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A painting discovered by a junk dealer in the basement of an Italian villa six decades ago is actually the work of Pablo Picasso and could sell for millions, according to experts.

Luigi Lo Rosso used to spend his days combing abandoned houses and landfills in search of treasure to sell in the family's pawn shop in Pompeii, Italy.

In 1962, he found a rolled-up canvas with an asymmetrical painting of a woman in the basement of the villa on the nearby island of Capri.

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The painting is now believed to be a distorted image of French photographer and poet Dora Maar, who was Picasso's lover, according to Luca Gentile Canal Marcante, an art expert and honorary president of the Swiss-based art restoration non-profit Arcadia Foundation.

The oil painting on canvas features Picasso's asymmetrical style of a woman in a blue dress with red lipstick.

At just 24, Lo Rosso didn't appreciate that the signature in the upper left corner of the artwork that read simply "Picasso" meant anything, his son Andrea Lo Rosso said.

The older Lo Rosso, who died in 2021, stuck it in a cheap frame and gave it to his wife – much to her chagrin, his son said.

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She didn't think it was pretty enough to sell, so it hung in the family home for about 50 years and later in a restaurant they owned.

"When mum hung it on the wall to decorate the house, renaming it 'the scribble' due to the strangeness of the woman's face depicted, I wasn't even born yet," Andrea Lo Rosso said.

"From dad's stories I know that there were two canvases recovered from the Capri dump site. However, only one was signed by Picasso. Both were covered with earth and lime and my mother spread them out and washed them with detergent, as if they were carpets."

In the 1980s, when Andrea Lo Rosso was in grade school, he saw Picasso's "Buste de femme Dora Maar" in an art history textbook and learned that the Spanish painter spent time in Capri in the 1950s.

He then told his parents the painting might just be of value.

Thus began a decades-long journey to authenticate the signature on the artwork.

The family said they contacted art historians, many of whom told them it wasn't an original, but offered to take it off their hands.

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Suspicious, they registered it with Italy's patrimony police, who first thought it might be stolen, but, since it was not authenticated at the time, allowed the family to keep it.

The artwork has been locked in a vault in Milan since 2019.

Finally, last month Cinzia Altieri, a graphologist for a patrimony court in Milan, was able to certify the Picasso signature as authentic.

Altieri worked on the painting for months, comparing it with other Picasso works and running forensic tests to make sure it was signed around the same time it was painted.

"There is no doubt that the signature is his," she said in a statement to local Italian media on Monday.

"There was no evidence to demonstrate its apocryphal nature."

Art expert Marcante, who has worked with the Lo Russo family, told CNN he's confident the painting is authentic.

The Lo Rossos' painting is likely to be worth around €6 million ($9.6 million), according to Altieri and Marcante's assessments, based on the current art market.

If certified by the Picasso Foundation in Paris, it becomes even more valuable.

"I'm happy but let's wait to toast, there is still one step to take before we consider this incredible story over," Andrea Lo Rosso said.

"I continue to work as I do every day in the hope that even in Paris they will be convinced of the authenticity of the painting."

CNN's has contacted the Picasso Foundation for comment.

Lo Rosso and his siblings say that when it is finally recognised by the Picasso Foundation, which could more than double its value, they will auction it off in honour of their father, who wanted the painting to be certified and sold.

A South Australian tomato grower who is losing thousands of dollars a day is demanding evidence of the virus which has forced him to shut down his business.

Tony Sacca has questioned the Department of Primary Industries and Regions' (PIRSA) heavy-handed tactics and believes growers should be allowed to manage tomato brown rugose fruit virus but bio-security officials want to eradicate the highly contagious plant virus.

Despite waiting for over six weeks, Sacca's tomato test results for the virus remain inconclusive, leaving him in a state of uncertainty regarding the sale of his produce. 

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"Six or seven weeks later, not knowing if we can sell, not knowing if we don't have the virus is really not good enough," he said.

Other growers who confirmed the presence of the virus have already discarded tonnes of stock, resulting in job losses and empty greenhouses.

Faced with mounting financial losses, Sacca made the difficult decision to halt his operations until the situation becomes clearer. 

"If I keep on growing, I'm losing money, so I'm better off chopping… waiting," he said.

Sacca is demanding more comprehensive results from PIRSA, which has begun releasing them to growers still in limbo. 

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The agency says the virus is limited to three properties and that over 3,000 test results have been received, leading to the clearance of 10 properties. However, 12 sites are still awaiting their results.

To expedite the process, a laboratory will be set up at the SA Research and Development Institute.

However, it will take several weeks to receive national accreditation and approval.

Western Australia and Queensland have imposed a blanket ban on South Australian tomatoes due to the virus, a major blow to growers like Sacca who sell most of their product interstate.

This article was produced with the assistance of 9ExPress.

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Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel caused few casualties and little damage, but it marked a further escalation of tensions in the Middle East as Israeli forces battle Tehran's militant allies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

Israel has vowed to retaliate against Iran.

At the heart of the recent escalation is the nearly year-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Palestinian officials say Israel launched air and ground operations in the territory's southern city of Khan Younis early Wednesday, killing more than 50 people.

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Israeli forces are meanwhile carrying out what they say are limited ground incursions into southern Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that its fighters had battled troops near the border, and the Israeli military announced that eight of its soldiers, including at least one commando, had been killed in the fighting.

Here's what to know.

Why did Iran launch missiles toward Israel?

Iran's decision to launch some 180 missiles at Israel came after its militant allies, known as the Axis of Resistance, suffered a series of major blows in recent weeks.

Israeli airstrikes killed Hezbollah's top leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several of his top commanders in quick succession, indicating that Israeli intelligence has thoroughly penetrated the group. Israel has also bombed what it says are militant targets across large parts of Lebanon, killing over 1000 people, a quarter of whom are women and children, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

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Iran said the missile attack was in response to the targeted killing of Nasrallah, an Iranian general killed alongside him and Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas who was killed in an explosion in Tehran in July that was widely blamed on Israel.

Iran may have felt it had to respond to avoid being seen as hanging its allies out to dry. It also appears to be trying to re-establish deterrence after the unspoken rules of its long-running shadow war with Israel have crumbled.

What kind of missiles did Iran use in the attack?

Iranian state media said several types of ballistic missiles were used in the attack, including the Emad and Ghadr, as well as Iran's new Fattah missile.

Officials last year claimed the Fattah, or "Conqueror" in Farsi, traveled as fast as 15 times the speed of sound with a range of up to 1400km.

Missile experts who analysed footage of remains of missiles recovered after the attack suggested the Fattah had been used. Questions remain over how maneuverable the missile is as it comes back into the atmosphere. The more irregular the missile's flight path, the more difficult it becomes to intercept.

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The Israeli military said it intercepted many of the incoming Iranian missiles using its multitiered air defence system, though some landed in central and southern Israel and two people were lightly wounded by shrapnel. One of the missiles killed a Palestinian worker from Gaza who had been stranded in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the start of the war.

How is Israel likely to respond?

Israel has a range of options in responding to the attack, spanning from a largely symbolic strike, like one it apparently carried out in April, to a broader air campaign targeting Iran's infrastructure or even its controversial nuclear program.

Yoav Limor, a military correspondent for the Israel Today newspaper, said the failure of the Iranian attack to cause major casualties or damage gives Israel time to consider its response.

"Israel can stick to the eye-for-an-eye equation (as it did in April) and only hit military targets," he wrote.

"It can also attack infrastructure targets that will hurt the Iranian regime and the Iranian economy, such as oil, gas and petrochemical facilities, in the hope that the ensuing crisis in Iran will also provoke public anger against the regime."

Israel's response may depend on how far the US is willing to escalate and whether American forces will take part.

But the Biden administration might be wary of an all-out war that could draw in American forces stationed in the region and Arab allies, and which could send oil prices soaring weeks before the US presidential election.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called Iran's attack a "significant escalation." President Joe Biden said he's discussing possible responses with aides, but would not support an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program.

What is the latest on Israel's operations in Lebanon?

Hezbollah said Wednesday that its fighters clashed with Israeli troops near the border. That would mark the first ground combat since the start of the incursion.

The Israeli military said ground forces backed by airstrikes had killed militants in "close-range engagements" without saying where.

Israel said that it had launched limited ground incursions into Lebanon to locate and destroy Hezbollah infrastructure, but there are signs that a wider offensive is planned.

It said eight Israeli soldiers had been killed in the fighting, with seven killed in two separate attacks. Earlier, Israel earlier announced that a 22-year-old captain in a commando brigade had been killed. It gave few other details.

Israel has moved thousands of troops, tanks and artillery to the border in recent days, and it has warned residents to evacuate around 50 villages and towns in a UN-declared buffer zone in southern Lebanon, telling them to relocate to more than 60km north of the border. Thousands of Syrians and Lebanese have been streaming into Syria to escape the airstrikes.

In its first confirmation of the incursion, the Lebanese army said Israeli forces had advanced some 400m across the border but withdrew "after a short period."

The sides have continued to trade strikes in recent days, with Israeli warplanes hitting Beirut and artillery firing at targets along the border. Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets, missiles and drones into Israel since last October, when it began attacking Israel in support of the Palestinians and its Hamas allies in Gaza.

What happened in Gaza?

Palestinians say Israel launched a large air and ground operation overnight in the southern city of Khan Younis, killing more than 50 people, including women and children, according to health officials.

Separate strikes in Gaza killed around two dozen Palestinians.

Israel has continued to strike what it says are militant targets in Gaza even as attention has shifted to Lebanon and Iran.

Israeli forces carried out a major operation in Khan Younis earlier this year that destroyed large areas of the city, and its forces have returned to several parts of Gaza as militants have regrouped.

The regional escalation began with Hamas' October 7 attack into southern Israel, when Palestinian militants killed some 1200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 250 hostage.

Some 100 have not yet been released, around 65 of whom are believed to be alive.

Hamas' military wing, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for a Tuesday mass shooting in Tel Aviv that killed seven people. The two attackers were shot by security guards and armed passersby.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed over 41,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials. They do not say how many were fighters but say women and children make up more than half of the fatalities.

The air and ground campaign has devastated wide areas of the coastal enclave and displaced 90 per cent of its population of 2.3 million people, often multiple times.

Diplomatic efforts have stalled and there is no end to the war in sight.

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An unexploded US bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a runway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said.

Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in south-western Japan on Wednesday.

Officials said an investigation by the Self-Defence Forces and police confirmed that the explosion was caused by a 230kg US bomb and there was no further danger. They were determining what caused its sudden detonation.

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A video recorded by a nearby aviation school showed the blast spewing pieces of asphalt into the air like a fountain.

Videos broadcast on Japanese television showed a crater in the taxiway reportedly about 7m in diameter and 1m deep.

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Miyazaki Airport was built in 1943 as a former Imperial Japanese Navy flight training field from which some kamikaze pilots took off on suicide attack missions.

A number of unexploded bombs dropped by the US military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, Defence Ministry officials said.

Hundreds of tonnes of unexploded bombs from the war remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

Mark Chavez, one of the two doctors charged in connection with Friends star Matthew Perry's death, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine as part of a plea agreement during a court appearance in the US.

In accordance with the agreement, Chavez formally pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine to Perry, who died in October 2023 due to "acute effects" of the anaesthetic and subsequent drowning, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office autopsy report. He was 54.

Chavez made formal his plea agreement with prosecutors during Wednesday's hearing. The judge set his sentencing for April 2, 2025. Chavez is facing up to 10 years in prison, which is the maximum recommended sentence outlined in the plea agreement.

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CNN has reached out to Chavez's attorney and the US Attorney's Office for comment.

During a court appearance last month, Chavez acknowledged the charges and waived his right to a grand jury indictment.

Chavez is accused of providing Dr Salvador Plasencia – who is also charged in connection with Perry's death and has previously pleaded not guilty – with the ketamine given to Perry through a fraudulent prescription, according to court documents.

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Plasencia and Chavez are among the five people who have been charged in connection with the death of the beloved actor. Perry's personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and an acquaintance of Perry's, Erik Fleming, were also charged and, along with Chavez, have been cooperative with prosecutors.

Fleming, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, and Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, have sentencing dates set in the coming months.

Jasveen Sangha – who prosecutors have said ran what amounted to "a drug selling emporium" in her home – and Plasencia have pleaded not guilty to their respective charges that include falsifying medical records and conspiracy to distribute among others.

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Sangha and Plasencia will be tried together, according to prosecutors. The trial is scheduled to begin on March 4, 2025 and a pretrial hearing is scheduled for February 19.

Chavez received his medical degree in 2004 from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, according to his website, which advertises tailored health services.

He has surrendered his medical licence in accordance with the plea agreement, his attorney Matthew Binninger previously said.

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Dashcam footage has captured a harrowing hit and run crash that left a Brisbane nurse shaken and $700 out of pocket.

Maretta Vincart, 41, was driving her Mazda 3 along the Gateway Motorway in Murarrie yesterday when a Holden Commodore ploughed into the back of her vehicle.

The impact caused Vincart's car to spin out of control as bystanders rushed to her aid.

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Vincart's dashcam captured the close call, including the moment that the Commodore drove away. 

"I don't remember screaming at all, but it is like what everyone says, it goes in slow motion," Vincart told 9News.

"I did feel the car go to tip but it didn't so I was extremely lucky."

Witness Laura Ellis said the Commodore came "flying past" and nearly took out another car before crashing into Vincart.

"It's pretty confronting, watching her car kind of spin out," she said.

"They obviously have no care for anyone."

Vincart said her car was a write-off.

In a further blow, Vincart has to pay a $700 excess on her insurance because she doesn't have the other driver's details.

"It's frustrating because it was a normal day working," she said.

"Abiding by the road rules, and someone decides to not do that and be reckless … I could have lost my life."

Police are investigating and are looking for a blue Holden Commodore with the Queensland registration 483KG5.

They are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has dashcam footage to come forward.

Vincart also urged the person responsible to hand themselves in. 

"They've done the wrong thing, so they should be punished accordingly for that," she said.

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Police efforts to apprehend violent anti-war protestors have not deterred pro-Palestine advocates, who plan to bring their biggest ever crowd of demonstrators to Melbourne's CBD this weekend.

Police today released new images of nine people as they continue to investigate violence at anti-war protests in Melbourne last month.

Several people attending the Land Forces Expo, held in the city's convention and exhibition centre, were assaulted, along with 27 police officers who required medical treatment.

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Police say rocks, projectiles, liquid that smelt strongly of vomit, horse manure, eggs and liquid irritants were hurled at officers and expo attendees.

A mounted officer had a full can of drink thrown at her head, while 12 horses were exposed to various sprays.

Today detectives released photos of eight men and a woman in the hope they can help with their enquiries.

Police are also hoping to identify another man after a council bin was set alight on Spencer Street.

An image of a man wearing a blue T-shirt has been released.

To date, 89 people have been charged or fined over the violent protests on Wednesday, September 11.

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Further arrests are expected.

It comes as pro-Palestine demonstrators plan to forge ahead with a march on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war.

It is expected to be the biggest demonstration Students For Palestine has held.

"It's important that people continue to show up and stand up for Palestine, because so long as our governments support Israel militarily and economically, we will continue to see Israel feel confident to go after innocent civilian lives," Students For Palestine's Bella Beiraghi said.

"Where does it end. That's my question. What will it take to actually get a military embargo on Israel?"

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called for calm and for Victorians not to attend Sunday's rally, which is expected to begin at the State Library of Victoria at midday.

"[It is a] less than appropriate commemoration of the atrocity that occurred on October 7," Albanese said.

Police say they will have a heavy presence at the event and any unlawful behaviour will not be tolerated.

Victoria's opposition is calling for police to be given heightened powers to deal with the crowds.

"My call today would be for the Victoria Police, through the government, to bring special powers in like they did for Land Forces, to ensure we don't have the same events that have happened before," opposition spokesperson David Southwick said.

The opposition also says demonstrators should have protest permits like they do in other states, including NSW, where police have applied to the Supreme Court to block two pro-Palestine protests planned for Sydney this weekend.

Current protest laws prevent Victorian authorities from doing the same, because protests in Victoria do not require a permit to go ahead.

"Even if protests are inconvenient, they should never be allowed to be violent or hateful, so there's more that can be done," Opposition Leader John Pesutto said.

State government spokesperson Danny Pearson said he believes the government has "got the settings right here in Victoria".

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