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Dagestan: Mob storms Russian airport in search of Jews Israel has urged Russia to protect “all its citizens and all Jews” after a large mob shouting antisemitic slogans stormed a Dagestan airport. Footage showed an angry crowd running through the airport in Makhachkala seeking people arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv. Some of the crowd ran onto the runway and surrounded the plane. Security forces were able to bring the situation under control. The airport was closed and will stay closed until Tuesday. Sixty alleged mob participants have been arrested, Russian news agencies say, citing the local interior ministry.…

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India train crash kills 13 and injures dozens A train collision in India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state has killed at least 13 people and left around 50 injured. The two passenger trains collided on Sunday and a massive rescue operation was launched, with hundreds of emergency workers searching through the wreckage. A preliminary investigation found that a “human error” had led to the crash. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences and said he was in touch with the railways minister. Officials said three carriages of a passenger train, derailed around 19:00 after it was hit by another…

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Murder of Lilie James, 21, at elite school horrifies Australia Australia has been gripped by the death of a 21-year-old water polo coach whose body was found dead inside the bathroom of an elite Sydney private school. Police turned up at St Andrew’s Cathedral School just before midnight on Thursday after a chilling 000 call. They encountered a “confronting scene” – Lilie James was dead with extensive head injuries. Police believe she was murdered with a hammer just hours earlier, according to local media citing anonymous sources. CCTV had reportedly captured her colleague, 24-year-old hockey coach Paul Thijssen, entering the…

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Major search underway in Colombia for Luis Diaz’s kidnapped father A major search in Colombia is underway after the parents of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz were kidnapped. Diaz’s mother was found in Barrancas on Saturday. His father remains captive. Military and police are searching for his father and are offering a £40,00 reward for information leading to his rescue. More than 120 soldiers and police searched northern Colombia for Luis Manuel Diaz on Sunday, with reports armed men had taken him and his wife. In a statement, the army said it had set up roadblocks and deployed two motorised platoons,…

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