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Mourners bury Palestinian killed by Israeli settlers

Mourners bury Palestinian killed by Israeli settlers

Mourners on Saturday attended the funeral of a Palestinian killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, after the UN warned of a dramatic spike in such cases.

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Pope draws 200,000 pilgrims to Portugal's Fatima shrine

Pope draws 200,000 pilgrims to Portugal's Fatima shrine

Around 200,000 pilgrims flooded the shrine of Fatima in Portugal on Saturday to attend a service held by Pope Francis at one of Catholicism's most revered sites devoted to the Virgin Mary.

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Bezzecchi battles to British MotoGP pole at soaking Silverstone

Bezzecchi battles to British MotoGP pole at soaking Silverstone

Marco Bezzecchi battled atrocious conditions to claim pole for the British MotoGP at a soaking Silverstone on Saturday.

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Clinical Japan, slick Spain surge into Women's World Cup quarters

Clinical Japan, slick Spain surge into Women's World Cup quarters

Japan's surprise title charge at the Women's World Cup gathered pace with a clinical 3-1 win over Norway to reach the last eight while Spain thrashed Switzerland 5-1 on Saturday.

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Dozens evacuated as wildfire spreads on Spain-France border

Dozens evacuated as wildfire spreads on Spain-France border

Firefighters said they evacuated more than 130 people as they fought Saturday to control a wildfire at Portbou on the Spanish border with France on the Mediterranean coast.

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Chelsea sign Brighton goalkeeper Sanchez on seven-year deal

Chelsea sign Brighton goalkeeper Sanchez on seven-year deal

Chelsea on Saturday completed the signing of Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Premier League rivals Brighton on a seven-year deal.

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Red-hot Miyazawa fires Japan into World Cup quarters

Red-hot Miyazawa fires Japan into World Cup quarters

Hinata Miyazawa scored her fifth goal of the Women's World Cup on Saturday to seal a 3-1 win over Norway and put Japan into the quarter-finals against Sweden or holders the United States.

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Lost in the Tunisia-Libya desert: one migrant's story

Lost in the Tunisia-Libya desert: one migrant's story

Pato looks at the picture on his phone. It shows him with his wife and daughter, all carefree smiles. "That's the last time we were happy," he says, completely traumatised.

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Ukraine drone attack damages Russian tanker near Crimea

Ukraine drone attack damages Russian tanker near Crimea

Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow's ships was hit in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian security source told AFP on Saturday.

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Classy Bonmati sends five-star Spain into World Cup quarters

Classy Bonmati sends five-star Spain into World Cup quarters

Jorge Vilda said he had "the 23 best players in the world" after Aitana Bonmati starred in a 5-1 demolition of Switzerland on Saturday to send Spain into the Women's World Cup quarter-finals for the first time.

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