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When Chelsea’s teenage winger Callum Hudson-Odoi first took to the school field as an 11-year-old, he caused quite a stir with one of the coaches, a former player himself. “Andy Martin, who used to play for Crystal Palace, came running back into the office and said: ‘You’ve got to come and see this lad play football – it’s remarkable,'” says ...

Fifty mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era (305-30BC) have been found by Egyptian archaeologists, the antiquities ministry says. The mummies, of which 12 were children, were found in four burial chambers 9m (30ft) deep in the Tuna El-Gebel site in Minya, south of the capital Cairo. Some were wrapped in linen, others were in stone coffins or wooden sarcophagi. ...

Pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school, the minister for school standards in England has told the BBC. Nick Gibb spoke out ahead of the government publishing new guidance for schools, expected to address internet safety, social media and online gaming. It is expected to say children should be taught to limit the amount of time they spend ...

Apple revoked Google’s ability to offer its employees internal-only iPhone apps, likely causing significant disruption to the search giant. Apple was punishing its rival for breaking its developers’ policy, a day after it took the same action against Facebook. The move came after both firms used special access for market research. Apple restored Google’s access to the software by the ...

On Monday, it will be five years since Satya Nadella was announced as Microsoft’s chief executive. Since taking charge he has turned the tech firm’s fortunes around, making it the most valuable company in the world for the first time since 2002. Go on, admit it. You thought Microsoft was so last century, didn’t you? In the late 80s and ...

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Venezuela’s capital Caracas in support of President Nicolás Maduro – and his self-proclaimed interim successor Juan Guaidó. Mr Guaidó said the country’s opposition movement would “carry on in the streets”. Mr Maduro told supporters he was the only president of Venezuela. Mr Guaidó declared himself president last month and is backed ...

South Africa’s radical left party has pledged to prioritize employment and reclaim land by the country’s black majority. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) revealed this in its manifesto launch on Saturday ahead of the May scheduled general elections. “We cannot postpone the land question, we cannot postpone the job question, it must happen now, we don’t want to be told ...

Belgium has agreed to take in former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Saturday, February 2 according to reports. “In response to a request from the International Criminal Court, Belgium has agreed to take in Laurent Gbagbo,” said spokesman Karl Lagatie, who added that he did not know if ...

The Central African Republic and 14 armed groups reached a peace deal during talks in Khartoum on Saturday, the United Nations said. The talks started on Jan. 24, the U.N. Mission in the Central African Republic said on Twitter. The Central African Republic has been in chaos since 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted the president, provoking a backlash ...

Maurizio Sarri has admitted that the Chelsea head coach’s job is tougher than he anticipated, but says he does not have a plan B as he bids to turn around the Blues’ ailing league form. Chelsea suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Wednesday – their heaviest loss in the league for 23 years – which saw them drop ...