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'A vulnerable woman murdered for being Jewish': President Macron joins family of Holocaust survivor, 85, for her funeral after she was stabbed to death in 'anti-Semitic' attack in Paris

Macron attends funeral of Holocaust survivor killed attack in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron (inset) joined Mireille Knoll's grieving family for the service in Bagneux, Paris, five days after she was stabbed to death in her flat in an anti-Semitic attack. Macron, 40, said earlier today that Knoll's attacker 'murdered an innocent and vulnerable woman because she was Jewish, and in doing so, profaned our sacred values and our history.' Knoll (right) was killed on Friday in her apartment, which was then set on fire. Prosecutors filed preliminary charges against two people for murder with anti-Semitic motives, including a neighbour Knoll hosted regularly, according to her son Daniel (main image, second from left).

Passenger jets collide at Tel Aviv airport leaving one badly damaged as they were preparing for take off

A Germania plane bound for Berlin was backing away from the terminal building at Ben-Gurion Airport, in Israel, on Wednesday when it collided with an El Al flight to Rome.

President Macron hails hero cop killed in ISIS hostage siege as a symbol of 'the French spirit of resistance' as he warns that 'underground Islamism' is 'corrupting' minds

Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was stabbed in the throat and shot repeatedly after taking the place of a female hostage during the siege in Carcassonne, southwest France, last Friday.

Is Kim Jong-un's offer to scrap his nuclear ambitions genuine? Images show recent activity at North Korean reactors, despite vow during historic China visit

Kim Jong-un repeated his pledge to abandon his nukes as he visited Beijing this week, but satellite imagery that appears to show tests being carried out at a reactor in North Korea have raised doubts.

Austria's ban on covering the face has seen more people booked for wearing animal costumes than Islamic veils, police admit

Restrictions came into force in Austria last year outlawing Islamic full face coverings and other items that conceal the face in public places and buildings.

'Do you know you've lost your leg?' Australian friend describes how he told British man his limb had been amputated after he was dragged under a truck in Thailand

James Bailey, from Brisbane, gripped Harry Cross' hand and told him not to speak as he lay motionless in a hospital bed at a Thai medical centre last week. He then broke the horrible news.

Rare manuscript dealer alleged to be behind $1billion art world Ponzi scheme claims he is the victim of a political plot sparked by a 'cursed' Marquis de Sade scroll

Gérard Lhéritier is accused of running France's largest ever Ponzi scheme, but says a feud with the government and former culture minister Aurélie Filippetti was behind his downfall.

Anti-hijab protester who needed stitches after being pushed off a utility box while waving a headscarf is JAILED for a year in Iran

Maryam Shariatmadari (right), 32, was demonstrating against laws forcing women to wear a veil in the Islamic republic when a policeman violently shoved her to the ground (left) on February 23. Despite journalists and supporters reporting that the woman needed 'urgent' medical attention after suffering a 'severe' leg injury that required stitches, she was kept in prison. According to activist group My Stealthy Freedom , Shariatmadari was sentenced to a year in jail for breaking the strict nation's laws. But human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who represented the woman, said the verdict 'even goes against the laws.' In shocking footage, Shariatmadari, standing above Tehran pedestrians on a utility box, is seen defiantly waving a headscarf on the end of a stick. The veil has been a mandatory dress requirement for women in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Horrifying footage shows aftermath of tiger attacks in an Indian village where a dozen man-eaters have killed 22 people in one year including a man whose leg was gnawed to the bone

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Terrified residents in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of northern India's Uttar Pradesh are being increasingly targeted by about a dozen man-eating big cats in the area's sugar-cane fields. Footage shows people desperately running for cover and clambering up trees (left) after spotting tigers on the loose while gruesome images show half-eaten bodies lying in the undergrowth. One victim's leg had been gnawed to the bone (right), while what appears to be a headless corpse is shown after a separate attack. Inset: A tiger on the prowl in the area.

Norwegian family cancels Easter trip for the first time in 20 years after seeing 'terrifying' snap of their cabin beneath an impending avalanche

The image, taken in the Finnmark area of Norway, was sent to Bente Andreassen by neighbour Camilla Daae-Qvale. It showed an ominous-looking ledge of snow over the cabin.

Ray of fright: Stingray has a look of terror on its 'face' as it is attacked and eaten by a seal

This may have been the moment a stingray realised it had no chance of winning in a fight-to-the-death battle with a hungry bull seal in Cape Town, South Africa last month.

Knock on the door... you're breaking the law! Police raid British tourists' BINGO session in Benidorm after classing it 'illegal gambling'

Spanish police confiscated €1,447 from the game and another €21,000 from a safe along with 5,000 bingo cards as the pub didn't have the right permits.

British tourist, 50, dies after falling while rock-climbing in Malaysia

The climber fell while on a route in the Mulu National Park in the south-eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak and despite being airlifted out still conscious and able to speak, died later.

Man who slept with a married woman is tied upside down and flogged by her husband a day after she was lashed 100 times for adultery in Indian village

The unnamed man was strung up from the branch of a tree in Bulandshahr, in northern India's Uttar Pradesh before being whipped repeatedly for the affair.

'Rapists' are stripped naked and paraded through the streets as women slap them after 'attacking a 17-year-old girl' in India

The pair were led through the streets of Yingkiong in far northeastern India by an angry mob before they were handed over to local police, as the hunt for two other suspects continued.

Wife 'discovers her lecturer husband has been cheating on her after seeing photo of his 19-year-old student taken at their home on Instagram'

Russian wife 'discovers husband has been cheating on Instagram'

Anna Rudenok, 24 (right), from Russia, discovered husband Dmitry (inset), who is also the father of her son, was cheating on her with 19-year-old student and model Emilia Ignatova via social media (left and centre). After becoming suspicious of Dmitry, 27, Anna looked through his Instagram and found Emilia's name through his likes. Delving deeper, she then discovered images of Emilia in their apartment, wearing her clothes and even a picture of her pet cat. Anna says Dmitry has since admitted to an 18-month affair.

Russian fire that killed 64 people 'was ARSON started by young men of different nationalities who had been kicked out for harassing shoppers', mall manager tells court

Russian shopping mall fire 'was arson started by young men'

Nadezhda Suddenok, who is in charge of the firm that rents the Winter Cherry shopping centre's top two floors in Kemerovo, was one of five people arrested after the tragedy and is now being questioned in court. Investigators identified a short circuit as a possible cause, and said the emergency exits at the Zimnyaya Vishnya mall were locked shut, hampering an evacuation. But Suddenok said: 'I believe that it was arson.' She said a group of men aged between 17 and 27 had been kicked out of the mall earlier in the month because they were harassing customers. 'These teenagers were of different nationalities, I can't say which nationality exactly, but with a black beard, like those worn by [people] of the Chechen, Caucasus, nationality,' she said. She added that one of the young men 'looked like a gypsy and we can describe him very clearly.' It comes as the first funerals for the victims of the disaster are held, with dozens of mourners (inset left and right) seen saying their final goodbyes before tiny caskets used to bury some of the 41 child victims.

Pope says Mafia members can't call themselves Christian because they 'carry death in their souls'

Pope Francis on Wednesday told members of the Mafia in Italy, where many go to Church and worship openly, that they cannot call themselves Christians because they 'carry death in their souls'.

Moscow tells Britain: 'Prove YOU didn't poison Skripal or we will consider it an attack to kill Russian citizens'

The Russian Foreign Ministry has demanded that the UK prove that British spies did not poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, earlier this month.

Trampoline park horror: Boy, 17, breaks his back while attempting a somersault at Russian sports centre

CCTV footage shows the 17-year-old, whose name has not been released, performing a somersault at a local trampoline centre in St. Petersburg, when something in his landing goes very wrong.

Who is Ri Sol-ju? Former singer and cheerleader who had to take a six-month course before becoming Kim Jong-un's wife

Little is known about Ri Sol-ju, the wife of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Rumors include that she was a singer who caught his eye during a concert, and has three children with him.

Giant 500-foot blimp capable of carrying 60-ton payloads without landing promises to revolutionise airships

French company Flying Whales is initially developing the blimp for use in the lumber market but sees a role for the enormous aircraft transporting huge parts and machinery.

Indian religious guru whose penis was hacked off by a woman 'as he tried to rape her' says HE forgives HER during press conference held to announce his genitals now work again

Swamy Gangeshananda was accused of abusing a 23-year-old woman for years in Kerala, India, before she allegedly sliced off his genitals with a knife she had hidden under her pillow.

It's a city on the ocean! The world's biggest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, appears to dwarf buildings in Malaga as its ultimate family suite with a slide and hot tub is revealed

Inside the world's biggest cruise ship Symphony of the Seas

The world's biggest and most expensive ever cruise ship is just days away from setting sail on its maiden voyage. Royal Caribbean's 'Symphony of the Seas' is currently docked in in Malaga, Spain where it dwarfs nearby apartment blocks, The ship, which weighs 228,000 tonnes, is at 1,188 feet long just 20 metres shy of the length of the Empire State Building. It boasts a total of eight decks, with enough room for 8,000 guests, featuring 20 restaurants, six bars, an ice rink, surf simulator and zip wire.

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