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Diogo Jota, Liverpool Footballer, Dies in Car Accident Aged 28: Latest tributes

Tributes pour in to the Liverpool striker, Diogo Jota, who has tragically died at the age of 28.
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Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Portugal footballer, dies aged 28 in car crash

It is understood that Jota and his brother were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora

The Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has been killed in a car accident in Spain. He was 28, a father of three young children and had married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, less than two weeks ago.

The tragic news was first reported in Portuguese media. It is understood that Jota and his brother, 26-year-old André, were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora.

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US couple could face trial in France over stolen shipwreck gold

Novelist and husband suspected of helping to sell bullion taken decades ago from ship that sank off Brittany in 1746

An 80-year-old US novelist and her husband are among several people facing a possible trial in France over the illegal sale of gold bars plundered from an 18th-century shipwreck after French prosecutors requested that the case go to court.

Eleonor “Gay” Courter and her husband, Philip, 82, have been accused of helping to sell the bullion online for a French diver who stole it decades ago. They have denied knowledge of any wrongdoing.

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Federal government to fast-track childcare safety legislation as Victoria appoints Jay Weatherill to conduct snap review of sector

Jason Clare to introduce new powers to expand spot checks at childcare centres and cut off funding for operators who fail to meet safety standards, as Greens call for independent federal watchdog

The federal government will fast-track legislation in the next sitting week to cut funding to childcare centres that fail to meet safety standards, after shocking allegations of sexual abuse by a worker in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

It comes as the Victorian government announced former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and senior bureaucrat Pamela White have been appointed to lead an urgent review of childcare safety.

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Hotels and homes evacuated on Greek island of Crete as wildfire burns out of control

Hotels and homes evacuated on Greek island of Crete as wildfire burns out of control [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Community ‘raw with grief’ after death of child in Co Donegal collision

Cllr Doherty told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that conditions for driving at the timer had been favourable, but that the road in question has been the scene of previous fatal accidents.
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UPenn ban on transgender athletes, removal of Lia Thomas’ records a ‘wonderful first start,’ former teammate says

Former UPenn swimmer Paula Scanlan reacts to University of Pennsylvania’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports on ‘America’s Newsroom’.
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Democrats should ‘break up’ with Randi Weingarten, ex-Harris campaign aide argues

The Democratic Party should “break-up” with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, ex-Kamala Harris campaign aide Ben Austin wrote in an opinion piece on Monday.
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Liverpool FC’s Diogo Jota Dies in Car Crash: Report

Spanish media reported Jota’s death.
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Dozens reported killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza overnight – Middle East crisis live

Gaza’s health ministry says the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in this conflict has now passed 57,000

Israeli airstrikes and shootings have killed 82 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 38 while attempting to get humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Israel’s military did not have an immediate comment on the strikes, AP reports.

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