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The family of an Arab Israeli medical student shot dead by police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound rejected on Sunday claims by the force that he grabbed and fired an officer's gun.

Newcastle avenged their League Cup final loss against Manchester United as Joe Willock and Callum Wilson clinched a 2-0 win that lifted the Magpies into third place in the Premier League on Sunday.

Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were in a neck-and-neck race Sunday as the country, deeply divided over the war in Ukraine, held its fifth general election in two years.

Four tries from Abby Dow and a hat-trick from Jess Breach fired England's women to a dominant 68-5 victory over Italy to return to the top of the Six Nations table.

Aiden Markram hit 175 off 126 balls as South Africa took a giant step towards automatic qualification for the Cricket World Cup with a 146-run win over the Netherlands in the third one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Cycling's Tour of Flanders was marred by a mass fall on Sunday as around 40 riders hit the tarmac with culprit Filip Maciejuk, who was disqualified from the race, offering a complete apology for "a big error in my judgement".

Swiss federal prosecutors said Sunday that they had begun investigating the UBS takeover of its embattled banking rival Credit Suisse.

Kenyan President William Ruto urged his political rival on Sunday to call off protests against his government as the opposition vowed to take demonstrators to the street for another day.

Belgian rider Lotte Kopecky won the Women's Tour of Flanders on Sunday to retain her title, thanks to a long solo break on the 154km route.

Thousands rallied in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Sunday protesting the upcoming trial against former president Hashim Thaci a day before he appears in an international war crimes court in The Hague.

Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick in a seven-minute salvo as Real Madrid thumped Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday in La Liga.

Russia's foreign minister on Sunday condemned Western "hype" over the arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges, dismissing Washington's latest call for his release and saying his fate would be decided in court.

Donald Trump's lawyers on Sunday lambasted the former president's historic indictment as "political persecution" ahead of his court appearance next week.

Lazio will hold on to second place in Serie A after winning comfortably 2-0 at Monza on Sunday and cutting Napoli's huge league lead to 16 points.

Finns cast their ballots in legislative elections Sunday that could see the country take a sharp turn to the right, as centre-right and anti-immigration parties vie to unseat the Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

West Ham climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone as Nayef Aguerd's first goal for the club sealed a crucial 1-0 win against fellow strugglers Southampton on Sunday.

Tadej Pogacar won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday with a searing solo attack in the final 20km on the 274km one-day race.

New Zealand toppled Fiji in the Hong Kong rugby sevens final on Sunday to seal a remarkable double gold with their women's team and extend their lead atop the men's series standings.

Exeter qualified for the Champions Cup quarter-finals on tries scored when Sunday's last 16 thriller with Montpellier ended 33-33 after extra time.

Russian missiles hit a densely populated area of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka on Sunday, killing six people, police said.

Dominant New Zealand made it five wins in a row at the women's rugby sevens in Hong Kong on Sunday, beating Australia 26-17 in the final to get one hand on the overall series trophy with one round to go.

Leicester parted company with manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday as they look to maintain their Premier League status.

Pioneering composer and green activist Ryuichi Sakamoto, whose score for "The Last Emperor" scooped an Oscar and a Grammy, has died aged 71 after his second cancer diagnosis.

Spain's labour minister said on Sunday she would stand in a year-end general election as head of the far-left whose support Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will need to stay in office.

Manchester City have condemned criminal damage to Liverpool's team bus following Saturday's clash between the Premier League rivals.

Pope Francis thanked those who prayed for him during his illness Sunday, as he kicked off the holiest week in the Christian calendar just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.

Demonstrators gathered in Poland Sunday to defend the reputation of late pope John Paul II, who has been accused of having concealed crimes of paedophilia while he was archbishop of Krakow.

Spain's colourful Holy Week celebrations begin on Sunday, featuring centuries-old processions of the faithful carrying flower-covered floats topped with statues of Christ or the Virgin Mary that draw huge crowds.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed Ukraine for fighting off "the biggest force against humanity of our time", one year after the first bodies were found in the streets of Bucha.

Cycling's Tour of Flanders was marred by a mass fall on Sunday as around 40 riders hit the tarmac with Wout Van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe amongst the fallers.

Residents of Paris voted Sunday on whether to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, which was a pioneer in adopting the divisive new form of urban transport.

Spain's colourful Holy Week celebrations begin on Sunday, featuring centuries-old processions of the faithful carrying flower-covered floats topped with statues of Christ or the Virgin Mary that draw huge crowds.