Netball legend Geva Mentor receives a guard of honour after her final game before retirement and tells the BBC’s Lindsey Chapman she is “excited to see where netball can go” after her 24-year career.
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Hailey Bieber revealed the sweet present she bought her son Jack in a post shared right before Father’s Day. The model, who recently sold her brand rhode for $1billion, shares the 10-month-old baby with Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who has recently been worrying fans with his erratic posts.
On Friday, Justin shared a photo of himself holding little Jack, who looked adorable in a white jumper with a zebra on it and a pair of multicoloured trousers. Jack’s face can’t be seen in the snap, but his blonde hair can, as Justin – wearing a red Balenciaga T–shirt and bright yellow shorts in the grounds of what seems to be a sprawling mansion – holds him tightly.
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Later in the day, Justin shared close-up snaps of Jack’s tiny hand along with a bizarre song choice – the Law and Order theme song from the hit US TV show.
He also shared a black and white shot of himself as a little boy with the caption: “Ay bay bay,'” with a bizarre single middle finger emoji.
The middle finger caption was a theme throughout his social media posts on Friday, which came hot on the heels of his recent cryptic comments online.
While fans shared their worry about Justin’s post, Hailey took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday to share a zoomed-in photo of Jack’s little hand with a ‘JBB’ engraved gold bracelet on his wrist.
On May 21, a meme account on Instagram shared a screenshot of text messages from a user named Grandpa, who wrote: “I’m worried about Justin Beber [sic],” later adding: “There is so much heartbreak in Justin’s life.'”
The caption of the post responded to the text: “We all are.” However, days later, Justin replied to the post, writing: “Worry about yourself gramps.”
The Baby singer also admitted he was “tired of transactional relationships”, adding: “If I have to do something to be loved, that’s not love.”
In response, many of the star’s 294 million followers said Justin did not sound like a 30-year-old man with a wife and child, commenting: “This post sounds like it’s coming from a 20 year old, not from someone who is in their 30s with a wife and kid.”
Responding to his curious message about love, another said: “Love is transactional, that’s the point, that’s real love. Love is not supposed to be unconditional, unless it’s your child.”
Meanwhile, a third compared the Where Do I Fit In? star to Britney Spears as they commented: “You can’t love someone who doesn’t give you anything to love them for.”
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Iran has launched a new wave of ballistic missiles against Israel soon after loud explosions were heard in its capital Tehran, as the two countries continue to trade heavy fire for a third consecutive day and as US President Donald Trump hints both at peace coming “soon” and at the possibility of the United States joining the conflict.
In the latest salvo on Sunday evening, an Iranian missile lit up the sky above the Israeli port city of Haifa soon after Iran’s armed forces told residents of Israel to leave the vicinity of “vital areas” for their safety.
Israel’s National Emergency Service reported at least 15 people injured in Haifa. Reuters news agency also reported projectiles landing in Haifa with explosions reported on impact.
The Iranian attack came as residents in Tehran reported earlier on Sunday shuddering blasts in different areas in the heart of the city. Reports say missiles struck in Niavaran and Tajrish, in the capital’s north, and around the Valiasr and Hafte Tir squares in the city centre.
Other cities attacked by Israel included Shiraz and Isfahan, where a military base of the Defence Ministry was hit. The Israeli army said it struck an aerial refuelling aircraft at Mashhad Airport in eastern Iran, describing it as its longest-range attack since launching operations against Iran last week.
Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi said, “Iran has not experienced a war to this extent since the Iran-Iraq War ended in 1988. There were similar Israeli strikes last year, of course, but nothing compared to what’s been happening since Friday.”
“The government said earlier today that metro stations, schools and mosques are going to be ready to host people. But parts of these facilities, including mosques and schools, do not seem safe enough to be used as a sort of shelter,” he added.
At least 128 people were killed by Israeli attacks across Iran on Friday and Saturday, Iran’s Health Ministry has been quoted by local media as saying. The Etemaad Daily cited the ministry as saying that around 900 injured individuals were admitted to hospital. At least 40 women, as well as several children, were reported among the victims. There were no reports as yet of casualties from Sunday’s attacks.
Earlier Sunday in Israel, rescue workers were searching for survivors in the rubble from the previous night’s wave of Iranian strikes. The hardest hit area was the town of Bat Yam, where more than 60 buildings were damaged. “Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said from a balcony overlooking blown-out apartments in Bat Yam, a city just south of Tel Aviv.
Overnight, Iran struck the port city of Haifa and neighbouring Tamra, where at least four women were killed. Since the start of the conflict on Thursday, at least 13 people have been killed and 380 have been wounded in Israel.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Amman, Jordan, said, “The damage from Iranian attacks is certainly extensive and unprecedented. This is the first time that Israel has confronted a state with a formidable army in the region, certainly the first time since 1973 [against Egypt]”.
“To the north, in Haifa, oil and gas pipelines were damaged, but activities continue at the oil refineries”, she added.
Israel launched its operation with a surprise attack on Friday that killed several members of the Iranian military’s top echelon, killed several nuclear scientists, and damaged the country’s nuclear sites. Since then, Israel’s attacks have been broadening in their scope, hitting residential areas and Iran’s civilian and energy sectors and raising the stakes for the global economy and the functioning of the Iranian state.
As both parties continue to pound each other with strikes, hopes for a diplomatic solution seem distant for now, though they will no doubt be high on the agenda of the Group of Seven summit beginning Monday in Canada.
Speaking at a press conference in Tehran on Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran does not seek to expand the conflict to neighbouring countries unless forced to.
Araghchi reaffirmed Iran’s opposition to nuclear weapons but defended its right to peaceful nuclear development. He said Iran had been ready to offer assurances in the now-cancelled sixth round of US talks, which could have led to an agreement, though Israel derailed the diplomatic progress.
The US and Iran have held five rounds of talks since April to try to find a path to a new nuclear deal that would replace a 2015 accord that Trump abandoned during his first term in office.
Araghchi also said Israel’s attacks on his country could not have materialised without the agreement and support of the US.
“We have well-documented and solid evidence of the support provided by American forces in the region and their bases for the military attacks of the Zionist regime”.
He said Trump has publicly and explicitly confirmed he knew about the attacks, that they could not have happened without US weapons and equipment, and that more attacks are coming. “Therefore, the US, in our opinion, is a partner in these attacks and must accept its responsibility.”
Talking to Fox News, Netanyahu seemed to clearly confirm that, saying he informed Trump ahead of launching the attacks.
He described the cooperation with the Trump administration as “unprecedented”, adding that the Israeli intelligence shares “every bit of information” with Washington. Netanyahu projected that regime change in Iran could be a result of Israel’s attacks.
Trump has denied any involvement and warned Tehran not to widen its retaliation to include US targets, but also didn’t rule out more direct US involvement beyond the vast arsenal and intelligence the US provides to Israel.
“If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before,” the US president said in a message on Truth Social.
He also claimed peace could be reached “soon”, suggesting that many diplomatic meetings were taking place.
“We can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict,” he said.
Trump has repeatedly said Iran could end the war by agreeing to tough restrictions on its nuclear programme, which Iran says is for peaceful purposes but Western countries say could be used to make a bomb.
Trump told ABC he would be “open” to Russian President Vladimir Putin being a mediator. “He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it”.
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Salford (0) 4
Tries: Hill
St Helens (20) 46
Kyle Feldt scored four tries and kicked three goals as St Helens thrashed bottom side Salford Red Devils.
Saints beat Paul Rowley’s troubled team 82-0 on the opening day of the Super League season in February and went close to bookending it with another nilling at the Salford Community Stadium.
Sam Hill went over for the hosts in the final minute to avoid another shutout, after Feldt’s tries, two from Harry Robertson and one each for Alex Walmsley, Curtis Sironen and debutant Owen Dagnall set up the rout.
Saints’ victory was their third in their past four matches and moved them into fifth place in the table, three points adrift of Leigh Leopards in fourth and four behind Leeds Rhinos in third.
This was a strange watch at times, with dominance from Saints and indiscipline and handling errors from Salford framed by patches where the hosts might have made more of their possession.
Yet they were on the back foot early, with the visitors racing into a 20-0 lead in 25 minutes, with tries from Sironen, Alex Walmsley and the first two of a quartet from Feldt.
The hosts gained a foothold of sorts after cutting out errors from that point to the half-time siren, but it did not translate into points and in the second half they were blown away.
The understandable frustration spilled over into a couple of flashpoints after Robertson and Feldt extended the lead to 30-0.
Saints’ Walmsley and Matty Foster sparked a mass confrontation around the hour mark and the match simmered from there to the hooter.
With the club still operating under salary-cap restrictions, ongoing uncertainty over the ownership and this being a 13th defeat in 14 matches, Salford fans deserve credit for sticking behind their side.
At the close, Rowley’s team received notable recognition from the stands as the home support acknowledged that effort levels did not dip despite the scoreline.
Yet warm applause will not move them up the table and ultimately once again they found an opposition in St Helens too slick in the crunch moments up front and too solid in defence.
St Helens coach Paul Wellens
“Curtis (Sironen) came off – he had pretty bad back spasms – George (Whitby) failed a HIA and Joe (Batchelor) came off with what seems calf issue. It was good to come here and get a result but it has come at a bit of a cost.
“Given it’s Sunday and we play Friday (against Leeds Rhinos), it’s asking a lot for them to turn things around for Friday.
Salford: Connell, Vaughan, Hankinson, Warren, Hill, Marsters, Brierley, Ormondroyd, Morgan, Hill, Wright, Foster, Shorrocks
Interchanges: Sangare, Wilson, Glover, Chan
St Helens: Sailor, Feldt, Robertson, Cross, Dagnall, Lomax, Whitby, Walmsley, Clark, Lees, Sironen, Whitley, Knowles
Interchanges: Batchelor, Mbye, Delaney, Stephens
Tash Farrant and Grace Harris took three wickets each as Surrey moved back to the top of the women’s T20 Blast group table with a five-wicket win over Essex.
The home side were going well at Chelmsford as Grace Scrivens (39) and Lauren Winfield Hill (36) shared an opening stand of 75, but they lost momentum as Farrant and Harris worked their way through the order and finished on 148-7.
Surrey slumped from 67-2 to 85-3 in reply, but Kira Chathli made 40 from 34 balls and a boundary by Alice Davidson-Richards saw them to 150-5 with nine balls left.
Elsewhere, the third-placed Bears defeated Hampshire by 13 runs and Durham saw off winless Somerset by four wickets at Taunton.
Essex went into the game against Surrey having lost their previous two, but Scrivens and Winfield-Hill gave home followers cause for optimism with 13 boundaries between them before the former was caught at cover off Dani Gregory.
Winfield-Hill – who was dropped on seven – followed in the next over when she tried to sweep Harris and top-edged to fine leg, but it was a spell by Farrant that sent the innings into decline.
She bowled Lissy MacLeod behind her legs with a looping yorker and had Cordelia Griffith caught at deep mid-wicket next ball.
Farrant thought she had a hat-trick as she appealed for leg before against Jo Gardner, but the umpire had spotted a thin edge. However, the left-armer (3-20) had Maddie Penna caught in the deep in her next over.
Harris rounded off the innings by taking return catches offered by Gardner and Eve Gray – and there were two wickets in an over for Esmae McGregor as Bryony Smith and Alice Capsey fell to successive balls to leave Surrey 31-2 in their chase.
There was further encouragement for Essex when Danni Wyatt-Hodge (21) hit Aftaba Maqsood to mid-off, but Chathli and Harris (31) added 40 in three overs and even though both departed as McGregor returned 3-33, Davidson-Richards and Phoebe Franklin finished the job.
After losing Amelie Munday to the third ball of the game at Taunton, Bex Odgers (36) and Niamh Holland (31) gave Somerset hope of a decent total against Durham with a second-wicket stand of 58 – both of them hitting a six off England’s Lauren Filer, Holland’s an audacious ramp shot in the fifth over.
Wickets, though, fell at regular intervals after Holland was caught at long-on off Mady Villiers (2-23) and they were indebted to Amanda-Jane Wellington for a cameo of 31 off 17 balls before she was run out from the final ball of the innings as they posted 138-7.
At Edgbaston, the Bears were propelled to a score of 178-7 by 19-year-old Meg Austin’s 51 off 38 balls, including seven fours.
She put on 70 for the first wicket with Davina Perrin (30) before holing out at long-on, the first of three wickets in four balls for Daisy Gibb, who had only taken two in five previous appearances.
Sterre Kalis hit a glorious straight six in her 35 from 21 balls to keep the runs coming and Natasha Wraith pushed the score on in the closing overs with an unbeaten 38 off 24.
Hampshire, missing the injured Ella McCaughan, scorer of a match-winning century against Essex last Thursday, lost Charli Knott and Maia Bouchier early in their reply and a stand of 46 between Georgia Adams (32 off 31) and Rhianna Southby (29) was not enough to keep them up with the required rate.
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Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar secured his first Criterium du Dauphine title after finishing third in Sunday’s final stage.
The reigning Tour de France and road world champion began the final day one minute and one second ahead of his closest rival Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard thanks to back-to-back stage wins on Friday and Saturday.
And the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider safely negotiated the 133.3km stage from Val-d’Arc to the Plateau du Mont-Cenis to finish alongside Vingegaard, 34 seconds behind stage winner Lenny Martinez.
“It’s been a really amazing week,” said Pogacar, who topped the overall standings by 58 seconds for his 99th professional win in stages, races and general classification leads – the most by an active rider.
“Once again today, the team did a great job. We managed to defend the [yellow] jersey and we can go home happy and prepare for the Tour [de France].
“There’s a lot of positives from this week and we turned all the negatives into positives, so it’s all good.
“There’s not much to do ahead of the Tour. I rest a bit, maybe some extra work for the time-trial, and then I’m ready.”
The 26-year-old becomes the third reigning world champion to win the race, after French pair Louison Bobet and Bernard Hinault in 1955 and 1981 respectively.
German Florian Lipowitz completed the overall podium ahead of Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
French rider Martinez, 21, got past Spaniard Enric Mas eight kilometres from the finish of the mountainous stage to add to his wins in the Tour de Romandie and Paris-Nice earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Marlen Reusser defended the leader’s yellow jersey which she had held from the opening stage to win the women’s Tour de Suisse.
The Movistar rider held a three-second advantage over last year’s winner Demi Vollering going into Sunday’s 129km circuit around Kussnacht am Rigi and launched a solo attack with around 8km with Vollering unable to respond.
Criterium du Dauphine stage eight results
1. L Martinez (Fra/Bahrain Victorious) 3hrs 34mins 18secs
2. J Vingegaard (Den/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) +34secs
3. T Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) same time
4. M Jorgenson (USA/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) +40secs
5. R Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) same time
Final Classification
1 T Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 29hrs 19mins 46secs
2 J Vingegaard (Den/Team Visma-Lease a Bike +59secs
3 F Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +2mins 38secs
4 R Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step +4 mins 21secs
5 T Halland Johannessen (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +6mins 12mins