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Sadio Mane struck late to rejuvenate Southampton’s fading battle for Champions League qualification with a 1-0 home win against Crystal Palace to move them into fifth, while Sunderland came from behind to draw 1-1 at Hull City.

Aston Villa, who have never been relegated during the Premier League era, started the day second bottom and on a seven-game losing streak, their worst run for 52 years.

In his third game in charge, Sherwood avoided equalling Dick Taylor’s 1964 record of losing his opening three league matches in dramatic circumstances.

Villa nearly took the lead when West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster spilled a routine save but he managed to claw the ball to safety, with goalline technology proving it was a whisker away.

Gabriel Agbonlahor struck his first goal in 14 games to open the scoring after 22 minutes, latching onto Benteke’s knock on to slot the ball through the legs of Foster, sparking wild celebrations from Sherwood.

Fabian Delph nearly extended their lead but he hit the post with a long-range, curling effort before the visitors equalised after 67 minutes when Saido Berahino headed in from close range. It was the striker’s 12th league goal of the season.

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Just as the match looked to be heading for a draw, hapless Foster fumbled the ball again and, in a desperate attempt to rectify his mistake, brought down Matthew Lowton to concede a penalty.

Belgium striker Benteke stepped up to coolly roll the ball in from the spot four minutes into added time.

“We kept at it and someone was looking down on us today. I’ll try anything, we are at that stage,” Sherwood told the BBC.

“We hadn’t won in 12 Premier League games and had to buck that trend. I think we deserved the three points and onwards and upwards.”

It was Villa’s first win in 13 league games and lifted them into 17th place on 25 points, three above the relegation zone.

The two sides will meet again in the FA Cup quarter-final at Villa Park on Saturday.

Southampton, who had won once and scored just one in their last five games prior to kick off, ended a wait of over six hours for a goal at St Mary’s when Mane struck in the 83rd minute.

In what had been a match low on quality, Mane produced a deft chip over Julian Speroni after the Palace keeper had parried a shot from substitute James Ward-Prowse.

Victory lifted Southampton to 49 points, one point outside the top four and a spot in European soccer’s elite club competition next season.

“It was crucial game to win today, now we have 10 days until the Chelsea game (at Stamford Bridge) and it makes the situation a lot more comfortable and I hope they will get total confidence back and play like we did before,” Saints boss Ronald Koeman said.

Hull City’s Dame N’Doye, a deadline day signing, scored his third goal in five games to give them the lead against Sunderland with an exquisite flick after 15 minutes.

The visitors then had manager Gus Poyet sent to the stands after a heated touchline exchange with his opposite number Steve Bruce.

Jack Rodwell headed in a equaliser with 13 minutes left to keep Sunderland in 16th place on 26 points, four above the relegation places and one point below Hull.

(Reporting By Sam Holden; editing by Toby Davis)

Several US Democrats irate over Benjamin Netanyahu addressing Congress over Iran’s nuclear program have blasted the Israeli prime minister as a fear-mongerer leading a stampede to war.

Dozens of House and Senate Democrats boycotted Netanyahu’s speech, arguing he should not have been invited by Republican leaders just two weeks before his own country’s elections and amid delicate international negotiations to rein in Iran’s nuclear program.

Other Democrats who attended appeared exasperated or annoyed, including top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who was often the last to rise for standing ovations led by Republicans approval of Netanyahu’s warnings.

“I was near tears… saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States … and saddened by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by Iran and our broader commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation,” she said.

Politicians slammed the visiting dignitary’s performance as an “affront”, “condescending”, and blatant “political theatre worthy of an Oscar”.

An impassioned Netanyahu warned the deal the Obama administration was negotiating with Tehran would merely leave the Islamic republic on a path to nuclear weapons and imperil the world.

The speech was “fear-mongering” that was “straight out of the Dick Cheney playbook”, congressman John Yarmuth told reporters, referring to the hawkish Bush-era vice president.

The speech was one of the most contentious in years in the House, and as many as 60 Democrats stayed away.

One of them was congressman Earl Blumenauer, who said Netanyahu time and again has gruffly pushed the US towards war.

“I’ve listened to his alarmist predictions. I listened to him cheerlead for the United States’ greatest single blunder in our history, the Iraq war,” Blumenauer said.

In Tuesday’s address, he added, Netanyahu “gave no alternative path forward, just… a series of demands”.

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky bristled at Netanyahu’s antagonistic approach.

“What I heard today felt to me like an effort to stampede the United States into war once again,” Schakowsky said.

Several Democrats, including Senator Robert Menendez and Senator Chuck Schumer, appeared strongly supportive of Netanyahu, who was received warmly by a joint meeting of Congress.

And Republicans gave a rapturous welcome to Netanyahu, who was invited to Washington by House Speaker John Boehner without consulting the White House or Democratic congressional leaders, triggering uproar.

A stoppage-time Christian Benteke penalty handed Villa their first win in 13 league games and Sherwood his first points after three games in charge at the struggling club.

Victory lifted Villa, who have never been relegated in the Premier League era, from second-bottom to 17th in the table and arrested a seven-game losing streak in the league.

Sherwood believes the last-gasp win could be a turning point in his team’s season and said it was more important to him than winning a huge jackpot.

“My missus said to me this morning she was doing the EuroMillions lottery, 54 million pounds ($82.94 million)jackpot,” Sherwood told reporters. “I said I’d rather have three points.

“I think so (it’s a turning point). We have conceded late against Stoke (in a 2-1 home loss) and it is a real body blow, but to score one late is an excellent feeling and I thought it was thoroughly deserved.

“We are improving every game and we are still alive and kicking. It’s a massive football club and it is at the wrong end of the table.”

Villa have scored the fewest goals in the Premier League this season with 15 but showed a will to get forward and attack local rivals West Brom.

They recorded more shots on target (eight) than in any of their league games since May last year and the determination to be more dynamic going forward was a sign of Sherwood’s influence.

“We kept at it and someone was looking down on us today. I’ll try anything, we are at that stage,” the former Tottenham Hotspur manager said.

“We hadn’t won in 12 Premier League games and had to buck that trend. I think we deserved the three points and onwards and upwards.

“When you are at the bottom you have to grind out results…

“I don’t think we can do it the old fashioned way with blood and thunder, we have to play through teams.”

(Reporting By Sam Holden; editing by Toby Davis)

The execution of Bali nine prisoners Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will bring no good or benefit to the Indonesian community, a clemency advocate says.

The Australians were moved under heavy guard from Kerobokan prison at 5.18am local time on Wednesday, bound for Bali airport. They will fly to Cilacap in central Java and then be moved to Nusakambangan Island, where they will be shot by firing squad.

Mercy Campaign co-founder Matthew Goldberg says the images of the men being moved from Kerobokan are distressing, but while acknowledging that time is running out, he still holds out hope that Indonesian President Joko Widodo will spare them.

“It is still within President Widodo’s jurisdiction to exercise his discretion, to acknowledge circumstances of their claim and to grant them clemency. That can still occur,” he said on Wednesday morning.

“It’s a terribly retrograde step to see them moved from the prison where they’ve spent years developing, working themselves quietly at reform and spending their time otherwise assisting others in their rehabilitation.”

Mr Goldberg says the executions will do nothing to counter problems in Indonesia associated with the drugs trade.

“We know that no good can come of their execution for anyone,” he said.

“No benefit to the community, there will be no better protection for people exposed to the use or trade of drugs. There is no benefit.”

The Australian government had not yet been officially informed of the transfer of the men.

Speaking in Canberra before the pair were moved out of prison, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he also had not given up hope they could be spared.

“Even at the 11th hour I hope there might be a change of heart in Indonesia and these executions might be stopped,” he said.

“I just want everyone to know the Australian government will never rest in our determination to let Indonesia know that we oppose the death penalty, we oppose drug crime.”

He said Australians were “revolted” by the imminent executions.

Chan and Sukumaran were sentenced in 2006 for their parts in a plot to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin from Bali to Australia.

They are expected to be executed with eight others convicted drug traffickers, one of whom is Indonesian.

Sex offenders who have intercourse with a child under the age of 10 could face life behind bars under a re-elected NSW coalition government.

Premier Mike Baird is expected to outline on Wednesday a raft of tough new measures targeting child sex offenders which he will take to the March 28 election.

“This is about protecting child victims of sexual assault and bringing pedophiles to justice,” Mr Baird said.

The maximum penalty for sexual intercourse with a child under 10 will be raised from 25 years to life in jail under the plan.

Mr Baird is also proposing to introduce standard non-parole periods for 13 child abuse offences including grooming, prostitution and production of child abuse material.

Attorney General Brad Hazzard said the measures would ensure sentences meet community standards.

But a spokeswoman for Mr Hazzard said the measures won’t apply to historic sex abuse cases.

Howard Brown, from the Victims of Crime Assistance League, said the changes would allow more time for offenders to be rehabilitated.

“In the past the term of imprisonment has been too short for an offender to successfully complete sex offender programs, resulting in their release without treatment,” Mr Brown said.

Mr Baird will commit $4 million for the justice package while committing another $4 million over four years to educate children and young people about protecting themselves against abuse.

He will also announce a pilot program to allow child witnesses in abuse cases to be cross-examined in a “safe place” rather than coming in to court, aligning NSW with other states and territories.