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(CNN)He was bullish over the "putt-gate" controversy that threatened to overshadow the US Open, but now Phil Mickelson has had time to reflect and says he is "embarrassed" and "sorry."The five-time major champion caused uproar in the world of golf when he ran after a moving putt on the 13th green and hit the ball back towards the hole at Shinnecock Hills.Follow @cnnsport In doing so, Mickelson incurred a two-shot penalty, which he claimed was better than what he could have run up had he let the ball run off the green. After his round Saturday -- his 48th birthday -- Mickelson said it was a deliberate act "to take advantage of the rules" and told his critics to "toughen up."But he said in a text message to a select group of reporters Wednesday: "I know this should've come sooner, but it's taken me a few days to calm down. "My anger and frustration got the best of me last weekend. I'm embarrassed and disappointed by my actions. It was clearly not my finest moment and I'm sorry."Read MoreREAD: Mickelson sparks US Open storm with "putt-gate" controversyREAD: Brooks Koepka lands back-to-back US Open titles Photos: US Open 2018Brooks Koepka became the seventh man to win back-to-back US Open titles after overcoming a testing and controversial week at Shinnecock Hills.Hide Caption 1 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018The 28-year-old Floridian beat England's Tommy Fleetwood by one shot with world No.1 Dustin Johnson two back and Masters champion Patrick Reed three adrift. Hide Caption 2 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Koepka is the first player since Curtis Strange in 1988 and 1989 to win back-to-back US Open titles.Hide Caption 3 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Despite having at least a share of the lead at the end of each of the first three rounds, Johnson was unable to add a second US Open title to 2016's breakthrough major win. Hide Caption 4 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Fleetwood took advantage of the USGA's kinder set-up following a controversial Saturday to shoot only the sixth 63 in US Open history 45 years after Johnny Miller posted the first in 1973 at Oakmont. Hide Caption 5 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Phil Mickelson was back a day after sparking the "putt-gate" controversy when he hit his still moving ball back towards the hole. The left-hander, who improved on Saturday's 81 with a closing 69 to end +16, declined to offer any further comment on the incident. Hide Caption 6 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Day three: Birthday boy Phil Mickelson (48) sparked controversy as he ran after a still moving putt and hit it back towards the hole. Mickelson later said he was fed up with going back and forth and "you take your two-shot penalty and move on." He denied he was being disrespectful.Hide Caption 7 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Mickelson's playing partner Andrew Johnston said he had never seen a situation like that before. "His body acted quicker than his brain," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.Hide Caption 8 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Dustin Johnson led by four overnight but endured some mid-round demons before fighting back. The world No.1 goes into Sunday's final round in a four-way tie for the lead with Brooks Koepka, Daniel Berger and Tony Finau.Hide Caption 9 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018American Daniel Berger shot a four-under 66 in favorable conditions Saturday morning and jumped up the leaderboard when the later starters struggled in stronger winds. Hide Caption 10 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Day two: Then and now. World No.1 Dustin Johnson led by four at halfway as former top-ranked Tiger Woods missed the cut at Shinnecock Hills. Hide Caption 11 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Johnson was imperious, carding a 67 to surge to four under -- the only player under par after two torrid days on Long Island.Hide Caption 12 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Woods, the champion 10 years ago, was looking to make amends for a poor opening round but the three-time winner slipped further back in his first US Open since 2015. Hide Caption 13 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Rory McIlroy improved on his opening 80 with a round of 70 but still missed the cut by two Friday. Hide Caption 14 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Jordan Spieth made a late scramble to make the cut with four straight birdies but he missed a short putt on the last to ensure an early checkout from Long Island. Hide Caption 15 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Phil Mickelson made the weekend and will play in front of his adoring New York crowds on his 48th birthday Saturday as he chases the one major he needs to complete the set.Hide Caption 16 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018England's Ian Poulter inched to within one shot of Johnson but made a triple-bogey on the 17th and added a bogey on 18 to undo all his good work.Hide Caption 17 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018England's Tommy Fleetwood, the world No. 12, fired the best round of the week so far with a 66 to reach one over, beating Thursday's best score by three strokes.Hide Caption 18 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Day one: A stiff breeze and the savage Shinnecock Hills course on Long Island shredded the nerves and the hopes of some of golf's top stars on day one of the US Open. Hide Caption 19 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018World No.1 and 2016 champion Dustin Johnson was one of only four players to finish under par out of a field of 156. The big-hitting American shot 69 to share a four-way tie for the lead.Hide Caption 20 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Englishman Ian Poulter was another on one under despite labeling it "extremely difficult."Hide Caption 21 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Former world No.1 Tiger Woods, playing his first US Open since 2015 after back surgeries, drew huge crowds at the historic Hamptons venue. Hide Caption 22 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Woods, who won the last of his 14 majors 10 years ago, was under the cosh from the start, amassing a triple-bogey seven at the first and adding a bogey at the second.Hide Caption 23 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018The 42-year-old Woods fought back to reach the turn at three over but let slip two double bogeys on the back nine and ended with an eight-over 78.Hide Caption 24 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Rory McIlroy (left), Jordan Spieth (center) and Phil Mickelson formed a big-name trio on Thursday morning but the supergroup couldn't hit the right notes. Hide Caption 25 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018McIlroy, the 2011 champion, struggled to an opening 80, which at 10 over par was his worse score in a major.Hide Caption 26 of 27 Photos: US Open 2018Spieth, the 2015 winner, took 78, while six-time runner-up Mickelson shot 77 as he chases the final leg of the career grand slam.Hide Caption 27 of 27Spirit of the gameMickelson was struggling to handle the difficult set-up and fast-running Shinnecock Hills course Saturday as he strived for a first US Open after a record six runner-up spots to complete the set of all four of golf's majors. Seeing his ball sliding past the hole on the 13th, the left-hander set off in pursuit and sparked a storm of debate over whether he had acted contrary to the spirit of the game.The USGA invoked Rule 14-5 which states a player "must not make a stroke at his ball while it is moving." The penalty is two shots, but some were calling for Mickelson to be disqualified.Afterwards, Mickelson, who carded 81, told FOX: "I was just going back and forth and I'd gladly take the two shots over continuing that display. "No question it was going to go down into the same spot behind the bunker. You take the two shots and you move on."READ: Why Phil "the thrill" will always be box office JUST WATCHEDUS Open ReviewReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHUS Open Review 01:19'Good man, bad moment'Asked whether he thought his actions were disrespectful, Mickelson added: "It was meant to take advantage of the rules as best as you can. I don't mean it in any disrespect and if that's the way people take it, I apologize."According to USGA chief executive Mike Davis, Mickelson rang him later Saturday to discuss whether he should be disqualified but Davis told him he had been dealt with by the rules. Mickelson refused to speak with reporters waiting after his round Sunday, but his wife Amy said: "He's a good man who had a bad moment."He's not perfect -- I'm not, you're not. It was very uncharacteristic."Phil Mickelson (right) played with England's Andrew Johnston Saturday.Mickelson's playing partner Saturday was Andrew Johnston, who told BBC Radio 5 Live of the incident: "His body acted quicker than his brain. "It's brutal out there and he was upset the way he played the previous holes. It just got to him."Mickelson closed with a round of 69 in more favorable scoring conditions Sunday to finish 15 shots behind Koepka.Visit CNN.com/golf for more news, features and videosOnly five players in history have won the career grand slam -- Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

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(CNN)Earlier this year Katelyn Ohashi shot to fame when a video of her perfect 10 floor routine for UCLA gymnastics went viral, amassing over 118 million views online. The Seattle native is regularly stopped in the street by people wanting pictures, but the "perfect 10 girl's" sudden fame has had it downsides. While the positivity and energy that shone through in her performance as she danced to Beyoncé and Tina Turner resulted in glowing praise from all over the world, Ohashi was also subjected to a number of body shaming comments on social media. "I feel like, a lot of times, I've felt alone when I was going through all this stuff," Ohashi told CNN Sport's Patrick Snell. "Social media portrays one side of a person that they don't mind you seeing, but the other parts are hidden and not so openly talked about. Read More"And so being that person that welcomes every person that doesn't feel 'normal' -- or whatever that means right -- with open arms and make them feel like they're not the only people. Because, trust me, everyone's going through their own things."READ: Simone Biles to USA Gymnastics: 'You had one job and you couldn't protect us'A voice for goodShe has a blog with a friend Maria Caire where the pair discuss "the body-image issues athletes endure'" and for Ohashi herself, living with a rare skin disease and ulcerative colitis. She used her acceptance speech for her two ESPY's awards -- for "Best Play" and "Viral Sports Moment" -- to call out body shamers, catapulting her into the world's conscience.Ohashi accepts the Best Play award onstage during The 2019 ESPYs."I would definitely say I am aware, because I receive messages and it's so heartwarming to hear people reaching out -- like, 'I've been able to remove my bandages,' or 'I related so much to your blog post' and things like that," said Ohashi."Being able to help people is what I strive for. They always say, 'those 15 minutes of fame,' right? I've managed to elongate my time from one gymnastics video, which is really amazing to see. "And continuing to spread this positive message to other people that might be struggling or need to hear exactly what I've been through."READ: Team USA predicted to have another bumper Olympics at Tokyo 2020Overcoming hurdlesOhashi became involved with gymnastics as a three-year-old, and by the age of four, she was able to do a back handspring. But her journey to where she is now -- she scored six perfect 10s in the 2018/19 season -- has been anything but straightforward. Ohashi performances her 'perfect 10' routine for UCLA.At the age of 15 and at the perceived peak of her powers, Ohashi was beating the likes of Simone Biles -- now the most decorated gymnast of all time -- on the way to winning the American Cup. But due to the stress and amount of training she was putting herself through, Ohashi knew she was injured and the pain she was battling through limited any joy she got from winning. After undergoing scans, she discovered she had been competing with a fractured back and two torn shoulders and, going against the advice of the then-national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics, Larry Nassar, Ohashi had surgery on the injuries.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosOnce a world-renowned sports physician treating America's foremost Olympic women gymnasts, Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison last year after more than 150 women and girls said in court that he sexually abused them over the past two decades. After her surgery there was no guarantee Ohashi would be able to participate in gymnastics at all, let alone competitively. But after just a year out and acknowledging that her body could not handle elite gymnastics, she joined the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team and fell in love with the sport again. Eating disordersSurgery isn't the only obstacle Ohashi has had to come overcome. Due to the strenuous demands placed on them by gymnastics, Ohashi and some of her fellow gymnasts were driven to eating disorders. In an interview with Marie Claire in April, Ohashi said of that time: "We would measure our thighs and if we couldn't fit our hands around our mid-thighs, then we'd stop eating for the rest of the day.Ohashi competes in floor exercise during a meet at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California."Whenever we'd go to a party where there was a lot of food, we'd feel so bad about eating that we would go to the bathroom and throw up without realizing that's an eating disorder."Her honesty has struck a chord and Ohashi now regularly receives messages of support from her fans because of the positive body image energy she exudes."I got the honor of speaking on the phone with to a girl," Ohashi remembers. "Just last week, I was on FaceTime, and she's gone through a lot of similar injuries that I did. "And to let her know from an early age that you don't have to be validated by your score or one thing that you do -- you're a human being, and there's so much that we have to offer the world. "She reached out, and she was just like, 'it helped me so much, and it made me so happy to hear you say that you were proud of me.' That was another thing that was heartwarming to hear."READ: The Auburn gymnast who dislocated both knees now just hopes she can walk down the aisleGrowing togetherGiven the Nassar sexual assault scandal, Ohashi says gymnastics can evolve and develop from the dark cloud that has been hanging over the sport."I think a lot of it came from ignoring the athletes' voices. So, you can see that the repercussions happened at huge extremes," she said. Ohashi attends the UCLA The Wonder Of Women Summit at UCLA."Unfortunately, it had to get to this in order to rebuild. But I think we're trying to get on the right path, hopefully, of listening to the athletes and having open communication between athletes and coaches, coaches and parents, and parents and athletes, because that's so important. "Really taking the time to figure out who they want to represent everyone, in like a checks and balance system almost, because it is very easy for people in high power to take advantage of that and abuse their power."But if we are on the same page and understand how important the athlete voices -- which you can start seeing -- everyone's kind of been on the same page of openly speaking out on issues."

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Story highlightsUniversity of Sheffield study finds Juan Manuel Fangio as F1's greatest driverFangio beats off competition from Alain Prost and Fernando AlonsoMichael Schumacher only sits ninth, despite seven world title winsStudy based around driver's talent rather than their car (CNN)Juan Manuel Fangio is the greatest Formula One driver of all time -- at least according to new research carried out by the University of Sheffield.Follow @cnnsport It's a debate that has long divided motorsport fans but one that the UK-based university believes it has found the answer to.After racking up five world championship wins between 1951 and 1957, Fangio is ranked top of the podium by the study, which was based on a driver's talent rather than their car.The Argentine, who graced F1 circuits in the sport's early days, beat off competition from second-placed Alain Prost and Fernando Alonso in third, while legendary Brazilian drive Ayrton Senna, who was killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, ranked fifth.Fangio won the world championship with four different teams -- a record still not matched today -- while he also remains the oldest world champion, having taken the 1957 title aged 46 years and 41 days.Read it here: Greatest F1 driver of all time using #quantitative #data by @AndrewJDBell https://t.co/YftDoJVg2B pic.twitter.com/jHq2gfjSQG— Shef Methods Inst (@shefmethods) April 14, 2016 Read More"The question 'who is the greatest Formula One driver of all time' is a difficult one to answer, because we don't know the extent to which drivers do well because of their talent or because they are driving a good car," Dr Andrew Bell said. "Our statistical model allows us to find a ranking and assess the relative importance of team and driver effects."Bell concedes it was difficult to take into account changes in racing technology over time, but said the research showed that, as the years have gone by, the team rather than the driver is a great indicator of success.Mark Webber: From F1's nearly man to WEC world championThe study found that teams matter around six times more than drivers when it comes to taking the checkered flag in F1."It's obviously a difficult thing to compare, different drivers from different years -- if you put Fangio in a modern-day car he probably wouldn't do very well, and similarly the other way round," Bell told CNN. "So we looked at how much these things change over time. The team matter significantly more, the model says, and that has increased over time."As time has gone by, the performance of the car has mattered more and the importance of the driver has mattered less."Where's Schumacher?While Michael Schumacher is the most successful driver with seven world championships and an unparalleled 91 race wins, people may be surprised by his ranking in the study, which has been published in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.The German only sits in ninth spot once his team's impact is removed, with his post-retirement performances with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012 dragging him down.Schumacher, who also raced for Ferrari, Benetton and Jordan, would actually rank third in the study if only his pre-retirement career was taken into account.Three-time world champion Niki Lauda, meanwhile, fails to even make the university's top 100 chart, with relatively unknown Christian Fittipaldi, without a world title to his name, making the top 20."Our statistical model [provides us] with some surprising results," Bell said. "Had these drivers raced for different teams, their legacies might have been rather different."JUST WATCHEDDid you know Lewis Hamilton was an art lover?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDid you know Lewis Hamilton was an art lover? 02:34"When Lauda was performing at his best he was at Ferrari, which is a very higly-ranked team. When he moved teams, his actual performance dropped, which came out in the model," Bell added."Fittipaldi came out as one of the best drivers, which at first you think must be a mistake, but actually the model can bring out performances of drivers who might not win championships and are in low quality cars."The key thing was he was able to keep his car on the road, when his teammate wasn't, which helped very much in his favor in this model."When you take out the team effect you're seeing how well you compare to your teammate. "So if you win lots of championships but your teammate comes second, that won't count in your favor. Where as if you beat a teammate much more significantly that suggests it's down to your driving rather than the car."While Schumacher's ranking and Fittipaldi's inclusion ahead of Lauda will be sure to raise eyebrows, Bell believes that in Fangio the study has found a worthy winner."He dominated the early 50s and he would firmly have a right to be up there, so I don't see any reason why he can't be number one," Bell said."The question 'who is the greatest Formula One driver of all time' has fascinated fans for years and I'm sure will continue to do so."University of Sheffield study's top five F1 drivers of all time:1. Juan Manuel Fangio (ARG)2. Alain Prost (FRA)3. Fernando Alonso (SPA)4. Jim Clark (SCO)5. Ayrton Senna (BRA)Read: Alonso a doubt for Chinese GPRead: Prince William pilots racing simulatorJUST WATCHEDHow much is Formula One worth?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHow much is Formula One worth? 03:59

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Story highlightsNet immigration reached a near-record 330,000 in 2015Roughly the same number of EU and non-EU immigrants arrived in 2015London (CNN)Britain has lost control of its borders. Immigrants make the economy more prosperous. Public services are overstretched because Europeans are pouring in. Which of these statements are fact or fiction is anybody's guess. Immigration has proved the most divisive issue in the debate over whether Britain should remain in the European Union, and with just a week until the British public vote in a referendum to decide, no one has a clue what immigration will look like if Britain pulls out.Brexit voices: In or out?Those backing a "Brexit" -- Britain leaving the European Union -- say the country should have better control of who comes in.One of the central pillars of the European Union is the free movement of labor, which essentially means any citizen from the other 27 countries in the bloc can turn up to Britain and look for work without a concrete job offer.Slightly more immigrants coming to Britain are from outside the EU, net figures show.Read MoreMany Brexit supporters say this is the reason for the country's levels of net immigration -- the number of people migrating to the country minus those who leave. Net migration reached a near-record 330,000 in 2015, according to the Office of National Statistics, numbers that have been used to strengthen the leave camp's position, fanning the flames of growing anti-immigration sentiment.VIDEO: Immigration in numbersBut the remain camp says the Brexiteers are simply fear-mongering.The number of non-EU immigrants to Britain is actually slightly higher than immigrants from the European Union, and the statistics office described the change in overall immigration as not significant. It said the small increase in net figures was because fewer Britons left the country, rather than a spike in people coming in.What could a new immigration system look like?High-profile pro-Brexit campaigners propose an "Australian-style points based immigration system" if the country chooses to leave the European Union. "The automatic right of all EU citizens to come to live and work in the UK will end, as will EU control over vital aspects of our social security system," it said. The idea of a points based system is that certain skills and qualifications are worth more than others to an economy. The more in demand the skill is, the more points a prospective immigrant will get. Those who reach a threshold would be eligible for a visa.Britain's curry chefs spice up Brexit immigration debateThis allows countries to tailor immigration to their needs. For example, Australia is currently accepting more skilled chefs, mechanics, architects and nurses, because it doesn't have enough of them.The Vote Leave campaign's statement said there would be no changes for Irish citizens, as their rights to reside and work in Britain are already protected in the law. There would be no change for EU citizens already lawfully resident in the country, either. "These EU citizens will automatically be granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK and will be treated no less favorably than they are at present," it said.MORE: Why is Europe silent on Brexit? Britain already uses points and criteria for some visas given to non-EU immigrants, and the statement did not make clear whether the proposed system would differ.Ironically, the points system, also used by Canada and New Zealand, was designed to increase immigrant numbers in countries hoping to expand their economies, not to reduce numbers of people coming into a country. Will Brexit reduce migration?Critics of Brexit warn that leaving the European Union will not automatically reduce migration.Some of it depends on whether Britain wants to continue free trade with the European Union. If it does, one option is to remain in the European Economic Area (EEA), which would allow the country access to the EU's single market. This is the case for Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Switzerland is also part of the single market, even though it's not an EU nor EEA member.Speak English, Brexit campaigners tell would-be migrantsThe catch is, staying in the EEA means Britain would have to keep free movement of labor -- so immigration wouldn't change at all.If it pulls out of the EEA, some economists say trade deals would need to be renegotiated and that European nations scorned by Britain's departure may not be forgiving. They could make immigration demands in return for free or favorable trade.This is where most economists say the biggest cost of Brexit could lie. If Britain stays in the EEA, little will change economically. But leaving will create uncertainty and outcomes will depend on what the government can negotiate, they say.But a campaign group called Economists for Brexit says that trade deals are simply not needed. Britain's largest trade partner is the United States, and the two countries don't have a deal -- they simply do business under World Trade Organization rules. This is the same for trade with China, Britain's fourth-largest trading partner.Is EU immigration really a problem?The government has come under pressure to reduce the flow of people moving to the country and a year ago set a net immigration target of 100,000, less than a third of the current number.Among arguments by Brexit supporters are that immigrants are putting too much pressure on public services, like the country's National Health Service, and social welfare benefits. Some Britons, mostly those in lower-skilled jobs, are concerned about losing employment to Europeans. Neil McKinnon, from Economists for Brexit, said the economic arguments made by the remain camp had been grossly overstated and that the overarching argument for Brexit is simply to take back control from Brussels. That includes immigration policy.Immigrant workers at a 2007 protest in London against exploitation and discrimination."In the same way that America would like better control of its borders, there are a whole variety of reasons, such a security, that makes it imperative for us as a sovereign state to have control of our borders," he told CNN."There is a feeling that free movement discriminates against non-EU migrants from countries that had previous ties with the UK," McKinnon said, adding that a points based system has worked well for Australia, Canada and other countries.Net migration of EU citizens in 2015 was estimated to be 184,000, while non-EU net migration was 188,000. On the other side of the fence, economists supporting Britain remaining in the European Union, say concerns on immigration levels have been overblown.Ian Preston from the University College London's Department of Economics said there is no need for a cap on immigration because the market naturally controls how big the labor market will get. "It's quite simple. When the economy is doing well, people will come in higher numbers for work, and when it slows, you will see those numbers drop," Preston said."The evidence shows that in the past 15 years, immigrants -- and EU immigrants in particular -- pay more to the state in taxes than they take in public services. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and former leader Ed Miliband address supporters in Doncaster in May."Immigrants have proved to be less dependent on public services than British-born workers. They make less use of health services, they have lower rates of crime and they usually come already educated," he said.He also questioned the government's net migration target of 100,000, saying it was essentially a made-up figure that had no proven economic benefits, and that even if EU migration was reduced to zero, Britain would still have to reduce the 188,000 immigrants, in net numbers, that came from outside the European Union in 2015.Polls show that a week out from the once-in-a-generation referendum, so many people are still undecided on how to vote that they alone could determine the outcome. Many in the public have complained that the debate has been confusing, with different data being used by each camp to suit their purposes."There's been quite a lot of nonsense spoken on both sides," said Rob McNeil of the Migration Observatory, an impartial body at Oxford University. "'Facts' have been used by both sides that don't necessarily stand up. The entire debate on numbers and control of migration has been built on sand," he said."We don't know what the government will do with the immigration system if it leaves the EU, but we certainly can't say it would reduce migration without having significant, profound economic costs."

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(CNN)The Queen has praised Emma Raducanu's "outstanding" US Open victory on Saturday, calling it a "remarkable achievement." The 18-year-old from the UK beat fellow teen Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3, to claim her first grand slam title and become the first qualifier in the history of the Open Era to win a major title.In a letter, Queen Elizabeth II sent her congratulations to the tennis superstar after she clinched the historic grand slam title. "It is a remarkable achievement at such a young age, and is testament to your hard work and dedication," she wrote. "I have no doubt your outstanding performance, and that of your opponent Leylah Fernandez, will inspire the next generation of tennis players. I send my warmest good wishes to you and your many supporters."Ranked 150th in the world entering the tournament, Raducanu's fairytale winning run has been the thing of dreams. Read MoreRaducanu hugs the US Open trophy.The Briton did not drop a set on the way to her maiden major title, showing poise and composure which belied her years on the biggest stage imaginable. She became the first woman to win a major title in her second grand slam event -- Chris Evert and Venus Williams both got to the final in their third major, but both lost.Raducanu also became the youngest grand slam singles champion since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004. Her achievement is made even more remarkable when one considers she has yet to win a main draw match on the WTA Tour. Now she is a grand slam winner. Afterwards, she paid tribute to Fernandez and the tough test she put up in the final, as well as hailing the future of women's tennis. "I hope we'll play each other in more finals and in more matches on the Tour, on these stages, on such occasions like this on Arthur Ashe," she told CNN Sport's Carolyn Manno. "I mean it's so enjoyable and for the grand slam final here to have two of us that are young and coming through, it definitely just shows how strong the future of tennis is and hopefully we'll be able to follow in the footsteps of some of the legends that have played and that are playing right now."Raducanu celebrates winning championship point to defeat Fernandez.'A star is born'The US Open's first all-teen final since 1999 had the tennis world at a standstill. And the two youngsters didn't disappoint, displaying flashes of brilliance and resilience as they did battle at Flushing Meadows. However, despite Fernandez's best efforts, she was unable to stop Raducanu's meteoric rise, becoming the UK's first women's grand slam singles champion in 44 years. Messages of congratulations poured in for Raducanu in the aftermath alongside the Queen's. We are taking her HOMEEE❤️🇬🇧🏆 pic.twitter.com/L6P52UFpAm— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) September 12, 2021 "A star is born," Martina Navratilova, winner of 18 grand slam singles titles, tweeted. "Emma Raducanu makes history and she is just getting started. And will never have to qualify again."Billie Jean King, 18-time grand slam singles winner, praised the next generation of tennis players, as well as the New York crowd. "What a terrific display of competition & maturity from two exceptional players," she said. "It is wonderful to see this generation living our dream. I can't remember a US Open with better crowd support. Thank you, NY, the greatest fans in the world."Raducanu herself said that the result hadn't quite hit her just yet. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosRaducanu Britain poses with the championship trophy after defeating Fernandez."It still hasn't sunk in because after the match, I haven't really had a moment to just stop and just embrace everything that's just happened," she explained. "But I can't wait to just really sink in with my team tonight and enjoy and celebrate and then when I get back home, to see everyone back home. It's been seven weeks away now so to go home now, I'm just really excited to see my family and friends."

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(CNN)She's scored 118 goals for the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT), won two consecutive World Cup titles and clinched two Olympic gold medals.But after winning almost everything there is to win in soccer, Carli Lloyd looks ready for a new challenge.A video of Lloyd drilling a 55-yard field goal during practice with the Philadelphia Eagles went viral this summer, sparking rumors the midfielder could become the first female to compete in the National Football League (NFL).And on the Laughter Permitted podcast on October 15, the 37-year-old Lloyd added fuel to the fire saying she is "seriously considering" a future as a professional kicker in the NFL.Lloyd's potential career switch has received backing from many in the sport.Read MoreBuffalo Bills kicker Stephen Hauschka welcomed any attempt by Lloyd to transition into the NFL, even offering her help.Hall of Fame kicker Morten Andersen has also thrown his support behind a potential move to gridiron."I think she would thrive (in the NFL) because of her competitive nature and her desire to prove that she can do this," Andersen told CNN Sport.Andersen receives his NFL Hall of Fame ring in 2017."I think that having played on the world stage under bright lights will absolutely help her if she chooses to pursue the NFL."I also know, more importantly, that when you own your skill set and understand your workbench, you will have success at the highest level. Therefore, she needs to train this very specific skill and become great at it."Time only will give us the answer on whether that can be done, whether it be Carli or another female athlete."READ: USWNT champ impresses NFL Hall of Famer with field goalLloyd kisses the FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy.If you're good enough, you playThe NFL has been criticized in the past over the issue of inclusion.In an attempt to broaden its horizons, the NFL is making efforts to provide openings. International players have been given a route into the league via the International Players Pathway and head coaches -- in particular, Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians -- are giving women chances in coaching positions. View this post on Instagram Thank you to the @philadelphiaeagles for having me out and thanks to @jtuck9 @jelliott46 @mayorrandybrown for the fun time and tips! Longer run up I know but I had fun! Perfect snap and hold! 🏈🎯🦅 #55yd A post shared by CARLI LLOYD (@carlilloyd) on Aug 20, 2019 at 2:25pm PDT Whilst there may be skepticism from some in the NFL world to a woman playing, Andersen, who played for five different teams across his career, says if they are good enough they should be given the opportunity."It is likely that there may be resistance to signing a woman to an NFL contract for fear of backlash from old school supporters who believe that football is a sport that should be played by men only," Morten said. "I say, take the best talent available regardless of gender."Andersen believes if Lloyd succeeded in making it to the NFL, she would be made to feel at home. "If and when a woman plays in the NFL, there will be accommodations made for obvious reasons, such as separate dressing and bathroom facilities," the 59-year-old said."Other than that, she is considered a part of the team and should participate on equal footing with the rest of the players and staff."People fit in when they perform on the field and conduct themselves in a professional, engaging manner off the field in a way that demands respect. In my eyes, gender should not be an issue."READ: US Women's National Team's equal-pay lawsuit is set for a May trialLloyd celebrates after scoring against Chile at the Women's World Cup.Adjusting to a new roleLloyd has featured heavily in the USWNT's success over recent years.She won the Golden Ball award at the 2015 World Cup -- given to the best player at the tournament -- and has been shortlisted for the FIFA Women's Player of the Year award on three occasions.She struggled for playing time at the 2019 World Cup, however, claiming it was the "worst time of my life."But due to the nature of soccer, her success as an individual could only have happened with the help of her teammates.In contrast, the kicking position in the NFL is often seen as one of the most individual positions in sport, with kickers often cutting an isolated figure when they're experiencing a poor run of form.As someone who has experience in coping with the pressures of being an NFL kicker -- Andersen has scored the most game-winning field goals in NFL history (103) -- the seven-time Pro-Bowler says the kicker is an integrated position in the team, and a role that Lloyd could thrive in.Andersen kicks a 39-yard field goal for the Atlanta Falcons against the Cincinnati Bengals."The kicking position is not isolated," Denmark-born Andersen said."There is a misunderstanding that because you are a specialist, and not an 'every down' player, you somehow are isolated and not part of the team chemistry.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videos"On the contrary, successful kickers are usually well balanced, smart people who thrive in situations that others find extremely unsettling."She would have to find out if she can thrive with the equipment on, the timing of the operation of the kick, which is typically 1.25 seconds from snap to kick, the physical nature of the sport, as there will be times where she may get hit by someone twice her size, and the scrutiny she will have to endure."

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London (CNN)The world's largest offshore wind farm, located off the northwest coast of England, begins generating energy on Thursday.Comprising 87 turbines, each around twice the height of Big Ben, the Walney Extension covers an area of 145 square kilometers and has a total capacity of 659 megawatts -- the most produced by any single wind farm on the planet, according to Danish energy firm Orsted, the owner and operator of the project. The energy produced is enough to power 590,000 homes. "What an exciting day," Orsted wrote on Twitter Thursday. "We're opening the world's largest offshore wind farm, Walney Extension, located in the Irish Sea. A massive feat of engineering."The Walney Extension in the Irish Sea begins operations Thursday.A spokesperson for the UK's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy confirmed to CNN that the offshore wind farm is the largest in the world in terms of megawatts produced. Read MoreHow the Nordic countries outsmarted us againIn a statement, Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry said, "Record-breaking engineering landmarks like this huge offshore wind farm help us consolidate our global leadership position, break records for generating renewable energy, and create thousands of high quality jobs."Although the UK is a global leader in offshore wind energy, investment in renewable energies has fallen significantly in recent years.According to the Global Wind Energy Council, the UK has the largest cumulative offshore wind capacity in the world. In 2017, the UK's offshore wind farms had a capacity of over 6,800 megawatts, 1,300 more than its closest rival Germany. But analysis by Bloomberg showed that in the first six months of 2018, overall investment in clean energy fell by more than 50% in the UK compared to a global fall of just 1%. Following a decade of steady growth, investment in clean energy in the UK has fallen each year since 2015, Bloomberg found.

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(CNN)A Dayton, Ohio, police internal investigation of a traffic stop where officers pulled a paraplegic driver out of a car by his hair and arms cleared the officers of the most serious allegations against them. The September 30 traffic stop was captured on police body-worn camera footage and released by Dayton city officials about a week after the incident, and subsequently went viral. The video shows one of two officers grabbing the driver, Clifford Owensby, by his dreadlocks while Owensby yelled, "I'm a paraplegic bro!" Owensby filed a complaint with the Professional Standards Bureau of the Dayton Police Department (DPD). Read More The two involved officers were exonerated by the department in connection with the allegations of excessive use of force and not reading Owensby his Miranda rights. The report also determined Owensby's allegations that officers threatened violence and mocked him were "unfounded." Dayton mass shooter acted alone in 2019 attack and was fueled by an 'enduring fascination with mass violence,' FBI says The officer's "pulling of Mr. Owensby's hair may have been visually offensive to some people, but in reality the hair pulling was on the low end of the force spectrum and did not cause injury," investigators found. "Mr. Owensby was removed to Grandview Medical Center where it was confirmed he was not injured during the incident." The police department's investigation faulted the two officers for muting their body-worn cameras during parts of the stop, and faulted one for a sarcastic remark to another officer caught on a supervisor's body-worn camera. The report also recommended the City of Dayton Law Department and the police department's general counsel and training bureau conduct reviews to determine if policies should be changed or training updated. There was no policy in place at the time of the traffic stop that dealt with "how to best transport a disabled subject," the review stated. The police department updated its orders in November to clarify best practices in dealing with disabled subjects. An attorney for Owensby said the Dayton Police Department's review recommendations didn't go far enough by suggesting additional training might be appropriate for officers when interacting with people with disabilities.   "I am always in favor or more training," said James Willis, Owensby's attorney. But in this case, he thinks the officers should have been terminated.  "I think the officers should be fired," Willis said. "They are truly incompetent."  The city's mayor, Jeffrey J. Mims, released a statement Tuesday saying that residents "should feel that they are treated with dignity and respect, and I know that the incident between (Owensby) and Dayton Police fell short of that standard." It's not clear from the mayor's statement whether new policies would have addressed the officers' interaction with Owensby. The driver told police he was paraplegic Owensby was stopped by officers after a narcotics division detective told them a white Audi had been parked outside a "drug complaint residence for a 'long period of time,'" according to the DPD report. The two officers pulled over the car for a suspected window tint violation and asked Owensby to get out so a dog could sniff around the vehicle for drugs. The department's review of the stop found that officers had cause enough to stop the car for its window tint and were within law and policy in ordering Owensby out of the vehicle. FBI may have to shut down federal use-of-force database due to low participation from law enforcementOwensby told officers he couldn't get out of the car because he is paraplegic. The officers offered to help him out, "as someone else assisted you in getting in the vehicle," according to the report. The video shows Owensby telling the officers not to touch him and he requests a superior. An officer responds by saying he will call his superior, but Owensby must get out of the car first. The police department review found that the officer who later pulled Owensby by his dreadlocks from the car had offered three times to help Owensby out of the car, and that Owensby admitted in his written complaint that he was "gripping the steering wheel to prevent officers from removing him from the vehicle." "The purpose of the officers' actions were two-fold; to remove Mr. Owensby from his vehicle and to handcuff him. To this end, the officer's actions were successful," the report stated. "Minimal force, in the form of wrestling and pulling, was used to remove Mr. Owensby from his vehicle and to facilitate the handcuffing. Once Mr. Owensby was handcuffed, the physical encounter stopped." The review also said the slight delay in requesting a supervisor was "reasonable" considering the circumstances, and exonerated the officer in connection with this allegation. Inside one major police department's effort to prevent Taser mistakes"The slight delay in (the officer) contacting his supervisor was reasonable based on Mr. Owensby's obstructive behavior," the report stated. "Therefore, (the officer) is (exonerated) concerning him not immediately contacting a supervisor at Mr. Owensby's request." Owensby, in a written statement and in statements to a supervisor, alleged improper use of force, that officers beat him, that they threatened to tase him if not allowed to smash his head into concrete, that he wasn't read Miranda rights, that he was mocked, that officers delayed in summoning a supervisor, and that he was improperly dragged to a squad car. The review exonerated officers for their use of force, the way they carried Owensby to the car, and the timeliness of their request for a supervisor, and reading him his Miranda rights. The allegation that officers were going to beat him, the threat to tase Owensby, and the allegation of mockery were all unfounded, according to the review. The review noted that throughout the whole arrest process officers were able to help Owensby in and out of police cruisers at a hospital and the county jail, and to Owensby's girlfriend's car. If Owensby had complied with the officer's order, the officer "would not have needed to pull him out of the vehicle," the review concluded. "Mr. Owensby made the conscientious choice to resist (the officer's) requests to help him out of the vehicle thereby requiring force to be used. Mr. Owensby unnecessarily escalated the situation."

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Story highlightsA jury awarded a Chicago man $350,000 after he accused Jason Van Dyke of excessive forceVan Dyke was the target of at least 20 complaints and two lawsuits before the October 2014 shootingGoFundMe deactivates his wife's page asking for $80,000 to help "respected officer" pay legal bills (CNN)Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged in Laquan McDonald's shooting death, had a history of complaints before he gunned down the 17-year-old last year -- and in almost every case, he was cleared in one way or another. The allegations mostly involve excessive force, and at least one complaint alleges he used a racial slur. There appear to be no criminal proceedings against Van Dyke before this week, but a jury did award a Chicago man $350,000 after determining Van Dyke employed excessive force during a traffic stop. (The city of Chicago also gave McDonald's mother, who had not yet filed a lawsuit, $5 million in April). Little is available in the way of biographical information on Van Dyke, who grew up in the Chicago area. What's known is he has two children -- 9 and 14 -- and a wife, Tiffany. Despite GoFundMe removing her page this week, his wife is attempting to raise money for her husband's legal defense. She calls him "a highly decorated and respected officer." Read MoreBefore Tuesday, Van Dyke had remained with the Chicago Police Department on limited duty since the October 2014 shooting. A judge's ruling that a graphic video of McDonald's death must be released to the public spurred Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to announce a first-degree murder charge earlier than she had planned, she said. JUST WATCHEDProtesters block Interstate 94 in ChicagoReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHProtesters block Interstate 94 in Chicago 00:46Outraged that it took 13 months to charge the officer, largely peaceful demonstrators took to the Windy City's streets Tuesday to demand justice in McDonald's death. Tale of the tapeVan Dyke turned himself in to authorities Tuesday, a few hours before video of him gunning down McDonald was made public. According to the dashboard camera footage and a criminal complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Van Dyke responded to the scene and remained in his car for more than 20 seconds as McDonald, armed with a knife and with PCP in his system, approached police cars in the street before veering away from officers who had their guns trained on him. None of the eight or more officers on the scene fired their weapons, but within six seconds of exiting his vehicle, Van Dyke began unloading the 16-round magazine in his 9 mm pistol. McDonald was about 10 feet away when he opened fire. Only two of those shots, one to the lower back and another to the upper leg, were definitively fired while McDonald was still standing, according to the criminal complaint. And though it states that only a single shot to McDonald's right hand was definitively fired after he hit the asphalt, it also notes that he was on the ground for about 13 of the 14 or 15 seconds that it took Van Dyke to empty his clip.Attorney Daniel Herbert, who has repeatedly told CNN that Van Dyke feared for his life, says the video hardly tells the entire story. "Video by nature is two-dimensional, and it distorts images," he said. "So what appears to be clear on a video sometimes is not always that clear."JUST WATCHEDPolice release video of Chicago police shootingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPolice release video of Chicago police shooting 03:08The criminal complaint paints Van Dyke's response as excessive -- an allegation his lawyer has denied -- and it isn't the first time Van Dyke was accused of using unnecessary force. On at least 20 occasions in Van Dyke's 14-year career, citizens have filed complaints against Van Dyke, according to the Citizens Police Data Project, a database of misconduct complaints filed against more than 8,500 Chicago police officers. The database, a collaboration between the Invisible Institute and the University of Chicago Law School's Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, is not comprehensive and represents only three data sets spanning 2002 to 2008 and 2011 to 2015. To put the complaints against Van Dyke in perspective, the Chicago Police Department has about 12,000 officers. Like Van Dyke, 402 officers have 20 or more complaints on file in the database. The most complaints against any officer, according to the database, is 68.The database shows that of the 20 complaints against Van Dyke none resulted in discipline. Five complaints in the database were "not sustained," five were unfounded, four resulted in exoneration, five had unknown outcomes and one resulted in no action taken. Chicago releases new videos from scene of McDonald's shootingCode of silence?Though Van Dyke is considered to have a below-average "allegation rate," according to the database, at least one member of the organization that put the clearinghouse together believes the complaints point to a troubling pattern. "The misconduct complaints we do have in our data tool show by and large excessive force and racial slurs. And he has largely operated with impunity and under a code of silence with the same huddle of officers again and again," Alison Flowers of the Invisible Institute told CNN affiliate WLS. Van Dyke has also faced at least two lawsuits alleging excessive force during his time on the force. One was dismissed, but in the other, a jury ruled for the plaintiff in a civil case accusing Van Dyke and his partner of excessive force, assault, battery and illegal seizure.According to the complaint, Edward Nance, an African-American, was driving with his cousin, Carlton Clark, on July 9, 2007. Van Dyke and his partner pulled the pair over. JUST WATCHEDChicago officer faces first degree murder chargeReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHChicago officer faces first degree murder charge 01:01Van Dyke painfully cuffed Nance, injuring his shoulders, before pulling him out of the car, the complaint said. The car was impounded after Clark was arrested for possession of marijuana. No criminal charges were filed against Nance, but he had to go the hospital and required surgeries on his shoulders, according to the complaint.A jury awarded Nance $350,000, and a judge tacked on $180,000 for Nance's legal fees, court records show.CNN's attempts to reach Nance were not immediately successful, but the cable company employee and high school basketball referee told the Chicago Tribune earlier this year that he felt the Police Department didn't take his complaint seriously and that Van Dyke and the partner were "back on the street like nothing ever happened."Told that Van Dyke was under investigation in McDonald's death, Nance said during the April interview that it never should've gone so far. "It just makes me so sad because it shouldn't have happened. ... He shouldn't have been on the street in the first place after my incident," he told the newspaper. "It makes me feel like it could have been me."Who was Laquan McDonald?Show of supportDespite Van Dyke's history of past complaints -- and Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy demanding that the officer be held accountable in McDonald's death -- his lawyer, wife and police union are standing beside him. Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police lodge asked its current and former members Tuesday to contribute to a fund to post Van Dyke's bail, WLS reported. (The same day, a judge ordered he be held without bail until at least Monday.)The local FOP also directed visitors to its website to a GoFundMe webpage set up by Van Dyke's wife. On it, Tiffany Van Dyke asked for $80,000, saying her husband "was in a shooting that has been covered extensively by the media and we ask for your patience for all the facts to come out in the trial."She cited her husband's awards and letters of commendation, pleading, "I do not want to have to fight this battle alone nor can we afford to fight it. We desperately need your help. I know this is a very large amount of money, and I have no idea how I could ever begin to thank every one or repay them for their kindness."As of Wednesday morning, GoFundMe had deactivated the page. Its terms and conditions state the site cannot be used to raise money for "the defense or support of anyone alleged to be involved in criminal activity."JUST WATCHEDCommunity leaders meet with Mayor Rahm EmanuelReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCommunity leaders meet with Mayor Rahm Emanuel 04:12In response, the FOP said on its site, "Anyone wishing to donate to the (James Van Dyke) Bond Fund may do so at any of the four locations of the Chicago Patrolmens' Federal Credit Union."Herbert, Van Dyke's attorney, has said his client "truly was in fear for his life, as well as the lives of his fellow officers." He further said that McDonald had already "punctured a tire on a police car" when Van Dyke encountered him."At the point which my client confronted Mr. McDonald, my client was aware of the fact that the individual (McDonald) had not complied with numerous police orders to drop the knife," Herbert said. While those watching the tape will have "the brilliance and benefit" of hindsight, the case should be tried in a courtroom, not in the media or the streets, he told reporters Tuesday. "This is not a murder case, despite what you heard in the courtroom. It's truly not a murder case, and we feel that we will be very successful in defending this case," the attorney said.Chicago's search for answers after videoFollow @eliottcnn CNN's Kimberly Hutcherson, Greg Botelho, Bill Kirkos, Ashley Fantz, Dana Ford and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Human-caused climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous. They are producing more rainfall, moving slower once they make landfall and generating larger storm surges along the coast. Hurricane Ida was a prime example of those changes, and scientists say storms like this will become more common as the planet warms. Fueled by warmer-than-normal water in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Ida destroyed homes, uprooted trees and cut off power to more than 1 million residents. It battered Mississippi and the already storm-ravaged state of Louisiana, and officials there say they expect the death toll to increase in the coming days.Hurricane Ida was just the latest in back-to-back storms that have slammed Louisiana in recent years. But Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy and professor at Texas Tech University, said an important distinction is not the frequency of the storms but their severity."We've always had hurricanes, we've always had heat waves, we've always had floods and droughts, but what climate change is doing is loading the weather dice against us," Hayhoe told CNN. "It's sneaking in when we're not looking, changing the numbers as we're rolling and asking what is this, how could this happen?""The answer to that is climate change," she said.Read MoreHurricanes are getting strongerJUST WATCHEDSee trail of destruction left by Hurricane IdaReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSee trail of destruction left by Hurricane Ida 01:17Hurricanes — also called tropical cyclones or typhoons outside North America — are being made more intense by the warming ocean, which studies have shown has absorbed approximately 90% of the planet's excess heat trapped by human-produced greenhouse gas emissions. And a recent study found that the planet is trapping roughly double the amount of heat than it did nearly 15 years ago.As the planet heats up, storms get stronger.The recent state-of-the-science United Nations report on climate change concluded that the global proportion of cyclones ranging from Category 3 to 5 — the most intense storms — has increased over the last four decades due to rapidly warming ocean temperatures. For every additional degree of warmth, scientists say not only will the proportion of intense cyclones continue to climb, but extreme rain events are also forecast to intensify by about 7%. "We know that, in general, hurricanes are intensifying faster," Hayhoe said. "They are bigger and stronger than they would be otherwise; they have a lot more rainfall associated with them, and rising sea level exacerbates storm surge."How Hurricane Ida compares to Hurricane KatrinaBefore making landfall on Sunday, Hurricane Ida went through a remarkable period of strengthening: its maximum sustained winds increased by 65 mph in just 24 hours. Scientists define rapid intensification — a process that historically has been rare — as an increase of 35 mph in 24 hours or less. Hurricane Ida nearly doubled that definition.For rapid intensification to occur, warm ocean water must extend well below the surface, going hundreds of feet deep, to provide enough engine for the hurricane to strengthen. This has led scientists to believe that storms are more likely to undergo rapid intensification as a result of warmer oceans."If you increase the speed limit, you make more room for the storms to strengthen, so it can intensify more quickly," Jim Kossin, a senior scientist with the Climate Service, an organization that provides climate risk analysis to governments and businesses, told CNN.Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4, and is now tied in the record books with Laura in 2020 as the strongest hurricane to make landfall there.Hurricanes are wetter and moving slowerHighway 51 was flooded on Monday by Hurricane Ida near LaPlace, Louisiana.Storms are also generating more rainfall. For every degree of warming, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water vapor that could fall as rain. After flooding from Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area in 2017, scientists found that human-caused climate change supercharged the storm's rainfall by approximately 15%. Hurricane Ida has dumped more than 15 inches of rain on parts of Louisiana, according to the National Weather Service. As the remnants of the storm arc from the South to New England, another 3 to 7 inches of rain is expected across at least 12 states, including areas already impacted by severe flooding this month such as Tennessee and New Jersey. Paul Miller, a coastal meteorology scientists at Louisiana State University, said southeast Louisiana, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans, experienced one of its wettest seasons on record. According to Miller, it rained on 91% of the days between June 18 and July 19 at the New Orleans airport, compared to the region's average of 40-50%."It's been a historically wet year in southeast Louisiana even before Ida," he told CNN. "This really exacerbated concerns about flooding during Ida because the ground had already absorbed a lot of water this year."Satellite data also shows that storms are getting slower, particularly after they make landfall, according to Hayhoe. Slower and larger storms means they can cover a greater area, idle and dump more rain during that time period. And, while experts say the research is still developing, a 2020 study published in the journal Nature found storms are staying stronger farther inland than they did five decades ago. Since hurricanes are fueled by warm ocean water, they tend to weaken over land, but in recent years they have been raging longer after landfall. The study concludes that warmer sea surface temperatures are leading to a "slower decay" by increasing the amount of moisture that a hurricane can carry.Storm surge is getting higherA stranded motorist on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Monday.Storm surge, the flooding that occurs when hurricane winds push ocean water over land, is also getting worse due to sea level rise. Hayhoe said storm surge can inundate a larger area now than it would from a hurricane of the same intensity about 50 or 100 years ago.As the water piles up along the coast, rivers and streams that drain into the ocean can also be blocked, forcing water levels to rise upstream. Storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Ida reversed the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday — something the US Geological Survey says is "extremely uncommon."Scott Perrien, a hydrologist with the USGS, told CNN that the river's level on Sunday rose about 7 feet due to storm surge at the gauge located in Belle Chasse, about 20 miles south of New Orleans. At the same time, the river's flow "slowed from about 2 feet per second down to about half a foot per second in the other direction," Perrien said."I remember, off hand, that there was some flow reversal of the Mississippi River during Hurricane Katrina," Perrien said, "but it is extremely uncommon."Hurricane Ida forces Mississippi River to reverse flowTom Knutson, senior scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said combined with wind and rain, storm surge is "one of the more dangerous aspects of hurricanes." Nearly half of all deaths from tropical cyclones come from storm surge.Louisiana's natural buffer against storm surge — its coastal wetlands — are also disappearing due to sea level rise and persistent severe hurricanes. "Watching each additional hurricane, like Ida, hit the state, is a reminder of the importance of preserving and restoring these environments," Miller said. As the ocean gets warmer due to fossil fuel emissions, the Gulf Coast will likely experience more hurricanes that are as severe as Ida. Hayhoe said the only choice humans have left is to either rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions or face the most catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis."The bottom line is climate change is not only an environmental issue or a coastal issue, climate change is an everything issue — a human issue," Hayhoe said. "To care about climate impacts and to advocate for climate action, we only have to be one thing, and that one thing is a human living on planet Earth."CNN's Brandon Miller contributed to this report.

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Moscow (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election "doesn't reveal anything new" except the finding that President Donald Trump's campaign or associates did not conspire with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday."We didn't see the report itself, and almost nobody has, we don't have the opportunity to comment in detail," Peskov said, answering CNN's question in a phone call with reporters. "We saw some kind of summary, which doesn't reveal anything new except admitting the fact there was no collusion."On Sunday, Mueller wrapped up his 22-month probe into alleged Russian meddling in the election, possible Trump campaign collusion with Moscow and obstruction of justice. US Attorney General William Barr submitted a four-page summary of Mueller's conclusions to Congress.US President Donald Trump (L), Attorney General William Barr, and special counsel Robert Mueller (R)Mueller did not find Trump's campaign or associates conspired with Russia; the investigation into whether he obstructed justice did not conclude the President committed a crime but also "does not exonerate him," Barr quoted from Mueller's report.Read MoreTrump repeatedly attacked Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt" and a "hoax," posting hundreds of tweets attacking Mueller and his team.On Monday, Peskov reasserted Russia's longstanding position on the question of electoral interference.Takeaways from the Mueller report summaryEmboldened: Trump's presidency enters new era"Our country has not interfered in the domestic affairs of other countries, including the USA, including electoral processes, has no plans to do so and is categorically opposed to any interference of other countries into our own affairs," he said."That's why I want to remind you of the words of one Chinese philosopher, who said it's very hard to find a black cat in a black room, especially if it's not there," Peskov said, adding: "Centuries go by, but the West across the ocean doesn't understand." As the White House turns toward the 2020 campaign, Trump's presidency is no longer directly under threat from the special counsel probe, although he still faces the specter of more legal and congressional action from other ongoing investigations.With Mueller's conclusions widely regarded as a boost for Trump, CNN asked Peskov if the conclusion of the probe created a political opening for the US President to improve relations with Moscow."The Russian Federation, as our President has said repeatedly, was never the initiator of harming our bilateral relations," he responded, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin had given Trump a chance to reset relations at last year's summit in Helsinki."Our President is interested in having cordial relations with America," Peskov said. "So the ball is on that (American) side, and that ball was passed to Trump in Helsinki."

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Story highlightsA court battle about Kentucky's only abortion clinic is in progressWomen in Central Appalachia, hours away from the clinic, worry about other mattersThey are stepping up to fight for basics, like birth control and sex ed accessPikeville, Kentucky (CNN)Perhaps it was the abstinence pledge she felt forced to sign or the promise ring she was told to slip on her finger. But from the moment Cheryl became sexually active, she felt dirty. Then, three boys raped her, reducing her self-image to mud.She didn't dare tell anyone or seek help. Growing up in rural eastern Kentucky, she'd been raised by drug addicts who'd lost the family home and lived in a place, she says, where there was "nothing left to do but do each other." Shame kept Cheryl, who wants to be identified only by a pseudonym, from even stepping foot into her hometown's health department. A year of untreated chlamydia stole her fertility."I wish I hadn't been so scared," says Cheryl, now 20 and a University of Pikeville student who hopes to be an attorney someday. "I will never be able to have a family. I wish the way I'd learned about my own body and sex in general had been different." Read MoreHere, where the Bible Belt cinches tight around Central Appalachia and small-town living means everyone knows your business, matters of sexuality and reproductive health are traditionally talked about in whispers -- if they're talked about at all. But pull back the kudzu, and you'll hear voices crying out for change, even as the political winds howl against them. Arwen Donahue, an artist and writer, is working on a graphic novel about choices, reproduction and motherhood because she wants to give voice to rural women who are often isolated. Gov. Matt Bevin, they say, is hell-bent on outlawing abortion. Under him, state officials are threatening to close Kentucky's only abortion clinic. And though a pre-abortion ultrasound requirement was recently struck down, Bevin signed into law a ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Meantime, the Trump administration has rolled back Obamacare's contraceptive coverage requirement and proposed a budget that would cut programs to prevent teen pregnancy -- while sinking millions more into abstinence-only education. In the face of all of this, there are women in eastern Kentucky rising up to do what others won't do for them. Through activism and art, radio shows and bootleg sex ed classes, they are taking a stand for their communities and families, and for every young Cheryl out there. As deep as the 'hollers'Near a stone bridge that crosses the North Fork of the Kentucky River in the quaint town of Whitesburg, a group gathers in a space usually reserved for youth programs and punk rock shows. They are here to embark on a bold mission, one that is so new, they ask me to leave before they get to work. Last clinic standingThe dozen or so who stream in are from Whitesburg and nearby towns, the big city of Lexington and even the nation's capital. Their goal? To launch a comprehensive birth-control access campaign in southeastern Kentucky, where teen birth rates outpace the national average.In walks a woman who remembers classmates who got pregnant before they reached high school. Here comes another who likes to say it's easier to get pain pills in these parts than some forms of birth control. A third works on the front lines to ensure abortion access.Abortion has put Kentucky in the national spotlight. If its last abortion clinic, based in Louisville, closes, the Bluegrass State would be the first in the nation to effectively ban the procedure since it was legalized in 1973. But here in this easternmost part of the state, hundreds of miles from Louisville, a court battle over the clinic's fate is hardly top of mind. Many people I meet while traversing the region aren't even aware this fight is happening.Medical professionals can count on one hand the times they've been asked about abortions. Women who've had abortions rarely, if ever, mention it. For many, the clinic might as well be in Las Vegas. If you don't have the means to get to Louisville -- let alone pay for the procedure, lodging and child care -- what difference does it make if there's no abortion clinic in the state?What can make a difference in tackling unplanned and unwanted pregnancies are more conversations about -- and more access to -- birth control, reproductive health care and sex ed. But the challenges in opening up these discussions run as deep as the "hollers," or valleys, that cut through these green hills. 'The whole town knew'Outsiders often imagine this area in black and white, a place where poverty blankets the land much like the fog that hangs in the morning air. But the reality bursts with color -- and people who defy expectations. "Women in this area are not encouraged to be forceful," says Zelma Forbes, who goes by "Sweet Tater" when she's on the radio. Tattooed on Stacie Sexton's left shoulder are the longitude and latitude of Whitesburg, where she was born and raised until she moved to nearby Hazard as a tween. She lives in Lexington now but never forgets where she's from. She recalls the abstinence-only education she got in grade school and how two of the seven girls in her class got pregnant before the end of eighth grade. One miscarried; the other married. She'd just turned 20 when a nurse at the health department confirmed that she was pregnant and insisted that she make a prenatal care appointment. With the start of college around the bend, she had other plans: She traveled more than 150 miles to Knoxville, Tennessee, for an abortion. When someone from the health department called because she'd missed her appointment, Sexton was honest about what she'd done. "The whole town knew within a few days," she says, privacy laws "be damned."Kentucky's 20-week abortion ban: A ticking clock on a complex pregnancyToday, at 32, she's a force for change. She recently organized the first "Abortion Monologues" in Lexington, providing a stage for women and men to share their stories while trying to increase empathy and erase stigma. But it's her full-time job at the Kentucky Health Justice Network that brings her back to Whitesburg this evening to steer the group committed to promoting birth control access. She directs the new project, All Access EKY, which is loosely modeled after a successful Colorado initiative. Between 2009 and 2014, with the help of a private funder, Colorado managed to cut births and abortions by about 50% among teens and 20% among women between 20 and 24, while saving the state nearly $70 million in public assistance. With funding from the Educational Foundation of America, All Access EKY aims to increase access to and demand for birth control, including long-acting reversible options like IUDs and implants -- the sorts of contraceptives that can be hard to come by here. We're "still having to fight all these negative stereotypes of being barefoot and pregnant," Sexton says. "We do have a problem, but people would be receptive to these options if they had them." Across Kentucky, 47% of pregnancies are unplanned, costing the state $75 million and the federal government nearly $303 million a year. This is according to the latest figures culled by the Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health. In Appalachian Kentucky, the teen birth rate is 68% higher than the country and 34% higher than the rest of the state, according to a report by several groups, including the Appalachian Regional Commission. All Access EKY wants to shape a new reality through coalition building, education, legislation and storytelling. A hardscrabble historySigns pointing to churches dot the roadways. So do alerts for blasting zones and fallen rock, where the long-dying coal industry gasps for breath.To understand how women have experienced this region, it helps to know a bit about the hardscrabble history of where they're from.The area has long been defined by coal. But the truth is, since automation took hold after World War II, mining has been on its way out. The "boom and bust" business that displaced millions of people has been dying for decades, says Dee Davis, founder and president of Whitesburg's Center for Rural Strategies, who has lived in and studied this area for most of his 66 years."I don't think anyone thinks that the coal industry is coming back," he says, though some may still hope for it. "I may hope that Scarlett Johansson is going to come into my office, give me a kiss and ask me to run away with her, but it's not going to happen."A lack of alternatives forced plenty of people to move elsewhere, but for many who've stayed, the connection is too strong to imagine leaving. Davis talks about the lush hills that sustain him, the crows that chase away hawks in "a big movie in the sky," the memories of the grandmother with bodybuilder arms who taught him to skip rocks across the creek bed.Nestled in the hills of Central Appalachia, Kentuckians are fighting for their communities. The women I meet speak about their dozens of cousins, the generations that root them here, the gardening, fiddling and quilting that courses through their "mountain woman" veins. One stands on her office porch; behind her is a painting of a quilt design made by her grandmother, who died in February at age 99. Before she was buried, the family slipped something into her pocket: bean seeds that had been in the family for nearly 200 years. This is an area where strong women have been slow to get pap smears and mammograms or tend to their general health. It's also a state where 76 out of 120 counties don't have an OB-GYN, according to a 2014 report by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.'I'm an abortion travel agent' and other tales from Texas' new desertWith the arrival of Obamacare and the expansion of Medicaid, Dr. Jessica Branham says, the situation has started to change.Branham, an OB-GYN in nearby Floyd County, says she's seen patients who haven't sought reproductive care in 10, 15, 20 years. So beyond gynecological exams, she's talking to them about advances in birth control.Many women here are still haunted by "the ghost of the Dalkon Shield," she says, the flawed and dangerous intrauterine device that went on the market in the 1970s. But even if she persuades them to trust what's new, she can't always deliver. If an IUD is approved by insurance, it's often on a "buy and bill" basis, meaning the patient must pay for it up-front, she says. At $600 to $800 a pop, she says, that's usually a deal-breaker. This means that for a woman experiencing heavy bleeding, it can be easier to get a hysterectomy, which is covered by insurance, than it is to manage the problem with a simple form of birth control, she says. "The algorithms of who gets what, I will never understand," Branham says.Bridging the disconnectSexton, of All Access EKY, says women of all ages should know that their contraceptive options extend beyond abstinence, the pill and condoms -- and that what works for one person may not work for another. But just getting them to walk into a health department can be a challenge when the person behind the counter or in the exam room might be a neighbor or fellow church member.If a woman gets through the door, she should be informed enough to know what options to ask for -- and hope the one she wants is available, says Sexton. All Access EKY is focusing on 10 counties in southeastern Kentucky. Of the clinics in those counties, only a third offer the full range of contraceptive methods, according to Power to Decide, a national nonprofit working to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Appalshop, a cultural and media hub in Whitesburg, has partnered with All Access EKY to produce material that will speak to people in Central Appalachia.Complicating matters further: Not enough people in the region are trained to insert IUDs or implants, which often means an additional wait. "If you have to make people wait, they're not going to do it," Sexton says. "And that doesn't matter if you're in eastern Kentucky or Los Angeles."To battle these barriers, Sexton says, the project is asking for help from health departments, state lawmakers, educators and community leaders. But recruiting support will take time."There's a disconnect between what people think we do and what we do," she says of her group's work. The words "birth control" are immediately associated with "liberal thoughts and people having sex willy-nilly. And, really, our goal is helping people control their futures." One person helping get the word out is Willa Johnson. She thinks about her peers who married young because they got pregnant and felt that they had no choice -- only to get divorced young, too.Johnson, who lives in Whitesburg, is 32, single and fosters a toddler. She also works at Appalshop, a cultural and media hub housed in a rustic wooden structure that serves as a mouthpiece for Appalachian voices and ideas. Appalshop has been an institution in Whitesburg for nearly half a century and, along with Power to Decide, is a partner in All Access EKY. By raising awareness about birth control options, Willa Johnson hopes people in eastern Kentucky can better shape their futures. With the help of five young women Johnson recently hired -- two high school seniors and three college students -- her team is building a website and producing stories that will speak to people in this region.Among their projects are a radio essay about being denied birth control because of religious beliefs, a conversation with a high school principal about how schools deal with teen pregnancies, and video interviews with doctors serving the area. "We want to share stories and experiences to break down this idea that we can't talk about access to birth control," Johnson says. "I want the community to hear that there are others having these conversations. I want them pushed out of their comfort zone."Learning about the 'P-I-L-L'Down the road, past the health department and a craft moonshine distillery, this sort of openness about sex is foreign to the senior women I meet at the recreation center.They're playing cards and don't stop dealing or looking at their hands to talk. "Mommy said babies came in suitcases," says one woman, who didn't learn about sex until she got married. "When I started my monthlies, I was scared to death," says another, who raced to her school's principal's office when she first got her period."We don't believe in abortion," announces a third, when the word is first mentioned.Wilma Ritchie, 77, a mother of eight, is less absolute. She talks about her own daughter, who was advised by a doctor to have an abortion. Her daughter refused; the baby died as soon as it was born."She lost another one like that," Ritchie says. "It lived an hour or two."When her friends say they don't want to see abortion in Kentucky, Ritchie at first keeps her mouth shut. Then she answers quietly, almost under her breath, "I don't think it's right, but if a woman's life is at risk, well ..." Wilma Ritchie, who sings bluegrass gospel, doesn't think the issue of abortion is black and white. These women were taught to mind their parents and not have sex until they were married. They worked hard to care for their own, which is why the scourge of drugs, a reliance on government programs and the fact that babies are being passed off to foster homes and grandparents make some of them shake their heads.But while these women largely represent the way it was, over at community radio station WMMT, located at Appalshop, Zelma Forbes proves that there have always been exceptions.She's a 71-year-old community college math instructor who doubles as "Sweet Tater," the name she uses each week during her two-hour radio program dedicated to Old Appalachian music.Forbes, who was married once for 10 years, presses play so Sheila Kay Adams can sing, "I wish I was a single girl again, Lord, Lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again." Off-mic, Forbes shares her own story, which includes plenty of zingers. "He didn't like me," she says of her ex-husband from half a lifetime ago "And that's OK. I didn't like him, either."No one had to teach her about sex. Growing up on a farm in Greenup County to the north, watching the animals taught her plenty. Her older sisters filled her in on details like menstruation. Always curious, she dug deeper, flipping through biology books.She was in high school and college in the '60s, when friends had abortions before it was legal. One time, using leftover financial aid money, she helped pay for a friend's procedure. She says she knew all about the "P-I-L-L and D-I-V-O-R-C-E" because "Loretta Lynn sang about it." She's now a mother of three: two her own, one adopted from her daughter when she was hooked on drugs (she's quick to point out that her daughter is now sober). She wishes sex wasn't taken so lightly. If birth control was readily available, there would not be the same need for abortions, she says. But she's a realist too, which is why she says the choice to get an abortion in Kentucky should remain. She's unusual for her generation, and she knows it."Women in this area," she says, "are not encouraged to be forceful." 'Too political' for schoolThat may be traditionally true, but Tanya Turner, 31, is among those women determined to blaze a new path. Like "Sweet Tater," she takes to the community radio airwaves with her WMMT program, "Feminist Friday." Turner is also the brains behind what she likes to call "Sexy Sex Ed," an occasional workshop to bring honest conversations to young people to fill the void left behind by homes and schools. Tanya Turner imagined "Sexy Sex Ed" to give young people information they may not get elsewhere.She wishes the United States would follow the lead of countries like Sweden, where age-appropriate sex education starts in kindergarten. If left to their own devices, she warns, kids will Google answers to even the most innocent questions and enter the depths of online porn.She used to run an online program for 21 school districts but quit after attending a reproductive rights rally at the state Capitol. She wanted to write about the experience and was told she could as long as she didn't include the words "birth control" or "sex ed." Those words were seen as "too political," she says. "It felt like a gag order to not be able to say those words at this unprecedented time." Children and young adults need safe spaces to talk, she says. They should understand the importance of consent and the way their bodies work. She need only think about the young people who've shown up, including the six transgender students who joined her for a sex ed workshop this year, to know that the hunger for authentic conversation is real. Though her full-time job now is to raise money for Appalshop, she organizes sex ed programs when she can and draws a steady flow of participants -- which often includes chaperones and parents who have plenty to learn, too. "I'll say, 'If this gets to be too much, you may want to leave.' But no one will leave," she says. "I get 40-year-olds thanking me." Quiet no more The scenes laid out around Lindsey Windland are supposed to make viewers uncomfortable: hands holding a knitting needle, a screwdriver and a bottle of poison. A female saint dressed in red, clutching a coat hanger. They're textile pieces Windland created after researching the desperate measures women took before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the country.Using the sewing skills passed down by her grandmother, Lindsey Windland created a textile series to raise awareness about the need for safe surgical abortions.Windland's grandmother taught her to sew, a skill passed down in a region known for its quilting heritage. A mother and small-business owner in Madison County, she says that her latest work is part of her effort to "take back the idea that embroidery was something to keep women quiet, docile and sitting down."She's one of two artists I met in the foothills of Appalachia who are using their crafts to send a message about reproductive health. Both were given grants by the Kentucky Foundation for Women, which supports feminist artists who hope to inspire social change.Windland, 33, is grateful that she's never had to think about having an abortion. But she took on the subject after the election of Kentucky's anti-abortion governor in 2015. "When Bevin came into office, I was feeling overwhelmed," she says. "I understand people's religious beliefs, but they need to understand that women can resort to things that make them die." One of her pieces hung in a local art show, but it wasn't well-attended, she says. In February, though, the whole series will be on display in a Louisville gallery -- the first that was willing to show them after others turned her work down. Before then, she says, she'd like to add one more to the collection: a piece that illustrates how far women in Kentucky need to travel for abortions.She hopes the series will spark conversations and shape attitudes."Just because it is really difficult for women to obtain abortions in our state, it doesn't mean they won't try to do it themselves or go somewhere else to have it done," Windland says. "A safe surgical alternative exists, and we should utilize it."Farther to north, on her farm in Nicholas County, Arwen Donahue is writing and illustrating a graphic novel based in part on her own abortion. She was 40 when she suddenly found herself pregnant. She and her husband already had one child, never intended to have another and were struggling with their farm and finances. The decision to have an abortion was painful enough, she says. But adding to the weight was a feeling that she couldn't tell anyone beyond her mother and a couple of close friends. The graphic novel by Arwen Donahue will offer stories from three years in her life -- including the one when she had an abortion. "I felt like I was surrounded by people who'd think I was a monster," says Donahue, now 48. She grew up in more urban and liberal areas of America but has called this farm home for 20 years. "There is this unspoken cultural assumption that there are some things you do and some things you don't do. One thing you don't do is have an abortion if you're in a stable marriage, and the second thing you don't do is talk about it."The self-imposed shame and silence takes a toll, she says, and further isolates rural women who are already cut off. So she's working on telling her story about choices, reproduction and motherhood. Her graphic novel will weave together the narratives of three years in her life, including 2010, the year she had an abortion. Though she plans to eventually publish it as a book, she's releasing pieces on Rumpus, an online literary magazine. Donahue is motivated to share her experiences, she says, in part for those who can't. She speaks up on behalf of rural women whose stories are too often overlooked or misunderstood. "I'm really glad to put my shoulder to the wheel on this issue and feel that it's time," she says.A 'revolution' stirsThe abstinence pledge and promise ring didn't keep Cheryl from becoming sexually active. They didn't protect her from being gang-raped. And they didn't prevent the loss of her fertility.But Cheryl knows that she isn't alone.She's not an activist or artist and has never heard of All Access EKY. Instead, she's part of a generation of eastern Kentuckians trying to reconcile what they've been taught with what they've lived and what they hope to be.She tells her story in the chapel at the University of Pikeville, 45 minutes up the road from Whitesburg, surrounded by other women who've gathered to discuss their own coming-of-age tales in Central Appalachia. Most are first-generation college students. They compare stories of parents and siblings who've struggled with addiction. One speaks of the crowded day care center in her high school, the friends who've all married young and have children.Two single mothers speak of the sacrifices they've made to give their children a better life and the abusive husbands they've left behind. One of them, a mother of four in her late 20s, announces amid tears that she signed divorce papers the day before, prompting the room to erupt in applause.Not one of the women in the chapel knew that Kentucky has only one abortion clinic, nor did they know that it may close. The news startles and angers them."If you take that option away, it'll make room for people to do it on their own," says one."If they want an abortion, they're going to get it," says another. In this space, where their names are protected, they openly tell stories of women they know who've had abortions. The cousin who is an alcoholic and needs to grow up before she can raise children. The struggling sister who didn't want to bring another drug-addicted baby into the world. The friend who simply trusted that it was the best decision for her at the time. Follow CNN Health on Facebook and TwitterSee the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter.On campus, though, they fear that they're a minority, which is why they usually keep their feelings to themselves."If you say you're pro-choice, you're the devil," one student says. But a professor in the room then tells them a story. She talks about the students who've railed against abortions in the classroom, only to seek her out later to say they feel like hypocrites because they've had abortions themselves.The students let this soak in. Maybe they aren't so alone in their feelings. Maybe, as they pursue their dreams and lives in eastern Kentucky, they can be part of something bigger. "If we get enough young people who really care," says one, "our generation will be the revolution."

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El Paso, Texas (CNN)Relatives of the suspected gunman in the shooting at an El Paso Walmart said Tuesday that he was "apparently influenced and informed by people we do not know," according to a statement released by a law firm representing the family of Patrick Crusius.Crusius, 21, wanted to stop a "Hispanic invasion of Texas," according to an online document police believe he wrote.The relatives said they are focused on the victims and the people affected by the shooting that took 22 lives and wounded 24 others."Patrick's actions were apparently influenced and informed by people we do not know, and from ideas and beliefs that we do not accept or condone, in any way," they said. "He was raised in a family that taught love, kindness, respect, and tolerance -- rejecting all forms of racism, prejudice, hatred, and violence. There will never be a moment for the rest of our lives when we will forget each and every victim of this senseless tragedy," the statement said. The statement also thanked the heroes who saved lives during the shooting. Read MoreMourning the victims in a display of Hispanic culture Just a few blocks away from the Stanton Street Bridge -- a connector between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico -- a community came together Monday for a vigil that celebrated its culture, days after being brutally targeted by a white supremacist. Two Aztec dance groups performed prayers for the victims of the weekend shooting. It was one of a handful of gatherings organized to honor the lives lost and to help the community heal.The Monday night remembrance was a powerful and defiant display of the region's culture, following a massacre that left the Texas Hispanic community feeling shaken and targeted. Women and men in vibrant-colored clothing and headdresses performed traditional Aztec dances in a park. Residents were drawn out from surrounding neighborhoods to the beat of loud drums and soon followed a quiet procession that led to a historic building feet away from the connector bridge.An Aztec prayer for the victims of the #ElPasoShooting pic.twitter.com/nkBmC4wmk9— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@ByEliott) August 6, 2019 "We've been tormented as a people," said Gisela Sarellano, who performed a prayer with Omecoatl and another Aztec dance group, Tlaneztica. "I like the idea of using our culture -- that they're so threatened by -- to combat that, to fight their hatred with beauty."The groups led a vigil procession to @CarmelitaCasa's space at the foot of the Stanton Street Bridge, which leads to Ciudad Juarez. pic.twitter.com/fOJLe9cGmO— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@ByEliott) August 6, 2019 The shooting was one of the 10 deadliest in modern US history and one of at least three mass shootings in a week. Another weekend, more mass shootings in AmericaSuspect's gun was legally purchased The suspect's weapon was purchased legally near his hometown in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said, describing the gun as a "7.62-caliber weapon." The suspected shooter, who court documents state has been unemployed for five months, has been cooperating with authorities since his arrest and "volunteered most of the evidence," Allen said. A Walmart employee and a customer helped 140 people escape from the El Paso shootingThe man took about 11 hours to drive from his Allen home to the El Paso Walmart, Allen said. Crusius had no apparent ties to El Paso County, where 83% of residents are Hispanic or Latino, according to the US Census Bureau.When he arrived in El Paso, he first was "lost in a neighborhood," and then "found his way to the Walmart because, we understand, he was hungry," Allen said. Allen said he couldn't comment about whether Crusius had always intended to go the Walmart. When asked whether the suspect ate something from the store before the attack, Allen said: "That's what we suspect he did, right now."After walking into Walmart and spraying the center with bullets, Crusius got back in his car, drove to an intersection just north of the store, got out of the car and surrendered to an El Paso motorcycle officer who was helping establish a police perimeter around the business, El Paso police Sgt. Enrique Carrillo said.Crusius put his hands up and identified himself as the shooter, Carrillo said. The officer handcuffed the suspect on the spot.Crusius had a "stone cold look" when he surrendered, one police official who came face-to-face with him told CNN."It was a look I'd never seen before, and I've been on this force for 31 years," the official said. "I've seen murderers, robbers, nothing like this."Crusius has been charged with capital murder in the shooting and is being held without bond. He is a white supremacist Authorities said they're investigating a racist, anti-immigrant document they believe the suspect posted about 20 minutes before the shooting.The four-page document, titled "The Inconvenient Truth," was published on the online messaging board 8chan and is filled with white supremacist language and racist hatred aimed at immigrants and Latinos. The author says he opposes "race mixing" and encourages immigrants to return to their home countries. The 2,300-word "manifesto," as police called it, was attached to a post that read: "I'm probably going to die today."Federal authorities said they're treating the shooting as a case of domestic terrorism, US Attorney for the Western District of Texas John Bash said, as it "appears to be designed to intimidate a civilian population, to say the least."The El Paso shooting suspect showed no remorse or regret, police say The Justice Department is also "seriously considering" bringing federal hate crime and federal firearm charges, which carry a possible death penalty, he said.In the hate-filled document, the writer also says he held the beliefs he writes about before Donald Trump became president. Trump on Monday morning said the manifesto was "consumed with racist hate.""In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy," he said. "These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul."Trump is set to visit El Paso on Wednesday, a plan that was met with backlash from the El Paso County Democratic Party, which in an open letter asked him to cancel his trip. "Since the start of your Administration, El Paso has been ground zero for many of the cruel immigration-related policies enacted by you in your efforts to punish, demonize and terrorize immigrants and immigrant communities," the letter, signed by El Paso County Democratic Party Chairwoman Iliana Holguin, read. Youngest victim was 15-year-old boy Police identified the 22 victims on Monday. At least one held dual Mexican and US citizenships, according to a relative. At least seven others were Mexican citizens; at least 13 were Americans; and one was German. Among those killed were Jordan and Andre Anchondo who were shopping for school supplies in Walmart after dropping off their 5-year-old daughter at cheerleading practice.These are the victims who have been identified in the El Paso shootingThe couple's 2-month-old son survived after his mom shielded him from the gunfire."The baby still had her blood on him. You watch these things and see these things and you never think this is going to happen to your family," Elizabeth Terry, Jordan Anchondo's aunt, told CNN.Angie Englisbee, 86, was also killed. Her son told CNN she had gotten off the phone with his brother minutes before the first reports of an active shooter.A 60-year-old Army veteran and bus driver, Arturo Benavides, was also killed, his niece told CNN."He was an absolutely caring and strong-willed man," Jacklin Luna said. "He was the person that would give any dime and shirt off his back, a meal and a home to anyone."Leo Campos and Maribel Hernandez were also among those killed, according to CNN affiliate KFOX/KDBC.They had dropped off their dog at the groomer before heading to Walmart, Hernandez's brother, Al Hernandez, told the affiliate. The family didn't know anything was wrong until the groomer called them and said the dog hadn't been picked up.Community members attended a vigil for Javier Rodriguez, 15, at Horizon High School on MondayThe Clint Independent School District confirmed a teen's death on Monday -- 15-year-old Javier Amir Rodriguez. Rodriguez was the youngest victim. Dave Johnson was identified as one of the victims Monday, according to his daughter, Stephanie Melendez. Margie Reckard, 67, was also identified as a victim, her husband, Antonio Basco, told CNN.At least eight Mexican nationals lost their lives, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard said.Ebrard identified the first seven Sunday via Twitter as Sara Esther Regalado, Adolfo Cerros Hernández, Jorge Calvillo García, Elsa Mendoza de la Mora, Gloria Irma Márquez, María Eugenia Legarreta Rothe and Ivan Filberto Manzano. He identified the eighth victim Monday as Juan de Dios Velasquez Chairez. Velasquez held both Mexican and US citizenships, according to his niece, Idaly Velasquez.Another slain victim -- Teresa Sanchez, 82 -- was identified as a Mexican national by El Paso police.The other victims identified, according to a list from El Paso police, include: US citizens Maria and Raul Flores, both 77; US citizen Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90; and German citizen Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66. Mexico says El Paso shooting is an 'act of terror'Mexico considers the shooting an act of terrorism against Mexican citizens and will be participating in the investigation, Ebrard said Monday in a news conference. The country is also considering a petition for the extradition of the gunman and is "analyzing actions regarding gun control," Ebrard said. "We consider this to be an act of terror, obviously on US territory, but against Mexican citizens," he said. "We listened to President Trump's statement earlier today and share his condemnation of racism and xenophobia as serious problems in the US." "We are different cultures but we need to live and respect each other, in Mexico and in the Unites States," Ebrard said.CNN's Eliott C. McLauglin reported from El Paso, Texas. Christina Maxouris wrote from Atlanta. Bob Ortega, Dave Alsup, Radina Gigova, Eric Levenson, Brian Todd, Brad Hodges, Curt Devine and Amir Vera contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsU.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann drew criticism for axing star Landon DonovanBut even before the World Cup snub, Klinsmann was a man who divided opinionThe California resident's tactics and methods have been questioned by playersThe U.S. has, however, posted some impressive results under Klinsmann In footballing terms, Landon Donovan isn't a marquee name in Europe. He endured a miserable stint at behemoth Bayern Munich and only when he played in a less pressurized environment on another loan deal -- for Everton in the English Premier League -- did he excel. On the domestic front, it's an entirely different matter. Donovan can rightly claim to being the talisman for the national team for the past decade or so, featuring in three World Cups and holding the distinction of scoring more goals than anyone else for the U.S. He was, unquestionably, the leading figure as the U.S. transitioned from football minnow to respected outfit. If his omission from the World Cup squad by manager Jurgen Klinsmann couldn't be compared to, let's say, a Lionel Messi being snubbed by Argentina or a Cristiano Ronaldo being dropped by Portugal, it's not far off."It is a very tight race for those spots," Klinsmann, hired in 2011 and last year given an extension until 2018, told reporters in May. "We feel like the other players, without naming any of those guys, are a tiny bit ahead of him. Photos: Klinsmann in hot seat Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatJurgen Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley as the U.S. Men's National Team coach in July 2011, the day before his 47th birthday. Hide Caption 1 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatHe came with a big reputation, having scored goals for Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Tottenham, Monaco, Stuttgart -- and the German national team. Hide Caption 2 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatUnder Klinsmann and assistant Joachim Low, second from left, Germany enjoyed a successful World Cup on home soil in 2006, too, reaching the semifinals. Hide Caption 3 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatBut Klinsmann, who would go on to become Bayern Munich's manager, was heavily criticized by Germany defender Philipp Lahm. Hide Caption 4 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatKlinsmann didn't last one season at Bayern, and was fired in April 2009 and replaced by Jupp Heynckes. Here Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (left) addresses the media with club manager Uli Hoeness and fellow executive Karl Hopfner (right). Hide Caption 5 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatKlinsmann hasn't been given an easy ride by the U.S. media. A 2013 story citing unnamed people connected to the U.S. team came down harshly on the 1990 World Cup winner. Hide Caption 6 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatIn his biggest call yet, Klinsmann omitted U.S. record goalscorer Landon Donovan from his 2014 World Cup squad. Hide Caption 7 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatWith Klinsmann at the helm, however, the U.S. achieved historic wins against Mexico and, pictured here, Italy in pre-tournament matches. The USMNT reached the second round of Brazil 2014, before suffering extra-time elimination at the hands of Belgium. Hide Caption 8 of 9 Photos: Klinsmann in hot seatThe German was all smiles after leading the U.S. to the semifinals of the 2016 Copa America on home soil, before losing to Argentina.Hide Caption 9 of 9JUST WATCHEDBradley ready for World Cup pressureReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBradley ready for World Cup pressure 01:19JUST WATCHEDClint Dempsey, the new Captain AmericaReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHClint Dempsey, the new Captain America 01:17JUST WATCHEDCan Brazil thrive at the World Cup?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCan Brazil thrive at the World Cup? 02:19JUST WATCHEDWorld Cup champ on Italy's fighting spiritReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWorld Cup champ on Italy's fighting spirit 02:48"That's why we made that decision, which is obviously and understandably the biggest topic out there." Most in the U.S.'s growing footballing community have disagreed with the man who "shockingly" left out Donovan -- that was the word used by the 32-year-old's MLS team, the L.A. Galaxy -- but Germany's Klinsmann tends to court controversy, or at least divide opinion.Here's someone who, for all his scoring prowess during his playing days, will be forever linked with diving.Pedro Monzon's challenge on 'Klinsy' in the 1990 World Cup final was reckless but the latter's exaggerated air time could be compared to a high-jumper performing a forward roll. For good measure, when he hit the ground, Klinsmann resembled a fish when first out of the water -- flopping from the shock. Monzon became the first player sent off in a World Cup final and Argentina's fate was sealed. Fast forward to his time as Germany manager.There can be few more uplifting scenarios than an adored former player guiding a national team to World Cup glory on home soil -- Klinsmann made 80 international appearances, netting 38 times -- and the Germans indeed almost prevailed in 2006, falling to bogey side and eventual champion Italy in the semifinals. But current Germany captain Philipp Lahm all but wrote in his autobiography that Klinsmann didn't play much of a role, saying he was tactically deficient. Instead he praised then assistant Joachim Low (who just happens to be Lahm's current boss with Germany). Lahm lined up, too, under Klinsmann at Bayern Munich in 2008/2009, when Klinsmann didn't last the season. Klinsmann and Lahm will meet again, since Germany -- as well as Portugal and Ghana -- landed in the U.S.'s group. JUST WATCHEDMuscovites predict World Cup winner ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMuscovites predict World Cup winner 01:12JUST WATCHEDThe science behind the World Cup ballReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe science behind the World Cup ball 01:43"There was very little technical instruction and the players had to get together independently before the game to discuss how we wanted to play," Lahm wrote. Klinsmann's deep focus on fitness and nutrition, and fondness for yoga, is well known. Players have even been given aptitude tests, not their usual fare. "I don't know if I'd like his rules," U.S. international keeper Marcus Hahnemann, not making the trip to Brazil, told CNN. "I'm way more laid back than most are. "I would maybe struggle but that's the way he wants to run it."Judging by a story in the Sporting News last year, Hahnemann has company in not being entirely convinced by Klinsmann's methods. Speaking anonymously, people linked with the U.S. team opened up about Klinsmann's apparent tactical naivety, and the author stated there was "building resentment over the perceived importance and attitude of the German-born players." Although it's not strange for players born in one country to represent another -- in-demand striker Diego Costa picked Spain over Brazil for the World Cup -- Klinsmann selected more than merely one: Jermaine Jones, John Brooks, Timothy Chandler and Fabian Johnson were all born in Germany. Bayern Munich's Julian Green, meanwhile, mostly represented Germany under the senior level. "Jurgen has made it clear that looking at all possible options for discovering players will be exhausted," Tony Meola, who earned a century of caps for the U.S., told CNN. "My biggest concern is always, 'Are you playing for the love of the jersey and what it represents?'"If the answer is an emphatic, 'Yes,' I have no problem with it but anything less, I would be concerned. "We are in a different era and one that is changing the face of the game."Klinsmann's brutal assessment of his charges' chances at the World Cup -- "I think for us now, talking about winning a World is just not realistic" -- also didn't go down well in the court of American public opinion.With all the second guessing, you might be hard pressed to believe that the U.S. has made inroads under Klinsmann, who has lived in California for more than 15 years and is married to an American.JUST WATCHED'Chicharito' on Mexico's World Cup hopes ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH'Chicharito' on Mexico's World Cup hopes 03:32JUST WATCHEDBosnia's long journey to the World CupReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBosnia's long journey to the World Cup 02:45But how else to describe the U.S. beating powerhouse Italy for the first time -- in Italy -- and overcoming arch-rival Mexico in Mexico, also a first? Note that Donovan played a combined 45 minutes in those landmark successes. Klinsmann hasn't shied away from pushing for friendlies against top sides and has attempted to make the U.S. play a more proactive brand of football, rather than defend and counter. Klinsmann hasn't been the lone manager targeted by the outspoken Lahm -- he came down harshly on the new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal -- and Hahnemann admits the U.S. has "definitely made progress." "In terms of the tactics, he has certainly tried to change the way we play," added defender Jonathan Spector, who featured against the Italians. "We have the players for it, and I think it's just going to take some time to adjust to that. "You can't argue with the results we've had. He's been very successful as a national team coach, both with Germany and with the US."In terms of sports science and that, I think there's a place for that in football and he's a very personable man. He's easy to talk to." So, Klinsmann has his supporters and detractors. Results in Brazil are sure to sway opinion further. Donovan snub sparks outrageBrazil 2014 World Cup: Score updates and schedule of matchesWorld Cup survival glass tells you when to stop drinking

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(CNN)There are fast starts, and then there are fast starts. It took just six seconds for AC Milan to lead against Sassuolo on Sunday -- the quickest goal in the history of Serie A.Rafael Leao wrote his name into the record books when Hakan Calhanoglu drove into the Sassuolo half straight from kickoff and found Leao, who cut through the opposition defense to score with precisely 6.2 seconds on the clock.It not only beat the previous record in Italian football set by Paolo Poggi, but also became the fastest goal ever scored in Europe's top five leagues. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresRead MoreAC Milan, without the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic, went on to win 2-1 thanks to a second goal from Alexis Saelemaekers midway through the first half. Domenico Berardi's late free-kick proved only a consolation for the home side. READ: Manchester United fires six past LeesREAD: Lionel Messi scores 643rd goal for Barcelona to equal Pele's single-club record The win means Milan is one point ahead of rival Inter at the top of Serie A and four clear of Serie A champion Juventus in third. Poggi, who previously held the Serie A record when he scored after eight seconds for Piacenza in December 2001, graciously handed over his accolade to 21-year-old Leao. "Congratulations to @RafaeLeao7 for beating, or rather, shattering, my record for the fastest goal in @SerieA after 19 years. Well done," he wrote on Twitter. Calum Trenaman contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsTwo pregnant women were among the victimsSix people were killed and 16 were injured, police sayRead this story in Spanish at CNNEspanol.com (CNN)A car veered off course and plowed into the crowd at a rally in northwest Spain, killing six people.Two pregnant women were among the victims of Saturday's crash, CNN affiliate Atlas TV reported, citing police in A Coruña, Spain. There were at least 16 people injured, including five children, police said. Six people are in serious condition.The driver and co-pilot were not injured, police said.Investigators stand beside a damaged rally car near the village of Carlal.Police are investigating to determine what caused the crash, which happened Saturday evening after a car participating in the rally veered off the road into a crowd of spectators near the finish line, emergency officials said. The Rally de A Coruña is a part of the Galician Championship and draws thousands of fans to the streets every year, according to CNN partner Bleacher Report. The race was called off after the crash. CNN's Lauren Towers contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Spectators at English football club Millwall marked the return to stadiums by booing as players took a knee before Saturday's game against Derby County.Up to 2,000 supporters are permitted in football stadiums in some areas of England as part of new government measures introduced this week, the first time fans have been allowed to attend games since the coronavirus outbreak. In footage on social media, fans at The Den, Millwall's home ground in southeast London, can be heard booing as players from both sides take a knee before kick-off.Across English football, players have been taking a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest against racism and discrimination following the death of George Floyd earlier this year.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresRead MoreMillwall players kneel before their side's game against Derby County.All Premier League clubs have continued to kneel before games this season, while some teams in the English Football League, the second, third and fourth tiers of English football, stopped at the start of this season.Millwall issued a statement on Sunday saying the club was "dismayed and saddened" by events at the game."The club has worked tirelessly in recent months to prepare for the return of supporters and what should have been a positive and exciting occasion was completely overshadowed, much to the immense disappointment and upset of those who have contributed to those efforts," it said.It also said that the club, its academy and community trust staff would meet with representatives from anti-racism body Kick It Out and other organizations to ensure the events from the game become "a catalyst for more rapid solutions which have an impact both in the short and long-term."The statement added: "There is much work to be done and at Millwall everyone is committed to doing all that is possible, both individually and collectively, to be a force for good and to ensure that the club remains at the forefront of football's anti-discrimination efforts."On Friday, Millwall issued a statement reaffirming the club's stance on players taking a knee."As a squad we are fully supportive of the entire football family's efforts in ridding the sport, and society generally, of all forms of discrimination," the statement said. "It is our duty as players to reinforce the positive messaging and action of clubs, community trusts, charities and governing bodies, and we do so with great pride and knowledge that so much good work is being done up and down the country." Derby celebrates scoring against Millwall.Saturday's game ended 1-0 in favor of Derby, the Rams' second league victory of the season.Sanjay Bhandari, chairman of Kick It Out, said the organization is "saddened" by the booing of players taking a knee at Millwall."What this demonstrates is that players are right to continue standing up to discrimination, whether that is through taking the knee or speaking out," he said. "The fight for racial equality continues and we will continue to work closely with clubs across the country to tackle discrimination in all its forms." In a statement, the English Football Association said it "supports all players and staff that wish to take a stand against discrimination in a respectful manner, which includes taking of the knee, and strongly condemns the behaviors of any spectators that actively voice their opposition to such activities."CNN has contacted Millwall for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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London (CNN)And breathe. There are times where the unpredictable nature of sport can do the most incredible things to the human body.Follow @cnnsport This sporting contest, this rollercoaster of emotions, this cricket match. How do you sum up one of the most ridiculously dramatic matches the game has ever seen?For 27 years, England has dreamed of the day it would have another opportunity to play in a Cricket World Cup final. Perhaps, after the most astonishing of finales to a final the game has ever witnessed, it was worth the wait. England's Ben Stokes hit an unbeaten 84 to inspire his side to victory.That this game was shown free-to-air on UK television, the first live men's England international to be broadcast on terrestrial since 2005, may prove a masterstroke. Read MoreWho wouldn't, after watching this, be inspired to pick up a bat and hit out like Ben Stokes? Or grab a ball and race towards the crease like Jofra Archer? England triumphed over New Zealand at Lord's Sunday after coming out on top in a pulsating Super Over after the scores were tied after 50 overs. Not only did it win, it did so in a way that will be remembered for a generation to come.After both teams reached 241, England doing so off the final ball of its innings, it was the host nation that came out on top in the most dramatic of circumstances.A Super Over, six extra deliveries for each side, is cricket's answer to the penalty shootout. That New Zealand should equal England's total of 15 and still lose because of its opponents higher boundary rate in the original 50 overs, will rankle.England will not care too much, though. England's captain Eoin Morgan celebrates with the World Cup trophy.For England, a first men's World Cup title in its first final for 27 years. This victory, in front of a capacity crowd at Lord's will be remembered for a team's stubborn refusal to yield when all odds seemed against it and an incredible test of nerve under the fiercest of pressure.And yet, it is impossible to not feel for this New Zealand side, one of the most talented and underrated teams in world cricket, captained by the hugely impressive Kane Williamson.Four years ago New Zealand was blown away by Australia in the World Cup final, this time, it came within a millimeter of winning the tournament for the very first time.That the entire contest should have been turned on its head by a single incident involving a man born in New Zealand, wearing England blue, will not be lost on those in black.READ: New Zealand stuns India in semifinalREAD: England gave Jofra Archer 'all the respect' he deserves, says RichardsREAD: Inside the world's first LGBT cricket teamBen Stokes, born in Christchurch but moved to England at the age of 12, has been one of the team's outstanding players for many a year. And typically, in this contest, against the country of his birth, it was his contribution that swung the final.With three balls of England's innings remaining, and his team requiring nine for victory, Stokes hit the ball towards the boundary and set off to claim two quick runs. Racing back for the second against the fielder's throw, Stokes dived into his crease with bat outstretched to make his ground, unwittingly diverting the oncoming thrown ball past the wicketkeeper and to the boundary for four. It was a total fluke. Nobody, least of all Stokes, could quite believe what had happened. New Zealand's Henry Nicholls celebrates after scoring a half-century.For Stokes, who made an unbeaten 84 in his side's run chase, it was just another moment in an extraordinary contest in front of a capacity crowd held hostage by the drama.At the heart of the dram was Stokes, without whom New Zealand would surely be celebrating its first-ever World Cup title.For so long it appeared that Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, had pulled off yet another masterclass.After posting 242, his bowlers set about strangling England's top order with some inspired bowling.New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme celebrates taking the wicket of England's Joe Root.At 86-4 the game looked New Zealand's. But there is a reason that England, the pre-tournament favorite, is the world's No.1 ranked team.In Buttler and Stokes it had two players perfect for the occasion. Buttler's 59 off 60 took England to within touching distance before Stokes led England if not quite home, to the driveway at the very least.When Mark Wood was run out attempting to win the tie off the final ball, Stokes was left all alone unbeaten on 84 and with one eye firmly fixed on a Super Over.With the crowd on its feet, most in disbelief, Stokes appeared to remain the calmest man inside Lord's.England's Jos Buttler celebrates on the pitch.Both he and Buttler strode back out for the Super Over, hitting 15 off six deliveries to leave New Zealand requiring 16 to win.Such a total appeared quite modest once Jimmy Neesham had taken aim at England's Jofra Archer, leaving his side requiring two off the final ball for victory.Martin Guptill, the man charged with hitting the winning shot, smashed the ball as hard as he could as he set off on a quick run.But as he turned to race back, the ball arrowed towards the stumps from the arm of Jason Roy towards Buttler, who broke the stumps and New Zealand hearts."It's coming home, it's coming home, cricket's coming home," sang the England fans.Cricket may indeed have come home, but a sneaking suspicion says their heroes may not be home until the early hours of the morning after this truly remarkable triumph.

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Story highlightsRoger Federer beats Frenchman Tsonga in quarterfinals of Australian Open in MelbourneWorld No.2 will play Britain's Andy Murray who enjoyed straight-sets win over Jeremy ChardyNovak Djokovic and David Ferrer will contest other semifinal on ThursdayRoger Federer is through to a tenth consecutive Australian Open semifinal after beating France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets at the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday. The world No.2 fought off a gutsy challenge from the seventh seed to eventually prevail 7-6 4-6 7-6 3-6 6-3 in three hours 34 minutes to set up a clash with Britain's Andy Murray on Friday. Sloane Stephens stuns Serena Williams "It was a tough close for sure but whole match was tough," Federer said. "You never know what Jo is going to come up with ... I feel a bit lucky to come through, but I felt I played some great tennis and it was a pleasure to play against Jo tonight because he played great too." Photos: Photos: Australian Open Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates winning the men's singles final match against Andy Murray of Great Britain at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday, January 27. Djokovic won 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2.Hide Caption 1 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup on January 27.Hide Caption 2 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic hits a return against Murray on January 27.Hide Caption 3 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic plays a backhand on January 27.Hide Caption 4 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray plays a backhand against Djokovic on January 27.Hide Caption 5 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic serves to Murray at Melbourne Park on January 27.Hide Caption 6 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray reacts to a point on January 27.Hide Caption 7 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray wipes his face during his men's final match against Djokovic on January 27.Hide Caption 8 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray receives medical attention to his foot on January 27.Hide Caption 9 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Crowds cheer during the men's singles final match on January 27.Hide Caption 10 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic plays a forehand on January 27.Hide Caption 11 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic plays a smash forehand on January 27.Hide Caption 12 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray plays a backhand on January 27.Hide Caption 13 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray plays a backhand against Djokovic on January 27.Hide Caption 14 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Four-time Australian Open men's singles champion Andre Agassi carries the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup before the men's final match on January 27.Hide Caption 15 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Murray plays a forehand on January 27.Hide Caption 16 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus poses with the winner's trophy after defending her Australian Open title on Saturday, January 26. Azarenka defeated Na Li of China 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.Hide Caption 17 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates winning her women's final match.Hide Caption 18 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Li Na plays a forehand in her women's final match against Belarus Azarenka.Hide Caption 19 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Belarus Azarenka hits a return during the women's final, which she won 4-6 6-4 6-3.Hide Caption 20 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Li Na falls for the second time during her women's final match.Hide Caption 21 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Benlarus Azarenka reaches for a forehand during Saturday's final. Hide Caption 22 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Li Na rips a forehand Saturday. Li was also a finalist in the 2011 Australian Open. Hide Caption 23 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Belarus Azarenka, who retained her world No. 1 ranking, serves in Saturday's final.Hide Caption 24 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Mike Bryan, left, and his brother, Bob Bryan, of the U.S. celebrate after their victory over the Netherlands' Robin Haase and Igor Sibling during the men's doubles final January 26.Hide Caption 25 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Robin Haase plays a forehand in Saturday's doubles match against the Bryan brothers.Hide Caption 26 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Bob Bryan reaches for an overhead in the men's doubles final.Hide Caption 27 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Nick Kyrgios of Australia serves in his junior boys' final match against Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia on January 26. Kyrgios captured the boys singles title in straight sets.Hide Caption 28 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stephane Houdet of France plays a forehand in his men's wheelchair singles final match on January 26 against Shingo Kunieda of Japan. Kunieda won 6-2 6-0.Hide Caption 29 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany plays a backhand in her wheelchair singles final against Aniek Van Koot of the Netherlands on January 26. Van Koot took the title with a 6-1 1-6 7-5 victory.Hide Caption 30 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic plays a forehand in her junior girls' final match against Ana Konjuh of Croatia on Saturday. Konjuh won the championship 6-4 6-4.Hide Caption 31 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Great Britain plays a backhand in his semifinal match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on January 25. Murray defeated Federer 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2. Hide Caption 32 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ashley Barty of Australia, right, watches as compatriot Casey Dellacqua plays a return during their women's doubles final against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy on day 12 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday, January 25. The Italian pair beat Barty and Dellacqua 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.Hide Caption 33 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Na Li of China pauses during a news conference on January 25.Hide Caption 34 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy celebrate winning their final doubles match against Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua of Australia on January 25.Hide Caption 35 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A supporter of Britain's Andy Murray watches during his men's singles semifinal match against Switzerland's Roger Federer on January 25.Hide Caption 36 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Great Britain plays a backhand on January 25.Hide Caption 37 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a backhand on January 25.Hide Caption 38 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Italy's Roberta Vinci, left, and Sara Errani pose with the winner's trophy after their victory over Australia's Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua on January 25.Hide Caption 39 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Great Britain takes a breather in his semifinal match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on January 25.Hide Caption 40 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Great Britain and Roger Federer of Switzerland play their semifinal match in Rod Laver Arena on January 25.Hide Caption 41 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a semifinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain on January 25.Hide Caption 42 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Roger Federer hits a return on January 25.Hide Caption 43 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Great Britain plays a forehand on January 25.Hide Caption 44 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates winning his semifinal match against David Ferrer of Spain during the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday, January 24. Djokovic won 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.Hide Caption 45 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic signs autographs for fans on January 24.Hide Caption 46 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sloane Stephens of the U.S. reacts during her women's singles semifinal match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on January 24. Azarenka won 6-1, 6-4.Hide Caption 47 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Na Li of China plays a forehand in her semifinal match against Maria Sharapova of Russia on January 24. Li won 6-2, 6-2.Hide Caption 48 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A tennis fan sits in the stands during Day 11 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 24.Hide Caption 49 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Li plays a forehand on January 24.Hide Caption 50 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sharapova plays a return against Li on January 24.Hide Caption 51 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ferrer plays a backhand on January 24.Hide Caption 52 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stephens plays a return against Azarenka on January 24.Hide Caption 53 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic reacts after a point against Ferrer on January 24.Hide Caption 54 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Fans watch the men's semifinal match between Ferrer and Djokovic on January 24.Hide Caption 55 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Azarenka plays a forehand against Stephens on January 24.Hide Caption 56 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Brothers Bob, left, and Mike Bryan battle Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini of Italy in a doubles semifinal match on January 24. The brothers won 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.Hide Caption 57 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stephens plays a return on January 24.Hide Caption 58 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ferrer plays a backhand against Djokovic on January 24.Hide Caption 59 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic plays a backhand against Ferrer on January 24.Hide Caption 60 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stephens pauses during her match against Azarenka on January 24.Hide Caption 61 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sloane Stephens of the U.S. celebrates after beating compatriot Serena Williams, who was favored to win the tournament, during their women's singles match on Day 10 of the 2013 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday, January 23. Stephens won 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Hide Caption 62 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian Open Australian Open – Stephens plays a backhand in her quarterfinal match against Williams on January 23.Hide Caption 63 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Williams stares down the ball during her match on January 23 against Stephens.Hide Caption 64 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Williams broke her racket while playing Stephens on January 23.Hide Caption 65 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Williams stretches across the court on January 23.Hide Caption 66 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Italy's Sara Errani plays a backhand in her women's doubles quarterfinal match with compatriot Roberta Vinci against Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia on January 23. Errani and Vinci won 6-2, 6-4.Hide Caption 67 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – France's Jeremy Chardy hits a return against Britain's Andy Murray during their men's singles match on January 23. Murray defeated Chardy 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.Hide Caption 68 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Murray celebrates beating Chardy on January 23.Hide Caption 69 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga scoops up a return to Switzerland's Roger Federer during their men's singles match on January 23. Federer defeated Tsonga 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.Hide Caption 70 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Federer plays a backhand to Tsonga on January 23.Hide Caption 71 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus hits a return against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova on January 23. Azarenka defeated Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-1.Hide Caption 72 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Kuznetsova serves during her match against Azarenka on January 23. Hide Caption 73 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Azarenka receives a towel during her match on January 23.Hide Caption 74 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia stretches for the ball in his quarterfinal match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic on Tuesday, January 22. Djokovic won 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Hide Caption 75 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Fans watch Djokovic and Berdych play on January 22.Hide Caption 76 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Berdych plays a backhand in his match against Djokovic on January 22.Hide Caption 77 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Spain's David Ferrer watches the ball during his men's singles match against compatriot Nicolas Almagro on January 22. Ferrer defeated Almagro 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-2.Hide Caption 78 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Almagro reaches to smash the ball while playing Ferrer on January 22.Hide Caption 79 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Na Li of China hits a return against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in their quarterfinal match on January 22. Li won 7-5, 6-3.Hide Caption 80 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Radwanska stretches for a forehand while playing Li on January 22.Hide Caption 81 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Li serves in her match against Radwanska on January 22. Hide Caption 82 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Russian Maria Sharapova plays a forehand in her quarterfinal match against fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova on January 22. Sharapova won 6-2, 6-2.Hide Caption 83 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Makarova goes airborne in her match against Sharapova on January 22.Hide Caption 84 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – American Serena Williams hits a return against Russia's Maria Kirilenko during their women's singles match on Day Eight on Monday, January 21. Williams won 6-2, 6-0. Hide Caption 85 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPAustralian Open – Kirilenko plays a backhand against Williams on January 21. Hide Caption 86 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France celebrates winning his fourth-round match against fellow French player Richard Gasquet on January 21. The final score was 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.Hide Caption 87 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – American Sloane Stephens makes a return against Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia on January 21. Stephens defeated Jovanovski 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.Hide Caption 88 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Bojana Jovanovski serves to Sloane Stephens on January 21.Hide Caption 89 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Roger Federer of Switzerland serves in his fourth-round match against Canadian Milos Raonic on January 21. Federer won 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2.Hide Caption 90 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia hits a backhand in her fourth-round match against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark on January 21. Kuznetsova defeated Wozniacki 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Hide Caption 91 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A ball kid displays Australian Open tennis balls during a match on January 21 at Melbourne Park.Hide Caption 92 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Jeremy Chardy of France serves in his fourth-round match against Italy's Andreas Seppi on January 21. Chardy defeated Seppi 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.Hide Caption 93 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andreas Seppi plays a backhand against Jeremy Chardy on January 21.Hide Caption 94 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns a backhand in her fourth-round match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia on January 21. Kuznetsova won 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.Hide Caption 95 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Caroline Wozniacki hits a return against Svetlana Kuznetsova on January 21.Hide Caption 96 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Caroline Wozniacki serves in her January 21 match against Svetlana Kuznetsova.Hide Caption 97 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Svetlana Kuznetsova shows off a tattoo on January 21.Hide Caption 98 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a return during his men's singles match against Serbian Novak Djokovic on Sunday, January 20, Day Seven of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. Wawrinka lost 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 12-10.Hide Caption 99 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Djokovic celebrates his narrow victory January 20 against Wawrinka.Hide Caption 100 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Spain's David Ferrer hits a return against Japan's Kei Nishikori during their men's singles match on January 20. Ferrer won 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.Hide Caption 101 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Nishikori reacts during his match against Ferrer on January 20 as a ballgirl watches.Hide Caption 102 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ferrer plays a forehand against Nishikori on January 20.Hide Caption 103 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Venus and Serena Williams of the U.S. are congratulated by Russian Nadia Petrova and Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik after winning their third-round doubles match on January 20.Hide Caption 104 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Sharapova of Russia serves in her fourth-round match against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium on January 20. Sharapova defeated Flipkens 6-1, 6-0.Hide Caption 105 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Sharapova serves in her fourth-round match against Flipkens.Hide Caption 106 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – German Julia Goerges, left, congratulates Na Li of China on winning their fourth-round match 7-6 (6), 6-1 on January 20.Hide Caption 107 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian Open Australian Open – Mike Bryan of the U.S. plays a forehand in his third-round doubles match with his twin, Bob Bryan, against Jeremy Chardy of France and Lukasz Kubot of Poland on January 20. The Bryans won 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3.Hide Caption 108 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic looks at his wrapped foot during a break in his men's singles match against Spain's Nicolas Almagro on January 20. Almagro moved on to the next round after Tipsarevic pulled out of the match in the second set because of his injury.Hide Caption 109 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Kevin Anderson of South Africa prepares to serve in his fourth-round match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic on January 20. Berdych won 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (13). Hide Caption 110 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenPhotos: Australian Open – Huge crowds gather at Federation Square to watch Bernard Tomic of Australia play Roger Federer of Switzerland on Saturday, January 19. Federer won 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1.Hide Caption 111 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Gael Monfils of France twists around to return the ball in his third-round match against compatriot Gilles Simon on Saturday, January 19. Simon defeated Monfils 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 8-6.Hide Caption 112 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Britain's Andy Murray plays a forehand in his third-round match against Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania on January 19.Hide Caption 113 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Kirilenko of Russia celebrates match point in her third round match against Yanina Wickmayer of Belarus on January 19.Hide Caption 114 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray serves in his match against Berankis.Hide Caption 115 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina rests in between points in his third-round match against Jeremy Chardy of France.Hide Caption 116 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany serves in his third round match against Milos Raonic of Canada.Hide Caption 117 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Kirilenko of Russia serves in her third-round match against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium on January 19.Hide Caption 118 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Laura Robson of Britain plays a forehand in her third-round match against Sloane Stephens of the United States on January 19.Hide Caption 119 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serena Williams of the United States reacts in her third-round match against Ayumi Morita of Japan on January 19.Hide Caption 120 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Kirilenko of Russia plays a forehand in her third-round match against Yanina Wickmayer of Belarus.Hide Caption 121 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Mansour Bahrami of Iran warms up for a doubles match on January 19. He and Wayne Ferreira of South Africa faced Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge. Hide Caption 122 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina serves in his third round match against Jeremy Chardy of France.Hide Caption 123 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A ball kid throws a tennis ball in the third round match between Jeremy Chardy of France and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina.Hide Caption 124 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus plays a forehand in her third-round match against Jamie Hampton of the United States.Hide Caption 125 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ayumi Morita of Japan serves in her third round match against Serena Williams of the United States, on January 19. Williams won the match 6-1, 6-3.Hide Caption 126 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serena Williams of the United States plays a backhand in her third round match against Ayumi Morita of Japan, on January 19.Hide Caption 127 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia signs autographs for fans after winning her third round match against Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan, on January 19. The final match score was 6-2, 7-6, tie-breaker 7-3.Hide Caption 128 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – The racquets of Bob Bryan of the United States and Mike Bryan of the United States cross as they compete in their men's second round doubles match against Flavio Cipolla of Italy and Andreas Seppi of Italy on Friday, January 18. The Bryan brothers won 6-3, 6-4.Hide Caption 129 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic during their men's singles match on Day Five of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, January 18. Djokovic won 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Hide Caption 130 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic plays a forehand in his third-round match against Stepanek on January 18.Hide Caption 131 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic plays a backhand in his third round match against Jurgen Melzer of Austria on January 18. Berdych won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.Hide Caption 132 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Clouds loom over the stadium in Melbourne Park as Berdych and Melzer compete in their third-round match on January 18.Hide Caption 133 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stepanek reacts after a shot on January 18.Hide Caption 134 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ana Ivanovic of Serbia serves in her third-round match against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia on January 18. Ivanovic won 7-5, 6-3.Hide Caption 135 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts after beating Venus Williams of the U.S. during their women's singles match on January 18. Sharapova won 6-1, 6-3.Hide Caption 136 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sorana Cirstea of Romania plays a forehand in her third-round match against Na Li of China on January 18. Li won 6-4, 6-1.Hide Caption 137 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Alex Bolt of Australia plays a backhand in his third-round doubles match with Greg Jones of Australia against Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic on January 18. Bracciali and Dlouhy won 6-2, 7-6 (4).Hide Caption 138 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sharapova serves against Williams during their women's singles match on January 18.Hide Caption 139 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Fernando Verdasco of Spain plays a forehand in his third-round match against Kevin Anderson of South Africa on January 18. Anderson won 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.Hide Caption 140 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Stepanek hits a return against Djokovic during their men's singles match on January 18.Hide Caption 141 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Anderson serves in his third-round match against Verdasco on January 18.Hide Caption 142 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Anderson plays a forehand in his third-round match against Verdasco on January 18.Hide Caption 143 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Williams plays a backhand in her third-round match against Sharapova on January 18.Hide Caption 144 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Berdych plays a return during his men's singles match against Melzer on January 18.Hide Caption 145 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Williams hits a return against Sharapova on January 18.Hide Caption 146 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus hits a return against David Ferrer of Spain during their men's singles match on January 18. Ferrer won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.Hide Caption 147 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Baghdatis plays a backhand during his third-round match against Ferrer on January 18.Hide Caption 148 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Jankovic plays a backhand in her third round match against Ivanovic on January 18.Hide Caption 149 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Sorana Cirstea of Romania plays a backhand in her third-round match against Na Li of China on January 18.Hide Caption 150 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Na serves against Cirstea on January 18.Hide Caption 151 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland plays a forehand in her third-round match against Heather Watson of Great Britain on January 18. Radwanska won 6-3, 6-1. Hide Caption 152 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Watson serves in her third-round match against Radwanska on Januray 18.Hide Caption 153 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Spectators gather ahead of the start of play on the fifth day of the Australian Open on January 18.Hide Caption 154 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Germany's Angelique Kerber hits a return against Madison Keys of the United States during their women's singles match on January 18. Kerber won 6-2, 7-5.Hide Caption 155 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Keys plays a forehand in her third-round match against Kerber on January 18.Hide Caption 156 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Ball kids dry the court during a rain delay on January 18.Hide Caption 157 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – China's Zheng Jie plays a return during her women's singles match against Germany's Julia Goerges on January 18. Goerges won 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.Hide Caption 158 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Goerges plays a return during her women's singles match against Zheng on January 18.Hide Caption 159 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serena Williams of the U.S. holds her mouth after hitting herself with her racket during her women's singles match against Garbine Muguruza Blanco of Spain during Day Four of the 2013 Australian Open on Thursday, January 17, in Melbourne, Australia. Williams won 6-2, 6-0.Hide Caption 160 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Williams plays a return during her women's singles match against Muguruza Blanco on January 17.Hide Caption 161 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Kirilenko of Russia stretches for a forehand in her second-round match against Shuai Peng of China on January 17. Kirilenko won 7-5, 6-2.Hide Caption 162 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Bernard Tomic of Australia plays a forehand in his second-round match against Daniel Brands of Germany during Day Four of the 2013 Australian Open on January 17. Tomic narrowly defeated Brands 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8).Hide Caption 163 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Tomic twists around to get a return during his men's singles match against Brands on January 17.Hide Caption 164 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, left, shakes hands with Croatian Donna Vekic on January 17 after defeating her 6-1, 6-4.Hide Caption 165 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Spectators cheer for Croatia's Marin Cilic during his men's singles match against Rajeev Ram of the U.S. on January 17. Cilic won 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.Hide Caption 166 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Britain plays a backhand in his second-round match against Joao Sousa of Portugal on January 17. Murray defeated Sousa 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.Hide Caption 167 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A young spectator cools off by standing in front of a water vapor machine. Temperatures reached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).Hide Caption 168 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus serves in her second-round match against Eleni Daniilidou of Greece on January 17. Azarenka defeated Daniilidou 6-1, 6-0.Hide Caption 169 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Spectators cheer for France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during his men's singles match against Japan's Go Soeda on January 17. Tsonga defeated Soeda 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-3.Hide Caption 170 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand in his second round match against Ryan Harrison of USA during on Wednesday, January 16. Djokovic defeated Harrison 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.Hide Caption 171 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Harrison plays a return during his men's singles match against Djokovic on January 16. Hide Caption 172 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Djokovic gestures to the crowd as he celebrates victory over Harrison on January 16.Hide Caption 173 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic hits a return against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko during their men's singles match on January 16. Tipsarevic won in five sets, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5.Hide Caption 174 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian Open Australian Open – A ball girl catches the ball on an outside court late in the day on January 16.Hide Caption 175 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania, left, plays a forehand in her second round match against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on January 16. Radwanska won 6-3 6-3.Hide Caption 176 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Brian Baker of the United States covers his head after injuring his knee in his second round match against compatriot Sam Querrey on January 16. After winning the first set in a tie breaker, Baker dropped out of the match two games into the second set.Hide Caption 177 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus serves in his second round match against Tatsuma Ito of Japan on January 16. Baghdatis won 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2.Hide Caption 178 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Tim Smyczek of the United States plays a return during his men's singles match against Spain's David Ferrer on January 16. Ferrer defeated Smyczek 6-0 7-5 4-6 6-3.Hide Caption 179 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serbian Ana Ivanovic serves in her second round match against Yung-Jan Chan of Taipei on January 16. Ivanovic won 7-5 1-6 6-4.Hide Caption 180 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a backhand in his first-round match against Benoit Paire of France during Day 2 of the 2013 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday, January 15. Federer defeated Paire 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.Hide Caption 181 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Germany's Sabine Lisicki plays a return during her women's singles match against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki on January 15. Wozniacki defeated Lisicki 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.Hide Caption 182 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – The courts at Melbourne Park are lit for night play during day two of the tournament on January 15.Hide Caption 183 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – France's Gael Monfils reaches for a return during his men's singles match against Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov on January 15. Monfils defeated Dolgopolov 6-7(7), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3.Hide Caption 184 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Monfils, right, plays a return to Dolgopolov during their singles match on January 15.Hide Caption 185 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium celebrates winning a point in her first-round match against Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia on January 15. Wickmayer defeated Gajdosova 6-1, 7-5.Hide Caption 186 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Gajdosova of Australia struggles to get up after a play during her first-round match against Wickmayer of Belgium on January 15.Hide Caption 187 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – France's Richard Gasquet plays a return during his men's singles match against Albert Montanes of Spain on January 15. Gasquet defeated Montanes 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.Hide Caption 188 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Bernard Tomic of Australia plays a backhand in his first-round match against Leonardo Mayer of Argentina on January 15. Tomic defeated Mayer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.Hide Caption 189 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum reacts after a point against Hungary's Timea Babos during their women's singles first-round match on January 15. Kumkhum defeated Babos 7-6(5), 6-4.Hide Caption 190 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Andy Murray of Great Britain serves in his first-round match against Robin Haase of the Netherlands on January 15. Murray defeated Haase 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.Hide Caption 191 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a backhand in her first-round match against Sara Errani of Italy on January 15. Wozniacki defeated Lisicki 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.Hide Caption 192 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – John-Patrick Smith of Australia plays a forehand on January 15 during his first-round match against Joao Sousa of Portugal. Sousa defeated Smith 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.Hide Caption 193 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A juggler entertains the crowd as they wait to enter the grounds at Melbourne Park for Day 2 of the Australian Open.Hide Caption 194 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A fan gets ready for the Australian Open on January 15.Hide Caption 195 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serena Williams of the United States falls to the court during her first-round match against Romania's Edina Gallovits-Hall on January 15.Hide Caption 196 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serena Williams of the United States is helped off the court on January 15 after injuring her ankle. Williams defeated Gallovits-Hall 6-0, 6-0.Hide Caption 197 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Victoria Azarenka of Belarus plays a forehand in her first-round match against Monica Niculescu of Romania on January 15. Azarenka defeated Niculescu 6-1, 6-4.Hide Caption 198 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Great Britain's Andy Murray plays a forehand against Robin Haase of the Netherlands on Day 2 of the Australian Open. Murray defeated Haase 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Murray won 6-3 6-1 6-3.Hide Caption 199 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Participants work up a sweat during a pre-match cardio workout on January 15.Hide Caption 200 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia plays a backhand in her first-round match against Ashleigh Barty of Australia during the 2013 Australian Open on Monday, January 14. Cibulkova won 3-6 6-0 6-1.Hide Caption 201 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Lleyton Hewitt of Australia plays a backhand in his first-round match against Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia on January 14. Hewitt lost 7-6(4) 7-5 6-3.Hide Caption 202 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – The crowd watches the January 14 match between Australia's Lleyton Hewitt and Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic.Hide Caption 203 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Australia's Casey Dellacqua serves against Madison Keys of the United States during their first-round match on January 14. Keys defeated Dellacqua 6-4 7-6(0).Hide Caption 204 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – A saturated spectator watches the action on Day 1 of the Australian Open.Hide Caption 205 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Spain's David Ferrer falls to the ground after playing a shot in his first-round match against Belgium's Olivier Rochus on January 14. Ferrer won 6-3 6-4 6-2.Hide Caption 206 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand in her first-round match against Kai-Chen Chang of Taiwan on January 14. Stosur won 7-6(3) 6-3.Hide Caption 207 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – David Goffin of Belgium plays a forehand in his first-round match against Fernando Verdasco of Spain on January 14. Verdasco defeated Goffin 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4.Hide Caption 208 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serbia's Ana Ivanovic plays a forehand during her first-round match on January 14 against Hungary's Melinda Czink. Ivanovic won 6-2 6-1.Hide Caption 209 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia celebrates winning a point in his first-round match against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia on January 14. Tipsarevic won 7-6(4) 7-5 6-3.Hide Caption 210 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Serbia's Novak Djokovic signs autographs for supporters on January 14 after a victory against France's Paul-Henri Mathieu.Hide Caption 211 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Cyprus's Marcos Baghdatis hits a return against Spain's Albert Ramos on January 14. Baghdatis won 6-7(0) 7-6(4) 6-4 3-6 6-3.Hide Caption 212 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Casey Dellacqua of Australia serves in her January 14 match against Madison Keys of the United States. Keys won 6-4 7-6(0).Hide Caption 213 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Venus Williams of the United States serves against Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan on January 14. Williams won 6-1 6-0.Hide Caption 214 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Maria Sharapova of Russia plays a forehand in her first-round match against Olga Puchkova of Russia on January 14. Sharapova won 6-0 6-0 in less than an hour.Hide Caption 215 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Australia's Samantha Stosur plays a return to Taiwan's Kai-Chen Chang during their women's singles match on January 14. Stosur won 7-6(3) 6-3.Hide Caption 216 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Australian tennis fans enjoy the atmosphere during the women's first-round match on January 14 between Sesil Karatantcheva of Poland and Na Li of China. Li won 6-1 6-3.Hide Caption 217 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe plays a return to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka during their men's singles match on January 14. Wawrinka defeated Stebe 6-2 6-4 6-3.Hide Caption 218 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Russia's Maria Sharapova plays a backhand in her first-round match against Russia's Olga Puchkova on the first day of the Australian Open. Hide Caption 219 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Japan's Kei Nishikori gestures after playing a stroke to Romania's Victor Hanescu during their men's singles match on January 14. Kei won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 6-3.Hide Caption 220 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Pablo Andujar of Spain prepares to serve in his first-round match on January 14 against Xavier Malisse of Belgium. Malisse defeated Andujar 6-3 6-1 6-2.Hide Caption 221 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka plays a return to Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe on January 14 during their men's singles match. Wawrinka won 6-2 6-4 6-3.Hide Caption 222 of 223 Photos: Photos: Australian OpenAustralian Open – Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand in her first-round match against Kai-Chen Chang of Taiwan on January 14. Hide Caption 223 of 223JUST WATCHEDMartina Navratilova takes on Pat CashReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMartina Navratilova takes on Pat Cash 06:03JUST WATCHEDTennis stars take on the quick fire quizReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTennis stars take on the quick fire quiz 02:32JUST WATCHEDDjokovic: 'My dreams came true'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDjokovic: 'My dreams came true' 00:43Tsonga fought back twice from being a set down and saved four match points, but as so often, Federer prevailed in the deciding fifth set, breaking the Frenchman in the fourth game before going on to serve out the match. Federer won the last of his four titles in Melbourne against Murray back in 2010 and is relishing facing the Scot again. "It will be extremely tough. It was great to have seen him play such a great year last year and finally get his first slam, and the Olympic gold was an amazing achievement after a tough loss in the Wimbledon final. I'm looking forward to it. 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Story highlightsQuestioning will be led by Ecuadorian prosecutorTwo Swedish authorities can be presentLondon (CNN)Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be questioned in the Ecuadorian embassy in London next month over rape allegations, the Ecuadorian prosecutor's office said. Swedish prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Assange in August 2010 based on allegations of sexual assault by two female Wikileaks volunteers in the country and have for years sought his extradition. Ecuador said last month it would allow an interrogation of Assange.The announcement comes a week after Sweden renewed its calls for Ecuador to go ahead with the interrogation. Sweden and Ecuador had signed an agreement for cooperation and mutual legal assistance on criminal matters.JUST WATCHEDAssange: We are working on hacking Trump's taxesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAssange: We are working on hacking Trump's taxes 01:08According to a statement released Monday evening, Ecuadorian prosecutor Wilson Toainga Toainga will lead the interrogation October 17, based on questions sent by Swedish authorities, and DNA samples may be taken from Assange. Ecuadorian authorities will allow two Swedish officials to be present during the interrogation, the statement said. Read MoreThe Australian-born Assange, 45, denies the allegations and has been holed up at the embassy since 2012. He has said he fears an extradition to Sweden could lead to another extradition to the United States, where he could face the death penalty if he is charged and convicted of publishing government secrets through WikiLeaks.JUST WATCHEDJulian Assange says ready to leave embassyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHJulian Assange says ready to leave embassy 02:18Swedish authorities said in August 2015 that they were discontinuing their investigation into suspected sexual molestation and unlawful coercion allegations as the five-year statute of limitations had been reached.In July, Assange made headlines again after WikiLeaks published emails and voicemails leaked from the Democratic National Committee.Maximum sentence of six yearsOn a separate matter, the Swedish Court of Appeals announced Tuesday it would rule on Assange's appeal to rescind his detention order this Friday. Assange's first appeal was denied in May.Jill Stein: 'No question' Julian Assange is a heroSwedish prosecutor Marianne Ny told reporters last week that the maximum sentence in rape cases is usually six years, though in Assange's outstanding case she estimated a potential sentence of 18 months to two years.Since WikiLeaks launched in 2006, it has published thousands of classified government documents, diplomatic cables and videos. Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeJulian Assange gestures from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on April 11, 2019. Assange, founder of the website WikiLeaks, has been a key figure in major leaks of classified government documents, cables and videos.Hide Caption 1 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange holds a copy of The Guardian newspaper in London on July 26, 2010, a day after WikiLeaks posted more than 90,000 classified documents related to the Afghanistan War.Hide Caption 2 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in Stockholm on August 14, 2010. Six days later, Swedish prosecutors issued a warrant for his arrest based on allegations of sexual assault from two women. Assange has always denied wrongdoing.Hide Caption 3 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange, in London, displays a page from WikiLeaks on October 23, 2010. The day before, WikiLeaks released approximately 400,000 classified military documents from the Iraq War.Hide Caption 4 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange and his bodyguards are seen after a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in November 2010. It was the month WikiLeaks began releasing diplomatic cables from US embassies.Hide Caption 5 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange sits behind the tinted window of a police vehicle in London on December 14, 2010. Assange had turned himself in to London authorities on December 7 and was released on bail and put on house arrest on December 16. In February 2011, a judge ruled in support of Assange's extradition to Sweden. Assange's lawyers filed an appeal.Hide Caption 6 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeIn October 2011, a month after WikiLeaks released more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables, Assange speaks to demonstrators from the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.Hide Caption 7 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange leaves the High Court in London in December 2011. He was taking his extradition case to the British Supreme Court.Hide Caption 8 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange leaves the Supreme Court in February 2012. In May of that year, the court denied his appeal against extradition.Hide Caption 9 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange addresses the media and his supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on August 19, 2012. A few days earlier, Ecuador announced that it had granted asylum to Assange. In his public address, Assange demanded that the United States drop its "witch hunt" against WikiLeaks.Hide Caption 10 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange speaks from a window of the Ecuadorian Embassy in December 2012.Hide Caption 11 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange addresses the Oxford Union Society from the Ecuadorian Embassy in January 2013.Hide Caption 12 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange appears with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on the balcony of the embassy in June 2013.Hide Caption 13 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange speaks during a panel discussion at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, in March 2014.Hide Caption 14 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange attends a news conference inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in August 2014.Hide Caption 15 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange is seen on a video screen in March 2015, during an event on the sideline of a United Nations Human Rights Council session.Hide Caption 16 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange, on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, holds up a United Nations report in February 2016. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said that Assange was being arbitrarily detained by the governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom.Hide Caption 17 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange speaks to the media in May 2017, after Swedish prosecutors had dropped their investigation of rape allegations against Assange. But Assange acknowledged he was unlikely to walk out of the embassy any time soon. "The UK has said it will arrest me regardless," he said. "The US CIA Director (Mike) Pompeo and the US attorney general have said that I and other WikiLeaks staff have no ... First Amendment rights, that my arrest and the arrest (of) my other staff is a priority. That is not acceptable."Hide Caption 18 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange was seen for the first time in months during a hearing via teleconference in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2018. The hearing was then postponed due to translation difficulties.Hide Caption 19 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeA van displays images of Assange and Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who supplied thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday, April 5. A senior Ecuadorian official said no decision has been made to expel Assange from the embassy. According to WikiLeaks tweets, sources had told the organization that Assange could be kicked out of the embassy within "hours to days."Hide Caption 20 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeA screen grab from video footage shows the dramatic moment when Assange was hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy by police on April 11, 2019. Assange was arrested for "failing to surrender to the court" over a warrant issued in 2012. Officers made the initial move to detain Arrange after Ecuador withdrew his asylum and invited authorities into the embassy, citing the Australian's bad behavior.Hide Caption 21 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeAssange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London on May 1, 2019, before being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012.Hide Caption 22 of 23 Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeA sketch depicts Assange appearing at the Old Bailey courthouse in London for a ruling in his extradition case on Monday, January 4. A judge rejected a US request to extradite Assange, saying that such a move would be "oppressive" by reason of his mental health. Hide Caption 23 of 23In 2007, it posted a procedures manual for Camp Delta, the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay.Three years after that, the site posted more than 90,000 classified documents related to the war in Afghanistan. It was described as the biggest such leak since the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War.WikiLeaks has also published almost 400,000 classified military documents from the Iraq War, providing insights into how many Iraqi civilians have been killed and accounts of abuse by Iraq's army and police.Assange, who has vowed to release more information to damage Hillary Clinton's campaign, has been doing media interviews via satellite from the embassy.CNN's Claudia Rebaza and journalist Angela Dewan reported from London. Journalist Per Nyberg reported from Sweden.

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Story highlights Video appears to show a deadly fire was started with Molotov cocktailsTwo helicopters have been downed, and a pilot is being held hostage, authorities sayUkraine alleges separatists are using human shieldsAt least 31 people are dead following a fire in OdessaDeadly street fighting, helicopters shot down and civilians being used as human shields. That was the picture that emerged Friday in southern Ukraine as violence escalated amid reports that dozens of people were killed in a fire and still more were shot dead or wounded in street fighting, raising the question of whether the country can stave off a possible civil war. The violence -- pitting pro-Russian separatists against Ukrainian forces and those who support the government in Kiev -- prompted an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, with Russia demanding an end to what it called Ukrainian aggression and Western powers accusing Moscow of funding the violence. Russia and the West have squared off diplomatically over the fate of Ukraine, after Moscow annexed Crimea in March following the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. He was pushed from office after months of protests by people upset that he had turned away from Europe in favor of Russia.The crisis in eastern Ukraine hit a boiling point with news Friday that security forces launched their most intensive effort yet to try to dislodge pro-Russian separatists, who have reportedly seized a number of government buildings in nearly a dozen cities and towns. Helicopters downedTwo Ukrainian government helicopters were shot down in the flashpoint city of Slavyansk. The helicopters were brought down by fire from pro-Russian separatists, the Ukraine Ministry of Defense said.Five pro-Russian separatists and two civilians were killed in Slavyansk in a Ukrainian military operation, the city's self-declared mayor, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov.Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed during an attack in the village of Andriyivka, near Slavyansk, defense ministry said. The gunmen also blocked a bridge in the area, using local residents, including women, as shields, according to the ministry.Hundreds of miles away, in the Black Sea city of Odessa, at least four people were killed and 40 were wounded in fighting, according to the regional police administration. Another 31 people died after a fire was started at a trade union building amid clashes in the largely Russian-speaking Odessa, police said. Authorities initially reported 38 people had died, but later revised it. Video posted on YouTube appeared to show Molotov cocktails being thrown by Kiev supporters at the building where pro-Russian separatists had reportedly taken up positions. The footage, which CNN could not independently confirm, showed people sitting on ledges trying to escape the fire and thick smoke. CNN cannot independently confirm the casualty counts. The United States condemned the violence that led to the fire."The violence and mayhem that led to so many senseless deaths and injuries is unacceptable," Marie Harf, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman, said. The events that led to the fire "underscore the need for an immediate de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine," Harf said. The violence came the same day that U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to seek harsher sanctions against Russia if Ukraine doesn't stabilize in time for elections this month.The two leaders warned Russia could face a new round of sanctions by the West, if it does not stop its actions in Ukraine. "There just has not been the kind of honesty and credibility about the situation there and the willingness to engage seriously" in finding a diplomatic solution, Obama said. But the threat seemed to do little to waive off Russia, with its Foreign Ministry saying Ukraine's use of its military in Slavyansk is criminal. 'Nail in the coffin'Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told CNN the military operation was "the last nail in the coffin" for the deal agreed to last month in Geneva, Switzerland, which called for illegal militia groups in eastern Ukraine to disarm and vacate seized buildings.Putin has been kept fully informed of unfolding events and regards the situation with "grave concern," Peskov said. What's not yet clear is whether the escalating violence may prompt a response by Russia, which has previously said it has the right to intervene in Ukraine to protect Russian speakers.Besides the threat from pro-Russian separatists, NATO estimates that Russia has some 40,000 troops massed near Ukraine's border.Negotiations complicatedPeskov said the Ukrainian operation also complicated ongoing negotiations to free seven Western observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, who have been held captive by separatists in Slavyansk for the past week. Russia's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, raised concern about the safety of a special presidential envoy, Vladimir Lukin, sent to southeastern Ukraine to negotiate a possible release of the OSCE observers. Its statement cited "reports about English-speaking foreigners spotted among attackers," saying there should be no "external interference" in Ukraine's affairs. As the diplomatic wrangling continued, residents of Slavyansk were warned Friday to stay home and avoid windows as the latest phase of the authorities' "anti-terrorist operation" got under way.The two Mi24 helicopters were downed with mobile air defense systems, killing two military officers and injuring others, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry website. Another army helicopter, an Mi8, was damaged, but no one was hurt, it said. Pro-Russian separatists took one badly injured pilot hostage after his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing, the ministry said, and efforts to free him are ongoing. Ukraine's security service, the SBU, said one helicopter that came under attack was carrying medics, one of whom was injured.Russian state news agency RIA Novosti earlier reported that one Russian separatist was killed and another wounded in Slavyansk.The operation also targeted the town of Kramatorsk.Meanwhile, Russian airline Aeroflot said it was canceling flights Friday to the eastern cities of Kharkiv and Donetsk because it didn't have permission to enter Ukrainian airspace.Human shield allegationIn his Facebook post, Arsen Avakov, the Ukrainian interior minister, said nine checkpoints that were under control of pro-Russian separatists in Slavyansk have been taken back by Ukrainian forces, who now encircle the town.What the Ukrainian authorities want from the separatists has not changed, he said -- release the hostages, turn in weapons, vacate seized administrative buildings and allow the normal functioning of the city.Ukraine's security service also accused separatist leaders of ordering separatists to use residents as human shields in the city and at checkpoints.Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov acknowledged this week that the central government has effectively lost control of the country's Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the pro-Russian separatists.He signed a decree introducing military conscription Thursday in a bid to beef up Ukraine's military, citing "real and potential threats to Ukraine."Why NATO is such a thorn in Russia's sideOpinion: Putin's empire building is not a new Cold WarAmanpour blog: $17 billion Ukraine bailout approved

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Story highlights Monti's government wins the support of the lower house of ParliamentHe overwhelmingly won a vote of confidence in the Senate ThursdayMonti has set out plans to curb Italy's huge debt and boost growthFears Italy may not be able to manage its debt have spooked global marketsItaly's new Prime Minister Mario Monti won a key vote of confidence in his new government Friday in Italy's lower house of Parliament, as he seeks to lead the country out of financial crisis.The lower house voted overwhelmingly in support of his fledgling government Friday, with 556 votes in favor to 61 against, a day after the Senate also voted 281 to 25 in favor.Monti, who took office Wednesday, presented his proposals for the new technocratic government Thursday.He said the main points of his program are balancing the budget, promoting growth, and cutting down on social disparities.He also said overhauling Italy's pension system, fighting tax evasion and cracking down on organized crime will be key steps.The new prime minister, who replaces the flamboyant Silvio Berlusconi, has said he will also serve as finance minister until he nominates someone else for the post.Fears that Italy, the fourth largest economy in Europe, may not be able to manage its enormous debt have spooked global markets in recent weeks and sent the cost of government borrowing soaring.JUST WATCHEDWhat's next for Italy's new government?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhat's next for Italy's new government? 03:28JUST WATCHEDCreating a new Italian governmentReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCreating a new Italian government 02:53JUST WATCHEDItaly's post-Berlusconi challengesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHItaly's post-Berlusconi challenges 02:09JUST WATCHEDBig test for Italy's leadership ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBig test for Italy's leadership 02:13Winning the confidence vote demonstrates that Monti's government has the support of parliament to carry out its program.Speaking to lawmakers ahead of the vote Friday, Monti said his government's intention was to stay in power only until the next elections, due in 2013, and that would only happen with Parliament's support. "We will last as long as we have your vote of confidence," he said. "We will not last one minute longer."He blamed the country's current economic difficulties on the policies of the previous government, saying Italy should not look to lay the blame elsewhere.He warned Italians that the choices his government must make would be neither easy nor popular."Our task is almost impossible but we'll succeed," he said.However, a senior member of Berlusconi's People of Freedom party, Fabrizio Cicchito, rejected any suggestion that the eurozone crisis was Berlusconi's fault -- and reminded lawmakers that without the support of his party, Monti's government could fall."By tendering his resignation, Berlusconi carried out two acts of responsibility: he resigned, and he gave his support to this government, without which we wouldn't be here today discussing your government but rather early elections," he said.Monti won the backing of Berlusconi's political party, the strongest force in Parliament, as well as Italy's largest left-wing party on Tuesday. The prime minister will travel to Brussels, Belgium, next Tuesday for talks with European leaders on his new government's first steps. The 68-year-old former European Union commissioner also spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.Monti has said his government is studying some measures to increase revenue, including adjusting real estate and wealth taxes. He noted that Italy's real estate tax is significantly lower than other countries.As politicians debated overhauling parts of Italy's financial system, hundreds of students demonstrated in Rome and Milan Thursday, with protesters saying they don't want to pay for debt problems they didn't cause.Italy has one of the highest national debts in Europe at €1.9 trillion (nearly $2.6 trillion) -- about 120% of GDP -- and has seen low growth in recent years. Berlusconi resigned Saturday night, ending an era in Italian politics. After 18 years in and out of the prime minister's office, he was brought down by difficulties in pushing through budget cuts. Berlusconi was the second prime minister to resign this month over the debt crisis sweeping across Europe. Last week, Greece's George Papandreou was replaced by Lucas Papademos, a former European Central Bank official.

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(CNN)The first monsoon rains have hit camps housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, causing the death of one young child, and destroying hundreds of makeshift shelters, as aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as the wet season gets underway. UN refugee agency UNHCR reported that "large areas of the camp were underwater," following the downpour, which has so far caused 21 landslides, according to agency estimates."Rain came down in sheets all last night," said UNHCR spokeswoman Caroline Gluck, adding that landslides will continue as "the land has been stripped of all vegetation, to make way for the building of makeshift homes. People are practically living on sandcastles."Around 2.30 a.m. Monday morning a mud wall in a shelter in the Kutupalong camp collapsed, killing a 3-year-old boy and injuring his mother, Rezaul Karim, of Bangladesh's Ministry for Disaster Management and Relief and manager-in-charge of the camp, the largest in Bangladesh, told CNN. As many as 300 family shelters have been damaged, according to Bangladesh's Ministry for Disaster Management and Relief.Read MoreThe rains will potentially imperil upwards of 200,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in low-lying makeshift camps along the country's eastern border. The monsoon season typically lasts until around October.More heavy rain is forecast for coming days.Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya -- an ethnic Muslim minority -- have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh since August 2017, bringing with them stories of murder, rape and the destruction of villages at the hands of the military.The UN and the United States say they believe the violence against the Rohingya constitutes ethnic cleansing, a charge denied by the Myanmar government.The camp felt the first heavy rains of the summer monsoon on Sunday 10 June, opening a potentially deadly season of floods and landslides.Hundreds of thousands at riskAs many as 200,000 of the estimated 700,000 refugees living in squalid, precarious shelters are at risk of the heavy, seasonal rains, according to the Inter Sector Coordination Group, an interagency group headed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR. Of these, 25,000 are considered to be "at very high risk."The Group estimates that, since May 11, over 2,000 shelters have been damaged by high winds, storms, and landslides, with almost 19,000 individuals affected. On June 10 alone, 60 incidents affecting over 9,000 individuals were reported.As of June 3, 28,153 Rohingya have been relocated from risk areas and to allow for infrastructure work. A road constructed by the Bangladeshi army in the camp has been severely damaged by rain, According to UNICEF spokesperson Alastair Lawson Tancred said. Unicef photos show damage to the homes of Rohingya refugees in a camp near Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh. "All vehicles apart from those carrying essential medical supplies have been prevented from using it," he added. In April as the first pre-monsoon rains began to fall, Daphnee Cook, Save the Children's media and communications manager, told CNN that "if a big storm hits the camps, it would be nothing short of disastrous."Hillsides around the camps have been denuded of trees, which has left the underlying soil vulnerable to landslides. The camps' sewage and drainage systems, which are rudimentary, are also prone to failure, meaning that the spread of water-borne diseases like cholera is likely.Aid groups warn that, in addition to the risk of flooding and landslides, water-borne diseases are a huge worry for those in the camps. "With the flooding and accumulation of stagnant water, water- and mosquito-borne diseases are all the more likely to spread because of the refugees' severely overcrowded living conditions and very poor sanitation," said medical aid group Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) emergency coordinator in Cox's Bazar, Francesco Segoni.Earlier in the year the government allocated 500 acres of new land to house relocated refugees, "which is massively welcomed, but we still believe the sites are not large enough to move everyone who needs to be moved," Gluck told CNN at the time.

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(CNN)Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he's lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions. US needs to hold on for another 2 or 3 months without easing Covid-19 measures, experts say. Here's what's at stake Abbott made the announcement during a Lubbock Chamber of Commerce event where he issued an executive order rescinding most of his earlier executive orders like the mask mandate. Abbott said businesses of any type will be allowed to open 100% beginning March 10. "Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities. Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%," he said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves also announced Tuesday the end to all county mask mandates and that businesses can reopen at 100% capacity. The new orders will go into effect Wednesday, Tate said. Read More"Our hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!," Reeves tweeted Tuesday.Texans have 'mastered' avoiding Covid, Abbott saysAbbott's announcement comes as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to drop across the country. However, health experts say relaxing restrictions now could lead to another surge, especially with the variants spreading. In the last year, Texans have "mastered the daily habits to avoid getting Covid," Abbott said. As of Monday, 6.57% of Texans have been fully vaccinated, according to Johns Hopkins University. Abbott said Tuesday 5.7 million vaccine shots have been administered in the state, there is a surplus of personal protective equipment (PPE) and "10 million Texans have recovered from Covid." Biden now says US will have enough vaccine for every adult by the end of May"Removing state mandates does not end personal responsibility and caring for your family members, friends and others in your community," Abbott said. "People and businesses don't need the state telling them how to operate." In a statement Tuesday, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she disagreed with the governor's decision."Taking away critical public health interventions" that are working won't make Texas communities safer or speed up the return to normalcy, Hidalgo said."Every time public health measures have been pulled back, we've seen a spike in hospitalizations," Hildago's statement read. Hildago said the country is "inching closer to the finish line of this pandemic." "Now is not the time to reverse the gains we've worked so hard to achieve," the judge's statement read. "At best, today's decision is wishful thinking. At worst, it is a cynical attempt to distract Texans from the failures of state oversight of our power grid." 'I value different things now.' Readers share how the pandemic will change their spending habits Jason Brewer, spokesman for the retail lobbying group Retail Industry Leaders Association, said in a statement that "relaxing common-sense safety protocols like wearing masks is a mistake." "Going backwards on safety measures will unfairly put retail employees back in the role of enforcing guidelines still recommended by the CDC and other public health advocates," Brewer's statement read. "It could also jeopardize the safety of pharmacies and grocers that are gearing up as vaccination centers." People who don't wear masks won't be penalizedAbbott said he knows some officials will worry that opening the state 100% will lead to worsening of Covid in their communities. He says his executive order addresses that concern. "If Covid hospitalizations in any of the 22 hospital regions in Texas rise above 15% of the hospital bed capacity in that region for seven straight days, then a county judge in that region may use Covid mitigation strategies in their county," Abbott said. On a county level, though, a judge cannot put anyone in jail for not following Covid orders and no penalties can be imposed for people who do not wear masks, Abbott said. "If restrictions are imposed at the county level, all entities must be allowed to operate at at least 50% capacity," he said. The mayors of Mission, Houston and Dallas all said they would continue to either encourage mask wearing or require masks in their respective city buildings, despite Abbott's executive order. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Abbott's announcement "really undermines all of the sacrifices that have been made by medical professionals, doctors, nurses, EMS workers, firefighters, police officers, municipal workers, people in the community."Austin Mayor Steve Adler told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night that everyone in the city was "just dumbfounded" over Abbott's announcement. "It's mind-boggling, given where we are," Adler said. He said that they have worked so hard to "get at the risk" of Covid-19 in the city and Travis County. Adler said he and Travis County Judge Andy Brown sent a letter to the governor's office Tuesday morning "begging him not to do it."The city will continue its mask mandate and the chamber of commerce in Travis County issued a statement urging its member businesses to continue to require masks as well, Adler said. "This is self-help at this point," Adler said.CNN's Dave Alsup, Jamiel Lynch, Kay Jones, Gisela Crespo, Nathaniel Meyersohn, Chris Boyette, Carma Hassan and Leslie Perrot contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has narrowly survived a leadership challenge, facing down a conservative uprising in his party's ranks over climate change policy.But a second challenge could come by the end of the year, given the narrow result and policy tensions within the ruling Liberal Party."It's only half a dozen people or so who need to change to turn the result around," John Warhurst, emeritus professor of Australian Politics at the Australian National University, told CNN. Turnbull has long advocated for action on climate change, and supports progressive social issues and an Australian Republic. But his policy positions have been viewed with suspicion and hostility by his party's vocal conservative faction, who want greater investment in coal and cuts to immigration.Turnbull threw all leadership positions in the Liberal Party open early Tuesday, inviting challengers to nominate themselves for party leader.Read MoreHome Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, a high-profile member of the party's conservative faction, put his hand up but was defeated by Turnbull 48 to 35.Julie Bishop remains deputy prime minister after her position was uncontested.Australia's Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton (2nd R) speaks at Parliament as Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (bottom L) looks at his notes in Canberra on August 20, 2018. Speaking at a press conference after the ballot on Tuesday in Canberra, Turnbull made a call for unity."Australians expect us to be focused on them and talking about their issues. They don't like us being focused on ourselves," he said.Soon after the vote Dutton resigned from the cabinet, stepping down from his dual roles as home affairs and immigration minister, which includes oversight of Australia's strict border protection policy.It followed a day of policy chaos in Canberra after Turnbull dramatically backtracked on a key part of his signature climate change policy over concerns from his party's conservative faction.The Australian leader dropped all carbon emission targets from his National Energy Guarantee (NEG) Monday to quash leadership rumblings, but it wasn't enough to satisfy dissent.Revolving door of leadershipIn the past decade, the Australian government has seen three different leadership changes as the result of internal party challenges. Since 2007, no Australian prime minister has faced two consecutive elections.In Australia, whichever party wins the most votes at a national election is tasked with forming a government, with the party's leader assuming the role of prime minister.Why not wreck the planet? It might get you elected The party can change their leader at any time, although until recently it was highly unusual for a sitting prime minister to be removed from power.An Essential poll released in early August found 64% of Australians thought political parties shouldn't change their leader outside of elections.Turnbull previously took the leadership of the Liberal Party from then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott in September 2015, before winning an election in 2016.Despite enjoying initial popularity, Turnbull's approval ratings have dropped steadily in the past year compared to the opposition Labor Party.Conservative uprisingDutton, a former policeman from Queenland, is politically aligned with the party's conservative faction and has emerged as their choice to succeed Turnbull."I believe very strongly we can win the next election if we get the policies and the message right, (including) lowering electricity prices and doing more on infrastructure," Dutton said in a press conference after the ballot.Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull makes U-turn on carbon emissions legislationBut while the former immigration minister has put his hand up for the leadership, experts said that doubts remain inside the party as to his ability to win the next national election, due within a year.Polling has repeatedly found Dutton is one of the least popular options to lead the Liberal Party, behind Turnbull, Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop."It comes out of frustration over policy and the absolute determination of up to a dozen or so conservative MPs within the Liberal Party (who) have never been convinced Turnbull ought to be Liberal PM."They don't just accept his credentials," said Australian politics professor John Warhurst, adding that a renewed leadership challenge could come "within months."

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Story highlightsPowerball drawing set for Saturday night; jackpot estimated at $600 million Chances of winning are one in 175.2 million, according to PowerballPart of the allure is that everyone else is buying tickets, experts say (CNN)Six numbers have the power to change your life. Maybe your kid is sick and there are hospital bills to pay. Maybe you've lost your job and you're worried about making rent. Maybe you still have a job, but it sucks, and you'd really like to spend the next 50 years lying on a beach with a mai tai in hand. CNN Money: Could you guarantee yourself a Powerball jackpot?Whatever your predicament, the current estimated Powerball jackpot of $1.5 billion could fix it. Which makes us wonder -- when it comes to playing the lottery, are we all just damsels in distress?"People love to have a rescue fantasy," human behavior expert Dr. Wendy Walsh told CNN in 2011 when the Mega Millions jackpot hit $656 million. "We have the Cinderella complex -- there's a fairy godmother who's going to come in and save us." Read MoreWe've all heard the statistics. Your chances of winning the Powerball jackpot are about one in 175.2 million. You're more likely to die from a bee sting (one in 6.1 million), be struck by lightning (one in 3 million) or have conjoined twins (one in 200,000).But people keep playing -- most likely because the thought of winning is much more fun than the thought of being attacked by a shark (one in 11.5 million). "It doesn't faze them because they're in love with hope," Walsh said.Why we play the PowerballFor the 2012 fiscal year, U.S. lottery sales totaled $78 billion, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. More than half of us have played the lottery in the last year, although 20% of customers buy the majority of the tickets.Part of the allure is that everyone else is doing it, said Dr. Stephen Goldbart, author of "Affluence Intelligence" and co-director of the Money, Meaning & Choices Institute.In a Psychology Today article titled "Lottery-itis!" Goldbart noted two main reasons why people buy tickets. "Jumping on the bandwagon is an age-old motivator of psychological behavior," wrote Goldbart and his colleague, Joan DiFuria. "We want to be with the in-crowd, to be 'part of the movement,' not 'feel left out.' " The second reason stems from a sense of disempowerment that comes with change -- whether it's a changing economy or a changing world. "The map to finding the American Dream has been radically altered," they wrote. "(The lottery) lets you believe in magic: that you will be the one who spent a little and got a lot; that you will defy the extraordinary odds against winning."Spend a little, get a lot -- the basis for every good investment. The low cost of a lottery ticket is one of the most seductive things about it. The lottery industry is often criticized for being an unfair tax on the poor. On average, households that make less than $12,400 a year spend 5% of their income on lotteries, according to Wired.JUST WATCHEDPowerball winner quit her job 'automatically'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPowerball winner quit her job 'automatically' 01:04In 2008, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University attempted to explain why the poor are more likely to buy lottery tickets. The study, published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, theorized that people focus on the cost-to-benefit ratio of a single ticket rather than add up the long-term cost of playing over a year, or a lifetime. Some study participants were given $1 at a time and asked if they wanted to spend each dollar on a lottery ticket, author George Loewenstein said. Others were given $5 and asked how many tickets they wanted to buy with the money. Members of a third group were told they could either spend $5 on lottery tickets or buy none at all.People in the second group bought half as many as those given $1 at a time. In the all-or-nothing scenario, 87% of the study participants purchased zero tickets. The researchers' findings were consistent with something known as the "peanuts effect.""There are money amounts that are small enough that people almost ignore them," Loewenstein said Wednesday. "It almost doesn't feel real. The lottery and penny slots are kind of the sweet spot of risk taking. They're really cheap, really inexpensive to play, but there's a big possible upside."Still, to say that playing the lottery is a bad idea doesn't sit well with the professor of economics and psychology. "It's ridiculous to say that 51% of the population is just irrational or self-destructive," he said. "It serves a psychological function for people. ... Our pleasure of living is not only based on our current situation, but what could be, what we can imagine our situation could become." Irrational or not, millions will sit around their TV and computer screens, praying that the six numbers they're clutching will appear.They're optimistic that the fairy-tale ending they've been waiting for will come, even if it takes a little magic.

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Sign up to get this weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN)"I know nothing." That was the response members of the Order of the Star Spangled Banner were supposed to give when asked about their secret society, which was founded in 1849. The fiercely anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic group evolved into the American Party, but it will be forever remembered by another name. The "Know Nothings" became a powerful political force, commanding the allegiance of more than 100 members of Congress in the 1850s, as Lorraine Boissoneault wrote in Smithsonian Magazine. Last week, a Republican member of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene, lashed out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi, falsely accusing her of having "gazpacho police spying on members of Congress," apparently mistaking a cold vegetable soup from Spain for the Gestapo, the Nazi regime's secret police. The botched reference was widely mocked on social media, and Greene later made fun of herself, tweeting: "No soup for those who illegally spy on Members of Congress, but they will be thrown in the goulash." It wasn't the first time Greene had reached for wildly inappropriate Nazi comparisons. Even if she had gotten the term Gestapo right, there would have been no excuse for comparing the Capitol Police with the murderous agents of Hitler's Germany.Greene's blunder came at a head-spinning moment, when hyperpartisan politics and the long-running pandemic have combined to produce a cavalcade of misinformation, disinformation, ignorance, conspiracy theories and self-defeating protests -- as if knowing nothing has become a feature, not a bug of 2022. Read More"One aspect of the pandemic experience that can't simply be explained by the existence of an exceedingly transmissible, deadly virus spreading between us is the sheer absurdity that it brought with it," wrote Abdul El-Sayed. "Whether boarding an airplane with underwear on your face to protest mask requirements, injecting yourself with horse dewormer instead of a safe and effective vaccine or swallowing household disinfectants because the President of the United States unironically suggested that it might help, the pandemic has amplified the frequency and tenor of ridiculous and sometimes alarming behavior."Take the Canadian trucker protests. "Now, they're impeding the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, one of the most active arteries for transnational commerce," El-Sayed pointed out. "Here's what's so absurd about it: The protest over Covid restrictions is now disrupting peoples' everyday lives -- which is what the protest was supposedly aimed at stopping. They've lost the plot." Reality of RoganMisinformation has flourished on Joe Rogan's controversial podcast, which has caused headaches for Spotify, the platform that reportedly invested more than $100 million in the show. "Rogan's everyman persona is attractive to millions who view themselves as fed up with perceived liberal and conservative media biases," Peniel E. Joseph noted. "Yet Rogan, in many instances, amplifies partisan divides by offering an unvarnished platform for some of the worst impulses in American culture. From Proud Boys to anti-vaxxers, Rogan has helped spread misinformation, furthered the coarsening of popular culture and trafficked in a kind of racial bigotry soft-pedaled in some corners of social media as merely the byproduct of speaking one's mind..."Enter at your risk or pleasure (or both), but don't pretend that you don't know what you're listening to." Trump mystery solved?"An enduring mystery might finally have been solved," Eugene Robinson wrote in the Washington Post. "Remember when Donald Trump ranted about how 'people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once,' and nobody knew what on earth he was talking about? Maybe he was referring to personal difficulties in trying to flush away official White House documents." Robinson was referring to a report from Maggie Haberman's forthcoming book that White House staff ran across toilets that were clogged with "wads of clumped up wet printed paper." Trump denied disposing of records that way and brushed off reports that his administration failed to safeguard legally protected documents. "Most presidents have violated the Presidential Records Act," wrote historian Julian Zelizer. "But former President Donald Trump's actions go further than previous presidents, amounting to egregious violations of a law that came about in the aftermath of President Richard Nixon's traumatic Watergate scandal... In recent days, the nation has learned that Trump made a habit of tearing up documents while he was in office. There have also been several news reports of Trump administration staffers putting documents in burn bags to be destroyed."'Legitimate political discourse'Richard N. Bond served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1992 to 1993. So he has an informed vantage point on the world of trouble the RNC brought upon itself with three little words. The committee passed a censure resolution against Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger earlier this month that described the House select committee on which they serve as a politically-motivated effort to target citizens who engaged in "legitimate political discourse" on January 6, 2021.In an open letter to current RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, Bond wrote, "At a time when our focus as a party should be on the Biden administration and Democrats at every level of power, you made former President Donald Trump's unquenchable thirst for revenge against Republicans who disagree with him the political story of the week."Recalling the events of January 6, Bond noted, "More than 725 rioters from nearly all 50 states have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the storming of the US Capitol. Five deaths are directly attributable to events of that day; approximately 140 law enforcement officers were treated for injuries. It could take millions of dollars to repair the damage caused by the rioters, according to congressional testimony by the architect of the US Capitol." As historian Nicole Hemmer wrote, "legitimate political discourse" is "an odd way to describe the actions of a mob that chanted 'Hang Mike Pence' as it clashed with police before breaking through the doors and windows of the Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. And while, after widespread ridicule, the RNC insisted that it was referring only to the nonviolent protesters supporting Trump's lie that the election was stolen from him, its attempt to whitewash right-wing violence is part of an ongoing pattern on the right... The end result of these efforts to minimize, excuse, and erase right-wing violence is an environment that invites even more of it." Inflation is no funInflation is not President Joe Biden's favorite topic. That's a fair conclusion from his encounters with the media on the topic. Last month, he was caught on a hot mic calling a Fox News reporter a "stupid son of a bitch" after the President was asked about the potential impact of inflation on this year's midterm elections. In an interview Thursday with NBC, Biden called Lester Holt a "wise guy" after the anchor pointed out that it had been more than six months since the President said the rise in prices was only temporary. Increasingly, Democrats fear that inflation is hurting Biden's approval ratings and the party's chances in the midterms.Get our free weekly newsletterSign up for CNN Opinion's newsletter.Join us on Twitter and FacebookThe consumer price index jumped 7.5% in the 12 months ending in January, a 40-year high. Inflation is diluting the earnings of US consumers, and the Federal Reserve Bank has signaled that it will embark on a series of interest-rate increases which could slow the economy's growth. "The public tends to think of inflation as an indicator of a cycle of greed and inhumanity, as a conspiracy to rob them of their buying power," economist Robert J. Shiller wrote in the New York Times. "In reality, the cause is more technical, like an increase in the money supply or disruptions in the supply chain."But he added, "When people start to think that inflation is a measure of collateral damage in the battle between big business and aggressive labor -- when they blame, in effect, the wage-price spiral -- they feed into the rhetoric of both the extreme left and the extreme right. America doesn't need another angry political narrative that may further erode our trust in one another, trust that we need for economic growth." Nathan Chen's momentIn the 2018 Olympics, US figure skater Nathan Chen finished a disappointing fifth. In the run-up to 2022, he was favored to win the gold medal, having dominated a string of other major competitions. On Thursday, Chen finally fulfilled his dream -- and the expectations of countless fans. Part of the appeal of the Games is watching people redeem themselves and realize their full promise, wrote Amy Bass. "For most of us mere mortals who cannot, as Chen did Thursday, land five quadruple jumps (or any kind of jump, for that matter), sport feels easy because that's how it looks -- think how often we use words like 'effortless' to describe something as crazy as a triple axel -- when the stars do what they are supposed to do.""But the stark contrast among the Team USA's gold rush in the last few days -- Chloe Kim's confident yet emotional defense of her Olympic title on the halfpipe, (Lindsey) Jacobellis' long-awaited reclamation of Olympic glory, and Chen finally making things right after they had gone so very wrong -- show just how extraordinary a feat it is to win."For more:Lincoln Mitchell: Controversy over gold-medalist Eileen Gu skiing for China misses the pointKara Alaimo: What to do about the social media shaming of figure skater Zhu YiThe artificial sunThe world may have moved a step closer to an energy breakthrough that could one day end the reliance on fossil fuels. As physicist Don Lincoln wrote, "On December 21, 2021, an artificial sun briefly flickered into existence underneath the English countryside." Scientists, working at a center south of Oxford, created a nuclear fusion reaction for about five seconds, generating nearly 12 megawatts of power. It was likely a final moment of glory for the device that created it. "The extreme heat and pressure generated by the reaction means this is likely to be the JET's last hurrah." But another experimental facility is being built in southern France.Using nuclear fusion as a safe and clean energy source has been a goal since the mid-twentieth century. Back then, Lincoln noted, "it was thought to be possible in about 20 to 30 years. But the estimate today is that it is still 20 to 30 years away. Given the reality of climate change and the fact that the energy needs of the future will certainly be greater than that of the present, this is a problem we have to solve. Additional investment in fusion technology research would certainly speed up the process."Mask offGovernors in a number of liberal states are dropping Covid mask mandates, getting ahead of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House, which have taken a more cautious approach. It's worth rethinking the mandates, argued Jill Filipovic. "Yes, if case rates are low, the vaccinated should have more opportunities to live mask-free. Because let's be honest: Masks do come with costs. They can be uncomfortable, especially when worn for long periods at a time. They interrupt basic human communication -- so much of how we understand each other and send subtle cues is through our facial expressions, which masks conceal. When we can't see each others' faces, we lose a primary means via which human animals connect, and, at least anecdotally, we can become even more atomized and less empathetic to each other. And while the impact of masking on children is still being studied and experts largely say that kids are flexible and can adapt or catch up, many parents and some experts worry that prolonged masking could impair children's language skills and their social and emotional development..."Filipovic pointed out that a constant part of life is balancing "competing interests and potential harms. We do this all the time; we set speed limits and mandate seatbelts in cars, but we don't expect to have zero traffic fatalities -- and we don't even set highway speed limits low enough to radically reduce traffic deaths because we've essentially decided that we need people to be able to get where they're going, and that is worth the tradeoff.""What we need is not just clear guidance for the here and now, but a clear formula for when mask mandates should lift, where they should lift, and when they may need to be reinstated. Covid-19 is not a static disease, and public health guidance should evolve as the disease does."The longest tableIt was another week of foreboding about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, punctuated by the spectacle of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron seated at opposite ends of a table that seemed many times longer than the one that separated newspaper publisher Charles Foster Kane and his wife Emily as their marriage was disintegrating in "Citizen Kane.""Macron's Moscow visit this week produced humiliation -- at least so far," wrote Frida Ghitis. "After the talks, France announced that Putin had agreed to refrain from new military maneuvers near Ukraine, for the moment. The Kremlin's (Dmitry) Peskov later said he had no idea what the French were talking about; a slap in Macron's face." The Kremlin later explained that the long table was used because Macron had declined to take a Covid-19 test. "This moment demands understanding that the world is facing an authoritarian leader accustomed to bullying and intimidating," added Ghitis. "In the end, it's not so much Russia facing off against Ukraine or against the West, as it is its authoritarian President. The West is scrambling for the right language because this, as Russia's neighbors and the rest of the world know, is Putin's show."For more: Leroy Chiao: What a NASA astronaut learned about working with Russians. Michael Bociurkiw: Ukrainians are wondering if their TV showman-turned-president is up to the job They're deciding the election for youElection Day is more than 260 days away, but many of the important decisions have already been made -- not by voters, but by Republicans and Democrats drawing congressional district lines to make it almost impossible for the other party to win seats. This year's gerrymanders are a "partisan bloodbath," wrote David Daley. "Both parties have wiped competitive seats off the board. While Republicans overwhelmingly gerrymandered more Congressional districts and state legislatures 10 years ago, Democrats have been just as aggressive this cycle in states where they have complete control. The brazen gerrymander passed by New York Democrats last week not only locked in 22 blue seats in a 26-member delegation, but eliminated all four of the competitive districts where President Biden and Donald Trump finished within five points of each other in 2020... The People's House belongs to the mapmakers."Don't missDean Obeidallah: If a passenger misbehaves, put them on a no-fly listArick Wierson: Amir Locke's death highlights federal lawmakers' inaction on police reformWilliam J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Teaching Black history is not an attack on White AmericansGreg Wolff: Why this California judge should be Biden's Supreme Court pickAnd...Super Bowl party timeWhen Jeff Pearlman wrote a scorched-earth column for CNN Opinion in 2013 blasting the people he encountered at Super Bowl parties -- including "The Knows-Everything-That's-About-to-Happen Dolt" -- his wife Catherine predicted they would never again be invited to one. "For a long time, my long national Super Bowl party nightmare was over," Pearlman wrote last week. "I was free to watch the game in blissful solitude, remote in one hand, pizza slice in the other."Of course, 2013 was a long time ago. "When my manifesto against Super Bowl parties ran, we lived in a sane, reasonably predictable, pre-Covid world where hands shook hands and arms were used for hugging and masks were reserved for muggers, medics and superhero flicks," Pearlman wrote. "I was chilling with neighbors, regularly working out at the gym, never thinking twice that the guy coughing two tables over at my local café may well be infecting us with a deadly virus."And now, after two years of pandemic distancing? "I will gladly trade yet another lonely day in omicron America for a bunch of happy folks united over a game between two teams 98.7% of us care very little about."Now I'd like to come to your Super Bowl party. Please. Pretty please."

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Story highlightsFrancisco Rivera Ordóñez' post sparked outrage at child's exposure to dangerous animal Other matadors have shown support by posting their own photos with their children (CNN)One of Spain's most renowned matadors has come under fire after posting a photo on Instagram showing him fighting a bull while holding his baby daughter. Francisco Rivera Ordóñez sparked fierce debate after he shared the photo with his 61,000 followers, which has since received 13.4K likes. "Carmen's debut, she is the fifth generation which bullfights in our family," the post read. "My grandfather was bullfighting like this with my father. My father was bullfighting like this with me, and I have done it with my daughters Cayetana and now with Carmen. #prideintheblood" Debut de Carmen , es la 5 generación que torea en nuestra familia . Mi abuelo toreo así con mi padre . Mi padre toreo así conmigo , y yo lo he hecho con mis hijas Cayetana y ahora con Carmen #orgullodesangre A photo posted by Francisco Rivera (@f.r.paquirri) on Jan 24, 2016 at 12:57pm PST He then followed it up with a second photograph, saying: "History repeats itself. Long live the best legacy, the feeling, purity, honor." Se repite la historia . Viva la mejor herencia , el sentimiento , la pureza , honor . A photo posted by Francisco Rivera (@f.r.paquirri) on Jan 24, 2016 at 3:25pm PST Despite Ordóñez sharing what he insists is a revered cultural tradition for matadors, the picture immediately caused an uproar from animal rights activists and concerned parents. Many criticized the celebrated matador's actions as "irresponsible" and "dangerous."Read MoreOne Twitter user wrote: "I live in a country where exposing a baby to a bull and showing him animal abuse is referred to as tradition." On the other side, a commentator wrote: "The spineless stupidity of some has made Francisco Rivera's photograph reach the prosecutor's office and made it act, another stupidity in itself." Even famous faces joined the debate, with British comedian Ricky Gervais -- a well-known animal rights campaigner -- tweeting: "Mental, dangerous & cruel. With or without a baby."Mental, dangerous & cruel. With or without a baby. https://t.co/KOEH2ZLEyG— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) January 26, 2016 Spain's Equality Minister Maria Jose Sanchez also weighed in on the controversy."A fireman wouldn't dream of taking a child to put out a fire nor would a football player run around with a child in their arms during a match." And Alfonso Alonso, the country's acting minister of social security, said that it was "not right in any circumstances to put a child at risk."Local media is now reporting that the case has been referred to a local child protection agency in Andalusia for investigation. However, Ordóñez told the Guardian that his daughter was never in any peril, citing his family's long history in the bullfighting ring. He insisted: "There is no safer place for her to be than in my arms."It was a sentiment shared by others on social platforms, with many calling it an "exaggeration" and likening the perceived danger to that of a parent smoking while driving with a child in the vehicle. One user @LaAlpaca_Paca wrote: "They should also open an investigation into those fathers who #smoke with their sons in the car. A slight exaggeration in #FranciscoRivera's case."Meanwhile, Spain's Bullfighters' Union issued a statement declaring its support for Ordóñez and acknowledging the matador was participating in a long-held community tradition.Que me denuncien a mí también. Por Dios cuanta hipocresía y cuanta ignorancia. Mucho ánimo @Paquirri74 pic.twitter.com/JTVPXpRjYf— israel lancho (@israellancho) January 25, 2016 The furor spurred other matadors to post pictures in solidarity with the superstar bullfighter. Israel Lancho, a matador from Badajoz, a city in western Spain near the Portuguese border, posted: "Report me as well. For the love of god, so much hypocrisy and so much ignorance. Keep your spirits up @Paquirri74" Salvador Vega, another bullfighter from Malaga, declared his support along with a photograph. "My support for @Paquirri74 enjoying an unforgettable experience." Mi apoyo a @Paquirri74 disfrutando de una experiencia inolvidable. pic.twitter.com/obxu7AaAmt— Salvador Vega (@SvgVega) January 26, 2016 "Where is the problem of teaching our children about a profession that we love and is full of values?" tweeted bullfighter Manuel Díaz El Cordobés.¿Dónde está el problema de enseñar a nuestros hijos una profesión que amamos y está llena de valores? pic.twitter.com/pYvH3qo9sH— El Cordobés (@mdelcordobes) January 25, 2016 Despite its historic cultural origins, bullfighting has become something of a political hot potato, with animal rights campaigners working to have the tradition banned. Catalonia became the second autonomous region in Spain to ban the sport in 2013, two decades after the Canary Islands.

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Hong Kong (CNN)With one comment, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison managed to turn a positive coronavirus story into a public relations disaster, and highlighted the potential next nightmare of the pandemic: a fight over vaccines. Speaking about a plan to provide free coronavirus immunization to all Australians as soon as that is possible, Morrison said Wednesday that he would "expect it to be as mandatory as you could possibly make it," with some exemptions on medical grounds. His health minister, Karen Andrews, reiterated that line later, saying the government was "looking at it being a mandatory vaccine." But by Wednesday evening, Morrison was already backtracking, telling radio station 2GB that "it is not going to be compulsory to have the vaccine ... there are no compulsory vaccines in Australia." "No one is going to force anybody to do anything as a compulsory measure, but we certainly will encourage people to take this up," Morrison said. "Everybody needs to understand what we are trying to achieve here."Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes a tour at the AstraZeneca laboratories in Macquarie Park, on August 19, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Morrison's reversal came after his original comments had been seized on by anti-vaccination groups in Australia and around the world, many of which have long been warning of supposed plans to force a coronavirus jab on people. Read MoreOn Instagram, Larry Cook, a leading US anti-vaxx campaigner and founder of Stop Mandatory Vaccines, wrote that "Australia is pushing hard for mandatory Covid vaccination.""Is anyone surprised? I sure hope not. This is, after all, a PLAN-Demic," he added, referencing a widely discredited video that went viral on Facebook and other platforms, which included erroneous claims about vaccines. Ben Garrison, a popular right-wing cartoonist who was invited to the White House by US President Donald Trump, only to be disinvited due to his work's alleged anti-semitism, wrote on Twitter that Morrison's comments should make Americans "beware" the "coming threat of Covid-19 vaccine tyranny."This is despite assurances earlier this week from the US' top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, that a compulsory coronavirus vaccine remains highly unlikely. "If someone refuses the vaccine in the general public, then there's nothing you can do about that. You cannot force someone to take a vaccine," said Fauci on Tuesday.While Australian Prime Minister Morrison's comments created something of an open goal for anti-vax campaigners, the scandal does point to the wider issue of "vaccine hesitancy," which the World Health Organization identified last year (before the coronavirus pandemic hit) as one of the top 10 threats to public health around the globe. "Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease -- it currently prevents 2-3 million deaths a year, and a further 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved," the WHO states, and yet vaccine avoidance is on the uptick, leading to a resurgence of otherwise preventable diseases like measles.According to the Lancet, anti-vaxx sentiment has been recorded in 90% of countries, and while some anti-vaxers have changed their minds as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, for others, it has only hardened their stance. Many groups have been campaigning against a potential Covid jab for months, even as scientists warn it is still potentially a year away. "Covid has been a growth opportunity for anti-vaxxers," the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an NGO which works to counter misinformation online, warned in a July report. "The scale and growth of the anti-vaxx movement revealed by our research is particularly concerning given that scientists estimate that 82% of the population would need to become immune to Covid, either through getting the disease or through a vaccine, in order to safely manage outbreaks." Polling carried out by British market research company YouGov on behalf of the CCDH found that 44% of Americans and 37% of Brits would consider not getting a coronavirus vaccine even if it was available, a similar result to that recorded in a CNN poll in May. Last week, Michael Caputo, an assistant secretary for the US Department of Health and Human Services, said that "we see more vaccine hesitancy with the Covid vaccine than with other vaccines. We know that. This concerns us, of course."It should concern everyone. Without an effective coronavirus vaccine, there currently appears to be no other viable way to return to pre-pandemic normality.There are numerous strong arguments in favor of mandatory vaccination, but tackling coronavirus doesn't necessarily require such a move. In the twentieth century, polio was brought under control thanks to a widespread understanding of the horrors of that disease, not because people had to be forced to take a shot. But by using the threat or even vague suggestion of a mandate to campaign against a potential coronavirus vaccine, anti-vaxxers are actually making such an order more likely. If vaccine uptake is too low to generate herd immunity, governments may have no choice but to compel vaccination, either by preventing children from attending public schools if they are not immunized, or eventually even by mandating everyone receive the vaccine.

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Story highlights NATO commander concerned about buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine's borderRussian threats cited as reason for withdrawal, spokeswoman saysRussia seizes naval base in Crimea, captures troops U.S., other western nations kick Russia out of G* Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov ordered the withdrawal of armed forces from Crimea Monday, citing Russian threats to the lives of military staff and their families.Russian troops have seized most of Ukraine's bases in the peninsula, including a naval base at Feodosia on Monday. Russia annexed Crimea last week after a controversial referendum that Ukraine and the West say was illegal."The acting President of Ukraine has given an order to the Ukraine Defense Ministry for the withdrawal of all Ukrainian forces from Crimea," a spokeswoman for Turchynov told CNN. The soldiers' families will be evacuated as well.Earlier, Russian troops stormed and seized the Ukrainian naval base in Feodosia, a port in Crimea, a Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman said. Witnesses said several Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters were involved in the raid. Between 60 and 80 Ukrainian troops were captured and taken from the base, said Vladislav Seleznev, a Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman in Crimea.Ukrainians had said they would leave the base if they were allowed to take their weapons with them. JUST WATCHEDWhat is Russia's next move?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhat is Russia's next move? 02:20JUST WATCHEDNATO concerned about Russian buildupReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNATO concerned about Russian buildup 03:31Russian forces consolidated their control of the Black Sea peninsula over the weekend. On Saturday, six Russian special forces armored personnel carriers broke through the gates of Belbek air base, firing warning shots into the air. In separate incidents, pro-Russian self-defense forces stormed the Novofederoskoe military base as well as a Ukrainian ship, the Slavutych.On a trip to Crimea Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu appointed Rear Adm. Denis Berezovsky deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Russia's ITAR-Tass reported. That fleet is based in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, making it strategically important to Moscow.Shoigu also met with former Ukrainian military personnel, who are now willing to serve in the Russian army, state news agency RIA-Novosti reported.NATO concernsMap showing TransnistriaNATO's top military commander expressed concern Sunday about the buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine's border.Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Philip Breedlove said that Russia had a large force on Ukraine's eastern border and that he was worried it could threaten Moldova's separatist Transnistria region.The Russian force "at the Ukrainian border now to the east is very, very sizable and very, very ready," said Breedlove, a U.S. Air Force general.Russia said the presence of its forces complied with international agreements. Moscow annexed Crimea after a snap referendum in the autonomous region last week that appeared to produce an overwhelming majority of votes in favor of leaving Ukraine to join Russia."Russia is acting much more like an adversary than a partner," Breedlove said, speaking at an event held in Brussels, Belgium, by the German Marshall Fund think tank.A senior U.S. defense official told CNN Russia "has enough troops that we believe they could move against Ukraine at any time now." The official emphasized that Washington still does not know Russia's intentions on the border, despite statements by Moscow that the troops are there for exercises. U.S. intelligence also indicates that the Russian forces are positioned to possibly go after three Ukrainian cities: Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk. Russian forces have moved so close to the border, there would be no warning time, and the U.S. would likely only see an incursion as it was happening, the official said.Claims on CrimeaUkraine's new leaders -- who took office after months of protests forced President Viktor Yanukovych, a Russian ally, from office -- as well as the United States and other Western powers say Crimea is still a part of Ukraine.Russia insists its actions are legitimate. Crimea had belonged to Russia until 1954, when it was given to Ukraine. The region also has a majority ethnic Russian population and other long historic ties to Russia. Moscow has doggedly pursued its own course, even as Western leaders have denounced its actions as violations of Ukraine's sovereignty and a breach of international law.Diplomacy at The HagueU.S. President Barack Obama arrived at The Hague on Monday for a G7 summit on threats to nuclear security. The G7 is a group of the world's seven wealthiest industrialized nations. Diplomats at the G7 were talking about Ukraine on the sidelines of the long-planned summit."Europe and America are united in our support of the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people," Obama said. "We're united in imposing a cost on Russia for its actions so far."Obama and other world leaders decided to end Russia's role in G8, the group of leading industrialized nations plus Russia, the White House said Monday."International law prohibits the acquisition of part or all of another state's territory through coercion or force," the White House statement said. "To do so violates the principles upon which the international system is built. We condemn the illegal referendum held in Crimea in violation of Ukraine's constitution."Earlier in the day, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said being kicked out of G8 would be no big deal."G8 is an informal organization that does not give out any membership cards and, by its definition, cannot remove anyone," he said during a news conference. "All the economic and financial questions are decided in G20, and G8 has the purpose of existence as the forum of dialogue between the leading Western countries and Russia. "If our Western partners believe that this organizational format has outlived (its usefulness), so be it." Ahead of Monday's G7 meeting, a representative for British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that no G8 meeting -- a group of the world's seven top industrial powers plus Russia -- would take place in Russia this year as previously planned.The G7 had already suspended preparations for a planned G8 summit in the Russian city of Sochi. Monday's comment by Cameron's representative ruling the meeting out altogether comes as the West tries to increase Moscow's isolation over its actions in Ukraine. A planned EU-Russia summit also has been canceled.Also at the nuclear summit Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Ukrainian Interim Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia and, separately, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.During his meeting with Lavrov, Kerry expressed concern about Russian troops amassed on the Ukrainian border, U.S.State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.Also Monday, Russia's Foreign Ministry announced it was issuing retaliatory sanctions against 13 Canadian public figures, in response to a similar move by Canada last week against Russian officials over the Crimean situation, RIA-Novosti reported.Russia is banning the Canadian officials -- including several aides to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper -- from entering the country, according to RIA-Novosti.EU leaders imposed a new round of sanctions against 12 people last week, bringing the total number of people facing EU asset freezes and travel bans to 33. Canada also announced its own sanctions against Russian officials last week.The United States announced its own new round of sanctions against 20 people and a bank that U.S. officials say is linked to Putin and senior Russian officials. Washington had already announced sanctions on 11 people.Russia responded with its own list of sanctions against a number of U.S. lawmakers and officials.

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Story highlightsFirst gay rugby club founded 20 years agoPlayers overcame prejudice in 1990s Britain London (CNN)The first time Mark Bithell and his all-gay rugby team lined up against a straight side, he was overcome by a sense of his own masculinity. For much of his life, the British lawyer had been told that being gay somehow made him less of a man. Yet standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his gay teammates, he felt liberated. On the sports pitch at least, the ultimate judge of muscle wasn't sexuality -- it was the scoreline.Follow @cnnsport "I think I probably had a little bit of an inferiority complex growing up," says the 41-year-old, as we watch 70 young men train under the bright lights of an east London pitch on a crisp evening."So I really enjoyed playing rugby against straight men, with my gay teammates, because for me it kind of proved that we were just as masculine as they were -- that we can be just as physical as they are.""I enjoyed expressing my physicality & masculinity against heterosexual men." https://t.co/O0ps6hbqG9 https://t.co/Ul9HwQs68n— CNN Sport (@cnnsport) October 23, 2015 Bithell was one of the early players to join the Kings Cross Steelers, the world's first gay rugby club, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.Read MoreWhat started when six friends met in a bar in north London in 1995, with the idea of forming a gay-inclusive rugby team, has since turned into a club with over 150 members and three teams. The Steelers have won the European competition for gay rugby clubs, the Union Cup, on four occasions.Blood, sweat, and tearsHow far have we really come in the last 20 years? As the 2015 Rugby World Cup enters its final stages, there are no openly-gay players in the tournament. However, widely-respected gay referee Nigel Owens officiated in three pool games and a quarterfinal, but is not involved in this weekend's semis. The Welshman came out in 2007 after a battle with depression which reportedly drove him to suicide.Well I have met a few Queens in my time some of you even say I am one. But on the way to Buckingham Palace now to meet the real one.#excited— Nigel Owens (@Nigelrefowens) October 12, 2015 There can only be @Nigelrefowens to ref the RWC final for sure..The one man who can give us all faith again in the great standard of refs.— Gareth Thomas (@gareththomas14) October 20, 2015 He's not alone in his struggle -- former Wales captain Gareth Thomas became the first professional rugby player to publicly announced he was gay in 2009. Thomas, who retired in 2011, said he also considered suicide under the immense strain it caused to his family life."It was such a positive message to send out because he wasn't just any old professional rugby player," says Bithell. "For somebody of his stature to come out was amazing."More recently, when British rugby league player Keegan Hirst came out in August, he was hailed as a role model by the press, and inundated with thousands of messages of support on Twitter.But when the Kings Cross Steelers launched two decades ago, homosexual professional rugby players were unheard of.Homophobic crime in numbers5,597: The number of homophobic crimes reported to police in England and Wales in 2014/1522%: Increase on previous year11%: Of all hate crimes reported to police were based on victims' sexual orientation Figures courtesy the Home OfficeThis was 1990s Britain, and fear of the AIDS epidemic was actually enough to put some teams off playing the all-gay Steelers in such a high-contact sport."If you had said to me in the early '90s that out-gay men could play in a club like the Steelers, I'd have said it was incomprehensible," says the club's chairman, 43-year-old Alex Smith."The atmosphere was different back then. You have to remember there were AIDS adverts with tombstones."Bithell says the homophobia they experienced in the early days wasn't only attributable to AIDS fears."A lot of teams just didn't want to play us," he recalls. "And you can never be sure why they declined."But I certainly experienced it as a player in particular when there was a blood injury. They would react in a completely hysterical way and start screaming 'Blood! Blood!' and screaming at the referee to get us off the pitch because they were afraid."It was the '90s -- people were still scared of HIV and there was a lot ignorance about how you could catch it and who could be infected."Changing attitudesRobert Hayward, a former Conservative MP and one of the club's founding members, remembers things differently. Yes, he says, the team did keep the location of its first game secret until the last moment, out of concern they might be hounded by national newspapers. But from the very start they were openly accepted by the Rugby Football Union, and he recalls only two players who ever refused to play against the Steelers."World Rugby had taken the decision a few years earlier that because it's a body-contact sport, anyone with a blood injury had to go off the pitch immediately -- and that was any player at any level," says the 66-year-old, who came out after he left parliament in 1992.Lord Hayward (our 1st chairman) giving his maiden speech in the #HouseofLords #VeryProud pic.twitter.com/M77Rz35YTG— Kings Cross Steelers (@KXSteelers) October 15, 2015 "But what was fascinating is that the players on the other side were almost less concerned about it than we were," he says, recalling one time he had a cut above his eyebrow -- another player actually wiped it away, telling him he was fine to stay on the pitch.Smith says he can think of "maybe two homophobic incidents" in the last decade he's played for gay teams across the UK."We take the piss out of ourselves and there's nothing wrong with that -- it's part of rugby culture."Coming out Smith first started playing rugby as an 11-year-old in Glasgow, Scotland, but by his mid-20s the gulf between his secret personal life and the straight teams he played for had become too great."I wasn't an out-gay man at that point and I found that increasingly difficult. We're talking the early to mid-'90s, and my teammates would be talking about what they were doing on Saturday night and I didn't feel I was able to do the same," he says."When I first played for a gay rugby club, I turned up, put on my boots, and it was exactly the same as any other rugby club I'd ever played for -- the difference was I felt I could be myself in a way I wasn't at other clubs."There are now over 50 gay rugby clubs around the world -- including the Berlin Bruisers, who boast a distinctive uniform.Decades later, Caspar Swanston, who also played rugby growing up, says he joined the Steelers for much the same reason."I tried to join another club in London and I didn't feel completely comfortable," the 22-year-old explains."I wasn't openly gay. And there were a few comments, not directed at me but perhaps to the women who were in the park, which made me feel not feel like I wanted to reveal I was gay to them."And if I hadn't been told about the Steelers, I probably wouldn't have played rugby again for a very long time. Which would be a huge shame because it's something that means a lot to me."Climbing the ladder It took the team about a year to win its first game, and for Bithell this was an important turning point in the club's history."When we began we weren't a competitive team, we weren't very good. We were going into fixtures and we were losing by huge margins, and so we weren't being taken seriously as rugby players," he says.JUST WATCHEDRugby World Cup 2015 semifinals are setReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRugby World Cup 2015 semifinals are set 01:53"One of the best things that helped us was when we kept improving as a rugby club, and we kept improving the level of rugby. Even though in the early days we were still suffering heavy defeats, people could see that we were still serious about rugby and moving in the right direction."Last season the club's first team continued its steady rise up the regional competitions, and now plays in the top tier of the London and South East Division's Essex League.The Steelers are now also gearing up for the 2016 Bingham Cup, the biennial international gay tournament to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, in May.'People like me'With over 50 gay rugby clubs around the world today, it's a long way from the days of six friends meeting in a London pub with a seemingly "incomprehensible" dream."We talk a lot about how much better or more inclusive the world is. And one question we're often asked is: 'Why are we needed?' says Smith.The 65th gay rugby club now in existence around the world, the 12th club in the UK, is the #BelfastAzlans! #gayrugby #inclusiverugby— Gay Rugby Clubs (@GayRugbyClubs) October 11, 2015 "And the answer is people are looking for somewhere where people are like them. Rugby clubs are based around communities -- churches, schools, we're no different. We provide a safe space where people meet people like themselves."The Steelers may have lost their first four games this season but, no matter the outcome of their next match, it appears they have already won a lot of respect.Flick through the gallery for the story behind other openly gay athletes Photos: Openly gay athletesDavid Denson, a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers' rookie affiliate in Helena, Montana, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in August 2015 that he is gay. The news makes him the first active player affiliated with a Major League organization to come out publicly. Click through to see other openly gay athletes.Hide Caption 1 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesAmerican soccer legend Abby Wambach's sexuality was an open secret for years before she married fellow soccer player Sarah Huffman in 2013.Hide Caption 2 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesSwimmer Ian Thorpe, seen here in 2004 with one of his five Olympic gold medals, told an Australian news outlet that he is gay in an interview that aired on Sunday, July 13.Hide Caption 3 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesFormer Missouri defensive end Michael Sam told ESPN and The New York Times that he is gay on February 9. Sam later became the first openly gay player to be drafted by a NFL team when he was taken by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round.Hide Caption 4 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesRobbie Rogers became the first openly gay male athlete to play in a professional American sporting match when he took the field for Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy during a match against the Seattle Sounders on May 26.Hide Caption 5 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletes"I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation," NBA player Jason Collins said in a Sports Illustrated article. Hide Caption 6 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesSheryl Swoopes, a retired WNBA star and coach of the Loyola University Chicago's women's basketball team, came out in 2005.Hide Caption 7 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesBrittney Griner, selected No. 1 in the 2013 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, is openly gay. Hide Caption 8 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesIn an exclusive interview with CNN, former San Francisco 49ers player Kwame Harris came out as gay after rumors circulated in the media. Hide Caption 9 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesRugby player Gareth Thomas of Wales spoke about being gay to a British news channel in 2009. Hide Caption 10 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesJustin Fashanu became the first openly gay soccer player in Europe when he came out in 1990. Eight years later, he took his own life. Hide Caption 11 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesTennis great Martina Navratilova came out in 1981.Hide Caption 12 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesAfter his retirement in 2007, basketball player John Amaechi announced he was gay.Hide Caption 13 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesAfter retiring from professional football in 1972, David Kopay acknowledged to the Washington Star that he was gay.Hide Caption 14 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesVillanova University's Will Sheridan came out to his teammates in 2003.Hide Caption 15 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesIn 2012, U.S. women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe confirmed in Out magazine that she was a lesbian.Hide Caption 16 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesChampion figure skater Johnny Weir confirmed in his 2011 memoir, "Welcome to My World," that he was gay.Hide Caption 17 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesAustralia's Matthew Mitcham came out in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2008.Hide Caption 18 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesIn 2012, Orlando Cruz became the first active professional fighter to publicly announce that he was gay. Hide Caption 19 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesOpenly gay British dressage rider Carl Hester helped his team win gold at the 2012 Olympics.Hide Caption 20 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesEnglish cricketer Steven Davies announced he was gay in 2011.Hide Caption 21 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesGermany's Judith Arndt won the silver medal in cycling at the 2012 Olympics.Hide Caption 22 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesBilly Bean, a former Major League Baseball player, discussed being gay in a 1999 New York Times article. Hide Caption 23 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesTennis legend Billie Jean King was outed by a former female partner in 1981.Hide Caption 24 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesIn 2002, professional football player Esera Tuaolo came out on HBO's "Real Sports."Hide Caption 25 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesFrench tennis player Amelie Mauresmo came out in 1999.Hide Caption 26 of 27 Photos: Openly gay athletesGreg Louganis, who won four Olympic golds for the United States during his diving career, has been openly gay since 1995.Hide Caption 27 of 27

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Accra, Ghana (CNN)A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of Accra, off Aflao Road, a group of Ghanaian gay activists use the house to gather in secret and provide shelter to LGBTQ people in need. Sitting on the corner of a couch in the gloomy interior, Joe holds a small clutch in both hands and speaks with a quiet defiance. "I can't change the way I am. I can't change who I am," he says. "This is natural, and it is how I feel. But we are dead. We are all now dead. We can't go out again and we can't mingle with our friends again." It wasn't supposed to be like this in Ghana. Read MoreFor years, Ghanaian LGBTQ activists felt they had made progress. They witnessed a quiet tolerance, especially in larger cities, and believed that their rights would continue to evolve. But within weeks, Ghana's parliament is set to debate a draft bill -- framed in the guise of "family values" -- which seeks to introduce some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws on the African continent. The prospect of it passing is pushing the country's LGBTQ community into the shadows. LGBTQ Ghanaians have been left asking how things got so bad, so quickly, and Western diplomats say they have been caught by surprise. But what one Ghanaian activist calls a "homophobe's dream bill" has deep roots in Ghana's religious community. It also found key inspiration from a US ultra-conservative group with Russian ties. Humiliated on camera Joe's path to the safe house began in his hometown, several hours drive from the capital. CNN agreed to identify him only by his assumed first name, because he fears for his safety.One evening several months ago, Joe says he was accosted on the street by a group of men who accused him of approaching one of their male relatives. "I was shaking when they took me to that room and they took out their cameras. I was shaking and I was crying," he told CNN. Hiding in a safe house in Accra, Ghana, Joe, a homophobic attack victim describes to CNN how a group of men kidnapped him and physically and mentally abused him for being gay.He says the men took him to an abandoned construction site for interrogation. In a grainy video, seen by CNN, they bark at him in Fante dialect: "Is it true that you told him that you like him?" "Yes," Joe replies meekly, shivering in the concrete room. Later in the clip, Joe is seen crouching on the ground as he is repeatedly kneed in the head by one of his attackers. When videos of Joe's ordeal were shared on social media several months later, he says his father threw him out of the family home. "When I saw the video. I was like, it is better to kill myself, but I had nowhere to go," he says. LGBTQ activists say what happened to Joe is part of a pattern of abuse seen in Ghana over several years. Video after video show Ghanaians -- mostly men perceived as being gay -- being harassed and beaten on camera, sometimes stripped naked by their assailants. Lesbian and trans Ghanaians are also targeted, say activists, but most attacks go unreported. Although some are harassed and shamed publicly, these attitudes were not universal; activists speak of regular LGBTQ-friendly parties held in Accra being advertised openly on social media.A Human Rights Watch report from 2018 found that Ghana had a mixed record in its treatment of LGBTQ Ghanaians. Old sodomy laws dating back to 1960 remain on the statute books in Ghana -- as they do across much of Africa -- but they are rarely, if ever, enforced. This year, that could all change. A door opens, then is shut Multicolored balloons and rainbow umbrellas decorated Ghana's first LGBTQ support center, in Accra, for its grand opening in January. Diplomats from several European nations and Australia attended, and LGBTQ Ghanaians said they couldn't believe the progress Ghana had made. The backlash was immediate. Traditional leaders, church groups, and lawmakers flooded social media, rushed to local TV stations, and used their pulpits to excoriate the center, blaming its existence on Western influence and claiming it was an attempt to "recruit" young Ghanaians. Many of the critics are part of a loosely-configured group known as the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values. "We knew that there would be opposition, but we didn't think it would be of this magnitude," says Alex Kofi Donkor, director of LGBT+ Rights Ghana, the group that opened the center. "The whole country seemed to be talking about it." The resulting public outcry led to a police raid, and the center was closed less than a month after it had opened.Soon afterward, plans for the draconian new anti-LGBTQ law began to emerge. The bill was introduced in parliament in early August. The draft "Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill" -- a copy of which has been obtained by CNN -- would see LGBTQ Ghanaians face jail time, or be coerced into so-called "conversion therapy" -- a widely discredited practice debunked by much of the international medical and psychiatric communities.Under the bill, advocates of the LGBTQ community would face up to a decade in prison; public displays of same-sex affection or cross dressing could lead to a fine or jail time, and certain types of medical support would be made illegal.The new law would also make the distribution of material deemed pro-LGBTQ by news organization or websites illegal. It calls on Ghanaians to turn over those they suspect of being from the LGBTQ community. "It is against our culture, it is against our norms, it is against our tradition," says Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, one of the members of parliament (MPs) whose name is on the bill. "We don't want things that are against our sensibility to be given priority in our society and therefore this will be a deterrent to anyone who supports them." Black celebrities show support for LGBTQ community in Ghana after raid on centerStanding outside Ghana's imposing parliament complex as a bank of dark clouds threatens to break the intense heat, the MP says: "In the beginning of this year we had a group of people in the guise of an NGO trying to lure people into their fold. We noticed that it [being a member of the LGBTQ community] is spreading like wildfire in the country." "We love them, we are asking them not to do it," Bedzrah says as the cloud breaks, rain battering the giant black star of Ghana's flag outside of the Speakers' office. Just a short drive from parliament, we meet a prominent gay activist at Accra's Black Star Square, where an arch commemorating Ghana's independence celebrates "Freedom and Justice." Unlike the lawmakers CNN spoke to for this story, Danny Bediako is too afraid to use his real name -- or to speak in a public place.Bediako, who runs the NGO Rightify Ghana, denounced the claim that homosexuality is a Western import or that LGBTQ activists were out to recruit and convert straight Ghanaians. "The same people they claim to have brought homosexuality to Africa are the same people who told them to have this hate they are using against us," he says. "There have always been queer Ghanaians." Bediako says the anti-LGBTQ "family values" coalition has long been a loud presence in Ghana, but that it was never organized or particularly strategic. He believes that changed when a US group promoting those same "family values" organized a conference in Accra in late 2019 -- just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. "The US right-wing people were here and after that there was a rush to push legislation," Bediako says. The conference was hosted by the World Congress of Families, which Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights group, calls "one of the most influential American organizations involved in the export of hate." The genesis of the law The 2019 conference was largely organized in response to proposals by the Ghanaian government to create a comprehensive sex education curriculum, to teach young people about the emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. This plan was later shelved. But audio recordings, presentations, and action plans of the meeting, reviewed by CNN, show that much of the conference's time was focused on the supposed "dangers" of LGBTQ influence, labeling it as a grand left-wing conspiracy out to destroy "family values." One of the highlights of the conference, for attendees, was the presence of US ultra-conservative organizer Brian Brown, the president of the World Congress of Families (WCF). Brown made a name for himself pushing Californians to outlaw same-sex marriage at the ballot. He continues to lead the National Organization for Marriage and heads up a digital fundraising effort for right-wing Republican Party candidates in the US. A group of gay men walking on a street in Accra, they met in this neighborhood to attend a wake party for a member of their community. The WCF has curious beginnings: It was founded in the late 1990s as a collaboration between US religious conservatives and right-wing Russians, after the fall of the Soviet Union. But in recent years, in conferences from Hungary to Croatia, Tbilisi, Georgia; to Verona, Italy, the group has become increasingly influential in organizing anti-LGBTQ forces and inspiring policy initiatives, according to Neil Datta, secretary of the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights. Datta recently authored extensive research on anti-LGBTQ groups in Europe that included data about the alleged funding of the WCF's activities. "The World Congress of Family conferences are like an incubator for bad ideas," says Datta. "Different religious extremists from different parts of the world meet and exchange ideas and then people take those ideas and expand on it at the national level." He says several pieces of legislation and petitions in Eastern Europe appear to have flowed from WCF meetings. "The fact that the WCF took place in Accra in 2019 and now we have something appearing as a draft bill is not surprising. This draft "Family Values" bill seems to be one more iteration of the homophobic initiatives emanating from their conferences," he says. At WCF's Accra conference, the delegates proposed the formation of legal teams to mount constitutional and legal challenges within six months to a year. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, their timeline wasn't far off. But Brown insists that his organization provides inspiration, not instruction. "In each of these countries people are saying 'enough is enough' with Western countries coming in and saying we are going to redefine the family," he told CNN from his office in Washington D.C. Brown says the WCF had nothing to do with writing the Ghanaian bill: "You don't need to look for a bogeyman, it is going to come from the people themselves and there is a huge opportunity for stronger global ties." That inspiration seems apparent when Ghanaians pushing the bill use strikingly similar talking points to Brown's organization, including a near obsession with the "natural" family as a way to propagate generational Christian conservative values. Roman Catholic Archbishop Philip Naameh told CNN that being LGBT is against Christian and Ghanaian values and that it could make the Muslim population of Ghana a majority and potentially turning Ghana into an Islamic State."Those who are promoting gays and lesbians are not going to have children at all, and within a short time nobody should be surprised that Muslims will become a majority in this country and declare it an Islamic state," Archbishop Philip Naameh, the president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, told CNN. He welcomes the support of WCF.But some activists believe a crackdown on LGBTQ rights was waiting to happen with or without a nudge from US conservatives, because of growing discontent within the religious community in Ghana. In a massive online prayer rally in March entitled: "Homosexuality: a detestable sin to God," pastors at the millions-strong Pentecostal Church said it was a matter of "national security" to pass a law; they continue to push members of parliament to follow through with their plans. The Pentecostal Church's leadership repeatedly refused CNN's requests for an interview. The damage is already done Members of parliament and activists say the draft bill will be debated and likely voted on after Ghana's parliament reopens in late October. Based on CNN's reporting, it appears to have strong support -- even among more moderate MPs. The bill may end up being watered down in the amendment process. It will also need to be signed by President Nana Akufo-Addo, who is likely to face harsh condemnation from Western donors if it comes into law. The bill places Western nations in a difficult position. Already heavily criticized for supporting the opening of the LGBTQ center earlier this year, the European Union and Australian missions would not speak to CNN on the record. The US did not have a representative at the opening, but one of the Biden administration's first acts was to formally task its agencies with combating anti-LGBTQ legislation globally. A State Department spokesperson told CNN the US government was concerned with the increasing rhetoric and actions that threaten the LGBTQ community in Ghana. "We are monitoring the situation closely," the State Department statement said. "We urge national leaders in Ghana to uphold constitutional protections and to adhere to Ghana's international human rights obligations and commitments for all individuals." But for many activists, the damage is already done.In late May, more than 20 participants in an LGBTQ paralegal training session organized by One Love Sisters, Ghana and Key Watch Ghana were arrested for "unlawful assembly" in the country's southeastern Volta region. One of those present, a 21-year-old intersex woman, who has asked CNN to identify her by the pseudonym Edem Amavor because she fears for her safety, told CNN she was physically and sexually assaulted by police in a horrifying ordeal.Intersex people have natural variations in reproductive anatomy, chromosome patterns or other traits that may not align with typical binary definitions of female or male."I was taken to a male cell," she recalls. "The officers told the men in the cell to rape me since I insisted I was a female." Volta regional police spokesman Sgt. Prince Dogbatse told CNN that: "No such reports have come to the attention of the Command," but that they would investigate the matter. Another of those detained was Eddy Oppong, also using a pseudonym because of safety concerns. He was among those detained and released after 22 days, after charges against the paralegal group were dropped in early August. "People are scared," says Danny Bediako. "People are feeling insecure to even go into public spaces and hold meetings for their organizations. Some people have stopped their support entirely." He says he is now trying to hold support groups online. Bediako says LGBTQ activists have submitted memoranda to parliament to lessen the blow from the proposed new law, and they are trying to speak to MPs to encourage them to weaken the bill's provisions, but he fears few politicians will be brave enough to engage with them in the current climate -- even if lives are at stake. "The people who suspect us are waiting for the bill to be passed so they can beat us up and hand us over to the police," he said. He believes that the limited space that Ghanaians from the LGBTQ community had to be themselves may soon vanish and that the precipitous drop in rights seen in recent months could become a permanent feature. Joe, the gay Ghanaian who was beaten and thrown out of his home, spent just a few days at the safe house in Accra before moving on. He says he wishes he hadn't been born in Ghana. And he has a message for the MPs and religious leaders fronting the bill: "We are all human beings. Their sons and their daughters can be like me. They can face the same thing, like the way those guys did to me." "I want to ask: 'If their daughters and their sons have been through this -- will they allow the law to take them to jail?' My answer to them is they should put a stop to it." David McKenzie reported from Accra, Ghana, while Nimi Princewill reported from Abuja, Nigeria. Graphics by Byron Manley and Peter Roberston. Photo illustration by Alberto Mier.

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Story highlightsLargest solar storm since 2005 to shower Earth with radioactive particlesSolar flare expected to affect GPS systems on TuesdayNorthern Lights visible as far south as Scotland and northern EnglandThe largest solar storm for seven years is expected to send a shower of radioactive solar particles racing towards Earth at almost 1,400 miles a second this week, according to NASA.The flare, caused by a huge eruption on the sun's surface on Sunday, is expected to affect GPS systems and other communications when it reaches the Earth's magnetic field on Tuesday..Solar flares are our solar system's largest explosive events and can last from minutes to hours, according to NASA, releasing up to a billion tons of matter in the process.JUST WATCHEDSolar storm approaches EarthReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSolar storm approaches Earth 01:58NASA says the flare may also spark an unusually large display of auroras, which may be visible at lower latitudes than normal.The dazzling array of brightly colored lights, known as the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights, can frequently be seen in northern Canada, and the far north of Europe, from Greenland to Iceland and Norway.This week's powerful solar storm has already seen the lights visible as far south as Scotland, Northern Ireland and Yorkshire, in northern England.

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(CNN)Golfer Rory McIlroy says his friend and fellow professional Tiger Woods is "feeling better" and is hopeful to be transferred to his home in Florida in the "next week or so."World No. 11 McIlroy, appearing on Tuesday's "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," was asked by the television host if he had heard from Woods. "I have. I've spoken to him a little bit," said McIlroy. "He's doing better. I think all the guys have reached out to him and hopefully if things go well over the next week or so he might be able to get home and start recovery at home, which would be great for him, so, see his kids, see his family."He's doing better and just I think all of us are wishing him a speedy recovery at this point."READ: Tiger's life and timesRead MoreWoods suffered serious leg injuries in a single-vehicle rollover acciden near Los Angeles, where his SUV crossed a median, went across two lanes of road, then hit a tree and landed on the driver's side in the brush.After initial treatment at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Woods was moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.Woods' injuries included open fractures to his tibia and fibula that required a rod to be inserted, and additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle that were stabilized with screws and pins.When Woods crashed his car in Southern California last week, he told sheriff's deputies that he had no recollection of driving or how the accident happened, according to a Los Angeles County affidavit for a search warrant of the vehicle's black box.Woods was driving February 23 in Rancho Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles, shortly after 7 a.m. PT when his Genesis SUV hit a "Welcome to Rolling Hills Estates" sign, crossed a center divider and traveled more than 150 feet across the shoulder of the road through shrubbery and uprooted tree before coming to a stop on the driver's side, according to the affidavit. The documents, obtained by CNN, said Woods regained consciousness before sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene of the crash.While he remained sitting in the driver's seat of the vehicle with blood on his face and chin, Woods told the deputies he had no recollection of driving or how the collision occurred

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Southampton, England (CNN)Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon was at the height of his fame in 1985 when his life was turned upside down.Le Bon, front man of iconic 1980s British pop band, was competing in the Fastnet yacht race -- a 608-mile round trip between the Isle of Wight and Plymouth off Britain's southwest coast.Follow @cnnsport He was asleep aboard his 78-foot maxi-yacht Drum when the keel broke off the hull due to a design failure.The boat capsized, trapping Le Bon and five other crew members inside. Although the alarm was raised straight away by another yacht, Carat, the men were stuck inside the upturned yacht for 40 minutes until they were rescued.The incident had a profound impact on Le Bon, one of the biggest popstars of the 1980s who just one month before had performed to a worldwide television audience of 1.5 billion as part of Live Aid.Read More"It really did frighten me," Le Bon told CNN Sport in an interview at last month's Southampton Boat Show."It's something you don't realize until after the event," said Le Bon, an avid sailor since his youth, with one of the pop group's early hits -- "Rio" -- featuring the band members on a yacht in Antigua in the accompanying video."About two or three days after it happened, I broke out into this rash, all over my chest, and all over my arms. I am sure it was a stress-related thing. I just couldn't sleep, because I was asleep when the keel went," he said, reflecting on the 1985 capsize.'Rock star in underpants'In 2016, Le Bon watched footage of his dramatic rescue, near Falmouth in Cornwall, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute and a helicopter from the 771 Royal Naval Air Squadron, for the first time as part of a BBC documentary. "I had to go down to come up," he told the BBC. "I dived in and started going up -- as I came up the waistband of my long johns got caught and pulled down.""As I came up to the surface I stopped about two feet away. I wanted to breathe but if I did I knew that would be the end of me. "I managed to get them off my feet and came up with a big smile on my face.Le Bon pictured shortly after his rescue. "I got winched off into the helicopter and one of the guys called 'Hey Simon, where's your pants?' because I was just stood there in my knickers."Le Bon being winched up by a naval helicopter. Television footage showed the singer back on shore with bare legs. "There's me ... a rock star in his underpants," Le Bon told the BBC.READ: Could Brexit derail the British marine industry?READ: Come sail the world - with 35 other yachtsWhitbread Round the World raceAlthough Le Bon had entered Drum in the Fastnet as a test event for the 1985-1986 Whitbread Round the World race, he had second thoughts about taking part in the circumnavigation.A phone call from his experienced American skipper, Skip Novak, three weeks after the capsize changed his mind.JUST WATCHEDThe Extreme Sailing SeriesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe Extreme Sailing Series 01:18"He said 'Hey Simon ... we're going to fix her up. And the Whitbread people have agreed to delay the start of the race a whole month so that we can enter,'" Le Bon said in Southampton."And I said 'Skip, I don't think I can do it. It just terrified me, and I am still suffering.' And he went: 'Simon, England expects!' And I thought, 'Oh, OK, OK.'" READ: Experiencing sailing in the "Formula One" of the seas'Life-changing'The first few days back on board weren't easy."It was tough, and I remember the first night on the boat that I spent after that, I was rigid," Le Bon said. "I was like a bow, with my head on the pillow, and my feet on the bed and air between the rest of me and mattress, I was terrified that first night."But the second night wasn't as bad, and the third night was almost OK, and the fourth night, I went to sleep and had a good time, and I woke up in the morning and I thought 'I'm at sea, and it's wonderful.'"Drum would eventually finish third in elapsed time in the Whitbread, which has since changed its name to the Volvo Ocean Race. Le Bon reunited with Drum in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2005. The story of Le Bon's dramatic rescue created headlines around the world, and more than 10,000 spectator boats welcomed Drum back to British shores. When asked if the experience had been life-changing, Le Bon said: "Yes, it was. But we all have life-changing experiences. It was a particularly well-publicized one. That's the big difference. People trip over a curb and it could be life-changing. These things happen. It's just part of being human, we all go through these things."The capsize also had a big impact on Novak, an expert in polar sailing who would compete in four Whitbread Round the World races."There is something singular about having shared a life-threatening experience, the day we found ourselves upside-down in the English Channel," Novak wrote in a column for Yachting World in 2016. "The refit against all the odds strengthened that bond and stood us in good stead for the protracted challenge of the Whitbread race itself, which was no mere outing. It was not the accomplishment that mattered most, but rather the total experience." PlasticLe Bon, a father-of-three who turns 60 at the end of October, still performs with Duran Duran. Although he sold Drum in 1988 to Scottish businessman Arnold Clark, he also still sails regularly in regattas and owns a wooden motor boat that's moored in Italy. Le Bon, who recently became a grandfather with his wife, Yasmin, has been a long-serving ambassador of The Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), which aims to combat the effects of over-fishing and the destruction of biodiversity on the world's oceans by creating large marine reserves.Pandemonium as Simon Le Bon (Millennials: thats lead singer of Duran Duran), opens @SotonBoatShow pic.twitter.com/aQemztvFKm— Danielle Rossingh (@DRossingh) September 14, 2018 He is hugely concerned about the future of the world's oceans."As a recreational boater and a swimmer, I want to go down into an undersea park when I put my snorkle and mask on," he said."I want to see fish, I want to see lots of different life, I don't want to see a dead, gray sea floor, which in the Mediterranean, is really what you've got right now. And that's going to take a lot of work."

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Story highlightsMay firm on demands for independence referendumArticle 50 set to be triggered later this monthLondon (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected demands for a new Scottish independence referendum, saying "now is not the time" for a vote as Britain prepared to begin Brexit talks.Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday called for a vote before Britain leaves the European Union. But May rejected the timescale on Wednesday, saying the UK should be "working together, not pulling apart."Sturgeon had accused May of failing to to engage with her call for Scotland to remain in the European single market after Brexit, and that Scotland risked being taken out of the EU against its will.But May hit back Wednesday, warning Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), should stop talking about independence and instead focus getting a good deal out of Brexit.Read More"When the SNP government say that it's the time to start talking about a second independence referendum I say that just at this point all our energies should be focused on our negotiations with the European Union about our future relationship," she said in a televised statement."And to be talking about an independence referendum will, I think, make it more difficult for us to be able to get the right deal for Scotland, and the right deal for the UK."Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the UK government would not entertain negotiations with Sturgeon over the possibility of second referendum.He said the referendum proposal by the SNP was "not fair" and would not allow be people to "make an informed choice."Article 50 triggerMay is expected to trigger Article 50 later this month, allowing for the start of formal negotiations to begin between Britain and the other 27 member states of the European Union over the country's divorce from Brussels.JUST WATCHEDBrexit will put women's rights 'at risk'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBrexit will put women's rights 'at risk' 01:54The Prime Minister said it would be unfair on the Scottish people to hold a referendum without knowing the terms of Brexit deal with an agreement expected to be reached by 2019. "More than that I think it wouldn't be fair to the people of Scotland because they'd be asked to make a crucial decision without the necessary information without knowing what the future partnership will be or what the alternative for an independent Scotland would look like," she added. "So I think just now we should be putting all our energies into ensuring that we get that right deal for the UK and the right deal for Scotland in our negotiations with the European Union, that's my job as Prime Minister." Before Scotland holds a referendum, the UK government must agree to the vote.Scotland backed to remain in the EU by 62% to 38% and Sturgeon believes the shift of landscape following the Brexit vote may persuade some Scots that independence is the solution.One last point - if PM thinks we won't know terms of Brexit by autumn next year, she must think her own timetable will fail.— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) March 16, 2017 A spokesman for the First Minister described Mrs May's statement as "spectacularly unclear," according to the UK Press Association.He said: "If we do get clarity that what the PM means is that discussion about a referendum should not even begin until some point after Brexit, then effectively what the PM is doing is unilaterally blocking a referendum. That would be a democratic outrage."When questioned how bad a move it would be from May to reject Scotland's wishes for a referendum, he added: "I think it would play disastrously. I think it would be a miscalculation and a blunder of epic and historic proportions".

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Moscow (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered his government to start large-scale vaccinations against Covid-19 from next week. Russia became the first country in the world to approve its coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, in August, authorizing the treatment for public use even before crucial Phase 3 trials were conducted. The move drew criticism from scientific circles.On Wednesday Putin, speaking during a televised government meeting, said Russia should begin a widespread vaccination effort."Over two million doses have been produced or will have been produced in the next few days. The first registered vaccine against the coronavirus infection in the world, Sputnik V, will reach this level of production. This allows us to begin -- if not mass -- a large-scale vaccination," the Russian leader said.Putin added that the primary focus should be the "vaccination of the two risk groups: of doctors and teachers."Putin still hasn't taken Russia's vaccine, months after his daughter didRead MoreHe was addressing Russia Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, who is responsible for the country's coronavirus response. "If you believe that we are close to this step I would ask you to organize work in a way that by the end of next week we would start this large-scale vaccination," he told Golikova.Golikova replied that Russia will be able to start large-scale vaccination in December. She reiterated that the first priority was to inoculate doctors and teachers but added that she was looking at vaccinating larger groups."I would like to state again that obviously, it will be voluntary, free of charge for citizens and this week I hope... I'm sure we will finish all the preparations to report that we are ready to start it next week," Golikova said during the meeting.Putin replied: "Let's agree that you will not just report, but will start the large-scale vaccination, okay?"Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Wednesday that to date more than 100,000 Russian citizens had already been vaccinated with Sputnik. Murashko didn't specify a breakdown of the 100,000 people but phase 3 trials are currently underway which involve more than 40,000 volunteers. More than 20,000 people have received their first dose of Sputnik V as part of the Phase 3 trial, and 16,000 participants have received the second dose, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has funded the vaccine. Putin urges Russian officials not to sugarcoat pandemic struggles as situation remains 'challenging'The vaccine developers have previously said Sputnik-V was administered to a group of 10,000 volunteers from the "red zones" of Russian hospitals in September. Moreover, the Russian military said last week 2,500 servicemen had been vaccinated with more to come by the end of the year. The jab has already been administered to some Russian frontline health care workers, teachers and several top level officials outside the clinical trials.Putin's order to intensify the vaccination program comes after the UK became the first Western country to authorize the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday.

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#раздеватьсяиработать #раздевайсяиработать раз батька сказал, значит так надо! A photo posted by Вячеслав (@_barcevka_) on Jun 26, 2016 at 2:26pm PDT (CNN)Alexander Lukashenko -- often called "the last dictator in Europe" -- certainly has well-disciplined citizens. Когда в офисе очень жарко, я раздеваюсь и работаю!🙈✌️😜 #раздеватьсяиработать #отличноенастроение😜 #жараонатакая🙀🔥☀️ A photo posted by Светик (@klishevichsveta) on Jun 27, 2016 at 6:58am PDT Belarusians are now stripping off in their offices after the president ordered them to "get undressed and work."Using the hashtag #раздеватьсяиработать -- roughly translating to #GetUndressedAndGoToWork -- people all over the country are sharing nudies on social media. Действуем согласно наказу президента #жаркиерабочиебудни #новыйофис #раздеватьсяиработать #слухайбатьку A photo posted by Nikolayonok Konstantin (@nikolayonok) on Jun 27, 2016 at 3:41am PDT #раздеватьсяиработать #чеммыхуже)) A photo posted by Макс Плетнёв (@poopser87) on Jun 29, 2016 at 12:40am PDT The president's exclamation seems to have been a Freudian slip, as the phrase "get undressed" (razden'sya) sounds similar to "develop themselves" (razvivat' sebya) in Russian.Lukashenko expressed his wish during a speech at the 5th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk. All in all, the speech addressed the importance of technology and innovation in order to lift Belarus from one of its worst economic situations in decades. Read MoreThe nude flash mob has been picked up outside of Belarus as well, with more and more social media users undressing around the Baltic Sea.

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(CNN)A 10-year-old boy is in hospital with injuries to the head and chest after a shark grabbed him from a boat and attacked him off the coast of Tasmania, Australia.The shark swam away when the boy's father jumped into the water, but the child suffered lacerations across his body, Ambulance Tasmania said on Friday.He is in stable condition following the incident, which took place off Stanley on Tasmania's northwest coast.The boy and his father were about 5 kilometers off the coast of Stanley."The boy, from the North-West, was aboard a six-metre vessel on a fishing expedition about five kilometres from shore with his father and two other men when a shark grabbed him from the boat," authorities said."The boy's father jumped into the water at which point the shark swam off," they added. "The boy, who was wearing a personal flotation device, suffered lacerations to his arm, and other cuts to his chest and head."Read MoreThe attack is the latest in a number of shark attacks in Australia so far this winter.Teen surfer dies in suspected shark attack in AustraliaOn Tuesday, Anika Craney, 29, was attacked while swimming off Fitzroy Island near Cairns, CNN affiliate Nine News reported. She was on her day off from filming a documentary about sharks when she was attacked, and is now recovering in hospital.A 15-year-old boy died in a suspected shark attack while surfing in New South Wales, police said on Saturday, Australia's fifth fatal shark attack this year.Earlier in July, a 36-year-old man in the Australian state of Queensland died after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing. And in June, a shark killed a 60-year-old surfer at Salt Beach near Kingscliff on the far north coast of New South Wales.

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(CNN)It's an embarrassing error for any political party to make, let alone a nationalist one. On Monday, a branch of Germany's far-right AfD (Alternatives for Germany) tweeted a picture of a mountain landscape with the headline "Our program for Germany" and a call to action: "Take your country back."Just one problem -- the mountain is the Matterhorn and it's in Switzerland.The tweet, sent from the official Twitter account of the party's Nuremberg branch, has since been deleted. But the image -- and the "take your country back" message -- has been used in other tweets from the same account.AfD representatives were not immediately available for comment.Finanzierung der #Gesundheit -- grundlegende Probleme beseitigen. #AfD #btw17 pic.twitter.com/CMGo7jDytV— AfD Nürnberg (@AfDNbg) August 9, 2017 The AfD is hoping to enter the German parliament for the first time in the federal election at the end of September.Read MoreFormed in 2013, the party won 4.7% of the vote in the national election that year, just short of the 5% it needed to send representatives to the Bundestag.The party is campaigning on an anti-immigrant and socially conservative platform. The manifesto calls for the immediate closure of Germany's borders and describes the presence of five million Muslims in Germany as "a big danger for our state, our society and our values."For many German politicians, immigration is seen as a way to counteract the low birth rate in Germany. But in their manifesto, the AfD issues a stark warning about the German "trend towards self-abolition" and promises to support "traditional" families: "father, mother and children.""New Germans? We'll make them ourselves," reads one official campaign poster.Current polls suggest the AfD could win 7% to 10% of the vote in September, an improvement on its 2013 result. The party is battling with the Greens and the Left Party to be the third-largest party in the Bundestag after Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats, led by Merkel's challenger, Martin Schulz. These projections suggest a loss of support for the party since last year, however, when a series of terror attacks in Germany boosted support for the anti-Islam party to 15%.

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(CNN)Toni Kroos claimed the plaudits after Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Valencia in the Spanish Sup Cup after scoring one of the most outrageous goals of the season. The rare 'Olimpico' goal (the term given to goals scored directly from a corner) came in the 15th minute of the semifinal on Wednesday and kicked off a dominant performance from Zinedine Zidane's side. After trotting over to take the corner, Kroos spotted goalkeeper Jaume Domenech out of position as he looked to organize his defenders.This allowed the quick-thinking German to whip in a superb finish which the scrambling keeper could only punch into the roof of the net. It was the first goal of its kind Madrid has scored since 1997 when Davor Suker curled one in against Merida.😱 No one's safe when @ToniKroos is taking a corner kick pic.twitter.com/PLp476g5EM— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) January 8, 2020 Read MoreReal Madrid continued to build on the 30-year-old's opportunistic finish, with Isco doubling its lead before Luke Modric made it 3-0. Valencia scored a late consolation goal with Daniel Parejo sweeping home a penalty awarded with the assistance of VAR.Real Madrid will now play either Barcelona or Atletico Madrid in the final of the competition on Sunday. Real Madrid's German midfielder Toni Kroos celebrates his goal (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)There is a new format for this season's Spanish Super Cup with the top two clubs from La Liga and the two finalists from the Copa del Rey competing in a four-team competition in Saudi Arabia. Wednesday's semifinal was played in front of pockets of empty seats at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah and the decision to relocate the tournament has drawn criticism from human rights groups. "For decades, in Saudi Arabia, women have been subjected to repressive laws that have imposed restrictions on their rights to travel independently, work or study, which limits various aspects of their lives. Faced with this situation, many activists have raised their voices," said Amnesty International.JUST WATCHEDReal Madrid's $600M Bernabéu stadium revampReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHReal Madrid's $600M Bernabéu stadium revamp 01:28

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Berlin (CNN)A Russian diplomat found dead on the sidewalk outside the embassy in Berlin last month is believed by German authorities to have been a secret agent for a Russian intelligence agency, Der Spiegel magazine reported Friday. The body of the 35-year-old diplomat was found on the morning of October 19; he apparently fell from an upper floor of the Russian embassy building in the German capital, though it was unclear why he fell or what the cause of death was, Der Spiegel reported. Der Spiegel and investigative site Bellingcat report that the dead diplomat had been accredited as second secretary at the Russian embassy in Berlin since 2019, but German security officials believe he was an undercover officer for Russia's FSB, the internal security and counterintelligence service, and that he was related to a high-ranking FSB officer.The FSB was previously linked by Western intelligence services to the murder of a Georgian exile who was shot dead in a Berlin park in 2019, Der Spiegel and Bellingcat reported. The Kremlin has denied any link between the killing and the Russian state. The Russian embassy did not agree to an autopsy of the diplomat, and the his diplomatic immunity meant that Germany's public prosecutor could not carry out an investigation, Der Spiegel reported Friday. Read MoreRussian and German officials acknowledged the death of the diplomat on Friday following the Der Spiegel report. "A tragic accident with a Russian diplomat occurred on October 19, 2021," the Russian embassy said in a statement. "All the formalities related to sending the diplomat's body to his homeland were promptly settled with the competent law enforcement and medical authorities of Germany in accordance with the current practice.""We consider the speculation that appeared in a number of Western media in the context of this tragic incident to be absolutely incorrect."A spokeswoman at the German foreign ministry told CNN the government was aware of the death of the diplomat, but due to "reasons of personal protection of the persons concerned and their relatives, no further details will be disclosed at this moment."Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisonedThe death of the diplomat came nearly a year after an investigation by CNN and Bellingcat revealed that an FSB toxins team of about six to 10 agents trailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny for more than three years before he was poisoned in August 2020 with the lethal nerve agent Novichok.One of the FSB agents was later duped into telling Navalny over the phone that the Novichok had been planted in his underpants -- a detail that emerged when Navalny posed as a member of Russia's National Security Council and called the agent to press him for details of the operation, as was revealed exclusively in another CNN-Bellingcat investigation.

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Story highlightsNico Rosberg wins Chinese Grand Prix in ShanghaiMcLaren pair Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton second and thirdHamilton takes the lead in the world tite race Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher victim of faulty pit stopNico Rosberg tasted grand prix success at his 111th attempt with a faultless drive to win the Chinese Grand Prix Sunday.The 26-year-old German led from pole in his Mercedes to relegate the McLaren pair of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton to the minor podium positions in Shanghai.Hamilton's third successive third place finish has taken him to the top of the world championship standings, two points clear of teammate Button.Previous leader Fernando Alonso could only take ninth place in his Ferrari and slips to third in the title race.Reigning double world champion Sebastian Vettel, who started from 11th place on the grid in his Red Bull, battled wearing tires in the closing stages of the 56-lap race and dropped from second place to fifth.He was overtaken by Button, Hamilton and then teammate Mark Webber, but up ahead Rosberg was untroubled.He crossed the line 20.6 seconds clear to become the first winner for the famous German marque of Mercedes since the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 in Italy."This is an unbelievable feeling. I'm very happy, very excited," he told the post-race press conference."It's been a long time coming for me, and for the team also, for the past two years and a bit. "It's finally there. It's amazing, and it's nice to see now how quickly we are progressing." Stopping only twice to change tires, Rosberg was always in control, the last challenge to his supremacy disappearing when Button's third stop in his McLaren cost him time."I think I lost nine to 10 seconds, which is a pity because when I exited the pits I had four cars ahead of me I wouldn't have been racing. Otherwise I would have had a nice, clear track," Button said.Hamilton, who qualified second fastest, but was relegated five grid positions for a pre-race gearbox change, was pleased with another solid performance to take over at the top of the standings."I said I wanted to move forward. The team did a great job during the pit stops and with strategy, there was a lot of overtaking, so a fantastic day."Rosberg's teammate, seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, started from second on the grid, but his race was cut short by a mistake at his first pit stop which saw his right front tire nut not properly fitted.His pit crew were seen slapping the ground in frustration as he drove off before quickly retiring on lap 14.Lotus driver Romain Grosjean finished sixth ahead of the Williams pair of Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado.Alonso and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi rounded out the points scoring for the top 10.

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Story highlightsRobert Bates was a volunteer reserve sheriff deputy for the Tulsa County Sheriff's OfficeHe fatally shot Eric Harris in April 2015 after Harris fledBates' lawyer said he meant to deploy his stun gun and pulled his pistol by accidentTulsa, Oklahoma (CNN)A jury found a sheriff's deputy guilty of second-degree manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect.Robert Bates, who was a volunteer reserve sheriff deputy for the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office last year at the time of the shooting, never denied shooting Eric Courtney Harris.Bates, 74, said he meant to use his Taser stun gun, not his revolver, on the suspect, who had been tackled by other deputies and was being held on the ground.How easy is it to confuse a gun for a Taser?The jury deliberated less than three hours and recommended Bates serve four years in prison, the maximum possible sentence. Preliminary sentencing is set for May 31. After the verdict, Bates was escorted out of the courtroom by two deputies from the department he once served.Read MoreIn his closing argument to the jury, defense lawyer Clark Brewster said Bates should be be thanked for trying to help his fellow deputies. He displayed the stun gun and Bates' pistol and showed how they were similar size and weight."He got out of his vehicle to man up and help," Brewster said. "I truly believe you will find this was an accident driven to this point by the actions of Mr. Harris."Robert BatesVideo of the deadly shooting releasedProsecutor John David Luton told the jury Bates was nodding off in his car before the arrest. He said it was wrong to blame Harris for the shooting."Bob Bates didn't act with usual and ordinary care," Luton said in his closing argument. "He also didn't do what a reasonable person would do under similar circumstances. ... Eric Harris deserved to be chased, he deserved to be tackled, he deserved to be arrested. He did not deserve to be killed by reserve deputy Bob Bates."Bates was CEO of insurance companyThe death of Harris is one of several nationally known cases in which a white law enforcement officer killed an unarmed black man. These cases have galvanized the public over tactics that police are trained to use. The all-white jury, consisting of six women and eight men, had to decide if the shooting was, in the words of court charging documents, "an act of culpable negligence." Those documents said Bates believed he had his Taser in his hand when he shot.Bates didn't testify in his own defense and only made one comment on the record in court. When the judge asked if he was satisfied with his defense, Bates replied, "I'm absolutely tickled to death."Eric Courtney Harris.Bates' lawyer releases training documentsAt the time of the shooting, Bates was 73 and the CEO of an insurance company. He had worked for the Tulsa Police Department for a year in the 1960s and had been a reserve deputy since 2008.On April 2, 2015, he was providing backup and parked several blocks away from an undercover officer conducting a sting operation to try to catch Harris illegally selling a gun.As deputies rolled up to arrest Harris that day, the suspect bolted and was pursued by officers, who caught him and took him to the ground. Bates got out of his vehicle and fired his pistol into Harris' back.Bates experienced heavy stress, psychiatrist says'Oh! I shot him! I'm sorry!" Bates said, as captured in a video of the shooting.Authorities said Bates thought he pulled out his Taser but "inadvertently" fired his gun. The defense put on two expert witnesses who were both medical doctors. They testified Harris died of a heart attack not from he bullet that pierced his lungs. But the Forensic pathologist Cheryl Niblo testified that Harris' death was a homicide caused by a gunshot.One of the things the prosecution had to prove to get a guilty verdict was whether Harris was killed by Bates when Bates shot him. The first defense witness was Dr. Charles Morgan, a forensic psychiatrist, who was shown video of the incident. He testified that Bates may have pulled his gun during the arrest because people tend to resort to their habits, not training, during times of "uncontrollable stress."JUST WATCHED2015: Robert Bates speaks about shootingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH2015: Robert Bates speaks about shooting 01:17Prosecutor Kevin Gray questioned Morgan about how he knew it was Bates' habit to use his pistol. After being prodded by the judge, Morgan answered that he didn't look at any of Bates' training records to come to his conclusion. Bates' training was an issue throughout the investigation and trial. Deputy Ricardo Vaca testified that if Bates actually had used a stun gun instead of a pistol at the moment the shot was fired, it would not have been consistent with their training."You are supposed to wait until you have a clear opening and then deploy," he said.Vaca was the first deputy to tackle Harris and was on top of him when the shooting happened.'I almost got killed,' deputy says"I almost got killed," Vaca said, his voice cracking. "It makes me emotional. Inches to my right and I would have been killed," Vaca and another deputy testified they observed Bates in his patrol vehicle nodding off a few minutes before the takedown order was given. Deputy Michael Heisten said Bates gave a statement to investigators and claimed to have been in situations like this before. He meant to use nonlethal force as he had in the past, the statement said, according to Heisten."Based on his record how often had Bates been in a situation involving a fleeing felon?" Gray asked. "Never." Heisten replied. Shooting puts spotlight on reserve officer programsThe defense contended that mistaking the stun gun for the pistol was an honest mistake. On video, Bates could be heard saying he was going to deploy his stun gun. Deputy Leighton Boyd testified he heard Bates say that and moved back to avoid being hit by a stun gun prong.The judge allowed Brewster, the defense lawyer, to give the jury an opportunity to hold Bates' gun and a stun gun similar to the one Bates carried that day. Brewster took the revolver himself and activated the barrel laser on the courtroom wall. The stun gun also projects a red dot, he said.Heisten, a detective with the sheriff's office, said the weapons are different. A switch must be flipped before making the stun gun operational. There is no corresponding switch on the revolver, Heisten said.'I thank God for the conviction'After court convened, a tearful Andre Harris, brother of Eric Harris, he was relieved the jury convicted Bates."I thank God for the conviction," Andre Harris said. "I hope he's [Bates] taught a lesson that all lives matter."Bates should never have been working as a deputy, he said."For a 73-year-old to be out on a drug task force, supposedly chasing deadly criminals, is not his line of work," Harris said. "Seventy-three is the age where you retire with your grandkids and enjoy life."Andre Harris also said "pay for play" helped Bates obtain his position as a reserve deputy. The Harris family lawyer has said Bates donated equipment to the sheriff's department, an allegation the sheriff's department has denied.An internal inquiry by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in 2009 concluded that Bates was shown special treatment and that training policies were violated regarding his role with the agency.Information about the internal investigation was not revealed to the jury. Sheriff resigns in wake of Eric Harris shootingCNN's Sara Sidner reported from Tulsa. Christopher Lett reported from Atlanta and Ralph Ellis wrote the story in Atlanta.

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(CNN)Underdog victories don't come much bigger than this. A previously unknown sumo wrestler upset the odds Sunday to win the first major tournament of the year.No one at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament was ranked lower than Tokushoryu but the 33-year-old managed to surprise everyone to conquer almost all ahead of him.His final victory over ozeki champion Takakeisho was met by adulation in the Tokyo arena as the underdog burst into tears in the dohyo. Such emotional responses are scarcely seen in such a reserved sport but his tearful reaction has endeared himself to fans across the world.Read More"It feels like a dream. I don't feel like myself. I feel I'm walking on clouds," he said, according to Kyodo News Network. "I've always said this, but there were no wrestlers below me in rank and I had my own fight to fight every single day, so I tried not to worry about anything else." Day15. Here we go. Just returned to makuuchi, #TokuShoRyu (R) from the bottom of maegashira, must beat an ozeki, #TakaKeiSho, here or face a playoff against #ShoDai. My face is numb. I can't take it. #Hatsubasho2020 pic.twitter.com/JgkGGlm568— SumoSoul (@TheSumoSoul) January 26, 2020 READ: Sumo wrestlers told beards have to go'Relieved'Tokushoryu had spent most of his previous grand tournaments in the second division but found inspired form to win his latest competition with a record of 14-1. Needless to say, this was the 188 kilogram wrestler's first title of an 11-year career and his tears at the end of the 15-day event showed exactly what his victory meant to him."I didn't think about what it would take for me to win the championship. I couldn't even remember how many bouts I won or what day it was. I was that focused," he said, per Kyodo. "I might have cried too much, but at that moment I felt relieved from all the pressure."

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London (CNN)Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister, wants you to know that he loves his country.Specifically, he wants you to know that he loves the Union between the four nations that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Unfortunately for Johnson, this love is not always reciprocated. During his visits to the four nations earlier this week, Johnson was confronted by a number of protesters who took issue with his "do or die" approach to Brexit. Johnson has not been coy about his commitment to leaving the EU on October 31. And he's made it perfectly clear he would do so without a deal. In Scotland, he was booed by pro-European and pro-Scottish independence supporters. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister and leader of the pro-Independence Scottish National Party, told local media that Johnson didn't have the "guts" to face Scottish people during his visit.Brexit marketing campaign will tell Britons to prepare for no-deal In Wales, he was criticized for not having a plan to prevent the most severe repercussions of a no-deal Brexit, especially for Welsh farmers. Mark Drakefield, Wales' First Minister, said that Johnson demonstrated a "deeply concerning lack of detail."Read MoreAnd in Northern Ireland, which faces the gravest consequences of no deal -- the erection of a hard border with the Republic of Ireland and the terrifying reality of a return to the dark days of sectarian violence -- Johnson was greeted by protesters holding up signs saying that "Brexit means borders."He is also personally unpopular in the province after comparing crossing the border to traveling between London boroughs -- glibly dismissing the decades-long conflict in which more than 3,000 people died. His cavalier attitude to the Northern Irish peace process continued during his leadership election campaign when he seemed ill informed about the intricacies of reviving suspended power-sharing arrangements. This is a problem for a prime minister who is staking his premiership on two things: delivering Brexit, come what may, on October 31 and uniting his country.Preserving the Union is critical to the party that Johnson now leads, formally called the Conservative and Unionist Party. However, Unionism isn't as fashionable as it once was among the UK's electorate -- and that's become especially true after the Brexit referendum. "I wouldn't be at all surprised if no deal (Brexit) ends being looked at by historians as the event that breaks up the UK," says Rob Ford, professor of politics at the University of Manchester. Ford explains that the strongest support for Brexit comes from English nationalist voters, who don't care much for the Union. "They regard it as not very interesting. And when they view it as an obstacle to Brexit, they will see it as something to throw under the bus."So, in England, the most populous and powerful part of the UK, Brexit is more closely aligned to a England-first/Britain-first cause. This is where things get interesting.Across the Irish Sea, things look very different. The most vocal pro-Brexit support in Northern Ireland comes from Unionists, who see any kind of separation from the UK mainland as unthinkable. If it comes down to the choice of a border between the Republic of Ireland or a sea border with Britain, it's going to be the former, every time.JUST WATCHEDHere's what you need to know about BrexitReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHere's what you need to know about Brexit 03:38On the flipside of Unionism is Irish republicanism, which prioritizes no border between the two Irelands at any cost. The most hardline Irish republicans would ultimately like to see Northern Ireland reunited with the rest of Ireland.A recent Northern Ireland Life and Times survey confirmed that, in the context of Brexit, people who identify as Irish are still in favor of a united Ireland, while those who feel more British have hardened their opposition to unification. However, the survey also revealed that over the past 20 years, more Northern Irish citizens than ever have come to identify as neither unionist nor republican.And while this group might not be active cheerleaders for a united Ireland, they are starting to see it as an inevitable consequence of a no-deal Brexit.Put simply, "people who are already sympathetic to Irish unity say Brexit is making them increasingly in favour of it, while those who already oppose Irish unity say that Brexit is making them opposed," explains Katy Hayward, a senior fellow at the think tank UK in a Changing Europe.In Scotland, "opposition to independence now lines up with support for Brexit," says Rob Ford. He explains that when the SNP embraced a second independence vote in order to join the EU, Euroskeptic Scots will have thought, "why would we trade rule from London for rule from Brussels?"This left the field wide open for Nicola Sturgeon and her SNP to become the party of remain in Scotland.Scotland had a vote on independence back in 2014. It voted to stick with the UK by a margin of 55% to 45%. It was at the time described as a "once-in-a-generation" referendum. Then Brexit happened.When you consider that 62% of Scotland voted to remain in the EU and that Johnson's Conservative Party is now agitating for the hardest form of Brexit, you start to see why Scottish nationalists are feeling optimistic about a second independence vote.So, in Northern Ireland and Scotland, the pro-remain majorities (56% and 62% respectively) could well be pulling away from Johnson's unionist embrace. The picture is slightly different in Wales, which voted to leave the EU and doesn't have a strong independence movement.The UK auto industry is facing a slow deathBut what Wales does have is a strong nationalist movement that historically dislikes the Conservative Party and loathes Johnson's no-deal rhetoric. Johnson's biggest problem here is alienating these voters and effectively handing more Welsh parliamentary seats to opposition parties. A case in point was Thursday's byelection in the Welsh region of Brecon and Radnorshire, when one of his own lawmakers was robbed of their parliamentary seat. Despite a surge for his Conservative party in opinion polls, breathless reports of a "Boris bounce" appear to have been premature.The Boris Johnson premiership could ultimately be defined then by a fight between nationalist movements. If the early days of his time in power are anything to go by, that means doubling down on the English vote. And as Rob Ford explains, "relative to any other group of nationalists, they're the 600-pound gorilla in the fight between all the UK's nationalists. They can throw anyone else out the ring."It seems unlikely that Johnson's "do or die" politics can smooth over all four corners of the UK, at least before Brexit is delivered. If an election were to suddenly be called -- something most observers in the UK are expecting -- then appealing to the whole Union might not be a wise electoral strategy.And if the English gorilla does throw the rest of the UK out of the ring, its smaller siblings might decide not to climb back in. And there's a very good chance that England's voters won't particularly care.This story has been updated.

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Story highlightsMichel Platini urges players not to walk off the pitch if racially abusedThe UEFA president insists the decision to stop a match rests with refereesThe Frenchman also reiterates his stance against goal-line technologyPlatini remains behind the Qatar World Cup in 2022 being played in winterThe head of European football has told players not to walk off the pitch if they are racially abused, saying any decision to stop a match should be left to the referee.UEFA president Michel Platini's comments come just one week after AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli, who was subjected to "monkey chants" in a recent match against Roma, told CNN he would leave the pitch if he was abused in future.Read: Balotelli makes racism vowBalotelli's teammate Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field during an exhibition match against a fourth division team in January and while Platini support's Boateng's decision, it is a situation he is keen not to see repeated."It's not a matter for the player to regulate the game and to stop the game; it's a matter for the referee," Platini, who has been president of European football's governing body since 2007, told CNN in an exclusive interview."It's not normal that people in 2013 are being insulted about their color, about the difference of color. It's not normal. It's very tough for the player on the field."JUST WATCHEDPlatini on Ferguson and Beckham retirementsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPlatini on Ferguson and Beckham retirements 00:57JUST WATCHEDBalotelli: I've had enough of racist abuseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBalotelli: I've had enough of racist abuse 01:15JUST WATCHEDBalotelli: I'm glad I left EnglandReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBalotelli: I'm glad I left England 03:07JUST WATCHEDBalotelli on tattoos, women and foodReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBalotelli on tattoos, women and food 02:04Read: UEFA steps up racism fightBut Platini fears that if a team is "not happy" and is losing a match its players could decide to leave the field for reasons that might having nothing to do with racist abuse. On Thursday, UEFA announced a raft of new racism regulations -- part closures of stadiums, match abandonments and full stadium closures in the event of discriminatory chanting.Clubs would be handed a fine of $65,000, a figure which has drawn criticism as being too meager for football teams which are multi-million dollar businesses.But Platini defended the severity of that financial sanction."It's not a question of money," explained the Frenchman, who said clubs are often left in a difficult position when trying to deal with fans who attend games armed with political agendas.In the past Platini has also faced criticism for his stance on goal-line technology (GLT), with the Frenchman often portrayed as a "luddite" for opposing the use of a system which FIFA has embraced.GLT debuted at last year's Club World Cup and is set for another run out in June's FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.But the 57-year-old Platini defended his position, insisting money should be spent on developing the game at grassroots level rather than GLT."It will cost me $67 million to have GLT," continued Platini, who was crowned European Footballer of the Year in 1984. "I have to put it in all the games in the Champions League and all the games in the Europa League. I have to put it in Kazakhstan, in Manchester and in Turkey. "It costs me $67 million, for one goal, two goals a year? I prefer to invest that for the use football in the grassroots."JUST WATCHEDBoateng: Racism in football must endReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBoateng: Racism in football must end 04:09JUST WATCHEDBoris Becker: A champion's London tourReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBoris Becker: A champion's London tour 02:19JUST WATCHEDWho will win the Champions League final?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWho will win the Champions League final? 01:11Championed as a possible successor to FIFA president Sepp Blatter at the next election in 2015, Platini would not be drawn on whether he has ambitions to succeed the 77-year-old Swiss."He will be 79," said Platini. referring to how old Blatter will be at FIFA's next presidential elections. "If he thinks it's time to stop, it's up to him."Read: How Germany became uber coolIf Platini does succeed Blatter as head of football's global governing body, one item on his agenda will be the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, particularly with regard to what time of the year that tournament should be staged. Fears have been raised over playing the tournament in its usual June-July slot, which would see players compete in high temperatures.Platini has long been an advocate of playing the tournament in the European winter, a proposal which has been met with staunch opposition as it would disrupt the traditional season for Europe's major leagues."If I am president of FIFA or not president of FIFA," declared Platini, "I will always support we have to play in winter."

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Story highlightsUnicef: More than 1.7 million children in Ukraine face "extremely serious" situationMany families are without safe water, sanitation and access to schooling, U.N. agency says147 schools are currently closed in parts of the Donetsk region where fighting continues"Harsh winter conditions have made the impact of the crisis more acute," says Unicef official More than 1.7 million children in conflict-torn areas of eastern Ukraine face an "extremely serious" situation, the U.N. children's agency has warned, with their suffering exacerbated by harsh winter weather.Many families have been forced from their homes and lack access to safe water, sanitation and schooling."Children continue to bear the brunt of this conflict, with schooling disrupted and access to basic services limited," said Marie-Pierre Poirier, Unicef regional director for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.She called for extra resources to be provided to those in need. "Extremely harsh winter conditions have made the impact of the crisis more acute," she said.Government forces and pro-Russia rebels have been battling for control of eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions since April, after Russia annexed Ukraine's southeastern Crimea region the previous month.According to a Unicef press release Friday, 147 schools have been closed in parts of the Donetsk region where fighting is ongoing, disrupting the education of about 50,000 children since September 1. While some schools are in ruins, others are closed because of safety concerns. In government-controlled areas, 187 educational institutions in total have been damaged or destroyed, Unicef said. The closures mean that besides lessons, children are missing out on the stability and routine that can be provided by school at a time of crisis, helping to alleviate their stress, the agency said.More than 1 million displacedIt's not just those still living in conflict areas who are affected. Since March, more than 1 million people have been displaced by the fighting, including nearly 530,000 within Ukraine. Of those, at least 130,000 are children, according to Unicef. In many cases they are not attending a new school because their parents have not registered them, anticipating further displacement or planning to return home.Unicef says it needs $32.4 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of 600,000 children and their families in Ukraine. Photos: Photos: Crisis in Ukraine Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels fire artillery Tuesday, October 14, at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, which is on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine. Fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in the country has left more than 3,000 people dead since mid-April, according to the United Nations.Hide Caption 1 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Smoke rises behind the train station in Donetsk, Ukraine, during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces on Sunday, October 12.Hide Caption 2 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, center, inspects Ukrainian army positions close to Donetsk on Friday, October 10.Hide Caption 3 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – The main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is hit by shelling during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, October 8.Hide Caption 4 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels fire mortars toward Ukrainian positions near to the Donetsk airport on October 8.Hide Caption 5 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel walks past a burning house after shelling in the town of Donetsk, Ukraine, on Sunday, October 5.Hide Caption 6 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – An Ukrainian sniper aims his weapon at a checkpoint near Popasna, Ukraine, on Thursday, October 2. Hide Caption 7 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Smoke rises from the area near the Donetsk airport after heavy shelling on October 2.Hide Caption 8 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – An injured man is transported at a hospital after shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday, October 1.Hide Caption 9 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A woman injured at a bus station cries at a Donetsk hospital on October 1.Hide Caption 10 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel guards a damaged school in Donetsk on October 1.Hide Caption 11 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian servicemen patrol in the Donetsk region on Friday, September 26.Hide Caption 12 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel guards a destroyed bridge in Nyzhnya Krynka, Ukraine, on Tuesday, September 23. Hide Caption 13 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Residents clean up debris at a building damaged by rockets in Debaltseve, Ukraine, on Monday, September 22.Hide Caption 14 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A firefighter checks out a damaged office building after shelling in Donetsk on Sunday, September 21.Hide Caption 15 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian soldier guards pro-Russian rebels during a prisoner exchange near Donetsk on September 21.Hide Caption 16 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Members of the Ukrainian military, held as prisoners of war, sit in a bus waiting to be exchanged near Donetsk on Saturday, September 20.Hide Caption 17 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Smoke rises after an explosion at a weapons factory controlled by pro-Russian rebels near Donetsk on September 20. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.Hide Caption 18 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian helicopter patrols an area near Donetsk on September 20.Hide Caption 19 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A firefighter walks past the rubble of a building destroyed by shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday, September 17. Hide Caption 20 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A protester holds a smoke bomb during a demonstration outside the Presidential Palace in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 17. Activists protested the adoption of legislation giving greater autonomy to rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Hide Caption 21 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A man covers the body of his mother, who was killed on a bus during a battle in Donetsk on Tuesday, September 16.Hide Caption 22 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – People walk through a market Monday, September 15, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.Hide Caption 23 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Smoke rises around the Donetsk International Airport on Saturday, September 13, as shelling continues between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian army.Hide Caption 24 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian soldier stands guard as residents rally in support of a united Ukraine in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on September 13.Hide Caption 25 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Russian trucks, flying Russian flags and carrying humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine, line up at a border checkpoint in Donetsk on September 13.Hide Caption 26 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Workers unload supplies from Russia in Luhansk, Ukraine, on September 13. More than 200 Russian trucks entered Ukraine with supplies for the city, which has been cut off from electricity and water for weeks.Hide Caption 27 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armored vehicle near Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on September 13.Hide Caption 28 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – People look at a large crater from a reported missile strike that hit a bus station Friday, September 12, in Makiivka, Ukraine.Hide Caption 29 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Workers clear rubble Thursday, September 11, after the bombing of a mine in Donetsk.Hide Caption 30 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A column of Ukrainian forces is seen in Volnovakha, Ukraine, on September 11.Hide Caption 31 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – An elderly woman sits next to a Ukrainian soldier standing guard in Volnovakha on September 11.Hide Caption 32 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Armed pro-Russian rebels walk September 11 in front of the destroyed Luhansk International Airport. The rebels took control of the airport on September 1 after heavy fighting with the Ukrainian army. Hide Caption 33 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Residents of Lutuhyne, Ukraine, push containers in a wheelbarrow September 11 as they walk between destroyed armored vehicles left behind by the Ukrainian army.Hide Caption 34 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian troops protect themselves from a nearby shooting in Debaltseve on Tuesday, September 9. Hide Caption 35 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Young residents of Berdyansk, Ukraine, dig trenches September 9 to help Ukrainian forces protect the city from possible rebel attacks. Hide Caption 36 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, inspects military personnel during a visit to Mariupol on Monday, September 8.Hide Caption 37 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel stands next to a truck with a heavy machine gun attached to it Sunday, September 7, in Donetsk.Hide Caption 38 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Homes smolder after being hit by shelling in Donetsk on September 7.Hide Caption 39 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A woman stands next to a road sign September 7 after an overnight bombing attack at an Ukrainian army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mariupol. Hide Caption 40 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian troops stand on a deserted road as they patrol the border area of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions Friday, September 5, near Debaltseve.Hide Caption 41 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A man repairs damage to a building caused by shelling in Donetsk on September 5. Hide Caption 42 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Smoke rises on the outskirts of Mariupol after pro-Russian rebels fired heavy artillery on September 5.Hide Caption 43 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers ride a tank on a road close to where pro-Russian rebels fired heavy artillery outside Mariupol on September 5.Hide Caption 44 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A wounded Ukrainian soldier is helped by a medical team on the outskirts of Mariupol on September 5.Hide Caption 45 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel holds a destroyed weapon in the village of Novokaterynivka, Ukraine, on Thursday, September 4.Hide Caption 46 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Unmarked military vehicles burn on a country road in Berezove, Ukraine, on September 4 after a clash between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels. For months, Ukrainian government forces have been fighting the rebels near Ukraine's eastern border with Russia. Hide Caption 47 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – People wait by their cars near Berezove on September 4 as rockets hit the road ahead.Hide Caption 48 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel holds a dog, which has a hand grenade attached to its leash, in Donetsk on Wednesday, September 3.Hide Caption 49 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels fire at Ukrainian army positions in Donetsk on September 3.Hide Caption 50 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian military vehicle patrols in the Donetsk region on September 3.Hide Caption 51 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels hold a man near a column of destroyed Ukrainian military vehicles in Novokaterynivka on Tuesday, September 2.Hide Caption 52 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian military truck passes by a serviceman resting in his military camp in Ukraine's Donetsk region on September 2.Hide Caption 53 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A destroyed Ukrainian military vehicle sits abandoned on the side of the road near Novokaterynivka on September 2.Hide Caption 54 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Men clear rubble in Ilovaisk, Ukraine, on Sunday, August 31.Hide Caption 55 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian troops leave the rebel-held town of Starobesheve on Saturday, August 30.Hide Caption 56 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian loyalist fighter from the Azov Battalion stands guard on a hill on the outskirts of Mariupol on August 30.Hide Caption 57 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel listens to the news on a transistor radio in the town of Novoazovsk, Ukraine, on Friday, August 29.Hide Caption 58 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers stop on a roadside as they wait for the start of their march into Mariupol on Wednesday, August 27. Hide Caption 59 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A man opens a box filled with rocket-propelled grenades left by the Ukrainian army in Starobesheve.Hide Caption 60 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel walks through a local market damaged by shelling in Donetsk on Tuesday, August 26.Hide Caption 61 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian servicemen of the volunteer battalion Azov leave for Novoazovsk on August 26.Hide Caption 62 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels escort captured Ukrainian soldiers in a central square in Donetsk on Sunday, August 24.Hide Caption 63 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – People yell as Ukrainian prisoners are paraded through Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on August 24. Hide Caption 64 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel delivers a speech atop a damaged Ukrainian armored personnel carrier in Donetsk on August 24.Hide Caption 65 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – People look at damaged Ukrainian military equipment in Donetsk on August 24. Hide Caption 66 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – The first trucks of a Russian aid convoy roll on the main road to Luhansk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, August 22. The head of Ukraine's security service called the convoy a "direct invasion" under the guise of humanitarian aid since it entered the country without Red Cross monitors. Hide Caption 67 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel holds shrapnel from a rocket after shelling in Donetsk on August 22.Hide Caption 68 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Residents sit in a makeshift bomb shelter during a shelling in Makiivka on Wednesday, August 20.Hide Caption 69 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Dogs play together as a Russian convoy carrying aid supplies stops at a border control point with Ukraine on August 20.Hide Caption 70 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian forces take their position not far from Luhansk on August 20.Hide Caption 71 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Clouds of smoke are on the horizon as Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels clash in Yasynuvata, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 19. Hide Caption 72 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – An Ukrainian helicopter flies near Kramatorsk on August 19.Hide Caption 73 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers load a missile during fighting with pro-Russian rebels Monday, August 18, near Luhansk.Hide Caption 74 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Boys play at a refugee camp, set up by the Russian Emergencies Ministry, near the Russian-Ukrainian border on August 18.Hide Caption 75 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers carry weapons at a checkpoint near Debaltseve on Saturday, August 16.Hide Caption 76 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels greet each other as they pass near Krasnodon, Ukraine, on August 16.Hide Caption 77 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A fireman tries to extinguish a fire after shelling in Donetsk on August 16.Hide Caption 78 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian border guards patrol near Novoazovsk on Friday, August 15.Hide Caption 79 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Trucks of a Russian humanitarian convoy are parked in a field outside the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in the Rostov region of Russia about 20 miles from the Ukraine border, on August 15. Ukrainian officials were preparing to inspect the convoy, which was bound for the conflict-torn east.Hide Caption 80 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A truck driver from the convoy jumps out of a trailer on August 15. The Ukrainian government had expressed fears that the convoy was a large-scale effort to smuggle supplies or troops to pro-Russian rebels.Hide Caption 81 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A tank belonging to pro-Russian rebels moves along a street in Donetsk on August 15.Hide Caption 82 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian soldier walks past a line of self-propelled guns as a column of military vehicles prepares to head to the front line near Ilovaisk on Thursday, August 14.Hide Caption 83 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A Ukrainian soldier prepares a mortar at a position near Ilovaisk on August 14. Hide Caption 84 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A man inspects damage at his house after a shelling in Donetsk on August 14. Hide Caption 85 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A convoy of trucks, which Moscow said was carrying relief goods for war-weary civilians, moves from Voronezh, Russia, toward Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on August 14.Hide Caption 86 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels on the outskirts of Donetsk stand at a checkpoint near a bullet-riddled bus on Wednesday, August 13.Hide Caption 87 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel inspects damage after shelling in Donetsk on Thursday, August 7.Hide Caption 88 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Smoke billows from a Ukrainian fighter jet crash near the village of Zhdanivka, Ukraine, on August 7. Hide Caption 89 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Residents of eastern Ukraine cry in a hospital basement being used as a bomb shelter August 7 in Donetsk.Hide Caption 90 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ordnance from a Ukrainian rocket launcher shoots toward a pro-Russian militant position in the Donetsk region on August 7.Hide Caption 91 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Relatives of Ukrainian military member Kyril Andrienko, who died in combat in eastern Ukraine, gather during his funeral in Lviv, Ukraine, on August 7.Hide Caption 92 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Refugees from southeastern Ukraine wait at a refugee camp in Donetsk on Wednesday, August 6.Hide Caption 93 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian rebel adjusts his weapon in Donetsk on August 6.Hide Caption 94 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Men walk past a bomb crater in Donetsk on August 6.Hide Caption 95 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A man steps out of his car as Ukrainian soldiers inspect the vehicle at a checkpoint in Debaltseve on August 6.Hide Caption 96 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian servicemen sit on a bus near Slovyansk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 5.Hide Caption 97 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A pro-Russian separatist guards a road as Australian, Malaysian and Dutch investigators prepare to examine the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Rossipne, Ukraine, on August 5. U.S. and Ukrainian officials allege that a Russian-made missile shot down the plane from rebel-held territory, killing all 298 people on board. Russia and the rebel fighters deny involvement.Hide Caption 98 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Rescue workers carry the body of a woman who was killed during a bomb shelling in Donetsk on August 5.Hide Caption 99 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A boy stands in a hallway of a refugee hostel run by pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk on Monday, August 4.Hide Caption 100 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian servicemen from the Donbass volunteer battalion clean their guns Sunday, August 3, in Popasna, Ukraine.Hide Caption 101 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers fire shells toward rebel positions near Pervomaysk, Ukraine, on Saturday, August 2.Hide Caption 102 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – Ukrainian troops patrol near the village of Novoselovka on Thursday, July 31.Hide Caption 103 of 104 Photos: Photos: Crisis in UkraineCrisis in Ukraine – A woman says goodbye to her mother as she flees her home in Shakhtersk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, July 29. See more photos of the crisis from earlier this yearHide Caption 104 of 104The funds would help provide access to schooling; enable support to reduce children's high levels of stress; pay for polio vaccines; and ensure 250,000 children and women get safe water and hygiene supplies to prevent outbreaks of disease.The agency has received $9.4 million in funding and pledges to date.Amid the fighting, at least 44 children have been killed in Ukraine this year, according to the agency.Pressure on MoscowWhile Ukraine's civilian population suffers, there is little sign of progress in reaching a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.Western powers accuse Russia of sending troops and equipment to help the separatists in their fight against Ukrainian government forces and have imposed repeated rounds of economic sanctions against Russian interests in a bid to put pressure on Moscow.But President Vladimir Putin appears to have little appetite to repair relations with the West, despite his country's tanking economy.Putin told reporters gathered in Moscow on Thursday that his country was ready to mediate in the Ukraine crisis. He also denied that Russians killed in Ukraine were members of his country's military, repeating the long-standing Russian line that any Russians fighting in Ukraine were volunteers.A ceasefire deal was reached September 5 in Minsk, Belarus, after talks between representatives of Ukraine's government, Russia and rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine. A subsequent agreement on September 19 in Minsk set out more measures.But fighting in Ukraine has since resumed, with a British security official last month telling CNN that the conflict had returned to levels that preceded the ceasefire.Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said during a televised briefing Friday that five Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and seven wounded in the past 24 hours.Militants, including snipers, fired on Ukrainian positions using rifles and small arms, said Lysenko.

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Trisha Pasricha, M.D., is a research fellow in gastroenterology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a physician-filmmaker and director of the recent documentary "A Perfect Match," about the American residency match process. The opinions expressed in this commentary belong to the author. View more opinions at CNN. (CNN)Jacob Blake, the victim of gunshot wounds that left him paralyzed from the waist down, was also shackled to his hospital bed for days. His father pleaded with health care officials and the media to open their eyes to this injustice -- or even to common sense. A man who is paralyzed poses no immediate risk that shackling him to the bed could prevent. Trisha PasrichaThis practice is an all too common stain on our profession as physicians. When we care for patients who are handcuffed to their hospital beds, we degrade the vow we make to provide equitable care. The criminal justice system belongs in a court. It has no place in a hospital ward. When I was a third-year medical student, I learned this lesson the hard way -- and not from a patient who was shackled to his bed. I was assigned an elderly patient who was admitted with shoulder pain. To my dismay, his X-rays revealed metastatic lung cancer. He was my first patient ever to whom I had to give "bad news." I rehearsed what I would say for hours. I had grown so attached to him and wanted to break his diagnosis gently, but honestly. My senior resident asked me if I knew my patient had been incarcerated most of his life. I hadn't known that. It was something I had failed to ask about, and he hadn't mentioned it. She paused and then asked the question. Would I like to know why? The conversation White parents need to have with their kids after KenoshaTo this day, I regret my answer. Asking patients about a history of incarceration is routine in medicine -- it predisposes one to certain disease patterns -- but asking what for is not. My colleague had discovered reporting of his crime by local news outlets online. When she told me what she learned, it was more heinous than I had even imagined. I couldn't reconcile what my colleague said he had done with the person I thought I knew. Read MoreI walked into his room to deliver the news of his terminal illness, and botched it completely. I fumbled and avoided eye contact, nervous to be in the same room as he was—a man I had treated compassionately for days. I let that extra knowledge compromise my capacity for empathy as a budding physician. Instead of supporting my patient in his moment of great need, I shunned him. I remain grateful that despite my failure, he taught me one of the most important lessons I learned in medical school. Because of him, I promised myself my patients would never feel they had lost their ally in me again. Since then, I've kept a rule when I am treating patients who have been incarcerated: I never ask why. I teach my residents the same. Whether I recognize it consciously or not, that knowledge introduces bias into my care that should never exist. Allowing those judgments to preside within a hospital not only compromises our empathy, but makes us complicit in greater systems of inequity.Jacob Blake attorneys deny police union allegations of fight with officers before shootingStill, that's not enough. You can choose to not probe about incarceration, but you can't ignore a gleaming metal handcuff. Countless times during my residency training, I treated imprisoned patients who were shackled to their beds in ways that defied human decency. One of these patients had an infection of the brain, rendering him unable to recall his own name. I treated another in the ICU as he died from pneumonia. One of the last sensations he felt in this world was the coldness of steel encircling his leg. While law enforcement typically holds the physical key to a patient's handcuffs (and they or hospital security are usually present to observe incarcerated patients), health care workers can advocate for their removal when being handcuffed hinders a patient's care. My co-residents and I endlessly argued against handcuffing our patients -- some battles we won, most we lost. Does it surprise anyone that all the patients I just mentioned were Black males? The fact that Jacob Blake was shackled after having been shot in the back seven times by a White police officer tells me that in medicine, as in all of American society, there is too often a Black system and a White system. This is a moment of reckoning for medicine. We are finally realizing our complicity in a health care system that is disproportionately deadly for Black patients. Think I'm wrong? In my field of gastroenterology, Blacks are approximately twice as likely to die from colorectal cancer than Whites, a disparity that this weekend blazed into the headlines as the disease claimed the life of actor Chadwick Boseman at age 43. We work in a system where Black women are about three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than their White counterparts. It's a system where Black gay and bisexual men in America have the HIV rate of a developing country. If you wear a white coat, stand up for black livesAnd if none of these statistics sobered you, how about this one? According to a recent study, Black newborns are more likely to die if looked after by a White doctor than a Black doctor. Read that sentence again. The biases we physicians bring to patient care contribute to the health crises that hold Blacks hostage to suffering -- and the cost can be our patients' lives. Let's do better. The next time you are giving care in a hospital and you see a patient handcuffed, ask yourself (and the law or security officers present): Does this patient represent an immediate threat to themselves or others? If the answer is no, then stop enabling the oppression. Speak up. Advocate for the cuffs to come off. I know many will fear that removing prisoners' handcuffs could place hospital personnel at risk. In the US, where Blacks have a sixfold higher rate of imprisonment than Whites, around 40% of the nationwide prison population do not pose an obvious public safety risk, according to research from the Brennan Center for Justice. Many are in jail awaiting trial because they cannot afford bail. There is also a distinction between someone who is "under arrest," but not yet been convicted (like Jacob Blake) and those who are actually incarcerated. Many of those prisoners have already demonstrated years of "good behavior." These are factors that should go into the shared decision between health care providers and law enforcement of removing someone's handcuffs when they cross the threshold of our care. For as many as we can, let's then divest some of the resources we spend on multiple 24/7 guards into psychologists and social workers, or into paying bail for prisoners trapped in Covid-19 breeding grounds. Get our free weekly newsletterSign up for CNN Opinion's new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and FacebookNone of this will be easy. Rectifying the discrimination and flaws in our health care system will take training, self-reckoning and years of undoing the damage we already caused. But we can start with something concrete and immediately effective.Unshackle our patients. Literally.

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(CNN)It may be a magnet for ocean-going excess, but the Monaco Yacht Show is becoming an increasingly precious jewel in the fight to save our seas.The luxury shop window for mega yachts and boating bling opens with a glitzy gala dinner and charity auction, which raised more than $27 million for marine conservation projects carried out by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Follow @cnnsport The A-list guests, including Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Adrien Brody and a host of Victoria's Secret models dressed in dazzling gowns and diamonds, bid on lots ranging from the world's first luxury electric powerboat to horseback riding with Madonna. On online auction will remain open until December.But why are the super rich so keen to save the seas? READ: Monaco Yacht Show: A place for millionaires -- and millennials?Read MorePrince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco pose with models, singer Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, winner of the 2017 gala's environmental award. 'The ocean is their playground'Environmentalist and explorer Emily Penn, who acts as spokesperson for the Y.CO Clearwater campaign that encourages yacht owners to reduce waste and emissions, suggests it comes from their idea of holiday fun. "The ocean is their playground," she tells CNN. "Without a healthy ocean, the whole industry of yachting doesn't function in the same way." Penn adds that for regular sea travelers the damage is impossible to miss. "I travel a lot," she says. "And going back to the same places a year later and finding that the reefs are almost unrecognizable to how they were, because they are bleached and all the life has gone ... that's been a huge wake-up call for people."The 222ft superyacht Archimedes has been used for a shark-tagging expedition.Swiss pharmaceutical billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli and his wife Kirsty, who spend their holidays on 318ft (97m) superyacht Vava 2, shared the same experience. The couple's time on the water made them acutely aware of the threats faced by the marine environment.Compelled to act, they set up the Bertarelli Foundation, which has provided significant funding for the creation of marine reserves in Belize and the Indian Ocean. The same goes for Wendy Schmidt, wife of Eric -- Google's former executive chairman who has an estimated worth of $14.7 billion. The keen sailor set up 11th Hour Racing as part of the Schmidt family foundation, which works with the maritime community to promote sustainability and protect the ocean. Such high-profile examples have helped to spread awareness among the sailing community and spurred on yacht owners to act. And some, instead of donating money, are donating their yachts to help the scientific cause.READ: The top 10 biggest yachts at the 2018 Monaco Yacht ShowEmily Penn, skipper and ocean advocate, urges yacht owners to do more to protect the seas.Science on a superyachtThe Bertarellis, for instance, offered marine scientists the use of Vava 2 for a survey of sharks and coral reefs in the Indian Ocean. One organisation facilitating this is the International Seakeepers Society, a non-profit based in Florida, which links yacht owners with scientists, providing a platform for marine research without the costs of chartering a vessel. International Seakeepers Society uses Yacht Marcato as a platform to conduct a shark-tagging expedition in the Bahamas.Among its fleet is Archimedes, a 222ft (68m) superyacht belonging to billionaire mathematician James Simons. The yacht, valued at $100m, was used by scientists for a shark research expedition off the coast of Antigua. "Ninety percent of a scientist's small budget will go towards chartering an expedition vessel," says Seakeeper's yacht specialist Tony Gilbert. "We're allowing them to save all that money and put it to a better use, such as paying lab assistants and the actual research itself."READ: Confessions of a superyacht stewardessREAD: Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom pioneers electric racing yachtDrone shot from a whale-tagging expedition in Monterey Bay, California (research conducted under NMFS permit).Scientist Ari Friedlaender, who conducted a whale-tagging expedition from motor yacht E Cruz, credits his team's successful research to Seakeepers and boat owner Larry Moreas. "Larry's boat gave us double the amount of assets on the water and the ability to collect twice as much data as we would have collected using our own single boat," says Friedlaender. "Without this support we would not have been able to achieve our scientific goals." Some billionaires have even started to design vessels specifically for marine conservation expeditions, rather than lending out their own leisure yachts. For instance American billionaire Ray Dalio, whose OceanX initiative has designed 279ft (85m) exploration yacht Alucia 2 , which is fitted with research labs, submarines, helicopters and a media production center. Or Norwegian philanthropist Kjell Inge Røkke, whose rivaling REV project aims to launch the world's largest research expedition vessel by 2020. READ: Glass, silence and no offices -- What the super rich want on a superyachtA model for OceanX's marine research and media vessel Alucia 2.However, while Penn appreciates the enthusiasm and action from the yachting community, she urges yacht owners to make an impact closer to home -- by reducing waste and emissions on their own boats. "On a boat you don't have a barrier between you and the ocean, and pretty much anything you use is going to go straight overboard, so it's really important that everything is bio-degradable and natural," she says.Emily Penn instructs superyacht crew members on how to reduce waste and pollution on board.Green technologyThe yachting community's increased environmental awareness is also shaping the wider industry, as companies compete to design the most eco-friendly yacht technology. One company, Torqeedo, has developed electric engines that can fit an 80ft catamaran, while Daedalus is using cutting-edge technology to design high-end zero emission sailing boats. Swiss company Solar Impact recently revealed plans for a slick solar-powered yacht with the ability to cruise the entire world without refueling. "The new generation of clients are more aware of green issues," says Johan Pizzardini, communications and media manager for the Monaco Yacht Show. "So designers and equipment suppliers are searching for solutions to reduce pollution." As the demand for green yachts is booming, this changing tide can only mean good things for marine conservation.

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Story highlightsThe Council of Europe says surgical castration may qualify as "degrading treatment"The procedure is voluntary for sex offenders in GermanyThe Czech Republic is the only other member of the Council of Europe to perform the procedureEurope's top human rights watchdog has urged Germany to stop offering sexual offenders the option of surgical castration.The Council of Europe's anti-torture committee said in a report issued Wednesday that the practice, which aims to help convicted sex criminals rein in their sex drives and lower their risk of reoffending, could easily be regarded as "degrading treatment."According to Germany's 1969 Law on Voluntary Castration, a person over the age of 25 may be subjected to surgical castration if he "displays an abnormal sex drive, which ... gives reason to suspect that he will commit one or more criminal offenses."The controversial procedure is not mandatory and a consensual offender can only have the operation after being informed of all the implications of the decision and after medical approval has been obtained, Germany said in its response, adding that it would consider reviewing the issue.But Berlin also cited the treatment's effectiveness, saying that of the 104 people who underwent the procedure in the 1970s, only three people committed sexual crimes again. Nearly half of the 53 others who refused or were denied treatment eventually reoffended.Voluntary castration is still very rare in Germany, with fewer than five cases per year in the last decade.The only other country in the 47-nation bloc of the Council of Europe that offers the process is the Czech Republic, which has also been the subject of criticism in recent years for allowing sex offenders to opt for castration, a procedure it uses far more frequently than Germany.

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(CNN)The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether employees were involved in sharing or creating an offensive Valentine's Day-themed image making light of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year.The post in question was described to CNN by an LAPD official as using an image of Floyd with the phrase "You take my breath away." Floyd died last May after repeatedly telling an officer "I can't breathe" while the officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.George FloydIn a series of tweets Saturday night, the LAPD announced it was launching an internal investigation into the image, saying it has "have zero tolerance for this type of behavior.""The Department has become aware of allegations that an image was being passed around the department and this image was in the workplace," the LAPD wrote on its official account. "There are also allegations that the post with the image was authored by a department employee. A personnel complaint has been initiated and we are pursuing each allegation including interviewing the department member who brought it to our attention."The department said it has not identified "any actual postings in the workplace or identified that it was in fact our department employee who created the image." It was not known how the image was circulated or where it originated.Read More"We do not know the source of that image, whether it was on social media, in an email or seen in another form. It's unclear at this time if the image came from an original source outside the LAPD," Capt. Stacy Spell told CNN.Minneapolis officials seek input on a memorial for the intersection where George Floyd was killedLAPD internal affairs officials said they were going to interview personnel Monday to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the post, including when and where the person saw it and who is responsible, the official told CNN. It is not clear if those interviews have taken place.The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office also announced it will review the incident to "determine if the integrity of any of our cases may have been compromised by biased police work," District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement."Celebrating the murder of a Black man at the hands of police demonstrates a profound absence of humanity. The mock valentine underscores the highly problematic, and frankly, racist perceptions that pervade the law enforcement culture regarding the communities we are sworn to protect and serve," Gascón said.Floyd's family said it was furious and devastated by the news of the image's circulation and called for the immediate termination of the person responsible for it, according to attorney Ben Crump."The Floyd family is understandably outraged. This is beyond insult on top of injury -- it's injury on top of death. The type of callousness and cruelty within a person's soul needed to do something like this evades comprehension -- and is indicative of a much larger problem within the culture of the LAPD. We demand that everyone who was involved is held accountable for their revolting behavior and that an apology be issued to the family immediately," Crump said in a statement.Houston mural honoring George Floyd is unveiled in front of his high school alma materActivists also rallied outside an LAPD station on Monday to demand the firing of officers involved in sharing the message."Any LAPD mocking the death of George Floyd, should be terminated immediately," said Los Angeles activist Najee Ali at a press conference. "They do not deserve to wear the LAPD uniform."The union representing LAPD officers is also calling for those involved to be held accountable."The Los Angeles Police Protective League repudiates this abhorrent image and anyone associated with its creation, dissemination, or passive observation of it," the union said in a statement. "If that image was created, "liked," or shared by a member of the LAPD, the Chief of Police must act swiftly to hold those individuals accountable. There must be zero tolerance for this behavior in our profession, and any police officer who feels the need to be part of any online group that engages in, promotes, and/or celebrates this type of activity should quickly rethink their career choice because they clearly don't have the judgment, nor temperament, to be a member of law enforcement."CNN's Jon Passantino and Amir Vera contributed to this report.

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(CNN)The Speaker of Britain's House of Commons has thrown a constitutional curve ball into the Brexit process.Citing a convention that dates back to 1604, John Bercow thwarted an attempt by Prime Minister Theresa May to hold another vote on her beleaguered Brexit bill this week.Parliament has already rejected it twice by substantial margins. But with a deadline of March 29 approaching -- at which the UK crashes out of the EU unless an agreement is reached -- May's government hoped to bring the deal back a third time. There were even reports that if it failed again, she might return for a fourth attempt.But Bercow ruled that, according to parliamentary procedure, the government could not repeatedly put a motion before lawmakers if it had been previously rejected in the same session.May's deal suffered a second, crushing defeat last week when it was rejected by 149 votes.Read More"What the government cannot legitimately do is resubmit to the House the same proposition -- or substantially the same proposition -- as that of last week, which was rejected by 149 votes," Bercow said in an unannounced statement on Monday.Third time lucky for Theresa May's Brexit vote?Bercow said that, in his view, the first two motions on May's Brexit deal were sufficiently different not to have broken parliamentary convention. The speaker did not set out what tests the government would have to meet if it was to successfully submit its deal for a third vote, saying only it would have to be "fundamentally different."In response, a Downing Street spokesperson said, "We note the speaker's statement. This is a statement that requires proper consideration."UK political commentators have speculated that changes to the political declaration associated with the deal could be enough to meet the speaker's requirements. It has even been suggested that the government could ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament and start a new session to get around his ruling.Solicitor General for England and Wales Robert Buckland told the BBC that "we're in a major constitutional crisis" and that Bercow's ruling has "given us a lot to think about."May already faced an uphill task to get her deal past parliament, requiring 75 MPs to change their minds. In an effort to get her deal over the line, Cabinet ministers spent the weekend in talks with the Northern Irish Democratic Union Party, or DUP. The DUP's 10 MPs, who prop up May's minority government, have so far opposed the deal. It is thought that if they switch sides, Brexiteer Conservatives will follow.British PM pleads with MPs to vote Brexit deal throughIt seems unlikely the Prime Minister will attempt to hold a new vote on her deal before a European Council summit in Brussels at the end of this week. After rejecting May's Brexit deal last week, MPs voted in favor of an extension to the withdrawal process, given the unlikelihood of agreeing a deal before March 29. May is expected to ask the remaining 27 EU member states for a delay at this week's summit.It's possible the EU may propose a long extension to the Brexit process and require the UK to take part in the upcoming European elections in May.Downing Street has used the prospect of a lengthy delay -- which could be used to force a second referendum -- to try to persuade Brexiteer lawmakers that they risk losing Brexit altogether if they don't vote for May's deal.CNN's Luke McGee and Jane Merrick contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsInter Milan sack coach Andrea StramaccioniPays the price for dismal season with Inter ninth in Serie A Replaced by Napoli coach Walter MazzarriRafael Benitez linked with now vacant post at Napoli Inter Milan sacked coach Andrea Stramaccioni Friday and replaced him immediately with Walter Mazzarri.Stramaccioni departs after a dismal season for the famed Nerazzurri, who finished the season a lowly ninth in Serie A and missed out on European competition.By contrast, Mazzari, who has been at Napoli for four seasons, has guided them back into the Champions League and they finished second to champions Juventus in this year's standings.He recently announced he would be leaving at the end of the season and was immediately linked with Inter, who will be appointing their sixth coach since the departure of Jose Mourinho three years ago.Mourinho guided Inter to the Champions League crown before joining Real Madrid but his old charges have been in decline since that triumph.JUST WATCHEDCNN FC: Champions League finalReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN FC: Champions League final 22:57JUST WATCHEDPlatini: Bundesliga raises the barReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPlatini: Bundesliga raises the bar 05:05JUST WATCHEDWembley Stadium: Home of world footballReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWembley Stadium: Home of world football 03:11Read: Milito double as Inter claim Champions League Stramaccioni was the latest to attempt to turn it around at the San Siro, but despite the poor results club president Massimo Moratti had kind words."I've chosen Mazzarri, I'm sorry for Stramaccioni," he was quoted on the official Inter website.He added "That takes nothing away from the esteem I hold for Stramaccioni's talent and potential."I'm convinced he'll become one of the great Italian coaches but it might also be necessary to save his professional future after a particularly unlucky year, and maybe he needs to find an easier situation than Inter."We're coming to a difficult season and I thought we'd need a coach with Mazzarri's experience."It has left Napoli without a coach, but reports have strongly linked Rafael Benitez with the vacant post after the Spaniard's interim spell at Chelsea ended with a Europa Cup win.Benitez was Mourinho's first successor at Inter Milan, but was unable to repeat his success.

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Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. (CNN)A year ago, two robots landed on Mars and forever changed the way we explore the red planet. The joy and excitement of the successful landing for the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, taking place during a time of hardship for so many, echoed around the globe. "One year ago, Perseverance touched down at Jezero Crater and began its journey on Mars. Since then, this innovative rover has inspired humanity and accomplished a series of firsts, from transmitting the first audio recording of sounds from Mars, to capturing the Ingenuity helicopter's history making first powered, controlled flight on another planet, to producing oxygen on Mars for the first time ever with the MOXIE experiment," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in a statement. "As we prepare to transport the first-ever sample of Martian rock to Earth, it's clear that NASA missions continue to push the limits in a new era of planetary science and discovery," Nelson said.For Vandi Verma, chief engineer of robotic operations for Perseverance at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, landing day was just the beginning. Read MoreVerma specializes in remotely driving rovers on Mars from here on Earth and has expertly maneuvered the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers in the past, in addition to writing flight software for them. As soon as Perseverance's wheels touched down, Verma was ready to prepare the rover for its new home on another planet and help the helicopter begin its independent journey. "It feels like you've got this massive upgrade, and it's like driving a new car and you just feel the smoothness of it," Verma said of driving the rover. "Every day on Mars, something is unusual or unexpected. Yet things have gone amazingly well, just beyond our expectations."The hardest selfie everPerseverance's journey began by sharing the very first video of a mission landing on Mars and some of the first sounds humans have heard of the red planet, as well as beautiful images from Perseverance's suite of cameras. Those same cameras helped capture the inaugural flight of Ingenuity as it lifted up through the Martian atmosphere. Before Ingenuity was let loose, the JPL team knew they wanted to capture a selfie of the two robots. Their best opportunity was right before Perseverance drove off to a lookout point like a proud parent, ready to let its video camera roll on the "first Wright brothers moment" on another planet.But taking the selfie was such a complicated endeavor that it almost didn't happen, Verma said. Although Perseverance has a long robotic arm measuring 7 feet (2.1 meters), the rover's bit carousel -- which stores the historic samples it's collecting -- protrudes from the front of the rover, making it hard to get the right angle. The rover team had to work through multiple issues to figure out how Perseverance would arrange its massive arm without colliding with its own body. Mars Perseverance rover snaps selfie photo with Ingenuity helicopterIn the end, the team stitched together multiple images to capture everyone's favorite explorers in an iconic selfie.Since landing, Perseverance has clocked 2.45 miles (3,944 meters) and collected six rock samples from intriguing Martian rocks. The rover has set and broken single-day driving distance records several times, going for a drive of 1,050 feet (320 meters) on Monday, with more expected in the future. The Ingenuity helicopter, designed as an experiment meant for only five flights, has performed 19 aerial excursions on the red planet since April. Over the summer, Ingenuity was so successful that it graduated from an experiment to become Perseverance's scout, flying over varied terrain and spotting points of interest for the rover to investigate.The historic chopper mission has flown 2.4 miles (3,885 meters) for a total duration of 34 minutes.These achievements haven't come without challenges, including Perseverance encountering some rocks that didn't want to give up samples and Ingenuity's software glitches. But any issues have helped to bond the mission team more closely as they worked on solutions to keep the robots healthy, Verma said.Setting off for the deltaPerseverance and Ingenuity have spent the majority of the past year exploring the floor of Jezero Crater, once home to a Martian lake more than 3 billion years ago. Now, it's time for the robotic explorers to move on to their main reason for being on Mars: studying the remains of an ancient river delta that once fed into the lake."When we chose the landing site, it was because of the delta; that's the reason we're here," said Briony Horgan, associate professor of planetary science at Purdue University and a scientist on the Perseverance mission. "We'll spend most of the next year on the delta, exploring this ancient lake and river environment and looking for signs of ancient life like organic material and signs of microbes."The long road to returning first-ever samples from MarsSandwiched between layers of sediment preserved in the delta rocks may be evidence of microfossils or other signs of life, if it existed on the red planet. The ambitious Mars Sample Return mission, a multistep collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, will rely on innovations, like launching from the Martian surface for the first time, to retrieve the rock samples collected and cached by Perseverance and return them to the Earth in the 2030s. Scientists studying those samples could answer the big question: Was there ever life on Mars?"Kids generally want to learn something because it's going to have an impact on the world," Verma said. "When the Martian samples come back in the 2030s, very likely the scientists to study these will be the students who are in school right now."Perseverance and Ingenuity are just the first step in exploring Mars in new ways while paving the way for future missions that could explore the possibility of life on other planets in our solar system. 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London (CNN)Even by the standards of a world leader navigating a pandemic, Boris Johnson has had a tumultuous 2020. The UK's Prime Minister returns to work on Monday, having spent a week on vacation with his fiancée and baby in Scotland. In that time he'll have had the chance to reflect on his extraordinary year to date, in which he took his country out of the European Union, got divorced, got engaged, got Covid-19 so badly he was taken to intensive care, had a baby and endured months of criticism over his handling of coronavirus. The main charge is that Johnson's government took too long to take the virus seriously, meaning it had an inadequate testing regime, locked down too late and obsessively tried to handle the crisis from London. The result is that the UK has suffered the most deaths in Europe and the fifth most in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University. UK-EU trade talks are going backward and time is running out During the crisis, Johnson's government has suffered multiple embarrassing scandals -- from his chief adviser being accused of breaking lockdown rules to a messy U-turn after nationwide confusion over schoolchildren's exam results led to protests in London. Unfortunately for Johnson, life is unlikely to be much easier this fall. After an eventful summer, UK lawmakers return to parliament on September 1, giving Johnson's opponents in the Labour Party -- newly invigorated under the leadership of Keir Starmer -- a forum to hold him to account as numerous crises run into each other between now and the end of the year.Read MoreSeptember is the month that large swaths of the country will attempt to return to some degree of normality. Students will go back to schools and universities, meaning parents who had been forced to stay at home to provide childcare can go back to work. Having failed to get children back to school earlier in the summer, it will be vital for Johnson to oversee a successful start to the new school year in England next week. "I have previously spoken about the moral duty to reopen schools to all pupils safely, and I would like to thank the school staff who have spent the summer months making classrooms Covid-secure in preparation for a full return in September," Johnson said in a statement released Sunday night.It is "vitally important" for all children to return to school after months of disruption, Johnson said.The statement was widely interpreted in the British media as an attempt to demonstrate that Johnson was getting a grip on matters. But as more of the UK opens up, the risk of a spike in coronavirus cases increases. "All of these things could help the virus spread again, as potential contacts will be significantly increased," said Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading. He adds that as autumn rolls into winter, "people might think they have a normal winter cough or cold and take the virus into work, school or university." JUST WATCHED'I was too fat,' UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson saysReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH'I was too fat,' UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says 01:23The return of students to universities could pose a particular risk, said Rob Ford, professor of politics at the University of Manchester. "It will be a miracle if we don't have a major shutdown within a month of the university term starting," he said. "Around 500,000 students traveling from all over the country to mix with each other in high-density student housing and campuses." Supporters of the government claim that it is essential for the UK economy, which contracted by 20% in the last quarter, to open up again. But health experts worry about the consequences. "If we go back to the same level of contact that we had in March then we will go back to the same level of epidemic growth," Graham Medely, professor of infectious disease modeling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told CNN. This would be politically difficult for the government to handle. "It's quite possible we will need another round of extremely interventionist lockdowns, and in the six-month gap from the first lockdown, they have thrown away good will by looking like an incompetent shambles," said Ford. Brexit challenges aheadAnother challenge in the fall is the rush for the UK to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union. While both sides are committed to reaching an agreement, talks have not progressed significantly in some time. The current transition period with the EU expires on December 31. Johnson, of course, led the campaign to leave the EU in 2016, resigned from Theresa May's government over what he called the softness of her Brexit policy, and ran his leadership campaign on a promise of taking a harder line with Brussels. A UK government source, not authorized to speak on the record, told CNN that while a deal "can be done" by early October -- the absolute latest date in the eyes of the UK -- but that "doesn't mean it will." The source added that Brussels' negotiators still didn't really understand the UK's position and that lack of process and a ticking clock meant the mood was gloomier than in previous rounds. JUST WATCHEDScotland's Covid-19 approach is fueling independence movementReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHScotland's Covid-19 approach is fueling independence movement 03:56This feeling of not being understood is mutual. An EU official, also not authorized to speak on the record ,said: "There has to be a better understanding and awareness of our position and the reality of what leaving the EU means." That source thinks that the UK is holding out "in the hope that everything will be agreed at the end," but note that position is "full of risk" and might result in a rushed deal that isn't terribly worthwhile. The timeframe is fraught, as much needs to occur between any agreement being reached and it becoming legally binding. Anton Spisak, a former Cabinet Office Brexit official, said that "even after a political deal is done, government lawyers have to 'scrub' the text to make sure it is actually legally operable, a process which can take months... The problem for Boris Johnson is that he has imposed the end-of-year deadline on himself, so he needs to find some legal solution to avoid falling off the potential cliff-edge." Georgina Wright, a senior researcher at the Institute for Government thinktank, said the ratification process for the EU "means a vote in the Council (grouping of 27 member states) and the EU Parliament by 31 December," adding that the parliament has "been very clear that it will not be rushed into an agreement -- their last sitting is on 14 December." The economic implications of no-deal are well known, but given the pandemic, there could also be political implications. "If there is no-deal then there is a real danger of both sides spiraling downwards and blaming one another, possibly ending in a nasty standoff," said Anand Menon, professor of European politics at King's College, London. "We saw during the early days of the pandemic the UK's reluctance to work with the EU in key areas. How bad could that get if talks end in October, then the virus surges in November?" UK government makes dramatic exam results U-turn after national outcryOf course, it could be the case that schools and universities reopen without a hitch and the economy starts to bounce back. The gloom around Brexit talks could be laying the ground for a stunning breakthrough. It is entirely possible that Johnson ends the year with his Brexit deal and the country on its way out of the pandemic, head held high. Or everything might go wrong. "A spike in the virus, Brexit talks going badly, schools and universities having to shutdown, all of these things combined would create a tornado for the government," said Ford. "And if they handle these crises as incompetently as they've handled nearly everything else, the opposition just needs to start back and let them get on with trashing their credibility." Either way, the next four months will not be easy for Johnson. Even if everything goes the way he wants, so much of how that happens is out of the Prime Minister's hands. And if the worst-case scenario comes true, he might be faced with the unenviable reality of having to make some tough decisions as to how Brits will be allowed to celebrate the Christmas period.

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Palisade, Minnesota (CNN)In the north woods of Minnesota, the mighty Mississippi River looks like a frozen creek. After a bitter February, you can stroll across it with more fear of windburn than thin ice. And if you stroll one particular spot near Palisade, you'll find giant pipe, heavy machines and competing signs. A few read "No trespassing" in block letters. The rest say "Water is life" and "Stop Line 3" in hand-painted colors. It is the latest front in the pipeline wars. An anti-trespass notice is surrounded by signs protesting the construction on the Enbridge Line 3 crude oil pipeline. Originally built in the 1960s, the Enbridge Line 3 crude oil pipeline snakes 1,097 miles from the tar sands of Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. Of the roughly 340 miles through Minnesota, the replacement pipeline includes new sections and added capacity and is cutting through some of the most pristine woods and wetlands in North America. In little camps along the way, a small-but-growing group of protesters is out to stop them, driven by ancient prophesy and the promises of a new President. When Joe Biden killed plans for the Keystone XL pipeline within hours of taking the oath, many Native American tribe members and environmentalists saw it as validation for all the cold nights spent protesting another pipeline at Standing Rock. Though they failed to stop the oil now flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline, maybe this was a sign Biden would take their side in the David versus Goliath fight to stop Line 3. And maybe people would finally heed an ancient warning known as The Seven Fires Prophecy.A section of pipe waits to be connected.In Ojibwe tribal lore, an environmental moment of reckoning was predicted in the time of the Seventh Fire, when "the light skinned race will be given a choice between two roads," one green and lush, the other black and charred. A wrong choice, it was warned, would "cause much suffering and death to all the Earth's people." The Ojibwe are of the largest groups of Native Americans north of Mexico with tribal members stretching from present-day Ontario in eastern Canada all the way into Montana.Native Americans sing near the site of a planned Enbridge dig. As a half-dozen female tribal elders sing and pray alongside the frozen Mississippi, it's obvious that for some bands, the fight is sacred and eternal. The question is how many will join them in the face of tougher legal challenges, increased pressure from police and the limits of the pandemic. Read More"There have been over 130 people arrested so far in just the last few months," tribal attorney and activist Tara Houska told CNN. Some are physically arrested at construction sites, but police also watch social media feeds to identify trespassing protesters and send summons in the mail. Before we walked the frozen river, Houska attended her hearing with a judge over Zoom and was ordered to post $6,000 bail.Tribal attorney and activist Tara Houska says the protesters believe they are fighting for something bigger than themselves."They seem to think that it's going to deter us from protecting the land. They are fundamentally missing the point of what water protectors are doing, which is willing to put ourselves our freedom, our bodies, our personal comfort on the line for something greater than ourselves," Houska said.After living in Washington and fighting Dakota Access and Keystone XL, she is now hoping this movement helps convince the Biden administration that the Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration were shoddy in their environmental impact studies and too hasty in issuing permits. But Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge insists that it passed every federal, state and tribal test. The company has been rushing to complete the pipeline before politics or the courts can stop it. Of those 340 miles cutting through The Land of 10,000 Lakes, more than 40% is already in the ground. Much of the new pipeline is already buried and in place underground, according to Enbridge."Line 3 is not like the Keystone XL pipeline," Enbridge Chief Communications Officer Mike Fernandez told CNN. "It already exists. And it already is an energy lifeline for literally millions of people in the US and in Canada. And the reality is, even as we see great growth in renewables, we're still going to need some fossil fuels 40 years to come."But since Biden has built the first White House with a climate agenda at every agency, the biggest argument against the pipeline may be over the kind of energy running through Line 3. Unlike liquid Texas crude hidden in pockets of rock, Alberta's oil is part of the Canadian soil under the boreal forest. It can't be pumped unless it is steamed. As a result, it is the dirtiest and most destructive fossil fuel after coal. A large excavator loads a truck with oil sands at the Suncor mine in Alberta in 2009.A trip to the tar sands boggles the mind with its scale. Massive, man-made pits crawl with oversized dump trucks, filled with what feels like sticky cookie dough and smells like asphalt. Tens of thousands of tons are moved into sprawling processing plants each day where the goop is boiled and blasted with Athabasca River water heated with natural gas. To separate the flammable bitumen from the dirt and clay, it takes six gallons of fresh water to produce one gallon of tar sands gasoline and the lakes needed to hold the resulting toxic waste are among the biggest man-made creations in history.The sheer amount of energy required to turn sticky earth into liquid fuel not only makes Alberta tar sand more expensive, it produces 15% more planet-cooking carbon pollution, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.The replacement of Line 3 created thousands of temporary jobs.But to the workers building Line 3, pipelines are safer and cleaner than moving oil by truck or train. And if you stop Line 3, they argue, it does nothing to stop the world's voracious demand for the kind of fuels that burn. "I think, frankly, people have been drawn to pipelines because it's easy to fight pipelines," said Kevin Pranis with the Laborers International Union of North America as cranes lifted 25,000-pound pipes as long as city buses. "The truth is that the carbon emissions aren't coming from pipelines. They're coming from cars. And so if you really wanted to go directly to the source, you can protest car dealerships, you can protest gas stations. But the problem is, people like car dealerships and they like gas stations and they would be pretty angry about that."Kevin Pranis said pipeline construction is good work for laborers and that the oil that flows through is only harmful to the environment when used by consumers. While most of the 5,200 people building Line 3 are from oil states like Texas and Louisiana, "some 400 will be Native Americans," Fernandez told me. "We met with all of the First Nations along that pipeline. We listened, and as a consequence there are 320 or so route modifications."Enbridge's tribal relations suffered in February, when two men working on Line 3 were caught in a human trafficking sting set up to protect underage Indigenous girls."The two individuals that that were arrested have been fired." Fernandez said. "We don't tolerate that kind of activity or behavior and it's prompted us to go to one of the contractors to say 'This is our expectation, that they be trained to a certain level.'"The pipeline snakes through an "energy corridor" along with power lines.Follow the pipeline route, and feelings can change by the tribe or the mile."You think that people that are scrambling at home, running out of gas with no heat, are thinking about climate change?" said Jim Jones. "They're thinking about how they're going to heat their home and put food on the table." As a member of the Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe and a former expert in cultural anthropology for the state, Enbridge hired Jones to walk the pipeline route and ensure no violation of Indigenous spaces or ruins. Jim Jones surveyed the route for Enbridge to steer the pipeline clear of important Native American sites. "I'm at peace that I've done the best I can to protect what's important to us," he said. "And I can honestly tell you, as of today, nothing of historic context has been unearthed or disturbed."After the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa struck a deal with Enbridge to run a part of Line 3 through their reservation, tribal leaders said they were put in an impossible position. Some tribes worked with Enbridge on the route, while others like Winona LaDuke of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe have nothing but scorn for Enbridge. LaDuke laughed when told of Jones's promise. "He's looking for pot shards and arrowheads. We're live people." Winona LaDuke says she is undeterred by being arrested while protesting Enbridge Line 3.LaDuke is a longtime environmental activist who twice ran for vice president on Ralph Nader's Green Party ticket, but after fighting for Indigenous rights against extractive energy companies for years, she never imagined the fight would come to her. "Enbridge wants to criminalize us," she said. "I'm a grandmother, you know, graduated from Harvard, ran twice for vice president, at what point did I become a criminal? I'm just asking, 'How much risk should we as Americans take so a Canadian multinational can get a little richer at the end of the tar sands era?'"She helped convince a sympathetic local to sell them a little piece of land where the pipeline intersects the Mississippi and as the weather warms, the protesters hope their number of tents, yurts and ice-fishing shanties will grow faster than Enbridge can drill under the frozen Mississippi. Pipe is laid for Line 3 through the northern Minnesota forests."Our people say 'Don't pick a fight with Mother Nature. You can't win, and we're getting we're getting pounded. So why would you pipe the equivalent of 50 new coal fired power plants with this?" LaDuke said, pointing at Line 3. "The tar sands is the gun. This is the trigger."

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(CNN)Harold Varner III's rise through golf has been a steady one. As he himself documented on his Instagram, Varner was ranked 1,510th in the world in 2014.Since then, the American has seen a steady improvement year by year, rising through the ranks. But it took a moment of magic that he will never forget to finally crack the top 50 in the world. At the Saudi International earlier in February, Varner sunk a huge 92-foot eagle putt from off the green to snatch victory from friend Bubba Watson. Read MoreVarner celebrates after sinking an eagle putt on the 18th to win the Saudi International.Varner admitted to CNN afterwards that while "everyone else thought it was going in," he "wasn't sure." That dramatic victory catapulted him to 45th in the world rankings and will be a moment he will "talk about it for the rest of my life," Varner said. "I still can't believe it went in," Varner told CNN's Sean Coppack. "I knew I had a chance and that's what you want. When asked where it ranks in his professional career so far, Varner said: "It's No. 1 right now."He also recognized that his spot in the top 50 golf players in the world will open doors for him."I was wanting (to be in the top 50). That is awesome," he said in a press conference. "That's the goal, man. That gets you in the things that I haven't played in. I've played in some big events here and there, but yeah, that's why we play."I was on the cusp of it after Hilton Head and didn't execute, played a lot of golf. Frickin' A. That's all I wanted to know when I was sitting out there."Varner on the 18th green at the Saudi International.'Life happened'Not only did he shoot up golf's rankings, Varner also traveled back to the Charlotte, US, having won approximately $1 million.Since his first professional win in 2016 at the Australian PGA Championship, Varner had undergone somewhat of a barren spell. Between December 2016 and February 2022, Varner didn't win a professional golf tournament. But his belief never wavered during that time. "I've never questioned my ability," he said. "The only people that question it are the people that sit right in here, and they're like, 'Man, he needs to be winning.' But I don't march to anyone's beat in here. I do what I'm supposed to do and things come."Life happened. My wife, my girlfriend at the time, her brother died a week after that and we were celebrating. Things that I wasn't ready to be a man about. I can sit here and tell you like I just didn't know how to handle it because, I don't know, I think it's a hard thing to deal with. Those things get in the way of just focusing on golf."When you're a kid and there's nothing else to do, it's only golf. No, I wouldn't change a thing. How cool is that? It hasn't happened in a long time, and the way it happened right there, it's frickin' awesome."Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosVarner poses for a photo with the trophy after winning the Saudi International. During that time, Varner explained that he's grown a lot as both a player and a man.When asked in his press conference after his victory in Saudi Arabia whether he has become more of a spokesperson for Harold Varner than for different things, he replied: "Amen to that.""I am learning that. I think it comes with maturity. I think just learning how to articulate how to say, 'No,' like I've been struggling saying no to these little kids every time I walk around here today, and it's going to be okay, but I'm going to get them when I leave."

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(CNN)Covid-19 has forced the Atlanta Falcons to temporarily close the nest.The NFL team shut down its Georgia facility Thursday morning after a member of the organization tested positive for the coronavirus.Citing "an abundance of caution," the Falcons are moving to a virtual operation for at least one day, the team announced on its Twitter account.Out of an abundance of caution following one new positive test, we have made the decision to stop all in-person work at IBM Performance Field Thursday and will conduct all operations virtually.📝 - https://t.co/cbpHToID1b— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) October 15, 2020 "This decision was made in consultation with the NFL and medical officials," the organization added on its website, saying also that "the health and safety of our team is our highest priority."The announcement comes three days ahead of the Falcon's scheduled game at the Minnesota Vikings, which is currently slated to kickoff Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Read MoreThe move to virtual followed Tuesday's announcement that defensive tackle Marlon Davidson had been placed on the reserve/COVID list, meaning the team would enter the NFL's supplemental intensive protocols. Those procedures, as outlined by NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills, mean daily PCR testing for everyone, daily POC test for certain players, virtual work, face masks on the field at all times, and more precautions.Davidson is the second Falcon to test positive since the season began, joining fellow rookie A.J. Terrell who was placed on the reserve/COVID list in late September. Thursday's development further adds to an already tumultuous week for the Falcons, who fired head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff on Monday.At 0-5 on the season, Atlanta is now under the control of interim head coach Raheem Morris, who was promoted following Quinn's departure.

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(CNN)Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson swapped saving goals for scoring one as his stunning stoppage-time header helped Liverpool defeat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 on Sunday. It's the first time in the club's history that a goalkeeper has scored a competitive goal, according to data site Opta, and the header sparked wild celebrations from Liverpool's players. Alisson came up into the West Brom box in the fifth minute of added time and guided a header from Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner past his opposite number Sam Johnstone, who remained stationary on the goal line. After the game, a visibly emotional Alisson paid tribute to his father, who passed away earlier this year. "Football is my life, I've played since I remember as a human being with my father," the Brazilian told Sky Sports. Read More"I (wish) he was here to see it, but I'm sure that he's seeing with God on his side and celebrating. It's for my family, for the boys ... I can't be more happy than I am now." READ: Leicester City defeats Chelsea to win first FA CupREAD: Robert Lewandowski equals Gerd Müller's Bundesliga scoring recordThe moment Alisson made goalkeeping history for Liverpool. Speaking of the goal itelf, Alisson, who said he sometimes practices headers in training, added: "I saw (the cross) coming. I just tried to run in a good place, to be in a good position, to try to help my players to bring a defender (out), but nobody I think follows me. I was lucky and blessed to score. "Those kind of things you can't explain. You can't explain a lot of things in life. For me the only reason for those kind of things is God and he put his hand on my head today."West Brom, which will be relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season, took the lead in Sunday's game through Hal Robson-Kanu's strike, but Liverpool equalized later in the first half when Mohamed Salah curled in a shot from the edge of the area -- his 22nd in the league this season. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresBut Alisson's winner ultimately gave Liverpool the victory and the three points, moving the Reds one point behind fourth-placed Chelsea.Alisson is the sixth goalkeeper to score in the Premier League, joining Peter Schmeichel, Brad Friedel, Paul Robinson, Tim Howard and Asmir Begović.Schmeichel and Friedel both also scored from corners, while Robinson, Howard and Begović all netted with long-range efforts.

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(CNN)Earnest to a fault, "Respect" spells out a handsome tribute to Aretha Franklin, with Jennifer Hudson and her peerless singing pipes as its formidable anchor. Yet this biography never fully sparks to life, as the Queen of Soul fights in episodic fashion to establish and later protect her musical legacy from the domineering men in her life.Although Franklin's family spoke out against "Genius: Aretha," a National Geographic miniseries that garnered a well-deserved Emmy nomination for star Cynthia Erivo, the two projects actually complement each other. "Genius'" main advantage comes from the latitude to flesh out Franklin's painful youth, from being sexually victimized to losing her mother, while "Respect" -- even at nearly 2 ½ hours -- races through those moments, which still loom large in the story.Cynthia Erivo in 'Genius: Aretha' (National Geographic/Richard DuCree)The movie begins with the 10-year-old Aretha being pulled out of bed by her father, pastor C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker), to entertain at a party, singling her out as a prodigy. Yet that gift parallels with a life filled with hardship, which doesn't get any easier when the 20-ish Aretha lands a record contract, with her dad describing her as "a Black Judy Garland."Crooning ballads, however, didn't capitalize on her talents, and before long dad's counsel was shunted aside by Aretha's relationship and marriage to Ted White (Marlon Wayans, effective in a dramatic turn), a slick hustler whose temper and jealousy go hand in hand with his conviction that he knows what's best for his wife's career.Jennifer Hudson thinks she knows why Aretha Franklin chose her for 'Respect'It's around then that "Respect" earns its biggest dollops of it, presenting the recording sessions that birthed some of Franklin's signature hits. Not only do those sequences give Hudson an opportunity to shine, but they conjure an appreciation for Aretha's artistry as seen through the eyes of the musicians accompanying her, always a challenge with this sort of biographical tale.Read MoreStill, the movie's structure -- directed by Liesl Tommy from Tracey Scott Wilson's screenplay -- feels as if it somewhat arbitrarily bounces from one moment to the next over what amounts to this pivotal 20-year span.That stretch includes Franklin's involvement in the civil-rights movement and friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. (Gilbert Glenn Brown), but it also leaves lots of material on the cutting-room floor, as evidenced by a closing clip and lengthy crawl that details what a force the Queen remained late into her life.To its credit "Respect" depicts Franklin's bouts with alcohol and snappishness toward those close to her, including her sisters, creating a flawed, three-dimensional character. The supporting cast also includes Marc Maron as producer Jerry Wexler, who respected his star enough to accede to her creative demands, though seldom without a good deal of exasperation and complaining.The daunting task of translating the lives of musical icons to film has a compensatory track record of being rewarded with Oscar nominations, with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Judy" among recent examples.Having been anointed by Franklin herself to portray her, Hudson earns her place in that company. Yet in terms of a movie that completely does right by its star and regal subject, that little prayer hasn't been answered."Respect" premieres Aug. 13 in US theaters. It's rated PG-13.

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(CNN)When TV producer Dilek Mayaturk decided to marry her long-time partner, journalist Deniz Yucel, it wasn't a dream wedding."It was not a celebration," she told CNN. The couple's nuptials took place inside a high security prison outside Istanbul where German-Turkish citizen Yucel is being held on suspicion of spreading anti-government propaganda and inciting violence. "We had two witnesses and an officiate," Mayaturk recalls. "It was in the 'open visitation area' so we could hold hands, but there was nothing more than that. We said our vows. And then I had to let my husband go." Yucel was arrested in February and has been held in solitary confinement for more than 150 days.Dilek Mayaturk and Denis Yucel wed in April at the prison where Yucel is awaiting trial. Turkish authorities have accused him of spreading propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, a Kurdish separatist group that the Turkish government has branded a terrorist organization.Read MoreHe's also said to have incited violence in support of a movement that the Turkish government refers to as the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization (FETO). Gulen is the reclusive Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of hatching last year's failed military coup attempt.Yucel, a journalist at German daily Die Welt, has been in jail since February.And he's not the only German national facing similar charges. In July, Turkish authorities arrested German human rights activist Peter Steutdner and nine others, charging them with "committing crimes in the name of a terrorist organization without being a member." The high-profile arrests have stoked fears that Turkey is holding Germany citizens as "political hostages," according to Germany's Green Party co-chair Cem Ozdemir.Related: Erdogan says 'behead traitors' Turkey arrests 'threaten everyone,' says partner of detained German activistGermany is demanding the unconditional release of both Yucel and Steudtner, threatening travel and trade restrictions in retaliation. In June, the German Foreign Ministry issued a warning to its citizens to exercise caution while traveling in Turkey, a popular destination for German tourists. Last month, Germany's Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel interrupted his own vacation plans to address the situation: "We need our policies towards Turkey to go in a new direction ... we can't continue as we have done until now," he told reporters."We need to be clearer than we have been until now, so those responsible in Ankara understand that such policies are not without consequences."A complex relationshipTurkey's relationship to Germany is complex. Around three million Turkish nationals live in Germany. Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have demonstrated en masse on German soil, but several Turkish NATO military personnel have also sought asylum in Germany since the failed coup attempt against Erdogan last year. Turkey is an important NATO ally and is a key partner in Germany's strategy to restrict the number of refugees from Syria's ongoing conflict spilling into Europe.Turkey: Opposition newspaper journalists go on trial in IstanbulYet Turkey has recently denied German parliamentarians from visiting troops, stationed in Turkey, who are participating in NATO operations in Syria.German authorities also prevented top politicians, including President Erdogan, from addressing Turkish rallies in the country in the lead up to the April 2017 referendum, a vote that handed Erdogan sweeping powers.These latest arrests may be a tipping point in the two nations' increasingly fraught relationship.Opinion: Erdogan will regret alienating Angela MerkelA bond of resilienceDilek Mayaturk moved from Munich to Istanbul to be closer to Yucel. She now sees her husband once a week, but is only able to communicate with him through a thick pane of glass. Once a month he is allowed an "open visitation" -- the only time the two are able to embrace one another and hold hands. Although the visits are exhausting, Mayaturk says they are the happiest part of her week.A year after failed coup in Turkey, Erdogan says 'behead traitors'She says she takes time to check on her husband's physical and mental health during their strictly-controlled visits."It's a very alienating place," she says. "More than that, I use that time to observe him: Does he look okay? Is he keeping healthy?" "He doesn't see anyone else. He can't exercise. Today, he's strong and patient. But tomorrow? Isolation is meant to break you in the long term." As evidence of "propaganda" in his case, Turkish authorities have presented the newspaper articles Yucel wrote for Germany's respected Die Welt newspaper. According to Die Welt, Yucel was initially detained after he reported on a series of hacker-released emails that demonstrated alleged Turkish government support for Syrian jihadist rebel groups and state attempts to control the media. Last week, Die Welt's publisher filed a complaint to Turkey's constitutional court to challenge his arrest.JUST WATCHEDTurkey accuses journalists of terror plotReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTurkey accuses journalists of terror plot 03:16Mayaturk says the allegations against her husband are "absurd."But through his isolation, Yucel's resilience has shone, she says."Deniz said from the start: 'I went in as a journalist. I want to come out as a journalist.'" "I expect a fair trial. As absurd and fantastic as the accusations are, we are not going to answer them with anger, because we are in the right," she said.

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Story highlightsPhotographers on the scene on 9/11 look back on their experiences on the day"Our lives changed forever," one says. "Words cannot describe. This was unreality"Ray Sanchez, then a columnist for Newsday in New York, reported from the same dust-covered streets of lower Manhattan that day in 2001. (CNN)Shortly after September 11, 2001, photographer Steve McCurry stored his processed film of the destruction in a filing cabinet at his Manhattan studio. He did not look at the images closely again for 10 years."I really didn't want to relive that whole thing," McCurry says. "I couldn't look at it. It was too painful."The memories remain raw for many people. The passage of 15 years doesn't make it easier. The haunting and surreal images captured by members of the Magnum Photos collective on the day of the World Trade Center attacks may help explain why. The photos of one of the most observed catastrophes in history were collected in the book "New York September 11." McCurry, 66, had just returned from a trip to China. His photo equipment was still packed. His assistant's mother called the studio to say the World Trade Center was burning. He grabbed his cameras and headed to the roof. Read MoreAt 9:59 a.m., the south tower began to crumble. In 10 seconds, it was gone. "That didn't happen," McCurry remembers thinking. "This is like a dream."Photographer Steve McCurry, photo by by Ahmet SelMcCurry kept shooting from his vantage point high atop Greenwich Village.At 10:28 a.m., the north tower went down. McCurry's camera captured the volcanic-like eruption of debris raining down over lower Manhattan, with a thick plume of gray smoke staining a clear blue sky. It took 102 minutes from the time of the first attack to the collapse of both towers."Then our lives changed forever," McCurry says. "Words cannot describe. This was unreality."'You're going to die!'Gilles Peress had been taking photos for The New Yorker about seven years. He first heard about the attacks in a phone call from his studio manager.Peress, 69, packed his cameras and headed on foot from Brooklyn into lower Manhattan. Waves of people walked hurriedly in the opposite direction, some protecting their faces from the thick clouds of dust. "The cops tried to stop me: 'You're going to die! Don't go! Don't go! You're going to die!" Peress recalls.He trudged along familiar streets now covered in dust and sheets of paper. Around him, a city the French photographer has long called home struggled against confusion, flames and horror. "None of this was imaginable," he says. Photographer Gilles Peress, photo by Jacqueline EscolarWhen Peress reached the site where the north tower had once stood, his camera captured a pair of masked firefighters -- one standing with his arms at his side, the other pushing a stretcher.On this day, the best-laid plans for treating patients never developed."The thing to remember is that the firefighters were alone at that time," Peress says. "There was no police. No ambulance. Nobody else. It was just those two guys for quite a while." At the World Trade Center, 2,753 people were killed when the hijacked planes were intentionally flown into the towers or as a result of the crashes. Of those who perished, 343 were firefighters, 23 were police officers and 37 were officers with the Port Authority."They were the only ones who stayed," Peress says of the firefighters and other first responders."They were the only ones who tried to get in. They were the only ones who didn't run away. ... And they were doing it clearly against all odds. It was a desperate situation but they were there."'The world he is coming into'Alex Webb and his wife, Rebecca Norris Webb, also a photographer, rented a car in Brooklyn after hearing the towers were hit. They drove to the edge of the East River with the intention of crossing into Manhattan on foot. Webb, 64, usually works alone but his wife insisted on coming. "She's not a photographer of conflict," Webb says. "She takes these sort of often extremely rather delicate and beautiful pictures ... in the natural world. I said, 'Wait a minute. I don't want to be worried about you coming with me.' She said, 'I don't want us to be separated on this day.'"In Brooklyn Heights, after the Webbs parked their rental car, a person came out of a doorway and asked if they wanted to see what happened from the rooftop. Photographer Alex Webb, photo by Rebecca Norris Webb A group of residents had gathered. A mother gently tended to her baby as a thick, dark plume of smoke enveloped lower Manhattan. "From the perspective of being a photographer, it was an utterly serendipitous photograph," Webb says of his picture of a mother and child. "I came onto the roof and there were some people out there and practically the first picture I took was the series of that woman and baby."He added, "Thinking about the picture afterward, there is something sort of haunting about the notion that here's this baby and this huge disaster behind and there's some sense that, 'Well, this is the world he is coming into.'"'A life-changing event' McCurry recalls passing several police checkpoints as he made his way to where the towers once stood. "I wasn't going to be stopped," he remembers."This was something I had to do ... I just felt like I had to do my part as a document, as a memory of what happened. It kind of felt like this was an attack on my neighborhood, in my home."Join the conversationFollow @CNNPhotos on Twitter to keep up with our latest work and share your comments.He captured heartrending images of firefighters struggling to find survivors, of the sheer magnitude of the destruction not far from his home. "There was all this effort to look for people and survivors but it was just so futile," he said. "The whole thing just seemed so unreal."Emotions among first responders were running high. "Some of the firemen were really upset," McCurry said. "One wanted to come after us with a shovel." McCurry calls 9/11 "a life-changing event.""For a long time after I had kind of a vertigo," he says. "In my apartment -- I live on the 17th floor -- I felt like the building was going to fall. Your mind played tricks on you."Peress said 9/11 propelled the nation into a tumultuous period from which it has yet to emerge. "The beginning of the century was extremely chaotic and very, very intense and almost everybody was left disoriented in terms of what to think, what to do, what to feel," he says. "We really are in the Twilight Zone since then."

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Story highlightsAtletico Madrid beat Real Madrid in extra time for first Copa del Rey title in 17 yearsCristiano Ronaldo scores Real's opener but was later shown a red cardJose Mourinho was sent to the stands after protesting a refereeing decision Mourinho says defeat caps 'worst season of my career'Jose Mourinho bemoaned the "worst season of my career" after seeing his Real Madrid side slip to a 2-1 extra time defeat to capital rivals Atletico in the final of the Copa del Rey.Mourinho, who is widely tipped to return to take charge of English Premier League Chelsea, made his feelings clear to the media after seeing his last chance of silverware this season slip away.In the last few weeks, Real have lost in the semifinals of the Champions League to Borussia Dortmund and seen arch-rivals Barcelona clinch the Spanish La Liga title.A season which started with such promise after beating Barca to win the Spanish Super Cup has petered out and left the "Special One" frustrated."This is the worst season of my career with a title that is not sufficient to satisfy Real Madrid and therefore it is a bad season.JUST WATCHEDCNN FC: Beckham retiresReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN FC: Beckham retires 23:51JUST WATCHEDOne Direction vs. David BeckhamReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHOne Direction vs. David Beckham 02:58JUST WATCHEDBeckham brand will outlast soccer careerReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBeckham brand will outlast soccer career 01:57"With a final, a semifinal, second place in the league and the Supercup, what for many would be a good season, for me is the worst."Pressed on his likely move to Chelsea, Mourinho refused to be drawn. "I have a contract for three more years and I have still not sat down with the president to talk about my future," he said."I have to be honest. Until the day that the president sits down with me and the club does something official it has to be like this."Read: Will Mourinho stay or go?If the match in the Santiago Bernabeu Friday night is to prove Mourinho's swansong at Real, it didn't go as planned. It wasn't the best of nights for his talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, either, as he saw red in the dying minutes. Mourinho was ordered to leave the touchline by the referee for protesting a decision late in the second half as Atletico won their first Copa del Rey in 17 years. The scrappy contest that featured more than a dozen yellow cards and two reds was settled by Miranda's header in the eighth minute of extra time on a night when it seemed Atletico, which hadn't beaten their city rivals since 1999, were destined to lift the trophy. After Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a typically impressive header, Diego Costa leveled on a counter attack in the 35th after superb work by striking partner Radamel Falcao. JUST WATCHEDAlex Ferguson's recipe for successReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAlex Ferguson's recipe for success 02:42JUST WATCHEDThiago Silva targets PSG dominance ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThiago Silva targets PSG dominance 03:07Real Madrid struck the post three times prior to the game entering extra time and Atletico keeper Thibaut Courtois made two stunning saves to preserve the victory and help end his team's three-match losing streak in Copa finals. The affair turned ugly in the dying minutes, with Ronaldo given a straight red card for kicking out at Gabi and players from both benches having to be separated. Courtois fell to the ground when struck by an item thrown from the stands at Real's home stadium. Mourinho believed his team should have lifted the cup and had been plain unlucky. "The result is 1-1 and it is not normal to hit the post three times," he said. "You don't have to be a magician of football to think that the result is not fair, that Atletico are not the deserved winners of the final."The refereeing is forgotten, the shots off the post are forgotten, all that remains is that the winner is Atletico."Winning manager Diego Simeone was simply delighted while acknowledging their fortune."It was an incredible game. We had the luck you need to have to be champions," he told gathered reporters.

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Story highlightsThe Lisbon-based government will transfer the funds until 2031 In return, Madeira will put in motion a set of austerity measuresThe archipelago will have 15 years to pay off the loanPortugal signed an agreement to grant $2 billion in aid to Madeira to enable it to meet its social and financial obligations, the island's officials announced.The Lisbon-based government will transfer the 1.5 billion euros until 2031, said Alberto Joao Jardim, the president of the Madeira regional government. In return, the leader said, Madeira will put in motion a set of austerity measures similar to those imposed on Portugal in May when the country agreed to a bailout sponsored by the various world bodies, including the International Monetary Fund. The archipelago will have 15 years to pay off the loan starting in 2016, Jardim said Friday. Jardim, who has been in power since 1978, stated that without the loan, the island's "future would be compromised." He hinted that its "political autonomy" was in jeopardy if an agreement with Lisbon had not been reached. In recent weeks, the government had been unable to pay medical bills covered by the local health system and was in danger of default.The local government hopes to collect about $140 million in extra revenue this year, which means the bulk of the effort to pay back the aid will come from taxpayers.The archipelago of Madeira is in the Atlantic Ocean and includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo and Desertas.It has a population of more than 267,000, and according to the European statistics agency.

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London (CNN)Prince William has denied the royal family is racist in his first public remarks since his brother Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, made explosive claims in a TV interview.Asked by a reporter during a visit to a school in east London if the royals were a "racist family," the Duke of Cambridge said, "We're very much not a racist family."Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, made a series of damning accusations against the royal family in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in the UK on Monday night.In response to a question on whether he had spoken to his brother since the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince William said, "I haven't spoken to him yet but I will do."Can the royal family survive after the Queen? Harry and Meghan's interview reignites the debateHarry and Meghan's interview has sent Buckingham Palace into a tailspin and triggered a nationwide debate on the royals, race and the role of the media in perpetuating xenophobia. Read MoreIn the interview, Meghan said that the skin tone of the couple's child, Archie, was discussed as a potential issue before he was born. The couple would not reveal who had made the remarks, but said it wasn't Queen Elizabeth II or her husband, Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The palace broke its silence on Tuesday evening, saying in a statement on behalf of the Queen that the allegations of racism were concerning and were being "taken very seriously.""The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan," the statement read."The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately."CNN correspondent Max Foster said Prince William's remarks were unusual and a sign of how rigid systems surrounding the monarchy were breaking down following the interview. Foster noted that the Duke of Cambridge "decided to speak back" to the reporter, despite the Queen's stated preference to handle the matter privately. "This was a reporter at a major network, breaking a protocol which is not to throw questions out at senior royals in this way. So ... that's something that's broken down," he said Thursday. "We've got to this point in the story where a senior royal is asked if his family is racist, which is just quite extraordinary."Couple cite lack of support In the interview, Meghan described having regular suicidal thoughts during her pregnancy and brief time as a working royal, and the couple said the palace had offered Meghan and Archie inadequate security and protection.Piers Morgan leaving 'Good Morning Britain' after storming off set over his attacks on MeghanThe couple cited a lack of support over invasive press coverage and the royal institution's decision not to give their son Archie a title -- and with it his eligibility for protection -- as the basis for their decision to relocate from the UK.The interview has also had consequences for the British press, whose tabloids are infamous for invading the privacy of royals and celebrities, and are regularly embroiled in legal battles for defamation. High-profile TV personality Piers Morgan stepped down from his role as presenter of ITV's "Good Morning Britain," a day after questioning whether the Duchess was being truthful about having suicidal thoughts. Morgan stormed of the set live on TV as his own co-host, Alex Beresford, admonished him in a scathing rebuke of his remarks.The Duchess of Sussex had complained about Morgan's remarks to the television station. The executive director of the UK's Society of Editors, Ian Murray, resigned Wednesday after appearing in an interview in which he refused to acknowledge racist media coverage in the country. Prince Charles -- who is William and Harry's father, and heir to the throne -- appeared in public earlier on Tuesday for the first time and did not respond to a question on the furor surrounding his family.Harry had told Winfrey that his father had briefly stopped taking his calls after the couple announced they were stepping back from the royal family last January. He added that they were now speaking again.CNN will soon launch Royal News, a weekly newsletter bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what's happening behind palace walls. Sign up here.

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Ouarzazate, Morocco (CNN)It's not just on the track that Morocco is aiming to become a world leader in renewable energy.As well as a host nation of a Formula ePrix, the country is also home to the world's largest concentrated solar farm.Follow @cnnsport Built on an area of more than 3,000 hectares in area - the size of 3,500 football fields -- the Noor-Ouarzazate complex, produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Prague, or twice the size of Marrakesh.Situated at the gateway to the Sahara Desert, the whole complex provides 580 megawatts -- saving the planet from over 760,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.JUST WATCHEDThe world's largest concentrated solar farmReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe world's largest concentrated solar farm 01:25Morocco has one of most ambitious energy targets in the world. The goal is for 42% of its power to come from renewable sources by 2020.Read MoreThe country is well on track to hit its target too with 35% of its energy is already renewable thanks to sites such as Noor Ouarzazate.Its 243 meter tower, the tallest in Africa, houses molten salt which is melted to create energy. Unlike conventional solar panels which deliver energy direct to the grid, curved mirrors concentrate radiation to heat tubes of fluid which are pumped to a power unit. The unit holds the energy for use at a later time -- specifically at night when demand is greater.JUST WATCHEDWill Formula E merge with Formula One?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWill Formula E merge with Formula One? 01:39A cylinder full of salt is melted by the warmth from the mirrors during the day, and stays hot enough at night to provide up to three hours of power, according to World Bank, who financed construction of the plant with a $400 million loan combined with $216 million provided from the Clean Technology Fund.Visit cnn.com/sport for more news and videosNoor Ouarzazate in Morocco produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Prague.Imported fossil fuels currently provide for 97% of Morocco's energy need, according to World Bank . As a result the country is keen to diversify and start using renewable energy."Morocco is an emergent country," Yassir Badih, senior project manager at Masen told CNN."Electricity demand has doubled since 2010 and by 2030 we want Morocco to be one of the first countries in the world for renewables to exceed share of fossil energy."Nicki Shields reported from Ouarzazate. James Masters wrote from London.

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London (CNN)A police order banning the global environmental movement Extinction Rebellion from staging protests in London was "unlawful," London's high court ruled Wednesday.London's Metropolitan Police issued a revised Section 14 order last month when thousands of protesters took to the city's streets, stating that "any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion 'Autumn Uprising' ... must now cease their protest(s) within London." The police imposed the four-day ban on October 14 -- the final week of the movement's two-week campaign of civil disobedience in the city -- prohibiting any assembly of more than two people linked to the October protests dubbed the "Autumn Uprising." Section 14 of the UK's Public Order Act 1986 is aimed at preventing "serious public disorder, serious damage to property or serious disruption." Critics said the decision to deploy it for the Extinction Rebellion protests was an overreach of police powers. London becomes first city to ban Extinction Rebellion protestsIn his ruling on Wednesday, Lord Justice Digemans said: "Separate gatherings, separated both in time and by many miles, even if coordinated under the umbrella of one body, are not a public assembly within the meaning of the Section 14 of the 1986 Act.Read More"The XR autumn uprising intended to be held from October 14 to 19 was not therefore a public assembly ... therefore the decision to impose the condition was unlawful because there was no power to impose it under Section 14 of the 1986 Act."However, he also noted that there were powers within the act which might be lawfully used to control future protests deliberately designed to "take police resources to a breaking point." Extinction Rebellion's campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience centers on mass arrests.'A landmark decision'Tobias Garnett, a human rights lawyer with Extinction Rebellion's legal strategy team, told CNN: "We're overjoyed. It is a landmark decision in a way that it reaffirms our right to protest and it makes clear to the police that they are not going to be allowed to use powers that they don't have." In a statement, the Met said it was disappointed with the ruling and would now "carefully consider the judgment before deciding on our next steps." Extinction Rebellion activist climbs Big Ben scaffolding Since it launched a year ago, Extinction Rebellion has grown into an international movement. The decentralized organization has attracted tens of thousands of protesters to participate in nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at forcing government action on the climate crisis.During the shutdown in the heart of London, which began on October 7, protesters targeted areas around Parliament, the Bank of England and London City Airport. Police had tried to restrict the protesters to Trafalgar Square, in central London, under Section 14.The Met has said more than 1,800 people were arrested during October's non-violent action, 400 of them after the ban was introduced, including Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley. As of November 6, 165 had been charged. The fortnight-long protests cost the police at least £24 million ($31 million) -- higher than the £15 million the Met spends annually on its violent crime taskforce -- and 21,000 officers were placed on 12-hour shifts during the October campaign. Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsExtinction Rebellion climate change protesters demonstrate during a rally in Trafalgar Square in London on Wednesday, October 16. Climate protesters in London have kept up their campaign despite being ousted by a police order from their Trafalgar Square encampment on Monday. Hide Caption 1 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsClimate activists hold a banner after climbing atop the roof of the entrance to YouTube's offices in London during the 10th day of demonstrations on October 16.Hide Caption 2 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsThe Guardian newspaper environmental journalist and author George Monbiot, right, sits blocking a road with the Co-Leader of Britain's Green Party Jonathan Bartley at the bottom of Trafalgar Square on October 16. Hide Caption 3 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsAn Extinction Rebellion climate protester sits atop a fence pillar on the perimeter of the houses of parliament in London, on Tuesday October 15. Hide Caption 4 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsProtesters demonstrate outside the BlackRock headquarters in Throgmorton Avenue in London on Monday, October 14.Hide Caption 5 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA protester stands near a policeman during a demonstration in London.Hide Caption 6 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA young child waves an Extinction Rebellion flag outside of the Bank of England during the eighth day of demonstrations October 14.Hide Caption 7 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsDoctors join Extinction Rebellion activists to demonstrate for the sixth day running in Trafalgar Square on October 12. Hide Caption 8 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsProtesters block a road during an Extinction Rebellion protest on Saturday, October 12, in Prague, Czech Republic.Hide Caption 9 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsOisin O'Connor and his sister, Eve, help wallpaper the front of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday, October 11.Hide Caption 10 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsActivists bury their heads in the sand on Sydney's Manly Beach on October 11.Hide Caption 11 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsProtesters chain themselves to barrels on Berlin's Marschall Bridge.Hide Caption 12 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsPolice block the entrance to the BBC New Broadcasting House in London during an Extinction Rebellion protest on October 11.Hide Caption 13 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsClimate activists participate in an Extinction Rebellion protest in New York's Times Square on Thursday, October 10. Hide Caption 14 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsExtinction Rebellion demonstrators block an entrance to the City Airport in London on October 10.Hide Caption 15 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsExtinction Rebellion protesters march as a "human forest" in Dublin. They were heading to Leinster House to call for a complete remodeling of forestry policy.Hide Caption 16 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA demonstrator displays a banner at the City Airport in London.Hide Caption 17 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsMothers gather ahead of the Extinction Rebellion "nurse-in" road blockade in London on Wednesday, October 9.Hide Caption 18 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsExtinction Rebellion protesters wear masks in Berlin on October 9. From left, the masks represent German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz.Hide Caption 19 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsExtinction Rebellion told CNN on October 9 that activists now control three sites in Berlin.Hide Caption 20 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsStanley Johnson, father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, joins protesters in London's Trafalgar Square on October 9. Days before, his son described Extinction Rebellion protesters as "hemp-smelling," "uncooperative crusties."Hide Caption 21 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsThe protests often dip into the theatrical. On October 9, anti-aircraft protesters held signs in Trafalgar Square a day before a planned "'Hong Kong-style occupation" of the London City Airport.Hide Caption 22 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsActivists block a bridge close to the Reichstag building in Berlin on October 9. Extinction Rebellion encourages volunteers to carry out acts of "peaceful civil disobedience to call on government to act on the climate and ecological emergency."Hide Caption 23 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsActivists protest outside Dublin's Government Buildings as Ireland's finance minister unveiled the country's 2020 budget on Tuesday, October 8.Hide Caption 24 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsClimate activists glue themselves to the entrance of a power company's offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on October 8.Hide Caption 25 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsActivists stage a sit-down protest outside Dublin's Government Buildings.Hide Caption 26 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsProtesters wearing black stand next to a coffin as they stage a demonstration in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on October 8. Hide Caption 27 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA man is detained in Melbourne as he takes part in an Extinction Rebellion protest on Monday, October 7. More than 50 people were arrested throughout Australia that day.Hide Caption 28 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsIn New York, demonstrators congregate at Washington Square Park as they launched actions around the city on October 7. The protests included pouring fake blood over Wall Street's Charging Bull statue.Hide Caption 29 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsThe Red Brigade surrounds police in London on October 7. This crimson-robed troupe is common at Extinction Rebellion protests and is the creation of the Invisible Circus, a street performance group.Hide Caption 30 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA driver watches protesters block a city intersection in Melbourne on October 7. Hide Caption 31 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsExtinction Rebellion flags fly at a protest in Melbourne.Hide Caption 32 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA group calling itself the Aged Agitators demonstrates outside London's Houses of Parliament.Hide Caption 33 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsA woman sits down in front of a line of police in Melbourne.Hide Caption 34 of 35 Photos: The Extinction Rebellion protestsProtesters take part in Extinction Rebellion's global "Week of Action" in Melbourne.Hide Caption 35 of 35Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave said in a statement: "The decision to apply the conditions on 14 October on the Extinction Rebellion 'Autumn Uprising' protest was not taken lightly." Ephgrave described the situation at the time as "untenable," saying protesters had created "unacceptable and prolonged disruption to Londoners."He continued: "After eight days of continual disruption we took the decision to bring an end to this particular protest, a decision which we believe was both reasonable and proportionate. "I want to be clear; we would not and cannot ban protest. The condition at the center of this ruling was specific to this particular protest, in the particular circumstances at the time."The court ruling could lead to more legal action against the police, as protesters detained under the ban could seek compensation for unlawful imprisonment. Ellie Chowns -- a Green Party Member of the European Parliament who was arrested and kept in a police cell for five hours under the blanket ban -- said the ruling was a "very important victory for the principle for the right of assembly and the right to protest, which is so central to a functioning democracy." She added: "This is a very important judgment because it is going to make the police think twice about putting in place such blanket conditions, and sweep up people behaving in a perfectly reasonable and democratic manner."

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(CNN)The first semi truck full of 2020 election ballots rolled slowly through the Arizona State Fairgrounds on Friday, past the "Crazy Times Carnival" set up in the south parking lot to a warehouse where the approximately 2.1 million ballots cast by Maricopa County voters will be stored for the next week.This is the latest bizarre act in the replay of the Big Lie -- that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.On Thursday night, a three-week ballot review led by the GOP-controlled Arizona Senate came to a temporary halt. The lease for the Senate and its tech consultants, Cyber Ninjas, was up at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, where openly partisan volunteers and hourly workers had been conducting the ballot count. Justice Department warns Arizona Senate president of civil rights violations in 2020 election auditDespite public pledges that this third ballot review would be finished by May 14, Arizona Senate liaison Ken Bennett told CNN they had gotten through only about 500,000 ballots before being forced to give up their space. The lease could not be extended because the Coliseum is hosting more than a dozen high school graduations in the coming week, raising possible security concerns about the ballots, which are now being relocated. Read MoreFriday morning, forklifts began lifting pallets filled with boxes of ballots onto trailer beds to move to a temporary warehouse, a building on the south side of the fairgrounds called the Wesley Bolin Building a couple of hundred yards away. The sage-green warehouse sits directly next to the Crazy Times Carnival, which has been using the Wesley Bolin's restrooms for carnivalgoers as public bathrooms, creating a second, ongoing security issue beyond the relocation from the Coliseum. "They'll be in a locked container with 24/7 armed guards, fencing and 24/7 livestreaming cameras," Bennett told CNN. When asked if the facility housing the ballots would be temperature- and moisture-controlled, Bennett said it would be, adding that "the place where the ballots are stored will be in a condition that does not affect the ballots negatively."Bennett would not discuss the specifics of circumstances inside the Wesley Bolin Building. On the Arizona fairgrounds website describing its venues, it warns that the building is "not recommended for use between May through September." The reason? "Due to temperatures during the summer months."As the truck moved the ballots across the fairgrounds, temperatures were scheduled to hit 102 on Friday. The ballots will stay in their temporary home until May 23, when they will be moved back to the Coliseum. Bennett told CNN the count will restart on May 24, with the goal of finishing "within 14-16 days."That pace would require an exponential ramp-up and rate that so far have proved elusive to this partisan ballot count, taking place despite two audits conducted by Maricopa County showing no widespread election fraud.Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election are boxed up and moved offsite from the floor of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum where they were being examined and recounted by contractors hired by the Arizona senate in Phoenix on May 14, 2021. The Arizona senate was forced to pause their recount of the ballots as various high school graduations were slated to begin inside the coliseum."I've never seen anything like it," said election technology expert Ryan Macias of the ballot review being led by Cyber Ninjas, hired by the state Senate. "They do not have auditing experience. They do not have election technology experience. The more that this (the ballots) moves in and out, the more likely the chain of custody will be broken and the less likely that the data is reliable." Macias is an expert in election technology who is one of the pro bono observers brought in by the Arizona secretary of state's office to watch the Cyber Ninjas ballot count. He has been hired by both Republicans and Democrats to help safeguard dozens upon dozens of state and federal elections."There's ballots; there's people counting. But the process in which they are utilizing, at least on the counting floor, is nothing that is in an election environment," said Macias.CNN spoke with more than a dozen workers as they went in to conduct the ballot count over the last three weeks. On many of the vehicles, there were bumper stickers signaling support for Trump.Elouise Flagg, one of the workers, said she was inspired to join the Cyber Ninjas ballot count because she didn't believe the results of the 2020 election nor the subsequent audits conducted by Maricopa County."I think Donald Trump won the election -- firm believer," said Flagg. "I hope we come to a point where we're happy with the results and truth is told."Workers like Flagg will return in a little more than a week to start the ballot count again. A new lease agreement between Arizona Senate Republicans and the state fairgrounds shows an end date of June 30. 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Story highlightsEmmanuel Macron names a Cabinet that is evenly divided between men and womenGérard Collomb becomes interior minister, and Jean-Yves Le Drian is foreign minister (CNN)France's newly inaugurated President Emmanuel Macron unveiled his Cabinet on Wednesday, with women filling half of the 22 positions as promised.Gérard Collomb will become interior minister, former presidential hopeful François Bayrou takes justice and Jean-Yves Le Drian -- who was defense minister under former President François Hollande -- takes foreign affairs and Europe. JUST WATCHEDMacron faces challenges in parliamentary voteReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMacron faces challenges in parliamentary vote 02:38Sylvie Goulard will be defense minister, while Muriel Pénicaud becomes labor minister and Agnes Buzyn is health minister. Annick Girardin, who was the minister for public services under Hollande, is now the overseas territories minister.Bruno Le Maire, who served under former center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been named as Macron's economy minister.Hollande also achieved gender parity in his 2012 Cabinet, but commentators noted that most of the heavyweight roles went to men. Read MoreAccording to CNN affiliate BFMTV, the 69-year-old Collomb is a popular Socialist who has been a senator and mayor of Lyon and was one of Macron's early backers. Despite a long political career, it will be his first ministerial position. France: Half of Macron's legislative election candidates are womenHis new role puts him in charge of France's police and, as such, of any terror-related investigations in the country.Bayrou, also in an important role, joined forces with Macron in February, contributing to his victory by bringing his centrist party Modem on board.Macron on Monday named center-right politician Edouard Philippe of the Republicans as his Prime Minister.The far-right National Front criticized Macron's Cabinet picks, saying he had brought back "personalities who have already significantly demonstrated their complete incompetence."It added, "The large number of ministers from the ranks of the Republicans, in addition to the Prime Minister himself, also confirms that the Republicans will not be able to claim to be a force opposed to the power in place."Legislative elections loomSpeaking at his inauguration Sunday, Macron vowed to bring confidence back to a nation that has been "broken" by a spate of terror attacks and a sluggish economy. Emmanuel Macron's tricky to-do list after French election He said he hoped to restore French values and applauded voters for resisting the wave of populism in choosing him over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.He will now be looking to the June legislative elections. His centrist La Republique En Marche! party, which has never held a single seat in Parliament, will need a strong presence there to push Macron's legislative agenda.The party is scrambling to get 577 candidates together to contest every seat in the country ahead of the vote, on June 11 and 18.It named 428 candidates last week, half of them women and more than half from outside the political establishment, fulfilling a party pledge made in January. Of the established politicians, the party has attracted candidates from both the left and right, causing panic among traditional parties facing mass defections.Seeking a broader appealMacron's selection of a prime minister from the ranks of a center-right party outside his own movement was seen as in an attempt to broaden his appeal to right-wing voters ahead of next month's vote.Macron won the May 7 election with a resounding 66% of the vote, but his mandate may not be as strong as those numbers suggest. Many in France made it clear they were casting their votes against Le Pen.At 39, he becomes the youngest president in France's history and the youngest leader since Napoleon. He has inherited an extraordinary to-do list and faces some demanding deadlines.CNN's Pierre Buet, Matou Diop, Angela Dewan and Saskya Vandoorne contributed to this report.

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(CNN)With the 2020 editions of the biggest football matches in South America postponed and played in front of a handful of fans due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's upcoming tournament finals are promising a different look by bringing supporters back in the stands.The championship matches of two men's and one women's tournaments -- the Copa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores Femenina and Copa Libertadores -- are being played over the course of two weekends starting Saturday in Montevideo, Uruguay. Organized by continental governing body CONMEBOL, the finals will take place in front of capacity crowds for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The government of Uruguay established requirements to attend, including proof of vaccination for those over the age of 12 and face masks to be worn for the duration of the events.Traveling to Uruguay during Covid-19: What you need to know before you goThe country this month also reopened its borders to travelers with stipulations. Visitors to Uruguay over the age of 18 are required to have completed vaccination, and a negative PCR test within 72 hours of arrival is required for those over the age of 6. Read MoreCovid-19 cases in Uruguay have significantly leveled off from a surge earlier this year, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 75% of the population is fully vaccinated. Five of the six clubs participating are from neighboring Brazil, leaving many to hope the newly opened borders and expanded stadium access will help a battered tourism industry.With spectators turning to the action on the pitch, here's what to know about some of the top sporting events in South America. Aerial view of the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, which will host the finals of the men's Sudamericana and Libertadores cups on November 20 and 27 respectively.Copa SudamericanaThe first of the three finals in Uruguay kicks off with the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary men's club tournament, which is on a par with UEFA's Europa League. Two Brazilian clubs survived the group stages and knockout rounds to make the final, as Club Athletico Paranaense squares off against Red Bull Bragantino. Both sides finished mid-table last season in Brazil's Série A. The clubs have strikingly different histories, with one a regular fixture in Brazilian top-flight while the other is a newcomer to the scene. Athletico are recent Copa Sudamericana champions, winning it all in 2018. Since the turn of the century, the club has competed in Série A in all but one season and won the league in 2001. Red Bull Bragantino was once known as Clube Atlético Bragantino, finishing as high as second in Brazilian football in 1991 before relegation and a long stretch of competing in second and third divisions. The club was taken over by energy drink empire Red Bull two years ago and rebranded, coinciding with promotion back to Série A for the first time in more than 20 seasons. The match will be played at Estadio Centenario, the home of Uruguay's national team and a host stadium of the inaugural World Cup in 1930. Kickoff is Saturday 5 p.m. local time (8 p.m. GMT).A worker displays the Copa Libertadores (L) and Copa Sudamericana trophies in Luque, Paraguay, on April 9, 2021. Copa Libertadores FemeninaThe final of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, the continental tournament for women's football, will see Brazil's Corinthians face off against Colombian side Independiente Santa Fe. Both clubs are aligned with their well-known men's football counterparts of the same names. Corinthians is searching for its third South American championship since 2017; they won their first as part of a combined squad with club Audax, then won again in 2019 as a solo effort. Santa Fe is making its second consecutive appearance in the tournament and succeeded for the first time this year in escaping the group stage. Should they win, Santa Fe will have defeated all three Brazilian teams in the tournament during the knockout rounds to claim victory.Paraguay hosted the semifinals, with the final set for Sunday at another of Uruguay's former World Cup venues, the Estadio Gran Parque Central. Copa LibertadoresOne of the most highly regarded club tournaments in the world, the Copa Libertadores is the continental equivalent of the UEFA Champions League. And like the Copa Sudamericana, two teams from Brazil have advanced to the final. In front of tens of thousands of fans at Estadio Centenario on Saturday, November 27, Brazilian titans Palmeiras and Flamengo will battle to determine who can win their second Copa Libertadores in less than three years. Palmeiras fans gather to celebrate dramatic Copa Libertadores winPalmeiras, located in São Paulo, are the tournament's defending champions, defeating Santos in January in front of a small crowd due to pandemic restrictions. Victory would make Palmeiras the first side to win back-to-back trophies since 2001. Flamengo, located in Rio de Janeiro, have also performed well on the big stage as of late, having won the Copa Libertadores in 2019 and are the defending champions of Série A.Both teams are currently in the top three in the Série A standings, chasing Clube Atlético Mineiro with a handful of matches remaining. The final itself has been moved or postponed multiple times in recent years. In 2018, the second leg of a home-and-away Copa Libertadores final between Argentinian rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate was suspended due to fan unrest, with the Boca team bus attacked and players injured after being hit by projectiles en route to the stadium. The match was later played in Madrid, Spain. In 2019 -- won by Flamengo -- the final was moved from Chile to Peru due to civil unrest and national protests over inequality and corruption.The winners of the Copa Libertadores will progress to the FIFA Club World Cup, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates in early 2022.The Club World Cup pits continental champions against each another in a knockout tournament. In February, Bayern Munich beat Mexican club Tigres 1-0 in the Club World Cup final to win the competition for a second time.

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(CNN)The US Open was supposed to be a slam dunk for Novak Djokovic but instead of moving closer to Roger Federer in the Grand Slam record books, the world No. 1 was defaulted Sunday when he struck a line judge with a ball.The Serb had just been broken to trail 6-5 in the first set against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta in New York when he hit a ball behind him. Djokovic wouldn't have been aiming at anyone but it hit the line judge -- seemingly near the face -- and she fell to the ground. The chair umpire, Aurelie Tourte, and Djokovic, went to check on her before they were joined on court by tournament referee Soeren Friemel and supervisor Andreas Egli. Djokovic tends to a line judge who was hit with the ball during his men's singles match against Pablo Carreno Busta at the US OpenDjokovic then had an extended conversation with Friemel before being officially defaulted. The 17-time grand slam champion walked off court in near silence since no fans were in the stadium due to the coronavirus pandemic and left the tournament site without speaking to the media.In an Instagram post later on Sunday, Djokovic apologized to the tournament and everyone associated for his behavior.Read More"This whole situation has left me really sad and empty," he wrote. "I checked on the lines person and the tournament told me that thank God she is feeling ok. I'm extremely sorry to have caused her such stress. So unintended. So wrong. I'm not disclosing her name to respect her privacy. As for the disqualification, I need to go back within and work on my disappointment and turn this all into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being."Rules called for a defaultCarreno Busta was left in "shock." "I never expected this moment playing against Novak," the 2017 US Open semifinalist told reporters in a Zoom call. "So it was a tough moment also to me."He later said: "Of course I think this was not intentional. I don't think that any one of us, of the players, do this kind of thing intentional. It's just the moment. "I think that it was bad luck, no? You cannot do this, but of course, I think that Novak never, never wants to hit the line umpire."According to the rules, a default seemed like the lone outcome even if the intent wasn't there, although Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene escaped a default last week at the Western & Southern Open in New York when he hit a ball in frustration and it struck a cameraman in the stands. "Players shall not at any time physically abuse any official, opponent, spectator or other person within the precincts of the tournament site," according to the grand slam rule book. Mladenovic withdrawn from US Open doubles after coming into contact with player who tested positive for coronavirus Djokovic had no recourse since the grand slam rule book states that, "in all cases of default, the decision of the referee in consultation with the grand slam chief of supervisors shall be final and unappealable." Later on Sunday, the US Tennis Association issued a statement about Djokovic's dismissal: "In accordance with the grand slam rule book, following his actions of intentionally hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly within the court or hitting a ball with negligent disregard of the consequences, the US Open tournament referee defaulted Novak Djokovic from the 2020 US Open. Because he was defaulted, Djokovic will lose all ranking points earned at the US Open and will be fined the prize money won at the tournament in addition to any or all fines levied with respect to the offending incident."Djokovic earned $250,000 in prize money by reaching the fourth round.Eventful few minutes for DjokovicMoments before, Djokovic had smacked a ball in frustration when he was unable to convert three set points at 5-4 but did not receive a warning for ball abuse. Then he took a tumble in the 11th game, appearing to injure his left shoulder. The trainer came out to visit him in the middle of the game before Djokovic returned to the court. Novak Djokovic walks off court at the US Open after being defaulted. In the past, Djokovic has received ball abuse warnings and been asked about his on-court conduct in news conferences. It happened at the 2016 French Open when he bounced his racket in frustration in a quarterfinal win against Tomas Berdych. The racket spun backwards and a line judge had to react quickly to move out of the way. If he hadn't, Djokovic might have been disqualified. Djokovic admitted afterward he was "lucky." "I am aware that I have been lucky, and I apologized to people that have been in this particular situation with me and that could have been hurt by my racket," he said. "But it was never the intention. It was just some unfortunate bounce, but fortunate ending of that scenario."Sunday's incident added to Djokovic's rocky last few months. His Adria Tour exhibition in the Balkans was cut short when several players tested positive for the coronavirus -- including himself -- and he made headlines for saying he was opposed to vaccination. He also suggested polluted water could be turned into healing water with emotions. JUST WATCHEDDjokovic 'deeply sorry' for Adria Tour after Covid-19 positive testReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDjokovic 'deeply sorry' for Adria Tour after Covid-19 positive test 01:52At this US Open, he has led the way in trying to set up a new player association. Still, with all that, Djokovic was the heavy favorite to win the men's title at the US Open. He hadn't lost a match in 2020 and his two biggest rivals, Federer and Rafael Nadal, aren't playing at the tournament. An 18th major would have put him two behind Federer -- who is recovering from knee surgery -- for the all-time men's lead and one behind Nadal. Defaults in tennis, especially in grand slams, are extremely rare. It happened to former Wimbledon semifinalist Tim Henman when he struck a ball and it hit a ball girl at the grass-court grand slam in 1995. John McEnroe was defaulted for several violations -- not one, like in Djokovic's case -- in a match at the Australian Open in 1990.In a 2012 ATP tournament in London, David Nalbandian was defaulted from the final when he kicked an advertising board that then hit a line judge. And Denis Shapovalov, who defeated David Goffin in Sunday's night session at the Open, was defaulted when he struck an umpire in the eye with a ball at the Davis Cup in 2017.

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(CNN)Three men were charged Tuesday night in connection with the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, government spokesman Kurt Farugia told CNN.The Malta nationals were among 10 men arrested Monday in raids across the island nation involving police and security services. Daphne Caruana GaliziaCaruana Galizia, who had led the investigation into the Panama Papers and alleged corruption within political circles in Malta, was killed in an October car bombing. Her vehicle exploded soon after she left her home in Bidnija, close to the town of Mosta, local media reported.The death rocked the country and caused consternation across Europe.In the aftermath, Matthew Caruana Galizia said his mother had been "assassinated" because of her work uncovering alleged corruption in the Maltese government.Read MoreHe said that the 53-year-old had been "targeted," and added that a "culture of impunity has been allowed to flourish by the government in Malta."

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(CNN)In the United States these days, it's sometimes hard to say anything without offending someone. Political discourse has become pervasive. You could easily poison a social gathering by mentioning President Donald Trump, the Democrats or the impeachment hearings.Sport used to be a safe place and an escape. Sport had the power to unite us, but even that became toxic in the era of Trump. When athletes like the NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and soccer star Megan Rapinoe spoke up about social inequality, they were demonized by many on the right and labeled "unpatriotic." Basketball icon Lebron James has also made headlines for his social commentary.They are leaders on the field of play, but in these partisan times, can professional athletes possibly speak for all of us in society?Read MoreAndrew Yang thinks that they can. Yang is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, and he told me recently that to disregard the perspective of professional athletes would be foolish. "Athletes are parents, they're human beings first and foremost," said Yang. Andrew Yang and Kamala Harris, who recently ended her 2020 presidential bid, take part in November's Democratic primary debate."I think athletes get pushed into a role where we forget they're human beings. I mean, athletes have, you know, struggles and anxieties and family problems just like anyone else. "The fact is athletes are among the most admired people in American life. And so if you were to say to athletes, 'just stay in your lane,' it would actually make no sense to me or most Americans."I was speaking with Yang on a basketball court in Atlanta, where he was taking a break from the rigors of campaigning. Shooting hoops alongside him was one of the legends of the game, Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, an athlete who's comfortable working on either side of the aisle. Wilkins once teamed up with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- a Republican -- to tackle diabetes. The initiative was called Nique and Newt's Full Court Press."I've got two special needs kids," Wilkins told me. "No one can tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about because I live with it, and my kids live with it. "I have a responsibility to reach out and find every avenue that I can to give them a quality of life. It's got nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with being a parent. That's what I'm about, empowering people to help themselves."Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresDominique Wilkins enjoyed an NBA career that spanned 17 years. Yang is a political outsider, but he's rapidly made a name for himself in the battlefield of American politics. He's a serious long shot for the White House, but going into the 2020 primary fight, he's featured in all five of the Democratic presidential debates so far, outlasting better-known rivals like Beto O'Rourke and Kamala Harris. He's quirky, he isn't afraid of dropping the odd profanity on the campaign trail and he's embraced previously taboo topics like the threat of automation and a universal basic income. Yang's digital-savvy supporters are devoted and organized, earning Yang the nickname the "internet's favorite candidate."As we're talking, Yang and Wilkins are dribbling around the basket, peppering it with shots, the latter with considerably more success. Yang is undeterred, he's a bundle of energy, checking in on his wife and young son, cackling uncontrollably at any element of misfortune.JUST WATCHEDDe Blasio: Require equal pay for national sports teamsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDe Blasio: Require equal pay for national sports teams 01:05"Some of my fondest memories growing up are of playing basketball as the sun goes down, pretending there's still enough light in the driveway," he says. "You keep playing until someone runs into something and then you have to stop. There's not a rule that says running for president should be a slog all the time. The fact is that our country could use a bit of an uplift. "Hopefully, seeing people having fun, doing some exercise, playing a game of hoops. I think it's very positive."JUST WATCHEDLeBron: My voice has to be more than sportsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLeBron: My voice has to be more than sports 00:43That leads us onto one of the topics that he's most passionate about -- encouraging our children to play sport, luring them away from the hypnotic spell of technology. Yang is painting a dystopian view of our future, in which automation creates landscapes of vast unemployment and a population zombified by their screens."We have to start facing facts about what technology is doing to our kids. We're seeing record levels of anxiety, depression and stress. Parents are literally facing off against a trillion-dollar industry that is mesmerizing our kids. "As president I'll say, 'You know what's more important than these company's wallets? Our kids' mental health.'"Politically active athletes may be polarizing, but there might still be some policies upon which we could all agree. Creating a healthier environment for our children is perhaps one of them; maybe there is still a world in which the power of sport can unite us.

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(CNN)Barcelona became kings of Europe for a fifth time Saturday with a deserved 3-1 Champions League final victory over Juventus in Berlin.Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring early on for the Catalans before Alvaro Morata drew Juve level at the start of the second half. But parity didn't last long as Luis Suarez restored Barcelona's lead a little over 10 minutes later.Neymar then added a third in injury time to ensure European football's biggest prize would return to Spain for a second year running.Follow @cnnsport The triumph followed Spanish league and cup wins and marked a dramatic turnaround in fortunes for Barca coach Luis Enrique whose job was on the line as recently as January until an inauspicious run of results was righted.It was a change in form that had much to do with the irrepressible attacking trident of Neymar, Suarez and Lionel Messi.Read MoreAnd as the European season reached its climax Saturday, their fluidity and potency was just too much for an experienced Juve side appearing in its first final since losing to AC Milan in 2003. Barcelona fans attend the 2015 Champions League final in Berlin.Needless to say, much has changed for Juventus since that night in Manchester 12 years ago.The Old Lady of Italian football has suffered humiliation, enforced relegation and the stripping of Italian league titles as punishment for its involvement in the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.Only goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has remained from the 2003 final and through the club's battle back to Europe's top table. More potently, however, Saturday's match was taking place 30 years after Juve claimed its first European Cup, a title won under the shadow of tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.That night in 1985 Michel Platini -- who attended Saturday's fixture in his current role as the head of European football's governing body UEFA -- scored the only goal of the game as the Bianconeri defeated Liverpool 1-0.But tragedy was unfolding in the stands as 39 fans died in a stampede compounded by a dilapidated stadium, poor ticketing arrangements and "negligent policing."Juve defender Leonardo Bonucci spoke before the game of wanting to win to honor the victims of Heysel.And perhaps spurred on by this desire, the Italians started the more aggressive of the two sides. Patrice Evra snapped into Dani Alves within seconds of kick off. Moments later, Carlos Tevez fired over from the edge of the area with Barca looking uncharacteristically tense.The nerves didn't last long.Within minutes Barca was ahead. Neymar fed Andres Iniesta, who was bursting into the Juve area from deep. He then squared the ball to Ivan Rakitic to perform the simple task of knocking the ball beyond the diving Buffon.Ivan Rakitic opens the scoring for Barcelona in the 205 Champions League final.Arriving as it did just three minutes in, it was the fourth fastest goal in Champions League final history. And against one of the meanest defenses in Europe.Juventus had conceded just 35 goals in 55 games this season prior to kick-off. By comparison, Barcelona's front three had bagged 120 goals between them -- a stat all the more remarkable given Suarez missed the start of the season as punishment for his infamous bite on Juventus and Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup.A calf injury sustained by Chiellini meant there would be no reunion with the Uruguayan Saturday. And the no-nonsense defender's absence was readily apparent as Barca began piling the pressure on.Hardly 10 minutes had passed when Neymar broke free on the edge of the Juve area but failed to keep his shot down. Suarez was then denied by a last ditch tackle from Andrea Barzagli before Buffon somehow clawed out a net-bound Dani Alves strike.It would have pushed the boundaries of sports conditioning for the Catalan side to maintain this pace. And sure enough, Juve began to assert themselves as the half wore on without ever creating much of attacking significance.The second half began much like the first. Juve forced an early corner but within moments were defending at the other end as Barca broke at pace. But Buffon again denied Suarez with a strong right hand.When Messi came close moments later it looked like a matter of time before Barca doubled its advantage.Yet it was Juventus that would strike next, thoroughly against the run of play, through Morata. The ex-Real Madrid striker had been quiet all night but was in the right place at the right time to knock beyond Marc-Andre Ter Stegen after the keeper could only parry Tevez's initial strike.Alvaro Morata levels the scores in the 2015 Champions League final.The Italian side was now in confident mood. Tevez again fired over before Paul Pogba tested Ter Stegen from distance.But this was a Barcelona team that hadn't experienced a defeat of any significance since January.And when Buffon couldn't hold a Messi strike that skipped up off the surface, much like Morata at the other end, Suarez was on hand to blast high into the Juve net.Moments later it looked like Neymar had made it three. The Brazilian reeled away in celebration after nodding home Jordi Alba's cross. But an eagle-eyed official behind the goal spotted that Neymar had glanced the ball off his hand and correctly ruled out the goal.Juve rolled the dice by bringing on another striker in the shape of Fernando Llorente.But it was Neymar who would have the last word in the fifth minute of injury time. As Juventus piled forward, the 39-goal striker exchanged passes with Pedro before drilling the ball low beyond Buffon to round off a joyous season for Barcelona.Champioooooons pic.twitter.com/EMNsWcUekA— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 6, 2015 Read: Champions League final as it happened

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(CNN)It's the biggest football match in 10 years between two fierce rivals, but Japan's meeting with South Korea appears to be sparking more concern than excitement. Any sporting event between the two countries always has an additional competitive edge given the historical tensions between South Korea and Japan. South Korea fans describe the clash as an historical rivalry, while Japan's national team coach Moriyasu Hajime also acknowledged many people consider it as a "special match," according to JFA news release. Last time the two faced off in an international friendly match in 2011, Japan won 3-0 on home soil.Since then, the rivals have met four times at the East Asian Football Federation Championship, with South Korea winning two of those matches, Japan one of them, with the other game drawn. Read MoreThe South Korean national team is now in Yokohama, Japan, for Thursday's friendly match. However, some South Korean fans have called for the game to be canceled due to concerns over the team's safety traveling amidst of a global Covid-19 pandemic. READ: 'A dark cloud has developed inside of me': Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli steps down due to 'profound distress'Japan celebrate reaching the final of the Asian Cup 2011 after defeating South Korea 3-0 in a penalty shoot out.Frightening precedent concerns fans When KFA announced the fixture on its Instagram feed earlier this month, comments flooded in, criticizing the association's decision to host the match. "When we say don't do it, just don't do it, please," one user commented.Fans referred to last November when the South Korean national team traveled to Austria for friendlies, where seven players contracted coronavirus despite complying with the Covid-19 regulations implemented to prevent the spread. Korean football fan Kim Tae-yeon said: "After the trip to Austria, K League clubs were strategically impacted as national players couldn't participate in the Asia Champions League (ACL) due to Covid-19 infection." Ulsan Hyundai FC was forced to compete in the 2020 ACL without its first-choice goalkeeper Jo Hyun-woo, the keeper that shocked football fans at the 2018 Brazil World Cup with his superb performance, as he psychologically suffered from Covid-19's aftereffects, though the Korean team still managed to win the title. Kim said the precedent makes him more nervous about the team's trip to Japan. "The Covid-19 situation in Japan doesn't look good, and there are infected J League players as well." The Japanese Football Association on March 22 confirmed that coach Toshihide Saito had tested positive before linking up with the rest of the squad, but the hotly anticipated match will go ahead as scheduled as there are no close contacts and additional infections within the squad. According to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Japan has had 458,621 Covid-19 cases and had 8,908 deaths from coronavirus.Jo Hyun-woo makes a save in the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against Sweden.Rivalry welcomes 10,000 spectators Sporting events have been held behind closed doors or with limited capacity as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage on. But the JFA announced that it will sell additional tickets to total 10,000 for Thursday's derby match, following the Japanese government's decision to lift the Covid-19 state of emergency in the Kanagawa prefecture on March 22.Korean football fan Cho Min-sang criticized the JFA's decisio"I think letting 10,000 spectators is a decision ignoring all the efforts made around the world as people are being considerate of each other's safety and making efforts to enjoy the game at the stadium," he said. Woo-young Jung and Dujae Won clash with Raul Jimenez of Mexico.Both Kim and Cho compared spectator capacity to the K League, the South Korean professional soccer league. The K League only welcomes 10% of stadium capacity in Seoul Metropolitan area and 20% in the rest of the nation while away fans are banned to minimize infection risk from traveling. "I'm concerned for the players, spectators and locals' health," Cho said. JFA is requiring spectators to comply with its guidelines and prohibited acts on matchday.Fans must scan QR codes, physically distance, wear masks, check temperatures and wash hands. Chanting, physical contact with others and waving flags or scarves is prohibited and, while eating and drinking is allowed, fans must immediately put their masks back on. South Korea saw 428 new cases from Tuesday, while Japan reported 1,491 cases on Tuesday, according to Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Japan's Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry.Members of Japan's national football team train in Yokohama.Petition Despite some fans' skepticism over the match, South Korean national team manager Paulo Bento says that this is "the only opportunity" to check the team's performance ahead of the second round of World Cup qualifiers in June. However, in a petition to the South Korean President's residence Blue House, the petitioner called for the match to be stopped, saying: "It seems like Japan's trying to promote that they can properly hold the Olympics by hosting the match." Japan has faced a number of hurdles in hosting the Olympic Games with the ongoing Covid-19 complications, high-level officials resigning and the Organising Committee's decision not to allow international spectators. The KFA's Medical Committee outlined Covid-19 guidelines for its team to abide by during its trip to Japan. Individuals had to wear a mask and a transparent face shield as they flew to Narita Airport on Monday. The KFA also said players will have to get a test every morning in order to attend training, and those with flu or unusual symptoms will be quarantined immediately. The JFA's protocol keeps the teams in a bubble to avoid outside contact, according to its news release. Korea players celebrate after defeating Japan during the men's bronze medal play-off match between Korea and Japan at the London 2012 Olympics.Upon returning from Japan, 16 drafted K League players will go into cohort quarantine at the Paju National Football Center for seven days. The KFA said it has coordinated with the Korean government to allow K League players to play league games while limiting their travels only to their house, team facilities and stadiums for another seven days. The K League resumes on April 2. Some Korean fans are also upset that 16 K league players traveling to Japan could be physically exhausted from the trip and quarantine. "K League has tight schedule because the ACL and World Cup qualifiers have been postponed," FC Seoul fan Kim explained. "I'm worried that if a drafted player gets infected, it'd be a huge loss for the club." Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosSouth Korean national soccer team players take part in a training session in Yokohama.Fans, however, agree with the necessity of quarantining as their concerns over the match is all about the team's safety while they root for the team's victory in the rivalry."Since the team's already there [in Japan], I hope they win and come back safely," one commented on KFA Instagram."I sincerely hope that no one gets injured or infected," Cho said.

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Story highlightsThree family members were shot and killed in the French Alps in September 2012A French cyclist was also killed; two children survivedPolice in the county of Surrey, outside of London, did not name the suspectPolice in England arrested a 54-year-old man Monday in connection with the execution-style killing of a family in the French Alps last year, they said. Police in the county of Surrey, outside of London, did not name the man.Two children survived the shootings of their mother, father and grandmother in September 2012.Saad al-Hilli, his wife, Ikbal al-Hilli, and his mother-in-law were shot dead, along with a French cyclist.JUST WATCHEDSeptember: Alps murder mysteryReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSeptember: Alps murder mystery 02:31Zainab al-Hilli, 7 at the time, was shot and beaten but was rescued by a British cyclist who came upon the scene.Her sister Zeena, 4 at the time, hid under her mother's body in the family car and survived physically unharmed.Witness tells of stumbling across France murder scene

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Story highlightsChemicals were discovered in a truck in Zeeland provinceThe Netherlands is one of the world's major hubs for ecstasy production (CNN)Dutch police have seized a truckload of chemicals they say could have produced up to one billion ecstasy pills.Police from the Netherland's Zeeland province told CNN more than 100 bottles of hydrogen gas, 15,000 kilograms (33,069 pounds) of caustic soda and 3,000 liters of other raw materials were found in a tractor trailer in Rilland, 40 kilometers north of the of the Belgium border on Thursday night. Ecstasy is MDMA in the form of a pressed pill. A civil servant from a nearby municipality noticed the truck hadn't moved from the trucker's parking lot for days, and the authorities were called to investigate.The police estimate the chemicals alone are worth around several hundred thousand euros -- the largest seizure of raw materials the force has ever recorded. The bust came a day after 35 cans of chemical waste -- believed to be drug runoff from an illegal ecstasy laboratory -- were found in the same town. Police told CNN they are investigating both incidents and that no arrests have been made so far. Read MoreThe Netherlands is one of the world's major hubs for ecstasy production and distribution. According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, production of the popular party drug is on the rise in the Netherlands and neighboring Belgium, with underground laboratories becoming larger and more professional.

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(CNN)The knife-wielding attacker who went on a stabbing rampage in Paris, killing one person and wounding four more, was born in Russia's Chechnya region, a judicial source said.The attacker was shot dead by police after stabbing five people in a popular tourist district near the Paris opera house Saturday night, when sidewalks and restaurants were filled with people. During the attack, he yelled the Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar," meaning "God is great," city prosecutor François Molins told reporters at the scene.He was on a police anti-terror watch list of people suspected of having radicalized views and posing a potential security risk, though had no criminal record, the judicial source said. The attacker's mother and father are in police custody for questioning. A friend of the attacker has also been detained for questioning, a judicial source told CNN on Sunday. Forensic officers at the scene on Saturday night. A police officer cordons off the area where the knife attack happened.Read MoreISIS claims responsibilityIn a statement published online, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, calling the assailant a "soldier of the Islamic State." The attacker was born in Chechnya, a republic in southwest Russia, in 1997, a judicial source in Paris told CNN on Sunday.ISIS has long recruited radicals from the North Caucasus, a semiautonomous region of Russia that has been in conflict with Moscow since declaring independence in 1991. Horror on the streets of ParisJUST WATCHEDWitness: Attacker's hands were covered in bloodReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWitness: Attacker's hands were covered in blood 00:54The attack happened about a 10-minute walk from the Paris opera house, known as Palais Garnier. British restaurateur Oliver Woodhead described to CNN the terrifying moment the attacker confronted police and was shot dead."We (my barman and I) both came out and it was at this moment that the attacker came round the corner, with his hands up, covered in blood, holding a box knife," said Woodhead, visibly shaken."Three police got out of the police car and had him encircled and tasered him several times to no effect. And then he (the attacker) managed to isolate one of the policeman, get him further down the street, and then the policeman fired twice and the attacker fell."Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told reporters gathered at the site of the attack Sunday that, "I am with the victim and with the young man, young French and Parisian man, who died yesterday. But we are here and this city is still alive" French President Emmanuel Macron also paid tribute to the courage of the police who "neutralized the terrorist" during the attack, in a tweet Saturday. The President added that his thoughts were with the victims.What's the Chechnya-ISIS connection?Militants from the former Soviet Union have proved to be fertile recruiting ground for jihadists in recent years, with analysts estimating thousands have gone to fight for terror cells in Syria. As Michael Weiss, a national security analyst for CNN and author of "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror" explains, many of these radicals are already battle-hardened from decades of conflict with Russia.The changing face of ISIS"In 2015, weeks before the grisly Paris attacks, I interviewed a former ISIS operative who had defected from the terror organization and wound up temporarily in Istanbul," recounted Weiss."He said the most admired -- and feared -- contingent of ISIS recruits were the "Chechens" -- in this case a reference not just to citizens of the semiautonomous region of the Russian Federation, but to those who had grown up in the greater Caucasus or various Central Asian republics that attained their independence upon the collapse of the USSR."Many were in fact Chechens or Dagestanis, battle-hardened from decades of civil war and insurgency back home."France's deadly toll The stabbing is the latest in a series of Islamist-inspired terror attacks in France in recent years. It comes less than two months after a hero police officer was killed after swapping places with a female hostage during an attack by an ISIS supporter on a supermarket in Trebes, southern France.ISIS goes global: 143 attacks in 29 countries have killed 2,043In January 2015, a total of 17 people were killed in attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery store and the Paris suburb of Montrouge. In November that year, at least 130 were also killed in attacks at several locations across the French capital, including the Bataclan concert hall and Stade de France. And in 2016, 86 people died in Nice when a truck rammed into crowds during Bastille Day celebrations. CNN's Pierre Buet and Melissa Bell reported from Paris, Sheena McKenzie wrote in London. Steve Almasy and Eva Tapiero contributed to this report from Atlanta.

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Story highlights Opposition leader Alexei Navalny thanks his supporters as he is freed pending appealHe faces a 5-year sentence for misappropriating funds in a lumber dealThe conviction prevents Navalny from running for mayor of MoscowMikhail Gorbachev is among voices condemning his trial, convictionRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny emerged from detention Friday, vowing not to be manipulated like "a kitten or a puppy" by the prospect that he could run for mayor of Moscow while appealing a five-year prison sentence.Navalny was released one day after a court in the city of Kirov found him guilty of misappropriating about $500,000 in a lumber deal when he was an adviser to the Kirov region's governor.Navalny is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critics. He denies wrongdoing but had predicted he would be convicted to prevent him from running for mayor of Moscow.In photos: Action man PutinSpeaking to reporters outside court, Navalny said he would return to Moscow to discuss his next steps with his staff, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported."Regarding my participation in the elections, I am not some kind of a kitten or a puppy to whom they first say it can't participate in the elections and then they say, 'let's release him for a while so he can participate in the elections,' " he said.JUST WATCHEDWill Navalny conviction hurt opposition?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWill Navalny conviction hurt opposition? 03:42JUST WATCHEDPussy Riot husband describes NavalnyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPussy Riot husband describes Navalny 00:56JUST WATCHEDKhodorkovsky: Courts used to oppressReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHKhodorkovsky: Courts used to oppress 03:21Read more: Russian court convicts whistle-blower after his deathOnce in Moscow, he will decide whether to boycott the election or continue his campaign, he said, according to the news agency."We'll discuss it with the staff and with the volunteers. For now, I will stay a candidate, I am not retreating."In posts on his Twitter feed, Navalny thanked his supporters, saying their determination had helped bring about the release of himself and fellow defendant Pyotr Ofitserov."Thank you everyone who came to protest in Moscow and other cities in the country," he added.He said the route to change was first to want something, and then to do two or three simple things to make it happen."If we want and start doing -- then we'll have fair elections. If we want and start doing -- a real fight with corruption will start," he tweeted."We are already wanting strongly and have been doing for a while. We gather money, we talk to people, we go to protests, we do what is called 'politics in which all are welcome to participate.' "Navalny and Ofitserov were released under travel restrictions, the Kirov court's press service said, which mean they can't travel overseas. This is customary in Russia.'A parody of a prosecution'Navalny's conviction and sentencing Thursday prompted wide condemnation.The European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, called the trial a sham. And former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a statement saying the case "unfortunately confirms that we do not have an independent judiciary."Navalny has been a prominent organizer of street protests and has attacked corruption in Russian government.Rachel Denber, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division, said she was not surprised by the guilty verdict but was shocked by the five-year prison sentence."Navalny's prosecution is meant to silence a leader and messenger," she said. Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia program director, John Dalhuisen, said, "This was a parody of a prosecution and a parody of a trial. The case was twice closed for lack of evidence of a crime, before being reopened on the personal instruction of Russia's top investigator."

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(CNN)A curious spat has unfolded in recent months between Lithuania, a small, Eastern European nation of fewer than 3 million people, and China, a superpower with an economy that could soon exceed that of the United States. It all started last year, when Lithuania poked Beijing in the eye -- twice in the space of a few months. First, it withdrew from the so-called "17+1" group, a forum in which 17 eastern and central European countries engage with China, before encouraging others to do the same. Given China's numerous business interests in the region, most notably the so-called Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) focused on infrastructure projects, any kind of European pushback is unwelcome in Beijing. Then in November, Lithuania became the first country in Europe to allow self-ruled Taiwan to open a de facto embassy under the name "Taiwan." Other such offices in Europe and the United States use the name Taipei, Taiwan's capital, to avoid references that would imply the island's independence from China. Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said the opening of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius would "charter a new and promising course for bilateral relations between Taiwan and Lithuania."The move enraged Beijing, which saw it as an affront to its "One China" principle that insists Taiwan is part of China, rather than an independent sovereign territory, despite the two sides having been governed separately for over seven decades after a civil war. As a rule, those who want a relationship with China must recognize the policy diplomatically. The lobby of the Taiwanese Representative Office is pictured on November 18, 2021. Read MoreLithuania says the new Taiwan office does not have formal diplomatic status and does not conflict with its One China policy. But Beijing reacted by immediately downgrading diplomatic relations with Vilnius. Lithuania also claimed that China has prevented Lithuanian goods from entering China, effectively creating a trade barrier. The Chinese government has repeatedly rejected these claims, blaming Lithuania for harming China's "core interest" and sending bilateral ties to a deep freeze. Taiwan reacted by buying up Lithuanian produce that was destined for China -- including 20,400 bottles of rum -- and pledging to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Lithuanian industry to support the country in the face of Chinese pressure. The spat has pulled in the European Union, which is backing member state Lithuania. Brussels sees Beijing's treatment of Lithuania as a threat to other EU nations, many of whom have deeper economic links with China and would like to deepen them further. On Thursday, the EU launched a case against China at the World Trade Organization, accusing Beijing of "discriminatory trade practices against Lithuania, which are also hitting other exports from the EU's Single Market."The WTO case could be just the start of the EU taking a more hardline stance on China, though there are reservations about whether doing so could prompt Beijing to retaliate in the form of trade wars or canceled investments in Europe. 'China needs to learn lessons' In 1990, Lithuania became the first member of the Soviet Union to declare independence from Moscow's ruling Communist Party. It then joined the EU European Union and NATO in 2004 -- the very organization intended to be a check on socialist expansion.In that context, a nation like China displaying aggression in its own region, notably against Taiwan -- as well as using trade as a weapon against smaller European nations -- naturally alarms those who remember life under Soviet rule. "China needs to learn lessons because until now, they have been allowed to behave in a way that doesn't adhere to our values and rules, simply because they were so wealthy," Lithuania's former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius told CNN. "I don't see that bigger EU countries would have taken it upon themselves to stand up. Maybe from Lithuania it will spread to others and in time, Europe will stand united against a country that doesn't meet our standards," he added.China downgrades its diplomatic ties with Lithuania over Taiwan issueOne of the reasons Lithuanian officials may be more comfortable than some nations in taking this stance is that China is a relatively small export market for the country. Only 1.18% of Lithuania's exports went to China in 2019 -- compared with 13.1% to Russia and 3.64% to the US -- though China is also one of Lithuania's fastest growing export markets, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity. For Lithuania, this hardline stance is more than a moral mission. Officials who spoke to CNN say that by standing up to China, they also hope to send a message to Moscow. Velina Tchakarova, head of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, explains that Lithuania has "been under permanent Russian pressure since joining NATO. Lithuania wants to set an example within the European members that no one will succumb to autocratic regimes in Beijing and Moscow."Lithuanian officials told CNN they hoped standing up to China might set a precedent in the EU for pushing back on autocratic regimes. One senior Lithuanian diplomat said the endgame was for Europe to have more effective anti-coercion measures. Brussels recently proposed a legal mechanism that would allow the EU to respond to economic intimidation in a "structured and uniform manner" by using a "tailor-made and proportional response for each situation" which could include tariffs, restricting imports and limiting access to the EU's internal market. But many of the smaller EU nations are privately skeptical that their fellow member states -- especially those who trade extensively with China -- would back them when push comes to shove. A strong economic relationship with China is a key plank of the EU's drive for "strategic autonomy," a term used in Brussels to describe the EU becoming more independent from US influences as a geopolitical power. The thinking was that by partnering with Beijing economically, Europe could act as a bridge between the US and China, while not getting squashed between the two. The building which houses the Taiwanese Representative Office is pictured in Vilnius in November 2021. Bigger member states, most notably France, have been strong supporters of the strategic autonomy drive. And while European politicians have grown increasingly uncomfortable with China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, suppression of democracy in Hong Kong and aggression towards Taiwan, when it comes to hard cash, many European countries are not quite ready to alienate China.Tchakarova believes that by "bringing China into the debate, Lithuania seeks to strengthen the US position in Europe, but also to warn Brussels and key member states (Germany and France) of the potential risks and dangers associated with bilateral relations with China in the future."Essentially, they hope to force these countries to take a stand. So, will it work?A delicate balanceSome in Lithuania think their hardline stance has already produced results. Officials point to the fact that France has backed them, along with the rest of the EU, and called on China to deescalate the situation. This is particularly significant right now, since France holds the EU's rotating presidency and is also in the middle of a presidential election campaign. Earlier this month, Slovenia announced that it too would seek to increase trade with Taiwan. One senior European Commission official told CNN Brussels' position is that Lithuania has not gone against its One China policy, and that if China continues to be hostile, it must provide evidence that the policy has been breached, which Lithuanian officials are chalking up as a victory. However, not everyone, even in Lithuania itself, thinks the strategy has been a wholesale success. President Gitanas Nauseda said that while he supported opening the Taiwanese Representative Office, he thinks the name was needlessly provocative and Lithuania must now deal with the "consequences."Beijing responded by saying acknowledging the mistake was a good start, but still believes Lithuania to have broken the One China principle. The EU is finally putting its money where its mouth is on China Brussels has been getting its act together on geopolitical matters lately. After years of bitter backbiting, it may be that Brexit and the pandemic have reminded EU leaders that unity in areas of mutual interest means even small nations like Lithuania can use the mechanics of the EU to stand up to one of the richest, most powerful nations on earth. Whether Lithuania's stand -- and the EU taking a stand along with it -- will result in any concessions from Beijing is another matter. A recent editorial in the outspoken nationalistic state-run tabloid Global Times issued a series of steps Lithuania must take to restore relations, and warned: "no matter what tricks they play, China will never give in half an inch on issues of principle." But experts agreed the only chance, however remote, of forcing any concessions from China on the issue is for Europe to present a united front. Benedict Rogers, a longstanding human rights campaigner and the chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, says that while "China has shown it is very adept at divide-and-rule and able to play countries off another ... when countries stand together and stand up against China together, Beijing's bullying tactics are less effective and pressure on China can have more impact." For all this may seem a small spat, what's at stake is years of work in which the EU has tried to find a way to reconcile its economic relationship with China with its duty to member states and its moral values. The question is for how much longer that balance can hold.

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(CNN)The reigning Women's World Cup champion sure didn't ease into France 2019 as the US Women's National Team thrashed Thailand 13-0 in its opening game of the tournament. Jill Ellis' side set a World Cup record for the highest score in their first game in France, and seven different players got in on the act by grabbing goals in Reims. Alex Morgan scored five times as the USWNT -- ranked No. 1 in the world -- eclipsed their previous biggest win in the Women's World Cup, which was a 7-0 victory in 1991.READ: US being cast as 'disgraceful' villains over ThailandThe result means that the defending champions has lost just one international game since July 2017 and have now won seven games in a row, scoring 36 goals in the process, and not conceding in five matches.Read MoreDividing opinionsBut whist the USWNT undoubtedly looked good, the celebrations of the US players after their goals divided opinion. The US team faced criticism for their "gloating" celebrations, though others believed they were just being professional. Thailand's players react after losing against the USA.In just its second World Cup, Thailand -- ranked 34th in the world - is still in its formative footballing years, and as well being a semi-professional team, the team's resources are dwarfed by the US. This disparity has led to criticism aimed at players like Megan Rapinoe who, after scoring the USWNT's ninth goal, sprinted to the sidelines and indulged in a pre-planned celebration with the bench."This was disgraceful for the United States," said ex-Canadian national team star Clare Rustad. "I would have hoped they could have won with humility and grace, but celebrating goals eight, nine, 10 like they were doing was really unnecessary."Continuing the glut?With a match with Chile coming up on Sunday, could we see more of the same from the holders? This will be the South American's second ever game at the Women's World Cup and if they were to get a result, it would arguably be the biggest shock in tournament history.Linda Dallmann and Chile's goalkeeper Christiane Endler vie for the ball.La Roja Femenina lost 2-0 to Sweden in their opening game of the tournament and that largely thanks to a wonderful display from goalkeeper Christiane Endler.And Chile are ranked lower than Thailand in FIFA's rankings (39th) so the USWNT could yet rack up a second big score at France 2019.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosThese two sides faced each other twice in September, with Ellis' side strolling to 3-0 and 4-0 wins.With a tougher game against Sweden on the horizon, Ellis might rotate her side, with Morgan and Tobin Heath possibly allowed a rest.

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(CNN)US immigration authorities have detained some 680 undocumented immigrants in what a federal prosecutor described as a record-setting operation.US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst told reporters the arrests took place at seven sites in six different cities in Mississippi on Wednesday. The raids, he said, are "believed to be the largest single-state immigration enforcement operation in our nation's history." Officials declined to provide details about what sites had been targeted, citing what they said was an ongoing criminal investigation. CNN affiliates reported the raids at food-processing plants throughout the state.The arrests came as a result of administrative and criminal search warrants executed by special agents from Homeland Security Investigations, Hurst said. "Today, through the hard work of these men and women, we are once again becoming a nation of laws," he said.Read MoreImmigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up worksite enforcement since President Donald Trump took office, conducting a number of large-scale raids at food-processing plants and gardening centers in recent years."These are not new laws, nor is the enforcement of them new," acting ICE director Matt Albence said Wednesday. "The arrests today were the result of a year-long criminal investigation. And the arrests and warrants that were executed today are just another step in that investigation."Video shows girl begging to see her momA tense scene unfolded outside a plant in Morton, Mississippi, as friends and family members clamored for information and buses rumbled by to pick up large groups of detained immigrants and take them away. A Facebook video broadcast live at the scene showed an 11-year-old girl sobbing and begging an officer for a chance to see her mother as bystanders tried to comfort her. Elizabeth Iraheta told CNN she shared the video so people would see what was happening at the chicken plant where she said she's worked legally for 19 years. It was devastating, Iraheta said, to see family and friends suffering "just for coming to work hard in this country, and to see so many families separated." Iraheta's video shows an officer noting that the mother is being processed "because she doesn't have papers to be here legally," then later telling the crying girl that her mother would be released and wouldn't be deported. Eventually, Iraheta said, the girl's mother was able to see her before she was taken away.But Iraheta said she isn't sure what will happen to the girl's mother, how many people were detained at the plant where she works or what will happen to them now."Today was the first day of school. All the parents went to take their kids to school," Iraheta said. "Now their kids maybe are alone. "ICE raided a meatpacking plant. More than 500 kids missed school the next dayAlbence, the acting ICE director, told reporters Wednesday that in the past the agency has worked with school liaisons to help "find placement" for children when their parents are detained. "Most of the time, they're placed with another family member," he said, adding that each case would be evaluated and handled individually."Some of the parents that were arrested will be released and placed on an ankle monitor throughout (their immigration) proceedings," he said. Mayor: 'What happens to the children?'Several local officials criticized the operation.Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba called the raids "dehumanizing and ineffective," issuing a statement calling for local houses of worship "to become sanctuaries for our immigrant neighbors and protect them from potential harm."William Truly Jr., the mayor of Canton, Mississippi, told reporters outside a processing plant owned by Peco Foods Inc. that he was concerned about the impact the arrests would have on the local economy."I recognize that ICE comes under the Department of Homeland Security, and this is an order of the United States. There's nothing I don't think anybody can do about it," he said. "But my main concern is now, what happens to the children?"Fears are running high in immigrant communitiesWednesday's arrests come as anxiety is running high in many immigrant communities days after a gunman who apparently espoused anti-immigrant views killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.Hurst acknowledged the recent tragedy in response to a reporter's question Wednesday, but said the operation's timing came as a result of careful planning in a lengthy investigation.A community targeted: This time it wasn't a viral video or a racist tweet. It was something far more terrifying"This operation began over a year ago. You don't bring over 650 special agents from across the country into the Southern District of Mississippi in a matter of three days without preparation for months and months and months," he said. "So while the tragedies this weekend around the country are horrific, this operation had been planned way before that, and we intended to carry it out."In a statement provided to CNN affiliate WAPT, a company that owns several facilities where arrests occurred Wednesday said it is cooperating with investigators."We are fully cooperating with the authorities in their investigation and are navigating a potential disruption of operations," Peco Foods Inc. said in a statement. "We adhere strongly to all local, state and federal laws including utilizing the government-based E-Verify program which screens new hires through the Social Security Administration as well as the Department of Homeland Security for compliance."CNN's Sheena Jones, Jeremy Grisham and Dianne Gallagher contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Three people were killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train crashed into a cargo train in eastern Belgium, according to local police. The passenger train, which was carrying about 40 people, rammed into the rear of a cargo train that was stationary on the same track Sunday night, according to a release from Belgium's national railway. The passenger train was traveling at a normal speed, said Fabrice Levaux of Belgium's Federal Police. The cause of the accident is under investigation.The number of people injured is unclear, Levaux said. The incident occurred in the municipality of Saint-Georges-Sur-Meuse around 11:30 p.m. local time. Read MoreThe driver of the passenger train was among those who died in the crash, according to local police. CNN's Heba Moussa contributed to this report from Hong Kong.

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(CNN)Former acting United States Solicitor Walter Dellinger believes that a sitting president of the United States can be indicted. "There is nothing in the constitutional text or judicial precedent that provides for a categorical bar to the indictment of a sitting president," Dellinger wrote in an op-ed published in The New York Times Monday, adding, "No one should be above the law."The former assistant attorney general argued that without the power to indict, a president could never be held accountable for crimes committed while in office."I don't think a president can be made to go through a trial while he was serving," Dellinger told CNN's Don Lemon on "CNN Tonight" Tuesday. "I think that would be too disruptive of his role of being chief executive of the nation's government. But there's really not a good argument against indicting a president."Dellinger cited an opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel for the Department of Justice that stated in 2000 a president could not be indicted. Read More"Although the thoughtful opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel is persuasive in establishing that a president cannot be put on trial, it addresses only briefly the question of whether he could simply be indicted but not tried," he wrote in The New York Times op-ed.Trump says he still 'would like to' testify before MuellerIn regards to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election, Dellinger said special counsel Robert Mueller could "consider himself bound by that opinion.""He could ask the Justice Department, the legal counsel, to give serious consideration as to whether there's any reason not to indict a president," he said. Prior to the resignation of President Donald Trump's lead attorney for the Russia investigation, John Dowd asserted that a president can never be guilty of obstructing justice because he is the country's top law enforcement officer."That is the lamest argument that I have ever heard," Dellinger said. "A president has the power to appoint people, to fire people, but he can't do it for a corrupt reason without triggering criminal liability."

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Story highlightsFrance books place in quarterfinals of Euro 2016Antoine Griezmann scores twice in four minutes in 2-1 winRobbie Brady had given Republic of Ireland early leadFrance will play England or Iceland in last eight (CNN)France booked its place in the quarterfinals of Euro 2016 after surviving an almighty scare against the Republic of Ireland on Sunday.The host nation eventually prevailed 2-1 after Antoine Griezmann scored twice in four minutes to see off an opponent which played the final part of the contest with 10 men.Follow @cnnsport Shane Duffy was sent off after fouling Griezmann with the forward through on goal --and with him went any chance Ireland had of salvaging the tie.Robbie Brady's second minute penalty had given Ireland a shock lead in Lyon and France was booed off at the interval after an insipid showing.But Griezmann headed home Bacary Sagna's cross after 57 minutes before grabbing a second moments later.Antoine Griezmann scored twice as France overcame the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in Lyon.Read MoreIreland pushed forward in search of an equalizer but struggled to create a meaningful opportunity as France held out to set up a clash with either Iceland or England in the last eight."We have difficulties getting into games, we saw that again today, and that's something we have to work on," Griezmann told reporters."Finding ourselves trailing made it difficult but we showed we've got heart. Things were said in the dressing room at halftime and in the second half, it was a different France team."Step upFrance had been unconvincing during the opening stage of the tournament -- despite finishing top of Group A.Two narrow victories and a goalless draw against Switzerland gave little suggestion that it was ready to deal with its status as pre-tournament favorite.In the first half against Ireland it labored horribly -- failing to deal with the high intensity and physical approach of its opponent.Beautiful and moving. Long after the final whistle, Ireland's players look look up into the stands at their own fans pic.twitter.com/dYtUVdCvPz— George Caulkin (@CaulkinTheTimes) June 26, 2016 Brady's second minute penalty, which was awarded after Paul Pogba had fouled Shane Long, gave Ireland something to hold onto as it attempted to pull off what would have been one of the most stunning results in the tournament's history.Ireland, which finished as one of the best third-placed sides at the tournament after its shock 1-0 win over Italy, had set itself up perfectly to frustrate the home side and left the field at halftime having carried out its game plan rather perfectly.Griezmann show Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian forward Eden Hazard, center, celebrates with supporters after Belgium's 4-0 victory over Hungary, at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, France on Sunday, June 26. Hide Caption 1 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgium's forward Yannick Ferreira-Carrascoa, right, shoots and scores his team's fourth goal.Hide Caption 2 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian forward Eden Hazard, right, celebrates after scoring his team's third goal.Hide Caption 3 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian forward Eden Hazard shoots and scores.Hide Caption 4 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian forward Michy Batshuayi celebrates after scoring his team's second goal.Hide Caption 5 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian forward Michy Batshuayi, left, scores past Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly.Hide Caption 6 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois reacts as he dives for the ball.Hide Caption 7 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku, second right, vies for the header.Hide Caption 8 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Hungarian defender Tamas Kadar, left, fouls Belgian forward Dries Mertens.Hide Caption 9 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, center, heads the ball in an attempt to score. Hide Caption 10 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly saves a shot.Hide Caption 11 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Toby Alderweireld, center, of Belgium heads the ball to score the opening goal past Gabor Kiraly, left, of Hungary.Hide Caption 12 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Hungary supporters chant ahead of the match. Hide Caption 13 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Germany players applaud their supporters after their 3-0 win over Slovakia at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Sunday in Lille, France. Hide Caption 14 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Germany's players celebrate their win. Next they play Italy or Spain.Hide Caption 15 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Slovakia midfielder Marek Hamsik shakes hands with his son after the game. Hide Caption 16 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15German supporters celebrate. Hide Caption 17 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Julian Draxler, right, of Germany scores his team's third goal.Hide Caption 18 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Germany's forward Mario Gomez, center, celebrates with midfielder Julian Draxler and midfielder Thomas Mueller, right, after scoring.Hide Caption 19 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Germany's forward Mario Gomez, center, scores against Slovakia's goalkeeper Matus Kozacik.Hide Caption 20 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer of Germany tips the ball over the bar after a shot by Juraj Kucka of Slovakia. Hide Caption 21 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Germany's midfielder Thomas Mueller, right, challenges Slovakia's midfielder Juraj Kucka.Hide Caption 22 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Mario Gomez of Germany is fouled by Martin Skrtel of Slovakia, resuting in a penalty kick.Hide Caption 23 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Matus Kozacik of Slovakia dives to stop the penalty kick by Mesut Oezil of Germany.Hide Caption 24 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Jerome Boateng of Germany scores the opening goal.Hide Caption 25 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Paul Pogba of France celebrates his team's 2-1 win over Republic of Ireland with supporters at Stade des Lumieres on Sunday, June 26, in Lyon, France. Hide Caption 26 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Ireland's goalkeeper Darren Randolph throws away his glove after the game. Hide Caption 27 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Shane Duffy of Ireland fouls Antoine Griezmann of France, resulting in a red card.Hide Caption 28 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Darren Randolph of Ireland dives in vain as Antoine Griezmann, center, of France scores his team's second goal.Hide Caption 29 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris jumps for the ball.Hide Caption 30 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15 A France fan cheers his team. Hide Caption 31 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15France forward Antoine Griezmann heads the ball to score.Hide Caption 32 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15France's Antoine Griezmann and teammates celebrate scoring a goal.Hide Caption 33 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Adil Rami of France fouls Shane Long of Ireland, resulting in a yellow card.Hide Caption 34 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15 Ireland supporters cheer their team.Hide Caption 35 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15N'Golo Kante of France is shown a yellow card by referee Nicola Rizzoli after fouling James McClean of Ireland.Hide Caption 36 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Stephen Ward of Ireland is tackled by Antoine Griezmann of France.Hide Caption 37 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Ireland fans show their support.Hide Caption 38 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Robbie Brady of Ireland converts a penalty to score the opening goal past Hugo Lloris of France.Hide Caption 39 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15Shane Long of Ireland is challenged by Paul Pogba of France.Hide Caption 40 of 41 Photos: Euro 2016: Day 15France fans show their support prior to the match. Hide Caption 41 of 41France emerged for the second half a different team and should have leveled within three minutes of the restart when Laurent Koscielny headed wide from close-range after meeting Dimitri Payet's free kick.It was a warning which Ireland failed to heed and France was soon level -- Griezmann, who was completely unmarked, headed home Bacary Sagna's cross to spark scenes of celebration.Four minutes later it was 2-1 as Griezmann latched onto Olivier Giroud's flick and fired past the Irish goalkeeper Darren Randolph.Ireland, rattled by conceding two quick goals, was hampered further when Duffy was shown a straight red card for a foul on Griezmann as he attempted to race clear.France, which had enjoyed an extra three days of rest compared to its opponent, was by far the the fresher of the two teams in the final stages and André-Pierre Gignac curled an effort against the crossbar as the home side pressed.Griezmann went close to adding a third only for Randolph to produce a fine save.Read: How France fell in love with the Irish"We are disappointed," Ireland's Seamus Coleman told ITV."We felt it was there for us and we gave our all. It shows how well we have done that we are disappointed getting beat."We wanted to go further for the fans but we hope we made people proud."Keep up to date with all the latest from Euro 2016Who will win Euro 2016? Have your say on our Facebook page Build your Ultimate XI. Choose from the best players in Europe and challenge your friends. Choose your team Lets get started... Tap team shirts left or right Tap a player to add them to your team Tap to view player stats Your formation will update as you add players Tap on the trash can to clear your selections Tap done to show and share your team results Got it Your Ultimate XI Goalie Defence Midfield Forward Done Edit Your Team Build Your Team

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(CNN)Manchester United started life without Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a 2-0 victory against Villarreal on Tuesday courtesy of goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho. The win means United, which parted with manager Solskjaer at the weekend after a poor string of results, qualifies for the knockout stages of the Champions League.Michael Carrick stood in as caretaker manager ahead of the game at the Estadio de la Ceramica, and he watched on as United struggled to create chances for much of the contestBut his side burst into life towards the end of the second half, the two goals ensuring United reaches the Champions League last 16 with a game to spare. Ronaldo celebrates United's second goal against Villarreal. Ronaldo opened the scoring with 12 minutes of the match remaining as he capitalized on a poor pass from Villarreal goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli to Etienne Capoue -- who was put under pressure by Fred -- to chip the ball over Rulli. Read MoreSancho then grabbed his first United goal and wrapped up the win in the game's final moments as he finished off a counter-attacking move involving Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes.The victory will be a huge boost for United and Carrick following the team's 4-1 defeat against Watford on Saturday. "When you've suffered results-wise and you're not in a great vein of form individually and as a team then it's not easy to come out and just let everything click," Carrick told BT Sport after the game."In some ways, it was the best way to win for me, that we had to show some character, we had to dig in, we had to fight."Villarreal, which defeated United to win the Europa League last season, dominated possession in the first half and had chances to take an early lead through Moi Gómez and Yeremi Pino. United goalkeeper David de Gea was then twice called into action by Manu Trigueros -- once in the first half and again midway through the second half -- and twice produced good saves to deny the midfielder. Sancho scores his first goal for Manchester United. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresThat kept United in the game and able to find the breakthrough via Ronaldo, who scored the winning goal when these two sides met in September.More chances came for the visiting side for Ronaldo and Rashford, but it was Sancho who got the second with a thumping shot into the top of the net.Villarreal faces Atalanta next week in its bid to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages.

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(CNN)He was instrumental in bringing down Lance Armstrong, now US anti-doping head Travis Tygart has warned Olympic chief Thomas Bach not to "throw in the towel" in sport's war on drugs.Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), told CNN Money Switzerland last week that "doping will always happen" and is "one of the wars you cannot win."Follow @cnnsport However, Tygart criticized Bach and the IOC for trying to put the Russian doping scandal "into its rear-view mirror" and for trying to bring "one of the most powerful and biggest countries in the Olympic movement back into the tent."And he warned that the premature reinstatement of the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) into sport's worldwide fight on drugs would be a "devastating blow" to the credibility of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as well as the "hopes and dreams" of clean athletes."It's obviously a tough fight but the leader of sport or anti-doping can't simply throw in the towel," Tygart told CNN's Don Riddell. Read More"Can you imagine if Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt walked into an Olympic final and said, 'I can't win this?' "It's not the focus, it's not the determination, it's not the commitment that clean athletes expect and deserve."It's not time to quit, it's not time to give up, it's time to double down the efforts to ensure that the system changes to better protect their rights," added Tygart. Photos: The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics kicked off with a bang on February 9. It was the second Olympics to be held in Korea after Seoul hosted the 1988 Summer Games.Hide Caption 1 of 21 Photos: Whether a symbol of diplomacy or propaganda, North Korea's cheerleading squad made for mesmerizing viewing. The 230-strong troupe could be seen singing and clapping their country's athletes -- perfectly in sync. Hide Caption 2 of 21 Photos: A record number of 2,920 athletes from 92 countries participated in PyeongChang 2018. Team USA sent the largest number of Olympians, with 242 competing.Hide Caption 3 of 21 Photos: America's sweetheart Mikaela Shiffrin was set to be the standout star of the Games. She took home two medals -- a gold in the giant slalom and a silver in the alpine combined, after narrowly missing out in the women's slalom. Hide Caption 4 of 21 Photos: Austrian superstar Marcel Hirscher won his first Olympic gold in the alpine combined on day four. On day nine, he won his second, in the giant slalom. But the 28-year-old missed out on a third, after crashing in the men's slalom.Hide Caption 5 of 21 Photos: Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway became the oldest Olympic alpine skiing champion at the age of 35. He was also the first from his country to win gold in the downhill event.Hide Caption 6 of 21 Photos: It was the last Olympics for American Lindsey Vonn, the most successful women's ski racer of all time. She was denied gold in her signature event, the downhill, walking away with bronze. She failed to complete her last Olympic race, after missing a gate in the slalom.Hide Caption 7 of 21 Photos: It was the Italian, Sofia Goggia -- who is currently leading the World Cup downhill standings -- that beat Vonn to gold. The 25-year-old became the first Italian to win gold in the women's downhill. Hide Caption 8 of 21 Photos: Canadian skating duo, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, won gold with their dazzling performance to songs from the "Moulin Rouge" soundtrack in the figure skating final. Their passion and chemistry sent the internet into meltdown, as fans couldn't believe their relationship was no more than a "business" one. Hide Caption 9 of 21 Photos: The tragic story of skater Elise Christie gripped the Brits. She was disqualified from the 1,000m heats following heavy crashes in both the 500m final and the semifinal of the 1,500m. History seems to repeat itself -- Christie was also disqualified from all three events at Sochi 2014.Hide Caption 10 of 21 Photos: Japan was enthralled by Yuzuru Hanyu, who became the first male figure skater since 1952 to win back-to-back skating golds. At the end of his routine, fans showered the rink with Winnie the Pooh toys, Hanyu's lucky charm.Hide Caption 11 of 21 Photos: US teenage Chloe Kim made history, becoming the youngest female Winter Olympic gold medalist. The 17-year-old got a near-perfect score of 98.25 in the women's halfpipe.Hide Caption 12 of 21 Photos: America's Gus Kenworthy made the headlines not for his snowboarding prowess, but for kissing his boyfriend, Mathew Wakes, live on TV. The moment was hailed as a celebration of LGBTQ pride.Hide Caption 13 of 21 Photos: In a big upset for curling's three-time defending gold medalist Canada, Team USA beat them 5-3 in the semifinals. This takes them to the gold medal match against Sweden, for the first time in US curling history.Hide Caption 14 of 21 Photos: Following Russia's doping scandal, the country was banned from the Winter Olympics, with 169 of their athletes allowed to compete as neutrals. But, in a shocking turn of events, two of Team OAR's curlers -- husband and wife -- were stripped of their bronze medals after one of them, Aleksandr Krushelnitckii, tested positive for the banned substance meldonium.Hide Caption 15 of 21 Photos: Wojtek Wolski turned heads, playing on Canada's Olympic ice hockey team, just 16 months after breaking his neck. Hide Caption 16 of 21 Photos: Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored the winning goal in a penalty shootout to give the United States a 3-2 victory against Canada, the four-time defending Olympic champion.Hide Caption 17 of 21 Photos: Jessica Diggins pipped her Swedish rival to claim the Olympic title in the cross country team sprint final on day 12. Along with her teammate Kikkan Randall, they will be the first American women ever to win gold medals in cross country skiing. Hide Caption 18 of 21 Photos: Pita Taufatofua competed in Taekwondo at the summer games Rio 2016. This wasn't enough for the Tongan flag-bearer, and he decided to take on the winter ones too, competing in the 15-kilometer cross country skiing event. He crossed the line in 114th position.Hide Caption 19 of 21 Photos: The Jamaican women bobsled team made their Olympic debut at PyeongChang, 30 years after the men's team captured hearts around the world, inspiring the movie, "Cool Runnings."Hide Caption 20 of 21 Photos: Fans look on at the luge women's singles on day four of the games. 1,045,727 tickets were sold to spectators throughout the games.Hide Caption 21 of 21In a statement sent to CNN Sport, the IOC said that Bach was "acknowledging -- with regret -- reality.""Cheating is unfortunately a part of human nature. To state that you can eliminate it 100% is not being realistic or very helpful in the fight," said an official IOC spokesperson. "Just as crime will never be 100% eliminated so with cheating. It is a sad fact, but we must deal with reality rather than pointless rhetoric and continue our single minded fight against doping and our policy of zero tolerance." 'Stare down'JUST WATCHEDWinter Olympics: WADA chief Reedie on RussiaReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWinter Olympics: WADA chief Reedie on Russia 02:37Russia was accused of state-sponsored doping up to and including the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, and Russian athletes were barred from the 2016 Rio Olympics. Athletes who could prove they were clean were able to compete at PyeongChang 2018 under a neutral flag.Despite two Russian competitors -- curler Alexander Krushelnitsky and bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva -- failing drugs test in South Korea, the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee was lifted following the Games. However, Russian athletes are still banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).WADA's executive committee will meet in the Seychelles on September 20 to decide whether to reintegrate Russia into the system, but Tygart's body is concerned two key criteria for reinstatement have not been met. These are an acceptance of the McLaren report, which outlined much of the systematic doping, and access to the Moscow laboratory. "It's a stare down right now, quite frankly, between Russia and WADA," said Tygart."And I think, unfortunately, if WADA blinks and allows Russia to be reinstated despite not fulfilling the two remaining conditions of the road map for reinstatement, it'll be the U-turn of all U-turns." Tygart believes it will be a "terrible, devastating day" for clean athletes should RUSADA be reinstated next month, and says at the moment the trust athletes have in the system is "on life support."But he adds: "We're going to do everything possible to not let athletes throw in the towel and continue to have them believe in clean sport, even when the sport promoters let them down. JUST WATCHEDThe evolution of doping in sportReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe evolution of doping in sport 02:19RUSADA did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment, but WADA described Tygart's comments as "speculative, ill-informed and misleading.""They do not reflect how WADA has operated in the past two years, how it operates today and the robust process that is in place regarding RUSADA's compliance," said WADA in a statement sent to CNN."In November 2015, RUSADA was declared to be non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code following confirmation by a WADA investigation of the existence of an institutionalized doping program in Russia."As it does in all cases of non-compliance, the WADA Team immediately set to work in order to remedy the situation and rebuild RUSADA so it can deliver a credible, independent and sustainable anti-doping system in Russia for the protection of clean athletes."The Roadmap to Compliance for RUSADA, which was agreed by all members of WADA's Executive Committee (ExCo) as well as the Russian authorities, is in place and WADA has not deviated from that since it was first published in August 2017."This agreement clearly outlines the criteria that RUSADA must fulfill before WADA's independent Compliance Review Committee would recommend to the ExCo that they be declared compliant."WADA has been working tirelessly to assist Russia at every stage of the process and, to date, significant progress has been achieved."Visit cnn.com/sport for more news and features

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(CNN)If the likes of Garrincha, Pele, Socrates, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Neymar have come to define the distinctive style of Brazil's international football side over the years so too did Aldyr Schlee, the man who created the team's distinctive yellow shirt and who has died at the age of 83."It's our unit, our business card for the world," said the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) in its obituary for Schlee, who passed away on Thursday.Aldyr Schlee has died aged 83, he designed Brazil's famous modern kit when he was young. https://t.co/zs4L1iaE9S— Paulo Freitas (@Cynegeticus) November 16, 2018 Visit CNN.com/sport for more news and videos "We lost the idealizer of 'Amarelinha,' as it was affectionately known by the Brazilian fans," added the CBF statement. "At the age of 83, Aldyr Schlee left us, but his most famous creation will always be part of the Brazilian people."The yellow shirt of the Brazil national team is argaubly the most distinctive in world football.Uruguay and Brazil players honor Schlee with a minute's silence ahead of an international friendly in London on Friday.READ: The unbelievable plot to eliminate BrazilRead MoreOn Friday, Brazil beat Uruguay 1-0 in an international friendly at the Emirates Stadium in London and Schlee was honored with a minute's silence before the game started.Until 1954, Brazil had played in white shirts with a blue detail, but after losing the 1950 World Cup final to Uruguay, the CBF organized a competition to choose a new kit.Schlee was still a teenager when his entry -- a yellow shirt with green collar and cuffs -- was chosen as the winner ahead of hundreds of other entrants. Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsGermany – During the 1980s, the colors of Germany's flag started creeping into its usual black and white designs. It became one of the most famous kits of all time when Germany won its third World Cup in the final against Argentina in 1990.Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsEngland – England famously wore its red away kit when it won the 1966 World Cup against West Germany. The shirt has continued to influence the designs ever since.Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsThe Netherlands' loud and geometric 1988 European Championship kit was immortalized by victory and Marco van Basten scoring one of the greatest goals in history during the final against the Soviet Union.Hide Caption 3 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsBelgium – Belgium sported a distinctive red, black and yellow argyle design across a white panel at the European Championship in 1984. It's proof that a great looking kit doesn't always inspire a great performance, says football kit design expert John Devlin.Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsBrazil – Brazil's yellow kit has become one of the most famous symbols of not only Brazil, but football. As Devlin writes in his book, "When it comes to colors that encapsulate excellence and glamor in football, the palette of yellow, green, blue and white -- the colors of Brazil -- is often the first to spring to mind." Hide Caption 5 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsSpain – While Spain's 1994 US World Cup wasn't the most successful in its history, the shirt -- featuring three stripes made up of yellow and navy diamonds -- was unique and was worn by the likes of Pep Guardiola, Miquel Nadal and Luis Enrique. Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsCroatia – Croatia's red and white checkered kit from its first World Cup in 1998 will forever be remembered as the design in which Davor Suker earned the Golden Boot.Hide Caption 7 of 8 Photos: Unforgettable football shirt designsCameroon – Cameroon's full body suit for the 2004 African Cup of Nations became infamous after it was banned by FIFA for not following regulations.Hide Caption 8 of 8In an interview with writer Alex Bellos for the Independent newspaper in 2014, Schlee said he was "I'm tired of talking about it (the shirt design)."And it all comes a bit late. They are taking notice of me for something I did 60 years ago. After this World Cup I'm never going to talk about it again."A journalist, university professor and novelist, Schlee grew up on the Brazil-Uruguay border and was in fact a supporter of the Uruguay national team."I am well-known in Uruguay," Schlee told Bellos. "I am considered a Uruguayan writer."JUST WATCHEDBrazil's Olympic legacy? An abandoned MaracanaReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBrazil's Olympic legacy? An abandoned Maracana 02:02Schlee's design debuted in a 1954 World Cup qualifier with Brazil beating Chile 2-0 in Santiago. The legendary shirt was off to a winning start."Since then, Amarelinha has accompanied the Brazilian national team in endless glory," said the CBF statement."Four of the five world titles came with Brazil in yellow, as well as Olympic gold and so many South American achievements."The yellow shirt is part of the imagination of the Brazilian people and we owe it to Aldyr Schlee."

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(CNN)The man who sent a former Eurotunnel boss sprawling across the train tracks of the London Underground has been found guilty of attempted murder.CCTV footage of the incident in April showed 46-year-old Paul Crossley pushing Robert Malpas, 91, from behind with both hands. The shocking moment CCTV captured a man attempting to murder two men on the London Underground.Today, their attacker has been found guilty of two counts of attempted murder. Full story 👉 https://t.co/nhic8WxzyK pic.twitter.com/V7UMUGi8D0— British Transport Police (@BTP) October 5, 2018 Crossley had also pushed a second person, Tobias French, who managed to keep his balance. "There was a train coming in my direction at the time and if I had been pushed in front of it, I'm certain I would have been killed," French told the court, according to a report by the UK Press Association.But Crossley, who was homeless, told the court that he did not intend to kill both victims, whom he chose at random, and denied the two charges of attempted murder.Read MoreFlying onto the railsThe nonagenarian was shown in the CCTV footage walking along the platform of London's Marble Arch station before Crossley, wearing a hood and cap, shoved him. Malpas, told the London court that he felt himself "flying" onto the tracks. "I may have been concussed but only for a very short time. I banged my head on the rails" Malpas told the court, according to PA. Robert Malpas, 91,was rescued from the tracks by a teacher.He was saved by teacher Riyad El Hussani, who suffered burns on his hand when he touched an electrified rail as he rescued Malpas a minute before the next train was due to arrive. The attack left Malpas with a gash on his head that required 12 stitches and a fractured pelvis. Crossley, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia as a teenager, told police officers after the attack that he "didn't get much sleep last night." In court, he explained that he had taken crack cocaine the day before and was feeling paranoid. He said he was having a panic attack when he pushed Malpas, and what he meant to do was "push him on the floor," PA reported.

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Story highlightsJessica Mendoza hugely promising young riderBritish teen aims to compete at 2016 OlympicsSuffered punctured lung, broken ribs aged 10 Named Longines "Rising Star" in 2015 (CNN)She's one of the most exciting riders in the equestrian world -- but Olympic hopeful Jessica Mendoza is lucky to be riding at all.Mendoza was just 10 when she suffered the most serious injury of her career.Now 19, she looks back on that day and the recovery period as the moment she recognized her hunger to become the best.Follow @cnnsport "I fell off and the horse trod on my back and my ribs and then my lung," Mendoza told CNN."I was off for quite a while -- several months actually -- and I still really wanted to go back riding.Read More"I went back before I was actually allowed and it showed how much I really wanted to do it."JUST WATCHEDJessica Mendoza: Teen on brink equestrian stardom ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHJessica Mendoza: Teen on brink equestrian stardom 02:18Her fearless nature is plain to see when she competes against some of the biggest names in the world of equestrian.Named Longines Rising Star at last year's FEI Awards, Mendoza enjoyed a stellar 2015.She won 10 events and made history by appearing for Great Britain at the European Championships -- making her the youngest to represent the team for nearly 40 years.Her efforts at the championships held in Aachen, Germany helped Britain to finish fourth, ensuring qualification for the Olympic Games in Rio.Her success has coincided with a decision to move to Eindhoven, Netherlands, where she has spent the past two years training."I think the move, as a rider, has changed me a bit," she said.JUST WATCHEDEquestrian's elite go head to headReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHEquestrian's elite go head to head 03:05JUST WATCHEDThe Oscars of the equine worldReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe Oscars of the equine world 01:38"I've had more training put into me, more flat work and it has really developed my skills as well as my passion."Traveling from England to Europe is eight hours every time and it's a lot for the horses to do and it's the best decision we've made. We love it out there."The next 12 months could be the teenager's most exciting yet with the chance of appearing at the Olympics a real possibility.After helping Britain clinch qualification, she is hopeful that a place on the team won't elude her -- though she is refusing to get carried away."It is my dream to be selected for Rio," she said. "I think to do that at 19 would be unbelievable, so I'm hoping."I need to get better results than the other team members because they're so much more experienced."I just need to prove myself and keep being consistent."Visit CNN's EQ page for more equestrian news

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(CNN)The woman who was the target of racist tweets that led to Roseanne Barr's firing from her namesake sitcom says "it really isn't about" her. In an interview on "The Van Jones Show" that will air at 7 p.m. ET, Saturday on CNN, Valerie Jarrett said, "This really isn't about me. I'm fine. I have a lot of folks who love me and look after me, but I'm far more worried about those who don't.""Those who are vulnerable, those who suffer from the daily, seemingly benign but actually quite hostile examples of racism," continued the former senior adviser to Barack Obama, hypothetically citing "the teenager who's shopping in a store and is followed around by the security or teenage boys who have people cross the other side of the street when they walk by or run the risk of not holding their hands exactly where they should when they're driving the car."I think we have to be prepared to have an uncomfortable conversation in this country," she said to Jones.In May, ABC canceled its hit sitcom "Roseanne" after Barr went on a racist Twitter rant. In one of the tweets, she wrote, "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Barr was responding to a comment about Jarrett.Read MoreAt the time, Jarrett called to turn the event into a "teaching moment" and Barr said she'd been on Ambien when she sent the tweets in question. Later, she said she regretted sending them. "There's no excuse. I don't excuse it," Barr said. "It's an explanation. I was impaired you know."In June, ABC decided to continue the show without Barr, killing off her character and calling the spinoff "The Conners." The show premiered this week to 10.5 million viewers, making it the top series debut this season, according to the network."I missed it," Jarrett told Jones. "I have been traveling all over the country, so I did miss it."

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London (CNN)An epic clash at the UK Supreme Court over whether the British Prime Minister deliberately misled the Queen has ended -- and, as Westminster awaits its ruling, the government may have cause for concern.After three days of weighty constitutional discussion about whether Boris Johnson lied to the monarch over the real reasons for suspending the UK Parliament in the run-up to Brexit, justices spent a great deal of time discussing precisely what they should do if they ruled against the government.The President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, said the court would hand down its momentous ruling early next week. The lawmaker who brought the original case that led to the hearing said Parliament should be reopened immediately if the ruling goes against the government.But after the session, Johnson did not rule out suspending parliament again. "The best thing I can say at the moment whilst their deliberations are continuing is that obviously I agree very much with the Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chief Justice and others who found in our favor the other day," the Prime Minister told reporters on a visit to Wiltshire, western England. "I will wait to see what transpires," the UK's Press Association reported.Boris Johnson's Parliament suspension case reaches final day in Supreme CourtThe government's case is that if the justices declare that Johnson's advice to the Queen on the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful, it could simply restore the prorogation on a sounder legal basis.Read MoreAt the end of the hearing on Thursday, the justices engaged the lawyer for the claimants, Lord Pannick, in a lengthy and detailed discussion on how they should frame any order in the event that they ruled the government had acted unlawfully. The government's lawyer, Lord Kerr, suggested that, if the prorogation is to be found unlawful, it doesn't necessarily compel the Prime Minister to take any particular action. Lord Reed noted that the government's case was that Parliament would still stand prorogued if the judges find the suspension unlawful. But Pannick respond it would be "implicit" that the prorogation would need to be reversed."The remedy we seek from the courts is a declaration that the Prime Minister's advice to Her Majesty was unlawful," he said -- essentially pressing for a legal ruling but not attempting to encourage the justices to stray into the realm of politics by flatly instructing Johnson to re-open Parliament.Government awaits a rulingSupreme Court justices are notoriously difficult to read, so any prediction about what form their ruling will take must be advanced with caution.But legal commentators seemed generally in agreement that the lawyers for Gina Miller and Joanna Cherry's cases -- those that asked for the prorogation of Parliament to be overturned -- would likely be happier than the government's with how the final day ended."Still too close to call, but I would be far happier as a claimant lawyer than a government lawyer with how it has gone," law commentator David Allan Green wrote on Twitter.Why was the UK Parliament suspended and what does it mean for Brexit?"The judges are asking Pannick about the appropriate remedy. That is a very bad sign for the government," added human rights lawyer Dinah Rose.But a question remains over what will happen if the judges do find that Johnson's suspension was unlawful.The Prime Minister's noncommittal comments after the hearing followed a similar implication in the documents submitted by Downing Street to the Supreme Court.In one of the most notable passages, government lawyer James Eadie wrote that if the judges find prorogation unlawful, it would mean the current session would remain in effect -- in other words, Parliament would be open again.But he added: "However, depending on the court's reasoning it would still either be open or not open to the prime minister to consider a further prorogation" for the same period of time -- suggesting that Johnson could try again to suspend Parliament if the court's ruling gives him the space to do so.Showdown between two Conservative Prime MinistersEarlier on Friday, the courtroom played host to a remarkable sight: that of a former British Prime Minister making a case against the incumbent in the country's highest court.Lord Garnier, speaking on behalf of former Prime Minister John Major, said his client made "a clear and unambiguous allegation in evidence ... that the reasons (for prorogation) set out in the documents put before the court by the Prime Minister cannot be true."He also criticized the government for failing to provide any witness statements in support of their case. "Where an allegation of this kind has been made, it would be normal for there at least to be some kind of witness statement," he said.Major had previously alleged in his written case that Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was not simply to clear the way for a Queen's Speech, but "in fact substantially motivated by a desire to obstruct Parliament from interfering with the Prime Minister's plans."Former British Prime Minister John Major.Lord Keen later re-emphasized Downing Street's argument that prorogation of Parliament is not a matter for the courts, warning the justices not to step into a "political minefield."Keen also argued that it should be up to the government, rather than the court, to decide what to do next should the prorogation be found unlawful, but he was questioned by a judge on that point.The hearing, and the sessions in lower courts that have preceded it, have dragged the UK's unending Brexit saga squarely into the realm of the courts.The ruling early next week will be keenly anticipated and could determine whether or not the issue will return to the judiciary, as the clock continues to tick down to the Brexit deadline of October 31.CNN's Luke Hanrahan contributed reporting.

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Story highlightsReport estimates number of victims of modern slavery in 2016 25 million people in forced labor, 15 million forced marriageInternational Labor Organization and the Walk Free Foundation produced the report London (CNN)More than 40 million people were estimated to be victims of modern slavery in 2016 -- and one in four of those were children. Those are the findings of a new report produced by the International Labor Organization (ILO), a U.N. agency focusing on labor rights, and the Walk Free Foundation, an international NGO working to end modern slavery. The report estimates that last year, 25 million people were in forced labor -- made to work under threat or coercion -- and 15 million people were in forced marriage.Read MoreMore on modern slavery, from The CNN Freedom Project It's impossible to know exactly how many people are living in modern slavery, and different studies have produced different estimates. One reason is that modern slavery is a hidden crime that's difficult to identify. Another is that different studies use different definitions of slavery, with some including forced marriage, for example, and others not. In the past, two of the most widely quoted figures have been those produced separately by the ILO and the Walk Free Foundation. But this report, called The 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, marks the first time the ILO and the Walk Free Foundation have collaborated to produce worldwide slavery figures. We know that if there are 40 million people in modern slavery, only tens of thousands of victims are being helped ...Fiona David, Walk Free Foundation Both organizations describe the report as giving the most reliable slavery figures to date, and the researchers say the numbers show that much work is needed to combat the problem. "We know that if there are 40 million people in modern slavery, only tens of thousands of victims are being helped, assisted and supported, whether through the criminal justice system or through victim support systems," Fiona David, Walk Free Foundation's executive director of global research, told CNN. "It's a massive gap that we have to close." Women and children According to the report, women and girls accounted for 71 percent of slavery victims, including 99 percent of those in the commercial sex industry and 84 percent of victims of forced marriages. Children made up around 37 percent of those forced to marry, as well as 18 percent of forced labor victims and 21 percent of victims of sexual exploitation. JUST WATCHEDThe CNN Freedom Project: Children for SaleReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe CNN Freedom Project: Children for Sale 41:34 The report defines modern slavery as situations of exploitation that a person can't refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion or deception -- which includes forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking. It notes that the average length of time victims were in forced labor ranged from a few days in some forms of state-imposed forced labor, to nearly two years for forced sexual exploitation. An estimated 4.1 million people are victims of forced labor imposed by state authorities. They include people made by their state authorities to participate in agriculture or construction work to boost economic development, young military conscripts forced to perform non-military work, and prisoners forced to work without consent at private prisons. How they got their numbersThe report combined data collected from 2012 to 2016 and drew on a variety of sources, chiefly, national surveys involving interviews with more than 71,000 respondents across 48 countries. It also used data from the International Organization for Migration -- an intergovernmental organization related to the U.N. The report found that modern slavery was most prevalent in Africa (7.6 victims per 1,000 people), followed by Asia and the Pacific (6.1 per 1,000). Forced labor was most prevalent in the Asia and the Pacific region, (4 victims per 1,000 people), and forced marriage was most prevalent in Africa (4.8 per 1,000), followed by Asia and the Pacific (2 per 1,000). However, the report warns that these regional figures should be interpreted with caution, because of a lack of available data in some regions, notably the Arab States and the Americas. JUST WATCHEDExploited workers suffer on Brazilian ranchesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHExploited workers suffer on Brazilian ranches 04:59 The report identified forced labor in all kinds of industries. In the cases where the type of work was known, 24 percent of adults were domestic workers, 18 percent were in construction, 15 percent in manufacturing, and 11 percent in agriculture and fishing. There is a need for labor and social rights in the informal economy, and a need for collective bargaining and workers' organizationsMichaelle De Cock, ILO An estimated 3.8 million adults were victims of forced sexual exploitation and 1 million children were victims of sexual exploitation. Michaelle De Cock, senior statistician with the ILO, told CNN that the research on forced labor highlighted a lack of social protection systems. "There is a need for labor and social rights in the informal economy, and a need for collective bargaining and workers' organizations," she added. Child laborThe ILO simultaneously released another report, produced without the Walk Free Foundation, called The 2017 Global Estimates of Child Labor. It found that there are 152 million children around the world engaged in child labor, and 73 million of them are in work that "directly endangers their health, safety and moral development." According to the report, 90 percent of all children in child labor are in the Africa and the Asia and the Pacific regions. In Africa, 20 percent of the continent's children are in child labor, while in the Asia and the Pacific region, 7 percent are in child labor. More than two thirds of all children in child labor work on family farms or for family businesses. The report noted that "understanding and addressing family reliance on children's labor will therefore be critical to broader progress towards ending child labor." It also found that 71 percent -- 108 million -- of all those in child labor work in agriculture -- generally in subsistence and commercial farming and livestock herding. The report uses data from 105 national household surveys, covering more than 70% of the world population of children aged 5 to 17 years. Included in the figures are almost 38 million children aged 15-17. Although 15 to 17-year-olds are above the minimum working age of 15, the ILO considers them to be in child labor if their work may be physically or psychologically injurious to their well-being. The two reports are intended to help towards achieving target 8.7 of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are 17 broad goals to be achieved by 2030 and target 8.7 calls for effective measures to end forced labor, modern slavery, and human trafficking, as well as child labor in all its forms. "The SDGs are very much the motivator for this research," said David. "It's critical that if you want to end child labor and modern slavery then you have to have some measurement framework, so we're trying to get a handle on how big the problems are so everyone has the information they need to develop responses."

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Story highlightsPrince Philip, 96, was being treated for an infectionHe had announced his retirement from public life last monthLondon (CNN)Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, was discharged from hospital on Thursday after spending two nights there as a "precautionary measure," Buckingham Palace told CNN."I can confirm that the Duke of Edinburgh left hospital this morning," a Palace spokesman told CNN's Max Foster.The Prince was admitted on Tuesday evening to London's King Edward VII Hospital, where he was treated for an infection arising from a pre-existing condition.The Queen and Prince Philip arrive at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. "Prince Philip is in good spirits and is disappointed to be missing the State Opening of Parliament and Royal Ascot," Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Wednesday. The Prince, who has been by the Queen's side for their nearly 70 years of marriage, was absent as the monarch gave her annual speech at the opening of Parliament.Just one day before being admitted to hospital, the Prince had donned a top hat for the Royal Ascot horse races in Berkshire, England.Read MoreThe appearance was part of a scaled back schedule for the Prince, who announced last month that he would step down from public life."Prince Philip will attend previously scheduled engagements between now and August, both individually and accompanying The Queen," the statement about his retirement read. "Thereafter, The Duke will not be accepting new invitations for visits and engagements, although he may still choose to attend certain public events from time to time."

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Washington (CNN)The Justice Department is investigating potential obstruction of justice connected to the ongoing probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz and his alleged sexual relationship with a minor. According to two people familiar with the matter, federal investigators' concerns over efforts to obstruct the probe date back to at least last fall, when the examination of the Florida Republican was not yet public knowledge. One of the people said investigators have been told about Gaetz and an associate discussing a plan to talk with Gaetz's ex-girlfriend in October 2020 about the ongoing sex crimes investigation. Investigators have also been provided material about the alleged discussion, the person said. Politico first reported the obstruction investigation on Wednesday night with additional details about what is being scrutinized. According to the outlet, investigators are also looking specifically at a phone call that Gaetz had with a witness in the sex crimes investigation. The phone call had originated between the witness and Gaetz's ex-girlfriend, and at some point during the conversation, the ex-girlfriend patched Gaetz into the call, the outlet reported.Politico did not report when the call took place and noted that it was unclear what was said between Gaetz and the witness on the call. Read MoreGaetz's ex-girlfriend, a former Capitol Hill intern, is seen as a critical witness, as she has been linked to Gaetz as far back as the summer of 2017. That period of time has emerged as a key window of scrutiny for investigators in part because that is when Gaetz is accused of having sexual contact with another woman who was 17 years old at the time. Last month, CNN reported that federal authorities had secured the ex-girlfriend's cooperation in the probe but the sources who spoke to CNN at the time would not say if she had entered into a formal cooperation agreement. A person familiar with the matter said Wednesday that she had not yet spoken to investigators and a formal agreement was still not in place. The obstruction of justice investigation heightens the legal jeopardy that the congressman could face. If authorities believe that Gaetz or his associates attempted to influence someone's testimony to investigators, they could be charged with witness tampering, a federal crime that could result in prison time. Gaetz has long denied having sex with a 17-year-old and has not been charged with any wrongdoing. "Congressman Gaetz pursues justice, he doesn't obstruct it," Gaetz spokesman Harlan Hill said in a statement. "After two months, there is still not a single on-record accusation of misconduct, and now the 'story' is changing yet again." The associate who one source had said discussed with Gaetz a plan to speak with the ex-girlfriend said he did not believe the discussion between Gaetz and himself had happened. The Justice Department referenced an obstruction investigation in a subpoena sent to an associate of Gaetz's in late December, according to the associate. The Justice Department first began scrutinizing Gaetz in the final months of the Trump administration, officials have said, as part of a separate sex-trafficking investigation into his friend, a former county tax commissioner named Joel Greenberg. Greenberg entered into a plea deal with prosecutors last month where he admitted to six federal charges, including that he knowingly solicited and paid the 17-year-old for sex. He remains in jail as he awaits his sentencing.Greenberg was never charged with obstructing justice, but in his plea agreement he admitted to contacting the 17-year-old after learning in 2020 that his sexual relationship with her was under investigation and asking her "for help in making sure that their stories would line up, because he knew that his commercial sex acts with her were illegal." Greenberg also contacted the 17-year-old directly and through one of her friends "for the purpose of asking (the 17-year-old) to lie" about the reason he had looked her up in a Florida driver's registration database in 2017 when "he had reason to believe that the (17-year-old) was under the age of 18," according to the plea agreement. It's not clear exactly when Gaetz learned he was under investigation but a person familiar with the matter said that he hired a Florida criminal defense attorney last year. He has since bolstered his legal team with two high-powered attorneys based in New York. In August, according to text messages first reported by Politico and later confirmed to CNN by a person familiar with them, Greenberg wrote that he was warning men who had come in contact with the young women of the FBI's interest. The investigation into Gaetz did not become public knowledge until a report in The New York Times in March, and in the preceding months, the outspoken Republican did not betray a hint of the legal troubles he was battling. But investigators are now examining if Gaetz or any of his associates did anything to attempt to interfere with the investigation, according to the sources, including whether he and an associate visited the ex-girlfriend, who worked at the time for a state agency in Tallahassee. She has since resigned from the position effective July 1, according to a spokeswoman for the agency. Her lawyer, Tim Jansen, confirmed to CNN that she had submitted her resignation but said that "her departure has nothing to do with the ongoing investigation." The ex-girlfriend's cooperation with the government is seen as critical because of her proximity to Gaetz in 2017. Investigators also believe she can help them understand the relevance of hundreds of transactions they have obtained records of, including those involving alleged payments for sex, people familiar with the matter said. In April, Politico reported that the ex-girlfriend was concerned that she could face obstruction charges after talking on the phone with the alleged 17-year-old victim and her roommate. The ex-girlfriend was friends with the women and suspected they could be recording the call, the outlet reported. The months-long examination into questions of whether Gaetz was involved with a minor has so far drawn in a cast of young women who were friends with each other and partied with the congressman and other influential Republicans. Investigators have sought interviews with several of the women, including the alleged underage victim and Gaetz's ex-girlfriend. Information that some of them have provided is among the evidence being reviewed by the Justice Department as officials seek to determine whether the congressman should be charged. Spokespeople for the Justice Department and the FBI declined to comment for this story. Since the allegations against him became public, Gaetz has remained defiant and accused the Justice Department of targeting him because of his politics. Gaetz's defense team has also quietly sought to gauge the support of some of the women he partied with as well as other people in his circle who are of interest to investigators. According to text messages reviewed by CNN, a private investigator who said they worked for Gaetz's defense team began reaching out in April to one woman who had been previously connected to Gaetz. The woman did not engage with the private investigator, according to her friend, but had been told that the private investigator had spoken with at least one other woman involved in the case. Around the same time, Gaetz's lawyers contacted an attorney for another person under scrutiny in the investigation to ask about that person's involvement with a grand jury hearing evidence about the case, according to a person familiar with the matter. Such outreach is not uncommon or illegal, although it could cross into witness intimidation if "there is some message communicated that's either a carrot or a stick," said Elie Honig, a former prosecutor and CNN senior legal analyst. This story has been updated.CNN's Evan Perez contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Reigning world 100-meter champion Christian Coleman is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).The independent body, which combats doping, had provisionally suspended the 24-year-old in June for a "whereabouts failure" and upheld its decision on Tuesday.The World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) "whereabouts" system requires athletes to let anti-doping officials know where they'll be for one hour every day, as well as details of overnight accommodation and training venues.If an athlete fails to do so and commits a "filing failure" three times over a 12-month period, they could face punishment.The American sprinter admitted he missed a drugs test on December 9, 2019 -- the third missed test in the space of a year -- but alleges he was set up by the anti-doping body.Read MoreColeman said he had been Christmas shopping "five minutes away" but had no idea a tester had visited his address for one of the tests.The AIU said shopping receipts showed Coleman was out of the house during the allotted hour and that officers had knocked on his door every 10 minutes without answer. "Unfortunately, we see this case as involving behaviour by the Athlete as very careless at best and reckless at worst. In those circumstances, we impose a two-year ban," read the AIU disciplinary report. The AIU said Coleman could appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and confirmed there was no suggestion he had ever taken a prohibited substance. Coleman's representatives called the decision "unfortunate" and confirmed he would immediately appeal it.READ: The man who 'gained the world but lost his soul'Christian Coleman has been banned for two years by the AIU. Coleman's other two failures occurred January 16 and April 26 last year.The sprint star, who has consistently denied ever taking drugs, only narrowly avoided a ban last year after three violations of the "whereabouts" rules across 2018 and 2019. However, his case was dropped because of a technicality over dates. The decision allowed him to compete at the World Athletics Championships in Doha last September where he claimed victory in the 100m and men's 4x100-meter relay.Coleman will not be eligible to compete again until May 13, 2022.The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, delayed because of the pandemic, are set to begin July 23, 2021.

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(CNN)A prominent Russian investigative journalist, known for his reporting on corruption, has been arrested in Moscow, according to the state news agency TASS. Ivan Golunov was arrested Thursday after being accused of possessing and attempting to sell drugs. His lawyer and colleagues have accused police of planting the drugs on the 36-year-old and framing him, Reuters reported.The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called for Golunov's release as well as investigate allegations that he had been beaten in police custody. "Russian authorities should immediately drop their charges against Ivan Golunov, release him, and investigate allegations of mistreatment of the journalist in police custody," said Gulnoza Said, CPJ's Europe and Central Asia program coordinator. "Russia has a long history of politically motivated charges against independent reporters. Investigative journalism is treated as a crime where it ought to be viewed as a public service."Read MoreIvan Kolpakov, the editor-in-chief at Meduza, an online newspaper where Golunov works, told the CPJ that the drug charges were "absurd," and that he had "no doubts that the charges are fabricated and are related to Golunov's journalism."In a statement posted online, Kolpakov and Meduza CEO Galina Timchenko said Golunov had been beaten by police during detention. A police spokesman rejected those claims, according to TASS.Meduza also cited Golunov's lawyer, Dmitry Dzhulai, as saying that the detained journalist had not been allowed to eat or sleep for more than a day. Police officers detain Russian journalist and writer Victor Shenderovich during a rally in support of arrested journalist Ivan Golunov outside the Russian Interior Ministry in Moscow.News of Golunov's arrest galvanized Russian journalists on Friday, with several dozen holding a small protest outside the Russian Ministry of Interior in Moscow. Authorities detained at least 11 individuals who were protesting Golunov's arrest, the monitoring site OVD-Info reported Friday.Detained protesters included prominent journalists and video on social media showed the arrest of Viktor Shenderovich, a popular Russian columnist.The opening of the criminal case immediately drew skepticism from local journalists for being fabricated, as Russian reporters routinely face intimidation, harassment and violence.According to the CPJ, Golunov will appear in court on Saturday, where a judge will rule whether the reporter should be released while the investigation is pending.If found guilty, Golunov could be jailed for 10 to 20 years, according to Reuters.

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The Australian Grand Prix has been axed for the second year in a row with the 21st round of the Formula One championship a victim of the country's tight border controls, organizers said on Tuesday."We regret to announce that the 2021 Australian Grand Prix has been canceled due to restrictions and logistical challenges relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic," organizers said in a statement of the Nov. 21 race.The Australian round of the MotoGP world championship, scheduled for Phillip Island on Oct. 24, was also canceled for the second successive year.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videos"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting travel complications and logistical restrictions mean it has not been possible to confirm the viability of the event at this time, and it will therefore not feature on the 2021 calendar," organizers said.

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Story highlights Hungarian police stop and encircle about half the fleeing refugees and migrantsHundreds of migrants frustrated at being forced to wait in a holding area stage a breakoutThey run across corn and sunflower fields, hoping to evade policeOn the Hungarian-Serbian border (CNN)Dramatic scenes unfolded Tuesday as hundreds of frustrated migrants broke through police lines at a holding camp near the town of Roszke in Hungary. The people -- mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan -- had complained about uncomfortable conditions in the camp and not knowing what would happen to them next. As they burst through the police lines, some parents carried children on their shoulders, struggling to make their way across the rough ground near Roszke.They walked and hiked about 4 miles, many dropping their possessions on the ground. Two kids from one family lost the shoes they were wearing. They walked over a train track and rocks barefoot for miles.Hungarian police raced after the fleeing migrants, some of whom may be refugees, and at some point the group was split in half. Later Tuesday, police stopped and encircled half the fleeing migrants and brought them food and water. Some of the captured migrants reportedly spoke to the rest of the group, telling them that they had no choice but to trust the Hungarian authorities.Police stopped about half the migrants who fled a camp along Hungary-Serbia border today. http://t.co/tR5dXtkMBW pic.twitter.com/U72nc0K3ol— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 8, 2015 Read MoreThe migrants said they had been told buses would take them to another area where they would not be fingerprinted. They expected to later get on trains they hoped would take them to Austria and finally to Germany. Earlier in the day, scuffles broke out as migrants forced to wait in the holding area expressed their frustration. Many cannot understand why, having reached the European Union, they are not receiving a warmer welcome.West to blame for Europe's migrant crisis? Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA woman cries after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on July 25, 2017. More than 6,600 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in January 2018, according to the UN migration agency, and more than 240 people died on the Mediterranean Sea during that month.Hide Caption 1 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosRefugees and migrants get off a fishing boat at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey in October 2015.Hide Caption 2 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosHide Caption 3 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants step over dead bodies while being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya in October 2016. Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis was on a Spanish rescue boat that encountered several crowded migrant boats. Messinis said the rescuers counted 29 dead bodies -- 10 men and 19 women, all between 20 and 30 years old. "I've (seen) in my career a lot of death," he said. "I cover war zones, conflict and everything. I see a lot of death and suffering, but this is something different. Completely different."Hide Caption 4 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosAuthorities stand near the body of 2-year-old Alan Kurdi on the shore of Bodrum, Turkey, in September 2015. Alan, his brother and their mother drowned while fleeing Syria. This photo was shared around the world, often with a Turkish hashtag that means "Flotsam of Humanity."Hide Caption 5 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants board a train at Keleti station in Budapest, Hungary, after the station was reopened in September 2015.Hide Caption 6 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosChildren cry as migrants in Greece try to break through a police cordon to cross into Macedonia in August 2015. Thousands of migrants -- most of them fleeing Syria's bitter conflict -- were stranded in a no-man's land on the border.Hide Caption 7 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosThe Kusadasi Ilgun, a sunken 20-foot boat, lies in waters off the Greek island of Samos in November 2016. Hide Caption 8 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants bathe outside near a makeshift shelter in an abandoned warehouse in Subotica, Serbia, in January 2017.Hide Caption 9 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA police officer in Calais, France, tries to prevent migrants from heading for the Channel Tunnel to England in June 2015.Hide Caption 10 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA migrant walks past a burning shack in the southern part of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, France, in March 2016. Part of the camp was being demolished -- and the inhabitants relocated -- in response to unsanitary conditions at the site.Hide Caption 11 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants stumble as they cross a river north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border-control fence in March 2016.Hide Caption 12 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosIn September 2015, an excavator dumps life vests that were previously used by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos.Hide Caption 13 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosThe Turkish coast guard helps refugees near Aydin, Turkey, after their boat toppled en route to Greece in January 2016.Hide Caption 14 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA woman sits with children around a fire at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni in March 2016.Hide Caption 15 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA column of migrants moves along a path between farm fields in Rigonce, Slovenia, in October 2015.Hide Caption 16 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA ship crowded with migrants flips onto its side in May 2016 as an Italian navy ship approaches off the coach of Libya. Passengers had rushed to the port side, a shift in weight that proved too much. Five people died and more than 500 were rescued.Hide Caption 17 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosRefugees break through a barbed-wire fence on the Greece-Macedonia border in February 2016, as tensions boiled over regarding new travel restrictions into Europe.Hide Caption 18 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosPolicemen try to disperse hundreds of migrants by spraying them with fire extinguishers during a registration procedure in Kos, Greece, in August 2015.Hide Caption 19 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA member of the humanitarian organization Sea-Watch holds a migrant baby who drowned following the capsizing of a boat off Libya in May 2016.Hide Caption 20 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA migrant in Gevgelija, Macedonia, tries to sneak onto a train bound for Serbia in August 2015.Hide Caption 21 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants, most of them from Eritrea, jump into the Mediterranean from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, in August 2016.Hide Caption 22 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosRefugees rescued off the Libyan coast get their first sight of Sardinia as they sail in the Mediterranean Sea toward Cagliari, Italy, in September 2015.Hide Caption 23 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosLocal residents and rescue workers help migrants from the sea after a boat carrying them sank off the island of Rhodes, Greece, in April 2015.Hide Caption 24 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosInvestigators in Burgenland, Austria, inspect an abandoned truck that contained the bodies of refugees who died of suffocation in August 2015. The 71 victims -- most likely fleeing war-ravaged Syria -- were 60 men, eight women and three children.Hide Caption 25 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosSyrian refugees sleep on the floor of a train car taking them from Macedonia to the Serbian border in August 2015. How to help the ongoing migrant crisisHide Caption 26 of 26Some of the migrants also tussled with police on Monday. Police have been blocking a road from the holding site to a transit camp where they can register as refugees and continue their journeys.Hungary has been at the forefront of Europe's migrant crisis in recent days.How you can help in the crisisMany of the refugees and migrants arriving there from Serbia -- having been on the road for weeks in some cases -- are afraid they will get stuck in Hungary and be unable to carry on their journey to their preferred destinations in Western Europe.Some who have made it farther north have also complained of poor conditions in the holding areas and transit camps in Hungary.Hungary's government has said it is just trying to enforce EU rules on the movement of migrants without proper documentation. Are countries obligated to take in refugees?CNN's Brent Swails contributed to this report.

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