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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 emailsThe body of a missing Israeli teenager thought to have been killed in a Palestinian attack was found in the occupied West Bank on Saturday in an incident that could trigger further violence.Israel called 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair’s death “a terrorist attack”, and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged the assailants would be found.The teenager’s disappearance sparked attacks by Jewish settlers who entered a nearby Palestinian village and set houses and cars ablaze despite a plea from…

An eyewitness has described how she hid from a knifeman and thought she was “going to die” during a terrifying attack at a Sydney shopping centre.The woman told Sky News how she saw a man with a machete and rushed to hide in the Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday (13 April).Crying, the woman said: “It was just the worst thing ever. Who does that to people?”Police have confirmed six people have been killed and their attacker shot dead following the horrific attack.A New South Wales Police officer confronted the attacker at Westfield Bondi Junction and shot him dead as he…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterEmma Hayes bizarrely recited part of a poem after Jonas Eidevall branded her accusation against him of male aggression “irresponsible”.Eidevall’s Arsenal defeated Hayes’ Chelsea 1-0 earlier this month in the Continental Cup final but the result was overshadowed by a spat between the two managers.Hayes took exception to a touchline altercation between Eidevall and Chelsea’s Erin Cuthbert and appeared to push the Arsenal boss after the match.When at times the mob is swayed to carry praise or blame too far, we may…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterErik ten Hag has said Manchester United signing a proven goalscorer this summer “would help” – while stressing the striking options with which they entered the current season “should have been enough”.Having last term finished third in the Premier League and won the Carabao Cup in their first campaign under Ten Hag’s management, United have subsequently underwhelmed.With seven games to go in the league, they lie sixth, 11 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, as well as fifth-placed Aston Villa, and have the lowest…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA federal judge in Delaware has refused to throw out a series of gun charges against Hunter Biden, despite the president’s son challenging the case and the authority of special counsel David Weiss to bring it.The decision on Friday means the series of three gun charges against Mr Biden, based on allegations he lied about his drug use during a 2018 gun purchase, will likely go to trial in June. Mr Biden has filed a number of challenges…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterAnge Postecoglou has no interest in following the lead of Newcastle and other clubs, which includes his own, of allowing the TV cameras inside the Tottenham dressing room to film a documentary.Spurs return to St James’ Park on Saturday for the first time since their 6-1 thrashing last April, which features in a recent docuseries about the north-east club.Episode three of the four-part series focuses on a match which proved the nadir of a sorry season for Tottenham and subsequently resulted in…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterPep Guardiola has dismissed Erling Haaland’s critics and insisted the Manchester City striker is continuing to make a big impact.Haaland has scored 30 goals for City this term but only one in his last five. After Roy Keane last week claimed the Norway international was comparable to a League Two player in his general play, Jamie Carragher this week described him as “the ultimate luxury footballer” and said he was not world class.But asked if he was happy with Haaland’s all-round contribution,…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA Los Angeles astrology influencer who stabbed her partner to death, allegedly due to fears over the solar eclipse, argued with him so frequently that even the mailman in her apartment complex noticed, neighbours have said.Danielle Johnson, 34, went on a violent rampage in LA on 8 April – the same day that a rare phenomenon of a total solar eclipse plunged parts of the US briefly into darkness.During the incident, she stabbed 29-year-old Jason Chaney,…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterNewcastle have launched a new initiative which will allow deaf supporters to “feel” the atmosphere of games at St James’ Park.The Premier League club have brought out a new haptic replica shirt which, when worn at matches, will vibrate in response to crowd noises.The technology, which utilises microphones placed around the ground, will be used for the first time as the Magpies host Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday.It is a world first in sport but similar systems have been used…

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 emailsIsrael is braced for an attack by Iran as warnings grew of retaliation for the killing last week of a senior officer in Iran’s embassy in Damascus, despite efforts from Washington and its allies to try and avert a wider war across the Middle East.Israel has said it is ready to defend itself from any reprisals over a strike on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital on 1 April that killed Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and…