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Polish man dies after Strasbourg attack A Polish man who was critically wounded during aterror attack at a Christmas marketin the French city of Strasbourg died from his injuries on Sunday. Barto Orent-Niedzielski was the fifth fatality from last weekʼs mass shooting. "My brother Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski has just passed away. He thanks you for the love and strength you have given him," the brother of the 36-year-old Polish-born victim wrote on Facebook. Orent-Niedzielski and his Italian friend Antonio Megalizzi had blocked the attacker from entering a concert venue during Tuesdayʼs assault. When they saw the attacker, they reportedly rushed to stop him.

Megalizzi, 28, died from his injuries on Friday. Orent-Niedzielski and Megalizzi have been credited with preventing a massacre on the scale of the 2015 Paris attackwhen 90 people lost their lives at the Bataclan.

United Nations refugee compact: What you need to know After two years of intense negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly is due on Monday to adopt a new refugee accord in an attempt to better manage those seeking international refuge in the wake of the 2015/2016 European migrant crisis.

The UN refugee compact contains a set of measures to help host nations, whose public services and infrastructure often struggle to cope with the increased burden of supporting people displaced by conflict, persecution and natural disasters.

The nonbinding compact also encourages solutions that help refugees become self-reliant in their host countries, and that improve conditions in countries of origin to allow their safe and dignified return.

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Saudi Arabia slams US resolution blaming crown prince for Khashoggi murder Riyadh has accused Washington of undermining its sovereignty

Saudi Arabia has rejected a resolution by the US Senate directly blaming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

Saudi Arabia has "categorically" rejected a resolution from the US Senate blaming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and another to end American military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen. "The kingdom categorically rejects any interference in its internal affairs, any and all accusations ... that disrespect its leadership ... and any attempts to undermine its sovereignty or diminish its stature," read a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry released early Monday. Read more: Yemen is ʼthe biggest humanitarian disaster in the worldʼ The statement added that the resolution was "based upon unsubstantiated claims," and said Khashoggiʼs death was "a deplorable crime that does not reflect the kingdomʼs policy nor its institutions." In addition to the Khashoggi vote on Thursday, the upper house of the US Congress also passed the resolution ordering the USto cease cooperation with the Saudi-led bombing campaign in

Yementhat has devastated the civilian population there. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, was a Saudi citizen and permanent resident of the US. His work regularly criticized the rights abuses carried out by the Saudi regime. He was murdered on October 2 after entering Riyadhʼs consulate in Istanbul, where he had gone to obtain papers necessary to marry his Turkish fiancee. Despiteevidence indicating that bin Salman ordered the killing, Saudi Arabia has maintained it was a rogue operation. US lawmakers passed the anti-Saudi resolutions after growing discontent with President Donald Trumpʼs acceptance of the crown princeʼs innocence, even from within his own Republican Party. The resolutions cannot be debated in the House of Representatives before January, and are likely to be vetoed by Trump. The resolutions acknowledge the importance of USSaudi ties, but call upon Riyadh to moderate "its increasingly erratic foreign policy."

British kingpin drug smuggler Robert Dawes on trial in Paris The record drugs haul at Parisʼ Charles de Gaulle airport in September 2013 was the start of a combined operation by French, Spanish and British police which led to the arrest of 46-year-old Dawes at his home on the Costa del Sol in Spain in November 2015. He was then extradited to France for trial. Dawesʼ trial began at the Cour dʼAssises (Assizes Court) in the French capital last week where he is appearing with two other Britons and three Italians. They face up to 30 years in prison and fines of €7.5 million ($8.4 million) if convicted. Spanish police have accused Dawes of leading the biggest criminal organization in Europe devoted to drug trafficking, money laundering and murder. Testifying at the trial last week, Robert Hickinbottom of Britainʼs National Crime Agency said Dawes was suspected of being involved in the 2002 murder of a teacher in the Netherlands, of money-laundering in the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, and dealings with Colombian drug cartels.

German police shoot dead 74-year-old man Police in Bochum fatally shot a 74year-old man on Sunday in a rare instance where law enforcement officers discharged their firearms. Police were called to an apartment building on the southern side of the city at 7:50 p.m. local time (1850 UTC), a spokesman for the Bochum police told DW, but said the original reason police were called to the scene is not yet known.

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European Court of Justice rules Polish arrest warrants can be halted The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against extraditing suspects to Poland on Wednesday if there are "serious and fact-based grounds" to believe the suspect would not receive a fair trial. The ruling concernsa Polish man in Irelandwho claims recent justice reforms in Poland harmed his chances of being treated fairly.

The man is suspected of drug trade. In recent years, Polandʼs ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has been working to place courts under a tighter control of the executive branch. Among other steps, the parliament now has power to choose members of the National Council of the Judiciary whose job is to oversee judicial impartiality.

More recently, the lawmakers changed retirement age for the Supreme Court judges, which critics believe was aimed at ousting the most experienced judges and stacking the body with government supporters. The Supreme Court and its chief Malgorzata Gersdorf are opposing the move.

Hungaryʼs university ban on gender studies heats up culture war Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen hinted at it during an interview in August: Hungarian universities would no longer offer gender studies as a discipline. According to Semjen, nobody wanted to employ "genderologists," so there was no need to train them. He also called the idea of gender as a social construct "absurd."

The subject has now officially been abolished. Last weekend a government decree signed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban came into force, removing gender studies from the list of masterʼs programmes. Degree courses in the discipline that have already begun can be completed.

But after that, the subject will be banned at Hungarian universities. A master’s degree in gender studies is currently offered at two Hungarian universities: Budapestʼs state-funded Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Hungaryʼs oldest university, and theCentral European University (CEU), a private institution funded by Hungarian-American billionaireGeorge Sorosʼ Open Society Foundation. Around 20 students have taken part in the masters program at each university.

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Hungary: 15,000 take to streets in 4th day of protests Demonstrators are seeking an end to Prime Minister Viktor Orbanʼs creeping authoritarianism

Mexican journalist shot dead at restaurant Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, the editor of a local news outlet in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, was shot dead Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Mexicoʼs wave of journalist murders. Martinez, who owned and ran the publication Enfoque, had just dropped off his daughters at school and was breakfasting with his wife at a local restaurant when two people on a motorcycle stopped in front of the couple and opened fire, local media reported. Martinezʼs wife survived the attack, and was receiving medical attention, Mexican newspaper El Uni‐ versal said. The Chiapas attorney generalʼs office announced on Twitter that it was investigating the murder.

Smoke grenades and tear gas filled the air in Budapest as thousands rallied against a new "slave law" passed last week.

More than 15,000 people filled the streets of Budapest on Sunday night in the fourth and largest protest in a week against the right-wing nationalist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungarians are demonstrating against what they call the governmentʼs new "slave law" that allows employers to demand hundreds of hours of overtime a year. Protesters braved belowfreezing temperatures, chanting "Orban, get lost!" as they marched toward Hungaryʼs public television headquarters. They had been hoping

Confusion over missing Saudi journalist in Turkey who ʼvanishedʼ from consulate Turkish and Saudi officials have given conflicting reports on the whereabouts of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday. Khashoggi, a regular contributor to The Washington Post, has been a fierce critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and has criticized Saudi Arabiaʼs policies toward Qatar and Canada,the war in Yemen and a

to read a declaration on air but were not permitted to do so. The demonstrators proceeded to hurl smoke grenades, prompting the police to retaliate with tear gas. "All I want for Xmas is democracy," read one banner. The protests — the first to bring together all opposition parties, from greens to the far right, since Orban came to power in 2010 — have been the most violent in Hungary in more than 10 years. Dozens of people were arrested and several police officers injured. crackdown on dissent, the media and activists. Khashoggiʼs personal website bore a banner saying, "Jamal has been arrested at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul!" without elaborating. A Saudi official denied that Khashoggi had been detained inside the consulate. "Mr. Khashoggi visited the consulate to request paperwork related to his marital status and exited shortly thereafter," the official said.

"He is neither in the consulate nor in Saudi custody."

Afghan leader rejects resignation of spy chief, top ministers President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday

urged Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak, Defense Minister Tareq Shah Bahrami, and intelligence chief Masoum Stanekzai to stay in their posts, the Afghan government said.

The three officials submitted resignation letters on Saturday, citing policy differences and a spate of deadly attacks. "President Ghani did not approve their resignations... and gave them the necessary instructions to improve the security situation," a statement from the presidential palace said. The offers to step down followed the resignation of Ghaniʼs national security adviser and close ally, Hanif Atmar, on Friday. Atmar, one of the countryʼs most powerful politicians, has been replaced by former ambassador to the US Hamdullah Mohib.

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Man finds himself sitting next to Germanyʼs Angela Merkel on flight to G20 A man who sat next to Angela Merkel on a commercial flight has shared his impressions of the German chancellor. Merkel was forced to take an Iberia Airlines flight after her government plane had problems.

Agustin Aguero sat next to Merkel in business class during the approximately 13-hour flight that took the chancellor to the G20 summit, where shearrived late due to technical problemson the German military plane that was to have taken her to Argentina. The plane problem forced Merkel to take a commercial flight via Madrid after staying at a hotel in Bonn on Thursday night.

Aguero posted pictures on Twitter of himself sitting next to Merkel. The 28-year-old told Germanyʼs DPA news agency that he had not

German intelligence foiled 2016 Islamic State terror attack Three teams of "Islamic State" (IS) terrorists were to have traveled to Germany in 2016 to prepare for and carry out a devastating attack — with the target possibly a music festival. A man, Oguz G., and woman, Marcia M., who traveled to Syria in autumn 2015 to join IS were to have played a central role in the attack. From ISʼ then-de facto capital of Raqqa, Marcia M. — who was herself a convert to Islam — tried to recruit women in northern Germany to marry IS members so that they could be granted permission to enter Germany. However, one of the women who was contacted was an informant for Germanyʼsdomestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), who alerted authorities. Details of the case emerged after an investigation by the German broadcasters ARD and WDR, as well as the Süd‐ deutsche Zeitung and Zeit newspapers.

The case was confirmed by the German Federal Prosecutorʼs Office.

expected the most powerful woman in the world to be a normal person.

"She ate yogurt, read a book and slept a little bit," Aguero said. She had no special requests, he explained. An hour before landing, the chancellor went to the cockpit and took a picture with the crew. "I didnʼt dare speak to her. But she looked over and smiled a few times. She was very relaxed," Aguero said.

Merkel and her entourage exited the plane before the other passengers and made it to a G20 evening gala with other world leaders.

EU leaders sign off ʼtragicʼ divorce with Britain

Leaders of the European Union gathered in Brussels have endorsed an agreement on Britainʼs departure from the 28-nation bloc. But British PM Theresa May still needs to get the deal approved by the UK parliament. Leaders of 27 European Union nations on Sunday endorsed an agreement detailing the terms and conditions on which Britain will leave the bloc on March 19, 2019.

"EU27 has endorsed the Withdrawal

Agreement and Political Declaration on the future EU-UK relations," European Council President Donald Tusk announced on Twitter. The proposed deal outlines how Britain can keep close to the EU market after a two- to four-year transition. The treaty also covers financial matters, citizensʼ rights and Brexitʼs impact on Northern Ireland, and sets out hopes for future security and trade ties between the EU and Britain.

Recession fears grip emerging markets amid currency crises Turkey, South Africa and Argentina are among the emerging economies most at risk of recession, chief economist for business information provider IHS Markit, Nariman Behravesh, told DW. The countries, which have seen their currencies battered this year, have "twin deficits" and large amounts of dollar and euro-denominated debt.

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286/2018 • 18 December, 2018 Germany attempts ʼface-savingʼ resolution to Saudi drugs boycott

The human rightsrow between Saudi Arabia and Canada made international headlinesin recent weeks, when the Riyadh government suddenly suspended new trade and investment to the Great White North. The punitive measures were in response to a simple tweet by Canadaʼs foreign minster, calling for the release of two jailed Saudi activists. Receiving less attention has been the diplomatic spat between Europeʼs No. 1 economy and the oil-rich kingdom — also sparked by a ministerʼs comments; this time Sigmar Gabriel, Germanyʼs thenforeign minister. During the political crisis in Lebanon last November that saw Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resign and later rescind his decision, Riyadh was widely accused of forcing his departure, which Gabriel alluded to as "adventurism." ʼShamefulʼ remarks hurt tiesRiyadh immediately recalled its ambassador to Berlin, telling the German government the comments were "shameful."

In May, it went further and froze all new business with Germany. Over the subsequent months, several German pharmaceutical and medical technology firms, including Siemens Healthineers, Bayer and Boerhringer Ingelheim, have been excluded from public healthcare tenders in the kingdom. A pharmaceutical industry source told DW, on condition of anonymity, that Saudi authorities had not given any written explanation about the exclusion, and that there was no clear path for Germany to resolve the issue. Efforts by German diplomats to mediate with Saudi authorities were delayed, initially, by the Holy Month of Ramadan, and the summer break, as Gulf countries stop work in July and August due to the extreme heat.

eBay sues Amazon for allegedly poaching its sellers Online retailer eBay filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against its competitor Amazon, accusing the Seattle-based giant of using eBayʼs own messaging system to steal sellers. eBay described Amazonʼs scheme as an "orchestrated, coordinated, worldwide campaign" to "illegally lure eBay sellers." While both eBay and Amazonʼs revenue is boosted by independent sellers, the group has become a greater part of Amazonʼs recent growth. In 2017, more than half the items sold on Amazon came from third-party sellers. In eBayʼs lawsuit, Amazon representatives are accused of creating eBay accounts and then messaging sellers to persuade them to take their goods to Amazon.com instead. eBay argues that the move violated its user agreement.

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Greeceʼs debt crisis leaves nation hungry and children malnourished Freed from the strict orders of international creditors, Greece is now witnessing a financial recovery. But years of biting budget cuts have left the country scarred and many Greeks starving.

Itʼs nearly noon and the main fish shop in the city of Marathon is empty.

"No one has set foot inside," says Maria Hasiotou, sitting and smoking by the till. "If they havenʼt come in so far, they probably wonʼt come at all."

"Itʼs probably another day of beans or pasta," she huffs, strutting to a sprawling stand in the front of her shop covering three containers of fresh fish, mainly sardines and sea breams. Hardship in Greece is surfacing in ways that few would have ever foreseen. And, hunger and undernourishment are now part of that specter.

French gas stations left dry by ʼyellow vestʼ blockades French gas giant Total on Monday said "yellow vest" protesters continue to block 11 major fuel depots, resulting in 75 gas stations running out of fuel. A company spokesman said that if the blockade werenʼt lifted soon, more petrol stations could run out of fuel. In the region of Brittany, local officials have considered imposing restrictions on how much gas motorists can buy to prevent more stations from going dry. France has been gripped by anti-government protests since French President Emmanuel Macron introduced sweeping measures to combat climate change, including a fuel tax hike. On Saturday, riots broke out in Paris, leaving scores injured and costly devastation in its wake. Protesters believe Macron needs to withdraw the reforms, citing high living costs in the country. But the government has refused to back down. Instead, Macron said last week that the protests show "that we shouldnʼt change course because it is the right one."

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The small, but surprising secret to Germanyʼs economic success Itʼs a dreaded dinner party question that leaves many of us scrambling to make our mundane jobs sound more interesting than they are. Itʼs also the first thing I ask Steffen Lange, the branch manager of a company called "Berliner Schrauben" (Berlin screws), when we meet at his workplace on a cold autumn morning. "Itʼs all in the name," he tells me. "Where weʼre from: Berlin. And what we focus on — screws." But the name doesnʼt quite reveal the full story.

Screws account for 60 percent of turnover. Berliner Schrauben also supplies pipe fixtures, dowels, wood connectors and a range of associated tools. It might not dazzle your dinner party guests. But itʼs pretty likely to pay for the wine. Berliner Schrauben exemplifies Germanyʼs "mittelstand." The term refers to small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 500 employees and an annual turnover of no more than €50 million ($57 million).

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A study released recently by the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute has sent shock waves across the country, showing that children have been hit hardest by the eightyear financial crisis that has wrecked Greece, leaving 25 percent of the working population here without a job. Thatʼs four times more than before the onset of the crisis in 2009, when Greeceʼs economy skid off the fiscal cliff ,forcing the country to sign up to a string of international bailouts— the biggest and toughest in financial history.

Asia faces tough contradictions in dealing with climate change

As the UN climate conference wraps up, Asiaʼs emissionproducing economic powerhouses have said their growing wealth doesnʼt guarantee they can fully comply with the Paris agreement without assistance.

On Saturday climate change delegates concluded their latest round of negotiations on implementing the Paris agreement at the UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland. The delegates at COP24 worked to agree on a so-called "rule book" for the Paris agreement that spells out a cohesive set of standards and procedures for enacting emissionsreducing policies to be followed by treaty signatories. A major sticking point in negotiations was hammering outa new set of transparency standards. Negotiators and NGOs representing developing countries at COP24 have said that the rule book would impose new and difficult guidelines on them, while letting developed countries set the rules and ignore the consequences.

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Climate change pun ʼHeisszeitʼ is German Word of the Year 2018 Germanyʼs summer was extremely hot in 2018

date on show in Maastricht Most people associate the name David Lynch with bizarre movies that dive deeper into the subconscious than many might be comfortable with. Award-winning films like Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet or the cult TV series Twin Peaks have become synonymous with the director, epitomizing his unmistakably disturbing style exploring what lurks underneath the surface of American society.

Still David Lynch is not only a film director but also an accomplished artist, whose paintings, sketches, sculptures, photographs, video installations and mixed media works have been shown around the world. The Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht now brings Lynchʼs work as an artist to The Netherlands for the first time.

The works shown at the exhibition "David Lynch: Someone is in my house" span from Lynchʼs childhood in the 1950s to his most recent work from 2018.

Visit Budapest’s most charming Basilica Advent Fair

Germanyʼs summer was extremely hot in 2018, but the term "Heisszeit," or warm age, also reflects climate change as a whole.

"Heisszeit," literally "hot time," is the German Word of the Year 2018, the Association for the German Language announced on Friday. The German expression for "warm age," as opposed to the ice age, which is "Eiszeit" in German, was chosen by the Association for the German Language not only to reflect an extremely hot summer, but also "the most serious global phenomena of the early 21st century, climate change," the association said. The

jury added that they picked the expression because it offered an interesting play on words. However, within minutes of the announcement, several German Twitter users noted that it was also the first time they were actually hearing the word.

This yearʼs runner-up is "Funklochrepublik," which refers to the fact that there are still many network "dead zones" in Germany, an important political issue in the country this year.

German police stop far-right concert over Nazi chants German police shut down a far-right concert Saturday after members of the crowd started chanting "Sieg Heil" (Hail Victory), a Nazi-era victory slogan. German law forbids the use of any kind of Nazi slogan or symbol, such as displaying swastikas. The concert, which took place in Ostritz, a small town in the eastern state of Saxony, had drawn several hundred people, police said. "Two far-right bands played in front of several hundred participants," Saxony police said in a statement. "Around 11:20 p.m. (local

time, 2220 UTC), the policemen guarding the event heard ʼSieg Heilʼ chants. Several locals also reported to police about it." "Police ended the concert around 1:10 a.m. and all participants left the area," the statement added. Officials have opened an investigation into the incident. Far-right groups regularly hold rock concerts in Ostritz, a small town near Poland. In April, hundreds of neo-Nazis gathered in the town to participate in a festival timed to coincide with Nazi leader Adolf Hitlerʼs birthday.

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Renovated Museum of Fine Arts to Open on 31 October AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF RENOVATION, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BUDAPEST WILL OPEN ON 31 OCTOBER. NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC

The Advent Fair by St Stephen’s Basilica is one of the most atmospheric in Budapest.

Centrepieced by a towering Christmas tree and a free ice-rink for kids, stalls offer delicious dishes and all things jolly, while special light shows projected onto the façade of the Basilica make every night special. See below for tips on what to eat, drink and buy – and find out what film star Antonio Banderas was up to here last year! Right in the city centre, this Christmas fair has been improving year upon year, offering an enchanted experience for all ages. The main attraction is a recent one, illuminated visuals projected onto the façade of the historic Basilica.

Thanks to the largest-scale and most comprehensive reconstruction project in the museum’s history, the museum building has been renewed, and, returning to the collection’s first concept, the museum’s permanent exhibitions will also be rearranged. Besides the new permanent exhibitions, the revamped museum will welcome visitors with a chamber exhibition titled Leonardo & the Budapest Horse and Rider. The museum reconstruction, implemented within the framework of the Liget Budapest Project, included the restoration of the Romanesque Hall, which sustained severe damage in World War II and since then had been only partially renovated and used as a storage area, along with the modernisation of the building’s obsolete heating system, the installation of air conditioning in some of the exhibition halls, the renewal of a large part of the roof structure, as well as the addition of new exhibition spaces, visitor areas and modern storage facilities.

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Dina Asher-Smith named in IAAF Female Athlete of the Year shortlist

Britainʼs Dina Asher-Smith has been named in the five-strong shortlist for the 2018 IAAF Female Athlete of the Year award. The triple European champion is joined by fellow sprinter Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas. Belgian heptathlete Nafissatou Thiam, Colombian triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen and steeplechaser Beatrice Chepkoech from Kenya complete the list. The award will be presented on 4 December in Monaco.

Tiger Woodsʼ World Challenge event highlights flaw in golfʼs ranking system

Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica

Arjen Robbenʼs finale at Bayern Munich the longawaited end of an era

A brilliant second half free kick from captain Aleksandar Kolarov led Serbia to a deserved win over Costa Rica. Serbia were wasteful in front of goal but did enough to secure three vital points in Group E. Another World Cup day, another sublime freekick. If Cristiano Ronaldo’s ice-cold effort tosnatch a point against arch-rivals Spain on day two was the current goal of the tournament front-runner, the Portuguese may have just met his match. Aleksandar Kolarov, take a bow. A combination of poor finishing and sublime goalkeeping had kept the scores level until Serbia’s no.11 produced his moment of magic. Kolarov’s powerful left foot is no secret, but few inside the stadium would have expected such a thunderous strike when the Roma defender stood over a free kick midway through the second half. His shot was unstoppable; a side-footed missile which screamed into the top corner of the Costa Rica net.

Kaylor Navas, who kept his team in the game with several crucial saves either side of half time, was nowhere near it.

Arjen Robben has confirmed that this will be his last season for Bayern Munich

Arjen Robben has confirmed that this will be his last season for Bayern Munich, and Franck Ribery is also expected to leave. While the decision might be overdue, it also demands recognition of Robbenʼs achievements.

It was time. Perhaps itʼs two years too late, but Arjen Robben is leaving Bayern Munich. It felt like the two would never part, caught up in a love story that was fated to drag on well after the marriage had stopped working.

But now the Dutchman has declared that this will be his final season in red and white, and it feels right. In leaving though, Robben has reminded both his club and the football world that he is so much more than a winger who can cut in from the right. Robben is

probably the greatest Bayern Munich player of the last decade. Since his arrival in 2009, he has so often been a match winner. Under Louis van Gaal he sparkled to the point where if he and Franck Ribery were out, Bayernʼs attack struggled. Under Jupp Heynckes Robben won it all and under Pep Guardiola he became a more rounded talent, appreciating the need for defensive wing work and caring for his body in a way that left him less fragile.

Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager charged with misconduct for derby celebration

Golfʼs world rankings are compromised by pandering to Tiger Woodsʼ year-end jolly in the Bahamas. It is a shame because the official standings do a fine job in determining the gameʼs pecking order. It is a complex business, reflecting play of differing standards all over the globe, yet the ranking boffins seem to come up with formulas that correctly highlight who should be climbing golfʼs ladders and who are landing on snakes.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been charged by the Football Association with misconduct for running on to the pitch after his sideʼs 96th-minute winner against Everton at Anfield.

Klopp ran on to hug goalkeeper Alisson afterDivock Origiʼs bizarre goalin Sundayʼs Merseyside derby. Liverpool won 1-0 to move two points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City. Klopp, who later apologised, has until 18:00 GMT on Thursday to respond. One for the ages or ʼabsolutely shockingʼ behaviour?Emotion behind Klopp reaction - Guardiola The Ger-

man, speaking after Sundayʼs game, said: "I have to apologise because I didnʼt want to be disrespectful - but I couldnʼt stop myself. "If I could describe how I felt when the goal went in, then I would have control over it. We donʼt want to look for excuses but thatʼs how it is. "The plan was not to run. When I chose to stop, I was close to Alisson. He was surprised." Everton counterpart Marco Silva said he had no issue with Kloppʼs actions. "I didnʼt see Kloppʼs reaction and if we scored that goal and had been so lucky I might have done the same," said the Portuguese.