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Argentina captain Lionel Messi has reached an "agreement in principle" to renew his contract at Paris St-Germain, says BBC Sport's Guillem Balague.Messi, 35, who led Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar, is out of contract at the French club in June 2023.Earlier this week Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he "would love" Messi to

Image source, SuppliedImage caption, Protesters were dispersed with a water cannonThe Taliban have used a water cannon to disperse a group of women protesting against the ban on female students in Afghanistan attending university. Video on social media shows women taking cover in a lane in the city of Herat to escape a stream of

Image caption, The van, which allows Rob Burrow to travel in his wheelchair, was damaged on Friday nightRugby league star and motor neurone disease fundraiser Rob Burrow's wheelchair accessible van was vandalised while his family were out for a Christmas meal, his father has said.Geoff Burrow said his son had been out in Castleford, West

Image source, ShutterstockImage caption, Tourists heading for the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem gather for a selfieBy Yolande Knell in Jerusalem & Mattea Bubalo in LondonBBC NewsTens of thousands of visitors have gathered in Bethlehem for a Christmas procession, after the town's economy was badly hit by lockdowns. Two years of muted celebrations have given

Image source, ReutersImage caption, Central areas of Kherson were hit in the attackAt least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured in Russian air strikes on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, officials say.Residential and administrative buildings in central areas of the city were damaged in the blasts.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were