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1. The ‘mosquito factory’ breeding genetically-engineered insects to fight malaria

   Malaria cases have skyrocketed in Djibouti in recent years. Rachel Schraer reports on a British company helping produce insects in the city who cannot spread the deadly disease

2. Donald Trump’s wildest AI moments of 2025

   Artificial intelligence continued to make waves in 2025 — nowhere was that more true than in the hands of the planet’s most powerful man.

3. Former England and Glamorgan batter and ECB boss Hugh Morris dies, aged 62

   Morris was the youngest-ever captain at Glamorgan, aged 22, and featured for his country’s Test side on three occasions, while also acting as the ECB’s first managing director from 2007 to 2013

4. Battle of the Sexes is the sequel no one wanted. Why is the BBC indulging such an ugly spectacle?

   Comment: This week’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ is a far cry from Billie Jean King’s trailblazing match 50 years ago – an unwanted sequel that’s a giant leap backwards for the sport

5. Iran in ‘all-out war’ with US and Europe, says president

   Pezeshkian’s comments come days before Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Donald Trump

6. Russian submarine followed spy ship into British waters as it mapped gas pipeline

   The Royal Navy chief said earlier this month that the UK had seen a 30 per cent rise in Russian incursions in UK waters over two years

7. Texas dad helped rescue his kidnapped teenage daughter by tracking her mobile phone, police say

   A 23-year-old man was arrested after the girl, 15, was found in a pick-up truck in a wooded area two miles away

8. Joe Root rejects ‘silly’ talk over England management after highlighting positive trend

   Head coach Brendon McCullum and managing director Rob Key both face questions after an Ashes defeat, but a consolation win in Melbourne has raised spirits

9. A winter storm threatens to bring blizzards and ice to parts of the U.S., hampering holiday travel

   A powerful winter storm driven by a rapidly intensifying cyclone was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, bringing heavy snow, ice, rain and severe weather expected to affect much of the country

10. Ruben Amorim’s philosophy has failed and leaves Man United with a new problem

    The Portuguese manager has belatedly shifted systems, suggesting the last 13 months have been a total waste for Manchester United after stubbornness towards his preferred formation