Europe has the first two points on the board in the 2025 Ryder Cup thanks to their two top teams. Rahm and Hatton got off to a slow start against DeChambeau and Thomas, but roared into the lead late on the front nine and took full control early on the back nine to eventually win the opening match of the event on the 15th green at 4&3.

Rory McIlroy waited two years to play again with Tommy Fleetwood at a Ryder Cup. It took mere minutes for them to look like the perfect teammates again. They weren't the only ones. Jon Rahm hit a splendid shot out of the rough to bail out Tyrrell Hatton on the sixth hole.

Team Europe rampaged through the opening session of the 45th Ryder Cup, with the opening three pairs all winning comfortably. However, victory for Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay in the fourth match ensured USA did claw a point from the foursomes.

The reliable duo of Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy - known to fans as "Fleetwood Mac" - helped power Team Europe to the top of the charts again, as they claimed a lopsided win in the Ryder Cup Friday foursomes matches at Bethpage Black.

Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.

Yet the latest data show the opposite. In the first eight months of this year 112,000 people crossed illegally into Europe, down 21% from a year earlier. The drop is an even more impressive 52% from the comparable period in 2023, when 231,000 people landed on its shores or jumped its borders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has asked the Global Sumud Flotilla -- which is trying to ferry humanitarian aid through an Israeli naval blockade to the Gaza Strip -- to deliver its aid to Cyprus, after the group's boats came under drone attack in the Mediterranean Sea.