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An American has had extensive surgery in a Spanish hospital after he was savagely gored during a bullfighting festival.
Benjamin Miller, from Georgia, was seriously injured by a large fighting bull on Saturday - the first day of Ciudad Rodrigo's "Carnaval del Toro".
The 20-year-old needed a three-hour operation because of the wounds, which included injuries to his thighs and back muscles, according to surgeon Enrique Crespo.
He said it was "the biggest goring wound I've ever had to operate on".
Bullfighting festivals are common in Spain and attract international audiences despite criticisms surrounding the treatment of the animals, but they often result in a painful experience for spectators.
Last year, the San Isidro festival was suspended in May after three matadors were injured.
The world's richest confectionery boss, whose empire includes Nutella spread and Ferrero Rocher chocolates, has died aged 89.
Michele Ferrero, who had been unwell for months, was surrounded by his family when he died on Saturday in Monte Carlo where he lived.
Last year, Forbes ranked the family 30th on the list of the world's richest billionaires with a fortune of around £15bn.
The Ferrero group's products also includes Tic Tacs and Kinder chocolate eggs.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella praised Mr Ferrero.
Michele Ferrero developed Ferrero Rocher chocolates in 1982
He said: "I have learnt with emotion of the passing of Michele Ferrero, a true entrepreneur, known and loved in Italy and abroad.
"Ferrero was a leading light in Italian business for many years, always managing to stay on trend thanks to his innovative products and his tenacious and cautious work.
"Italy remembers him with gratitude."
Mr Ferrero's father, Pietro, started making Nutella when cocoa was still rationed during World War Two.
Pietro opened his first chocolate laboratory in Alba, in Italy's northwest Piemonte region, in 1942 and the business was passed to Michele after his father's death in 1949.
Michele developed Kinder chocolates in 1968, Tic Tacs a year later and Ferrero Rocher in 1982.
By 1997, he had handed over the running of the company to his two sons, Pietro and Giovanni.
Pietro died in 2011 after suffering a cardiac arrest, leaving Giovanni the sole chief executive.
Michele Ferrero is survived by his wife, Maria Franca, and Giovanni.
A man shot dead by police near a Copenhagen train station is believed to be behind two fatal attacks hours earlier in the city.
Danish officers said they had killed the man after he opened fire on them close to Norrebro Station.
They said CCTV indicated he was responsible for an attack at a cafe on Saturday afternoon and another deadly assault two miles away at the city's main synagogue.
Police said they knew the identity of the gunman and believed he was inspired by last month's Paris shootings, where Islamist gunmen targeted the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket.
Police at the scene where the suspect was shot dead
Investigators said there was nothing to suggest at present that other gunmen were involved in the shootings that left two people dead and five police officers wounded. They also said they did not believe the gunman had been to overseas jihadist training camps.
The attack at the synagogue in Krystalgade just after midnight UK time saw one man killed after being shot in the head and two policemen also shot, one in the arm and the other in the leg.
Video:Location Of Copenhagen Shootings
Armed Danish police also raided an internet cafe near where officers killed the suspected gunman, taking at least two people away, according to Danish media.
Sky News cameraman Pete Milnes, who was in a hotel next to the synagogue, said: "There was a succession of about six or seven gunshots.
"Within a minute or so, armed police were on the scene, a helicopter was hovering overhead. I witnessed police apprehend an individual who was handcuffed and later released.
Video:Three Shot At Denmark Synagogue
"There were 20 to 30 armed police officers with semi-automatic rifles shouting at locals to stay indoors and close windows."
The victim has been named as 37-year-old Jewish man Dan Uzan, who was guarding a building behind the synagogue.
A major manhunt had earlier been launched after one man was killed and three police officers injured when a gunman opened fire at a cafe where a meeting on free speech was taking place.
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Gallery: Two Killed In Cafe And Synagogue Shootings
Two people have been killed and five police officers were injured in two shootings in the Danish capital Copenhagen. This is the scene of the cafe attack on Saturday
He was later shot dead by officers here, near one of the city's train stations, after reportedly opening fire on them
Mohamed Fahmy, one of three Al Jazeera journalists freed on bail after spending more than a year in an Egyptian prison, has told Sky News it would be naive to think he and his colleagues are in the clear.
Speaking from his family home in Cairo, Mr Fahmy said the 24 hours since his release had felt like a "rebirth and a fresh slate" but cautioned that the battle for freedom is not over.
He said: "I will fight this all the way. I don't trust the lawyers and I've learned not to get my hopes up or trust the system."
Mr Fahmy was released from jail on Friday along with his colleague Baher Mohamed after being told he would have to face a retrial over allegations they supported the Muslim Brotherhood.
The 40-year-old said he will be trying to schedule meetings with the Egyptian President, Foreign Minister and other officials in the coming days to try to guarantee his release.
Video:December - One Year In Jail
He said the Egyptian authorities had not given him his passports or any identity documents, which was making it difficult for him to return to normality as he cannot rent an apartment, drive.
His time in prison has also prevented him marrying his fiancée Marwa Omara, who has been waiting more than a year.
Mr Fahmy also has to register every day at his local police station as a condition of his bail - for which his family paid $33,000 (£21,000) - and has a travel ban imposed on him.
"We are still living in this nightmare. It's still there," he said.
Mohamed Fahmy and his colleagues Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were arrested on 29 December 2013 and sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison on terror charges.
An appeals court later overturned the verdict, ordering the retrial and granting Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohamed bail.
Australian correspondent Mr Greste left the country almost two weeks earlier after a presidential decree allowed for the deportation of foreign convicts and defendants.
The next session of the trial is scheduled for the 23 February.
Mr Fahmy described life in a maximum security prison as "hell", especially his first month which was spent in solitary confinement in a tiny, insect-infested cell.
Video:January: Fiancee's Mixed Emotions
He said there was no light and he could not tell what time it was.
His two colleagues were then moved to another part of the prison where they were put together in a cell they described as a "shoe box".
The same prison was home to some of the most senior and high-profile members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including the group's Supreme Guide.
To entertain themselves and learn more about their fellow inmates, Mr Fahmy, Mr Greste and Mr Mohamed decided to start a mock station they named 'Al Jazeera Radio Prison' and began interviewing Brotherhood and jihadi inmates through the bars of their cells.
Mr Fahmy said the show gave them something to do and also provided some much-needed relief.
"It's important to have humour in prison to be able to survive," he said, smiling.
But prison authorities found out about the show and told them to shut it down.
The three men spent months in a cell together during their trial before being moved on to yet another wing after they were sentenced.
That is when other inmates joined them in a larger cell he describes as being like a "warehouse."
Video:4 February - Greste Arrives Home
Mr Fahmy said spending more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison had made him think a lot about his life and his priorities.
"Before, it was about getting exclusive stories and being on the front lines. Now I think more about my family and what really matters," he said.
Mr Fahmy admitted his employer, Al Jazeera, which is owned by Qatar, could have done more to better protect its staff on the ground.
He said senior managers displayed a "negligence of responsibility" when it came to their safety and security.
He also thought the Canadian government could have and still should exert much more pressure on the Egyptian authorities.
Mr Fahmy had dual Canadian-Egyptian citizenship but gave up his Egyptian nationality a few months ago after security officials told him to, indicating they would deport him - a move the journalist said was a trick which he now deeply regrets falling for.
But Mr Fahmy was clear about who was to blame for what happened to him and his colleagues.
"The Egyptians put me in prison, the Qataris contributed to my detention by mishandling issues with Al Jazeera's presence in Egypt and the Canadians had a very clear opening to get me out of this debacle," he said.
It was clear, he added, that he and his colleagues were used as pawns within a larger spat between Egypt and Qatar.
Video:'Incredible Angst' Of Journalist
He said: "This case is about freedom of speech only in the sense that you have silenced three award-winning journalists, recognised for their work, and putting them behind bars for not committing any crimes.
"However the other aspect of the case is the ongoing cold war between Egypt and Qatar that resulted in us being used as pawns to score settle these issues between these two countries."
In fact, he said, the prosecutor told him explicitly on various occasions while questioning him that he was being used as a pawn, although a record of their conversations has not been made public.
The TV journalist hopes to reveal much more about in a book he is planning to co-write with colleague Peter Greste, called Marriott Cell , the name they were given by the authorities after being arrested from the Marriott hotel in Cairo where they were working at the time.
Mr Fahmy said his lawyer, Amal Clooney, has expressed interest in writing the introduction to the book and he is already working on it.
For now though, Mohamed Fahmy is enjoying being free.
"It's just nice to walk around and not be followed by a cop," he said.
"You never really appreciate the simple things, but I do now."
The battle against Boko Haram is intensifying in the run-up to the delayed Nigerian elections.
The terror group appears to be mounting more attacks especially on neighbouring border towns along the country's frontier.
Authorities who put back the elections by six weeks because of the threat from the extremist group, have vowed to crush all Boko Haram camps between now and polling day on March 28.
On Saturday, Nigeria's military repelled an attack by scores of Boko Haram militants in the northeastern town of Gombe. As the insurgents retreated, they warned residents not to take part in the elections.
A five-Nation group of West African countries are now involved in the fight against the extremists. Nigeria has been joined by Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin.
A number of border towns have been terrorised by the group
The Sky News team of me, cameraman Garwen McLuckie and producer Nick Ludlam gained rare access to Cameroon's elite Rapid Intervention Battalion - known as BIR - and joined their troops in the far north of the country.
We travelled with them to the town of Fotokol, which continues to be the focus of fighting.
Video:On Front Line Of Boko Haram Battle
Parts of Fotokol have been torn apart - with rows of stalls, homes and vehicles torched. Survivors talk of men being sprayed with bullets as they rose from praying in one of the mosques.
We saw the walls of the mosque, peppered with holes. One of those who carried the bodies out said 37 men were killed there.
Fotokol is just one of the towns on the border with Nigeria to be invaded and terrorised by the Boko Haram extremist group - and its inhabitants are traumatised.
Video:The Battle Against Boko Haram
One inhabitant told us he had been too scared to leave his household since the attack five days earlier. Nine members of his household had been killed shortly after early morning prayers.
The stakes are high for the Cameroon military posted along the frontier with their much richer, bigger, more powerful Nigerian neighbour.
They have now been bolstered by troops from Chad, but the battle with the militants is just as fierce. And if they fail, the consequences are devastating - as Fotokol found out.
Video:June: Boko Haram Targeting Cameroon
As we arrived in the area, more Chadian troops were preparing to advance into Nigeria, telling us there was a battle still raging over the bridge separating Cameroon from their neighbour.
One Chadian soldier who spoke to us told us the fighting was "very dangerous and hard".
"We don't even have time to sleep," he said.
Video:Feb 8 - Fighting Boko Haram
"The fighting goes on through the night even."
The Cameroon soldiers are fiercely dedicated to their task.
"We will not let Boko Haram enter our country," said one commander.
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Gallery: Profile Of Boko Haram Leader
Abubakar Shekau is the leader of Boko Haram. He took control of the Islamist group after the death of founder Mohammed Yusuf in 2009
Little is known about him, although he was born in Shekau village in the northeastern state of Yobe and is now thought to be in his early 40s
Another winter storm is battering the US East Coast as forecasters predict up to two feet of snow and temperatures as low as -10C.
A blizzard warning is in place for coastal areas from Connecticut to Maine stretching into Monday, with New England expected to get between eight and 14 inches of snow and Maine likely to get up to two feet.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo have warned motorists to stay off the roads.
The storm - the fourth to hit the region in a month - brought dangerously strong winds to the northeastern US.
William Babcock, National Weather Service meteorologist, said: "On Sunday, the best thing people can do is stay home, stay indoors."
Authorities have warned of possible power cuts and north-facing or vulnerable coastal areas could see flooding.
Winter storm warnings are also in place into Michigan and Ohio, where whiteout conditions saw at least two people killed on the Ohio Turnpike after a major accident.
Another person died in a crash on the New York Thruway south of Buffalo.
Logal International Airport in Boston said nearly 400 flights were cancelled on Sunday, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority cancelled all rail, bus and ferry services in the Boston area.
The state has called up hundreds of National Guard troops to help with snow removal.
Police officers are attempting to piece together what led a gunman to open fire in two fatal attacks in the Danish capital.
A massive manhunt was launched in the wake of the shootings, which left two dead and five police officers injured.
By the early hours of Sunday, officers believed they had caught the killer after a suspect was shot dead near a train station.
Here is how the events unfolded:
Police were on high alert after the shootings
:: The first attack happened shortly before 3pm UK time on Saturday when a gunman opened fire outside a cafe where a panel was discussing freedom of speech.
Documentary film maker Finn Noergaard, 55, who was attending the event in the Krudttoenden cultural centre, was killed and three officers were injured after the shooter, armed with an automatic weapon, fired through the windows leaving dozens of bullet holes.
Lars Vilks, who was unharmed, claimed he was the intended target
Among the speakers was Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who has faced death threats for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Mr Vilks, who had bodyguards with him, was reportedly bundled into a cupboard and was not hurt.
He said he believed he was the intended target of the shooting, which happened during a discussion called "Art, blasphemy and freedom of expression".
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has described the assault on the seminar as "a terrorist attack", but little is known about the attacker at this stage.
Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt called it a terrorist attack
Police released CCTV images of a suspect wearing dark clothes and a scarf covering part of his face.
Investigators described him as 25 to 30 years-old with an athletic build, about 6ft tall, and was carrying a black automatic weapon. However, it is not clear if this is the same man who was later shot dead by police.
A car believed to have been used by the attacker was found abandoned.
CCTV images of the suspect were released
:: Shortly after midnight UK time, a second attack happened outside a synagogue in Krystalgade, where a Jewish man was killed after being shot in the head and two police officers were wounded.
Denmark's Chief Rabbi, Jair Melchior, identified the Jewish victim as Dan Uzan, 37, a longtime security guard for the 7,000-strong community.
He was guarding a building behind the synagogue during a bar mitzvah, or Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, when he was shot in the head. Two police officers who were there were slightly wounded.
The second shooting happened outside a synagogue
:: At around 5am UK time, police said they had shot dead a man near a train station in the Norrebro area of Copenhagen - not far from the site of the two attacks.
Officers said he opened fire on them after they confronted him as he returned to an address they were watching. No police were hurt.
Police at the scene where they killed the suspect
Police said had been "on the radar" of the intelligence services before the shootings.
They believe he was the person responsible for both attacks and they said there was nothing to suggest at present there were others involved.
However, they added there was a large amount of work ahead to determine whether he was acting alone.
One of Germany's biggest carnivals has been cancelled at the 11th hour following a "specific threat of an Islamist attack".
More than 250,000 people were expected to attend the street parade in the northern city of Braunschweig.
But shortly before it was due to start, police told people to stay at home after receiving credible information that an attack was imminent.
Police spokesman Thomas Geese said the event was cancelled 90 minutes before its scheduled start time, adding: "Many people arriving at the train station from out of town were already dressed up and very disappointed - but we didn't want to take any risks."
Officials do not believe the threat is connected to two fatal attacks in Copenhagen.
Ulrich Markurth, the Mayor of Braunschweig, said the cancellation of the yearly carnival was "a sad day for our city and a sad day for our democratic society".
The event - which coincides with the Roman Catholic carnival season - would have seen bands and 4,000 people in fancy dress costumes march down a four-mile route through the city.
Organisers have said the bands will perform their live music at the town hall instead.
Police have confirmed the warning came from intelligence sources, but have refused to provide any further information about the threat.
A ceasefire appears to be holding in Ukraine - although both sides have accused each other of violating the deal in the hours after the truce deadline passed.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to stop firing at 10pm UK time on Saturday, under a plan agreed in Belarus this week.
The military said Ukrainian armed forces immediately fulfilled Mr Poroshenko's order and guns fell silent in Donetsk and some other parts of the country's east.
Under the peace agreement, both Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatist rebels were to hold their fire, before pulling back their heavy weaponry to form a wide buffer zone.
Intense fighting continued around Debaltseve on Saturday
There were reports of continued fighting and movement of military vehicles right up to the deadline, and after it had passed government forces and rebels said there were violations in the first few hours.
A Ukraine military spokesman has said rebels shelled its positions 10 times after the truce began, but that the ceasefire is being observed "in general".
Video:Ukraine Ceasefire Under Way
A pro-Kiev official says two civilians were killed by rockets fired by rebels just after the start of the truce, the AFP news agency is reporting.
Mr Poroshenko admitted there was "alarm" over the situation around the key transport hub of Debaltseve, where government forces have been hard pressed by Russian-backed separatists.
A senior pro-Russian separatist commander has said that rebels still have the right to fire on the town in spite of the ceasefire because "it is our territory".
Video:Can Ukraine Peace Deal Succeed?
Intense fighting continued around the strategic government-held area on Saturday.
Earlier in the week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said 8,000 Ukrainian soldiers were besieged by separatists around the town and would have to lay down their weapons.
Rebels told the Associated Press news agency they will not consider any battles for the town to be a violation of the ceasefire.
Video:Ceasefire Deal In Ukraine Conflict
The intensity of the fighting around Debaltseve and elsewhere raises doubts about whether the ceasefire will hold.
The White House said President Barack Obama spoke to Mr Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday and expressed concern about the violence.
The French presidency said Mr Putin reaffirmed in a phone call with his French and German counterparts on Saturday that the ceasefire must be respected.
Video:Poroshenko Wary Of Truce Agreement
The statement also said the three leaders will speak by phone with Mr Poroshenko on Sunday to take stock of the ceasefire.
One of the survivors of the deadly cafe attack in Copenhagen has told Sky News how people hid on the ground between tables and chairs as the gunman opened fire.
The killer armed with an automatic weapon carried out his assault as a discussion on free speech was taking place at the Krudttoenden cultural centre.
Documentary filmmaker Finn Noergaard, 55, who was attending the event, was killed and three police officers were injured.
Witness Dennis Meyhoff Brink said about half an hour into the meeting he heard shots coming from the room next door.
He said there were about 30 shots and it took a few seconds before he realised the group was under attack.
Mr Brink said people panicked and ran towards the doors to try to get out.
He said he heard a man yelling what he thought was Arabic and one of his first thoughts was of last month's terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, in which 12 people were killed.
"I couldn't help thinking about what happened to Charlie Hebdo," he said.
"We were just completely in shock and thought now it was our turn to get shot down."
Mr Brink was in a group of five who were "so shocked" that they could not get the door open and "were shaking all over".
Hearing more shots, they decided it was too dangerous to go outside so they lay down on the ground.
"People were trying to hide between tables and chairs that were turned over even though it was not a very good hiding place," he said.
"We were simply hoping for the best."
Finn Noergaard, a filmmaker who was killed at the event (Photo: LinkedIn)
After about two minutes, a man came through the door with a gun in his hand and they were "terrified" that he was the killer.
But he turned out to be a man from the intelligence services who had been shot in the leg and was running to a back door to secure it.
Video:Denmark Attacks Suspect Shot Dead
Around five minutes later, they heard "numerous police cars arrive" and "we then knew that we were most likely safe".
One of the people speaking at the event was controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has had death threats for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
He was accompanied by bodyguards and was unharmed in the attack.
Video:Copenhagen Mayor Reacts To Attack
Mr Brink said he had not expected the meeting to be dangerous because there was security at the event.
He said: "It was simply a very peaceful debate and dialogue meeting about the conditions of art and the possibilities for making art when free speech is under pressure."
Following the shooting, CCTV images of the suspect were released as police launched a massive manhunt.
Video:Location Of Copenhagen Shootings
Hours later, he shot dead a man and injured two officers outside a synagogue in the city. The suspect was later killed by police after he fired at them.
Police do not believe there were others involved, but they have said their investigation is at an early stage.
One of the organisers of the meeting at the cafe, Helle Merete Brix, told Sky News that such events may be held at parliament in the future due to security concerns.
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Gallery: Two Killed In Cafe And Synagogue Shootings
Two people have been killed and five police officers were injured in two shootings in the Danish capital Copenhagen. This is the scene of the cafe attack on Saturday
He was later shot dead by officers here, near one of the city's train stations, after reportedly opening fire on them
