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MoviesObituaryMichael Sarrazin obituaryCanadian actor who had a decade of Hollywood success playing anti-heroesThe Canadian-born actor Michael Sarrazin, who has died of cancer aged 70, was so visible in Hollywood movies from 1967 to 1977 that one may wonder what happened to his subsequent career. A facetious answer might be that he moved back to Canada and made Canadian movies. Another answer might be that his sensitive, gently rebellious, flower-child persona and his lanky, boyish looks, with his long hair and soulful eyes, were no longer appropriate to the roles he took as he got older.

Nicki Minaj This article is more than 11 years oldNicki Minaj denies Mitt Romney endorsementThis article is more than 11 years oldRapper pledges support for Obama, saying her lyric about voting Republican in the forthcoming US election was sarcasmNicki Minaj is not a Mitt Romney fan after all. After some confused remarks by Barack Obama, Minaj has made it clear that she never meant to endorse the Republican candidate for US president.

Women's World Cup 2023 This article is more than 5 months old‘We will win for you’: Matildas motivated to give Sam Kerr more time to recoverThis article is more than 5 months old Australia thrash Canada 4-0 with captain an unused substitute Kerr has another week to fully regain fitness after calf injury What time do the Matildas play tonight? How to watch the game against Denmark live She may not have taken to the field against Canada but it was the words of Matildas captain Sam Kerr in the lead-up that helped inspire her teammates to a resounding 4-0 win against Canada in Melbourne.

WildfiresFeared pyrocumulonimbus clouds, akin to fire-triggered thunderstorms, are becoming more frequent as blazes rage Nasa calls them the “fire-breathing dragon of clouds”. Aerial images of the McKinney fire taken this week captured an increasingly common phenomenon: a nearly 50,000ft plume known as a pyrocumulonimbus. The fire, which is raging nearly uncontained in California’s Klamath national forest, is just the latest this year to produce the clouds. They are akin to fire-triggered thunderstorms, explained Derek Mallia, a researcher at the University of Utah who recently co-authored a paper showing how smoke plumes are getting taller, and they are of deep concern to firefighters.

The ObserverTyson FuryThe boxer’s comments have shocked many, including those in his own community. But he believes he is reflecting the views of an influential and growing evangelical movementEveryone has an opinion on Tyson Fury. The holder of three world heavyweight boxing titles (although he was stripped of one last week on a technicality), he has rarely been out of the headlines since beating Wladimir Klitschko. However, the cause has not been his prowess in the ring but a string of comments that have seen him branded a sexist homophobe and led to calls for him to be kicked off the shortlist for next weekend’s Sports Personality of the Year awards.

Hannity has long been a confidante of Donald Trump, and will now be the former president’s neighbor. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesHannity has long been a confidante of Donald Trump, and will now be the former president’s neighbor. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesSean Hannity‘I am done’: Fox’s Sean Hannity gives up on New York and moves to FloridaOf his properties in Georgia, Alabama, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Vermont, Fox host says the one in Florida is now home

The FiverSoccerSign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! JOGI AND A BOO-BOOWhen Jogi Löw announced three weeks ago that he would stepping down as Germany coach after this summer’s European Championships, few in his homeland shed too many salty tears. Despite masterminding their fourth World Cup victory and steering them towards the business end of other tournaments, the once-revolutionary 61-year old’s stock has plummeted further than an Oxo cube dropped from outer space – so much so that many of his compatriots would have been happy to bid him “auf wiedersehen” before this summer’s European jamboree even started.

Paris This article is more than 3 years oldParisians angry as trees in famous cinema's Japanese garden cut downThis article is more than 3 years oldProperty magnate Charles Cohen’s €8m renovation of La Pagode branded a ‘massacre’ When the property magnate Charles Cohen bought the La Pagode cinema in Paris, complete with its celebrated Japanese garden, three years ago, he announced that as an American in Paris he wanted “everyone to be happy”.

Italy This article is more than 2 months oldStorm Ciarán kills at least 15 across western Europe as floods strike ItalyThis article is more than 2 months oldTuscany is in a state of emergency and three people died when their sailing boat capsized off Portugal At least six people have died in severe flooding in Tuscany, central Italy and three in Portugal, bringing to 15 the provisional death toll across western Europe from the torrential rain and record winds brought by Storm Ciarán.