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As a little girl Shani Louk would walk into the pine forests on the hills behind her home and pick flowers and look for animals.On Sunday, she will be buried among those trees, back home, close to her family, after seven-and-a-half months in Gaza.Her parents, Nissim and Ricarda knew she was dead a few weeks after a video of her body, slumped on the back of a Hamas truck, became […]

A paper napkin that sealed Lionel Messi's move to Barcelona has been sold for £762,400.It contains a pledge, written in 2000, that the player would move to the legendary Catalan club. The starting price was £300,000 ahead of Friday's online auction, run by Bonhams.Messi was 13 at the time the napkin was signed and had been on trial with Barcelona, but his father was reportedly frustrated at the club's lack […]

At least four people - including three tourists - have been killed by gunmen in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, the Taliban's interior ministry has said.A further four foreign nationals and three Afghans were injured in the attack, which saw several gunmen open fire in the mountainous region, they added. The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said three of its nationals died in the attack and that at least one more had […]

It's boxing's biggest fight of the century.And both Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have good reason to believe they'll walk out of the Ring of Fire as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Last night, Fury weighed in at 262lbs (18st 10lbs) - making him two stone heavier than Usyk, who clocked in at a substantial career heaviest of 233½lbs (16st 9lbs), about 12lbs more than he's ever scaled […]

World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler says he was "rattled" and "in shock" after he was arrested and charged by police this morning.The 27-year-old reportedly tried to get around a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident near the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, at around 6am local time (11am UK time) on Friday. He is due to appear in court on Tuesday after being charged with second-degree assault […]

World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler was detained and handcuffed by police for reportedly attempting to get around a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident near a course.Court records show the 27-year-old had been booked on charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic, according to NBC News. In a statement before his second round at the […]

Police reinforcements have been arriving in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia as part of a major security crackdown following days of deadly rioting.An extra 1,000 personnel have been sent to the archipelago in addition to the 1,700 already deployed, after France imposed a state of emergency to tackle the unrest, which included a curfew and a ban on TikTok. Five people, including two police officers, have been killed […]

Cristiano Ronaldo has topped Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career.Spanish golfer Jon Rahm took second place following his switch to Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Ronaldo became the world's highest-paid athlete after his move to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr and Forbes said the 39-year-old's estimated total earnings were around $260m (£205m) - an all-time high for a football player. Image: Jon Rahm came in second. […]

South Africa has told a UN court the situation in Gaza is at a "new and horrific stage" - as it tries to convince it to order a ceasefire and stop Israel's operation in Rafah.It was the third time the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has held hearings on Gaza since December, when South Africa first accused Israel of genocide."Seven months ago South Africa could not have imagined that Gaza […]