.”
People are being carried back as bodies, she continued, “instead of returning with a bag of flour.”
Due to an influx of patients injured near GHF sites, Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis is currently operating as “one massive trauma ward,” according to the World Health Organization on Friday.
According to Rik Peeperkorn, a WHO representative in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, “they’ve seen daily injuries… (the) most of them coming from the so-called safe non-UN food distribution sites,” he told reporters in Geneva.
According to Peeperkorn, the victims had been attempting to access aid at locations run by the GHF, according to testimony from Nasser Hospital’s medical staff and testimony from family members and friends of the injured.
He raconted the terrifying incidents of a 13-year-old boy being shot in the head and a 21-year-old being paraplegic after having a bullet lodged in his neck.
Only 16 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals, which have a capacity of just over 1,800 beds, are still partially operational, which is completely insufficient to meet the country’s pressing medical needs, according to the UN.
Since starting its war on Gaza in October 2023, the Israeli army has been attacking the hospitals and medical personnel there.
According to Peeperkorn, who cited shortages of medical supplies, equipment, and personnel, “the health sector is being systematically dismantled.”
The GHF has been repeatedly criticised by the UN, humanitarian organizations, and other NGOs for its handling of aid distribution and the attacks that have taken place nearby.
On Tuesday, more than 130 humanitarian organizations, including Oxfam, Save the Children, and Amnesty International, demanded the GHF’s immediate closure, alleging it to be a source of aid to Palestinians who are starving.
According to the NGOs, Israeli forces and armed groups “routinely” fire on civilians who attempt to get food.
UNRWA, a UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has demanded that inquiries be looked into the killings and injuries of Palestinians who attempted to access food through the GHF. UNRWA has been providing aid for decades.
UNRWA noted that despite operating about 400 sites throughout the territory, the GHF only operates four “mega-sites,” three in the south and one in the center of Gaza, with none in the north, where the conditions are the worst.
The GHF has refuted an investigation by The Associated Press that claimed some of its American employees fired indiscriminately at Palestinians, saying that there were instances where people were killed or wounded at its sites without providing any evidence.
Israeli soldiers, according to a recent report from the Israeli outlet Haaretz, allegedly confirmed that Israeli troops had purposefully shot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after their commanders had “ordered” them to do so.
More than 57, 000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the health ministry of the region’s region, while more than two million people have been relocated by other parties, triggering widespread hunger and causing widespread blockade, and destroying much of the region.
Jamie Smith hits five boundaries as England score 23 runs off one over against India on the day three of the second Test as the home side rallied in their first innings at Edgbaston.
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