Barcelona star Lionel Messi has won a record sixth Ballon d'Or crown moving ahead of great rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 32-year-old Argentinian forward held off the challenge of Dutch centre-back Virgil Van Dijk, whose performances helped Liverpool to the Champions League title.

Messi's tally of 54 goals for club and country in the 2018-19 season

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Tiger completes 'longest walk ever' across IndiaTiger completes 'longest walk ever' across India

A tiger is believed to have completed the longest walk ever recorded by the species in India after travelling 807 miles (1,300km).

Experts believe the pattern of the animal's journey suggests it was searching for a mate, according to the Indian Express.

The tiger was wearing a radio-collar because it was part of a project studying the dispersal

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The Zambian president's tough defence of his anti-homosexual views in an exclusive interview with Sky News has sparked outrage from the country's US ambassador.

American diplomat Daniel Foote has now threatened to cut aid.

The Zambians, in response, say they intend to lodge a demarche - an official diplomatic complaint demanding action from the US

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At least six people have died and travellers have been left stranded while trying to get home after Thanksgiving as storms swept across the US.

In Missouri, three people died when their vehicles were involved in road accidents on flooded routes in Bollinger County.

The bodies of two young children have been found in central Arizona after a vehicle

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Amazon has removed Holocaust-themed Christmas decorations from sale after the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum shared pictures of the items on social media.

Christmas tree ornaments and a bottle opener with pictures of the Nazi concentration camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered were listed on its online marketplace.

The

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US President Donald Trump and his lawyers will not attend an impeachment hearing this week because it lacks "fundamental fairness", the White House has said.

Rejecting the call to face the Democrat-led congressional investigation on Wednesday, presidential counsel Pat Cipollone lambasted the "baseless and highly partisan inquiry".

In a letter to

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