An 18-year-old drove her car off a California highway into the Pacific Ocean.
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[World] 'As Palestinian youths, the political process has failed us'
“For the longest time, I was an advocate for the ‘one democratic state’ solution [encompassing Israel and the Palestinian territories],” he says. “Over at least the last decade, there have been so many attempts to voice our discontent with this current form of governance, which have been completely repressed. I can say with a full heart, the PA does not represent the voice of not only my generation, but Palestinians at large.”
[Sport] BBC Weather on when smoke may clear
When will the Canada wildfire smoke clear?
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With smoke from wildfires in eastern Canada affecting cities hundreds of miles away, forecaster Chris Fawkes looks at how far it might spread and when it might clear.
[World] Drone footage shows impact of burst Ukrainian dam
Thousands of people have been evacuated as their homes became submerged in water in southern Ukraine.
As water continues to surge down the Dnipro River, the levels in the city of Kherson have continued to rise.
One evacuee Oksana said her house was carried away by a torrent of water.
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[World] Watch waves gush ashore as storms batter California
After a bomb cyclone hit the state, now an atmospheric river is bringing wind, rain and flooding.
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[World] Joshimath: Panic in India's Uttarakhand town over large cracks in homes
On that visit, the BBC found that many people had already begun leaving their houses as the cracks had started widening after heavy rains. Some families had also resorted to makeshift measures, such as using polyethylene sheets to prevent seepage and using wooden planks to offer additional support to their houses.
[Sport] Gianluca Vialli: Former Chelsea, Juventus, Sampdoria and Italy striker dies aged 58
Former Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli, who has died at the age of 58, was “a gorgeous soul” as well as “a wonderful footballer and a warm human being”, his former Sampdoria team-mate Graeme Souness has said.
Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017. In 2020 he revealed he had been given the all-clear, but was diagnosed with it again in 2021.
Souness told Sky Sports: “People will say things about his magnificent football ability, and correctly so, but above all that what a human being.”
Former Scotland defender Souness added: “My condolences go to his family – the kids were blessed to have a dad like that, his wife was blessed to be married to a man like that.
“He was just fabulous to be around. He was such a fun-loving guy, full of mischief, a wonderful footballer and a warm human being.
“Forget football, he was just a gorgeous soul.”
Vialli, who played 59 times for Italy, left a role with Italy’s national team in December 2022 to focus on his health.
He helped the Azzurri win Euro 2020 with victory over England at Wembley in July 2021 after being appointed to Italy’s backroom staff by manager and former Sampdoria team-mate Roberto Mancini in October 2019.
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed that a minute’s silence in memory of Vialli will be held before all Italian matches this weekend.
“Gianluca was a splendid person and he leaves a void that cannot be filled,” FIGC president Gabriele Gravina said.
“I hoped until the end that he would be able to perform another miracle. Yet I am comforted by the certainty that what he did for Italian football and the blue shirt will never be forgotten.”
An FIGC statement added: “That photo on the Wembley lawn, that hug with Mancini after Federico Chiesa’s goal against Austria in the round of 16 of the 2021 European Championship, will be one of the images of Vialli that we will carry in our hearts forever.”
Vialli made his Italy debut in 1985, a year after joining Sampdoria, where he would win the Serie A title and European Cup Winners’ Cup during eight seasons with the club.
Sampdoria said: “We won’t forget your 141 goals, your overhead kicks, your cashmere shirts, your earring, your platinum blonde hair, your Ultras bomber jacket.
“You gave us so much, we gave you so much: yes, it was love, reciprocal, infinite. A love that will not die today with you.”
Vialli helped Sampdoria reach the 1992 European Cup final but after losing to Barcelona, he moved to Juventus for a then world record fee of £12m. Vialli spent four seasons with Juve, winning the Champions League, Uefa Cup and Serie A titles.
Juve said: “We loved everything about you, absolutely everything – your smile, your being a star and leader at the same time, on the pitch and in the dressing room, your adorable swashbuckling ways, your culture, your class, which you showed until the last day in the black and white stripes.”
Vialli joined Chelsea on a free transfer in 1996 and became player-manager in 1998 – the first Italian to manage a Premier League side, taking over from the sacked Ruud Gullit late in the season – and went on to lead the Blues to victory in the League Cup, Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup and Uefa Super Cup.
He also guided Chelsea to victory in the 2000 FA Cup final and Charity Shield but was sacked early the following season after a poor start.
Chelsea said: “A brilliant striker, a trophy-winning manager and a wonderful man, Luca’s place in the pantheon of Chelsea greats is assured. He will be deeply missed.”
Vialli subsequently spent the 2001-02 season as manager of Watford, then in the second tier, but was dismissed after the Hornets finished 14th.
‘My captain, forever’ – Vialli tributes
Vialli’s former team-mates and managers led the tributes to the former Italy striker.
Gianfranco Zola, who both played alongside Vialli and then under him when he was manager at Chelsea said: “Together we won many matches and shared some of the best moments of our lives.
“For the love of our ball we have often clashed. With no quarter, but always with the utmost respect. Because, in the end, we were always ourselves: two Italian boys and a ball.”
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, who played alongside Vialli with Italy, tweeted in Italian: “Ciao amico mio” – thank you my friend.
Alessandro del Piero, a Champions League winner alongside Vialli with Juventus posted: “Our captain. My captain. Forever.”
Former Blues manager Gullit posted an image on Instagram of himself with Vialli on the day he signed for Chelsea in 1996 with the caption: “RIP Gianluca Vialli. We will miss you.”
Tottenham assistant Cristian Stellini said manager and fellow Italian Antonio Conte was “upset and sad” following the news, adding Vialli was an “important person” who “opened the door for Italian managers” in the Premier League.
“For us he was a great player but first of all he was a great man. He taught us a lot of things, also not only when he played but when he spoke with everyone,” Stellini said.
“Now we have to say thanks to Vialli for opening the door and letting us understand how important football is in Europe to open doors and create, because also Italian managers came into the Premier League and improved it so we did it together. It is a great thing.”
Writing on Twitter, BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker said: “Deeply, deeply saddened to hear that Gianluca Vialli has left us. One of the loveliest people you could possibly meet. A truly magnificent footballer who will be hugely missed. RIP Luca.”
Former Chelsea captain John Terry tweeted: “Heartbroken. RIP Luca. A proper legend and a great man. I will forever be grateful for you giving me my debut.”
Former Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini told BBC Radio 5 Live: “He played a very important part in what has become the best league in the world.
“He always had such a positive energy. He had a big aura. You could feel his presence as soon as he walked into a room.”
Former England captain Alan Shearer tweeted: “RIP Gianluca Vialli. What a lovely lovely man and a wonderful player he was.”
And ex-England striker Peter Crouch wrote on Twitter: “I’m genuinely gutted about this. I had Sampdoria home and away shirts because of him. I tried to replicate his volleys In the park and such a lovely man when I met him. Rip”
The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust described Vialli as a “foundational pillar” upon which the club built a new trophy-filled era.
A statement read: “He was loved by everyone at our football club. Thank you, Gianluca. We will miss you.”
League Managers’ Association chief executive Richard Bevan described Vialli as “one of the kindest and most charismatic men we have ever met in the world of sport”.
Aleksander Ceferin, president of European football’s governing body Uefa, added: “All members of the football family will feel real pain and a sense of profound dismay.
“Gianluca was more than a champion; he was kind, measured, respectful and above all courageous, in life even more than on the pitch, as he has taught us in recent years through his dignified fight against his illness.
“We will always remember his radiance at the many trophies that he won, right up to the final image when he embraced his friend Roberto Mancini in the middle of the pitch at Wembley – a moment of joyful emotion at the most beautiful and brilliant of all triumphs. He will be greatly missed.”
Gianluca Vialli’s career – in pictures
[World] Can Biden's new border plan end the migrant crisis?
US President Joe Biden has announced a new plan to accept up to 30,000 migrants each month, while also expanding a Trump-era policy to make it easier to send many back to Mexico. How will this impact the crisis at the border?
Mr Biden believes the new policy – which will apply to asylum seekers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela – will “substantially reduce” the number of people who attempt to cross the US-Mexico border illegally.
“This new process is orderly, it’s safe and it’s humane,” Mr Biden said in a speech at the White House.
While experts and immigration advocates believe it may be effective, many expressed concerns that an increased number of migrants may be sent to unsafe or inhumane conditions in Mexico.
“The administration is shifting its overall policy to a carrot and stick approach,” said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, of the American Immigration Council. “And the emphasis is on the stick”.
What’s in the new plan?
Citizens from the four countries will be offered an expanded legal pathway to apply to enter the US, where they will be allowed to live and work for up to two years. To be eligible, migrants must have financial sponsors already in the US, and pass security vetting.
Applications can be done through an application, CBP One, which allows would-be asylum seekers to schedule an arrival at a port of entry into the US. Those who are denied or attempt to cross illegally will be ineligible for the programme in the future.
“Stay where you are and apply legally. If your application is approved…you have access,” Mr Biden said on Thursday. “But if your application is denied or you attempt to cross into the United States unlawfully, you will not be allowed to enter.”
US officials say that migrants who do attempt to cross the border illegally will rapidly be sent back to Mexico under Title 42, which gives the government power to automatically expel undocumented migrants seeking entry, with Mexico agreeing to 30,000 more returns each year.
Previously, Mexico’s government only accepted the return of its own citizens under Title 42, along with citizens of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. In October, the programme was expanded to include Venezuelans.
US officials said that the previous initiative led to a 90% drop in the number of Venezuelans arriving at the US-Mexico border, and a “dramatic” drop in the number of migrants who choose to risk their lives by using human smugglers.
Can Biden’s new plan work?
Record number of migrant detentions at the US-Mexico border have presented a growing political headache for Mr Biden. More than two million people were detained at the order in the 2022 fiscal year that ended on 30 September – a 24% jump from the previous year. In December, detentions at the border averaged between 700 and 1,000 each day.
Mr Reichlin-Melnick told the BBC that he believes the creation of alternate pathways is a “positive step” – albeit one that represents a “real return to the Trump-era policies that attempted to deter asylum seekers from getting here in the first place.”
He said there could be a drastic reduction in the number of apprehensions at the border, especially among Cubans and Nicaraguans, but he warned that could be offset by migration flows from elsewhere.
Rebecca Solloa, from the Catholic Charities at the Diocese of Laredo – which operates migrant shelters at the border – told the BBC the new application process would slow the influx of migrants. “If it’s in an orderly manner, it will help them in the long run and it won’t be such a crisis,” she said.
But the process has to be credible to stop migrants considering an illegal border crossing, said Andrew Selee of the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute.
“If the legal pathways aren’t effective, and the only consequences are being dropped back in a Mexican border town, and you’re a Nicaraguan trying to get out of Nicaragua, there’s still a good incentive to try and cross multiple times until you make it.”
Some advocates are also concerned that the application process may be difficult for some to access in remote or impoverished areas of their home countries, or that potential migrants may not be aware of it before they leave.
Safety concerns in Mexico
The success of the programme ultimately will rest on Mexico’s ability to take care of the migrants it has now agreed to take back.
“Northern Mexico is a dangerous place for migrants,” Mr Reichlin-Melnick said. “We know that this will strand some of the most vulnerable people in the world in Mexico with few good options for ever being able to seek safety in the United States.”
In the short-term, he believes that the border region will see new migrant encampments at the border as migrants already there weigh their options, as well as “potentially significant anger and unrest as migrants wait to see what happens next.”
The announcement comes a day after Mr Biden said he would visit the border next week on his way to Mexico, where he will participate in the North American Leaders’ Summit.
[World] Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Putin's Russian Orthodox Christmas truce
A few hours after Russia’s ceasefire announcement, Germany said it would follow the US in providing a Patriot air defence missile system to Ukraine. Germany also announced, in a joint statement with the US, that both countries would send armoured vehicles.
[World] Africa's week in pictures: 30 December 2022 – 5 January 2023
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent:
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