While US aircraft were seen flying low over the area on Saturday, Iran offered a bounty of £50,000 ($66,100) to anyone who found him alive, and videos shared on social media, which have not been verified by the BBC, appeared to show armed civilians searching.
Vitor Matos has said players like Liam Cullen are the “soul and heart” of Swansea City as he insisted the club cannot be dragged down by the weight of history.
Swansea are 15th in the Championship following their entertaining 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough on Monday.
After the game, Matos was asked about Cullen’s unfamiliar starting role on the right flank against Boro – and responded by launching a passionate defence of the versatile Wales international.
Swansea academy product Cullen has been consistently praised by managers for his attitude and contribution for club and country.
However, that has not stopped the 26-year-old from facing social media criticism on a regular basis.
The latest example of that came following Wales’ World Cup play-off semi-final defeat to Bosnia-Herzegovina last month, when Cullen featured as a substitute.
Matos has drawn comparisons between Cullen and Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni, who was sent off in Italy’s play-off final loss to the Bosnians four days later.
“I really don’t know what is, how do I say, how everyone feels so much in doubt when it’s Liam or someone similar, because I just give this example,” the Swansea head coach said.
US president says Washington, as the ‘winner’ of the war, has a ‘concept’ for charging a toll in strategic waterway.
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President Donald Trump has suggested the United States may be looking to charge a toll in the Strait of Hormuz after the war, a move that would likely require direct US military control over the strategic waterway.
Asked on Monday whether he would accept a deal that would allow Iran to take fees from ships to traverse the strait, the US president said: “What about us charging tolls? I’d rather do that than let them have them. Why shouldn’t we? We’re the winner. We won.”
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Trump reiterated that Iran has been militarily defeated, a claim that he has been making since the early days of the war, despite Iran’s sustained drone and missile attacks across the region and its continuing blockade of Hormuz.
“The only thing they have is the psychology of, ‘Oh, we’re going to drop a couple of mines in the water.’ All right, no, I mean, we have a concept where we’ll charge tolls,” Trump told reporters.
Hormuz, which connects the Gulf to the Indian Ocean, lies mostly within Omani and Iranian territorial waters. About 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through the strait before the war.
Trump’s latest comments came as he issued what he called a “final” ultimatum to Tehran to reopen the strait and agree to Washington’s terms or face attacks against Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.
The US president told reporters on Monday that any deal with Iran must include reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
“We have to have a deal that’s acceptable to me, and part of that deal is going to be, we want free traffic of oil,” he said.
Reports have suggested that Iran is already charging a toll for some of the few ships it is allowing to pass through the strait.
“The Strait of Hormuz situation won’t return to its pre-war status,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X last month.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has also called for “new arrangements” to manage the waterway after the war, ensuring safe passage for ships and protecting Iran’s interests.
“I believe that after the war, the first step should be drafting a new protocol for the Strait of Hormuz,” he told Al Jazeera in March. “Naturally, this should be done between the countries that lie on both sides of the strait.”
The White House said last week that Trump is considering asking Arab countries to pay for Washington’s expenses in its war on Iran.
Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick has been handed a boost with Lisandro Martínez and Patrick Dorgu both named in the travelling squad for a training camp in Ireland this week.
The inclusion of Martínez is good news for Carrick after a five-game absence with a calf injury.
United will hope the Argentinian can prove his fitness ahead of Leeds United‘s visit to Old Trafford on April 13.
Carrick will be without Harry Maguire for the game with the England defender set to miss out through suspension after his red card in the 2-2 draw with Bournemouth.
Dorgu has missed eight games with a hamstring injury.
The Denmark international is back training on the grass and will travel to Dublin to continue his recovery.
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Benjamin Sesko and Bryan Mbeumo are also included in the 25-man squad after missing international duty with Slovenia and Cameroon, respectively.
Diogo Dalot and Tom Heaton are both recovering from illness and will not travel.
Matthijs de Ligt, who hasn’t played since November because of a back injury, is also absent.
United haven’t played since the draw at the Vitality Stadium on March 20.
Sitting third in the Premier League table, Carricks’ team have seven games remaining to secure their return to the Champions League.
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The Masters Tournament is all about tradition, and that includes everything down to what the golfers wear during the four days at Augusta National Golf Club.
That was on display last year when Australian star Jason Day was asked to keep his Malbon Golf outfits a bit more reserved. But it seems that he’s already starting to push the boundary before teeing off for his first round on Thursday.
Day, a former world No. 1 golfer, was spotted on Monday for his practice round in Malbon’s “Birds of Georgia” collection, wearing a top that featured a bunch of different birds, from orioles to cardinals to woodpeckers and more. The outfit was supposed to have matching pants, but it was reported by Sports Illustrated that Day was told by Augusta National to wear normal, solid-colored pants instead.
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Jason Day of Australia plays a shot from the 12th hole tee box during a practice round before the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 6, 2026. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
This came after Malbon dropped Day’s fits for the week on social media.
“If you are on the course and you are tuned in with nature and know the sounds of birds, you’ll make more birdies,” Malbon Golf founder Stephen Malbon told the outlet about Day’s lineup for the week. “It’s inspired by Native American beliefs. Each one of these birds has a different meaning. I’ve been sending the noises of the birds to Jason for the last six months. Hopefully, he’s trying to stay in touch with nature.”
Throughout the week, Day’s birdwatcher-themed outfits will even feature a vest, set for Wednesday’s practice round.
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Day isn’t the only Malbon athlete in the field either. Sungjae Im will be rocking Malbon’s bird-themed clothing.
In 2024, Day made national headlines with his first Masters collaboration with Malbon. He was spotted wearing a vest that had “No. 313. Malbon Golf Championship” written across it in bold lettering with accompanying blue, baggy pants.
Jason Day of Australia wears a detailed vest during a practice round before the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 6, 2026. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
But, when Day showed up to the course for his next round, which came on the same day due to a rainout on Thursday, the vest was no longer being worn.
Day revealed that Augusta National told him to remove the sweater, and as he didn’t want to ruffle any feathers during the first major of the year, he did what he was told.
“My agent got a call from high above and said, ‘Hey, we need Jason to take that vest off.’”
Day said last year’s original Masters plans were “a lot crazier” than the 2024 lineup, and the Masters requested an early look at what he was expected to wear. Plans had to be changed.
Jason Day of Australia practices at the tournament practice area before the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 6, 2026. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
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But, while Day admitted he was “not here to step on anyone’s toes because I know that when we play at the Masters, it’s all about the Masters,” his outfits this week already seem to be pushing the limit.
This will be Day’s 15th Masters Tournament appearance at Augusta National, with his best finish coming in 2011 when he finished tied for second.
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
The U.S. middle class is shrinking, but not because more Americans are poorer. Instead, more households are climbing into the echelons of the upper middle class due to income gains in recent decades, according to research from the nonpartisan American Enterprise Institute.
About 31% of U.S. households earn enough to be considered upper middle class, a roughly threefold increase since 1979, making it the nation’s largest economic group, the research found. Meanwhile, the share of Americans in the “core” and “low” middle class segments has declined over that time, primarily because more households in those income groups have jumped ahead economically, AEI found.
The findings underscore a broader shift in the U.S. economy: As more households move up the income ladder, consumer demand is tilting toward higher-end goods and services. The so-called “K-shaped” economy — in which higher-income consumers are spending more while lower-income households pull back — has become a hallmark of the post-COVID economy.
“The whole distribution of Americans, from poor to rich, has done better over time. And to the extent that fewer people are within a fixed income range that we might think of as middle class, that’s just because everybody’s gotten richer over time,” Scott Winship, a co-author of the report and a senior fellow at AEI, told CBS News.
The analysis, based on U.S. Census data, analyzed family incomes between 1979 and 2024, with the last year in the study representing the most recent available data.
The shift means that the upper middle class — which AEI defines as households earning between $153,864 and $461,592 for a family of four — now constitutes the largest income group in the U.S. The share of rich households now makes up 3.7% of the nation’s households, or about 12 times higher than in 1979, the think tank found.
An increase in dual-earner families, combined with professional gains for women, has fueled the income gains of the past several decades, allowing more Americans to jump from the middle class into higher-earning income brackets, Winship said.
In 1970, about 11% of women had college degrees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Today, about 40% of American women have bachelor’s degrees, which is linked to higher lifetime earnings.
“The additional opportunities that women have are a big part of the story,” Winship said. “People have chosen to work more and afford more things, rather than, say, have more children or have a sort of traditional sole breadwinner, but then have less money to buy things.”
The research may seem puzzling given that many Americans say they’re stretched financially. In a recent CBS News poll, the majority of respondents said it’s harder today to buy a house, get a good job or raise a family than it was for previous generations.
Winship’s explanation for that seeming discrepancy is that Americans tend to be more positive when you ask about their own financial circumstances, rather than the U.S. economy at large.
“When you ask people about their own families, their own personal financial situation, you get much, much larger shares of people who say that they’re doing fairly well,” he said.
Still, the costs of some key essentials, such as housing, education and health care, have far outpaced inflation, leaving millions of households struggling to afford a home or fund a child’s college education.
“There’s a tendency to focus on the sort of three or four big-ticket items that have gotten a lot more expensive without realizing that that’s only part of what people spend their money on, and a lot of things have gotten cheaper over time,” Winship said.
In other words, Americans may be earning more, but that doesn’t always mean they feel better off, especially if they believe some key traditional financial milestones are getting harder to achieve.
The Iran war will continue to disrupt global oil supplies even if a ceasefire in the region leads to a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a new analysis.
Henning Gloystein, managing director of energy, industry and resources at geopolitical risk consultancy Eurasia Group, said it would take several months to repair oil refineries and other energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf that have been damaged in the conflict.
Shipping companies that operate oil tankers in the region would also take at least two months to resume operations if the war is suspended, he added in a report on Monday.
The Strait of Hormuz remains virtually closed to oil tankers and other ship traffic, a United Nations panel said in a report on Monday. Ship transits dropped from roughly 130 per day in February to six in March, according to the group.
“In a visible sign of the scale of the disruption, there are currently at least 70 large empty crude oil tankers anchored off the eastern coast of Singapore and Malaysia,” Gloystein said. “Collectively, these tankers have the capacity to hold at least 100 million barrels of crude oil, which would usually be picked up in the Gulf region and delivered to refineries across Asia.”
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“The voyage from Singapore to the Gulf region takes a tanker about four weeks. Accordingly, these vessels could begin delivering Middle Eastern crude to Asia roughly eight weeks after departing their current anchorage,” Gloystein added.
President Trump said in a news conference on Monday that Iran is negotiating, “we think in good faith,” over a possible ceasefire. Asked whether he would be willing to make a deal with Tehran that does not include reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Mr. Trump said the strait is a “very big priority.”
“We can bomb the hell out of them. We can knock them out for a loop. But to close the Strait, all you need is one terrorist that somehow has a truck loaded” with mines to plant in the water, he said.
Oil prices swung from a modest dip to gains on Monday as financial markets assessed whether a break in hostilities between the U.S., Israel and Iran is on the table. The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rose 1.3% to $113.09 after erasing an earlier drop. Brent crude, the international standard, added 1.2% to $110.37 per barrel and remains well above its roughly $70 price from before the war.
In the U.S., the average price of gasoline rose on Monday to $4.12 a gallon, up from $2.98 just before the outbreak of hostilities and the highest since 2022, according to data from AAA.
In the short term, “oil markets will remain undersupplied, even with some increase in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,” Gloystein said. “This tightness is reflected in record-high prices for key fuels such as jet fuel and bunker fuel, used in aviation and shipping, respectively.”
The stage is set for a heavyweight clash Monday night as the No. 1-seed Michigan Wolverines (36–3) take on the No. 2-seed UConn Huskies (34-5) for the 2026 national championship.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8:50 p.m. ET at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with Michigan entering as a 6.5-point favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook, looking to cap one of the most dominant March Madness runs in recent memory.
Michigan has steamrolled its way to the title game, while UConn is chasing its third championship in four years under Dan Hurley.
But just hours before tip, a new voice injected urgency into the conversation, Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski.
Appearing on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the former Blue Devils coach issued a warning to Hurley’s Huskies.
Krzyzewski pointed to Michigan’s historic run, winning every NCAA Tournament game by high double digits, as something rarely seen, describing the Wolverines as “a machine.”
He highlighted their pace, their depth, and most importantly, their size, with a frontcourt anchored by 7-foot-3 center Aday Mara alongside multiple 6-foot-9 bodies that overwhelmed Arizona in the Final Four.
“Arizona was a team that did everything in the paint, and all of a sudden, you have a seven-foot-three guy there and two six-nine guys for Michigan. They are a big, big basketball team,” Krzyzewski said.
“Connecticut is as tough as anybody … There’s the word grit, and you guys say ‘dogs,’ they’ve got them, and they’re going to fight you for 40 minutes.”
“I think if they can control tempo, not let it be an up-and-down game, because Michigan’s bench is a little bit better… tempo is a big factor in this game,” he added.
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Michigan dismantled a physical Arizona team 91–73 in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, controlling the paint and dictating tempo from the opening tip.
Now, that same formula is coming for UConn.
Michigan is massive across the frontcourt, led by Mara, plus multiple 6-foot-9 forwards like Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg, alongside big, physical guards in Trey McKenney, Nimari Burnett, and Roddy Gayle Jr.
UConn counters with size of its own, anchored by 6-foot-11 center Tarris Reed Jr., along with versatile forwards like Alex Karaban (6-foot-8) and Jayden Ross (6-foot-7).
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The Huskies clawed their way through a brutal bracket, including a comeback win over Duke and a controlled 71–62 victory over Illinois in the Final Four.
Their defense, anchored by physical interior play and disciplined rotations, has suffocated opponents at key stretches.
However, Krzyzewski’s warning essentially boils down to UConn not being able to play Michigan’s game.
If Hurley’s squad loses control of tempo, even briefly, the Wolverines’ size and depth become a problem.
CARACAS, Venezuela — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Delcy Rodríguez remained Venezuela’s acting president on Monday, exceeding the 90-day limit on her temporary role set by the country’s high court following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in January.
However, it’s unclear how much longer she will keep the post as lawmakers have not taken a public vote to extend her term past last Friday’s deadline.
According to the court order, Maduro is still officially Venezuela’s president and his “forced” absence resulting from a “kidnapping” makes it temporarily impossible for him to fulfill his duties.
Under Venezuela’s constitution, according to an article referenced by the court, temporary absences are to be filled by the vice president — which was Rodríguez’s former role — for up to 90 days. These interim appointments can be extended by the national assembly for an additional 90 days.
The National Assembly, controlled by Rodríguez’s party, can trigger a snap election if lawmakers declare the post permanently vacant.
The government’s press office did not respond to requests for comment.
Ronal Rodríguez, a researcher at the Venezuela Observatory in Colombia’s Universidad del Rosario, said the government, particularly after Maduro took office in 2013, has previously used legal interpretations to remain in power.
“And it would be no surprise if they did so again now,” he said. “They will most likely try to come up with some kind of explanation, such as it being Good Friday or the way the days were counted, but in the end, everything will be validated by a ruling from the Supreme Tribunal of Justice.”
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured Jan. 3 in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, and taken to New York to face drug trafficking charges. Both have pleaded not guilty.
Rodríguez and other ruling-party leaders have demanded that the pair be released from custody, calling their detention a kidnapping. Billboards and murals across Caracas also echo that same demand.
The Trump administration stunned Venezuelans by choosing to work with Rodríguez following Maduro’s ouster, instead of the country’s political opposition. She has since led cooperation with the administration’s phased plan to end Venezuela’s complex crisis, pitching her oil-rich nation to international investors and opening its energy sector to private capital and international arbitration. Rodríguez has also replaced senior officials, including Maduro’s faithful defense minister and attorney general.
U.S. President Donald Trump has praised her work.
The U.S. Treasury Department last week lifted sanctions on Rodríguez, while the U.S. State Department last month recognized her as the “sole Head of State” of Venezuela.
The United States stopped recognizing Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate leader in 2019, the year after he claimed reelection victory in a contest widely considered a sham as opposition parties and candidates were barred from participating.
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing to expand the Dietary Guidelines for Americans into hospitals, integrating federal nutrition standards into patient care.
On March 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), led by Dr. Mehmet Oz, sent a memo directing hospitals to align their meals with the guidelines by reducing ultraprocessed foods, sugar-sweetened beverages, refined carbohydrates and added sugars.
Kennedy reportedly shared that Oz’s memo effectively acts like a federal mandate, as hospitals may need to follow the dietary guidelines to maintain funding.
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Most hospital menus rely heavily on convenience foods, according to Dr. Hamid Khan, chief medical officer of Jorie AI, a healthcare revenue service.
“Patients are often served items such as pasta, processed deli meats, packaged snacks with artificial components, sugary desserts, cereals, juice and soda,” he told Fox News Digital.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a memo directing hospitals to align their meals with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. (iStock)
“Although many hospitals have begun the implementation of ‘healthier options,’ the average menu still tends to prioritize low cost, long shelf life and ease of preparation over nutrition.”
Larger concerns include high sugar and sodium levels, processed ingredients and refined carbohydrates in hospital foods, Khan said. “There seems to be a lack of high-quality protein, fresh fruits, vegetables and healthy fats,” he added.
“The average hospital menu still tends to prioritize low cost, long shelf life and ease of preparation over nutrition.”
Khan said he has seen patients order their meals from Grubhub, DoorDash or Uber Eats because they felt the hospital menu options were not healthy enough.
“Most of the hospital meals do not provide adequate nutrients … to properly support healing, muscle maintenance, immunity or overall recovery,” he told Fox News Digital.
“Poor nutrition only makes things worse for this patient pool,” Khan went on. “Ultimately, poor nutrition is very harmful for elderly patients and people with chronic illnesses. They are at a higher risk for muscle loss, weakness, delayed healing, infection and re-infection.”
“There seems to be a lack of high-quality protein, fresh fruits, vegetables and healthy fats,” a doctor said. (iStock)
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian is partnering with Tampa General Hospital in Florida to transform hospital dining, introducing Mediterranean diet–inspired meals for patients.
Zakarian told Fox News Digital that hospital food is often a mix of “high desire, low-value and low-nutrition food,” typically priced to meet a strict per-plate cost that hospitals cannot exceed.
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“[There is] very little emphasis on original, pasture-raised proteins and fats like eggs, whole dairy grass-fed beef and poultry, and unprocessed vegetables,” he said.
In Tampa, Zakarian has been working since 2023 to eliminate all processed foods — removing items containing hormones, added sugars, seed oils and anything prepackaged.
“All the food originates from farms and gardens in and around Tampa,” he said, calling the mission “Farm to Gurney.”
“Patients are often served items such as pasta, processed deli meats, packaged snacks with artificial components, sugary desserts, cereals, juice and soda.” (iStock)
Sec. Kennedy and CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a similar initiative at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami.
Vani Hari, known as the “Food Babe,” told Fox News Digital that this is the first time leaders in Washington are openly acknowledging that food is medicine.
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“The fact that they had to send a memo reminding hospitals of that tells you everything about how broken the system is,” said Hari, who is based in North Carolina. “People are at their most vulnerable in a hospital bed – and for decades, nobody in charge seemed to care what they were eating.”
Medicare and Medicaid fund the majority of inpatient services, including at least half of inpatient days at 96% of hospitals and two-thirds or more at 80% of hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA).
An AHA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that hospitals recognize that nutritious food is an essential part of healing and recovery. (iStock)
An AHA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that hospitals recognize nutritious food is an essential part of healing and recovery.
“They are deeply committed to providing patients with high‑quality, nutritious meals that meet clinical standards, individual dietary needs and federal guidance,” said the spokesperson.
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Hospital teams collaborate with registered dietitians and clinical staff to make sure each patient receives meals tailored to their medical needs and recovery plan, according to the AHA.
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The spokesperson also said the organization regularly evaluates current evidence-based nutrition recommendations and integrates them into meal programs.
“Beyond the hospital walls, we partner with community organizations to expand access to nutritious food, provide education on healthy eating, and support initiatives that promote long‑term wellness,” they added.
