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YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is to fight one of the sport's biggest stars Mike Tyson, it has been announced.The heavyweight boxing contest between the two Americans will be shown live on Netflix later this year. The bout in Texas is being called Paul's toughest test yet in the ring as he faces the former undisputed world champion.'Iron Mike' Tyson, who will have turned 58 by the time the fight takes place […]

A woman has told how she thought she was "going to die" after a mother bear jumped over her garden fence, knocked her to the ground and started biting the back of her head.Lee Ann Galante thought the bear was going to "scalp" her during the attack in the back garden of her home in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday night. The 55-year-old was letting her Pomeranian, called Smokie, outside […]

The ambitious Paris opening ceremony plans could be scaled back further due to security concerns, the Olympic chief managing the event has told Sky News.But Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi insisted they want to preserve the spectacular, unique parade by athletes down the River Seine while not risking their safety. Mr Dubi was speaking as the French government ordered new restrictions on the crowd for the 26 July extravaganza […]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy witnessed a deadly Russian missile strike just a few hundred metres away as he visited Odesa in Ukraine.A hangar housing naval drones in the Black Sea port was hit, according to the Russian defence ministry. Five people were killed in the attack, said a Ukrainian navy spokesperson.President Zelenskyy was touring the war-ravaged southern city with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Image: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greek Prime […]

Germany's ambassador to the UK has said there is "no need" for his country to apologise after a recording leaked by Russia revealed the head of the air force discussing secret details about alleged British troops in Ukraine.UK military sources and other NATO allies have expressed serious concerns over the security breach which German chancellor Olaf Scholz described as "very serious". Berlin has launched an investigation after Russian media obtained […]

The UK's patience is running "thin" with Israel over aid entering Gaza, Lord David Cameron has said, as he is set to warn Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz over the matter today.The foreign secretary is set to meet Mr Gantz, a former general, after the Israeli had meetings in the White House, which also raised concerns about the aid entering Gaza. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Lord Cameron said […]

A "hypervaccinated" patient is said to have received more than 200 COVID-19 injections in less than three years, scientists have reported. The unnamed man, a 62-year-old German national from the eastern city of Magdeburg, had 217 vaccines for "private reasons" over a period of 29 months, according to medical journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases. Academics contacted the patient after reading about him in newspaper reports - and asked if they could […]

A luxury hotel is offering a free night's stay to guests if their trip is ruined by too much rain.The five-star InterContinental in Singapore said its "rain resist bliss" package would act as a form of insurance for holidaymakers thinking of staying in the city state. However, it is reportedly only available for customers who book one of the hotel's suites - with prices ranging from £500 to £2,635 a […]

The company behind Starbucks in the Middle East has revealed plans for job losses, reported at 2,000, amid a consumer boycott linked to Israel's war against Hamas. Franchise owner AlShaya Group planned to lay off 4% of its workforce of 50,000 across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to the Reuters news agency which cited several sources. The bulk of the jobs would go across the Starbucks franchise […]