Iga Świątek remains the vice-leader of the world ranking of tennis players in the latest rating, but her loss to the first Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has increased to 806 points. Hubert Hurkacz, on the other hand, maintained 20th place in the world ranking of tennis players. In today's rating, the Italian Jannik Sinner is still in the lead, ahead of the German Alexander Zverev.more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington next week, a Downing Street spokesman said today. The politicians are expected to discuss trade, investment and security.more

University leaders have urged England’s higher education regulator to rethink its priorities, saying that smaller institutions will be financially harmed by increasing costs of its bureaucracy.more

US President Donald Trump’s administration has told European officials that it wants to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine by Easter, Bloomberg reported yesterday. This year, Orthodox, Greek Catholics and Catholics celebrate the holiday on the same day – April 20.more

An advert by fashion brand Next has been banned because the model's pose and the camera angle gave the impression she was "unhealthily thin". The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) compared the advert with other photos of the same model and did not think she looked unhealthily thin in those.more

Brazil has been hit by an extreme heatwave. The highest temperatures, reaching 40°C, felt up to 63°C, with air humidity reaching 80% in the afternoon, are in the former capital of the country - the seaside city of Rio de Janeiro, where the famous Brazilian carnival has begun, with performances by competing "dance school" teams of several hundred people.more

Juventus, still without the injured Arkadiusz Milik, won 1-0 in Turin against the national champions Inter Milan in the highlight of the 25th round of the Italian football top league, known as the "Derby d'Italia". Nicola Zalewski and Piotr Zieliński entered the pitch for the visiting team during the second half.more

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "ready and willing" to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine to help guarantee its security as part of a peace deal. The UK prime minister said securing a lasting peace in Ukraine was "essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future".more

A 38-year-old Polish woman was held captive by her Italian partner in a basement in Rome. The man was arrested on suspicion of abuse, and the woman was saved by making the international sign for help, the police headquarters in the Italian capital reported.more

Edward Berger's film "Conclave" received four BAFTA awards last night, including best film. Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist" won the same number of awards. Two awards went to the creators of Jesse Eisenberg's "True Pain," shot in Poland.more

NASA's new observations of the asteroid, named 2024 YR4, led to a 2.3 per cent probability of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. The probability of the recently discovered asteroid, which is expected to make a close pass close to Earth in 2032, has doubled.more

Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at home in the 25th round of the English Premier League to strengthen their position at the top. They are seven points ahead of Arsenal London, who won 2-0 away at Leicester City the day before.more

Sir John Major has accused Donald Trump of “cuddling” up to Vladimir Putin as he warned that “tin-pot” dictators around the world would be emboldened if the US agrees on a deal that leaves Russia in control of Ukrainian territory.more

Kamil Stoch came in 16th, with Paweł Wąsek right behind him, and Maciej Kot 24th in Sunday's Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Sapporo, Japan. The winner, just like on Saturday, was Ryoyu Kobayashi, representing the hosts.more

Norovirus appears to be peaking in London, new data suggests as hospitalisations jumped by 46 per cent in a week.more

Google is announcing investments in the amount of billions of złoty in Poland, said Ruth Porat, president and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google, without providing details. In this way, she referred to the letter of intent between Google and the Polish Development Fund signed in Warsaw on Thursdaymore

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The UK military is "so run down" it could not lead any future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the former head of the Army has said. Lord Dannatt told the BBC that up to 40,000 UK troops would be needed for such a mission and "we just haven't got that number available".more

The European Union is planning a ban on the import of some food products, modelled on Donald Trump's policies, in an attempt to stem the flow of goods containing banned pesticides, the British daily Financial Times reports today.more

A single UK ticket-holder has scooped a £65m EuroMillions jackpot by winning the draw on Valentine's Day. The winning numbers were 04, 14, 31, 36 and 38 with Lucky Stars 03 and 10.more

Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 with Celta Vigo at the Estadio Metropolitano in the 24th round of the Spanish top division. "Los Colchoneros" did not take advantage of Real Madrid's stumble, which had earlier drawn 1-1 with Osasuna in Pamplona.more

The human body temperature has decreased over the centuries and its normal value is no longer 36.6 degrees C, but 36.4 degrees C, and in some populations even less. Doctors and anthropologists from California have suggested possible reasons for this change.more

Boys born in the UK in 2023 can expect to live on average to the age of 86.7, and girls to 90, latest data suggest, external. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says figures show a continued trend of longer life expectancy for men and women. more

Following a court decision, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that 57,000 benefit claimants will receive payouts totalling up to £5,000.more

World number one ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month suspension for an anti-doping rule violation, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced today. The Italian's disqualification will last until 4 May.more