Day: May 19, 2026
Arsenal have secured their first Premier League title in 22 years after Manchester City played out a 1–1 away draw against AFC Bournemouth, News.Az reports.
Manchester City needed to beat Bournemouth on Tuesday night to take the title race to the final day of the season, but Pep Guardiola’s side failed to do so.
Erling Haaland’s 95th-minute equaliser was not enough to deny Arsenal, after Eli Junior Kroupi’s first-half goal for Bournemouth.
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That result means Arsenal, who are sitting on 82 points with one match remaining, can no longer be caught, and celebrations in north London can now begin.
There could still be more success to come. Arsenal remain in contention to win the Champions League for the first time in their history.
A victory over Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest on May 30 would complete a historic double, making this potentially the greatest season in the club’s history.
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As part of the settlement agreement, the U.S. is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization’s current tax issues, according to a one-page document posted to the Justice Department’s website on Tuesday, News.Az reports, citing PBS news.
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The settlement, which marks an extraordinary use of executive power, goes beyond resolving litigation and effectively helps shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal conduct.
The move comes after the Trump administration announced Monday the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted, an arrangement that Democrats and government watchdogs derided as “corrupt” and unconstitutional.
The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” of $1.776 billion will allow people who believe they were targeted for prosecution for political purposes, including by the Biden administration Justice Department, to apply for payouts, creating what acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called “a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.”
Blanche, who was grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, would not rule out the possibility that people who carried out violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol will be considered for payouts from the new fund.
Democratic lawmakers and ethics watchdogs slammed the creation of the fund, saying it was corrupt, opaque and had the potential to become a “slush fund” for the president and his allies.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Democrats intend to “fight every element of this self-dealing settlement.”
“Not only is this another heinously corrupt act by the most corrupt administration in history, it’s clearly a violation of the law that prohibits interference by executive branch officials in IRS audits.”
The fund was announced after Trump, his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and the Trump Organization agreed to drop their lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department. The lawsuit alleged that a leak of confidential tax records caused them reputational and financial harm and negatively affected their public standing, among other allegations.
According to a separate settlement agreement posted to the Justice Department website Monday, Trump will receive a formal apology from the U.S. government but “will not receive any monetary payment or damages of any kind,” from the settlement.
Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that the fund is dedicated to “reimbursing people who were horribly treated.”
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Arsenal players erupted in celebration after securing the club’s first Premier League title in 22 years, News.Az reports, citing The Telegraph.
The squad gathered at the club’s training ground to watch Manchester City’s draw against AFC Bournemouth, with footage of the jubilant scenes surfacing on Tuesday night.
We did it, together. pic.twitter.com/wQDp02LvLd
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) May 19, 2026
Players and staff at Arsenal’s London Colney base were seen singing “Championes, Championes, Ole Ole Ole” as they celebrated the long-awaited triumph.
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Declan Rice shared a celebratory selfie featuring teammates Kai Havertz, William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Eberechi Eze, posing alongside a cut-out Premier League trophy.
“I told you all.. it’s done,” Rice wrote, referring to comments he made following Arsenal’s defeat to Manchester City last month, when cameras captured him telling captain Martin Ødegaard “it’s not done” despite the 2-1 loss.
Meanwhile, thousands of supporters flooded the streets of North London to celebrate outside Emirates Stadium after Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth officially confirmed Arsenal as the 2025-26 Premier League champions.
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NEW: The United States continues to pressure Iran economically through its naval blockade and sanctions, which impose costs on Iran’s economy.
Other Key Takeaways:
Concerns from Iranian officials or citizens about economic damage do not, on their own, imply that Iranian leaders will drop negotiating demands. Other factors, such as (but not limited to) a proven threat to regime stability, could trigger a rethink among Iranian leaders about their negotiating positions. Iranian leaders have proven that they care little for the economic well-being of the Iranian people beyond the impact the economic well-being of the people has on regime stability.Some North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries reportedly support a plan to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz beginning in early July if Iran continues to impose its blockade, according to a senior NATO official speaking to Bloomberg on May 19. One NATO diplomat stated that several NATO countries support the idea, but that there is not the required unanimous support to enact it.
Iran reportedly analyzed US military aircraft flight patterns to try to improve its ability to intercept and target US and allied aircraft during the war. The New York Times, citing a US military official, reported that Iranian military commanders studied the flight patterns of US fighter jets and bombers, likely ahead of and throughout the recent war. The US official is aware of the risk of predictable flight patterns, which means that the US military is aware of and could diagnose the issue of predictability during the ceasefire.
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) May 19, 2026
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