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An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans after calling the 24-time Grand Slam champion “overrated” and a “has-been”. Djokovic, 37, refused to give a customary post-match interview to Channel Nine anchor Jim Courier after beating Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic at the Australian Open on Sunday. He said in a

Doctors in America have praised a three-year-old Gazan girl who is walking again just six months after losing both legs. Rahaf Saed was fitted with her first prosthetic legs last Tuesday in Missouri after she was severely injured in an Israeli bombing of her home in Gaza in August. She was among eight children who

A secret 1,000ft-long tunnel between the US and Mexico will be sealed after it was discovered earlier this month. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said its agents found a completed man-made tunnel after inspecting a storm drain system in Texas. According to officials, the tunnel runs between the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez and

Two 18-year-old women are in intensive care after a ski lift collapsed in Spain, according to local media. The incident on Saturday took place on a chair lift at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with France, in the Pyrenees mountain range. The regional government said at least 30 people were

Presidential inaugurations are the American equivalent of the UK’s coronation and State Opening of Parliament combined. They take place regularly every four years, 10 or 11 weeks following a presidential election. The only constitutional significance is that the newly elected president takes the oath of office solemnly swearing to “support and defend the constitution of

Dozens of people have been injured, some seriously, in a ski lift accident in Spain. The incident took place on a chair lift at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with France, in the Pyrenees mountain range. At least 30 people have been injured. Nine of those are very seriously injured

Israel’s full cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said. It comes after Israel’s security cabinet recommended the deal be approved earlier on Friday. The truce is likely to begin on Sunday. According to reports 24 ministers voted in favour of the accord and voted against it. An Israel

Dozens of planes have been forced to divert or fly holding patterns to avoid potential debris from the SpaceX rocket that blew up. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it briefly slowed and re-routed planes in the area where the pieces were falling back to earth. Tracking app FlightRadar24 said its most-watched flights last

The two richest people on the planet are heading for a showdown in space. Elon Musk versus Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: they both launched prototype rockets on the same day, a rivalry with billions of dollars at stake. SpaceX’s Starship is fuelled by Musk’s extraordinary appetite for risk. He innovates through failure, and the seventh

Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the presidential palace in Kyiv was met with a message from Russia when a drone was blasted out of the sky above. The prime minister was meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the next steps for Ukraine, on Sir Keir’s first visit to Kyiv since his election victory last July.

President Joe Biden has warned of a “dangerous concentration of power” among a few wealthy people in the United States in his farewell address to the nation. Without naming president-elect Donald Trump, Mr Biden said: “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our entire democracy,

Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson died with debts of almost £4m, according to Swedish media. Eriksson, who died aged 76 last August after suffering from pancreatic cancer, left assets worth £4.8m – but owed £8.4m, the reports say. £7.25m of the debt was owed to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK, according

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested, six weeks after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. A motorcade of black SUVs was seen leaving the gates of his hillside residence where he had been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire and a small army of personal security. Mr Yoon said the

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his wife, Cristina Serra, are getting divorced after 10 years of marriage, reports in Spain have said. Spanish newspaper Sport said they agreed to part ways last month but their relationship is still “cordial, stable and friendly”. Sport claimed they have been living apart for nearly five years after

Greenland is looking to strengthen its defence and mining ties with the US, its prime minister has said. It comes after president-elect Donald Trump repeated an idea of acquiring the strategically important and mineral-rich Arctic island which he said was an “absolute necessity”. Mute Egede said his government was looking for ways to cooperate with