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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA teenager accused of stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church during a service has been charged with terrorism, Australian police said.The 16-year-old boy was questioned by the police from Australia’s joint counter terrorism team, police officials said on Thursday. He is currently recovering from his injuries and admitted in a hospital under police guard.He has been charged with committing a terrorist act by the police after a round of questioning and if convicted, he…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterNow the end is near, and Jurgen Klopp didn’t even get to do it his way. There was no last great European comeback, of the type that really made the German’s legacy at Liverpool. The failure to even get close to such a feat against a resolute Atalanta indicates there may not be one last grandstand in the Premier League, either.Instead, rather than making everyone lament Klopp’s departure when there might be so much more to give, this was just another match…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsIran has fired its air defence batteries and shut down flight operations in several parts of the country following “explosions”.Commercial planes began diverting their routes early Friday morning over western Iran without explanation as state media reported “explosions” had been heard over the city of Isfahan.The incident comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East after Iran launched an unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel in retaliation against a strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria earlier…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepted their lack of goal threat failed to put enough pressure on Atalanta to help turn their Europa League quarter-final back in their favour.Mohamed Salah’s seventh-minute penalty had raised hopes of a Barcelona 2019-style comeback but the Egypt international missed a relatively straightforward lob to make it 2-0 towards the end of the first half and they faded badly after the break as they exited the competition 3-1 on aggregate.That meant for only the third time in the…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsCIA director William Burns blamed Hamas on Thursday for allegedly holding up negotiations to end the war in Gaza and return Israeli hostages, pointing to their decision last week to reject an Israeli ceasefire proposal.“It was a deep disappointment to get a negative reaction from Hamas,” the intelligence official, who traveled to Cairo for negotiations earlier this month, said on Thursday while speaking at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. “Right now, it’s…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterMichail Antonio felt West Ham were up against 14 players as they bowed out of the Europa League to Bayer Leverkusen.Antonio’s early header gave the Hammers hope of overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit and inflicting a first defeat of the season on Xabi Alonso’s new Bundesliga champions.But the bustling striker claimed he did not get a decision all night from card-happy Spanish referee Jose Maria Sanchez and his two assistants.“It doesn’t feel like you’re playing against 11 men, it feels like you’re…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USJordan turned up at work on Sunday morning expecting a normal shift as a Tesla test driver.But instead at the office they were told they couldn’t drive — their job was to train the electric carmaker’s self-driving software by riding along with it as it navigated real city streets — and asked to wait around on standby until the issue was resolved. “Don’t worry about it,” a manager told them.So Jordan waited for eight hours, and…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USChinese state-sponsored hackers have conducted widespread cyberattacks on critical American infrastructure in recent years, intending to give the country the ability to cause “a devastating blow” against the US, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.“The fact is, the PRC [People’s Republic of China] targeting of our critical infrastructure is both broad and unrelenting,” he told a security conference in Nashville on Thursday, describing China’s hacking programme as growing in strength. “It’s using that mass, those numbers,…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterSo close, but not this time for West Ham United. As the Hammers’ jovial pre-match anthem goes: then like my dreams they fade and die. Belted out in harmony at the start, so it came to pass at the end. West Ham won this occasion, frankly, with their best performance of the season on this cool April evening, but Bayer Leverkusen won the war.Xabi Alonso’s team remain unbeaten in all competitions this season – it is now 44-0 – courtesy of Jeremie…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe 12 Manhattan residents who will ultimately decide the fate of former president Donald Trump in his New York criminal trial were selected on Thursday.After three days of jury selection, in which hundreds of Manhattan residents were called to the New York Criminal Court, sworn in and asked personal questions – the majority of jury selection has finished.A panel of four women and eight men were sworn-in during the afternoon after several hours of questioning.The 12 individuals have…