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Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has died at the age of 48 after his car was struck by a train.

Manninger made 64 appearances for Arsenal between 1997 and 2002, winning the Premier League and FA Cup.

He won 33 caps for Austria and was part of the squad that featured at Euro 2008 in his home country.

“Alexander Manninger was an outstanding ambassador for Austrian football, both on and off the pitch,” said Austrian Football Association sporting director Peter Schottel.

“In order for peace and justice to prevail, the chains of corruption – which disfigure authority and strip it of its credibility – must be broken,” he told those gathered at the presidential palace in the capital, Yaoundé, including President Paul Biya.

More than 1.2 million people are estimated to have been displaced across Lebanon, including 820,000 from the south, according to figures by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It said the war in Lebanon has forced many to flee to areas further north or cross into Syria.

CCTV footage shows the moment a high school principal tackles an active shooter in Oklahoma.

The suspected gunman, Victor Hawkins, walked into Pauls Valley High School and fired shots during the incident on 7 April.

Principal Kirk Moore, is then seen charging toward the former student and tackling him, before another staff member arrives and removes the gun from his hand.

Principal Moore was shot in the leg during the incident, but has since been released from hospital.

Hawkins was arrested on the scene, and now faces two counts of pointing a firearm, one count of shooting with intent to kill, and two counts of unlawful carrying.

But prosecutors allege that of about $2.7m (£1.989m) raised from SantaCon, Pildes diverted more than half the money to a “slush fund” for his own personal ventures, using hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for “concert tickets, fine dining, luxury vacations, and home renovations”.