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Aha! time for some Mitch Stanley. Tall and strong, relaxed run up, urgent arms. Derbyshire 21-1, chasing 138. Came is tempted, but doesn’t get a touch. A maiden.

A third wicket for Notts this morning, as Ingram follows in the footsteps of Tribe and Carlson. Glamorgan 167 for five and urgently battening down every loose hatch.

Beyers Swanepoel cleared to play for Worcestershire

After his ill-advised early flight to New Road, Swanepoel has belatedly been given his No Objection Certificate by Cricket South Africa, and will play in Worcestershire’s next game against Kent at New Road. Nice gentle start there.

Beyers Swanepoel: cleared to play Photograph: Neil Marshall/ProSports/Shutterstock

Olly Hannon-Dalby, who came in as cover, took six wickets in the victory against Middlesex.

“Morning Tanya,” hello Mike Bennett!

“Another gloriously sunny day here in Hove, and a pretty decent crowd in to witness the denouement of this twisting and turning match.

“Sussex will fancy their chances from here, and you’d think Jack Leaning will be eyeing up his first ton in a Sussex shirt.

“He and Price both looked in good nick yesterday and sensibly shut up shop a little in the last hour to ensure that they reached today with two recognised batters at the crease and the best chance of knocking the runs off.

“It’s been an enjoyable few days and I’m happy to have been able to catch every day of a CC match in the flesh for the first time in many years (with a shoutout to Sussex CC for very reasonable ticket prices and free entry on days 3+4) – thanks again to you for the sterling reporting from the blog and catch you later in the season!”

Thank you Mike, it is so good to have an extra pair of eyes around the grounds. Leaning (93) and Price (38) are still there and have reduced Sussex’s target to 59.

Ah, Jewell chips Bailey to midwicket. He drops his arms in disappointment. Derbyshire 10-1.

Jimmy Anderson from the Jimmy Anderson end. Jewell edges – but it skids along the ground. The long legged Tom Bailey not the long legged Mitch Stanley from the Statham end. If you’re at a loose end at OT, the sun is out and the stands are inviting. Derbyshire 6-0.

Lancs all out 156, Derbyshire need 138 to win!

A stat, from Paul Edwards: Derbyshire have successfully chased in the fourth innings at OT four times, but only once were they chasing over a hundred.

Harris has had enough and steps down the pitch, slamming Aitchison for four. Fancies doing it again next ball but is caught behind reaching for runs.

No idea what will happen next, Jimmy could bowl Derbyshire out for 34, or they could stroll to 138 two down. Over to you.

“In the first six overs,” says Ken Grime, “Marcus Harris has only faced six balls.” Ooops, and he might not face many more as Abbas catches Stanley’s thrusting front pad. “Jesus Christ” someone shouts from the dressing room. Lancs 156-9, lead by 133.

And events elsewhere too – Rory Burns bowled by Ian Holland for a duck; cuts and (maybe) edges onto his own stumps which splatter satisfyingly. Surrey 11-1, still 160 behind.

Bad news for Glamorgan as big hope Asa Tribe too is bowled, for 83 at Trent Bridge, Kiran Carlson already taking off his boots, caught off Pennington for 19. Glamorgan 139-4, needing another 339 to win.

Kyle Abbot picks up yet another five-wicket haul, sending Finlay Bean on his way as Yorkshire’s resistance continues to crumble. Yorks 74-6 need 352.

Lancs take a single to leave Mitch Stanley to face Muhammad Abbas. And he does alright, picking up two and playing a straight bat.

And the third! Aitchison on a hat-trick. A huge smile at the top of his run gets huger as Bailey plays inside the line and loses his stumps. Lancs 147-8. Mitch Stanley comes out, dropping his helmet and generally getting dressed as he does.

Second ball does it! Coughlin trudging back after a corking ball from Aitchison has him edging behind. Lancs 147-7, the lead 124.

The sun is bright at OT as Derbyshire mooch on the boundary rope waiting to take the field. Shoaib Bashir has his arms crossed chatting to his teammates.

Just the most perfect spring morning in Manchester, birds, blossom, the works. One to store up and remember in November. My husband heard his first willow warbler of the year too.

Spring song: willow warbler Photograph: Marcos Veiga/Alamy

Derbyshire are hoping it stays that way. This was Zak Chappell last night:

“Harris is a class player but hopefully we can nip a couple out in the morning and chase around 160. As long as we have a clear mind and get through the new ball – that’s going to be important. Jimmy’s obviously going to be a handful but we’re just going to have to see where we are and build some partnerships.”

Sunday’s round-up

Somerset notched up 21 points at Chelmsford, thrashing Essex by 10 wickets. Craig Overton, in his vast Somerset sweater, added a couple of batters and a catch to his century on Saturday, a stand-in captaincy performance to remember. Essex inched a lead of just 47 and Archie Vaughan, Somerset’s second injury substitute, made a bid for a permanent spot by punching the majority of the runs himself, twice plonking Simon Harmer over midwicket for six.

A zinger of a catch by Matthew Potts sealed an innings victory for Durham at Bristol. Gloucestershire spent the day bailing out the bath with a teaspoon, but sank after tea. Cameron Bancroft (56) and Ben Charlesworth (26) added 101 for the first wicket as Gloucestershire followed on, but wickets fell afterwards, with three each for Callum Parkinson and Potts. Gloucestershire have no points after two games, after being deducted two for a slow over rate in round one.

A tight match at Lord’s was squeaked by Worcestershire, thanks to a tail-end 34 from Matthew Waite, who then removed Sam Robson and Ryan Higgins. A couple of run-outs sealed Middlesex’s fate.

Surrey were forced to take the third new ball at the Oval by upstarts Leicestershire. On a pastry pitch they amassed 691, their highest score against Surrey. There was a career-best 162 for Ben Cox, 100 for Stevie Eskinazi and the lead is an appetising 171.

Marcus Harris (58 not out) again rescued Lancashire, as they lost three for nought in their second innings, a balloon-pop collapse to leave them 23 for five. Mohammad Abbas and Zak Chappell found fire in the Old Trafford pitch for Derbyshire.

Zak Crawley was caught for five as Kent followed on against Northamptonshire; Asa Tribe’s 82 not out and repeated showers frustrated Notts as they set Glamorgan a mammoth 478.

A tight to and fro at Hove left Sussex needing 94 to beat Warwickshire, with five wickets in hand. Kyle Abbot’s four for 11 ensured Yorkshire made a terrible start in their pursuit of 426 against Hampshire.

Scores on the doors

DIVISION ONE

Chelmsford: Somerset 348 and 49-0 BEAT Essex 149 and 245 by ten wickets

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 279 and 311-9dec v Glamorgan 113 and 132-2 Glamorgan need 346 to win

The Oval: Surrey 520 v Leicestershire 691

Hove: Sussex 204 and 234-5 v Warwickshire 267 and 264 Sussex need 94 to win

Headingley: Yorkshire 177 and 65-5 v Hampshire 251 and 351-5dec Yorks need 361 to win

DIVISION TWO

Bristol: Gloucestershire Durham 605-5dec BEAT 175 and 205 by an innings and 225 runs

Canterbury: Kent 178 and 162-3 v Northamptonshire 684-2dec

Old Trafford: Lancashire 351 and 147-6 v Derbyshire 374

Lord’s: Worcestershire 191 and 253 BEAT Middlesex 183 and 204 by 57 runs

Preamble

Good morning! There are just six games to keep an eye on today after stonking wins for Somerset and Durham and a squeakier one for Worcestershire at Lord’s.

I think we’re in for a thriller at Old Trafford, Lancs rebuilding from 23-5, and at Hove, where Sussex’s deep batting line-up needs just 94 against Warwickshire, five wickets left.

Asa Tribe is keeping Glamorgan alive at Trent Bridge, but Yorkshire and Kent are on very boggy ground against Hampshire and Northants.

And don’t forget to drop in at The Oval where there is a tiny possibility that the pitch has perked up enough for Leicestershire to give Surrey a fright.

It should be a nailbiter. Play starts at 11am and the kettle is on.

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Congress returns as historic DHS shutdown is unresolved and Trump’s strict voter ID bill looms – US politics live | US Congress

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Congress returns to stalled DHS talks and a high‑stakes agenda

The Senate returns to work today, while the House will hold a brief procedural session before getting back to regular business on Tuesday.

Lawmakers have still not passed a funding bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subagencies affected by the record-breaking partial government shutdown, now in its ninth week.

During the two-week recess, House Republican speaker Mike Johnson took no action to advance a Senate-passed measure that would reopen agencies like the Transport Security Administration (TSA) and Coast Guard, but withhold funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol. Democrats have demanded stronger guardrails on federal immigration enforcement after the killing of two US citizens by officers in Minneapolis earlier this year.

A reminder that ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were largely insulated from the shutdown because they received billions in Donald Trump’s sweeping tax policy bill, signed into law last year.

Johnson is also facing pressure from hardline House Republicans members who argue that the Senate bill hands Democrats a win. Now, John Thune, the Senate majority leader, and Johnson are expected to try to move a new tax package that includes immigration enforcement funding for at least three years, aiming to avoid another standoff on Capitol Hill. They hope to pass it through a process known as reconciliation, which only requires a simple majority to advance.

Senators will also spend much of today debating the Save America act, the president’s restrictive voter ID proposal that would require proof of US citizenship for new voters, among other measures. A reminder that the legislation is unlikely to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

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Trump warns that Iranian ships who come close to US blockade will be ‘immediately eliminated’

As the US blockade of the strait of Hormuz begins, Donald Trump has vowed that any Iranian ships that come “anywhere close” will be “immediately ELIMINATED”. In a post to Truth Social, the president added that US forces will use “the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea. It is quick and brutal.”

Following the failed peace negotiations in Islamabad over the weekend, Trump reiterated that Iran’s navy had been “obliterated”, minutes after the blockade on Iranian ports in the vital waterway began.

Federal judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book reporting

A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and its publisher Dow Jones, after the president claimed the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet defamed him by reporting on the president’s alleged message to Jeffrey Epstein, as part of the late sex offender’s 50th birthday album.

Judge Darrin Gayles said that Trump’s legal team failed to proved that the Journal acted with “actual malice”, a key requirement in defamation cases involving a public figure. The ruling also noted that the president failed to prove that the Journal’s reporting resulted in “special damages”, which amount to out-of-pocket losses.

Congress returns to stalled DHS talks and a high‑stakes agenda

The Senate returns to work today, while the House will hold a brief procedural session before getting back to regular business on Tuesday.

As we noted earlier, Eric Swalwell’s decision to suspend his campaign for governor on Sunday, even as he denies allegations from four women who accuse him of sexual misconduct and assault, did not end the pressure the congressman faces.

On Sunday afternoon, his troubles deepened when the US Department of Homeland Security announced an investigation into allegations the US representative hired “a Brazilian national as a nanny without lawful work authorization”.

The claim that Swalwell and his wife might have violated immigration law by employing a Brazilian woman who did not have a work permit to care for their children was detailed in a 68-page complaint filed with federal immigration officials in February by Joel Gilbert, a California film-maker who calls himself “the conservative Michael Moore”.

Gilbert, who mailed a conspiratorial documentary about Barack Obama to voters in swing states before the 2012 election, and has made films attacking Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton and Al Gore, and others celebrating Donald Trump, denied that he was a Republican political operative. “I just kind of follow the truth where I see it,” he said in an interview.

A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East at our dedicated live blog. This includes the latest reaction to Donald Trump’s declaration that the US Navy would start blockading the Hormuz strait of Hormuz at 10am ET.

Since Trump’s announcement, the price of oil has leapt again, beyond $100 per barrel. Brent crude – the international standard – rose 7% to $102.29.

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Donald Trump is in Washington today. He’s spending most of the day in policy meetings and signing time. These will be closed to the press but we’ll let you know if anything changes. At 7pm ET, the president and first lady will welcome King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands to the White House for a state dinner.

US-born Pope Leo XIV has defended his position of seeking peace, after Donald Trump criticised him for “catering to the Radical Left”.

“I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the church is here to do,” the pontiff said.

“We are not politicians, we don’t deal with foreign policy with the same perspective (as) he might understand it,” he continued. “But I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”

This comes after Leo suggested over the weekend that “delusion of omnipotence” was fuelling the US-Israel war in Iran. In response, Trump said he doesn’t think the pontiff is not “doing a very good job”.

Both Trump and Pete Hegseth, his defence secretary, have invoked God and religious language in public messaging during the conflict. Hegseth has even framed the war effort as divinely supported, a sentiment that the pope has repeatedly refuted.

“Jesus is the king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” he said on Palm Sunday. “He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war but rejects them.”

Pope Leo XIV Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Congressman Eric Swalwell’s departure from the California governor race comes at a pivotal moment in the “wide-open” primary race, just weeks before voters receive postal ballots ahead of the 2 June election.

This jungle primary sees candidates of all parties competing, and the top two finishers regardless of party will advance to the November general election. The winner of the election will replace outgoing governor Gavin Newsom and lead the United States’ most populous state.

The other Democrat candidates include billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who has put at least $110m into television advertising, former Rep Katie Porter, former secretary of health and human services Xavier Becerra, former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, California superintendent of public instruction Tony Thurmond, San Jose mayor Matt Mahan, and former state controller Betty Yee.

The deadline to enter the race ended in March, meaning the current roster of candidates is set and ballots are due to be sent out at the start of May. While Swalwell has suspended his campaign, his name cannot be removed from the ballot.

“None of these candidates really have a lane,” said Garry South, a longtime California Democratic strategist, as reported by CNN. “The race is wide open,” he said in an interview. “Today is Day 1 of that new race, and we all move forward.”

Historically, Republican candidates have struggled to win statewide races in the heavily Democratic state of California. However, in this election, the Democrat-heavy voter base has been split between candidates, leaving two Republicans, Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, near the top of early primary polls.

The general election is due to take place on 3 November, and the top two finishers will advance to it, regardless of their party.

Calls grow for Democratic congressman to resign from House amid sexual assault allegations

Welcome to our live coverage of US politics.

Representative Eric Swalwell, the Democratic frontrunner in the fiercely contested race to be governor of California, has suspended his campaign amid a series of sexual assault and misconduct allegations by a former staff member and at least three other women.

The woman who worked for Swalwell said the California congressman had sexually assaulted her twice when she was too inebriated to consent, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, which was published on Friday.

Three other women also accused Swalwell of misconduct, according to CNN. The women said Swalwell had sent them unsolicited nude photographs or explicit messages.

In a statement posted online, Swalwell, 45, said he would “fight the serious, false allegations that have been made – but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s”.

Swalwell denies all allegations and claims that they are an effort to disrupt his campaign. He has sent cease-and-desist letters to all accusers.

But calls are growing for him also to step aside from the House with some representatives saying they would support the rare step of expelling him should he refuse to go.

With the House returning to session Tuesday, the question of whether to expel Swalwell could come to a head quickly. Republican Anna Paulina Luna, of Florida, said Saturday that she would be filing a motion to start the process.

Expulsion votes in the House are rare and require a two-thirds majority, but there is recent precedent for taking the step. Republican George Santos of New York in 2023 became just the sixth member in House history to be ousted by colleagues for his conduct.

Fellow Democrats Jared Huffman, Pramila Jayapal and Teresa Leger Fernández said they would vote to expel Swalwell from the House, though they said they also support expelling Republican Tony Gonzales of Texas who admitted to an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide.

In addition to the sexual assault allegation, Swalwell’s troubles deepened when the US Department of Homeland Security announced an investigation into allegations the US representative hired “a Brazilian national as a nanny without lawful work authorization”.

The claim was filed by Joel Gilbert, a California film-maker and conspiracy theorist who calls himself “the conservative Michael Moore”. In the 68-page-long complaint, Gilbert alleges that Swalwell and his wife employed a Brazilian woman who did not have a work permit to care for their children – and therefore violated immigration law.

Stay with us for all the developments. In other news:

Pope Leo XIV has said he has “no intention” of debating president Donald Trump over the Iran war. This comes after Leo suggested over the weekend that “delusion of omnipotence” was fuelling the US-Israel war in Iran. In response, Trump said he doesn’t think the pontiff is not “doing a very good job” and that the US-born leader of the Catholic church was “a very liberal person”. “I’m not a fan of Pope Leo,” he said in a social media post, while also suggesting the pontiff should “stop catering to the Radical Left”. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Leo said: “I have no intention to debate with (Trump). The message is the same: to promote peace.”
Trump has said the US Navy would start blockading the Hormuz strait and also prohibit every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. The US Central Command said later it would begin a blockade of all Iranian Gulf ports and coastal areas on Monday at 10am ET (5.30pm in Iran and 2pm GMT), effectively seizing control of maritime traffic in the strait of Hormuz.