Officials have extended the state of emergency in several regions until the end of the month.

Valtteri Bottas heads Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in a tight first practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The BBC Radio 5 Live team think Billy Joe Saunders may need to land Britain's biggest win on US soil to overcome Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.

Twitter launches a new payment feature for good tweets - but it comes with privacy concerns.

The large protected birds are "messing with stuff and pooping everywhere", the family says.

The anti-Semitism commissioner urges officials to stop protesters "relativising" the Holocaust.

Drisya and Dilin have not seen their daughter for 17 months due to Australia's Covid border closures.

Players like England captain Owen Farrell can return to "playing with some confidence" on this summer's British and Irish Lions tour, hopes head coach Warren Gatland.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says it is "not my problem" if he distorts the battle for Champions League places by fielding under-strength teams.

Employers hired 266,000 people last month, figures show, despite a $1.9tn stimulus package.

The Guardian newspaper reports that five women allege he sexually harassed them on the Doctor Who set.

India name a 20-man squad for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and the series against England this summer.

Lewis Hamilton leads a Mercedes one-two in second practice at the Spanish Grand Prix as Max Verstappen fails to set a representative lap time.

The star says the lockdown forced him to ask: "Who am I without Wembley Stadium saying, 'you're awesome'?"

Campaigners argued that existing rules around the hunting of wild game were discriminatory.

Mohamed Nasheed and four others, including a British national, were injured in the attack.

It says the Sinopharm vaccine, which has been given to millions of people, is safe and effective.

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Spanish La Liga game between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid.

Germany's Alexander Zverev beats Rafael Nadal for the first time on clay to reach the Madrid Open semi-finals.

TripAdvisor initially found nothing wrong with a death camp review containing a gas chamber "joke".

Derek Chauvin, already convicted of murder, and three others are accused of denying Floyd's rights.