Angel Cabrera will be welcomed back to Augusta National as a “true champion” this week as he returns to the scene of his 2009 Masters triumph for the first time in six years following his release from prison.

The Argentine was found guilty in 2021 of numerous charges that included assault, theft and illegal intimidation against former girlfriends.

He was released in August 2023 after serving 30 months in South American prisons.

All Masters champions receive lifetime exemptions to play in the tournament but Cabrera, who also won the 2007 US Open, was unable to take up his playing privilege in 2024 because of visa issues.

Masters chairman Fred Ridley, speaking before the 2024 tournament, called Cabrera “one of our great champions”, adding: “He has been unable to participate in the Masters the last couple of years due to legal issues.

“We certainly wish him the best of luck with that, and we’ll definitely welcome him back if he’s able to straighten out those legal issues.”

Cabrera, according to a report in Sports Illustrated,, external did not touch a golf club for three years but on his release from prison was taken a set by his long-time coach, mentor and friend Charlie Epps.

The 81-year-old Epps said “golf is all he has left”.

On Sunday the 55-year-old won his first strokeplay title since being freed – he also triumphed in a matchplay event on the Legends Tour in England in June 2024.

“It’s emotional after everything that I’ve gone through,” said Cabrera after winning the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, a PGA Tour-sanctioned seniors event in Florida.

Cabrera, who won a play-off to win the Green Jacket in 2009 and also lost one in 2013 to Adam Scott, last played in the Masters in 2019.

He will also return to the annual Champions Dinner on Tuesday at Augusta National, which sees all past winners gather for a meal whose menu is chosen by the defending champion.

Host Ben Crenshaw – who won the 1984 and 1995 Masters – said: “I’m excited to see Angel.

“The focus of the dinner will be on Scottie [Scheffler, the reigning champion], but it’ll be great to have Angel back.”

Before last year’s Masters, Cabrera told Golf Digest: “It is my dream to return to that prestigious place.

“I played at Augusta for almost 20 years in a row. It is like a second home to me. It would be a great privilege to return and attend the champions dinner with so many of the world’s greatest players.”

A Palestinian-American teenager has been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say.

Omar Mohammed Saada Rabea, 14, was shot on the outskirts of Turmus Ayya on Sunday evening along with two other 14-year-old boys, one of whom was seriously wounded. The other suffered minor wounds.

The Israeli military said its troops opened fire at three “terrorists” who were throwing stones towards a highway and endangering civilians driving on it.

The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned what it called the latest in a “series of extrajudicial killings” by Israeli forces.

There was no immediate comment from the US, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet President Donald Trump on Monday to discuss the war in the Gaza Strip, Iran and US tariffs.

There has been a spike in violence in the West Bank since Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the ensuing war in Gaza.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed as Israeli forces have intensified their search-and-arrest raids across the territory, saying they are trying to stem deadly Palestinian attacks on Israelis in the West Bank and Israel.

The mayor of Turmus Ayya said Omar Rabea was shot dead on Sunday near the entrance to the town, which is about 15km (9 miles) north-east of Ramallah and has a sizeable population of Palestinian-Americans.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of the two boys was shot in the lower abdomen and the other in the thigh.

AFP news agency cited one of the boys, whom it identified as Abdul Rahman Shehadeh, as saying he was shot by a soldier while collecting fruit.

The father of the third boy, Ayoub Asaad, said he was also a US citizen and that the ambulance transporting him to hospital was stopped by Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint outside the town, according to AFP.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that during counter-terrorism activity in the Turmus Ayya area its soldiers “identified three terrorists who hurled rocks toward the highway, thus endangering civilians driving”.

The soldiers fired towards them, “eliminating one terrorist and hitting two additional terrorists”, it added.

The foreign ministry of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority denounced the “use of live fire against three children” by Israeli forces.

“Israel’s continued impunity as an illegal occupying power encourages it to commit further crimes,” it warned.

Last Thursday, the UN human rights chief said the situation in the West Bank was “extremely alarming”.

Volker Türk told the UN Security Council that Israeli operations in the north had killed hundreds of people, destroyed entire refugee camps and makeshift medical sites, and displaced more than 40,000 Palestinians.

In January, Israel launched a major operation called “Operation Iron Wall” against Palestinian armed groups in the northern West Bank, saying it aimed to “defeat terrorism”.

Türk said his office had verified that Israeli state and settler violence had killed at least 909 Palestinians across the West Bank since 7 October 2023, including 191 children and five people with disabilities. He warned that some of the killings might amount to extrajudicial and other unlawful killings.

Over the same period, 51 Israelis, including 15 women and four children, had been killed in Palestinian attacks or armed clashes in the West Bank and Israel, he said.

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing some 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.

X is bringing in stricter rules around parody accounts.

From 10 April, accounts which impersonate another user or person must use key words such as “fake” or “parody” at the start of their account names.

The platform will also require parody account holders to use different images to the X accounts belonging to those they seek to represent.

Some users have complained about confusion caused by parody accounts on the platform, such as those impersonating its owner Elon Musk.

“These changes are designed to help users better understand the unaffiliated nature of PCF accounts and reduce the risk of confusion or impersonation,” the company said in a post on Saturday.

It encouraged affected accounts to update their profiles by the enforcement date.

The changes will also apply for fan and commentary accounts, it said.

“Hopefully this includes all the thousands of fake variations of Elon Musk accounts,” wrote one user in response to X’s post about its policy update.

“About time, I get a fake Elon account contacting me almost once a week,” wrote another.

There are a number of parody accounts for the platform’s owner, identifying themselves as impersonations in various ways.

Posts viewed by the BBC from Elon Musk parody accounts ranged from memes and jokes, to promoting cryptocurrency and car giveaways.

A recent post by one Elon Musk parody account, which has more than one million followers, told users to “like and comment” for the chance to win a Tesla.

The post has received 428,000 likes and more than 200,000 replies.

X rolled out labels for parody accounts in January – building on its rules requiring users engaging in impersonation for the purpose of entertainment to identify themselves as such.

These, and the platform’s blue tick verification system, have been cited as tools to prevent misleading impersonation while allowing speech and discussion.

But the effectiveness of such measures have been disputed.

The EU said in July 2024 that the blue ticks breached its online content rules, with its “verified” blue tick accounts having the potential to “deceive” users.

Musk called the EU’s rules “misinformation”, in response.

Following his takeover in November 2022, the Tesla chief executive said accounts engaging in unlabelled impersonation would be banned.

Many parody accounts on X identify their parody nature in brackets at the end of user names, but this is not a fool-proof measure.

If a parody account’s name is particularly long, and only a shortened version appears in feeds or replies, users can unwittingly duped – especially if the account’s image matches that of the real person.

This is Brook’s first full-time captaincy role with England, though he led the ODI side in a five-match series against Australia in September when Buttler was injured.

He is a former England Under-19 captain and led Northern Superchargers in The Hundred last year.

In appointing Brook, Key has overlooked concerns about the batter’s workload.

Brook was due to play in this year’s Indian Premier League but pulled out to manage his workload. He has not played since a disappointing run in England’s dismal Champions Trophy campaign.

As a key player across Tests, 50-overs and T20 he will have a packed schedule if, as England plan, he is to play all matches.

England’s priorities this year are two huge Test series – against India at home this summer and the Ashes in Australia this winter.

Key said he would consider “every option” last month and in selecting Brook he has allowed Stokes, who has struggled with injuries in recent years and is currently out with a hamstring issue, to concentrate on the Test side.

Brook’s first series as skipper will be three ODIs and three T20s against West Indies, which begin on 29 May – four days after a Test against Zimbabwe. The series ends on 10 June which is 10 days before the start of the India series.

After that, England do not play again in white-ball cricket until series against South Africa and Ireland in September. There is also a white-ball tour to New Zealand in early November before the Ashes begins on 21 November.

Brook’s first International Cricket Council event will be the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, which follows the Ashes in February and March next year.

England’s white-ball sides have largely struggled since winning the 2022 T20 World Cup to become the first men’s team to hold both global limited-overs titles.

Disappointing defences of their titles at the 2023 World Cup in India and 2024 T20 edition in the Caribbean led to Matthew Mott being sacked as coach and heaped pressure on Buttler, who stood down after an underwhelming Champions Trophy.

“It’s a real honour to be named England’s white-ball captain,” Brook said.

“Ever since I was a kid playing cricket at Burley in Wharfedale, I dreamed of representing Yorkshire, playing for England, and maybe one day leading the team. To now be given that chance means a great deal to me.

“There’s so much talent in this country, and I’m looking forward to getting started, moving us forward, and working towards winning series, World Cups and major events.”