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Former french foreign minister Catherine Colonna will head an independent review group . to assess the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staff of taking part in Hamas’s deadly October 7 assault on southern Israel.

A number of key donors of the the allegations “highly credible “have since frozen their funding, with the US

Israel says it will cooperate with an independent probe into the ties between UNRWA and Hamas in Gaza.

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Lewis Ludlam is expected to join Toulon.
The former England International has announced he is leaving his club Northampton Saints at the end of the season.
He, has been with the Saints since 2016, is going to France . He has been important flanker of Northampton and now has offer from Toulon France.

Mudslides, flooding and strong winds are battering southern California as a second day of storms drenches one of the most populous parts of the US.
More than 800,000 without power in California as intense atmospheric river brings threat of mudslides and flooding.The “atmospheric rivers” causing the storms have already seen swathes of the state hit by rain, wind and snow..

Dani Alves: Brazilian soccer star goes on trial in Spain

Prosecutors are seeking a nine-year prison

Dani Alves appeared in a Barcelona court on Tuesday accused of having sexually assaulted a young woman.

The Brazilian football star was arrested on January 20, 2023, and has been held in detention for over a year amid fears that he was a flight risk.

Alves had offAlves has been held in pre-trial detention for over a year.

England have lost the second Test to India by over 100 runs but Alastair Cook believe they are more than capable of beating their hosts again. However one thing that Cook highlighted is the role of Joe Root, with the former England captain concerned the balance hasn’t been found yet for Root in terms of his role within the new ultra-attacking set-up.

England will spend the break in Abu Dhabi with their families. They will hope Joe Root has escaped any serious damage to the finger he injured here.

Boeing said on Sunday it will have to do more work on about 50 undelivered 737 MAX airplanes, potentially delaying some near-term deliveries, after its supplier Spirit AeroSystems Boeing, which has been under fire from regulators and airlines since the Jan 5 blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9, said safety was unaffected and existing 737s could keep flying. two mis-drilled holes on some fuselages.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 37-year-old was stabbed to death in north London.
Police found the male victim on tree-lined Queen Elizabeth’s Drive, Southgate just after 2pm on Sunday.Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 37-year-old was stabbed to death in north London. Police found the male victim on tree-lined Queen Elizabeth’s Drive, Southgate just after 2pm on Sunday.

California girded Sunday for a “potentially historic” storm that put much of the state on high alert, with officials expecting life-threatening damage and issuing evacuation orders or warnings in parts of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey counties.

The National Weather Service has warned of “numerous damaging landslides” in the cities of Malibu and Beverly Hills as a powerful storm drenches California.
Landslides could also hit from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Hollywood Hills and Griffith Park, stretching to the adjacent foothills in the valleys.

Los Angeles police spokesperson Mike Lopez told the Associated Press that the detention was in relation to an altercation inside the Crypto.com Arena

where the ceremony was held.Killer Mike, 48, was booked on a misdemeanour charge, Mr Lopez added.