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ONE person has been seriously injured following a terrifying knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

Cops have cordoned off the crime scene between the Memorial and the US Embassy in Berlin’s Mitte district.

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Massive colourful dominoes have been placed along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier[/caption]

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Person walk through the snow covered Holocaust Memorial on a winter day in Berlin[/caption]

Berlin police told German newspaper Tagespiegel that the man was injured with a sharp object and transported by the fire brigade to hospital.

Tagespiegel said the attack had taken place on the northern side of the sprawling Holocaust monument, near the US Embassy.

Police and rescuers are at the scene with various emergency vehicles.

Several people are said to have been treated for shock, Bild reports.

Officers are also searching the area.

There is currently no apparent connection to the embassy or the Berlin memorial and the perpetrator is on the run, according to Bild.

Berlin cops said in a statement on X: “At around 6 pm, a man was seriously injured by an unknown person in the field of stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in #Mitte.

“The injured man was taken to hospital. Rescue workers are on site caring for several people who had to witness the events.

“Investigations are ongoing at the crime scene.”

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RTE Fair City star Johnny Ward has shared a throwback snap as he and his wife celebrate their fourth anniversary.

The Dublin native, best known for his role as Ciaran Holloway on the hit RTE soap, got married to his wife Brenda Murphy last year after meeting during a chance encounter in 2021.

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Johnny got married to his wife Brenda Murphy last year[/caption]

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The pair got engaged in 2022[/caption]

Within two weeks after meeting, the pair had said “I love you” and Johnny got down on one knee in July 2022 to propose.

The adoring couple then swiftly married in July 2023 at Kildare’s Westgrove hotel.

And today marks four years since the couple first laid eyes on each other.

Taking to his Instagram, Johnny shared an adorable throwback snap of the pair lovingly looking at each other.

The happy couple toasted two glasses of bubbles in the snap that was taken for their engagement party.

For their anniversary, Johnny wrote: “This day four years ago I met you and saw that smile for the first time….

“Happy anniversary. Thank you for making me the luckiest and happiest man in the world. Love you more than anything.”

Friends and fans all flocked to the Love/Hate stars comment section to gush over the couple.

Steve said: “Happy anniversary to both of you.”

Calum commented: “Happy anniversary.”

Another fan added: “Happy anniversary.”

After the pair tied the knot in May 2023, they waited almost an entire year to go on their honeymoon.

They spent their honeymoon sailing with Princess Cruises on an 18-deck ship, the Sun Princess, that had stops in Rome, Crete, Naples and Kusadasi.

The 36-year-old’s cruising experience exceeded all his expectations as the entertainment on board blew him and his new wife away.

The Love/Hate actor told RSVP: “We decided to wait and do a cruise because I’d never done one before, nor had Brenda. You name it, they had it on the ship.

“One night we were on the centre deck. A magician had just gone on stage, a musician performed and then there was this guy doing tricks on a unicycle.

“I looked at Brenda and I looked around and thought, ‘Oh my God, this is incredible’.

“The entertainment was non-stop and there was something for everyone. I had this vision that it was going to be full of old people. It was far from it, I felt like I was in heaven.”

RANGERS fans may need to sign off from work early to catch their next Europa League game.

This afternoon’s last-16 draw at Uefa HQ in Switzerland pitched the Gers on a collision course with Jose Mourinho‘s Fenerbahce.

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Philippe Clement now knows his Europa League course[/caption]

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Ibrox will host the last-16 second leg on March 13[/caption]

They were also placed on the ‘orange’ side of the draw – meaning potential re-matches with Manchester United, Lyon or FCSB could also be in the offing.

That all depends on how Philippe Clement‘s side fare against the Turkish side.

And the first clash on March 6 has been scheduled for a 5.45pm kick-off (UK time).

Rangers kick-off the two-legged clash in Istanbul before the return match at Ibrox a week later.

That one starts at 8pm under the Govan lights.

Uefa’s new bracket system also lined up the winners for a quarter-final with either Roma or Athletic Bilbao.

The Spanish side’s Basque country base is also site of this season’s final.

Philippe Clement has never faced Jose Mourinho in a competitive match but he knows all about the maverick Portuguese boss.

He said: “There are different managers with different styles.

“He won a lot of trophies in a certain style.

“I like even more managers with another style, but the respect is there.

“It’s about winning in the end.

“And winning the biggest trophies you can win in the world. It is normal to respect someone who does it.

“He is somebody who is more in the defensive style. I prefer more the managers who go full in their attacking force.”

Mourinho, who qualified as a boss in Scotland and studied his coaching badges at Largs, said: “If we have to go to Scotland we will go.

“Rangers have a great stadium. It doesn’t matter to us. It doesn’t matter who our opponent is in the first match we will play in Istanbul.“

Gers could tap into old boy Ryan Kent‘s intel for that – though they won’t face a reunion.

The ex-Liverpool winger was freed from the club earlier this season.

He’s still a free agent though heavily linked with a move to Iran.

Preston North End and Leyton Orient have also been linked.

Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page

LIAM Payne’s close pal Roger Nores breathed a huge sigh of relief this week after having his manslaughter charge over the singer’s death dropped.

But in another unedifying twist in the tragedy, the US-Argentine businessman has vowed to continue his £8.1 million defamation lawsuit against Liam’s grieving dad Geoff.

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But he’s insisted he still plans to sue Liam’s grieving father Geoff[/caption]

He even says he does not feel bad for doing so – and that he will only drop the claim once he gets an apology.

Roger, 35, filed the claim in the US in January suing Geoff for defamation – claiming he made “false” statements to investigators following Liam’s death in Argentina on October 16 last year.

Geoff is said to have told authorities that Roger was part of a “care group” for Liam – who “could not be left alone in the vulnerable position in which he was”.

Roger had seen One Direction star Liam, 31, three times on the day he fell 45ft from his third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires.

He left Liam at the hotel around 40 minutes before he fell – and in December he was charged with manslaughter, accused of being negligent by leaving his friend.

But on Wednesday, Roger and two others – the hotel’s chief receptionist Esteban Grassi and its security boss Gilda Martin – had their raps dropped following an appeal.

Now Roger is insistent on pursuing his case against Geoff – despite the pain he is suffering after losing his son.

Asked if he feels bad about doing so, he told The Sun: “So the answer is: no, definitely not. I don’t feel bad.

“Geoff is a good person, right, and he was going through a lot… and it’s a human reaction and is understandable.

“Imagine losing a child? Whatever I went through, losing a friend, he probably went through something that is like a million times worse.

“So you can never judge a person.

“But obviously, one thing is because you are angry with what happened and you want to blame someone, because deep down you blame yourself.

“That’s a reality that happens to all of us.

“We all – all the people that were around Liam – we blame ourselves.

“I blame myself. I find myself walking down the street and going, ‘I never told him this… maybe if I had a conversation, he would’ve changed or this would’ve helped him’.

“So we all feel guilty, and we all blame ourselves.

“But obviously what happened to Geoff is, he came here after his son had passed away… he was talking to a prosecutor then he went like this: ‘Oh, Roger’s responsibility, he was supposed to be his caretaker’.

“So the lawsuit’s here until they apologise and then I think, hopefully, we can all put this behind us and continue leading our lives and say goodbye to Liam without fighting with each other.”

Roger said he “100 per cent” will not drop the case until he gets a sorry, adding: “I’m sure I’ll get one.”

Roger and Liam became pals in 2020 after meeting at a party hosted by former British Vogue editor Edward Enninful in London.

They hit it off, spending a lot of time together in the US.

Roger was reported to have been Liam’s manager at one point – something he has always denied.

In his final days, Liam went to see his old One Direction bandmate Niall Horan in concert in Argentina along with Roger.

Roger last spoke to Geoff on the day Liam died – and he was reportedly “not welcome” at Liam’s funeral in the UK in November.

Liam’s old One Direction bandmates Niall, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik were among those who gathered to say a final farewell.

Roger, speaking from Buenos Aires, said: “Honestly, I don’t even want to talk about it. It wasn’t a great day.

“I haven’t yet processed my emotions to be honest. I’m still trying to trick myself into thinking that he’s still there somewhere and I just haven’t seen him in a while.

“That’s how I cope with death. That’s my own way of grieving.”

Roger’s charge was dropped by three appeal judges – but two other men, waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz, 24, and hotel worker Ezequiel David Pereyra, 21 – lost their bids to have their raps of supplying drugs to Liam dropped.

Following the appeal, a 35-page court document revealed fresh details about Liam’s final hours.

He is said to have had a threesome with two prostitutes who say they saw him inhaling a “crystal-like” drug in his hotel room.

The papers state Liam contacted Aldana Serrano, 31, and Lucila Goitea, 27, on a website for sex workers.

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They are said to have spent two and a half hours with him from 11.30am, with Liam drinking whiskey and apparently asking them to get him more drugs.

Toxicology tests showed Liam had alcohol and drugs including pink cocaine – a mixture of ketamine, MDMA and crystal meth – in his system.

Roger said his last words to Liam that day were simply “I will see you in a bit” – to which Liam simply replied: “OK.”

He refuses to discuss details of what happened that day and speaks with little emotion in his voice when talking about anything to do with the tragedy.

But Roger says he has probably cried “500 times” thinking about what happened.

He said of being accused of manslaughter: “I knew – everybody knew – that I was gonna get cleared because everything was so ridiculous.

“I was never worried about the end result. I always knew it was gonna be fine.

“But when you look back, it was over in just four months, and there are a lot of people that go through a lot worse.”

After being charged, Roger was not allowed to leave Argentina.

He now wants to travel back to the US and eventually to the UK to say a proper goodbye to Liam.

Roger said: “Whenever I’m strong enough and brave enough I’m gonna head over to the UK and say goodbye to my friend.

“Liam and I, we clicked. I feel that we had a similar approach towards life. Neither of us took the world too seriously.

“We always liked having fun, even though we have really different styles – it’s well-documented that I don’t drink alcohol, I’ve never tried a drug in my life.

“We were able to communicate because Liam, underneath all of his problems, he was still an amazing person and he was always that person.

“It didn’t matter whether he was partying or having a proper workout in the gym, he was still the same person.

“It was honestly a privilege being able to spend that much time with him.

“I still think about stuff he said to me, like pieces of advice he gave me.

“He was really brilliant in so many ways. Not just on his music, not just on his art, but also logically brilliant.

“He was a guy who really understood people and really appreciated life.”

He added: “I feel like he helped me through a really rough time with my life and I think I was helping him as well.

“Obviously it ended up in a tragedy, but I feel like it was a great relationship.”

San Antonio Spurs TV color commentator and former player Sean Elliott reminisced over a legendary dinner with Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama. Surrounded by some of the franchise’s all-time greats, such as Hall of Fame center David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and Manu Ginobili, it was a dinner in San Antonio before Victor played his first game. […]

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If it was up to Paul Finebaum, the College Football Playoffs would never include automatic bids. Amid rumors of another potential CFP expansion, Finebaum rejected the idea of the postseason tournament giving the SEC and Big 10 a set number of guaranteed spots. While Finebaum agreed that the two conferences are already historically the two […]

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One of the biggest questions heading into this NFL offseason was what would happen with Aaron Rodgers. Coming out of a disappointing 2024 campaign, Rodgers staying with the Jets, becoming a free agent or retiring seemed to all be on the table. After hiring former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn to be the team’s […]

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The New Orleans Saints are building their staff after hiring Kellen Moore as their new head coach, and they just got a new defensive coordinator, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. “The Saints are hiring former Chargers coach Brandon Staley as the defensive coordinator for coach Kellen Moore, per The Insiders. Staley was an assistant […]

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A FORMER ally of Alex Salmond has called for his “vision” of a new Scots town called Independence to be reignited.

Chris McEleny, who was a close aide to the late ex-First Minister, claimed the pair had drawn up plans for the town to be based somewhere between Edinburgh and the North East.

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Chris McEleny, a former aide to the late ex-First Minister, claimed the pair had plans for the town to be located near Edinburgh[/caption]

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He claimed Alex Salmond also had a vision for the town and could think of no better name than Independence[/caption]

And he said that “now is the right time” to make the idea a reality, with Mr Salmond having died from a heart attack in October last year.

Mr McEleny said: “Alex Salmond and I had a vision for a new Scottish town and we could think of no better name than Independence.

“Scotland has an abundance of renewable energy potential. At the moment the Westminster plan is to cable most of that energy south with no benefit to Scotland.

“What we should be doing is using that energy to attract the industries of today and tomorrow to Scotland by using the incentive of cheaper energy anywhere else in Europe.

“Such an influx of highly skilled jobs would require the industries, the labour force and the infrastructure to all be mutually beneficial to each other – that is why a new town would make sense.

“A new Scottish town has not been designated since not long after the Second World War, now is the right time to begin a discussion to make a town called Independence a reality.”

Earlier this month, we told how Mr McEleny was suspended by the Alba Party over claims of “gross misconduct” – which he has denied.

A party source said Mr McEleny was stood down on January 1 for “disobeying direct instructions” from leadership and for “obstructing party office bearers from carrying out their duties”.

The idea for a new town was panned by political rivals who suggested Scots would give the proposal “short shrift”.

Scottish Tory MSP Stephen Kerr said: “This ludicrous suggestion is on a par with Ash Regan’s infamous independence thermometer.

“Scots have made it clear they are sick and tired of nationalists pushing independence at every turn and will give this back of a fag packet idea short shrift.

“This desperate stunt shows how out of touch Alba are with what Scots are really concerned about right now, who would have no desire to move to this fantasy town.”