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KYLIAN MBAPPE has been left out of Didier Deschamps’ France squad.

The Real Madrid forward, 25, will not be available for Les Bleus’ matches against Israel and Belgium later this month.

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Kylian Mbappe was in action from the bench as Real Madrid lost 1-0 to Lille[/caption]

Mbappe suffered an injury scare during his club’s 3-2 win over Deportivo Alaves last month.

He was substituted after feeling an issue in his hamstring, and following subsequent tests was expected to be missing for three weeks.

The former Paris Saint-Germain star has recovered earlier than expected from his injury, and was deemed fit enough to make a 33 minute cameo from the bench against Lille last night in the Champions League.

He was unable to turn the tide, however, with Real Madrid falling to a 1-0 defeat to the Ligue 1 side, who boast Mbappe’s younger brother Ethan among their ranks.

Despite Kylian having returned to fitness, Deschamps has opted against calling him up.

Mbappe has played 10 times for Real Madrid since quitting PSG for the Spanish capital in the summer.

He has so far scored seven goals for his new team, and had bagged in his last four appearances prior to getting injured.

Mbappe’s Real Madrid team-mates Aurelien Tchouameni and Eduardo Camavinga will join up with France following their club’s clash with Villarreal this Saturday.

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But Ferland Mendy has been left out.

Despite Mbappe’s absence, Deschamps will have plenty of attacking quality to call upon.

In-form PSG winger Bradley Barcola will be involved, as will his club team-mates Ousmane Dembele and Randal Kolo Muani.

Bayern Munich star Michael Olise is also in the squad, as is Inter Milan‘s Marcus Thuram.

There is a recall for Chelsea star Christopher Nkunku, who has played just 29 minutes for his country since being ruled out of the 2022 World Cup on the eve of the tournament.

In addition to Nkunku, Premier League stars William Saliba, Ibrahima Konate, Lucas Digne and Wesley Fofana have all been called up.

THE AUSTRALIAN TV spin-off of Geordie Shore has officially landed – and it’s proving to give the Newcastle gang a run for their money.

The first two episodes dropped on Paramount+ today with Charlotte Crosby as the house boss – and after a brief warning about sexual content, the new gang waste no time with their X-rated antics.

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The gang have promised to be the most wild group ever[/caption]

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From randy drinking games to X-rated nights in the shag pad, the gang wasted no time in getting wild[/caption]

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One duo weed on each other in the middle of the swimming pool[/caption]

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Within hours of meeting Lily was sharing a shower with Con[/caption]

Across the first episode ‘Ready To Launch’ alone, 11 housemates from across the country move into a mansion in Cairns, Queensland, for a summer of revellry and randiness.

Within hours of meeting the group engage in multiple sex acts, simulating sex acts, and even wee on each other in the pool within hours of knowing each other.

A introduction to wild child Lily sees her introduce herself with just cucumbers on her nipples “to keep them refreshed” before twerking without a bra on in a white shirt.

Lily later proves to live up to the reputation she routed, jumping in the shower with Con topless before the night even begins.

After flirting with Con, during the evening she mounts a different guy, Tom, on a pool floatie before passionately kissing him.

That doesn’t deter Con though, and later he and Lily disappeared to the shag pad but are unable to get busy after drinking too much and he’s unable to perform.

Elsewhere, gay housemate Kyle bonds with blonde bombshell Catia by weeing on each other in the pool – wrapping their legs around each other while weeing.

Speaking to the cameras, Kyle later explains: “I don’t know if anyone’s ever heard of it before, but we did a p**s transplant. I had her locked on my waist, and we just started p**sing.”

“The sexiness in the pool, we were doing some dirty s**t.” he brags.

As the pair do so, their other new pals are still swimming around in the pool with them.

During a game of sex confessions earlier that evening, Catia left an impression on the boys of the show by discussing a sexual act she committed on an ex-boyfriend.

Simulating what happened, she throws her legs up in the air and leaves opens them wide despite wearing a tiny white mini-skirt, shocking the men in front of her.

This promises to only be the start of the sexual acts from the gang, with the group admitting they’re struggling to talk anything besides sex.

A teaser clip for the series ahead also sees two of the men engage in a sexual act on a bunk bed – while one of their housemates attempts to sleep on the top bunk.

In other X-rated scenes yet to be shown in full, another drinking game results in Catia using a girls’ bum as a drinking funnel.

It proves too much for one star, who leaves in episode two, while Charlotte Crosby arrives as The Boss and sets them to work at a sexy car wash after being taught how to use a ‘dental dam’ contraception device.

Aussie Shore continues Thursdays on Paramount+.

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The girls quickly got to know each other by sharing kisses[/caption]

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Lily bragged about her boobs calling them her best asset[/caption]

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One teaser appeared to show two housemates engaged in a sexual act while another slept in the top bunk[/caption]

DESPERATE Brits are paying up to £2,500 to flee Lebanon on yachts amid Hezbollah and Israel’s bloody showdown.

Hundreds of civilians have escaped the war-torn terror hotbed by air and sea as Israel continues to pound the south with daily strikes.

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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut[/caption]

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Passengers queue at the check-in counters at Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport, in Beirut[/caption]

The first plane evacuating around 180 Brits left Beirut yesterday as the Middle East teeters on the brink of all-out war.

But terrified civilians are now turning to a more unusual escape route as flights out of Lebanon quickly fill up.

Dozens of people a day are now being evacuated from Dbaye region to Ayia Napa in Cyprus – on private superyachts.

Goldeneye Superyachts owner Karl Debs has earmarked several of his yachts to ferry people to safety as Israel’s bombardment shows no sign of slowing down.

Up to seven yachts are being sent daily, each carrying around seven passengers.

Passengers need a valid passport and papers to enter Cyprus.

Frantic civilians having been forking out between £1,500 and £2,500 travel on the 75ft long yachts.

Yacht broker and captain Karl said: “Clients feel more comfortable on these private yachts rather than ferries.”

So far, 450 people have taken the seven-hour trip from Dbaye to Ayia Napa, including several Brits, Karl told the Standard.

One mum said she made the decision to flee on a yacht for the sake of her children.

She told The National News: “We were already planning on leaving, but we were hoping things wouldn’t escalate as much.

“We were waiting day by day to see what’s going to happen next.

“But when that big one hit, and when I saw my kids tremble the way they did and panic, I was like that’s it.”

Foreign Secretary David Lammy yesterday confirmed the first charter flight taking British nationals out of Lebanon had departed from Beirut.

He urged British nationals still in Lebanon to register with the Foreign Office and leave the country immediately.

But it is feared flights from the Rafic Hariri international airport may be halted by this weekend.

Defence Secretary John Healey crack British troops were ready to evacuate British nationals from Lebanon if necessary, however.

He said an extra 700 personnel, including soldiers, sailors and aviators, were on standby in the region.

Healey said: “They are ready to go if needed. I have got great confidence in our ability to do the job if required, but for now our govt advice to all Brits in Lebanon is to get out now.”

Asked if Israel’s invasion of Lebanon would see Beirut airport close, he said: “I have made very clear to the Israelis, and I know from having spoken to my US counterpart they are saying the same thing, it is vital that we as nations are able to get our nationals out of Lebanon safely.

“Israel understand that well and we will continue to make that case.”

He added: “Of course the way of avoiding this best is to see a ceasefire in Lebanon and a negotiated settlement along the lines of the UN plan that is on the table now.”

It comes after it was confirmed a US citizen has been killed in Lebanon.

Kamel Ahmad Jawad is among more than 1,000 civilians who have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon in the past two weeks.

Israel this week staged a ground invasion of Lebanon as the battle with Hezbollah heats up.

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An airplane takes off at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport as smoke rises over Beirut’s southern suburbs after a strike[/caption]

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An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from northern Israel towards Lebanon[/caption]

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Chinese citizens and their foreign family members from Lebanon line up for procedures at the Port of Limassol, Cyprus[/caption]

The focus of the operation is clearing out Hezbollah terror sites to halt rocket attacks which have driven 60,000 from homes in Northern Israel in the last 11 months, Israeli sources said.

But yesterday, fierce fighting erupted and at least eight Israel Defence Forces soldiers were killed.

Commandos are believed to have been ambushed as they attempted to clear a village infested with dug-in militia.

The blow was the first serious setback for Israeli forces attempting to push the terror group’s elite Radwan Forces north to create a weapons-free buffer zone.

Fighting has intensified in southern Lebanon after Israel poured in thousands more soldiers towards the war zone on Wednesday.

Last night, Hezbollah claimed to have blasted three Israeli tanks with missiles as they advanced towards a Lebanese border village.

The Iran-backed terror group said it “destroyed three Merkava tanks with rockets as they advanced towards the village of Maroun al-Ras.”

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said: “I would like to send my heartfelt condolences to the families of our heroes who fell today in Lebanon.

“May God avenge them, and may their memories be a blessing.

“We are in the middle of a tough war against Iran’s axis of evil, which seeks to destroy us.

“This will not happen because we will stand together, and with God’s help – we will win together.”

Israel has insisted the operation will be “limited and targeted raids” to demolish Hezbollah’s war machine near the border.

But there are fears escalations could drag the wider Middle East region into an all-out war, with Brits now evacuating Lebanon.

Hezbollah’s propaganda chief Mohammad Afif has warned its forces were “only in the first round” of a bloodbath battle.

Israel is now plotting a huge retaliation to Tuesday night’s unprecedented Iranian missile blitz.

LORD Herman Ouseley, the founder of Kick It Out and anti-racism campaigner, has died at the age of 79.

It is thought Lord Ouseley died on Wednesday, following a short illness.

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The anti-racism campaigner Lord Herman Ouseley, seen here in 2016, has died[/caption]

He founded Kick It Out to tackle racism and discrimination in football and was its chairman for 25 years.

Kick It Out paid tribute to Lord Ouseley this afternoon, calling him “a fearless advocate for underrepresented and disadvantaged communities and will be sorely missed”.

He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher from 2001 until his retirement in 2019.

Lord Ouseley was also the chief executive for the Race Equality Commission after a long career in local government.

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Lord Ouseley with then England manager Roy Hodgson, right, in the stands during a match at Stamford Bridge in May 2015[/caption]

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