Yamal scores but injured as Barcelona beat Celta to restore La Liga lead
Barcelona edge closer to sealing their La Liga title defence with win against Champions League-chasing Celta Vigo.

Barcelona edge closer to sealing their La Liga title defence with win against Champions League-chasing Celta Vigo.





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The legal age to buy tobacco products will rise by one year, every year, from 2027.
People who are now 17 or younger will never be able to buy tobacco, according to the law backed by the UK Parliament.
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says the attacks on the country’s civilian infrastructure are ‘another proof of terrorism’.
Real Madrid beat relegation-threatened Alaves 2-1 in La Liga to close the gap with leaders Barcelona to six points.
More than four in every 10 deaths and disappearances occurred on sea routes to Europe, UN agency says.
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is causing concern in Europe, which relies heavily on imported jet fuel.

Germany and Italy have blocked the European Union from suspending the bloc’s association agreement with Israel.
Raid is part of Moscow’s hardline social conservatism and clampdown on political life.
Kyiv hopeful pipeline restoration will unblock EU loan, with bloc’s foreign policy chief expecting ‘positive decision’.
European Court of Justice says measure by PM Viktor Orban’s government breaches EU law ‘on a number of separate levels’.