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A man in his 60s has had his leg amputated after becoming "wedged" between rocks while kayaking in Tasmania.The tourist, who had been kayaking with friends on the Australian island, was partially submerged in the Franklin River when he became stuck on Friday afternoon, police said. A distress call was made through a smartwatch about an hour later, with multiple emergency services including police, paramedics, the charity Surf Life Saving Tasmania and the Tasmania Fire Service attending the scene. Several attempts to successfully free him were made during the afternoon and overnight as the man was "made as comfortable as possible".Police said a medical assessment the following morning "determined the patient's condition was deteriorating" and after a consultation "the decision was made to a...

In Paris, protesters gathered in their thousands to deliver one message: violence and sexual violence against women must stop."It's a sexist and misogynistic country but we are starting to speak out," Miranda tells me. "Stopping the violence against women is a fight we need to make every day," another one woman adds. Image: Miranda said France is a 'sexist and misogynistic country' Among the crowd, people hold banners reading: "My body, my choice, my right."Many demonstrators have been inspired to speak out following several high-profile trials, in particular that of Gisèle Pelicot. Image: Gisèle Pelicot arrives to attend the trial of Dominique Pelicot. Pic: Reuters ...

Vladimir Putin has said Russia will start mass-producing a new hypersonic, non-nuclear ballistic missile it fired at Ukraine on Thursday.In a televised address last night, President Putin said the intermediate-range missile, which he called Oreshnik, the Russian word for hazel tree, had been used in a strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in response to US and UK weapons being used by Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia. Mr Putin, whose land, air and sea invasion of its smaller neighbour reaches the three-year mark in February, boasted about the missiles, saying "no one in the world has such weapons".He said Moscow would start producing them on a mass scale, while acknowledging other countries could get hold of them "sooner or later".What do we know about Putin's new weapon? Intermediate...

Novak Djokovic has appointed Andy Murray to coach him into and through the Australian Open.Announcing the collaboration, Djokovic said: "I am excited to have one of my greatest rivals on the same side of the net, as my coach." He said he was looking forward to the start of the season and competing in Australia alongside Murray, with whom he said he has "shared many exceptional moments on the Australian soil". In a video posted on X, the Serbian player added: "We had some of the most epic battles in our sport... I thought our story was over, turns out it has one final chapter."It is time for one of my toughest opponents to step into my corner." X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. ...