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West Ham Tottenham have called for social media companies to take action after Son Heung-min was subjected to "utterly reprehensible" racist abuse online. The abuse occurred during Sunday's 2-0 Premier League victory over West Ham, during which substitute Son scored Spurs' second goal. Tottenham posted on Twitter saying they had reported the abuse towards Son. "We stand with Sonny and once again call on the social media companies and authorities to take action," they said.

North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Japan's government has said. The defence ministry confirmed it was launched on Saturday, flew for 66 minutes and landed in the Sea of Japan. It comes after Pyongyang showed off its massive military might in a parade that included more than a dozen ICBMs. On Friday, North Korea threatened to unleash an "unprecedentedly strong" retaliation to any military drills between South Korea and the US. The annual springtime exercises, which are due to start next month, are designed to help fend off North Korea's increasing nuclear threats. But Pyongyang has long insisted the drills are in preparation to invade North Korea. Saturday's missile, which is the first to be launched since new year's day, splashed down west of Hokkaido, in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at 18:27 (09:27 GMT), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. An EEZ is an area of the sea that a country has jurisdiction over. Japan's is a 200-nautical mile area off its coast.

After well over a year of talks between the UK and the EU it appears that a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is finally around the corner. The set of post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland has split political opinion since its inception in 2021. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been to Belfast to brief Stormont politicians on what the solution might look like. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - among the protocol's most vocal critics - says progress has been made and describes this as a "big moment" in the path towards a deal. Now the prime minister will return to the table with the EU, aiming to secure the final stages of an agreement. So what could a deal actually look like? And will it appease those who oppose the existing set-up?

The mother of a six-year-old boy has been arrested after he brought a gun to his primary school in Virginia - the latest such incident in the US state. Police were called to Little Creek Elementary School in the city of Norfolk on Thursday afternoon, where staff gave them the handgun. No-one was injured, but one mother says the boy threatened to shoot her daughter in class. Last month another six-year-old shot and wounded his teacher in the state. In the latest incident, the boy's mother was charged on Friday with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and allowing access to a loaded firearm by children. The BBC is not naming her to protect the child's identity. Another mother told a local news station that the boy had brought a loaded gun to school in his backpack and threatened to shoot her daughter during physical education class on Thursday. But the woman only found out about the threat from another parent.

Bulgarian police have made four arrests after 18 people, including a child, were found dead in an abandoned truck in Bulgaria, its government says. The truck appeared to have been illegally transporting a group of migrants. Thirty-four people, including five children, were rushed to hospitals and some were in a critical condition, the health minister said. The people in the truck were cold, wet and had not eaten in days, he said. It is believed to be the deadliest incident involving migrants in Bulgaria. Bulgaria has long struggled to deal with large numbers of people trying to enter the European Union from Turkey. The truck - found near the village of Lokorsko, 12 miles (20km) north-east of Bulgaria's capital, Sofia - was illegally transporting the migrants in hidden compartments in which they had suffocated, police said.

A small military town in Sweden's frozen north is on course to produce Europe's first commercial green steel. Giant diggers and excavators are powering through layers of mud, ice and snow at the site of a new steel plant just outside Boden, 900 km (559 miles) north of Stockholm. At 09:00, the sun has only just risen and the temperature is -8C. Some of the workers are wearing three or four jackets, and have switched on the heated seats in their vehicles. Steel is usually made in a process that starts with blast furnaces. Fed with coking coal and iron ore, they emit large quantities of carbon dioxide and contribute to global warming. The production of steel is responsible for around 7% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. But in Boden, the new plant will use hydrogen technology, designed to cut emissions by as much as 95%.

Seven major German airports have been brought to a standstill after hundreds of ground crew walked out on strike in a row over pay. Aircraft are grounded at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover and Dortmund. More than 2,300 flights have been cancelled affecting 300,000 passengers, with air travel effectively wiped-out. Members of the Ver.di union and Civil Service Association are demanding a 10.5% pay increase for workers. At Leipzig Airport, a handful of international flights got away this morning but domestic flights were cancelled. At Frankfurt Airport, a couple of passengers wheeled suitcases through what is usually the bustling departures terminal. It was, one local TV reporter noted, almost as empty as it had been during the Covid pandemic. The action coincided with the start of the high-profile gathering of world leaders and defence experts at the Munich Security Conference.

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Two U.S. F-35 fighter jets intercepted Russian fighter aircraft Tuesday as they approached Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone, officials announced Thursday. The Russian military aircraft included a TU-95 BEAR-H bomber, as well as SU-30 and SU-35 fighter jets. NORAD CONDUCTS AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE DAYS AFTER RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT INTERCEPTED OVER ALASKA, OBJECTS SHOT DOWN

An energy giant has been accused of covering up the severity of an oil spill which allegedly killed dolphins off Western Australia (WA) last year. A whistleblower's statement read out in parliament this week alleges dead dolphins were found floating near the oil slick caused by Santos last March. Santos has previously denied the deaths were connected to the spill from its Varanus Island facility. The Australian firm is yet to respond to request for comment. The company last April told the WA Today newspaper the incident was a "minor spill" with "negligible" environmental impact. In November it added that the dead dolphins had been sighted "a couple of hours after" the spill, arguing it would have been too early for their deaths to result from it.

South Africa is starting a joint military exercise with Russia and China that opposition figures say amounts to an endorsement of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The US has also criticised the 10-day naval drills, which will continue over the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. But South Africa's government says it remains neutral regarding the conflict, and that it routinely hosts similar drills with other countries, including France and the US. What are South Africa, Russia and China doing? The Mosi II naval exercises are taking place in the Indian Ocean, off the South African coast. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says 350 members of its armed forces will take part.

An annual trick of the light is treating visitors to a fiery red waterfall at California's Yosemite National Park. The setting sun lights up Horsetail Falls for a few weeks every February in a phenomenon called a "firefall". When conditions are just right, the waterfall looks like lava gushing thousands of feet from a high cliff. The spectacle lasts only a few minutes a day, but attracts hundreds of visitors to the park every year. Haze or even slight cloudiness can diminish or eliminate the effect, the National Park Service says. But "when the sun drops at the exact right angle," spokesman Scott Gediman tells AFP, "it's magical". California and much of the western US has been plagued by drought for years, threatening the firefall's appearance. But the downpours and massive flooding that devastated much of the west early this year have plumped up the state's watercourses, making this year's firefall picture-perfect.)

US President Joe Biden remains healthy, vigorous and fit to successfully execute his duties, according to the White House physician. Doctors gave the 80-year-old a three-hour physical examination on Thursday at a hospital in the Washington area. It marked Mr Biden's second extensive physical exam since he took office in January 2021. America's oldest ever president, he is widely expected soon to announce he will seek a second term in office. Thursday's physical provides a detailed insight into Mr Biden's medical history and his current health and fitness. It did not include a cognitive test. "The President remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations," Dr Kevin O'Connor wrote on Thursday in a memo.

Thousands of Ukrainians are arriving in the UK as civilians and returning home as skilled soldiers ready for battle. In five weeks, 10,000 of the volunteers have learned the international laws of armed conflict, trench warfare, urban fighting, weapons handling and firing, medical training and dealing with explosives. The recruits are part of Operation Interflex, which is held at secret locations across the UK, to help Ukrainians fight and survive despite the onslaught of Russian invaders.

Bruce Willis' original diagnosis of aphasia has progressed, according to his family members ... who say the latest word from doctors is that he has frontotemporal dementia. His daughter Rumer Willis posted that update and a statement from the family ... telling fans Bruce has now been diagnosed with a common cause of dementia, which is known as FTD.

The 2023 Oscars nominations came and went without paying the slightest attention to Tom Cruise and his performance in Top Gun: Maverick. The 2022 action movie has been nominated in Best Picture categories for both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, but Cruise has yet to be nominated for Best Actor. What gives? Many have expressed that Cruise and Top Gun can’t be separated, calling the movie a star vehicle for the actor. Following the Oscar nominations, journalist Max Weiss tweeted, “I will say this. If you’re going to nominate Top Gun: Maverick For Best Picture, you’ve gotta nominate Tom Cruise. He’s the whole thing. He’s the Top Gun AND the Maverick. He’s the movie and the movie is him.” Full Article

Nearly a decade after Keanu Reeves' John Wick went on a deadly rampage after his beloved dog was killed, the assassin may just have a new four-legged friend in the final trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4. The first John Wick film found the title character living a peaceful life in retirement, with an adorable dog as his companion, a final gift from his dying wife. When a group of assassins made the mistake of killing his beloved pooch, the hitman Wick came out of retirement and went on a bloody rampage. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11761189/John-Wick-Chapter-4-final-trailer-finds-Keanu-Reeves-title-character-fighting-freedom.html

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