Morning Mail: Trump admits red card call, high earners flock to first home buyer scheme, Demon out of Wimbledon

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Donald Trump has cheerfully admitted lobbying Fifa’s boss to rescind a red card ban for the USA’s top goalscorer, deepening a crisis of integrity for the world governing body. In an exclusive story, data shows how high earners are benefiting from the first home buyer scheme. And in another, Australian research reveals high summer temperatures double the risk of young people needing to seek mental health help. Plus: Alex de Minaur has crashed out of Wimbledon. And could membership schemes save live music venues? Football tragedy | A suburban Melbourne footballer has died in hospital after a horror head clash saw him fall to the ground and hit his head on a covered cricket pitch, his club confirmed last night. Exclusive | Most Australian first home buyers are using the government’s 5% deposit scheme, with one in three new participants earning more than the scheme’s previous cap for high-income earners after Labor scrapped salary caps. Bees breakthrough | Scientists have captured the miniature facial expressions of bees on slow-mot

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