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U.S. President Joe Biden declared Sunday that the sudden demise of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad was a “fundamental act of justice,” but that it was “a moment of uncertainty” for the Mideast. Biden, speaking at the White House, said the collapse of the decades-long iron rule by the Assad family was “the best opportunity in a generation for the Syrian people to forge their own destiny.” Biden said that action by the U.S. and its allies over the last two years weakened Syria's backers — Russia, Iran and Iran-supported Hezbollah militants in Lebanon — to the extent that "for the first time" they could no longer defend the Assad government. "Our approach has shifted the balance of power in the Middle East," Biden said, after a meeting with his national security advisers at the White House. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that Assad had fled his country, which his family had ruled for decades, because close ally Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, "was not interested in protecting him any longer." Trump’s comments on his social media platform came a day after he decried the possibility that the U.S. might intervene militarily in Syria to aid the rebels as they moved to oust Assad, declaring, "THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT." The Biden administration had no intention of intervening, according to Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan. The U.S has about 900 troops in Syria, including forces working with Kurdish allies in the opposition-held northeast to prevent any resurgence of the Islamic State group. Biden said he intends for those troops to remain, adding that U.S. forces on Sunday conducted "dozens" of what he called "precision airstrikes" on Islamic State camps and operations in Syria. Biden said the U.S. is "clear eyed" that ISIS will try to take advantage of the situation in Syria. The Syrian opposition that brought down Assad is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The Biden administration has designated the group as a terrorist organization and says it has links to al-Qaida, although Hayat Tahrir al-Sham says it has since broken ties with al-Qaida. "We will remain vigilant," Biden said. "Make no mistake, some of the rebel groups that took down Assad have their own grim record of terrorism and human rights abuses." He added that the groups are "saying the right things now." "But as they take on greater responsibility, we will assess not just their words, but their actions," Biden said. Trump, who takes office January 20, linked the upheaval in Syria and Russia's war in Ukraine, noting that Assad's allies in Moscow, as well as in Iran, the main sponsor of Hamas and Hezbollah, "are in a weakened state right now." Vice President-elect JD Vance, a veteran of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, wrote on his own social media Sunday to express skepticism about the insurgents. "Many of 'the rebels' are a literal offshoot of ISIS. One can hope they've moderated. Time will tell," he said. With the collapse of the Assad regime, the family of missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice renewed calls to find him. "To everyone in Syria that hears this, please remind people that we're waiting for Austin," Tice's mother, Debra, said in comments that hostage advocacy groups spread on social media. "We know that when he comes out, he's going to be fairly dazed & he's going to need lots of care & direction. Direct him to his family please!" Tice disappeared in 2012 outside Damascus. “We've remained committed to returning him to his family," Biden told reporters. "We believe he's alive, we think we can get him back, but we have no direct evidence to that yet. And Assad should be held accountable." The president added: "We have to identify where he [Tice] is." Some material in this report came from The Associated Press.Tweet Facebook Mail The Sydney to Hobart yacht race has become one of the world's top offshore yacht races and an Australian holiday tradition since it started in 1945 - but as this year has shown once again, it has never been without its dangers. Two sailors, from the yachts Bowline and Flying Fish Arctos, were killed in separate accidents on the night of December 26-27 . It is, so far, the second-deadliest year for the race, which over the years racked up a death toll of 11 sailors prior to this year, most of whom drowned. READ MORE: Reigning Sydney-Hobart champ claims line honours in bittersweet scenes  The 2024 Sydney to Hobart yacht race has seen two deaths. (Getty) The first death was recorded in 1973, when John Sarney had a heart attack aboard the yacht Inca. Barry Vallance died in 1975 when his yacht Zilvergeest II was grounded and he got out to push it - bringing on another heart attack. There were three more deaths the following decade, including Walter Russell on Yahoo II in 1984, Ray Crawford on Billabong in 1988, and Peter Taylor on BP Flying Colours in 1989. But the race's deadliest year would come nearly a decade later. READ MORE: Joe lost his 'joyful' son in the 2004 tsunami. Then he fought for victims  The fleet sets out at the start of the disastrous 1998 race. (Simon Alekna) Sydney to Hobart 1998 The 1998 race saw 115 yachts set out from Sydney Harbour, but only 44 made it to Hobart. On December 27 that year, a deadly super-cell storm struck the fleet off the south-east coast. Winds of up to 118km/h were recorded, with gusts of up to 148km/h.  The Sword of Orion was abandoned by its crew. (Nine) Five boats were sunk, seven abandoned, and 55 people had to be rescued from their vessels. Six people died. John Dean, James Lawler, and Michael Bannister of the Winston Churchill all drowned after being swept from their life raft. Bruce Guy, skipper of Business Post Naiad, died in the 1998 race. (Bruce Miller) Bruce Guy and Phil Skeggs of the Business Post Naiad, and Glyn Charles from the Sword of Orion also died - Guy of a heart attack, Skeggs when he was trapped under a lifeline, and Charles when his safety harness failed. The bodies of Dean and Charles were never recovered. More than 30 military and civilian aircraft and over 25 naval vessels were deployed in the rescue effort, with the cost estimated at $30 million (about $60.3 million today). Police remove the body of a crewman on Business Post Naiad. (Mike Bowers) A resulting inquiry recommended multiple safety changes to the race, while a coronial inquest blamed both race hosts Cruising Yacht Club Australia and the Bureau of Meteorology for lacking initiative as the conditions worsened. Then-race director Phil Thompson resigned following the inquest. Vice Commodore David Jacobs has promised another investigation into the deaths of 2024 - the first in the race in more than a quarter of a century. DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP : Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play .

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The way Enzo Maresca remembers it, his Leicester players did not ring the doorbell, they snuck around the back of his house and tapped on the windows. It was the end of April, late at night, the club’s promotion back into the Premier League confirmed when Leeds lost at QPR and the players could have gone anywhere to celebrate. That they came here – to be with the manager who had guided them – said everything about their collective bond. Maresca would over the summer. But as he prepares to take his new club to visit his old one on Saturday lunchtime, he was never going to blot out the emotion, to look beyond the relationships he built during the season that made him. They provide the template for what he wants at Chelsea. “The first face I saw was Hamza [Choudhury],” Maresca says, with a nod to the Leicester midfielder. “They didn’t knock at the door, they were in the garden and then at my window. When I drew the curtains, it was his face there. We had many good moments and this was maybe not the most important one. But it was the one which showed me how good the connection was between the players and staff. “It was probably the best present I got last season when we were promoted and at around two o’clock in the morning all the team arrived at my house. I was watching the Leeds game and when it finished all the staff arrived. And then later, very late, the players arrived. They could be in different places to celebrate but they decided to come to my home. When I was a player I was lucky to win things but I never thought to go to the manager’s house.” Maresca was appointed at Leicester in the summer of 2023 after the club’s relegation; they looked beyond the Italian’s lack of first-team managerial experience – 13 Serie B games with Parma in 2021-22. After an excellent start, it became nervy; questions were asked about him by the Leicester support. On 13 February Maresca’s team had been 12 points clear of second-placed Leeds and 14 ahead of Southampton. Two months later, after three wins in 10 matches, they were level with second-placed Ipswich and one point clear of Leeds. Home wins over West Brom and Southampton would steady them and perhaps the plunge down towards the wire pulled them even more tightly together. Maresca says he is unsure about the reception he will get from the King Power Stadium crowd; after all, he did walk out on them. But he knows how he will be with everyone connected to Leicester. “I will be thankful to the club, the players and the fans because it was a fantastic season,” he says. “I met people that are very difficult to find in football – the owner, his family ... they are fantastic human beings. They care for the players, the staff, all of the people who work inside the club. And then in terms of players, it was top. I will be thankful for all of my life to that squad. Most of them I am still in contact with.” The affection is plain. When Jamie Vardy’s name comes up, Maresca makes a remarkable claim. “England has been quite lucky with strikers, like Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney and many others but if you ask me, Jamie has been the best one,” he says. “People don’t realise how good he is.” Maresca remains in very close contact with one of them – the attacking midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who followed him to Chelsea in a £30m deal. Dewsbury-Hall was one of the stars of Leicester’s league season, a virtual ever-present who contributed 12 goals and 14 assists. At Chelsea he has been out of the match-day squad in the league more than in it, restricted to three substitute appearances. Maresca has counted on him in the Conference League and started him in the two Carabao Cup ties. Maresca believes that Dewsbury-Hall’s time will come in the league. But as he tries to shape a positive culture, and the , even if it retains a delicate feel with so many talents to satisfy, he wants to highlight Dewsbury-Hall’s contribution. “The problem with Kiernan is that people just see him if he’s playing or not,” Maresca says. “But people don’t see the way he is helping us in terms of process. Along with Cole [Palmer] and Roméo [Lavia], who worked with me at Manchester City [where Maresca was on the coaching staff], Kiernan is the one that is knowing some of my concepts. He helps us a lot – more than what he’s thinking. “Kiernan was the most important player at Leicester; he moved to Chelsea to be one other player. You have to accept that. And probably at the beginning, you struggle to accept that. Now it’s getting better. But for sure he has to fight and continue to work, to wait for the chance and take it.”AI Server Leader Dell Stays In Rally Mode Ahead Of Quarterly Results; CrowdStrike Also On Tap