Court rejects Benzema complaint against French interior minister

A French court has thrown out a defamation case brought by top football player Karim Benzema against Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who claimed the Al-Ittihad forward had well-known ties with the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.

Benzema - winner of the French 2022 Ballon d'Or - posted on social media on 15 October that Palestinian civilians in Gaza were in his prayers over what he called Israel's "unjust bombardm