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An Australian equestrian has been stood down from competition for wearing a mankini during a showjumping event.Three-time Olympic medallist Shane Rose's place in this year's Paris games has been cast into doubt after some at the event complained about him competing in the revealing Borat-inspired garment with children present. Equestrian Australia said "concerns were raised" about the 50-year-old's "attire" during the event at Wallaby Hill near Sydney last weekend.The body […]

With the loss of another piece of land to Russian forces, Ukraine's president urgently needs weapons, not hero-worship, from his Western allies.Volodymyr Zelenskyy was once again the star turn at an annual meeting of world leaders in Munich, receiving standing ovations, handshakes and vows of unwavering support. But despite the warm words, his Western partners are falling short when it comes to action.With a combined economic strength that is some […]

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron is set to visit the Falkland Islands - amid renewed calls in Argentina for talks on their future.The visit this week - the first by a cabinet minister since 2016 - is being touted as a high-profile demonstration that the remote South Atlantic archipelago remains a "valued part of the British family". It comes after Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, thrust his country's long-running claim over […]

Five workers have been killed and three are seriously injured after part of a building collapsed on a construction site in Italy. Around eight workers were buried under rubble after a concrete beam and slabs collapsed at the site of a new supermarket in Florence on Friday morning. On Saturday, the president of the Tuscany region, which comprises Florence, confirmed that the body of a fifth person had been retrieved […]

The Egyptian foreign minister has denied reports his country is preparing for an influx of refugees as Palestinians in Rafah face an expected Israeli ground offensive.More than a million people sheltering around the southern Gazan city of Rafah, on the border with Egypt, are braced for an operation by the Israeli army, with nowhere left to flee inside the besieged territory.Satellite images taken last Thursday showed construction in progress along […]

A financially troubled former funeral home owner has been accused of keeping a woman's body in a hearse for two years at a house where the cremated remains of at least 30 other people were discovered, according to police.Officers in the US state of Colorado have issued an arrest warrant for 33-year-old Miles Harford following the grim discovery at a property in the Denver suburb of Littleton earlier this month. […]

Chelsea player Melanie Leupolz is a one-off in her team and a rarity in women's professional sport. She's a mum.A mum who came back to her sport at an elite level after giving birth. But the 29-year-old German international and Olympic gold medallist had to answer plenty of questions about her decision to take time out and start a family."At the beginning, I got some comments like how can you […]

Ukraine's military has said outnumbered troops have been withdrawn from part of the eastern city of Avdiivka.The decision comes as battles escalate in the region, but Ukraine insists the withdrawal from the southeastern part of the city provides no strategic advantage for Russia. Speaking on Telegram, the commander of Ukraine's southeastern sector Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said units were removed with minor losses."In a difficult battlefield situation, when only ruins and a […]

Alexei Navalny lived and died fighting against Vladimir Putin's regime and the corruption at its heart.Barred in 2018 from running in elections, he remained Mr Putin's most powerful political opponent. He was the one man capable of bringing tens of thousands on to the streets calling for a Russia without Mr Putin - and the one man Russia's president famously refused to mention by name.Follow live: Putin critic 'felt unwell […]