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Realme GT 6T was launched in India on Wednesday as the first smartphone to debut with Qualcomm's 4nm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chip in the country. The handset is equipped with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of inbuilt storage. The Realme GT 6T is equipped with a dual rear camera setup that comprises a 50-megapixel primary camera with a Sony LYT-600 sensor. It packs a 5,500mAh battery that can be charged at 120W, according to the company. Realme GT 6T price in India, availability Realme GT 6T price in India starts at Rs. 30,999 for the base model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of inbuilt storage. It will also be available in 8GB+256GB and 12GB+256GB memory and storage variants that are priced at Rs. 32,999 and Rs. 35,999, respectively. The top-of-the-line variant is priced at Rs.39,999. The newly announced Realme GT 6T is sold in Fluid Silver and Razor Green colourways and will go on sale on May 29 at 12pm (noon) via Amazon and the company's online store. Customers can avail of a Rs. 4,000 discount on the Realme GT 6T using ICICI Bank, HDFC, SBI card transactions, along with a Rs. 2,000 exchange offer that lowers the prices of the handset by Rs. 6,000. The dual-SIM (Nano) Realme GT 6T runs on Android 14-based Realme UI 5 and is scheduled to receive three major Android OS upgrades and an additional year of security updates. It sports a 6.78-inch full-HD+ (1,264x2,780 pixels) LTPO MOLED screen with a 1Hz-120Hz refresh rate and up to 1,000 nits peak brightness. Realme also claims that the phone supports up to 6,000 nits of local peak brightness. Realme has equipped the GT 6T with a 4nm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chip, making it the first handset in India to debut with the octa-core processor from Qualcomm, along with a 10,014 sq mm 3D tempered dual vapour chamber. The smartphone is equipped with up to 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 512GB of built-in UFS 4.0 storage. For photos and videos, the Realme GT 6T features a 50-megapixel primary camera with a Sony LYT-600 sensor, support for optical image stabilisation, and an f/1.88 aperture. It is also equipped with an 8-megapixel wide angle camera with a Sony IMX355 sensor with an f/2.2 aperture. Selfies and video chats are handled by a 32-megapixel Sony IMX615 sensor that is located in a centre-aligned hole punch cutout on the smartphone's display. Connectivity options on the Realme GT 6T include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, and a USB Type-C port. The phone is equipped with a 5,500mAh battery with support for 120W SuperVOOC charging. There's an in-display fingerprint sensor for biometric authentication. The handset measures 162x75.1x8.65mm and weighs 191g. https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/realme-gt-6t-price-in-india-launch-sale-specifications-features-5718523#pfrom=topstory

Si sois fanáticos de los juegos retro, habréis buscado por todos lados las formas posibles que hay para poder volver a recrear los viejos tiempos, y es posible que os hayáis topado con este sistema operativo. Pero para aquellos que no lo conocen, os vamos a presentar que es RetroPie, que funciones nos permite utilizar y lo más importante, donde podemos hacernos con el y como podemos crear una consola retro. Existen un montón de soluciones para poder volver a jugar a todos aquellos videojuegos míticos de hace años, entre ellos se encuentran las nuevas versiones de las consolas retro que se están lanzando actualmente para combatir un poco esa nostalgia (y a la vez sacar beneficio de ello). Pero hay que destacar, que algunas de estas consolas pueden resultar muy caras y tan solo ofrecen una funcionalidad, que es utilizarlas para jugar a aquellos juegos retro de la consola que imitan. Es por ello que os traemos RetroPie, un SO en el que se pueden emular todos los juegos de las consolas más míticas y que podemos conseguir de forma gratuita. Como bien hemos indicado antes, RetroPie es un sistema operativo que incluye todas las funcionalidades que necesitamos para poder emular aquellos juegos de las consolas retro, pudiendo elegir entre más de 50 consolas distintas, entre las que se incluyen la Gamecube, la Game Boy, la Mega Drive, e incluso algunas más «actuales». Si estas capacidades de emulación las sumamos a un sistema extremadamente sencillo de usar y que funciona en dispositivos que no tienen una gran potencia, nos permite crear nuestra propia consola retro. El sistema operativo es extremadamente fácil de usar y de instalar, además incluye funcionalidades que nos permiten poder jugar sin ningún problema, permitiéndonos conectar cualquier mando que funcione mediante USB, ya que incorpora un software que permite reconocer hasta los controladores más actuales. Junto con una comunidad activa que no dudará en ayudarnos cuando lo necesitemos, así como recomendarnos sus juegos favoritos, este proyecto se consolida como uno de los mejores para poder combatir un poco nuestra nostalgia. Resulta extremadamente sencillo hacer esto, ya que lo único que debemos comprar es el Hardware, aunque el precio cambia dependiendo de lo que queramos, si por ejemplo queremos una Raspberry Pi que sea más potente y que además incluya mandos retro, una tarjeta SD y demás, obviamente resultará más caro que si únicamente compramos el Hardware base. Lo único que necesitamos a parte de los componentes, es grabar nuestro sistema operativo en la tarjeta SD que vayamos a utilizar para crear nuestra consola retro, podemos utilizar la aplicación Balena Etcher para instalar RetroPie en nuestra tarjeta (en caso de no tenerlo, necesitaremos un adaptador para conectar nuestra tarjeta al PC). https://hardzone.es/noticias/equipos/raspberry-pi-consola-retro-so-retropie/

Cuando trabajamos con nuestro ordenador, en la mayoría de las ocasiones basado en un sistema Windows, hay ciertas funciones que usamos casi sin darnos cuenta. Un ejemplo de todo ello lo encontramos en algo tan habitual como copiar, cortar y pegar. Esto es algo que la mayoría utilizáis casi sin pensar cuando trabajáis con todo tipo de aplicaciones en el equipo de sobremesa. No hace falta decir a estas alturas que esta función integrada en la mayoría de los sistemas operativos, como Windows, nos permite copiar todo tipo de contenidos al portapapeles. A continuación, la función nos permite pegar el contenido copiado anteriormente de forma directa en cualquier otro software que lo soporte. Esto quiere decir que podemos extraer textos, fotos, archivos u otros contenidos de una aplicación para pegarla en otra en menos un segundo. Además, ya se han hecho más que po[CENSORED]res las combinaciones de teclas que veremos más adelante y que usamos casi sin pensar para todo esto. Gracias a estos atajos de teclado, aunque no lo parezca, ahorramos una enorme cantidad de horas al año de trabajo con el PC. Pero esta es una función que no siempre existió, por lo que vamos a echar un vistazo al pasado y ver cómo nació y cuáles fueron sus orígenes. De hecho, en estos instantes esta útil funcionalidad de la que os hablamos, no solo está presente en los equipos de sobremesa. A día de hoy nos podemos beneficiar de todas sus ventajas también en nuestro teléfono móvil o tablet. Origen de la función de copiar y pegar Tal y como sucede todo lo relacionado con la tecnología, a pesar de sus avances y ventajas, esto que os contamos, tuvo un inicio. Hace algunas décadas no teníamos la posibilidad de copiar o cortar cualquier contenido. De hecho, estos términos, como podéis imaginar, surgen de la costumbre de antaño de cortar y copiar textos para generar nuevos contenidos de este tipo. Antes de nada debemos distinguir bien la función de copiar de la de cortar. La primera de ellas hace una copia exacta del contenido como tal para pegarla donde lo necesitemos, pero manteniendo todo ello en el origen. Sin embargo, la segunda borra dicho contenido de la fuente de origen para pegarla en el destino. Pues bien, esta es una función que desarrolló el ingeniero Larry Tesler allá por el año 1981. La idea le sobrevino unos años antes en los principios de la informática ante la necesidad de capturar un determinado texto y enviarlo a la memoria del ordenador. Y no se equivocaba, ya que esta sencilla acción podría ahorrar una buena cantidad de horas en las sesiones con el equipo. A modo de curiosidad os diremos que las funciones de cortar, copiar y pegar inicialmente las pudimos ver en los equipos Lisa y Macintosh de Apple en el mencionado año a principios de los 80. Poco tiempo después, estas combinaciones de teclas llegaron a los equipos basados en Windows de Microsoft. De hecho, el ingeniero Larry Tesler no solo es conocido por esta herramienta tan útil. Graduado en la Univesidad de Stanford, desde el año 1973 trabajó en Xerox y también se hizo por crear la primera interfaz gráfica que usaba un ratón como dispositivo de entrada. De ahí que ahora en pleno siglo XXI podemos afirmar que este ingeniero se centró en intentar mejorar el uso del ordenador y hacerlo más accesible para todos. Para que os hagáis una idea, en los años 80 pasó a formar parte del equipo de Apple para trabajar en las interfaces gráficas de los ordenadores de la época. Así se usa esta función de la manera más rápida Una de las principales ventajas que nos ofrece esta funcionalidad que os comentamos es que podemos beneficiarnos de la misma en segundos. Cierto es que la mayoría de los programas entre sus menús nos ofrecen la posibilidad de acceder a estas herramientas de copiar, cortar y pegar. Sin embargo, también podemos hacer uso de las mismas con una serie de atajos de teclado que se han convertido en más que po[CENSORED]res. Esto nos permite hacer una copia de cualquier contenido que seleccionemos, extraerlo y pegarlo en cualquier otro sitio del sistema operativo de manera casi inmediata. Por ejemplo, a estas alturas sería impensable tener que copiar un determinado texto desde la fuente original al destino, tecleándolo manualmente. Estas son las combinaciones de teclas para utilizar estas funciones que a principios de los años 80 desarrolló el ingeniero Larry Tesler, tal y como os hemos contado. Ctrl + C: copia el contenido de la fuente original al portapapeles del sistema. Ctrl + X: esta combinación corta el contenido, lo elimina del origen y lo copia al portapapeles. Ctrl + V: con esta combinación de teclas pegamos el contenido que alberga el portapapeles en ese momento en la aplicación de destino. Sin duda aquí nos encontramos con una de las funciones integradas en la mayoría de los sistemas operativos, más utilizadas. Y esperemos que sigan ahí para siempre debido a todo el provecho que sacamos de copiar, cortar y pegar a diario. https://www.softzone.es/noticias/windows/origen-copiar-cortar-pegar/

Aunque no hay duda de que forman parte de los juegos de rol, es una realidad que los JRPG son títulos con un sabor distinto al resto de las producciones del género. Tanto así, que sus franquicias y títulos más emblemáticos han logrado tener una enorme influencia entre algunos desarrolladores occidentales, quienes han utilizado esta inspiración para crear juegos de rol con un estilo diferente a lo que normalmente se hace en esta parte del mundo. En los últimos años hemos visto el lanzamiento de títulos como Chained Echoes o Sea of Stars, los cuales demuestran que los desarrolladores de Occidente son capaces de crear juegos que nos remontan a la era dorada de los JRPG. Subiéndose a este tren próximamente tendremos a ALZARA Radiant Echoes, un nuevo proyecto de Studio Camelia que hace poco pudimos ver en una presentación virtual. Por lo que conocimos, se perfila para ser un juego único y sumamente interesante. Uno de los elementos que instantáneamente me llamó la atención de ALZARA Radiant Echoes es que sus inspiraciones no están en lugares tan comunes. Un montón de indies inspirados en los JRPG citan a joyas como Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy IV o Mother como sus principales influencias. Todos estos son grandes juegos, por lo que nunca está de más tener títulos similares; sin embargo, fue una bocanada de aire fresco que Studio Camelia se inspirara en exponentes menos obvios. Según los desarrolladores de Studio Camelia, ALZARA Radiant Echoes toma inspiración de Golden Sun, Final Fantasy X y Lost Odyssey. Sus influencias no sólo se quedan en los JRPG, puesto que también tomó varias lecciones de Avatar: The Last Airbender, la po[CENSORED]r serie animada de Nickelodeon. Con toda esta amalgama, crea una nueva aventura que nos transporta a un bello mundo mediterráneo para consentirnos con una narrativa que promete ser atrapante y la combina con un emocionante sistema de combate. Esto último fue una de las cosas que hizo brillar a ALZARA Radiant Echoes en la presentación virtual. Se trata de un sistema de batalla por turnos que está enfocado en compartir y en el trabajo en equipo. Esto al dividir a tu equipo en 2 líneas, lo que te obligará a intercalarlos entre el frente de batalla y la retaguardia para permitir que se recuperen. Cada héroe domina uno de los elementos primarios (hay 10 en total) y puede combinar sus habilidades con las de otros para tener más elementos y así crear nuevas tácticas para vencer enemigos. Un detalle interesante de ALZARA Radiant Echoes es que todos los personajes tienen capacidad para funcionar como guerreros o unidades de soporte. Eso sí, todas las habilidades elementales utilizan Echoe, un recurso de batalla que se recupera cuando te quedas en la retaguardia. De este modo, tendrás que saber combinar y cambiar a tu grupo de héroes para crear combinaciones poderosas que marquen la diferencia. Además, el combate promete presentar cierto elemento de riesgo y recompensa. Resulta que todos los héroes tienen la capacidad de invocar a un Zals, entidades poderosas que fueron los responsables de darle magia a los humanos. Dicho eso, traer a estos personajes a que te apoyen en la batalla tiene un precio y no, no se trata de Echoe. Para poder invocarlos tendrás que sacrificar temporalmente algunas de las características de tus personajes. Es decir, tendrás que perder fuerza o ponerte en una posición vulnerable para aprovechar su poder. Todo suena bien pero, ¿qué hay de la historia? ALZARA Radiant Echoes nos transporta a un hermoso archipiélago mediterráneo que está al borde de la guerra por culpa de una invasión. Así pues, los jugadores acompañarán a un grupo de 4 héroes (Kayloa, Adil, Hugust y Nakheel) para expandir la Resistencia y defender a la gente de Taqsim. Si bien no sabemos mucho más sobre la historia, sí sabemos que Studio Camelia puso atención especial para que se sienta como un verdadero JRPG con diferentes detalles. El juego es una aventura 3D, pero también presenta un overworld 2D como el de juegos clásicos del juego. Este mapa dibujado en acuarela por Mosqui puede ser explorado a pie o en un barco que será desbloqueado más adelante. Además, el equipo de desarrollo se alió con creativos que reconocerán los fanáticos del género. Para empezar, tenemos que su banda sonora es compuesta por Motoi Sakuraba, quien ha trabajado en franquicias como Dark Souls, Baten Kaitos, Star Ocean y Golden Sun. Por otro lado, sus personajes principales fueron diseñados por la artista japonesa Yoshiro Ambe, quien ha colaborado en juegos como Trials of Mana, Genshin Impact y Fire Emblem Heroes. https://www.levelup.com/articulos/787852/ALZARA-Radiant-Echoes-quiere-ser-un-JRPG-magico-que-toma-inspiracion-de-donde-menos-imaginas

Iran’s supreme leader has presided over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at Tehran University, where caskets carrying the dead were draped in Iranian flags. President Ebrahim Raisi died alongside Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others in a helicopter crash near the border with Azerbaijan. Authorities had warned against demonstrations against the funeral procession and insults posted online. “Oh Allah, we didn’t see anything but good from him,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in the standard prayer for the dead in Arabic. Iran’s acting president, Mohammad Mokhber, stood nearby and openly wept during the service. People then carried the coffins out on their shoulders, with chants of “Death to America” heard outside. They loaded them onto a trailer for a procession through downtown Tehran to Azadi Square, where Mr Raisi gave speeches in the past. In attendance were top leaders of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, one of the country’s major power centres. Also on hand was Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, the militant group that Iran has armed and supported during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Haniyeh is widely considered Hamas's overall leader and has been a prominent member of the movement since 1980. The US Department of State designated him a terrorist in 2018. “I come in the name of the Palestinian people, in the name of the resistance factions of Gaza...to express our condolences,” Mr Haniyeh said. He also described meeting Raisi in Tehran during Ramadan, the holy Muslim fasting month. He said he heard the president say that "the Palestinian issue" remains the key one of the Muslim world, which "must fulfil their obligations to the Palestinians to liberate their land". He also claimed that Raisi called Hamas' October 7 attack in Israel, which saw 1,200 people killed and 250 others taken hostage, an "earthquake in the heart of the Zionist entity". Also expected to attend services in Tehran were Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a delegation from the Taliban of Afghanistan, which included their Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqqi. Iran’s theocracy declared five days of mourning over Sunday’s crash, encouraging people to attend the public mourning sessions. Typically, government employees and schoolchildren attend such events en masse, while others take part out of patriotism, curiosity or to witness historic events. For Iran’s Shiite theocracy, mass demonstrations have been crucial to demonstrating the legitimacy of their leadership since millions thronged the streets of Tehran to welcome Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution, and also attended his funeral 10 years later. An estimated one million turned out in 2020 for processions for the late Revolutionary Guard General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad. Across the capital, large banners were raised hailing Raisi as "the martyr of service", while others bade "farewell to the servant of the disadvantaged". Some residents in Tehran received texts urging them to attend Wednesday's ceremonies, the AFP news agency reported. Footage carried by state TV showed streets filled with mourners, many of whom were carrying pictures of Mr Raisi or the Iranian flag. Funeral rites for the men began on Tuesday in the city of Tabriz and the Shiite clerical centre of Qom, where thousands of mourners attended ceremonies. After Wednesday's procession in the capital, Raisi's remains will be moved to South Khorasan province, before being transferred to his home city of Mashhad in the northeast. He will then be buried on Thursday evening in the city after funeral rites at the Imam Reza shrine. Raisi, a hardline cleric, was a highly divisive figure in Iran. In the 1980s, he oversaw the execution of scores of opposition activists while working as a prosecutor. He unleashed a brutal crackdown against demonstrators angered by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in 2022. She died three days after she was detained by morality police in the capital for allegedly violating Iran's strict rules requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf. But his ultra-conservative outlook won favour with supporters of the regime, and Mr Raisi was viewed as a possible successor to Ayatollah Khamenei. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7223epn3jdo

Alpine's assault on the U.S. market will include an electric successor to the A110 sports car. An electric A310 four-door will also do battle with the Porsche Taycan, and there will be a pair of SUVs. Alpine is also exploring hydrogen combustion, most recently with the four-cylinder Alpenglow Hy4 concept. Last year, French sports-car brand Alpine—which is owned by Renault—announced that it would enter the U.S. market in 2027 and outlined an array of electric vehicles on the horizon. Now Alpine has revealed a more specific road map for the United States, and the brand's stateside foray will be led by an electric coupe and convertible. Alpine's future was revealed by Renault CEO Luca de Meo at the company's 2024 Annual General Meeting, as reported by Carbuzz. Seven EVs are en route and are geared to help give the brand a global reach, with the goal of having 50 percent of Alpine sales occur outside Europe by 2030. The flagship will be an electric sports car that will serve as a successor to the gas-powered A110, set to be discontinued soon, and is confirmed for the United States. The A110 EV should arrive starting in 2026 and will face off against the upcoming Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster EVs. Alpine will also revive the A310 name, and rumors suggest it will emerge as a slinky four-door to face off against the Porsche Taycan in 2028. But the bread and butter of Alpine in the United States will be two SUVs. A compact model, reportedly called the A390, will likely share its platform with the Nissan Ariya when it arrives in 2027, while the larger A490 is rumored to take on a more wagon-like shape like that of the Taycan Cross Turismo. Alpine is also exploring hydrogen-powered cars and recently revealed the Alpenglow Hy4 concept, a dramatic Le Mans–inspired racer. It's powered by a 340-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder that combusts hydrogen instead of gasoline. A larger V-6 is reportedly in development, and Alpine has hinted that the Alpenglow could reach limited production, according to Autocar. Alpine is poised to reveal the electric A290 hot hatch this summer, previewed by an eye-catching concept, but this will not come to America. Still, the brand will have a diverse lineup as it tries to break into the U.S. market later this decade. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60861160/alpine-electric-a110-america/

On attendait son retour au festival de Cannes avec impatience : Bella Hadid a fait son apparition sur la Croisette (et sur le tapis rouge) à l'occasion de cette 77ème édition. Si elle optait à deux reprises pour une robe transparente chocolat (le temps d'un look off-duty et pour sa montée des marches, alors signée Saint Laurent par Anthony Vaccarello), Bella Hadid misait au bord de l'eau pour un bikini d'une jeune marque en vogue : With Jéan.Lancé par le duo amical Sami Lorking-Tanner et Evangeline Titilas en 2017, le label With Jéan s'est très rapidement imposé sur la scène mode au fil de créations à la fois sexy, sportswear et romantiques. Pour son escapade à Cannes, Bella Hadid a choisi le bikini Juni : un modèle rose ultra-échancré et imprimé, qui s'habillait d'œillets, l'une des tendances de l'année 2024.Il n'aura fallu que quelques apparitions pour que Bella Hadid crée déjà l'événement en ce festival de Cannes 2024. Et ses looks sur la Croisette, composés tantôt de pièces de maisons de mode, tantôt de jeunes labels en vogue, figurent parmi nos inspirations premières en ce début d'été. Que portera-t-elle pour sa prochaine apparition ? Affaire à suivre. En attendant, le maillot de bain qu'elle portait à Cannes est toujours disponible ! Sold-out assuré. https://www.vogue.fr/article/bella-hadid-tendance-bikini-ete-2024-with-jean#intcid=_vogue-fr-right-rail_c51c39ca-0075-4c11-9a5a-cb6aade933b8_po[CENSORED]r4-1

Success consists of going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. So goes the aphorism attributed (probably wrongly) to Winston Churchill. Whatever the provenance of the quote, these organisms have taken the message to heart. They’ve surmounted disease, starvation, predation, and human intervention to become the most populous species of their respective taxonomic categories, evincing an unwavering enthusiasm for reproduction and a terrifying degree of fecundity. Of course, it is impossible to obtain exact po[CENSORED]tion counts for many creatures, especially those with secretive or nocturnal lifestyles or those that are almost ubiquituous. So, some of these are merely inferences based on the breadth of a particular species’ range or on other extrapolations from the best available information. I’ve ignored invasive species, and, especially, domesticated species, some of which number well into the billions.It hardly comes as a surprise that ants are the most numerous insect in the world. These colonial hymenopterans may number from 10-100,000 trillion individuals globally; there are more than 10,000 species. The springtails, or Collembola, used to hold the title, but they are no longer officially insects, but rather part of a larger subphylum that includes insects and several related creatures. Though a few species are considered pests, ants are hugely benefical in most environments, spreading seeds and disposing of detritus as they forage for food. https://www.britannica.com/list/abundant-animals-the-most-numerous-organisms-in-the-world

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has left the club by mutual consent after one season at Stamford Bridge. Pochettino, 52, took charge of Chelsea on 1 July, signing a two-year contract with the option of a further 12 months. The Argentine was under pressure after an underwhelming first half of the season but a run of five successive wins to end the season ensured they finished sixth in the Premier League. Chelsea were also runners-up in the Carabao Cup and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. "Thank you to the Chelsea ownership group and sporting directors for the opportunity," Pochettino said. "The club is now well positioned to keep moving forward in the Premier League and Europe in the years to come." Chelsea will now search for a successor and have expressed recent interest in Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna, Sporting’s Ruben Amorim and Burnley’s Vincent Kompany. A return for former managers Jose Mourinho or Thomas Tuchel is not on the cards as the club targets a young head coach. Pochettino was Chelsea's sixth permanent manager in five years, following the sacking of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter, which led to Frank Lampard taking charge on a temporary basis at the end of the 2022-23 season. "On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we would like to express our gratitude to Mauricio for his service this season," sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley said. "He will be welcome back to Stamford Bridge any time and we wish him all the very best in his future coaching career." Coaches Jesus Perez, Miguel d’Agostino, Toni Jimenez and Sebastiano Pochettino have also left. Pochettino, whose tenure ended just short of 12 months, is understood to have departed on very amicable terms; he felt leaving was the right decision following discussions with senior club officials. He had been seen as the man to mould Chelsea into credible title contenders again after their £747m expenditure on transfers during the 2022-23 campaign. The Argentine also enjoyed a significant budget, with a further £400m-plus spent on players, including Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson, Moises Caicedo and Christopher Nkunku. Chelsea have spent more than £1bn on transfers since Todd Boehly's takeover in May 2022, and were described by Sky Sports pundit and former England defender Gary Neville as "billion-pound bottle-jobs" after losing the Carabao Cup final against a weakened Liverpool side. In March, Pochettino, who led Tottenham to the Champions League final in 2018-19, addressed booing from some sections of the Stamford Bridge crowd, who chanted the name of former manager Jose Mourinho during a 2-2 draw with Brentford. He said: "Maybe if I was a fan, I'd be the same because we are not matching the expectation." He appeared to win back some support following a 6-0 thrashing of Everton in April and a 5-0 victory against West Ham in May, although Chelsea did fall to a 5-0 loss at Arsenal in between those two results. While there will be shock among some fans, Pochettino was booed on several occasions this season. There will not be any mutiny at another managerial change. Pochettino struggled to win over supporters, with positive comments about his former club Tottenham, his calm demeanour and mixed results all contributing to an indifferent atmosphere among fans, with many disliking the Argentine. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c1ww8xw8nywo

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested he will work with lawmakers on potential sanctions against the International Criminal Court as its prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials. Mr Blinken told a congressional hearing he was "committed" to taking action against the "profoundly wrong-headed decision". His comments come amid a Republican push to impose sanctions on ICC officials, which may see a vote as soon as this week. The United States is not a member of the court but has backed previous prosecutions, including the ICC's arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. At a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, James Risch, its top Republican, asked whether Mr Blinken would support legislation to address the ICC "sticking its nose in the business of countries that have an independent, legitimate, democratic judicial system". "We want to work with you on a bipartisan basis to find an appropriate response. I'm committed to doing that," the secretary of state said. Mr Blinken said "there's no question we have to look at the appropriate steps to take to deal with, again, what is a profoundly wrong-headed decision". The ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced on Monday that he had applied for arrest warrants against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Mr Khan is also seeking arrest warrants for three Hamas officials - Yahya Sinwar, its leader in Gaza, Mohammed Deif, the commander of its Qassam Brigades military wing, and Ismail Haniyeh, the head of its political bureau. US President Joe Biden said on Monday it was "outrageous" to apply for arrest warrants. There was "no equivalence - none - between Israel and Hamas", he added. Mr Blinken's remarks echoed the broader pushback in Washington over the court's decision. At least two measures imposing sanctions on the ICC had already been introduced in Congress as the court ramped up its inquiry into Israel's handling of the war in Gaza. Support on Capitol Hill appears to be coalescing around a bill launched earlier this month by Texas Republican Chip Roy. The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act would target ICC officials involved with the case by blocking their entry to the US, revoking any current US visas they hold, and prohibiting them from any property transactions within the country - unless the court ceases its cases against "protected persons of the United States and its allies". At least 37 lawmakers in the Republican-led House are now co-sponsoring the legislation, including Elise Stefanik, the chamber's third highest-ranking Republican. Ms Stefanik is fresh off a visit to Israel, where she met with Mr Netanyahu, spoke at the Knesset and met with the families of hostages trapped in Gaza. The court "equivocates a peaceful nation protecting its right to exist with radical terror groups that commit genocide", she told the BBC in a statement. Andy Barr of Kentucky, another Republican supporting the bill, said further pursuit of the ICC's case against Israel must "be met with the full force of our sanctions". Less clear, however, is whether Democratic lawmakers will get behind the effort. The party's moderate and liberal wings have grappled with Mr Biden's Israel policy for months, as young progressive voters have pushed the president to more sharply criticise the Netanyahu government's operations in Gaza. Ohio's Greg Landsman, one of a few Democrats who voted last week to reverse Mr Biden's pause on a weapons shipment to Israel, told the BBC he hopes Congress will issue a bipartisan rebuke of the ICC "to send the strongest message possible". "The decision [to seek arrest warrants] will only further inflame tensions and divisions, embolden anti-Israel conspiracies, and ultimately, it will undermine the credibility of the ICC," he said in a statement. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson urged Chuck Schumer, the Senate's top Democrat, to sign a letter on Tuesday inviting Mr Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress. In March, Mr Schumer called for new elections in Israel but he described the ICC's case on Monday as "reprehensible". Sen Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the BBC that he was unsure about moves to sanction ICC officials. "I'm not there yet imposing sanctions on the ICC, as opposed to looking to see whether the off ramp of a ruling by the judges of the ICC that they're not going to proceed with warrants is something I think may come in the next couple of days," the Democrat said. But Mr Coons added that he is discussing taking action with his committee colleagues from both parties. But some left-wing Democrats have expressed their support for the ICC's actions. Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said the court's allegations are "significant" and the US must support its work as it has done on past occasions, including in the case of Libya. "The application for arrest warrants is merely the beginning of a judicial process," she wrote in a statement on Monday. "The ICC has been a functioning court – it has seen convictions, acquittals, and dismissals, as we would expect from an impartial and non-political judicial body." It remains unclear whether any sanction efforts have yet gathered the support needed to advance through either the Republican-led House or the Democrat-controlled Senate. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday that administration officials were discussing "next steps" with lawmakers. Watching from across the world in Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that its adversary's "attitude and willingness to use sanctions methods even against the ICC" was "more than curious". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp66e6ppzd0o

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