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England have been able to start preparing for the World Cup for months, but the task of picking warm-up games is tricky. BBC Sport assesses some of the options.

A briefing by his allies to British news outlets about alleged leadership challenge triggered a communications crisis.

After last month’s capture of el-Fasher, which led to hundreds of deaths, the RSF’s attention turns to el-Obeid.

The Indonesian Defence Ministry says troops are likely to focus on health and reconstruction if sent to the enclave.

The Federation says politicians and the media repeated the inflammatory claim

The Federation says politicians and the media repeated the inflammatory claim

Investigators fear the murder of a second brother of Amine Kessaci is meant as a warning to him.

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi had suggested Tokyo could take military action if Beijing attacked Taiwan.

An airport in Japan temporarily suspended flights on Wednesday after a bear wandered onto its grounds.

It is not clear who chartered the plane carrying the Palestinians from Kenya to South Africa.

Exam results from areas which dropped English have declined, the education minister says, announcing the U-turn.

Russian recruitment networks are targeting Kenyans with fake job offers, authorities say.

Bol Mel, who is sanctioned by the US for alleged corruption, had been tipped as Kiir’s successor.

Doug McMillon is handing over the reins of America’s largest retailer to John Furner.

South Africans flocked to a new estate that launched last month, which recorded more than R600 million in property sales within just two days.

Are credit cards ‘bad’ and debit cards ‘good’? Martin Lewis explains why it’s not that simple.

Mbalula says that there should be more information to citizens on the part of government

Trump pulled the entire delegation from attending G20.

Thepa was one of the witnesses who assisted IPID in investigating the blue light saga

Wages at Sheffield Wednesday can be paid on time for November and December after fans ended their boycott of the club.

Will Man Utd help knock Man City off their perch at the top of the WSL table? Or will City land a lethal blow to the Red Devils’ title aspirations?

Twenty-one of Scotland’s Women’s Rugby World Cup squad are among 35 players given contracts by Scottish Rugby.

As Wales return to Vaduz on Saturday can you name the side that won a World Cup qualifier 2-0 in Liechtenstein 16 years ago under John Toshack?

Councils say 59 authorities could go bankrupt by March 2028 without urgent structural reform

Special educational needs services in England face “total collapse”, with councils on course to have run up debts of £18bn by the end of the decade as a result of increasing numbers of children requiring extra teaching support in schools.

Without urgent structural reform of the system, the cost of...

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Officials urge vaccination against mutated strain of virus that may be more transmissible than usual

Hospitals are bracing for a once-in-a-decade flu season, with a mutated version of the virus that is spreading widely in younger people expected to drive a wave of admissions when it reaches the elderly.

The threat has prompted NHS managers to redouble efforts to vaccinate staff and communities,...

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Twin-turbo V8 hooked up to electric system produces a whopping 772kW of power.

Implementation of Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act pushed back to July.

A hospice offers a free programme for those with life-limiting or serious progressive illnesses.

Chace, 11, from Warwickshire, has been supported by Shine a Light, a childhood cancer charity.

BMA Scotland says ministers went back on a pay agreement but Health Secretary Neil Gray says it is a “fair, affordable, equitable pay offer”.