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Olympics Tuesday highlights: Heavily pregnant fencer into last 16
Tuesday’s best and worst from the Paris Olympics. Simone Biles’ redemption, Nada Hafez reaches round of 16 seven months pregnant, while a kayak coach gets arrested after getting into police brawl over public urination.
Simone Biles and Team USA earned a sweet “redemption” by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics on Tuesday.
With Biles, the US total of 171.296 was well clear of Italy and Brazil and the exclamation point of a yearlong run in which Biles cemented her legacy as the greatest ever in the sport.
The team called their Paris Olympic campaign “Redemption Tour” after Biles withdrew from the previous Summer Games in Tokyo due to mental health reasons.
Egyptian fencer says she competed in Paris while 7 months pregnant
Nada Hafez on Tuesday posted on Instagram that she was “carrying a little Olympian one”, just hours after she reached the round of 16 in women’s sabre.
“My baby & I had our fair share of challenges, be it both physical & emotional,” she wrote
The 26-year-old fencer from Cairo beat Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the US, before losing to Jeon Hayoung of South Korea.
Kayak coach detained after brawl with police over public urination
A French coach working at the Paris Olympics was detained after allegedly hitting police officers who attempted to stop him from urinating on the streets in eastern Paris.
The man was been suspended by the French Canoe and Kayak Federation and police opened an investigation.
He had been hosting public service events at the canoeing and kayaking venue in Vaires-sur-Marne east of Paris.
Aussie swimmer beats world-record holder to win women’s 100 meters
Kaylee McKeown surged to the front about halfway through the return lap and reached for the wall in 57.33, winning by a relatively comfortable margin over world-record holder Regan Smith from the US.
New Zealand’s women win back-to-back rugby sevens titles
New Zealand defeated Canada 19-12 to win their consecutive rugby 7s Olympic gold, as the US edged Australia 14-12 to earn bronze for their first Olympic medal in rugby sevens.
Despite winning the gold, one of the most representative New Zealand players, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, was hard on herself after the game, saying she “probably played the worst rugby and worst tournament I’ve ever had in my career…but I’m grateful because my girls had my back. I was able to do my job…when it got to it.”
Britain’s rugby sevens player investigated over racism
British Olympic authorities are investigating women’s rugby sevens player Amy Wilson-Hardy over an alleged racist message, after a screengrab of a phone conversation involving the player appeared on social media.
The team said Wilson-Hardy isn’t under suspension. However, she sat out during the last day of Olympic rugby 7s competitions, reportedly due to an injury.
France, Germany, Canada clinch men’s basketball quarterfinals
France reached the quarterfinals after a last-second comeback to beat Japan 94-90 in overtime. Also now officially in the Olympic quarterfinals: Germany and Canada, plus the US vs South Sudan winner.
The full quarterfinal field may not be known until Saturday, when the draw for the quarterfinal matchups will be held. Knockouts start next week in Paris.
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Man charged with attempted murder, released after allegedly forcing toddler into crocodile enclosure at zoo
Man FORCES child into crocodile enclosure
A British man has been arrested after allegedly forcing a 3-year-old boy into a crocodile enclosure at a zoo. The child suffered critical injuries, and authorities say the suspect did not know the boy as the investigation continues.
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A man was released from custody on Friday after he was charged with attempted murder for allegedly forcing a 3-year-old boy into a crocodile enclosure at a zoo.
Cambridgeshire police said that the man, who remains unidentified, wasn’t fit to be interviewed.
The boy suffered critical injuries in the incident at Johnsons of Old Hurst, a farm and zoo in Huntingdon, England, north of London.
The 30-year-old man will remain on bail until Sept. 30, pending further inquiries.
GEORGIA MOM’S WALMART TRIP DEVOLVES INTO ‘TUG-OF-WARRING’ IN DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE HER SON
A crocodile rests inside an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst, a farm and zoo in Old Hurst, Cambridgeshire, Britain, on April 14, 2026. (Dorota Dee Trajdos/Reuters)
“The man, who is not known to the victim, was assessed as not being fit for interview,” police said in a statement.
The boy is in stable condition, after reportedly suffering a broken arm and pelvis.
He was saved from the crocodile by Tracey Johnson, the wife of the zoo’s owner.
MOTHER JUMPS INTO WATER TO SAVE 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO FELL BETWEEN CRUISE SHIP AND DOCK
“I know Tracey very well and she’s a lovely lady and it’s nothing more than I’d expect from her,” a local told BBC News. “She’d always put her own life at risk to save someone else. She’s an extraordinary lady and very brave.
The villager added that Johnson put herself in “immense danger” during the rescue.
The owners said their tropical house would remain closed until further notice.
Crocodiles rest inside an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst farm and zoo in Old Hurst, Cambridgeshire, Britain, on April 14, 2026. (Dorota Dee Trajdos/Reuters)
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the boy and his family following the incident that occurred today,” the owners wrote on social media.
Johnsons of Old Hurst is a farm and zoo north of London in Huntingdon, England. (Google Maps)
Huntingdonshire district councillor Charlotte Lowe said she couldn’t “fathom how it’s happened because they’ve got all the right protection and safety equipment, for want of a better word, in there,” The Guardian reported.
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US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his comments on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying she asked him “over and over” for a photo when the pair met at the G7 summit in France earlier this week.
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Following the summit, Trump told an Italian journalist that he “felt sorry for Meloni” after she “begged me to take a picture with her”.
Meloni hit back in a video posted to social media, branding Trump’s claims as “completely made up” and insisting that neither she nor Italy begs anyone for anything.
The once close pair’s relationship has grown increasingly fractious in recent months, particularly since Rome refused to provide the US support for its operations in Iran and after Meloni defended Pope Leo XIV, who was criticised by the Trump administration over his remarks on the war and the US’s immigration policies.
“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Saturday. “She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon”.
“Now, after the United States defeated Iran militarily, she wants to be friends again in order to get her “numbers up.” No thanks!!!” Trump added.
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