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Collision between Greek coastguard patrol and migrant boat kills 14

Search and rescue operation involving boats, helicopter and divers under way off the eastern Aegean island of Chios

A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coastguard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 14 people, the coastguard said.

A search and rescue operation involving four patrol vessels, an air force helicopter and a private boat carrying divers was under way for potential missing passengers.

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© Photograph: Pantelis Fykaris/AP

© Photograph: Pantelis Fykaris/AP

© Photograph: Pantelis Fykaris/AP

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Lens condemn racist abuse of Saint-Maximin after player’s children targeted in Mexico

  • Winger suffers online racism on return to France

  • Abuse of Frenchman’s family led him to leave Mexico

Lens have condemned the racist abuse aimed at new signing Allan Saint-Maximin after a previous racist incident involving the former Newcastle winger’s children ended his career in Mexico’s top flight.

Saint-Maximin joined Lens on a six-month deal during the winter transfer window. He left Mexican side Club América, saying his children were the victims of racist abuse there.

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© Photograph: Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters

© Photograph: Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters

© Photograph: Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters

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Virginia man having affair with au pair found guilty of murdering wife and another man

Prosecutors say other man was lured to Brendan Banfield’s house as a fall guy in scheme to get rid of Banfield’s wife

A Virginia man having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy.

Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of 24 February 2023. He shot Ryan and then Juliana Magalhães, the au pair, shot him, too.

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© Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

© Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

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Justin Rose notches first wire-to-wire Torrey Pines win in 71 years with apology to Tiger Woods

  • Rose wins Farmers Insurance Open with 72-hole record

  • 265 total pips Woods’ 1999 mark by one shot

Justin Rose became the first wire-to-wire winner at Torrey Pines in 71 years, starting with a six-shot lead and never letting anyone get any closer to him Sunday as he closed with a 2-under 70 to win the Farmers Insurance Open.

Rose opened with a 62 on the North course at Torrey Pines and really never let up all week, playing even better on the South course that has hosted two US Opens. He wound up breaking the 72-hole tournament record at 23-under 265, one better than Tiger Woods in 1999. George Burns also shot 266 in 1987.

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© Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP

© Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP

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Australian snowboarder dies in ski lift accident in Japan after her backpack was caught

Woman, 22, thought to have suffered a cardiac arrest after being dragged along the snow and suspended mid-air

An Australian woman has died after a ski lift accident in a Japanese resort after her backpack got caught and she was left hanging mid-air.

The 22-year-old snowboarder sustained critical injuries at the Tsugaike ski resort in Otari near Nagano on Friday.

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© Photograph: Whitcombe-Japan/Alamy

© Photograph: Whitcombe-Japan/Alamy

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Australia fall to worst T20 defeat in final World Cup warmup in Pakistan

  • Mitch Marsh’s team spun to record-breaking 111-run loss in Lahore

  • Usman Tariq hits back at Cameron Green over throwing allegation

Australia have been handed the worst possible conclusion to their World Cup warmup, suffering their heaviest T20 international defeat in a third successive morale-sapping capitulation to Pakistan.

Still wounded from a 90-run defeat 24 hours earlier at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium – their worst loss to Pakistan – it only got even more dire for Mitch Marsh’s side on Sunday as they were spun to a record-breaking 111-run loss on the same ground.

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© Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

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