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Racism, rape and death threats: One weekend of abuse in football
More than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts were sent about managers and players in the Premier League and Women's Super League in a single weekend, a BBC investigation finds.

Search for long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume
The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanished in 2014 in one of the greatest aviation mysteries.

Strangled, beaten and enslaved by my in-laws
"Sara" was told if she left the house, she would be attacked and raped by British people.

Airbus to inspect some planes over 'quality issue' with panels
The announcement comes days after a massive recall affecting thousands of the firm's A320 fleet.

Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in US as ICE plans Minnesota operation
The president says the US will "go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country".

Higher proportion of patients in England now contacting GPs online, figures show
All NHS practices were required by the government to provide web bookings from October.

MPs warn China spy trial failures could happen again
A damning report finds a “shambolic” system could lead to future espionage cases being dropped.

Clubs regulator puts Wests Tigers owners on notice after board sacked
The watchdog that sacked the Parramatta Eels board over governance failings is now monitoring the owners of the Wests Tigers.

Rory McIlroy rates Royal Melbourne
Golf star Rory McIlroy gives his assessment of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club course a day before playing the 2025 Australian Open there.

It started as a cross-code schoolboy exhibition. Now Hybrid Rugby could save the English Super League
There are at least three million reasons for a historic cross-code extravaganza between league and rugby union clubs to go ahead.

In-form Portelli stable takes two contenders to Gosford
Warwick Farm horseman Gary Portelli is hoping to continue his run of winning form when producing two leading chances at Thursday’s Gosford meeting.

Watch: Driver hoisted to safety from truck dangling over West Virginia bridge
A man was hoisted to safety and uninjured after his truck partly skated off an icy bridge road in the US

As lead changes in knife-edge Honduran election, will Trump fail to get his way?
Former vice-president Salvador Nasralla has a small lead over his rival, the conservative former mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura.

Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
Members of Wales' Chinese community say seeing a politician use a racist slur is "very upsetting".

Italian luxury giant Prada buys Versace – at a discount
The $1.38bn (£1.04bn) deal between the two Italian fashion giants is well below the roughly $2bn Versace was sold for in 2018.

Crisis looms in Israel over ultra-Orthodox conscription bill
Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious study.

Government legal and staffing costs adds £100m to Covid inquiry bill, BBC learns
BBC analysis shows cost to taxpayer is 50% higher than thought, with inquiry's own costs at £192m.

Kremlin signals no Ukraine breakthrough after Putin talks with US
Five hours of talks between Putin and US negotiators were “constructive”, Kremlin officials say, but “a lot of work lies ahead”.

Inglis to replace Khawaja for Gabba Test as Webster misses out
Josh Inglis will replace Usman Khawaja and play his first Test match on Australian soil at the Gabba on Thursday.

Papenhuyzen breaks silence on playing future and R360 delay after Storm exit
Former Melbourne Storm star Ryan Papenhuyzen remains steadfast that he will remain away from the game in 2026 as he looks to chase dreams beyond the footy field.