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UEFA Champions League playoffs: Real Madrid draw Benfica, PSG get Monaco
Real Madrid handed tough UEFA Champions League draw against Benfica, the team that consigned them to the playoffs.
Alcaraz beats Zverev to break slam record in reaching Australian Open final
Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest man to reach all four slam finals and can now become youngest to win all four.
Amedspor football club in Turkiye fined for pro-Kurdish ‘propaganda’
Turkish Football Federation fines second-tier title favourites Amedspor and suspends president for social media video.
Mozambique flood survivors displaced and ‘exhausted’
A pregnant woman says she was forced to give birth during deadly flooding in Mozambique.
Italian court opens trial over deadly migrant shipwreck
Police, coastguard officials accused of involuntary manslaughter; case shines light on policies of far-right government.
Vonn airlifted to hospital after crash at cancelled final pre-Olympic race
United States skier Lindsey Vonn among three crashes in Crans-Montana in Switzerland with race eventually cancelled.
Zelenskyy seeks 50,000 Russian ‘losses’ a month to win the Ukraine war
Ukraine's leader tells army that Russian losses should exceed the reinforcements it sends as he touts drone production.
Why the UK’s toughest immigration voices are often politicians of colour
As parties harden their stance on borders, minority politicians have become political cover against racism accusations.
Kurdish-led SDF agrees integration with Syrian government forces
The agreement comes after the SDF lost control swaths of territory to the government forces during weeks of fighting.
Diplomatic efforts intensify to avert US-Iran war
Diplomatic efforts are intensifying to avoid a military confrontation between the US and Iran.