Death threats over 1D Gaza tweet

Death threats ... One Direction's Zayn Malik has been blasted by fans for sending a pro-Palestine tweet. Picture: Instagram Source: Supplied

ONE Direction star Zayn Malik has received death threats after sending out a pro-Palestine tweet.

Malik, who was raised Muslim, was bombarded with death threats and complaints after he tweeted the hashtag "#Free Palestine" to his 13 million followers.

Malik, whose message was retweeted 140,000 times and favourited 150,000 times, was not so popular with a large number of his fans.

"U have fans in #Israel. It broke me that one of my idols wand me to die @benwinstone @harry_styles @onedirection [sic]," one of the lighter tweets at him read.

Sensitive subject ... Malik isn't the first star to cause a backlash over pro-Palestine tweets. Picture: Instagram Source: Supplied

Others from pro-Israel fans included calls for him to "kill himself" or to let them kill him instead.

Of course, Malik isn't the first star to tweet about the conflict. Rihanna also made the same mistake when she posted the same message via her official account, only to delete it minutes later after she copped a hammering from fans online.

She quickly replaced the tweet with, "Let's pray for peace and a swift end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! Is there any hope?"

Devoted fans ... One Direction's Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Harry Styles. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images

Meanwhile British talk show host Piers Morgan was branded "Zionist scum" for his stream of tweets on the Israel-Gaza situation, in which he stated, "I like Jews. I like Arabs" and "Same nonsense made Northern Ireland a murderous tinderbox for 30 years."

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The creepiest modern-day cannibals

These are the creepiest modern day cannibals. *shudder* Source: AFP

IT'S often associated with mysterious, island tribes originating from lands far away, or ye olde times when man thought the world was flat, but the recent news of a British nurse grooming a young girl as his prey proves the idea of eating humans is as prevalent today as it was back in the 16th Century.

Frighteningly, a number of modern-day crime stories have unearthered a new trend in gruesome, sexualised cannibalism and the attacker's subsequent "meal".

According to Dr Mark Griffiths, Chartered Psychologist from Nottingham Trent University, sexual cannibalism involves "individuals sexualising the consumption of another human being's flesh", he writes on The Independent .

"Most criminologists and psychologists claim such people are sociopaths (characterised by impulsivity, selfishness, and lack of remorse). Devouring someone could be viewed as the ultimate act of dominance by a predator, and the ultimate act of submission by the prey," he wrote.

Griffiths describes a subsector of cannibalism known as e rotophonophilia, where the individual has "extreme violent fantasies and typically kill[s] their victims during sex and/or mutilate their victims' sexual organs."

Here are 5 reasons why we've lost our appetite right now.

5. DALE BOLINGER — THE 'CREEPY CANNIBAL'

"The idea of us making love and then eating you is a VERY great turn on!"

Dale Bolinger, a British nurse with a cannibalism fetish, was found guilty this month of attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl who he made contact with over the internet before telling her he wanted to eat and behead her.

Bolinger, 58, bought an axe the day before he planned to meet the girl.

The married father of three had met "Eva" — whose true identity has not been established, but who said she was a Mexican living in Germany — on the website Dark Fetish Network.

In his profile, he claimed to have eaten a 39-year-old woman and a five-year-old child, though he denied in court that he had done so, saying it was all "just in fantasy".

In chats with "Eva", he had described how he wanted to have sex with her and then eat her.

"I have been called a very generous lover and I would be very generous to you before I prepped you for the table."

The message exchanges were later discovered by the FBI in New York, which traced Bolinger's email address, meatmarketman@rocketmail.com, to his home in Kent.

They passed on the information to British police. He was found guilty of the crime of attempting to meet a child under the age of 16 following sexual grooming.

Bolinger is to be sentenced on September 19 after a psychiatric report to assess the level of risk he represents to the public.

Police were seen searching sheds at 57-year-old Dale Bolinger's house and digging in his garden. Source: Splash News Australia

Dale Bolinger out cycling and leaving his Canterbury, Kent Home, UK. Source: Splash News Australia

4. GEOFFREY PORTWAY — THE 'WOULD-BE CANNIBAL'

Geoffrey Portway chatted online with other men about a desire to kidnap, rape, kill and eat children.

Chats recovered from Portway's computer show he solicited people to help kidnap a child with the intent of raping, killing and eating the child.

"I want to eat ... the two boys you will bring me,'' Mr Portway was quoted as writing.

"Perhaps not today, but it will happen. That is all I live for. ... I am serious. It is the only thing that gets me up in the morning.''

Prosecutors showed photos of a basement dungeon he built, including a child-sized coffin, butchering tools and metal restraints. He has been sentenced to nearly 27 years in prison.

Tight elastic bands and equipment used to castrate calves found in the dungeon where Geoffrey Portway planned to rape, murder and eat children beneath his Massachusetts house. Source: Supplied

Mugshot of Geoffrey Portway. Source: Supplied

Inside the torture dungeon. Source: Supplied

Police found items including a child-size coffin, a steel cage, a brand new set of butcher's knives as well as pornography Source: Supplied

3. STEPHEN GRIFFITHS — 'THE CROSSBOW CANNIBAL'

Chilling images of "Crossbow Cannibal" Stephen Griffiths as he makes an obscene one-fingered gesture after brazenly celebrating his final murder in front of a CCTV camera will ensure his place in the criminal history books.

CCTV footage captured outside the serial killer's flat clearly shows the former PhD student's face contorted with rage before he executes prostitute Suzanne Blamires, 36, with a crossbow bolt and a knife to the head.

He is then seen walking out of the building to search for another victim, as he holds up a bottle of Sprite as if to toast his success.

Griffiths gestures to the camera after he kills Ms Blamires. Source: Supplied

Stephen Griffiths, who dubbed himself the 'crossbow cannibal'. Source: AFP

In 2011, then 40-year-old Griffiths was jailed for life after admitting to the murders of Miss Blamires and two other prostitutes, Susan Rushworth, 43, and Shelley Armitage, 31.

According to reports, he chopped up their bodies in his "slaughterhouse" bathroom and ate sections of their flesh before disposing of the remaining body parts.

He told police he had killed "loads" of women and compared himself to Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who murdered 13.

He admitted that after killing the three women, he had dismembered and skinned them using power tools, a hammer, knives and a samurai sword.

He cooked the first two, but ate the third raw after his cooker broke.

Following his arrest he told police: 'This is the end of the line for me … I've killed loads.'

2. ANTHONY MORLEY — 'GAY CANNIBAL KILLER'

Former Mr Gay UK Anthony Morley is spending the rest of his life in jail after being found guilty for butchering his boyfriend and cooking his flesh.

In 2008, Morley, 36, slashed 33-year-old boyfriend Damian Oldfield's throat before stabbing him numerous times after watching gay western Brokeback Mountain in bed. He then cut up and cooked his flesh.

Upon his sentence, Judge James Stewart, QC, said: "This is one of the most gruesome murders I have encountered. I associated cannibalism with eras long gone, with the tale of Robinson Crusoe. No longer."

Anthony Morley was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison for killing a man with a knife and cooking and eating his flesh. Source: AP

1. ARMIN MEIWES — 'THE MASTER BUTCHER'

In a tale that horrified Germany, Armin Meiwes found his victim, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, over the internet. The IT manager Brandes had posted an advert for someone to "obliterate his life and leave no trace".

Brandes travelled by train to meet Meiwes in the western town of Rotenburg in March 2001. There, the cannibal videotaped himself severing Brandes' penis with a knife before both men tried to eat it.

Bleeding profusely, Brandes fell unconscious. With the video recorder still rolling, Meiwes laid him out on a bench, kissing him on the lips before plunging a knife into his throat.

He suspended the victim on a meat hook and froze 30kg of flesh in parcels and later ate some with cabbage and potatoes.

42-year-old Bernd Juergen Brandes from Berlin, victim of 41-year-old Armin Meiwes. Source: AP

Self-confessed German cannibal Armin Meiwes killed and ate a man he met through the internet. Source: AFP

The house in Rotenburg an der Fulda, in Hesse, where 41yr-old Armin Meiwes allegedly killed and dismembered Bernd Juergen. Source: AP

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Sweet win for MasterChef’s Brent

In a nail biting race to the end with Brent pitted against Laura, it was his desert that got him over the line to win. Courtesy: MasterChef Australia

The decider ... MasterChef Australia's final was between Brent Owens and Laura Cassai. Source: Supplied

BRENT Owens will be quitting his job as a bobcat driver after winning this year's MasterChef Australia.

The 24-year-old Owens, from Victoria, staged a come-from-behind victory over teenage student Laura 'Lottie' Cassai on the Channel 10 reality cooking show last night.

Owens finished with 83 points out of a possible 100 — three points ahead of South Australia's Cassai, the youngest grand finalist ever on the show.

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The pair went head-to-head over three rounds — a Mystery Box challenge, a Family Chef's Table challenge, and a Pressure Test to recreate Peter Gilmore's Chocolate Ethereal dessert.

Owens was trailing Cassai 48 points to 49 after the end of the second round but snatched victory with a better score for his dessert from Gilmore as well as judges George Calombaris, Matt Preston, and Gary Mehigan.

"It (winning) is surreal — an emotion I can't explain," Owens said after being the win. "It's never good playing catch-up. I had to do a little bit more (in the dessert challenge) to get across the line. I knew I had to focus."

come from behind winner ... Masterchef Australia 2014 winner Brent Owens with judges Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan. Picture: Channel 10 Source: Channel 10

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Owens will quit his bobcat job at girlfriend Madison's father Laurence's excavation business to pursue his food dream.

"I think he (Laurence) will be a little bit disappointed but I'm sure he won't be surprised," Owens says.

"He knows how much I love food. As hard as it will be for him, he'll be rooting for it. It's a part of my life I'll never forget. I really appreciate what he's done for me — but it is time for me to move on.

"I've got so many plans — ultimately I want my own cafe and a line of food products."

Owens' and Cassai's first challenge was to cook a dish in 60 minutes using 8 ingredients — scampi, garlic, anchovies, red cabbage, pearl barley, fennel, chervil and sherry.

Owens scored 27 out of 30 for his 'textures of pearl barley with poached scampi, red cabbage and chervil with Preston saying the dish was "inventive, exciting, inspiring and really beautiful".

Cassai scored 25 out of 30 for her grilled scampi with anchovy butter, roasted garlic cream, pickled cabbage and puffed barley.

Owens stumbled in the second round when the pair had 90 minutes to cook six plates of food for their families as well as the judges.

Owens did a modern version of the Lancashire Hot Pot which was meant to include a delicate potato galette. After three attempts, Owens was forced to dump the potato element — and was penalised. He scored 21 out of 30.

Cassai won round two with 24 out of 30 for lightly seared scallops with herb butter poached lobster, fresh radish, mushroom panzanella and chestnut chips.

It all came down to the Chocolate Ethereal dessert which Gilmore described as twice as hard as the 'Snow Egg' dessert he created for the finale of season two. 40 points were up for grabs.

The complicated dessert was made up of delicate sheets — a milk skin, two types of pulled or stretched caramel, a butter vanilla toffee, tempered chocolate and sugar starch — as salted caramel, roasted almonds, and a chocolate ganache.

Cassai struggled when she incorrectly added sugar in with her honey for the nougat and had to start over. She hit another hurdle with her chocolate and had to begin again.

Cassai also had issues with the plating, with the judges noting there weren't as many sheets as Gilmore's original.

Owens followed the recipe to the letter and was rewarded with 35 out of 40 — enough to snatch victory. Cassai scored 31 out of 40.

Owens receives $250,000 in cash, a cookbook deal, work experience in some of Australia's best restaurants, and a new car for taking out the Channel 10 cooking show. Cassai receives $20,000.

"I want to publish my own home style Italian cookbook," Cassai said after tonight's loss. "I also have an incredible opportunity to work with Jock Zonfrillo as a junior chef at Orana in Adelaide."

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The creepiest modern-day cannibals

These are the creepiest modern day cannibals. *shudder* Source: AFP

IT'S often associated with mysterious, island tribes originating from lands far away, or ye olde times when man thought the world was flat, but the recent news of a British nurse grooming a young girl as his prey proves the idea of eating humans is as prevalent today as it was back in the 16th Century.

Frighteningly, a number of modern-day crime stories have unearthered a new trend in gruesome, sexualised cannibalism and the attacker's subsequent "meal".

According to Dr Mark Griffiths, Chartered Psychologist from Nottingham Trent University, sexual cannibalism involves "individuals sexualising the consumption of another human being's flesh", he writes on The Independent .

"Most criminologists and psychologists claim such people are sociopaths (characterised by impulsivity, selfishness, and lack of remorse). Devouring someone could be viewed as the ultimate act of dominance by a predator, and the ultimate act of submission by the prey," he wrote.

Griffiths describes a subsector of cannibalism known as e rotophonophilia, where the individual has "extreme violent fantasies and typically kill[s] their victims during sex and/or mutilate their victims' sexual organs."

Here are 5 reasons why we've lost our appetite right now.

5. DALE BOLINGER — THE 'CREEPY CANNIBAL'

"The idea of us making love and then eating you is a VERY great turn on!"

Dale Bolinger, a British nurse with a cannibalism fetish, was found guilty this month of attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl who he made contact with over the internet before telling her he wanted to eat and behead her.

Bolinger, 58, bought an axe the day before he planned to meet the girl.

The married father of three had met "Eva" — whose true identity has not been established, but who said she was a Mexican living in Germany — on the website Dark Fetish Network.

In his profile, he claimed to have eaten a 39-year-old woman and a five-year-old child, though he denied in court that he had done so, saying it was all "just in fantasy".

In chats with "Eva", he had described how he wanted to have sex with her and then eat her.

"I have been called a very generous lover and I would be very generous to you before I prepped you for the table."

The message exchanges were later discovered by the FBI in New York, which traced Bolinger's email address, meatmarketman@rocketmail.com, to his home in Kent.

They passed on the information to British police. He was found guilty of the crime of attempting to meet a child under the age of 16 following sexual grooming.

Bolinger is to be sentenced on September 19 after a psychiatric report to assess the level of risk he represents to the public.

Police were seen searching sheds at 57-year-old Dale Bolinger's house and digging in his garden. Source: Splash News Australia

Dale Bolinger out cycling and leaving his Canterbury, Kent Home, UK. Source: Splash News Australia

4. GEOFFREY PORTWAY — THE 'WOULD-BE CANNIBAL'

Geoffrey Portway chatted online with other men about a desire to kidnap, rape, kill and eat children.

Chats recovered from Portway's computer show he solicited people to help kidnap a child with the intent of raping, killing and eating the child.

"I want to eat ... the two boys you will bring me,'' Mr Portway was quoted as writing.

"Perhaps not today, but it will happen. That is all I live for. ... I am serious. It is the only thing that gets me up in the morning.''

Prosecutors showed photos of a basement dungeon he built, including a child-sized coffin, butchering tools and metal restraints. He has been sentenced to nearly 27 years in prison.

Tight elastic bands and equipment used to castrate calves found in the dungeon where Geoffrey Portway planned to rape, murder and eat children beneath his Massachusetts house. Source: Supplied

Mugshot of Geoffrey Portway. Source: Supplied

Inside the torture dungeon. Source: Supplied

Police found items including a child-size coffin, a steel cage, a brand new set of butcher's knives as well as pornography Source: Supplied

3. STEPHEN GRIFFITHS — 'THE CROSSBOW CANNIBAL'

Chilling images of "Crossbow Cannibal" Stephen Griffiths as he makes an obscene one-fingered gesture after brazenly celebrating his final murder in front of a CCTV camera will ensure his place in the criminal history books.

CCTV footage captured outside the serial killer's flat clearly shows the former PhD student's face contorted with rage before he executes prostitute Suzanne Blamires, 36, with a crossbow bolt and a knife to the head.

He is then seen walking out of the building to search for another victim, as he holds up a bottle of Sprite as if to toast his success.

Griffiths gestures to the camera after he kills Ms Blamires. Source: Supplied

Stephen Griffiths, who dubbed himself the 'crossbow cannibal'. Source: AFP

In 2011, then 40-year-old Griffiths was jailed for life after admitting to the murders of Miss Blamires and two other prostitutes, Susan Rushworth, 43, and Shelley Armitage, 31.

According to reports, he chopped up their bodies in his "slaughterhouse" bathroom and ate sections of their flesh before disposing of the remaining body parts.

He told police he had killed "loads" of women and compared himself to Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who murdered 13.

He admitted that after killing the three women, he had dismembered and skinned them using power tools, a hammer, knives and a samurai sword.

He cooked the first two, but ate the third raw after his cooker broke.

Following his arrest he told police: 'This is the end of the line for me … I've killed loads.'

2. ANTHONY MORLEY — 'GAY CANNIBAL KILLER'

Former Mr Gay UK Anthony Morley is spending the rest of his life in jail after being found guilty for butchering his boyfriend and cooking his flesh.

In 2008, Morley, 36, slashed 33-year-old boyfriend Damian Oldfield's throat before stabbing him numerous times after watching gay western Brokeback Mountain in bed. He then cut up and cooked his flesh.

Upon his sentence, Judge James Stewart, QC, said: "This is one of the most gruesome murders I have encountered. I associated cannibalism with eras long gone, with the tale of Robinson Crusoe. No longer."

Anthony Morley was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison for killing a man with a knife and cooking and eating his flesh. Source: AP

1. ARMIN MEIWES — 'THE MASTER BUTCHER'

In a tale that horrified Germany, Armin Meiwes found his victim, Bernd-Juergen Brandes, over the internet. The IT manager Brandes had posted an advert for someone to "obliterate his life and leave no trace".

Brandes travelled by train to meet Meiwes in the western town of Rotenburg in March 2001. There, the cannibal videotaped himself severing Brandes' penis with a knife before both men tried to eat it.

Bleeding profusely, Brandes fell unconscious. With the video recorder still rolling, Meiwes laid him out on a bench, kissing him on the lips before plunging a knife into his throat.

He suspended the victim on a meat hook and froze 30kg of flesh in parcels and later ate some with cabbage and potatoes.

42-year-old Bernd Juergen Brandes from Berlin, victim of 41-year-old Armin Meiwes. Source: AP

Self-confessed German cannibal Armin Meiwes killed and ate a man he met through the internet. Source: AFP

The house in Rotenburg an der Fulda, in Hesse, where 41yr-old Armin Meiwes allegedly killed and dismembered Bernd Juergen. Source: AP

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Some MasterChef dirt to dish out

Brent Owens and Laura Cassai battle it out in the grand finale. Source: Supplied

SEASON six of MasterChef is cooked, as Brent (Brenty) Owens and Laura Cassai battled it out for the title of MasterChef winner for 2014.

WHO WON? DESSERT FROM HELL SEPARATES THE TWO

Here are a few things you might not know about Ten's reinvigorated reality cooking show.

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• The top three — Brent, Laura and Emelia — endured a total of six months of non-stop 14-hour days in their fight to make it to tonight's grand final. That's a LOT of kitchen time.

• All three admitted that they seriously underestimated the mental, physical, and emotional toll of plating up unique dishes episode after episode for the judges. "I really expected MasterChef to be easier than it is," Emelia admitted to News Corp prior to her Sunday night elimination. "I never considered how exhausting, mentally draining and emotionally-charged the experience would be."

• Until now, Callum Hann has been the youngest contestant to make the MasterChef grand final. Hann was 20 when he was runner-up to Adam Liaw back in 2010. But if 19-year-old Laura takes out the crown for 2014 she will be the first teenager to win MasterChef Australia.

Contestants Adam Liaw and Callum Hann from 2010. Source: Supplied

• The contestants are given an allowance to cover expenses they may have outside the house each week. Some reports put it at around $500.

• Ever wondered where all the leftover food goes? You'll be pleased to know it goes to a good cause. OzHarvest is a not-for-profit food charity and uses the leftovers to make meals for homeless people and those in need.

• Doesn't the food get cold? Yep. The time it takes to move cameras around for each segment means most of the meals are cold by the time the judges taste it. "Some things do get reheated if it's like a sauce," George Calombaris admitted to Nova radio, "but when we say, 'Stop cooking' we do a quick wander of the room and taste stuff out of their pot."

• The MasterChef house where contestants live full-time throughout the competition is a multi-million dollar property in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Brighton.

• A chaperon lives with the contestants at the mansion. "We have somebody with us at all times, and there were a couple of people who looked after us," eliminated contestant Renae Smith revealed.

Sydney-based single mum Renae Smith in the Masterchef kitchen. Source: Supplied

• Despite being located right on the beach, contestants aren't actually allowed to leave the house during the competition. "The hardest thing about being on MasterChef isn't the cooking, it's the living with strangers and not knowing what's coming next," Ben Macdonald told news.com.au after he was eliminated. "You've got to be able to stay positive in a strange environment."

• Outside of filming hours the contestants are forever practising and honing their cooking skills. They were constantly sent fresh produce and would buddy up and muck around with new ingredients in the kitchen.

• Contestants are permitted to Skype their loved ones four times a week but only get to visit their families during production breaks. "It was hard, I was calling them four times a week and then you do get flown over to see them occasionally," mother-of-two Renae said of missing her daughters.

• Production ensures there is a psychologist on hand at all times to guide contestants as the competition progresses.

• After five seasons of MasterChef, not a single winner has returned to their job, abandoning roles in IT, law, teaching, an electrician apprenticeship and town planning.

• Shine Australia, the company that produces MasterChef, estimated to Fairfax media that nearly 70 per cent of finalists have gained a career in food after appearing on the show.

MasterChef contestant Jamie Fleming was a favourite to win this season. Source: Channel 10

And now for a little dirt on your MasterChef judges:

• George Calombaris actually started his career working for Gary Mehigan at the Hotel Sofitel in Melbourne.

• Matt Preston moved to Australia from London in 1993 to take up a job as a "soap opera correspondent" for British magazines What's On TV, TVTimes and Women's Own. His task was to review shows such as Neighbours and Home and Away.

• George's first foray into television was as a regular chef on the daytime cooking show, Ready Steady Cook.

• During season one Gary lost a bet between the three judges that he would be the first among them to cry on MasterChef. Mehigan had to cough up for a dinner at Tetsuyas for the trio.

• Who knew Matt Preston had released a CD? In 2009, he put out a compilation called Music from Another Platter — Music for Cooking, Music for Eating.

• Preston actually names each of his cravats, among them is: Short Michelle, Long Sonia, Kate DW, Uncle Monty Blue, Ros, John Wood and Professional Judy.

Until next season ... Masterchef Judges Gary Mehigan, Matt Preston and George Calombaris. Source: Supplied

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Tigers damage control over pot shots

Following a dramatic day for the Wests Tigers the Club has announced coach Mick Potter will keep his job till the end of the season

Captain Robbie Farah talks with coach Mick Potter. Source: News Limited

EMBATTLED Tigers coach Mick Potter spent more than an hour at skipper Robbie Farah's apartment on Monday as the pair attempted to erase the damage of a nightmare 24 hours for the joint venture.

The meeting inside Farah's Breakfast Point living room was the flashpoint of another dramatic series of episodes at the Tigers, including:

* Gorden Tallis taking aim at Farah on radio for a second time in as many days, comparing the NSW Origin hooker's handling of the truth to infamous drug cheat Lance Armstrong. The latest comments came after Farah labelled Tallis a "dog" on the field after full-time in Sunday's game;

* Farah complaining to Tigers management about the editing of a recent press conference, from which direct quotes supporting Potter were initially cut and not broadcast on the club's official website; and

* Revelations that a clause in Potter's two-year contract only contemplated a third year should the side reach the 2013 finals.

St George Illawarra have kept themselves in the race for the finals thanks to a near perfect first half against the Wests Tigers, piling on four tries before the break in their 28-12 victory at ANZ Stadium.

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Potter understood that he would be given another chance if the side reached this year's finals and had been campaigning for a three-year extension.

Despite receiving a stay of execution at Sunday night's board meeting, Potter's future beyond Round 26 is highly uncertain.

Monday's meeting with Farah, who lives in the same riverside apartment complex, was the first tentative step to getting the football department back on the same page.

Their relationship suffered a major blow on Sunday, when Tallis accused Farah of telling him that Potter was a poor communicator on Triple M.

Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter talks during a press conference with Robbie Farah. Source: News Corp Australia

That claim triggered a private 20-minute talk in the bowels of ANZ Stadium just prior to kick-off in the fixture against St George Illawarra, but there was more air to clear at Farah's home on Monday.

Farah's manager, Sam Ayoub, attended and said there were no problems going forward.

He also stressed there was no chance Farah would ask for a release from the remaining three years of his current deal.

"The big thing is that the conversation Gorden was referring to happened 15 months ago, when the team was struggling," Ayoub said.

"That hasn't been made clear and it needs to be made clear. What people also don't know is that Robbie and Mick have always been up front with each other, going back that far."

TIGERS FALL AFTER WEEK OF TURMOIL

Tiger's Robbie Farah and coach Mick Potter. Source: News Corp Australia

While Farah refused to comment publicly on Monday, Tallis again went on the front foot after being accused of misrepresenting a private conversation from last May.

When asked about Farah's version of events on Brisbane's Triple M Radio Grill team show on Monday, Tallis responded: "It's a bit like Lance Armstrong."

That swipe is sure to have Farah fuming, particularly after he and Tallis shared an expletive-laden exchange on the pitch after full time on Sunday.

Tallis attempted to get an interview, was called a "dog" and received a reply along the lines of: "Why the hell would I talk to you?"

Gorden Tallis has opened up to Matty Johns on the couch of 'Monday Night' and revealed his side of the story as the feud between him and Robbie Farah reaches fever pitch.

Farah then proceeded to launch into Tallis for talking out of school, and, judging by his two-year grudge against Matty Johns, will not be accepting interviews from the former Maroons skipper for some time to come.

Upset over reports that have painted him as the architect of Potter's woes, Farah was also angry at Tigers officials for failing to speak-up in his defence.

Until a statement was released on Monday, he felt there was an internal conspiracy against him, a fate Farah has deliberately attempted to avoid by asking CEO Grant Mayer six weeks ago to be omitted from any conversations regarding Potter's future.

But Farah's concerns were heightened on Sunday night, when he discovered that quotes from a pre-match press conference supporting Potter had been edited-out of the clip that originally broadcast on the Tigers website.

Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter talks during a press conference with Robbie Farah. Source: News Corp Australia

His anger was conveyed to Mayer, who ordered the full version to posted on Monday.

"Robbie was disappointed and his feelings were made known to us," Mayer said.

"There was nothing deliberate about it. It was simply a matter of him being asked questions on the same topic for three or four minutes, and the video team felt the point had been made.

"We have now put the full version on the site, so that proves there is nothing to hide."

Mayer also released his own statement on Monday, describing the focus on Farah as "damaging and disrespectful".

Originally published as Tigers in damage control over pot shots

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Aussie decathlete has worst start ever

All the highlights from day four of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Australia's Jake Stein is disqualified after a second false start in the decathlon 100m. Source: Getty Images

WELCOME to our live coverage of Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games.

Stay with us for updates throughout the day's action. Latest updates are on top and all times are AEST.

Laetisha Scanlan has defended her Commonwealth gold. Picture: Michael Klein Source: News Corp Australia

1am - SCANLAN MAKES IT DOUBLE GOLD AT THE RANGE

AUSTRALIA has already eclipsed its Delhi shooting haul after Victorian shooter Laetisha Scanlan defended her 2010 Commonwealth gold.

The single trap shooter has been the dominant shooter in her discipline but only survived in the semi-final with a sudden-death shoot-off.

The sales rep and journalism graduate, 24, is the fourth gold medallist in Carnoustie after only three in Delhi and seven total medals.

Australian champions Michael Diamond and Adam Vella are still to shoot tomorrow in the trap event.

Australia's Jodie Kenny in action against England. Source: AP

12.30am - HOCKEYROOS BEAT POMS WITH ANOTHER SHUTOUT

WITH Prince Edward watching from the stands, Australian super-swiper Jodie Kenny has handed in another royal performance for the Hockeyroos.

Kenny has bagged nine goals in four games including two as Australia beat England 3-0 in a spirited women's hockey match.

Kenny has spent years refining the subtle skill of drag-flicking and suddenly all the effort is worthwhile.

Australia took its for-and-against to 25-0 from four games and it seems no-one can crack the green and gold defensive wall that scrambled well under pressure yesterday.

Zoe Buckman leads the field during the heat of the 1500m in which she eventually finished sixth. Source: Getty Images

11.40pm - BUCKMAN BOMBS OUT AFTER APPEAL FAILS

ZOE Buckman is out of the Commonwealth Games after an appeal to get reinstated into the 1500m final failed, Scott Gullan writes.

Australia's leading medal hope spectacularly bombed in the heat, finishing sixth, but lodged a protest after being hampered at the bell by another runner.

Buckman stumbled and almost fell when she was grabbed on the arm by Kenyan Selah Busienei but after a 30-minute deliberation the IAAF race jury threw out her appeal.

While it brought Buckman undone, the fast opening heat carried her two Australian teammates, Melissa Duncan and Kaila McKnight, into the final as fastest qualfiers.

ATHS WRAP: BUCKMAN OUT, SOLOMON THROUGH

NSW shooter Warren Potent has won his first Commonwealth Games gold. . Source: News Limited

11.20pm — POTENT FIRES TO FIRST GAMES GOLD

FOUR-time Olympian Warren Potent last night snatched his first Commonwealth Games gold in the 50m prone rifle competition, Jon Ralph writes.

The 52-year-old three-time Australian shooter of the year had won Beijing bronze but Commonwealth gold had eluded him despite three attempts.

But the NSW shooter held off India's eight-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gagan Narang in a nail-biting gold medal shoot-off.

Potent had a 1.6 point lead with two of 20 shots left but Narang's 10.8 point shot to Potent's 9.8 set up a thrilling finish.

The Australian nailed his final shot with a 10.3 to Narang's 10.2, adding to his two bronze and one silver from Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne and Delhi.

Earlier, NSW truck driver Daniel Repacholi added to his gold medal in the 10m air pistol with bronze in the 50m pistol.

Australia's Zoe Buckman (right) needs an appeal to get up after bombing out in the 1500m heats. Source: Getty Images

10.30pm — BUCKMAN APPEAL PENDING AFTER 1500m EXIT

THE fate of one of Australia's best medal hopes Zoe Buckman rests in the hands of an appeal after she spectacularly bombed in the heats of the 1500m, Scott Gullan writes.

The 25-year-old Victorian compounded after almost falling with a lap to go and Australian team management are praying for a miracle from the judges.

She admitted after the race that she'd been spooked by the first 1500m heat which had been run in a fast time and had let that dictate the way she ran her own race.

Buckman went to the lead, desperate to keep a spot at the front given the first four were automatic qualifiers, but spent too much gas with the incident on the bell effectively ending her chances.

She faded badly over the final 200m, finishing sixth in 4min11.56sec — more than six seconds outside the personal best which she'd improved again in May in Eugene, Oregon.

10.10pm — WEIGHTLIFTER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT

A PAPUA New Guinean competing at the Games is due to appear in court charged with sexually assaulting a man, the BBC reports.

Weightlifter Toua Udia, 22, who finished ninth in the men's 77kg category, was arrested by police in the east end of Glasgow on 21 July.

He denied a sex attack charge over an incident involving another man in a toilet at a Tesco supermarket on Dalmarnock Road, near the Athletes' Village.

10pm — TINKERING DIAMONDS GET JOB DONE

AUSTRALIA'S intriguing Tegan Caldwell experiment continues, as the Diamonds again tinkered with their attacking set-up while mowing down another rival, Jon Ralph writes.

The Diamonds effortlessly beat Trinidad and Tobago 69-34 but with one more pool game before the semi-finals they are no closer to choosing a finals goal attack.

Veteran Nat Medhurst, a controversial Glasgow selection given a quiet ANZ Championship this year, was the saviour against England when Caldwell was subbed off early.

But Caldwell has started in three of four games as coach Lisa Alexander deliberately tries to find "unpredictability" leading into a likely semi-final against Jamaica.

She shot 17 of 20 goals in another impressive display as 188cm goal shooter Caitlin Thwaites was also handed a start until half-time.

Australia's Jake Stein holds his head in his hands after being disqualified from the decathlon 100m after two false starts. Source: Getty Images

8pm — AUSSIE DECATHLETE FAILS TO GET OUT OF BLOCKS

AUSSIE medal hope Jake Stein has described his embarrassing double false-start in the opening event of the decathlon as a "schoolboy error", Scott Gullan writes.

In a farcical turn of events, the 20-year-old from Sydney blew any chance of getting on the podium just a couple of minutes into the first of 10 events.

While the 100m sprinters are kicked out after one false start, the decathletes are given another chance but even with that Stein still blew it.

"It's schoolboy errors really, you learnt to start when you are seven or eight and I forgot how to do it today," he said.

MORE: DECATHLETE'S DISMAY AT 'SCHOOLBOY ERROR'

Australia's Trent Mitton scores his team's second goal against South Africa. Source: AFP

7.40pm — KOOKABURRA SCORES GOAL FOR THE AGES

A THIRD-generation Kookaburra provided a goal for the ages as Australia beat South Africa 6-0 in the men's hockey, Robert Craddock writes.

Perth 23-year-old Trent Mitton scored a breathtaking first half goal when he passed the ball through his legs on the run with a South African defender on his tail, regathered, reserved his stick and slammed the ball wide right into the goal.

It was the second of two goals he scored in the first half and about the closest hockey can get to those mesmerical soccer moments where player's feet somehow morph into magic wands.

South Africa are the only team to beat the Australian men since the Commonwealth Games introduced hockey to its program in Malaysia in 1998 but this time there wasn't the slightest sniff of an upset.

MORE: HOCKEY BLOKES THRASH SOUTH AFRICANS

James Magnussen after his 50m free heat. Source: Getty Images

SWIMMING HEATS WRAP

JAMES Magnussen survived his 50m freestyle heats and a mixed zone gatecrasher from Jamaica as the 100m champion spoke with Australian media, Todd Balym writes.

Magnussen was discussing his 22.33s heat swim to place fourth through to the semi-finals when Jevon Atkinson (20th, 23.55s) called out the Australian from across the room and then stood at his side making jokes to the press.

It was a lighthearted moment that Magnussen handled with a smile considering he'd never met his comedic friend.

Cameron McEvoy set the early pace to top the morning time sheets in 22.04 seconds while

fellow Australian Matt Abood was second in 22.09s.

Emily Seebohm qualified second fastest for the 50m backstroke semi-finals with a time of 28.03s, with Madi Wilson fifth in 28.60s and 200m champion Belinda Hocking eighth in 29.01s.

Commonwealth 100m backstroke champion Mitch Larkin set himself up to make it a golden double by qualifying fastest for the 200m final in 1:57.44.

It could be another sweep for Australia tonight with Matson Lawson second quickest in 1:57.79 and Josh Beaver fourth fastest in 1:58.34.

Swim team rookie Maddie Groves set the pace in the 200m butterfly heats, qualifying fastest in 2:08.51 with teammate Ellen Gandy fifth in 2:09.96.

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I could have been on MH17

Bec Mc Donald can't help but contemplate ``what if'' after being booked on board doomed flight MH17. Picture: Peter Ristevski Source: News Limited

A POINT Lonsdale student knows she was only a whim away from a certain death on doomed flight MH17.

Relieved and grateful, Bec McDonald, 20, has told of how a late change to her travel plans saved her from joining the 298 souls lost when the Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down in east Ukraine.

"I'm a big believer in fate and I felt there was someone watching over me and looking out for me," Ms McDonald said.

But still, she can't help thinking about the 'what ifs'.

'What if' she hadn't "randomly" decided to stay a little longer in London.

When the Deakin University student disembarked from her later flight at Kuala Lumpur airport, Ms McDonald said she was met with "surreal silence" with the heads of hundreds of travellers turned to screens telling a story of devastation which no one could even begin to comprehend

Nobody was talking, and the sense of shock was palpable, she said.

"It was really quiet and there were just people staring at the screens in disbelief and I remember my mouth just dropping, and looking around and seeing everyone looking at the screens, and everyone being just so, so quiet," Ms McDonald said.

It was then she received a Facebook message from her travel agent brother, telling her the flight which had been shot down over Ukraine just a few hours' earlier was the flight she had originally been booked on.

"I didn't actually know that until my brother messaged me and said 'do you realise you were meant to be on that flight which just went down?' I looked through my travel documents and found it was true," Ms McDonald said.

Bec Mc Donald was booked on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, but changed flights to spend more time in London. Picture: Peter Ristevski Source: News Limited

The seat on MH17 had been booked but cancelled by her brother before being paid for, she said.

"I booked myself into a lounge and all that was playing on the TV was pictures of the wreckage. There were also notices coming across from Malaysian Airlines paying respect to the people who had died. I was there alone and I knew that in five more hours I had to get on a Malaysian Airlines flight to travel home," she said.

Ms McDonald's relief at seeing her father's face on arrival in Melbourne was overwhelming.

"I saw my dad and I just burst into tears," she said.

Home is the coastal idyll of Point Lonsdale, where the McDonald family are well-known and much-loved for their involvement in the local community, particularly sport.

The family has also recently lost a loved one to cancer.

Debris and objects found scattered on the ground where Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 fell from the sky in Rozsypne, Eastern Ukraine. Pic Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

"I just can't imagine what it must be like for the family of people on that flight. It's so hard to put into words how I feel. I just can't believe it's happened to someone's family, and to know that I was meant to be on that flight. I keep thinking what if I hadn't changed that, just what if..."

The experience, coupled with the recent death in the family, has left her contemplating the fragility of life.

"I could have been on that flight, but I wasn't" Ms McDonald said. "Now I have to appreciate that life which has been given to me."

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The final kick for MH17 victims

Australia's prime minister condemns activity at the scene of the MH17 plane crash under the control of pro-Russian rebels. Paul Chapman reports.

Luggage and personal belongings from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lie in a field in Grabovo, Ukraine. Source: Getty Images

CREDIT and debit cards are among hundreds of items reportedly stolen from the belongings of dead passengers from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Pro-Russian insurgents are accused of looting personal possessions, as well as taking, tampering with and destroying evidence.

The Dutch Banking Association said it was taking "preventive measures" to ensure the stolen cards would not be used for personal gain.

It also said it would compensate the families of victims in the event the cards were used.

"International media report that victims' bank cards have been stolen," it said in a statement. "Banks are taking preventive measures as necessary."

The statement released by the Dutch Banking Association. Source: Supplied

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was saddened to see images of "shameless" rebels handling passenger possessions and walking around the crash site.

The Boeing 777-200ER, which was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, appeared to have broken up before hitting the ground and the burning wreckage — which included body parts and the belongings of passengers — was scattered over a 25km area.

Freelance photojournalist Filip Warwick said that he had not come across a single wallet with money, mobile phone or camera at the crash site.

Many of the belongings contained holiday information, and other souvenirs. Source: AFP

"In some areas of this field, near the small town of Grabovo in a remote eastern Ukrainian farming region close to the Russian border, backpacks and other carry-on luggage were grouped together," he writes in USA Today .

"It was clear that looters had opened and rifled through some of them."

The reports of stolen property were backed up by self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Borodai who said local residents may have used victims' credit cards, NBC News reported.

Australian journalist Demjin Doroschenko also reported on the chaos at the scene.

The 43-year-old said he had rummaged through some of the passengers' belongings in a desperate bid to retrieve personal information including passports and boarding passes to give to their families.

But he said many items had been stolen from the luggage and, like Warwick, he failed to find one wallet with any money in it.

A local resident stands among the wreckage at the site of the crash. Source: AFP

Russian-backed separatists are preventing investigators from accessing evidence, but also possessions, from the site.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the site was being treated more like a garden clean-up than a forensic investigation and called for greater cooperation and access to the site.

"The wreckage has been picked over, it's been trashed, it's been trampled," he said.

Plane crashes are subjected to a rigorous independent investigation to determine the cause of the crash, and in some cases airlines do make efforts to reunite luggage and possessions with passengers or their next of kin.

However, given the complex nature of this disaster, it remains unclear if any of this will take place.

In 2009, US Airways salvaged some luggage and possessions belonging to passengers and crew after Flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River and sank.

The 150 passengers were forced to leave their belongings behind after scrambling onto rescue boats.

US Airways together with Texas-based company Global-BMS spent four months recovering, sorting, cleaning and restoring 36,000 belongings recovered following the disaster, USA Today reported at the time.

Under the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act airlines are required to return passenger possessions to their families when a fatal crash occurs.

Pro-Russian separatists in the region and officials in Kiev have blamed each other for the crash. Source: AFP

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Blasts, gunfire at train station

Local emergency workers slowly pull apart the wreckage of MH17 in the grim search for bodies

Chaos ... insurgent fighters have closed off the roads in the area on the edge of the city. Source: Getty Images

INTENSE fighting has broken out in the Ukrainian separatist stronghold city of Donetsk as international air crash investigators and observers arrive in the region to probe the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Shortly after 10am local time, suburban areas in the city were being hit by indiscriminate mortar shelling, sending residents fleeing for their lives.

A rebel fighter told AFP that Ukrainian Government troops had attacked their positions close to the Donetsk railway station.

News Corp Australia saw at least four people killed in two separate mortar attacks including an elderly woman who had been walking through a courtyard park area.

ROLLING UPDATES: Forgive us for MH17, say Russians

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Horrific ... a man lies dead in a park in Donetsk after the area came under attack. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

Gunshots could be hard around the central train station area of Donetsk. Ambulances were also still racing past with sirens more than an hour after the shelling stopped.

Ukrainian Government officials refused to comment on the situation citing it as an "anti-terrorist" operation.

It is understood the main train station was bombed, locals reported seeing at least one tank and two Armoured Personnel Carriers on the main Panfilova Street in the heart of the city earlier in the morning towards the train station and the central Zapadnaya bus exchange.

Shelter ... locals in Donetsk seek refuge in the basement of a school near the train station. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

"We heard the whistling then the trees of the park parted and the bombs landed," a man said as he ran across an open field seeking shelter.

"I saw an old woman dead with no face near one bomb. This is incredible — we are just a city this should not happen here."

Living hell ... terrified locals take shelter in a basement in the middle of Donetsk. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

Also hit in the shelling was a school known as School 51 and several apartment blocks rained glass over a wide area after being directly hit or from the shock wave of the mortars landing nearby.

At least one unexploded ordinance could be seen partly protruding in the ground.

A spokesman for the self-titled Donetsk People's Republic, Sergei Kavtaradze, said that at least four Ukrainian tanks were trying to barrel their way into the city.

Bewildered ... locals look on as the city comes under attack. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

The shelling and gunfire continued for about an hour, downing power lines and cutting the main train line into the city linking it to the capital Kiev.

"Why they do this why this," wailed one woman as she took shelter in the basement of a school. "We are just people, not soldiers. The bombs were falling one after another closer and closer."

Living in fear ... locals caught up in the bombing of Donetsk. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

It is holidays at the moment but in the one basement entered by News Corp there were about 70

children from nearby flats.

It had been reported for days that Ukrainian troops were gathering on the outskirts of the city; unconfirmed two that an aircraft carrying 200 Russian military personnel had landed in the area.

Donetsk city officials were running about the suburbs ordering people to take shelter.

Residents were being told to stay in basement until the all clear could be given. By midday with sporadic shooting continuing they remained in the basement.

Dutch air crash investigators were at the nearby city of Torez where 200 bodies of the victims of MH17 are being stored in four refrigerated train carriages. But there are reports too that some other investigators had just arrived by train at Donetsk.

Conflict ... locals attempt to extinguish a fire after fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militants in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk, around 150 kilometres from Donetsk. Source: AFP

Heavy shelling from a Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher continued well into the day with a black pall of smoke over Donetsk from the burning of a number of factories including a large disused "Toch Mash" precision instruments workshop.

One rocket landed just three metres from a home causing a large crater and bringing down trees and fences.

The latest attack prompted many homes in the area to be evacuated. Familes could be seen running away or taking taxis driving at break neck speeds with as many personal belonging incuding suitcases as they can grab.

Locals who choose to remain are being told to stay away from the windows.

Power lines were brought down, a power substation destroyed and the pandemonium led to at lest one major car collision.

The Ukrainian Security Council denied the rockets fired onto the separatist city was by them but suggested the rocket attack and the tank attack from the morning was possibly by a pro-Ukrainian "self-organised" group.

Roads to the airport and railway station and bus hub are now cut off.

There was also clashes in the nearby town of Dzerzhinsk about 60km north of Donetsk. So far there have been just four reported deaths.

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UN to put pressure on Russia

Australian experts are on the ground in Ukraine waiting to help identify victims of the MH17 crash.

RUSSIA will be forced as early as this morning to show its hand on whether it will allow international experts access to the MH17 crash site, when the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution to establish a full, independent investigation.

The Australian resolution, backed by France and Lithuania, is due to go to a vote about 5am AEST today.

But Russia, as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, has the power to veto the push to allow international experts to investigate the crash, retrieve bodies from the site and find out who was responsible for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday there should be an investigation.

The vote should flush out Russia's position on whether it will provide safe access for international investigators to collect the bodies, examine the site, access the black box flight recorders and hunt for those responsible for the atrocity.

Seeking answers ... a woman and her son lay flowers at the Netherlands embassy in Kiev on July 21, 2014. Picture: Sergei Supinsky Source: AFP

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a veto by the Russians would be viewed "very, very badly".

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie ­Bishop, in New York heading the team negotiating the resolution, said her ­immediate priority was to get international backing to secure the site and start an investigation.

"I say to the separatists and to the Russian Government that backs them, that there are 298 bodies on that site — their families, their loved ones want them home now,'' she said.

"This is not a time to use bodies as hostages or pawns in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.''

Bodies to got to Amsterdam

The bodies of the MH17 victims, including up to 39 Australian citizens and residents, will be transferred to Amsterdam as soon as possible, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says.

Some 251 bodies are currently in refrigerated trains in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.

Mr Yatsenyuk said the "bloody guerillas don't allow the train to leave" the station at Torez.

But when they do, the Ukrainian government plans to send the victims' remains to the Netherlands.

"We are ready to transfer all the bodies directly to Amsterdam," the Prime Minister told reporters in Kiev, adding the Dutch had "perfect forensic expertise" to identify the bodies.

Harsh conditions ... monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe examine wagons holding crash victims' bodies at a railway station in the town of Torez. Picture: Bulent Kilic Source: AFP

'Fighter jet near plane before crash'

Russia says its flight records show a Ukrainian fighter jet was flying close to the Malaysian passenger airliner just before it crashed and that Kiev was operating radar stations used for missile systems.

At a specially called briefing, Moscow also denied supplying Ukrainian separatists with Buk missile systems or any other weapons, as it sought to head off international accusations it was responsible for the downing of the Malaysian plane with 298 people on board.

Lieutenant-General Andrei Kartopolov said the Malaysian plane strayed north of its planned route, adding that a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet, which is typically equipped with air-to-air missiles, had been recorded in the proximity of the Boeing 777.

The Malaysian plane "deviated from its route to the North ... The maximum deviation was 14 kilometres," he said.

"An altitude gain was recorded for a Ukrainian armed forces plane," he told the briefing. "Its distance from the Malaysian Boeing was three to five kilometres," he said, noting that the SU-25 is capable of reaching a height of 10,000 metres "for a brief time." "With what aim was a military plane flying along a civilian aviation route practically at the same time and at the same flight level as a passenger liner?" said Kartopolov. "We would like to receive an answer to this question."

Makeshift memorials ... toys and flowers are placed at the crash site of MH17 near the village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region. Picture: Dmitry Lovetsky Source: AP

Airline compensates families

Malaysia Airlines says it will make an initial payment of $US5000 ($5410) as a goodwill gesture to families of passengers aboard its crashed flight MH17.

The Malaysian national carrier said it would provide the money to each passenger's immediate family "as goodwill to ease ... their economic needs".

"This financial assistance will not be offset against the final compensation, nor affect the families' legal rights to claim."

The airline said it was also providing families with hotel accommodation, meals and transport assistance, in addition to counselling.

Train station under fire

Intense fighting has broken out in the Ukrainian separatist stronghold city of Donetsk as international air crash investigators and observers arrive in the region to probe the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Shortly after 10am local time, suburban areas in the city were being hit by indiscriminate mortar shelling, sending residents fleeing for their lives.

Internal conflict ... pro-Russian militants drive a tank through the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk as intense clashes took place between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian rebels. Picture: Alexander Khudoteply Source: AFP

News Corp Australia saw at least four people killed in two separate mortar attacks including an elderly woman who had been walking through a courtyard park area.

Ukrainian Government officials refused to comment on the situation citing it as an "anti-terrorist" operation.

It is understood the main train station was bombed, locals reported seeing at least one tank and two Armoured Personnel Carriers on the main Panfilova Street in the heart of the city earlier in the morning towards the train station and the central Zapadnaya bus exchange.

"Why they do this why this," wailed one woman as she took shelter in the basement of a school. "We are just people, not soldiers. The bombs were falling one after another closer and closer."

It is holidays at the moment but in the one basement entered by News Corp there were about 70 children from nearby flats.

Violence flares ... pro-Russian separatist fighters closed off the roads in the area around the Donetsk train station and airport as local residents fled shelling and rocket fire. Picture: Alexander Khudoteply Source: AFP

The last selfie

As Gary Slok and his mother settled into their seats on flight MH17, there was just enough time to take and upload a selfie before take off.

That picture was to be their last.

Dream holiday ... Gary Slok, 15, and his mother Petra Langeveld posed for this excited selfie aboard the doomed Malaysia Airline MH17. Picture: Twitter Source: Twitter

"Gary and his mum Petra [Langeveld] were on their way to Malaysia to have the dream holiday of their life. Sadly they never got the chance to fulfil that dream," a soccer club spokesman from Gary's team in western Holland said.

"But his story and his last picture tell you how dreams of many people with wonderful lives ahead of them have been wrecked."

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Vanstone loses support for scarf

Q&A had a few heavyweights on the panel. Source: Supplied

TALK about a fish out of water.

Former Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone rocked up on Q&A tonight wearing a Port Adelaide scarf while host Tony Jones tried to create a solemn tone by asking for a moment's silence for the victims of Flight MH17.

The other panelists were former High Court judge Michael Kirby, Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi, writer and HIV activist Nic Holas and French Nobel Prize winner & co-discoverer of HIV, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi.

Amanda Vanstone and THAT scarf Source: Supplied

It hardly seemed the right environment to crack jokes and sport an AFL scarf. And so, the Twitterverse went on the attack.

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‘Cannibal’ nurse guilty of girl plot

Sick fantasy ... British nurse Dale Bolinger has been found guilty of grooming a 14-year-old girl he met online, who he told he wanted to behead as part of a cannibalism fetish.. Source: Splash News Australia

A BRITISH nurse with a cannibalism fetish has been found guilty of trying to meet a 14-year-old girl with whom he had made contact over the internet before telling her he wanted to eat her.

During the four-day trial in Canterbury, southeast England, the court heard that Dale Bolinger, 58, bought an axe the day before he planned to meet the girl and that he had told her he wanted to behead her.

He was found guilty of the crime of attempting to meet a child under the age of 16 following sexual grooming.

The married father of three had met "Eva" — whose true identity has not been established, but who said she was a Mexican living in Germany — on the website Dark Fetish Network.

In his profile on the website, he claimed to have eaten a 39-year-old woman and a five-year-old child, though he denied in court that he had done so, saying it was all "just in fantasy".

In chats with "Eva," he had described how he wanted to have sex with her and then eat her.

"The idea of us making love and then eating you is a VERY great turn on!" he wrote.

"I have been called a very generous lover and I would be very generous to you before I prepped you for the table."

He arranged to meet "Eva" at Ashford International Station in September 2012, but she did not turn up.

The message exchanges were later discovered by the FBI in New York, which traced Bolinger's email address, meatmarketman@rocketmail.com, to his home in Kent.

They passed on the information to British police.

Bolinger is to be sentenced on September 19 after a psychiatric report to assess the level of risk he represents to the public.

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MH17 bodies to go to Amsterdam

Australian experts are on the ground in Ukraine waiting to help identify victims of the MH17 crash.

RUSSIA will be forced as early as this morning to show its hand on whether it will allow international experts access to the MH17 crash site, when the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution to establish a full, independent investigation.

The Australian resolution, backed by France and Lithuania, is due to go to a vote about 5am AEST today.

But Russia, as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, has the power to veto the push to allow international experts to investigate the crash, retrieve bodies from the site and find out who was responsible for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday there should be an investigation.

The vote should flush out Russia's position on whether it will provide safe access for international investigators to collect the bodies, examine the site, access the black box flight recorders and hunt for those responsible for the atrocity.

Seeking answers ... a woman and her son lay flowers at the Netherlands embassy in Kiev on July 21, 2014. Picture: Sergei Supinsky Source: AFP

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a veto by the Russians would be viewed "very, very badly".

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie ­Bishop, in New York heading the team negotiating the resolution, said her ­immediate priority was to get international backing to secure the site and start an investigation.

"I say to the separatists and to the Russian Government that backs them, that there are 298 bodies on that site — their families, their loved ones want them home now,'' she said.

"This is not a time to use bodies as hostages or pawns in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.''

Bodies to got to Amsterdam

The bodies of the MH17 victims, including up to 39 Australian citizens and residents, will be transferred to Amsterdam as soon as possible, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says.

Some 251 bodies are currently in refrigerated trains in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.

Mr Yatsenyuk said the "bloody guerillas don't allow the train to leave" the station at Torez.

But when they do, the Ukrainian government plans to send the victims' remains to the Netherlands.

"We are ready to transfer all the bodies directly to Amsterdam," the Prime Minister told reporters in Kiev, adding the Dutch had "perfect forensic expertise" to identify the bodies.

Harsh conditions ... monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe examine wagons holding crash victims' bodies at a railway station in the town of Torez. Picture: Bulent Kilic Source: AFP

'Fighter jet near plane before crash'

Russia says its flight records show a Ukrainian fighter jet was flying close to the Malaysian passenger airliner just before it crashed and that Kiev was operating radar stations used for missile systems.

At a specially called briefing, Moscow also denied supplying Ukrainian separatists with Buk missile systems or any other weapons, as it sought to head off international accusations it was responsible for the downing of the Malaysian plane with 298 people on board.

Lieutenant-General Andrei Kartopolov said the Malaysian plane strayed north of its planned route, adding that a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet, which is typically equipped with air-to-air missiles, had been recorded in the proximity of the Boeing 777.

The Malaysian plane "deviated from its route to the North ... The maximum deviation was 14 kilometres," he said.

"An altitude gain was recorded for a Ukrainian armed forces plane," he told the briefing. "Its distance from the Malaysian Boeing was three to five kilometres," he said, noting that the SU-25 is capable of reaching a height of 10,000 metres "for a brief time." "With what aim was a military plane flying along a civilian aviation route practically at the same time and at the same flight level as a passenger liner?" said Kartopolov. "We would like to receive an answer to this question."

Makeshift memorials ... toys and flowers are placed at the crash site of MH17 near the village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region. Picture: Dmitry Lovetsky Source: AP

Airline compensates families

Malaysia Airlines says it will make an initial payment of $US5000 ($5410) as a goodwill gesture to families of passengers aboard its crashed flight MH17.

The Malaysian national carrier said it would provide the money to each passenger's immediate family "as goodwill to ease ... their economic needs".

"This financial assistance will not be offset against the final compensation, nor affect the families' legal rights to claim."

The airline said it was also providing families with hotel accommodation, meals and transport assistance, in addition to counselling.

Train station under fire

Intense fighting has broken out in the Ukrainian separatist stronghold city of Donetsk as international air crash investigators and observers arrive in the region to probe the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Shortly after 10am local time, suburban areas in the city were being hit by indiscriminate mortar shelling, sending residents fleeing for their lives.

Internal conflict ... pro-Russian militants drive a tank through the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk as intense clashes took place between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian rebels. Picture: Alexander Khudoteply Source: AFP

News Corp Australia saw at least four people killed in two separate mortar attacks including an elderly woman who had been walking through a courtyard park area.

Ukrainian Government officials refused to comment on the situation citing it as an "anti-terrorist" operation.

It is understood the main train station was bombed, locals reported seeing at least one tank and two Armoured Personnel Carriers on the main Panfilova Street in the heart of the city earlier in the morning towards the train station and the central Zapadnaya bus exchange.

"Why they do this why this," wailed one woman as she took shelter in the basement of a school. "We are just people, not soldiers. The bombs were falling one after another closer and closer."

It is holidays at the moment but in the one basement entered by News Corp there were about 70 children from nearby flats.

Violence flares ... pro-Russian separatist fighters closed off the roads in the area around the Donetsk train station and airport as local residents fled shelling and rocket fire. Picture: Alexander Khudoteply Source: AFP

The last selfie

As Gary Slok and his mother settled into their seats on flight MH17, there was just enough time to take and upload a selfie before take off.

That picture was to be their last.

Dream holiday ... Gary Slok, 15, and his mother Petra Langeveld posed for this excited selfie aboard the doomed Malaysia Airline MH17. Picture: Twitter Source: Twitter

"Gary and his mum Petra [Langeveld] were on their way to Malaysia to have the dream holiday of their life. Sadly they never got the chance to fulfil that dream," a soccer club spokesman from Gary's team in western Holland said.

"But his story and his last picture tell you how dreams of many people with wonderful lives ahead of them have been wrecked."

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‘Dead’ girl wakes up in coffin

Grave error ... a 3-year-old girl wakes up in a coffin after she was apparently incorrectly pronounced dead. Picture: YouTube Source: Supplied

A 3-YEAR-OLD girl who was pronounced dead after a fever woke up a day later — in a coffin, during her funeral ceremony.

Police confirmed the incredible incident to the Philippine Star , after footage of the child seemingly rising from the dead at the church service in Bayabas went viral over the weekend.

Citing accounts of the girl's parents, Police Senior Inspector Heidil Teelan said the toddler was taken to a local hospital on Friday after suffering a severe fever.

"During that time, the attending clinic personnel and physician confirmed that the young patient had no more pulse and was clinically dead last Saturday morning about 9am," Mr Teelan said.

The grave error was only discovered when a funeral attendee removed the cover of the girl's coffin and saw her head move.

Mr Teelan said the parents immediately gave the girl water and rushed her to a clinic for a check-up.

"We really cannot make confirmation on the status of the girl but based on the observation of the police personnel I deployed it appear the girl remained in a state of comatose in their house," he said.

The family is seeking treatment at a better-equipped hospital.

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Two die in Germany while watching final

Germany's players celebrate with the World Cup trophy after the 1-0 victory over Argentina. Source: AFP

TWO football supporters in Germany have been killed in separate incidents as they celebrated their country winning the World Cup final.

One 19-year-old man died in hospital on Monday from stab wounds after becoming involved in a scuffle at a cinema showing the match in the western city of Bremen.

The fight broke out after coverage of the match was interrupted, raising tensions and forcing patrons to move to another room to continue watching the game.

A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested by police.

In southern Germany, an elderly man died on the streets of the resort town of Bad Reichenhall in Upper Bavaria after being beaten around the head, Munich's Abendzeitung reported.

A woman was attacked soon afterwards by the same assailant, police believe, only a few streets away and she was taken to hospital.

Police are still searching for the assailant.

Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the final at the Maracana after an extra-time goal from Mario Gotze.

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Haftime entertainment ends in hospital

An NRL fan got more than he bargained for at the Monday night clash between Penrith and Brisbane when he broke his leg during the half-time entertainment.

Tyrone Peachey and Josh Masour injured on the sideline. Source: News Corp Australia

WHEN Phil Gould promised Panthers fans a revolution in match day entertainment this year, few could have predicted the hijinks that ensued on Monday night.

Continuing a long and notorious tradition of mishaps, rugby league produced another clanger as two Penrith fans were taken to hospital following a collision in the halftime show.

The pair were competing in a game called the 'Big Ball Bash', where two teams of fans sprint from either goal line to a giant ball, which then must be pushed over the opposition stripe to ensure victory.

Panther's Tyrone Peachey and Josh Masour injured on the sideline. Source: News Corp Australia

Only this time they didn't get that far. The two men went flying as bodies clashed, with one stretchered off with a suspected broken ankle.

The other suffered a suspected broken shoulder.

They at least shared each other's pain, travelling to hospital in the same ambulance.

A similar incident several years ago saw Canberra officials sued, but Panthers Group CEO Warren Wilson on Monday night confirmed that all participants in the halftime entertainment had signed waiver forms.

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Tween metal trio signed for $1.9M

Signed ... Malcolm Brickhouse (L), Jarad Dawkins (C) and Alec Atkins (R) of tween heavy metal band Unlocking the Truth have inked a $1.9 million record deal with Sony. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied

LAST summer a Brooklyn boy band performed on a Times Square street corner to collect spare change.

They filmed their performance and posted it on YouTube.

It went viral with 1.5 million views.

Now they've turned that exposure into cold, hard cash. Unlocking the Truth just inked a whopping $US1.8 million ($1.9 million) Sony record deal.

"I'm so excited! We've made it!" 12-year-old drummer Jarad Dawkins told the New York Post .

"We were discovered on YouTube," Dawkins continued, shouting over the noise at a New Jersey stadium where the boys were scheduled to perform on Friday night.

"After that we started getting calls and performing more and as we performed we got bigger and bigger," the pre-teen said.

The street sessions were supervised by the group's "mumager", 13-year-old guitarist Malcolm Brickhouse's mother Annette Jackson.

Bassist Alec Atkins, 13, completes the trio.

The band's manager, Alan Sacks, said a Sony exec called him after seeing the viral video.

Sacks says the boys have a chance of becoming the new face of rock because they are unique — black artists excelling in heavy metal, a genre typically dominated by white musicians.

The seven-figure Sony contract was submitted for a Manhattan judge's approval on Friday because the musicians are minors.

The deal includes 16 to 17 per cent in royalties, a fee that's slightly above the industry average, said entertainment attorney Richard Wolfe.

The deal is particularly impressive for artists without a track record, added Wolfe, who has repped Mariah Carey and Marilyn Manson.

But there is a hook on the exclusive five-album deal — the boys will only see the real money after an initial $US60,000 advance if their first album sells over 250,000 copies.

Another industry expert, James Sammataro of the law firm Stroock, called that bar "extremely high" noting that Beyonce's last album sold just over 600,000 units.

"The question is whether Sony is committed to seeing whether these precocious rockers can change the face of rock if their YouTube success does not — as often is the case — immediately translate into paid downloads," he added.

Read more at the New York Post.

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Eddie: ‘Get stuffed, Sydney’

Collingwood President Eddie McGuire has hit back at accusations of self-interest from Sydney Chairman Andrew Pridham accusing the Swans of hypocrisy when it comes to academies.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire fires back at Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham. Picture: Herald Sun Source: News Limited

COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire has questioned Andrew Pridham's football credentials after the new Swans' chairman referred to him as ''the equivalent of Clive Palmer''.

"I'm not sure he could draw a football, let alone knows much about the competition,'' McGuire told The Daily Telegraph.

"At least in my stoushes with (former Swans chairman) Richard Colless there was a bit of cut and thrust, but this bloke (Pridham) has just turned up.

"I''ve given 17 years of unpaid service (to Collingwood) promoting the game, my club and trying to promote other clubs. I wouldn't know this bloke if I fell over him.''

Pridham launched a scathing attack on the omnipresent McGuire claiming he "dominated the agenda for reasons of self-interest'' and that no one dared keep him to account.

Pridham, an investment banker who had been on the Swans board for 12 years before succeeding Colless, also referred patronisingly to McGuire's professional roles, saying: ''We all know that being a footy club president and a game show host and football commentator is a very important occupation, but it's going a bit far when you start talking about the national interest''.

The Swans have been stung by the loss of their 9.8 per cent "cost of living allowance'' which was removed after they flaunted their hefty salary cap advantage by recruiting high-priced forwards Kurt Tippett and Lance Franklin in successive seasons.

The allowance was scrapped after objections by many Melbourne clubs and McGuire claimed that he had fought to ensure it was phased out gradually rather than taken away immediately as some had insisted.

McGuire was unrepentant about his role in "creating a level playing field for all teams''. "Everyone knew COLA (the cost of living allowance) was a croc. We knew that 10 years ago.''

More recently, Victorian clubs have questioned the operation of the Swans' academy that will allow them to develop and gain access to the still limited number of top-flight players from Sydney.

The Swans claim Victorian clubs have a similar advantage with the large number of players that come from local schools and who want to remain in Melbourne.

But McGuire says that participation rates in Victorians schools are declining and, with it, the prime source of talent for the AFL. ''We need to be doing something about the game in the heartland region and for the clubs that are paying their own way, not just the ones that are living off it.''

Earlier, on his Triple-M radio show, McGuire claimed the Swans failure to develop the game in Sydney had led to the establishment of the Giants. Yet the Swans had voted against the Giants' establishment.

"When you talk about developing the game on a national level, Collingwood and all the others voted for GWS to come in, but there was one team who fought harder than anyone — in fact the only opposition to it — was the Swans,'' he said. "They are the greatest protectors of their self interest that God's put breath into it.''

Fittingly given the level of banter to which the debate descended, McGuire finished his radio segment by saying "get stuffed Sydney''.

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Eddie: ‘Get stuffed, Sydney’

Collingwood President Eddie McGuire has hit back at accusations of self-interest from Sydney Chairman Andrew Pridham accusing the Swans of hypocrisy when it comes to academies.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire fires back at Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham. Picture: Herald Sun Source: News Limited

COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire has questioned Andrew Pridham's football credentials after the new Swans' chairman referred to him as ''the equivalent of Clive Palmer''.

"I'm not sure he could draw a football, let alone knows much about the competition,'' McGuire told The Daily Telegraph.

"At least in my stoushes with (former Swans chairman) Richard Colless there was a bit of cut and thrust, but this bloke (Pridham) has just turned up.

"I''ve given 17 years of unpaid service (to Collingwood) promoting the game, my club and trying to promote other clubs. I wouldn't know this bloke if I fell over him.''

Pridham launched a scathing attack on the omnipresent McGuire claiming he "dominated the agenda for reasons of self-interest'' and that no one dared keep him to account.

Pridham, an investment banker who had been on the Swans board for 12 years before succeeding Colless, also referred patronisingly to McGuire's professional roles, saying: ''We all know that being a footy club president and a game show host and football commentator is a very important occupation, but it's going a bit far when you start talking about the national interest''.

The Swans have been stung by the loss of their 9.8 per cent "cost of living allowance'' which was removed after they flaunted their hefty salary cap advantage by recruiting high-priced forwards Kurt Tippett and Lance Franklin in successive seasons.

The allowance was scrapped after objections by many Melbourne clubs and McGuire claimed that he had fought to ensure it was phased out gradually rather than taken away immediately as some had insisted.

McGuire was unrepentant about his role in "creating a level playing field for all teams''. "Everyone knew COLA (the cost of living allowance) was a croc. We knew that 10 years ago.''

More recently, Victorian clubs have questioned the operation of the Swans' academy that will allow them to develop and gain access to the still limited number of top-flight players from Sydney.

The Swans claim Victorian clubs have a similar advantage with the large number of players that come from local schools and who want to remain in Melbourne.

But McGuire says that participation rates in Victorians schools are declining and, with it, the prime source of talent for the AFL. ''We need to be doing something about the game in the heartland region and for the clubs that are paying their own way, not just the ones that are living off it.''

Earlier, on his Triple-M radio show, McGuire claimed the Swans failure to develop the game in Sydney had led to the establishment of the Giants. Yet the Swans had voted against the Giants' establishment.

"When you talk about developing the game on a national level, Collingwood and all the others voted for GWS to come in, but there was one team who fought harder than anyone — in fact the only opposition to it — was the Swans,'' he said. "They are the greatest protectors of their self interest that God's put breath into it.''

Fittingly given the level of banter to which the debate descended, McGuire finished his radio segment by saying "get stuffed Sydney''.

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Heigl insists she’s not difficult

Put on a happy face ... Katherine Heigl insists she's not difficult to work with. Source: Getty Images

Katherine Heigl, who's currently trying to get her career back on track, would like everyone to know that she's not difficult and that she loves her job.

Speaking at a press day to promote her new television drama, State of Affairs, the actress found herself having to defend the long-held perception that she's a nightmare to work with.

"I certainly don't see myself as being difficult. I would never intend to be difficult," Heigl said, according to People . "If I ever disappointed somebody, it was never intentional."

At least she'll have someone in her corner on her new show — her mum Nancy is taking on executive producing duties on the show, which focuses on a CIA analyst who counsels the US president, played by Alfre Woodard.

A family affair ... (top L-R) executive producers Bob Simonds, Rodney Faraon, Nancy Heigl, (Bottom L-R) executive producer Ed Bernero, actors Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard and executive producer Joe Carnahan speak onstage at a "State of Affairs" panel in Beverly Hills. Source: Getty Images

"I am her mother for sure. Of course I care about [Katherine]," Nancy Heigl, who's never produced before, told reporters. "I'm just learning about executive producing from those who really know. I'm a newcomer. It's been interesting."

When Heigl was asked what her mum would bring to the table, she joked, "She'll bake us cookies."

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Israelis admit to burning teen

Outrage ... A mourners holds a picture of Mohammed Abu Khder. Picture: Thomas Coex Source: AFP

OF THE six Israelis held over the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager last week, three have confessed to the murder, a source close to the investigation says.

"Three out of six suspects in custody have confessed to the murder and burning of Mohammed Abu Khder, and performed a re-enactment of the crime" in front of officers, the source said on Monday, requesting anonymity.

Israel arrested six Jewish extremists on Sunday in connection with the killing of 16-year-old Abu Khder on July 2, in a gruesome attack that triggered days of clashes in annexed east Jerusalem and Arab Israeli towns.

Jewish support ... Members of Neturei Karta, a small faction of anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose Israel's existence, hold pictures of Palestinian youth Mohammed Abu Khder. Picture: Ahmad Gharabli Source: AFP

The attack is believed to have been in revenge for the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank last month, and the twin attacks have ratcheted up tensions throughout Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Authorities have placed a gag order on most aspects of the investigation into Abu Khder's murder.

But Honenu, a legal organisation which defends right-wing Jewish extremists, said it was representing six people — three of them minors — whose remand was extended by the Petah Tikva magistrates court, just outside Tel Aviv, on Sunday.

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