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Hey big spenders - Liverpool lead top-four domination of £1bn deals

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  Hey big spenders - Liverpool lead top-four domination of £1bn deals Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Liverpool's fee to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen could reach £116m Michael Emons BBC Sport journalist Published 25 July 2025 1805 Comments It has already been a transfer window like no other. Premier League clubs have until 1 September to strengthen their squads and there have been huge deals every few days, with more still to come. Arsenal are on the verge of completing the signing of Sporting striker Victor Gyokeres for £63.5m, while his Sweden team-mate Alexander Isak revealed on Thursday he is considering leaving Newcastle. The 25-year-old forward could cost as much as £150m, with reigning champions Liverpool, who are the top spenders so far this summer, still maintaining an interest. The Reds have already signed German international Florian Wirtz for a potential British record transfer of £116m and France forward Hugo Ekitike for an initial £69m fee, which...
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Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns

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  Almost one in three people in the Gaza Strip are going for days without eating, the UN's food aid programme has warned. "Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment," the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement. Warnings of starvation in Gaza have intensified this week. Nine more people died of malnutrition on Friday, according to the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run health ministry - bringing the total such deaths since the war began to 122. Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies into Gaza, says there is no restriction on aid getting into the territory and blames Hamas for any malnutrition. On Friday,  UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested the UK would play a role in dropping aid into Gaza by air  after more than a third of MPs signed a letter calling on the government to recognise a Palestinian state. This came after an Israeli security official had said that airdrops of aid into Gaza could be allowed...
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