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With the set at 1-1, and the game 15-15, the ball was judged by umpire Mohamed Lahyani to have bounced twice before Draper reached a drop shot. It was clearly a wrong call from the official, but players now have the benefit of using video technology in Indian Wells to question decisions over double bounces.…

United Nations aid agencies have been sent questionnaires by the US asking them to state if they have “anti-American” beliefs or affiliations. Among the 36 questions on the form, sent by the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and seen by the BBC, is one asking if they have any links to communism. Some…

Mark Wilberforce When my mother told me at the age of 16 that we were going from the UK to Ghana for the summer holidays, I had no reason to doubt her. It was just a quick trip, a temporary break – nothing to worry about. Or so I thought. One month in, she dropped…

Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Team Shivan & Narresh The fashion show by designers Shivan and Narresh showcased the brand’s skiwear collection A fashion show held last week in a picturesque, snow-clad town in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked a major controversy that is still simmering. The show, by the well-known fashion brand Shivan & Narresh,…

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from using a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to carry out mass deportations of Venezuelans. Trump on Saturday proclaimed immigrants belonging to the Venezuelan crime gang Tren de Aragua were “conducting irregular warfare” against the US and that he would deport them under…

Sophie Williams BBC News, Washington DC Theo Welling Radioactive material was dumped near the creek after World War Two After Kim Visintine put her son to bed every night at a hospital in St Louis, Missouri, she spent her evening in the hospital’s library. She was determined to know how her boy had become seriously…

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members. Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation’s highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose. The content removal…

At least 20 people have died after tornadoes and severe storms tore through central and southern states. Source link

The will of legendary actor Gene Hackman has been released, but uncertainty lingers over his $80m (£62m) fortune. The two-time Academy Award winner left his entire estate to his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The couple was found dead in their New Mexico home in February, and authorities said Arakawa died seven days before her husband. Although…

Tens of thousands of people have descended on Serbia’s capital to protest against the deaths of 15 people in a railway station collapse. The government has put attendance at 107,000 across Belgrade. Organisers and independent monitors have yet to give their estimates. Either way, it probably ranks as the largest demonstration Serbia has ever seen.…